Cairo University
Curriculum Vitae
Faculty of Pharmacy
Name:
Mohamed Ali Ali Farag
Title:
Associate professor
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Department: Pharmacognosy
E-mail:
[email protected]
Website:
e.g. Cairo University Scholar website.
Mobile:
+2 01004142567
Phone:
+202 24178151
Education
 Academic Degrees
PhD
July, 2005
Ph.D. Phytochemistry, GPA 4.0
Texas Tech University, USA
Master
December, 1999
M.Sc. Phytochemistry, GPA 3.7
Cairo University, Egypt
Bachelor
May, 1995
B.Sc. Pharmacy, GPA 3.8
Cairo University, Egypt
 Research interest
Purification and characterization of plant constituents by spectroscopic analysis (e.g. GC/FID, GC/MS,
SPME/GC/MS, HPLC, LC/MS and NMR) Biological head space and SPME volatile analysis (plant
and bacterial systems).Isotope labeling experimentation using stable and radio labeled isotopes.
Molecular biology analysis by RT-PCR, Northern and Western blot analyses.Cloning and functional
characterization of plant genes in bacteria. Plant and human cell culturing and propagation.Analysis of
metabolomic data sets using bioinformatic tools (R-language, JMP, Pirouette, Met-Idea).
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Cairo University
Curriculum Vitae
Faculty of Pharmacy
Teaching
Course Title
Undergraduate Courses
(General Program)
207 Natural Products and Quality Control
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Undergraduate Courses
(Clinical Program)
PG 606 Quality Control of Herbal Drugs
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Postgraduate Courses
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Career History and Professional Experience
Titles
Associate Professor (2010-till now): Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of
Pharmacy, Cairo University. Teaching undergraduate herbal quality control
and
graduate
plant
biotechnology
courses.
Visiting Professor (May-July 2009-2013): Center of Life and Food Sciences of the
Tech. Univ. Munich, Freising, Geramany. Teaching graduate plant
metabolomics course as part of the European ERASMUS MUNDUS program.
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Curriculum Vitae
Alexander von Humboldt research fellow (2009-2010): Leibniz Institute for Plant
Biochemistry, Halle (Salle), Germany. Applying NMR and MS metabolomics for
quality control assessment of phytomedicines.
Lecturer (2007-May 2009):
Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University. Teaching
undergraduate phytochemistry, herbal quality control and graduate plant tissue
culture courses.
Research Associate (2006): James Graham Brown
Cancer Center, University of Louisville, U.S.A. Applying a variety of MS
platforms (FT-MS, LC/MS, GC/MS) and NMR to investigate the anti-cancer role
and mechanism(s) of selenium and isoflavonoids in lung and breast cancer.
Post Doctoral Fellow (2004-2005): Biological Mass Spectrometry Facility,
Samuel Noble Foundation, U.S.A. Metabolic profiling and systematic
identification of isoflavonoids and saponins in Medicago truncatula cell culture
using LC/MS and GC/MS spectrometers.
Ph. D. Student (2000-2004):
Department of Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, U.S.A.
Genomic
and
metabolomic analysis of natural products in response to insect and C6 VOC
exposure; Identification of bacterial elicitors that trigger plant growth
promotion and induced systemic resistance.
M. Sc. Student (1996-1999):
Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, EgyptIsolated and characterized new
triterpenes and flavonoids from Amaranthus viridis L. herb.
Awards
-Science diplomacy award (2014) The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), ItalyEgypt state (Al Tashgeeyea) award (2012)
National Academy for Scientific
Research-Best speaker award (2011)
European
Bionat
II
Natural Products conference- Top scientist for Africa in plant biology (2011)
American Society of Plant Biologists, USA- Scientific publication award (2009)
Cairo University, Egypt-Most highly cited researcher in pharmacy (2009) Cairo
University, Egypt-Alexander von Humboldt fellowship (2009)
GermanyCairo University (Al Tashgeeyea) award (2009) Cairo University, Egypt -Egyptian
state award for excellence in Basic
National Academy for Scientific Research
sciences, individuals (2008)-Scientific Publication Award (2006, 2007
Cairo University, Egypt& 2008)
Projects
1-Production of a fibrinolytic enzyme from a natural source, code 545 funded by
STDF, Egypt. 2- Metabolomcs, better tool for quality control of phytomedicines;
funded by Alexander von Humboldt foundation, Germany 2009-2010.
3Bactericidal compounds from natural sources against the bacterial potato pathogen
Ralstonia solanacearum; Alexander von Humboldt foundation, Germany 2011.
4Metabolomics for analysis of red sea soft corals and Egyptian nutraceuticals, STDF,
Egypt 2015
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Curriculum Vitae
1-Farag MA, Rasheed DM, Kamal IM. Volatiles and primary metabolites profiling in two Hibiscus sabdariffa
Publications
and Presentations
(roselle) cultivars via headspace SPME-GC-MS and chemometrics. Food Research International. 2015,
doi:10.1016/j.foodres.2015.09.024 IF=2.8
2-Abdallah H, Farag MA, Osman S, Kim DH, Kang K, Pan C-H, Abdel-Sattar E. Isolation of major phenolics
from Launaea spinosa and their protective effect on HepG2 cells damaged with t-BHP. 2015, Pharmaceutical
Biology. doi.org/10.3109/13880209.2015.1052885 IF=1.5
3-Farag MA, Porzel A, Wessjohann LA. Unraveling the active hypoglycemic agent trigonelline in Balanites
aegyptiaca date fruit using metabolite fingerprinting by NMR. Journal of Pharmaceutical and biomedical
analysis. 2015, 115: 383-387 IF=3.5
4-Fathalla HM, Hammoda HM, El Ghazouly MG, Farag MA. Chemical composition, antimicrobial and
insecticidal activities of the essential oils of Conyza linifolia and Chenopodium ambrosioides.
Natural product research. 2015, 29(9): 879-882 IF=1.1
5-Farag MA, El Sayed AM, El Banna A. Metabolomics reveals distinct methylation reaction in MeJA elicited
Nigella sativa callus via UPLC-MS and chemometrics.
Plant cell tissue and organ culture. 2015, 122(2): 453-463 IF=2.6
6-Abdallah HM, Farag MA, Abdel-Naim AB, Mechanistic Evidence of Viscum schimperi (Viscaceae)
Antihyperglycemic Activity: From a Bioactivity-guided Approach to Comprehensive Metabolite Profiling,
Phytotherapy research, 2015, 29(11): 1737-1743. IF=2.6
7-Otify A, George C, Elsayed A, Farag MA. Mechanistic evidence of Passiflora edulis (Passifloraceae)
anxiolytic activity in relation to its metabolite fingerprint as revealed via LC-MS and chemometrics.
Food & Function, 2015, 6(12):3807-17. IF=2.7
8-Farag MA, Sakna ST, El-Fiky NM, Shabana MM, Wessjohann LA. Phytochemical, antioxidant and
antidiabetic evaluation of eight Bauhinia L. species from Egypt using UHPLC-PDA-qTOF-MS and
chemometrics. Phytochemistry, 2015, 119:41-50. IF=2.7
9- Audrain B, Farag MA, Ryu CM, Ghigo JM. Role of bacterial volatile compounds in bacterial biology. FEMS
Microbiology Reviews. 2015, 39(2): 222-33. IF=13.8
10-Farag MA, Abou Zeid AH, Hamed MA, Kandeel Z, Akad R. Metabolomic fingerprint classification of
Brachychiton acerifolius organs via UPLC-qTOF-PDA-MS analysis and chemometrics. Natural Product
Research, 2015, 29(2):116-24. IF=1.1
11-Farag MA, Porzel A, Mahrous EA, El-Massry MM, Wessjohann LA. Integrated comparative metabolite
profiling via MS and NMR techniques for Senna drug quality control analysis. Analytical & Bioanalytical
Chemistry 2015, 407(7):1937-49. IF=3.5
12-Farag MA, Porzel A, Wessjohann LA. Unequivocal glycyrrhizin isomer determination and comparative in
vitro bioactivities of root extracts in four Glycyrrhiza species. Journal of advanced research 2015, 6(1): 99104
13-Abdel-Sattar E, Farag MA, Mahrous EA. Chemical Constituents from Solanum glabratum Dunal var.
sepicula. Records of natural products 2015, 9(1): 94-104 IF=1.4
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14-Farag MA, El Din RS, Fahmy S. Headspace Analysis of Volatile Compounds Coupled to Chemometrics in
Leaves from the Magnoliaceae Family Records of natural products 2015, 9(1): 153-158 IF=1.4
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