Mohamed Mahmoud El-Shazly is the Head of Pharmaceutical Biology Department, Faculty of
Pharmacy and Biotechnology, the German University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt. He was graduated
from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, with a general grade
excellent with honor in 2000. Following graduation, he pursued his postgraduate studies as a
teaching and research assistant at the Department of Pharmacognosy at the same institute. After
obtaining his postgraduate diploma, he traveled to Germany (Jacobs University Bremen,
Bremen, Germany) to pursue his master's and Ph.D. studies. In 2006, he received his master’s
degree in nanomolecular science, and he was offered a position at the same institute to complete
his Ph.D. focusing on the synthesis of pharmaceutical intermediates and natural products. In
2009, he received his Ph.D. and went back to Egypt to join his home institute as an Assistant
Professor at the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain-Shams University. In
2011, he received an offer to work at the Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Kaohsiung
Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. He spent there 2.5 years working as a postdoctoral
fellow researching in different fields including natural product isolation, structural elucidation,
and determination of their biological activity. This postdoctoral experience assisted him to polish
his knowledge and experience through guiding master and Ph.D. students in their research. In
2015, he was promoted to associate professor at the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of
Pharmacy, Ain-Shams University. In 2017, he joined the Faculty of Pharmacy and
Biotechnology, the German University in Cairo. In March 2021, he was promoted to a full
professor in pharmacognosy and natural products chemistry.