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Asaad Khalid
Professor
Institution:
Jazan University Nomination Year:
From 2009 To 2013Biography:
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Prof. Asaad is an active researcher who has mentored 16 Ph.D. students and 10 M.Sc. students. He is currently in charge of a research group focused on drug discovery. His research on anti-malarial drug discovery was named one of Africa's bright ideas by the WHO in 2009.
Prof. Asaad is the winner of the AU-TWAS Young Scientists National Award 2011 (awarded by The African Union and The Academy of Science for the Developing World, TWAS) and the Pakistan Academy of Medical Sciences (PAMS) Junior Gold Medal Award-2005 for the best biomedical research conducted in Pakistan during 2004 and 2005 and the Distinguished Achievement Award 2005-2006.
He has published more than 130 research publications in leading international journals (h-index = 31). Prof. Asaad has delivered more than 50 invited lectures in scientific meetings. Prof. Asaad has been teaching several courses to undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy and science students in several Sudanese universities for more than 5 years. He has organized/instructed several international national workshops/training courses. He conducted research projects funded by many national and international agencies including the European Union.