Hussein El-Kashef

Dr. Hussein El-Kashef was born in El-Minia (Egypt) in 1945.  He studied at Assiut University-Egypt and got all his degrees from the same university. He received his B.Sc. (special degree in Chemistry with distinction) in 1965, his M.Sc. in 1969 and Ph.D. in 1973.
He obtained a second doctorate degree (Docteur ès sciences Pharmaceutiques) from the University of Caen-France in 1994.
He was appointed as Assistant of Organic Chemistry at the Faculty of Science, Assiut University in 1965, and promoted to all his academic positions until Professor in 1982.  He is Professor Emeritus from 2005 till present.
Dr. El-Kashef has been visiting professor at different Universities and Institutes in different countries:

• In France: at the University of Caen, Marseille, Strasbourg, Nice – Sophia, Antipolis, Clermont–Ferrand I and Lille.
• In Italy: at the University of Ferrara and Calabria.
• In Germany: at the university Saarlandes; Saarbrücken, and Kaufmann institute of Lipids of Münster.
• In Japan: at the university of Tohoku
• In Yemen: at the University of Sana'a.

Prizes

• Prize of Assiut University for Scientific Distinction ( 2001).
• Chevalier dans l'ordre des palmes Académiques (from the French Gouvernement , 2004).
• Prize  of  Faculty of Science for the research of highest  impact factor (2014)
• Prize of Faculty of Science, Assiut University for the best research paper in Organic Chemistry (2016).