Medicinal & Aromatic Plants

Member of the Executive Board of  the Program on Plant Adaptation  from European Science Foundation.
Member of the Executive Board of the AMICA EEIG.
Member of the Interministerial Comission for Permanent  Consultancy on Transgenic Organisms.
Was Head of Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of ICAT (Institut for Applied Science and Technology).
Member of the executive board of the program on Assessment of the Impact of Genetically Modified Plants from European Science Foundation.
Was  President of the  Executive Board of CIFT (Centre for Research and Training in Tropics)
Elected by unanimity as Member (correspondent) of the Academy of Sciences of  Lisbon
Elected by unanimity as Member (effective) of the Academy of Sciences of  Lisbon
Member of the NATO JSTC scientific panel
Member of the Scientific Committee of National Geographic Magazine (Portugal)
Member of  PRELUDE  (Belgium)
Representant of Academy of Sciences of  Lisbon in EASAC (European Academies Sciences Advisory Council
Director of Institute of Academic  Studies for Seniors from Academy of Sciences of  Lisbon Lisboa
General Secretary of Academia das Ciências de Lisboa Portugal
Scientific Community Representative in ERA-PG (ERA-Net in PLANT GENOMICS)
Elected by unanimity as Vogal of the Institute of High Studies of  the  Academy of Sciences of  Lisbon
 

Weed Science Society of America
International Weed Science Society
International Allelopathy Society
Northeastern Weed Science Society

Presidency of medicinal plant working groups of FIP (Fedaration of International Pharmacists)
ISHS, IPBGR
Presidency of International Council of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Supervision of two master’s Thesis in the field of genetic improvement of ornamental and medicinal plants through tissue culture techniques
Supervision of Horticulture Dep. Tissue Culture Lab. since 2002 until now

1994-2010: Active member in The Japanese Society of Pharmacognosy
1999: Post Doctor mission for three months at Kanazawa University, Faculty of pharmaceutical sciences, Kanazawa, Japan
1993‐1995: Scientific Mission to the Meiji college of Pharmacy, Tokyo ‐Japan; awarded by the Egyptian Ministry of High Education and supported by the Egyptian Government according to the Channel System and Joint Supervision Scheme
Head of team of strategic plan for faculty of pharmacy, Ain Shams University until now 2010
Head of IT unit of faculty of pharmacy, Ain Shams University

All India Entomologist Association in North America – Life fellow
Indian Entomological Academy – Life fellow
Asia Dragonfly society – Life fellow
Society for Invertebrates Pathology – Life fellow
Ethiopian Public Health Association – Life fellow

Director, NaturMedicinsk Museum, Copenhagen
President-elect, International Society of Ethnopharmacology

The Canadian Society of Cell, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
The Genetics Society of Canada
American Society for Microbiology
Canadian Water Network (NCE)
Elected Lifetime Fellow to the International College of Nutrition (FICN)

Membre de la Societe Camerounaise des Biosciences (Dec. 1996 - ace jour)
Membre du Comite Camerounais des Biosciences (Mai 2001 - ace jour)
Membre Fondateur de la Cameroon Forum of Biological Science: CAFOBIOS (Mai 2005 - a ce jour)

International and National:
Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) (Professional Member)
American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
International Association for Food Protection (IAFP)
Southern Association of Agricultural Scientist (SAAS)
American Agronomy Society and Crop Soil Science Society (AAS-CSSA)
State:
2000 -2008: Southeastern Branch of American Society for Microbiology
2010- present: Dogwood Section of Institute of Food Technologist
2003 – 2008: Treasurer- Dixie Section of IFT
2008- present: Carolina Association for Food Protection
North Carolina Section-ASM

Member of International Society for Horticultural Sciences, Belgium, from 2009 onwards Member of Society for Conservation and Resource Development of Medicinal Plants, New Delhi, from 2007 onwards
Member of Technical Committees, Project Screening Committees, and Project Monitoring Committees of the National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi during 2006-08, being the Consultant of NMPB
Member of IUCN for evaluation of World Heritage Sites in 2005, and have evaluated the nomination of the Valley of Flowers National Park, Uttaranchal, India in 2005
Member of Advisory Board to the IK Foundation of India, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India, 2007 onwards
Member of Board of Directors to the Environment and Mountain Development Institute, Uttarakhand, India
Member of Project Advisory Committee to the Centre of Economic and Social Research, Nand Nagri, Delhi during 2007-08
Member of Advisory Committee to the Himalayan Foundation, Uttarakhand, India from 2004 onwards

Life Member of Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata, India (Membership No. L15851)
Scientist Fellow Member of Essential oil Association of India (EOAI), New Delhi, India

International Association for Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology
Life member Indian Botanical Society
Life Member Medicinal & Aromatic Plants Association of India
Life member –The Biotech Research Society of India
Society for Biology & Biotechnology, India
Indian Cactus and Succulent Society
International Society of Plant Morphologists
Recognized PhD guide of Biotechnology Department Guwahati University
Member of Institutional Bio-safety Committee (IBSC), Assam Agriculture University (AAU), Jorhat, Assam

Essential Oil Association of India (EOAI)
Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Society of India (MAPSI)

Member of International Society of Horticultural Sciences (ISHS) since 2002
Member of International Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Working Group for European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Recourses

Editorial member of International Journal of Basic Medical Sciences and Pharmacy (IJBMSP).
Member of The European Association for Cancer Research, 2010
Member of Royal Society of Chemistry UK, 2008
Registered Pharmacist (Reg. No. 511-A/99-PC, NWFP) and member of Pharmacy Council of  N.W.F.P. Pakistan,1999
Certificate in Dispensing & Pharmacy Assistance: Lloyds Pharmacy,   Coventry, UK (DTP, 2005).