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Prof. Dr. Galal H. Elgemeie was born in Egypt on July 20, 1953. He received both his B.Sc (1974) and his Ph.D. (1982) degrees from the Faculty of Science, Cairo University. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (D. Sc.) in 2004. He was a postdoctoral fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. He also obtained the Fulbright postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University, USA (1986), the British Council postdoctoral fellowship at the University of East Anglia, England (1989), and then the German Research Foundation (DFG) fellowship at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany (1998). He was invited to many research visits at the universities of Stuttgart, Braunschweig, Hamburg and Dusseldorf in Germany. He is an international elected member of the Scientific Board of the International Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP), UNESCO, in Paris, France “2004-2008”. From 2011-2013, he acted as a Chairman for the Board of Directors of the Fulbright Foundation in Cairo. In January 2006 until June 2009, Prof. Elgemeie was appointed to the position of Cultural Counselor and Director of the Educational Mission of the Embassy of Egypt in Berlin, Germany. In July 2011 until November 2013, he worked as the First Deputy Minister of State, Ministry of Higher Education, Egypt. His research interests cover the development and mechanistic understanding of organic reactions and their application to the synthesis of antimetabolic agents. Prof. Elgemeie is nominated as one of the leading scientists of the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Countries in the year 2009 Report. Prof. Elgemeie supervised several cooperation projects with the European Community aiming at restructuring Egyptian and Arab Educational Institutions under the TEMUPS programme, each of these projects could be said to contribute to fulfilling certain international millennium development goals. Prof. Elgemeie's research activities were acknowledged through the following Awards: Egypt Prize in Chemistry - Shoman Award in Basic Sciences "Jordan" - Third World Academy of Sciences Award in Chemistry - First Class Ribbon for Distinction from the President of Egypt - Helwan University Award for Distinguished Research - Egypt State Award of Merit in Basic Sciences - D.Sc. Degree in Organic Chemistry - The African Union Scientific Award "Continental Scientific Award" for Outstanding Achievements in Science and Technology - The Highest State Honor Award "NILE" - First Class Ribbon for Science and Arts from the President of Egypt - The ISESCO Scientific Award " Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Scientific Award"