Prof. Dr. Amira Abdel Motaal earned her PhD from the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany in January 2006. She is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Galala University, and member of the Pharmaceutical Sector Committee in the Supreme Council of Universities, Egypt. She is the current President of the DAAD Alumni Association in Egypt (DAV) located at DAAD, Cairo office, Zamalek.
Dr. Abdel Motaal was the chairman of the Pharmacognosy Department,
at Cairo University, King Khalid University, KSA, and the Pharmaceutical Biology Department at the German University in Cairo (GUC). She participated in grounding the Faculty of Pharmacy and Drug Technology, Heliopolis University in 2012, where she acted as a vice dean and head of the Pharmacognosy Department. She was the head of the Research and Development Department at Atos Pharma, SEKEM, for eight years.
She participated in establishing the Egyptian Guidelines for the Registration of Herbal Medicine at the Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA).
https://www.edaegypt.gov.eg/media/mxznpnos/egyptian-guidelines-for-registration-of-herbal-medicines.pdf
She was a member of the Scientific Committee for Dietary Supplements Registration, Ministry of Health and Population for almost10 years. She is a member of the international Society of Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (Gesellschaft fuer Arzneipflanzen- und Naturstoff- Forschung) since 2012.
Dr. Abdel Motaal led two international projects, three national projects, and participated in four international projects with the industrial sector aiming to develop phyto-pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements from Egyptian traditional plants like Balanites aegyptiaca and Cleome droserifolia, for the treatment/prevention of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Her research interests are directed towards developing natural remedies to maintain human health. She has more than 60 international publications with an h index (27).
She received international training through six TEMPUS projects in interactive teaching and learning, development of Pharmacy curriculum, entrepreneurship and innovation.
