Rasha A Azzam

Rasha Azzam, Professor of Organic Chemistry, is an active researcher in the area of organic chemistry (from drug design and synthesis to drug delivery). She obtained her PhD from Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, under a research fellowship and supervision of Distinguished Research Prof. Georges Hoornaert and Prof. Frans Compernolle. After her PhD, she assumed her position as an Assistance Professor at Helwan University. During her tenure at Helwan University, she was appointed as...See more

Rasha Azzam, Professor of Organic Chemistry, is an active researcher in the area of organic chemistry (from drug design and synthesis to drug delivery). She obtained her PhD from Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, under a research fellowship and supervision of Distinguished Research Prof. Georges Hoornaert and Prof. Frans Compernolle. After her PhD, she assumed her position as an Assistance Professor at Helwan University. During her tenure at Helwan University, she was appointed as assistant/associate professor at three different universities before returning back to her position at Helwan University. Azzam was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Member Award in 2007 and the Silver Medal from ASRT in 2018. She has published more than forty international peer-reviewed publications in addition to several international conference presentations. She has supervised more that fifteen graduate-level theses and secured funding for over seven major educational grants. See less