Prof. Dr. Sahar.A.M. Hussein completed her B.Sc. Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University with very good degree in 1982. She further got master’s degree in 1991 in Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University. She got Ph.D in Medicinal Chemistry in1993. Her thesis focused on isolation of the phenolic from local plant. She has a very vast professional background. She was the head of NMR department at NRC, Egypt, from1992- 2011. She was the head of NMR department at King Saud University, Riyadh Saudi Arabia in 2001-2003. She awarded her Professor degree in 2004 at Phytochemistry and Plant Systematic Department. She is the head of Phytochemistry and plant systematic department NRC, in 2008 till 2019 .She joined DFG project from 1995 till 2001 in combination with Prof. Dr. Günter Willuhn, Head of Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University-Düsseldorf, Germany .She joined DFG research grant in combination with of Prof. Dr. U.Lindequist at the Institute for Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Biology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Greifswald University, Germany. From 2001 until 2004. She is Co-principle investigator of Scientific Research Agreement BMBF between Institute for Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Biology , Ernst-Moritz-Arndt- Greifswald University , Germany and (NRC) Cairo from 2009-2015. She is Co-principle investigator of STDF/DAAD-GESP (ID: 1399) project in 2010 until 2012. She is an editor in Editorial Board Member at the Open Medicinal Chemistry Journal https://benthamopen.com/TOMCJ/editorial-board/
She is an editor in Editorial Board Member at Egyptian journal of Chemistry http://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/journal/editorial.board
She is Member of the Scientific Society of Europe: Membership No.: PSA-1060. She is Member of the Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS) Membership
She awarded at higher h-index from NRC at 2015,
She awarded also scientific excellence at 2011 NRC
She has contributed 50 publications, having citations 1,231 with h-index 18