Mahmoud Hashem Abdel-Kader

Mahmoud Hashem Abdel-Kader is a physical chemist and Professor of Photochemistry at Cairo University/NILES Institute. He founded the European Universities in Egypt.

Education Mahmoud Abdel-Kader received his BSc in Chemistry from Alexandria University in 1969, and was then associated with the Faculty of Science (chemistry) at Tanta University (initially a branch of Alexandria University, from 1972 on an independent university), where he performed "Spectroscopic Studies on Some Hydroxybenzanilides" His doctoral studies were supervised by two German physicochemists, Theodor Förster († 1974) and his former scholar Horst E.A. Kramer. It included physicochemical investigations on the isomerization of a merocyanine (polymethine dye) of the stilbazolium betaine type and its corresponding acid

Career After a 3-years period as lecturer in physical chemistry at Tanta University (1979–1982) Mahmoud Abdel-Kader served as Visiting Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta (USA) and at the Institute for Laser Technology in Medicine and Metrology of Ulm University (Germany). until August 2002. He had been involved in the establishment of the German University in Cairo (GUC), where he served as first University President (until 2017). Utilization of solar energy in photochemical conversions for malaria, filariasis and dengue fever vector control, for parasites such as schistosomiasis and agricultural pests using environmentally friendly (natural extract) photosensitizers, and Application of nanoparticles in photodynamic diagnosis and therapy of cancer. (PDT) and the 2014-volume "Photodynamic Therapy: from Theory to Application", which he edited and to which he contributed as author, a summary in the various fields of PDT. at both national and international meetings.

Honors and awards Internationally, Mahmoud Abdel-Kader is mainly known in the photochemistry-related research field. He was elected Officer of the European Society for Photobiology in 1997, then served as "Chair outside Europe" until 2001. In September 2024 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science by The University of East London for his contributions to chemistry.

In Egypt, Mahmoud Abdel-Kader has received various honors and awards: