Prof. Khalid Ahmed
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3381-0053
National Research Centre, Egypt
Dr. Khalid A. Khalid is a Professor and head of Medicinal and Aromatic plants Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Institute, National Research Centre, Egypt. He earned his BSC (1990) in horticultural sciences. After he graduated Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University he started his academic carrier in 1992 at National Research Centre (NRC) working on cultivation and production of medicinal and aromatic plants. In 1997 and 2001, he earned his MSC and PhD in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants from Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar and Ain Shams Universities. After he earned his PhD, his research focused on production Medicinal and Aromatic Plants under different environmental factors. Also He earned postdoctoral research (2007-2008) from Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. His research also focused on isolation and characterization of the constituents of essential oil bearing plants and post harvest treatments.