General Company for Chemical Industries, Q.C. Department, 1980-1982.

  Libyan Academy of Science, Medicinal Plant Research Program, 1982-1986.

  Semmelvies Medical University, Institute of Pharmacognocy, 1986-1987.

  Tohoku University of Japan, 1988-1993.

  Member of Pre-medical Committee, 1995-1999.

  Secretary of Study and Examination Department, 1995-1998.

  Head of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, 1997-Present.

Teaching Experience:

  Organic Chemistry for Pre-medical Students

  Organic Chemistry for Pharmacy Students

  Chemistry of Natural Products for B.Sc. Chemistry Students

  Identifications of Organic Compounds for Chemistry Students

Research Activities:

  Isolation and Identifications of Natural Products

  Synthetic Studies of Some Biologically Active Natural Products

List of Publications:

  an alkaloid from "HPLOPHYLLUM TUBERCULATUM', Phytochemistry,1985.

  An 1-aryl-tetrahydronaphthalide and dibenzylbutanolide lignans of HPLOPHYLLUM TUBERCULATUM, Phytochemistry, 1987.

  Convenient and general synthesis of polyalkylpyrroles from ketones and nitroalkenes, J. Chem. Soc., Chiem. Commun., 1989.

  Acyl nitronates in organic synthesis. An expeditious synthesis of 2,5-dialkylpyrolidines and 2,5-dialkylpyrroline including Ant venom alkaloids, Chem. Lett., 1990.

  One pot synthesis of 1,4-diketones from nitroalkenes and ketones, Syntliosis, 1990

  Regio- and diastereoselective alkylation of (1R,5S)-eethyl-6,6-dimethyl -3-(phenylthio) bicyclo[3.1.1]hept-3-en-2-one, Tetrahedron Lett. 1991

  A high stereoselective synthesis of (-)-Kanshone A, Tetrahedron Lett. 1991.

  An expedient synthesis of a ,b -unsaturated ketones using nitroalkenes and sulfones, Chem. Lett. 1992.

  Efficient synthesis of (1S)-4,4-dialkyl-6,6-dimethylbicyclo-[3.en-2-ones from (1R,5S)-(+)-nopinones and preparation of some chiral building blocks suitable for the asymmetric synthesis, J. Org. Chem., 1993.

  Extracyclic stereocontolled alkylation of (1R,5S)-4-ethyl-6,6-dimethyl-3-(phenylsulfonyl) bicyclo. A highly stereocontrolled synthesis of (-)-Kanshone A, J. Org. Chem., 1993.

  Preparation of key intermediates for the asymmetric synthesis of oxygenated elemanoids, J. Chem., Perkin Trans I, 1993.