**Hidayat Hussain**

Hidayat Hussain obtained a Ph.D. degree in Medicinal Chemistry from University of Karachi Pakistan in 2004. He did post-doctorate (from 06-2004 to 09-2007) from University of Paderborn Germany and University of Maine France (from 10-2007 to 09-2009) along with senior scientist (from 01-2009 to 10-2010) at University of Paderborn Germany. Dr. Hidayat was also a Visiting Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego USA from May 2017 to September 2017. He was also associate professor in University of Nizwa (Oman) from 2011 to 2017. Currently, Dr. Hidayat is associated with Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry Halle, Germany. His research interests include the discovery of medicines from nature as synthesis of bioactive molecules for cancer, diabetes, malaria, and hepatitis, Alzheimer's disease. To date, he has authored and coauthored over 340 international publications with a cumulative impact factor of more than 1000 and given over 40 podium lectures at International Conferences. He published one book, over 10 book chapters and various review articles in International reputed Journals viz., Chemical Reviews and Natural Product Reports. He is a section Editor-in-Cheif of "Current Issues in Molecular Biology"Journal along with member of editorial board of several International Journals and also serving as a referee for over 100 international journals. Moreover he has over 7500 citations with h-index 40. According to the Stanford University database, his name is included in the top two percent of the most-cited scientists in various disciplines for 2020 and 2021.
