Mai M. Raslan, Ph.D.Basic Information Lecturer, Biotechnology and Life Sciences Department & Manager of the Quality Assurance Unit E-mail Address: m.raslan@psas.bsu.edu.eg Background Mai has completed her Ph.D. in Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cairo University, Egypt in 2011. Now, she works as a lecturer at Biotechnology and Life Sciences Department, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies for Advanced Sciences, Beni-Suef University, Egypt. Research interests Her research interests focus principally on discovery of natural products from new resources for various pharmaceutical purposes. Projects • 08/2017-present (950,000 EGP): PI of a project entitled: “Unraveling the diversity and important functional attributes of endophytes associated with selected medicinal crops from South Africa and Egypt”, Joint Egypt (STDF)-South Africa (NRF) Scientific Cooperation, International Cooperation Grants-2016. • 10/2016-present (80,000 EGP): researcher in a project entitled: “Antidiabetic Activity of Zinc Oxide and Curcumin Nanoparticles on Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats”, funded by National Research Center, Egypt. • 03/2015-present (40,000 EGP): PI of a project entitled: “Anti-Hepatitis C Viral activities of Some Natural Phenolic Compounds”, funded by Beni-Suef University, Egypt. Publications • Elshaimaa A Arafa, Wafaa Mohamed, Basim Shehata, Hossam Hassan, Mai Raslan, Gamal Elsherbiny, Abelnasser Elgendy. Quercitrin, a natural flavonoid glycoside, protects against cisplatin-induced injury in rats without hindering cisplatin beneficial cytotoxic activity (2017). The FASEB Journal, 31 (1 Supplement), 819.3. • Nada Elgiddawy, Tamer M. Essam, Waleed M.A. El Rouby, Mai Raslan and Ahmed. A. Farghali (2017). New approach for enhancing Chlorella vulgaris biomass recovery using ZnAl-layered double hydroxide nanoparticle. Journal of Applied Phycology, 1-9.