Ali H. Elhamdy (El-Hamdy), Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor

Food Chemistry and Analytical Methodology

University of Tripoli 

Education

B.Sc., Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Engineering, University of Libya 1972.

M.Sc., University of Illinois, Urbana Illinois, USA 1979.

Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA 1981.

 

Awards and Activities

Honored student Award, AOCS, may 1980, New York.

Visiting Scientist: Hannah Research Institute, Ayr, Scotland, UK 1/1991-9/1991.

Visiting Scientist: Canadian Institute of Fishery Technology, Halifax, Nova Scotcha, Canada, 5/1996- 8/1996.

Member: American Oil Chemists Society, Champaign, Illinois, 1975-1992.

Member: Institute of Food Technology, Chicago, Illinois 1974-1990.

Member: Sigma Chi Research Society, 1979-1981.

Lecturer: Lipid Analysis Short Course, Chicago, Illinois, November, 1979.

President and founder: The Libyan Food and Nutrition Society LFNS; 2009

Member: Preparatory Committee, Food Security Forum, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, 16-18/10/1995.

Chairperson : Organizing Committee, Food Security Forum, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, 16-18/10/1995.

Member : Permanent High Liaison Committee between Industry and Academia, 1995-1998

Chairperson : Food Industries Committee, Permanent High Liaison Committee between Industry and Academia, 1995-1998

Founder & President : The Libyan Marine Science Society, 2002-2003

President : Magharebi Marine Science Societies, 2002-2003

National Coordinator: Mediterranean Pollution study Project, Atomic Energy Commission, 2003

Chairperson : Biotechnology Group, Industrial Research Center, 1998-2001

Member : Futuristic Industries Committee, Industrial Research Center, 1998-2001

Member: Food and Agriculture Committee, Strategy for Sustainable Arab Agricultural Development for the Upcoming Two Decades, 2005-2025. Arab Organization for Agriculture Development, Amman, 8 October 2006

Workshop on Genetically Modified Organisms and Food Additives, Tripoli,
24 to 25 may 2010

Head : Truffle project, ministry of agriculture, Tripoli, 2005

 

 

Job Career

Professor of food chemistry and analytical methodology: Department of Food Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, since 10/1981-2016

Vice Dean: for Registration and Examination, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, 1990-1991

Chairperson: General Department (New Students), Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, 2/1994-11/1994

Director: Graduate Studies and Training, Industrial Research Center, Tripoli, Libya. 1998-2000

Vice Chancellor for Scientific Affairs: Nasser University, Khoms, Libya 1998-1999.

Director: Marine Biology Research Center, Tajura, Libya; 2001-2003

Consultant: Executive Board of Imports for Standards and Specifications, 1990-1992.

Consultant : General Soap and Detergent Company, Tripoli, Libya 1999-

Founder & Director: Information and archiving center, ministry of agriculture, Tripoli, 2005