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Hassan, Saad S.M Egypt         Dr. Saad Mohamed Hassan is a Professor of Chemistry at Faculty of Science Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt and the Head of the Reference Laboratory, at the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA). He received his Ph.D in Chemistry in 1969 and D.Sc. in Chemistry/Environment in 1991 from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. He was the former Dean of Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. He has been awarded several international & national awards such as the British Royal Society Chemistry Award in 1979, Golden Medal of the American Chemical Society in 1982 , the Award of the Third World Academy of Sciences, Italy 1986, Decoration of Science and Arts, First Order in 1977 and the National Recognition Award in Basic Sciences in 1999. he established the first scientific school in the microanalysis in Egypt, the Reference Laboratory for EEAA which is the first accredited lab in Egyptian Universities that is internationally recognized (received ISO 17025) at Ain Shams University. The scope of his research deals with development of chemical and biological sensors and their use in medical diagnosis, microanalysis of inorganic, organic, pharmaceutical, industrial, biochemical and environmental pollutants. More than 200 technical papers and 14 books have been published in the most prestigious international journals and publishers. He was National representative at UNEP meeting on POP's alternatives (Stockholm 1995), hazardous materials and wastes (Nerobi 1994) and hazardous waste transportation across the Mediterranean (Azmeer 1999)