Prof. Dr. Hidayat Hussain obtained his Ph.D. degree in Natural Product and Medicinal Chemistry in 2004. He was a Post Doc fellow from June 2004 to September 2007 at the University of Paderborn Germany and from October 2007 to September 2007 at the University of Maine France. Moreover, he was a group leader in the group of the late Prof. Karsten Krohn (University of Paderborn Germany) from December 2008 to  October 2010. In addition, he also worked as a visiting Professor (visiting Scholar) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA from May 2017 to October 2017. Currently, he is working as a guest Professor at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle Germany. His research interests include the isolation and synthesis of anticancer, antidiabetic, antimalarial, and antimicrobial compounds, and biodiversity and characterization of natural products produced by endophytic microorganisms and plants. Further research interests are asymmetric catalysis of cloadditions, total synthesis of anthrapyran antibiotics, metal catalyzed C-C bond formation, synthesis of macrocycles through microwave synthesis and development of methods for halogenation of natural products. To date, he has authored and co-authored over 340 international publications and given 40 podium lectures at International Conferences. He is a member of the editorial board of several International Journals and also serves as a referee for over 40 international journals.