Prof. Dr. Mahmoud A. ElSohly is a Professor of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery at the National Center for Natural Products Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi. He obtained his B.A. in Pharmacy from Cairo University in 1966, his M.S. in Pharmacognosy from Cairo University in 1971, and his Ph.D. in Pharmacognosy from the University of Pittsburgh Main Campus in 1975. His areas of interest are in cannabis and cannabinoids chemistry, product development activities, isolation and characterization of natural products, and development of analytical procedures for a wide range of compounds with emphasis on pharmacologically active ones.