Lecturer of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy – Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development. She earned her Master's degree in Medicinal Chemistry at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University in 2016, and her Ph.D. degree at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University in 2020. Dr. Hanafy’s research interest includes design and synthesis of a small molecule of biological interest based on molecular modeling study towards the
development of anticancer chemotherapeutic agents especially those targeting
PARP-1.
Her publications in the field of Medicinal Chemistry include:
 Eldin A. Osman, E., Hanafy, N. S., George, R. F., & El-Moghazy, S. M. (2020). Design and synthesis of some barbituric and 1,3-dimethylbarbituric acid derivatives: A non-classical scaffold for potential PARP1 inhibitors. Bioorganic Chemistry, 104, 104198.
 Synthesis, Cytotoxic, and proapoptotic activity of certain pyrazolopyrimidine derivatives. Noura Sayed, Rabah Ahmed Taha, Mohamed Kamal Abdel Hamid, Dalal A. AbouEla, Journal of science, pp.370-379, (2016).