🎓 Qualification 🌱
Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Molecular Genetics Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Egypt, in collaboration with Bologna University, Italy, 1996.. M. Sc. in Crop Physiology Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Egypt, 1990. B. Sc. Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Egypt.
👩🏫 Positions Held 🌾
Demonstrator at Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Egypt, 1985-1990. Assistant Lecturer at Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Egypt, 1990-1996. Professor at Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Egypt, 2008-present. Assistant Professor at Plant Production & Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine, Al-Qassim University, Saudi Arabia, 1999-2008. Professor at Plant Production & Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine, Al-Qassim University, Saudi Arabia, 2008-present.
🌿 Speciality 🧬
Plant Breeding with biotechnology tools of Molecular Markers (RFLP and PCR-based markers such as: RAPD, STS, SSR, ISSR, EST-SSR). QTL analysis. Fingerprinting. Genetic map.
📚 Teaching 📊
- Principles of Genetics.
- Statistics and Design of Field Experiments.
- Principles of Plant Breeding.
- DNA markers and Plant Breeding.
🌐 Conferences Attended 🌍
“InterDrought 1994” in Ischia, Italy, April 11-15. “Techniques for the Study and Selection of Plants Under Drought Conditions” Bologna Univ., Italy, June 18-20. XXXVIII Annual meeting of Italian Agriculture Genetics Society, Udine Univ., Italy, October 3-6. Plant & Genome IX, January 13-17, Town & Country Hotel, San Diego, California, USA. Bio Alexandria 2004 and Bio Vision, an International Biotechnology Conference, April 2004, Alexandria, Egypt. InterDrought II “The 2nd International Conference on Integrated Approaches to Sustain and Improve Plant Production Under Drought Stress” La Sapienza- Rome University, Rome, Italy, 2005, September 24-28.
🌱 Successful Grants and Contracts 🌐
Co-investigator of the project (Contact No. 12/1998) supported by the Science and Technology Center “The Program on the National Strategy for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology,” Egypt. Project title “Induction and Selection of leaf and Stripe Rust Tolerant Lines of Wheat by Biotechnology Tools”. Co-investigator of the project supported by U.S.-Egypt Joint Science and Technology, Board Cairo, Egypt. Project title “Biotechnology Tools for Improving Stripe Rust resistance in Wheat” (Alexandria University, Egypt–Montana State University, USA). Co-investigator of the project AR-20-20 supported by King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. Project title “Study of flower abnormality and fruit set failure in vitro derived trees of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.)”. Investigator of the project supported by Agriculture Research Center, Al-Qassim University. Project title “Study the genetic variation and presence of nitrate reductase gene (Nia) in sweet corn”. Co-investigator of the project AR-27-27 supported by King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. Project title “Application of Biotechnology as DNA fingerprinting and Micropropagation of Jojoba, and Study of its Growth and Yield under the Environmental Conditions of The Central Region of Saudi Arabia”. Co-investigator of the project CEBR 12 under the program of Center of Excellence in Biotechnology Research, King Saud University. Project title “Use of Molecular Marker For Identification of Local Pathotypes of Cereal Cyst Nematode And Identification of Resistant Wheat Genotype In Saudi Arabia.