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Magdy Madkour, is Professor at the Arid Lands Agric. Research Inst., Ain Shams Univ., Egypt and Senior Advisor to Bibliotheca Alexandrina. He was the Assistant Director General for International Cooperation, ICARDA( 2004-2006). Prof. Madkour obtained his PhD from the Univ. of Wales, UK in Physiological Plant Pathology, was appointed Prof. of Plant Pathology, Alexandria Univ. Egypt (1982-1989),Visiting Prof. Univ. of California, Davis(1989-1990). In 1990 he established the Agric. Genetic Engineering Res. Inst.(AGERI- Egypt), and appointed Vice President then President of the Agricultural Research Center, Egypt (2001-2004). He served on the Technical Advisory Committee of CGIAR (1996-2000), and on the Board of Trustees of ICARDA and IPGRI. He received two AOAD awards for scientific excellence, the FAO World Food Day recognition in 2001, two patents for novel biological insecticides were issued in his name, authored 140 peer reviewed scientific publications and contributed with chapters in 7 international text books.
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