Biography:

Professor Magdy Madkour, is the Head of Biotechnology at the Arid Lands Agric. Research Inst., Ain Shams Univ., Egypt, Chairman of the Technical Committee, Agric. Research for Development Fund (ARDF), Agric. R&D Council, Ministry of Agriculture 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 Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute (AGERI-Egypt) and appointed Vice President then President of the Agricultural Research Center, Egypt (2001-2004). He served on the Technical Advisory Committee of the CGIAR (1996-2000), and on the Board of Trustees of ICARDA and IPGRI (Bioversity). He was decorated with Egypt�s Gold Medal from the President of Egypt as the recipient of the State Award of appreciation in Advanced Agricultural Technologies in 2007. He also received three AOAD awards for scientific excellence, and the FAO World Food Day recognition in 2001. Three patents for novel biological insecticides were issued in his name. Prof. Madkour authored 140 peer reviewed scientific publications and contributed with chapters in 7 international text books.

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