- Education:
Ph. D. In Genetics (Molecular Breeding and Genetics, Faba bean) , Faculty of Agricultural Sciences Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany, 2014
M. Sc. In Genetics (Quantitative and Population Genetics, Wheat) , Faculty of Agriculture Assuit University, 2008
B. Sc. In Agricultural Sciences (Genetics), Faculty of Agriculture Assuit University, 2004
- Postdoctoral studies
2015-2017: Deportment of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA (Prof. Dr. Stephen Baenziger Lab)
https://agronomy.unl.edu/dr-baenziger-small-grains-breeding-team
- Visiting Scientist
02.2022-08.2023: Visiting Professor, Department of Gene bank, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Germany (Prof. Dr. Andreas Borner)
https://www.ipk-gatersleben.de/institut/standorte/mitarbeitende
Lecturer Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University , 2014
Assistant Lecturer Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University , 2008
Demonstrator Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University , 2004
Current projects:
1- Mostafa Abdelrahman (MSc) - Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt
Title: Genome-wide association study for some yield traits in wheat under normal and drought conditions (Funded by STDF)
2- Randa Mostafa (Research and Teaching Assistant, MSc) - Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt
Title: Investigating and understanding the positive effects of certain nanoparticles associated with seawater improvement on genetic material in wheat
4- Rawan Ayman (Research and Teaching Assistant, MSc) - Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Mansoura, University, Egypt
Title: Genome-wide association study (GWAS) for phenotypic traits associated with drought tolerance in an ecologically-diverse wheat core collection
5 - Salwa Mohmoud (MSc) - Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt
Title: Identification of candidate genes associated with yield traits in faba bean using genome-wide association mapping (Funded by ASRT)
6 - Menaa Allah Rageb Ismail (Research and Teaching Assistant, MSc) - Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Fayoum University, Egypt
Title: Mapping and expression profiling of the most drought responsive genes in wheat treated by zinc oxide nanoparticles (Funded by STDF)
7- Hoda Ali Selim (Research and Teaching Assistant, PhD) - Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Egypt
Title/:Genome-wide association study for yield traits under salt stress in a highly diverse spring wheat population
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Recently finished projects:
1- Asmaa A. M. Ahmed (MSc) - 2020-2022
Thesis title: Molecular genetic dissection of drought tolerance at the seedling in spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) (Funded by STDF)
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.34659.02089
2- Nouran Hasseb (MSc) - 2021-2023
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Fayoum University, Egypt
Thesis title: Candidate genes associated with salt tolerance in spring wheat (Funded by ASRT)