Curriculum Vitae

Personal information
First name(s) Youssef
Surname(s) Khamis Youssef Ahmed
Address(es) Agricultural Research Center, Plant Pathology Research Institute, 9 Gamaa
Telephone(s) St., 12619 Giza, Egypt
Cell/Fax Mobile: +201126880886 Fax: +202 35723146 (Egypt)
E-mail youssefeladawy@arc.sci.eg and youssefeladawy@yahoo.com
Nationality Egyptian
Date and place of birth 16/11/1980, Arab Republic of Egypt
Gender/ Marital status Male/Married

Current position
Dates April 2017 – present
Occupation or position held Senior researcher (associate professor)
Major Field Plant Pathology and Applied Microbiology
Major Field Fruit and Woody Tree Diseases Research Department
Scopus ID https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=37022005300
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0089-1750
RGID https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Youssef_Khamis
Name and address of employer Plant Pathology Research Institute (PPathRI), Agricultural Research Center
(ARC), 9 Gamaa st., 12619 Giza, Egypt
Main activities and Research activities and agricultural extension and training related to plant
responsibilities pathology field

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Work experience
Dates April 2017 - now

Occupation or position held Senior researcher, Plant Pathology Research Institute (PPathRI), Agricultural
Research Center (ARC), 9 Gamaa st., 12619 Giza, Egypt

Dates December 2011 – April 2017

Occupation or position held Researcher, Plant Pathology Research Institute (PPathRI), Agricultural
Research Center (ARC), 9 Gamaa st., 12619 Giza, Egypt

Dates September 2008 – December 2011

Occupation or position held Assistant Researcher, Plant Pathology Research Institute (PPathRI),
Agricultural Research Center (ARC), 9 Gamaa st., 12619 Giza, Egypt

Dates November 2006 till September 2008

Occupation or position held Researcher Assistant, Plant Pathology Research Institute (PPathRI),
Agricultural Research Center (ARC), 9 Gamaa st., 12619 Giza, Egypt

Dates October 2003 till November 2006

Occupation or position held Agronomist, Plant Pathology Research Institute (PPathRI), Agricultural
Research Center (ARC), 9 Gamaa st., 12619 Giza, Egypt

Dates July 2002 till October 2003

Occupation or position held Pest Control specialist in El Shorouk Farm (Egypt Green) Km 72 Cairo
-Alex. Desert Rd. Cairo.

Education and academic

qualification

Date 2012 - 2013

Title of qualification awarded Postdoc position
Name of organization Department of Agronomy, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Brazil
Principal subject IPM of grapes
Skills covered Investigated alternative control means against gray mold of table grape

Dates 2008 - 2011

Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects/occupational
Skills covered
Name and type of organization
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Plant Protection
Curriculum: Integrated Crop Protection
Thesis title: “Phytopathological, Biochemical, and Molecular Studies of
Green and Blue Molds of Citrus Fruit”
 Investigated the effectiveness of some salts against postharvest citrus
diseases and set up proper application strategies;
 Characterized the mode of action of the most effective salts;
 Developed a molecular method to identify and detect the three species of
Penicillium commonly attacking citrus fruit.
Faculty of Agriculture - Bari University “Aldo Moro”, Italy

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Dates
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects/occupational
October 2007
Master of Science (MSc) in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of
Mediterranean Fruit Tree Crops
Thesis title: “Epidemiology and control of Penicillium rot of citrus and
development of molecular detection methods for pathogen diagnosis”

- Studying the epiphytic population of Penicillium spp. on citrus fruit;

Skills covered - Studying the effectiveness of alternative control means (salts and
natural substances) to reduce the incidence of postharvest Penicillium
decay of citrus;
- Carrying out the DNA sequence analysis of the IGS regions of P.
digitatum, P. italicum and P. ulaiense, in order to identify genetic
targets to design specific primers for the three species.
Name and type of organization International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies
(CIHEAM), Mediterranean Agronomic Institute, Bari (MAIB), Italy
Dates June 2005

Diploma of Specialized Postgraduate Studies in “Integrated Pest

Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects/occupational
Skills covered
Name and type of organization
Management of Mediterranean Fruit Tree Crops” with all the rights and
obligation pertaining to that degree in testimony whereof this diploma is
conferred in Paris
Project title “ Integrated Pest Management of Mango in Egypt”
Screening of phytosanitary status of diseases and pests attacking mango fruits
in Egypt
International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies
(CIHEAM), Mediterranean Agronomic Institute, Bari (MAIB), Italy

Dates
Title of qualification awarded
Name and type of organization
Training and scientific
missions
June 2002
Bachelor degree (BSc) of Agriculture Sciences, Plant Pathology with average
grade: very good (with honor degree)
Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt

Date October to November 2010

Training course in Plant Science, Food Security and Environmental Health at
Place Dr. Leon Terry laboratory, on “Biochemical characterization of induced
resistance by salts in citrus fruit using HLPC analysis”
Name Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, Vincent Building United Kingdom,
MK43 0AL

Date and Place Nov. 30th –Dec. 4th 2013 Beijing, China
Name Food Biotechnology Training Course for Developing Countries, Institute of
Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Science

28-08/03-09/2016
Date and Place Study visit to France in scientific mission “Support the improvement of
Name agricultural research in Egypt through the modernisation of the agricultural
research centre" (EG/12/ENP-AP/AG/19) to learn how to transfer
agricultural research results into innovations and technology.

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Date and Place 26-03/02-04/2017 Netherlands and Brussels
Name Study visit to Netherlands in scientific mission “Support the improvement of
agricultural research in Egypt through the modernisation of the agricultural
research centre" for training and knowledge of modern methods used in the
field of management and information transfer.
International and national
workshops and congress
Date and Place 28 May 2009, Bari-Italy
Attendance the safety day workshop “Security, Compliance and New standard
GHS”

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 17 March 2009, Rutigliano-Italy
Date and Place Attendance of workshop “Research and Training in Agriculture: Demand,
Supply and Programming; postharvest valorization of table grape”

6-9 May 2009, Bari-Italy

Date and Place Attendance of the international EGYPT-ITALY workshop “Mediterranean
cooperation on plant protection”.

16-18 November 2008, Vienna, Austria

Date and Place Attendance of Junior Scientist Conference 2008 “SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY FOR THE FUTURE”.

19 May 2008, Valenzano, Italy

Date and Place Attendance of workshop: “The Rhynchophorus ferugineus in Italy and the
Mediterranean: state of the art and prospects for management”.

28 September - 1 October 2009, Locorotondo, Italy

Date and Place Attendance “the XV National Conference of Plant Pathology (SIPaV 2009)”

26-30 October 2009, Beirut, Lebanon

Date and Place Attendance “the 10th Arab Congress of Plant Protection”

14-17 September 2010, Florence, Italy

Date and Place Attendance “the XVI National Conference of Plant Pathology (SIPaV 2010)”

3- 5 November, 2010, Cologne, Germany

Date and Place Attendance “the Next Generation Sequencing Symposium: A revolution in
molecular biology”

10 November 2010, Cranfield University, United Kingdom.

Date and Place Cranfield University open day, Cranfield campus-Bedfordshire (reference
number is: 9914865)

12 - 14 September 2011, Bologna, Italy

Date and Place Attendance “the XVII National Conference of Plant Pathology (SIPaV
2011)”

Date and Place 12-16 May 2013, São Paulo, Brazil

IV SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE PÓS-COLHEITA DE FRUTAS,
HORTALIÇAS E FLORES

Date and Place 7 - 11 June 2015, Bari (Italy)

III International Symposium on Postharvest Pathology: Using science to
increase food availability.

Date and Place 10-11 May 2016, Giza, Egypt

Scientific and organizing member of 13th Plant Pathology Conference
organized by the Egyptian Phytopathological Society
Date and Place
18-23 September 2016, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil
XIII international citrus congress (ICC2016)
Date and Place
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Personal skills and
competences
Mother tongue(s) Arabic
Other language(s) English – Italian – and can communicate in Portuguese
Social skills and competences Sociability, diplomacy, simplistic and rapid integration in different social
groups and spaces, good human relation, communication skills.
Organisational skills and - Ability to establish and maintain good working relations with people
competences of different national and cultural backgrounds;
- Extremely organized person;
- Responsibility, self-respect and self-reliance;
- Ability to work in teams under pressure with efficiency.
Computer skills and - Knowledge of scientific software for DNA quantity, primer premier 5,
competences Clustalx, treeview, design specific primers and sequence alignment
using CLC Genomics Workbench
- Windows platforms: Microsoft Office™ (Word™, Excel™,
PowerPoint™, and Access).
- Statistics software: Statits, Minitab StatSoft, Inc. (2004). Statistica data
analysis software system, version 7.
Further activities - Member of the project “Support the improvement of agricultural
research in Egypt through the modernisation of the agricultural
research centre" (EG/12/ENP-AP/AG/19).
- Member of the support of applied research projects and extension
campaigns (Agriculture Development Programme, ADP) in the
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation.
- Board Member of the Egyptian Society for Phytopathology and Editor
of the Egyptian Journal of Phytopathology.
- Member of Follow-up and Periodic Review Committee in Agricultural
Pesticides Committee (APC), Ministry of Agriculture and Land
Reclamation.
- Assistant for the supervisor of Foreign Agriculture Relation (FAR),
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation.

Additional Information

References available upon Prof. Dr. Ashraf El-Said Khalil

request Director of Plant Pathology Research Institute, 9 Gamaa St., 12619 Giza,
Egypt
Tel: +20235724893 Fax: +20235723146
E-mail: ashraf_373@yahoo.com
Prof. Dr. Antonio Ippolito
Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimenti
Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
Tel: +390805443053 Fax: +390805442911
Email: ippolito@agr.uniba.it
Prof. Dr. Leon A. Terry
Head of Plant Science Laboratory
Head of Food Security and Environmental Health
Vincent Building, Cranfield University, United Kingdom
Tel.: +4407500766490 Fax: +441234758380
Email: l.a.terry@cranfield.ac.uk
Prof. Dr. Sergio Ruffo Roberto
Department of Agronomy, Universidade Estadual de Londrina,
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 Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid (PR 445), Londrina, PR 86057-970, Brazil
Tel.: +55(43) 91265905 Fax: +55(43) 33714555
Email: sroberto@uel.br

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