CURRICULUM VITAE
(Autobiography)

 


PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Name : Prof. Ali Ibrahim Farag(Ph.D)
Date of birth : February 02, 1950
Nationality : Egyptian.
Sex : Male.
Marital Status : Married.
Present occupation : Prof. of Econ.Entom at dept. of Econ.Entomology and agric. zool.,Faculty of agric . minufiya univ. , shibin el-kom,Egypt
e-mail : afarag@mjar.net


Educational Qualifications:

B.Sc. Agric. Science ,Faculty of agriculture, Shibin El-kom ,Ain Shams univ.(1972),with final grade Excellent with honour degree.
Specialization study for plant protection Dept. Complementray courses (plant protection) for one year (Excellent ,1973).
M.Sc agric.Science (plant protection, Insecticides) in March 1976,titled: studies on chemical control of cotton leafworm spodoptera littoralis(Boisd).
Ph. D. ,Biological Science (Entomology) in 1982, titled: Effects of compounds with anti-hormone activity on insect pests.



Professional Career:

Demonstrator: (1972-1976) at plant protection Dept., Faculty of Agric., shibin El-kom ,Egypt
Assistant lecturer: (1976-1978) at plant protection Dept ., Faculty of agric.,shibin El-kom, Egypt.
Gove., mission for studing the Ph. D., (1978-1982) in Hungray.
Lecturer: (1982-1986) at plant protection Dept., Faculty of agric., Shibin-Elkom, Egypt
Associate Prof., (1987-1992) at plant protection Dept., Faculty of agric., Shibin-Elkom, Egypt
Professor of Economic Entomology(1992-2000)at plant protection Dept., Faculty of agric., ShibinEl-kom, Egypt
Professor of Economic Entomology (2000 till now)at Dept of Econ.Entomol. and Agric .zool., faculty of agric., shibin El-kom,Egypt.
vice Dean, faculty of Tourism and Hotles,Minufiya Univ,sadat city,Egypt(1999-2002).
vice Dean, faculty of Agric., Minufiya Univ, shibin El-kom,Egypt(2002-2005).

Scientific Meetings (Conferences attendance)

3rd Pest Conf., Ain shams univ., Egypt(1976).
2nd Arab Pesticides conf.,tanta Univ., Egypt.
International Conf. on the Regulation of Insect Development and Behaviour, Poland(1980)
International Conf. on the Juvenile Hormone Biochemistry, England(1981) .
International Conf. on the Integrted plant Protection, Hungary(1983).
XVII International Congress Of Entomology, F.R. of Germany, Hamburg(1984).
6th Arab Pesticide Conf., Tanta Univ., Egypt,(II):265-73.
1st Nat.Conf.of pests & Dis. of VGE. & Field crop in egypt,Suez Canal univ.,Egypt,(I):37-44.
Inter. Conf. on. ,, Endocinological Frontiers in Physiological insect Ecology,eds. F Shanal; A. Zabra and D.L. Denlinger, Wroclaw Tech. univ. Press, poland(1988),Vol. 1 : 129-134.
Symp.Scale Insect Studies, Cracow, poland, part II : 153-156
Interna. Conf. of Econ. Entomol., Cairo,Egypt.
Interna. Symp. on integra. Plant.Prot. in orchard, Godollo,Hungray.
the 4th meeting of the IOBC, APEIDOPHAGOUS, Godollo,Hungray.


Publication:-
80 published papers dealing with the following topics:-

  • Bilolgical effests of hormonal and antihormonal agents
  • Biological effects of plant extracts
  • Pheromone as tools for pest-control
  • plant resistance to insect

Research Experiance :-

1-Member of the following USA funding projects trough the FRCU between Egypt and USA.
         1.1 new approaches for management of insects pests and mites on citrus trees in menoufia province. (Principal Investigator).
         1.2 Use of insect growth regulators for the control of the cotton leafworm.(Memberof tem).

2-Regular Scientific tours to plant protection institute, Hung. Acad. Sc. Budapestduring the period 1983 till now

3-Scientific visit to Dept of Entomol., Wageningen, The Netherlands(1982).