Professor Dr. Ayman F. Abou-Hadid
Emeritus professor, faculty of Agriculture, professor, Arid Lands Agricultural studies and Research Institute, Ain Shams university.He started his career after graduation from Cairo University, faculty of Agriculture working as assistant researcher in the National Research Center. After being granted the Ph.D. degree, he was appointed as lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the faculty of agriculture, Ain Shams University. His career continued ever since as associate professor, then full professor and head of Horticulture Department, then Emeritus Professor at Ain Shams University till the moment. Throughout his academic career, Professor Abou-Hadid has been seconded to several other National Duties including being appointed as Minister of Agriculture in four Cabinets, President of the Agricultural Research Center,
chairman of the Egyptian Union of Producers and Exporters of Horticultural Crops, and Executive President of the Egyptian Environmental Affair Agency. He also established three new Institutes, namely, The Arid Land institute in the faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, the Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate in the Agricultural Research Center, and Climate Change information Center and Renewable Energy in the Ministry of Agriculture. On the international level, he was elected as the chairman of the commission protected cultivation of the International Society for Horticulture Sciences (ISHS) for two terms from 1998 to 2006. He is the chairman of the national committee for biodiversity and natural resources of the National Academy of Science and Technology, Egypt.
He published Over 256 articles published in refereed journals and International meetings in the fields of stress physiology, greenhouse management, water use efficiency and irrigation, arid lands management, culture, and applications of agro climatic data for crop management. Professor Abou-Hadid has also Established International Master’s Degree between Milan University and Ain Shams University (2006).
He was the Rapporteur of Egyptian Agricultural Research and Development Council 2007-2011, Rapporteur and Member of Higher Committee for Climate Change in Agricultural sector since 2007, Chairman of Executive Committee of Climate Change in the Agricultural Sector since 2007, and chair of the National Committee for Nature Conservation and natural resources in the Academy of Scientific research and Technology (2019) . Professor Abou-Hadid has obtained several Academic Honors, Grants and Awards including Medal of Science and Arts First grade- from president of Egypt- April 2013, National Recognition Award for Agricultural Sciences, from Egyptian Academy for Scientific Research and Technology, 2009, and FAO Silver Medal twice in occasion of World Food Day celebration and honor contributors to the nutritional and social development in September 2007 and FAO Silver Medal, World Food Day “Water for Life” in 1994.