User:Mohamed E. I. Badawy

Dr. Mohamed El-Taher Ibrahim Badawy, Associate Professor, Department of Pesticide Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Aflaton Street, 21545-El Shatby, Alexandria, Egypt. Date of birth: 04-02-1971; Sex: Male; Nationality: Egyptian; Marital Status: Married; Contact information: Tel: Work: 00203-3921862 (1415) Home: 00203-9575269 Mob: 002-0104902923; E-mail: m_eltaher@yahoo.com ; Web site: http://www.meibpestchem.zoomshare.com/ B.Sc., 1993, in Pesticide Chemistry and Toxicology; M.Sc., 1997 in Pesticide Chemistry and Toxicology; Ph.D., in Pesticide Chemistry and Toxicology with the title of chemical structure and acaricidal activity relationship of some sulfonate and sulfonamide compounds. Demonstrator from1993 to 1997; Assistant Lecturer from 1998 to 2001; Lecturer from 2002 to 2008 in the Dept. of Pesticide Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University; Post-Doc. Researcher in the Dept. of Crop Protection Chemistry, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium, from September-2002 to Mai-2005 in the area of chemical modification with fungicidal and insecticidal activity of a natural polymer chitosan; Associate Professor from 2008 till now in the Dept. of Pesticide Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University in the area of chemical modification with biological activity of a natural polymer chitosan and its derivatives. Participation in Societies and Scientific Journals including of the Egyptian Society for Promotion of Scientific Research, the Egyptian Society for Pest Control and Environmental Protection, Journal of Pest Control and Environmental Sciences, the Egyptian Science Magazine. Editor in the Egyptian Science Magazine. Membership in Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), Honorary Membership in Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Work as a potential referee for more than 15 international scientific Journals published in American chemical society, ScienceDirect, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Springer and Wiley-Blackwell. Academic awards:

• Prof. Dr. Nabila Bakry Prize for Honor Scientific in Pesticide Chemistry Sciences (1993).
• First Class Honor Prize in Pesticide Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University (1993).
• Alexandria University Prize for Science Encouragement in Agricultural Sciences (2009).
• Egyptian State Prize for Science Encouragement in Agricultural Sciences, 2010.

Highlights of the Research Area and experience:

• Synthesis and chemical structure activity relationship of new bio-active compounds including a natural polymer chitosan and its derivatives.
• Exploration of new water soluble chitosan compounds as safe alternatives to synthetic pesticides to control plant pathogenic bacteria and fungi.
• Development of Purification techniques for synthesized compounds.
• Spectroscopic characterization of synthesized compounds by FT-IR and NMR Spectroscopy.
• Measurement of antimicrobial activity of synthesized compounds.
• Chromatographic analysis using of GC and HPLC for pesticide residues analysis.
• Worked as a PI of Project from Bibliotheca Alexandrina – The Center of Special Studies and Programs (BA/CSSP) postdoctoral research grant, from 5/9/2006 to 5/3/2008. Title of the project: Chitosan as a potential natural polymer to control pre and postharvest diseases of agriculture commodities.
• Worked as a project Co-PI of ALEX REP project for two years from April 2011, Research Enhancement Program, Alexandria University Research Fund (AURF), Alexandria, Egypt. Title of the project: Rapid detection and removal techniques of pesticide residues from fruits and vegetables.
• Worked as a project Co-PI of ALEX REP project for two years from April 2011, Research Enhancement Program, Alexandria University Research Fund (AURF), Alexandria, Egypt. Title of the project: Egyptian plants as a sustainable source of new and safer crop protection chemicals.