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Yusuf Adib Abou-Jawdah Adib Abou-Jawdah Bldg.│ Maska Broumana, Metn │C. 03-010344 │[email protected] EDUCATION Undergraduate Level 1. B.Sc. in Agriculture (with distinction) Specialization: Crop Production and Protection American University of Beirut, Lebanon (1977). 2. Ingenieur Agricole (with distinction) American University of Beirut, Lebanon (1977). Graduate Level 1. Master of Science Specialization: Plant Protection American University of Beirut, Lebanon (1979). 2. Certificat d'Etudes Spéciales en Phytopharmacie et Phytiatrie (3e cycle) (High Distinction). Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux, Belgium (1980). 3. Docteur en Sciences Agronomiques (avec la Plus Grande Distinction/Highest Distinction) Main Subject: Plant Pathology. Laboratoire de Pathologie végétale Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux, Belgium (1983). EMPLOYMENT RECORD 1. Oct. 2001- Present Professor of Plant Pathology, Department of Agriculture (AGRI), Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (FAFS), American University of Beirut (AUB). 2. 1995 – 2001 Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, Crop Production and Protection Department (CPP), FAFS, AUB. 3. 1992- 1995 Chairman of CPP Department, FAFS, AUB. 4. 1991 - 1992 Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology, CPP Department, FAFS, AUB. 5. 1989 - 1991 Plant Protection Expert - FAO - Ministry of Agriculture and Water, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 6. 1987 - 1989 Plant Protection Expert - FAO - Wadi Jizan Development Project, Jizan, Saudi Arabia. 7. 1984 - 1986 Assistant Professor, AUB, adjuncted to the Department of Plant Protection Research at the Ministry of Agriculture and Water - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 8. 1977 - 1978 Graduate Assistant, Phytopathology Lab, CPP Department, FAFS, AUB. NOTABLE MEMBERSHIP AND CONSULTANCY 1. 2010-present Scientific consultant on pesticide registration Committee Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture 2. 2011-present Member of the Pesticide Scientific committee 3. 2011- 2015 Member of the phytoplasma scientific committee 4. 2007- 2009 Scientific consultant on pesticide registration, Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture 5. 2009-2010 Consultant To Kuwait Institute of Scientific research (KISR) on survey of viruses infecting major vegetable crops in Kuwait ( 2 weeks) 6. 2008 Consultant Arab Thought Foundation, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Two short visits to Jeddah to serve as a referee for the Arab Award for Excellence in Sciences. 7. 2005, 2006 Nomination from the AUB president to serve on the promotion committee of professors in the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, respectively. 8. 1999 (April)-2002 Advisor to the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture on Pesticides and Plant Protection issues. Lead or participated in the following activities: Head a committee to set the list of plant quarantine pests in Lebanon, senior consultant on updating pesticide regulations, training of Ministry officers on plant protection issues, Farmer field schools. Launched a project on the quality of pesticide formulations ($30,000 have already been approved); Preparing to launch an olive integrated pest management project (IPM), seed money was secured. 9. 2000- 2001 Consultant to the FAO on IPM in the project entitled (Development integre des regions montagneuses du Liban-Nord). 10. 1997- Nov1998 - Advisor to the Lebanese Minister of Agriculture on Pesticides and Plant Protection issues. - Reviewed legislation pertaining to pesticides: registration, packaging, labeling, import, sales,... and submitted the recommended modifications of the existing regulations to the Pesticide Advisory Committee for review and final approval. - My main emphasis was on promoting Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and the safe and rational use of pesticides. Launched the IPM project on citrus. Other IPM projects were planned. - Served in several committees including the citrus IPM committee and committees charged of putting the technical specifications for the purchase and import of seedlings of fruit trees and of pesticides. 11. 1996-2002 Member of the FAO working group – greenhouse crop production in the Mediterranean region. President elect of the group for the years 2001-2002. 12. 1997 Member of the scientific committee and the logistic committee of the sixth Arab Congress of plant protection that was held in Beirut, October 27-31, 1997. 13. 1996 Member, Advisory Committee at the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture entrusted with setting up laws and regulations for the import, manufacturing, sale and use of pesticides. -2- 14. 1989 - 1991 - Advised and assisted in the planning of pest control strategies to be adopted by the Department of extension and agricultural services on national level - MAW - Riyadh, SA. - Assisted in the evaluation and development of the plant quarantine system. - Served in several expert committees for the control of dangerous pests, eg.: citrus canker, citrus greening, palm yellowing, water melon yellowing and red palm weevil. 15. 1987 - 1989 Supervised daily pest control operations for 2 years in Wadi Gizan development project and provided extension services to farmers in the region, SA. 16. 1984 - 1986 - Consultant on plant protection issues and on evaluation and coordination of research activities. Ministry of Agriculture and Water (MAW) - Riyadh, SA. - Served in the committee of pesticides' registration. OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES 1. 1998 - Reviewer, Arab Journal of Plant Protection 2. 1999 - Reviewer, Damascus University Journal 3. 2000- 2012 - Reviewed several articles in the Journal of Virological methods, Journal of Phytopathlogy, Phytopathologia Mediterrannea, European Journal of Plant pathology,… 4. 2000- 2009 - Served as thesis committee member of 2 students at the Lebanese university and 2 students at the Kaslik University 5. 2008-2009 - Reviewer of promotion file for the promotion to the rank of Professor , Albalqaa applied University, Jordan 6. 2013 - Reviewer of promotion file for the promotion to the rank of Associate Professor, Al-Quds University AWARDS AND HONORS - USAID scholarship for B.Sc. studies. - Dean's Honor List. - B.Sc. with Distinction. - Belgian Lebanese Cooperation scholarship for Ph.D. studies. - Ph.D. with the Highest Distinction. - Five long term faculty developments: UC-Davis, USA; 2X UW-Madison, USA; Univ of Gembloux, Belgium; CIHEAM, Bari, Italy. - Since 2002, five of my students received the best thesis award - CC and CA Rebeiz Award: best research at FAFS -3- TEACHING EXPERIENCE Taught the following courses at AUB: a. Undergraduate courses: - AGSC 232: Principles of Plant Pathology - CPP 294: Plant Protection (shared course) - AGSC 295: Pesticides - CPP 296: Applied Plant Pathology - AGSC 203 Crop Production and Protection (shared course 50%) b. Graduate courses: - AGSC 311: Advanced Principles and Methods in Plant Pathology - PLSC 323: Plant Virology - CPP 317: Plant Parasitic Fungi and Bacteria - PLSC CPP 345: Plant Disease Control - AGSC 388: Integrated Pest Management (course coordinator 50%) - PLSC 396: Graduate seminar (Coordinator) - PLSC 347: Biological control of crop pests (shared course 50%) - AGSC 332: Plant-pest Interactions (shared course, 50%) - LDEM 631: Agricultural Pollution and Control (shared course 50%) -4- MASTER OF SCIENCE MAJOR THESIS ADVISOR - Itani, Halima. 1994. Status of Fungicidal Resistance in Botrytis cinerea Isolates on Tomatoes in Lebanon. FAFS Thesis #920 - Shebaro, Wafa. 1994. Screening Tomato Cultivars for Resistance to Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus. FAFS Thesis #922 - Soubra, Kamal. 1994. Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Geminivirus: Varietal Reaction and Detection by Heterologous Monoclonal Antibodies. FAFS Thesis # 934 - Assi, Raghed. 1994. Effect of Fungicides and Timing of Application on the Control of Apple Powdery Mildew in the Beqa'a Valley. FAFS Thesis # 935 - Al-Khoury, Anna Maria. 1994. Race identification of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. melonis Occurring in Lebanon. FAFS Thesis # 938 - Diab El Arab, Hanan. 1995. Resistance of Venturia inaequalis Isolates to Fungicides Used in Lebanon. FAFS Thesis # 944. - Sobh, Hana. 1995. Effect of soil solarization on soil-borne pathogens. FAFS Thesis # 961. - Hamed, Abdel Majid Adlan. 1996. Ecological studies on faba bean necrotic yellows virus: Virus-vector relationship and yield loss assessment. FAFS Thesis # 977. - Maalouf Sarrouf, Rachad. 1997. Reaction of tomato genotypes to infection by tomato yellow leaf curl geminivirus in Lebanon. FAFS Thesis # 989 - Fayad, Amer Sharif, 1997. Diagnosis and control of cucurbit viruses in Lebanon. FAFS Thesis # 1005. - El–Zammar, Souheir 2000. Comparative study on the management of cucurbit viruses. FAFS Thesis # 1057 - Karakashian, Armine 2001. Diagnostic of mollicutes infecting fruit trees in Lebanon. FAFS Thesis # 1104 - Dakhil, Hala (Co-advisor) 2002. Stone fruit phytoplasma: Molecular diagnostic methods, survey of leafhopper populations and graft transmission. FAFS Thesis # - Cordahi, Nada 2002. Development of molecular biology techniques for the diagnosis of Prunus dwarf virus. FAFS thesis # 1136 - Kawtharani, Hadia, 2003. Development of molecular biology techniques for the detection of Prunus necrotic ring spot virus. FAFS thesis # 1148 - Hourani, Hala. 2003. Development of serological assays for diagnosis of Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus using molecular techniques. FAFS thesis # - El Mohtar, Shoaa, 2003: Development of molecular techniques for specific detection of almond and tomato phytoplasmas. FAFS thesis # 1145 - Eid Georges Sahar 2005: Evaluation of cucurbit germplasms for resistance to Cucurbit yellow stunting