Statement of Prof. Fawzy Faiek SHALABY :

Personal Informations:

Name(Ar): فوزى فائق شلبى
Faculty: Agriculture
Department: Plant Protection
Academic degree: PhD
Major Speciality: Entomology
Minor Speciality: Biological Control of Insect Pests and Weeds
Current position: Prof. Emeritus
Office address: Moshtohor
Mobile 1: 01200100003
Work phone: 0132460306
Edu-Mail: fawzy.shalaby@fagr.bu.edu.eg
Alt. e-mail: fawzyshalaby@yahoo.co.uk
Website: http://bu.edu.eg/staff/fawzy6

Academic Positions:

Position Organization Country From To
Demonstrator of Entomology Plant Protection Dept.,High Agricultural Institute, Edfina, Beheira EGYPT 1963 1971
Lecturer of Economic Entomology Plant Protection Dept.,Faculty of Agriculture, Benha Branch, Zagazig University EGYPT 1971-1-1 1970-01-01
Professor of Economic Entomology Plant Protection Dept.,Faculty of Agriculture, Benha Branch, Zagazig University EGYPT 1984-1-1 1970-01-01
Head of the Plant Protection Department Plant Protection Dept.,Faculty of Agriculture, Benha Branch, Zagazig University EGYPT 1991-1-1 1997
Member of the Egyptian Scientific Committee for Promotion of Staff-members (in the fields of Economic Entomology, Agricultural Zoology and Egyptian Universities EGYPT 2001-1-1 2004
Emeritus Professor of Economic Entomology Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University. EGYPT 2002-1-1 1970-01-01

Workshops / Conferences:

Workshop / Conference Year

Educational details:

Institution Degree Year
Ph. D. in Economic Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, 1974. Title: “Studies on insects associated with weeds”. PhD 1974
M. Sc. in Economic Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, 1968 . Title: “Morphology and bionomic studies on Microplitis rufiventris Kok. (Hymenoptera : Braconidae), wit MSc 1968
B. Sc. in Agricultural Science (General Section), 1963, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University. BSc 1963

Memberships and Awards details:

Organization name Membership/Award
The Entomological Society of Egypt (since 1970). Membership
Member and Founder, in the Egyptian Society of Biological Pests’ Control (since 1989; the starting date of the Society). Membership
Member of the Managing Council of the preceding Society. Membership
The Egyptian National Society of Environmental Protection Membership

Committees details:

Committee Year

Scientific Activities:

Experience:

Teaching courses of General Entomology, Economic Entomology, Insects’ classification, and Biological Pests’ Control for under-graduate students
Teaching courses of Advanced Biological Control, Advanced Insect’s Classification, Biotechnology in Insect Pests Control for postgraduate students.
Supervising (in collaboration with the staff-members of my Department and the Agricultural Research Center) the scientific theses (M. Sc.and Ph. D.) of post graduate students, mainly in fields of Biological Control of insect pests& weeds and Integrated Pest Management. More than 45 M. Sc. Theses and more than 30 Ph. D. Theses of which their degrees have been awarded.
One of the supervising committee and the final Discussion committee of a Ph. D. thesis about the integrated control of the tobacco whitefly, Bemisia tabaci in Syria, in the Faculty of Agriculture, Damascus University, SYRIA (degree awarded 2008).
Discussed, as external examiner, of 33 Theses (11 M. Sc and 22 Ph. D. Theses) in other Egyptian Universities
Research activities in Biological Control of Insect Pests & Weeds
Experience in the applied biological control of insect pests and weeds
Participation in Scientific Conferences in and outside Egypt
Post-Doctor Scientific Missions for achieving research activities in a- A Scientific mission of one year (July, 31st 1977 to June, 30th 1978 ) in the : « Station des Recherches de Lutte Biologique, Institute Nationale de la Recherche Agronomique, Antibes, FRANCE. » b- A Scientific mission of one month ( September 1st to 30th 1984 ) at the Department of Plants & Forests at Alnarp, Swedish University, SWEDEN. c- A mission to Florida, U. S. A. (in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Yahia Hussein Fayad, Head Researcher of Biological Pests’ Control in thePlant Protection Research Institute, A. R. C.) and director of the “National Project for the Biological Control of Water Hyacinth in Egypt”, during May, 2000 for collection and introduction, to Egypt,of two beneficial specific monophagous weevil species; Neochetina eichhornia and N. bruchi (Coleoptera : Curculionidae) for the Biological Control of water hyacinth in Egypt.