Professor Abd El-Fattah Badr
Address: Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain Helwan, Cairo, Post code: 11790 Cairo, Egypt
Cell phone: 002-01006692862
E-mails: abadr@science.helwan.edu.eg, abdelfattahbadr@yahoo.com
:Qualifications and Positions
Professor Badr finished a B.SC honor degree in Botany with grade distinction from Assiut University, Egypt in 1972 and a Ph.D. in Plant Genetics from Sheffield University, England, UK in 1977. He earned Professorship at Tanta University, Egypt in 1986, where he worked as a Faculty, from 1977 to 2012 and was Head of Botany Department from 1996 to 2002. He worked in Saudi Arabia for ten years while affiliated to Tanta University. Prof. Badr joined Helwan University as a Professor in November 2012.
:Grants, Fellowships and Prizes
Postgraduate grant from the British Council in 1980, an Alexander von Humboldt since 1990. a Fulbright Research Grant in 2001 and Fulbright Senior Scholarship in 2011 and a DAAD Science Tour in 2012. Professor Badr was awarded the Egyptian State Prize for Excelling Research in Biological Sciences in 1996 and Tanta University Prize for Merit in Sciences in 2008.
:Research Interests
Professor Badr’s research interests covered a wide spectrum of topics in plant genetics, plant biotechnology, biodiversity, plant biosystematics, and crop domestication as well as cytogenetic and molecular hazards of agricultural chemicals. His current research interests deal with genetic diversity and sustainable conservation of medicinal and threatened plants in arid environments. He is also engaged in research on plant taxonomy and systematics breeding of some legumes using gamma irradiation and the impact of abiotic stress on plant performance, particularly on maize.
:Scientific Activities, Initiatives and Achievements
Professor Badr founded the Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratories at Tanta University and initiated the M.Sc. program in Genetics (1998) and the B.Sc. program in Biotechnology in (2012). He supervised 65 postgraduate dissertations and published more than 125 peer reviewed articles, five books and three electronic books. He participated in in ten projects and chaired, organized and participated in over 100 conferences. He was invited speaker in 25 conferences. He is an editor and/or reviewer for over 30 international, regional and Egyptian journals.
:Membership of National Councils and Committees
Professor Badr has been selected as chair or a member of committees in scientific foundations and institutions in Egypt and abroad; He is currently a member of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) Environmental Council. Member of the National Committee for the Conservation of Nature (ASRT). Member of the Experts Committee for Basic Sciences in the Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities. He is an advisor to the PRIMA project FREECLIMB. Resilience
For list of publication, see
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rLZPSjsAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID Number: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3327-8151
:Recent Publications
Badr, A., M Kamel, H. Zaki (2018). Genetic diversity of Colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis Schrader) populations in the Eastern Desert of Egypt as revealed by morphological variation and ISSR polymorphism. Feddes Repertorium 129: 173-184 DOI: 10.1002/fedr.201700011
El-Azab, E.M., M. Soliman, E. Soliman, A. Badr (2018). Cytogenetic impact of gamma irradiation and its effects on growth and yield of three soybean cultivars. Egyptian Journal of Botany 58: 411- 422. DOI: 10.21608/ejbo.2018.3656.1173
El-Shaboury GA, Haroun SA, Al-Wadi HM, A Badr (2018). Three new records of Solanum species for the flora of Saudi Arabia. Feddes Repertorium 129: 69-74. (Published online) doi:10.1002/fedr.201700013
Gaafar R.M, M.M. Hamouda, H.I. Sayed-Ahmed, H.H. El-Shazly, A. Badr (2017). Genetic differentiation in the medicinal plant Artemisia judaica L. populations in Saint-Catherine area, South Sinai, Egypt. Plant Gene 12: 80–87.
Badr, A, HH El-Shazly, HI. Sayed Ahmed, M Hamouda, E. El-Khateeb and M. Sakr (2017). Genetic diversity of Achillea fragrantissima in Egypt inferred from phenotypic variations and ISSR markers with reference to traits of plant size and seed yield. Plant Genetic Resources. 15 (3): 239-247.
El-Shafey NM, N Hassan N, SA Khodary, A. Badr (2017). Differential In vitro direct regeneration of tomato genotypes on various combinations of growth regulators. Biotechnology 16(6):155-164. DOI: 10.3923/biotech.2017
El-Shaboury GA, SA Haroun, K Shaker, A Badr (2017). Systematics implications of GC-MS analysis of secondary metabolites in the ethanol extract of Solanum species from south west Saudi Arabia. Egyptian Journal of Botany 57 (3): 429- 444.
Tawfik R, A Badr, R Sammour, U. Ibrahim, M. Matter, M Sakr (2016) Improvement of flax drought tolerance using gene transfer. Plant Tissue Cult. Biotech 26: 197‐207
Gaafar, RM., M. Hamouda and Badr (2016). Seed coat color, weight and eye pattern inheritance in gamma-rays induced cowpea M2 mutant line. Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 14: 61–68.
Mekki L, AS El-Kholy, HI Sayed Ahmed and A. Badr (2016). Evaluation of cytogenetic and genotoxic potential of crude aqueous extract of Peganum harmala L. seeds on M2 generation of Vicia faba plants. Egypt. J. Exp. Biol. (Bot.) 12(1): 21 – 30.