Currently, Emeritus Professor of Plant Pathology, Director of Electron Microscopy Unit https://emunit.netlify.app/, Director of Seed Pathology and Tissue Culture Lab http://sepa.mans.edu.eg/, panel member in the National Scientific Committee for promotion to Professor and Assoc. Professor ranks, Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities, Ministry of High Education, Egypt, panel member in the Agriculture and Food Research Council, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), Egypt. Served as Chair of the Plant Pathology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Egypt (2017-2020); Vice Dean for Graduate Studies, Research, and Cultural Affairs (2013-2017); Program Manager of Weed Biocontrol, University of Florida, USA (2006-2009); Visiting Professor, Purdue University, USA (2005-2006); Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Research Fellow, University of Hohenheim, Germany (1999-2001). Honored several awards e.g., the IFS/King Baudouin Award from IFS, Sweden (1993), Mansoura University Incentive Award (1997), the State Incentive Award (1998), Shoman Prize for Young Arab Scientists from Jordan (1998), Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship from Germany (1999), and the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Arab Fund (Kuwait) (2004), Mansoura University Award of Excellence (2011), Mansoura University Award for Scientific Innovation (2013), Mansoura University Award of Merit (2017), "Best Applied Research" in Cairo Water Week (2019), and "Best Scientific Department" in Mansoura University in the field of life sciences (2019). Honored a biographical record in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering® (2008), in Marquis Who’s Who in America® (2009), and in Marquis Who’s Who in the World (2010). Co-inventor of two United States Patents. Member of the National Scientific Committee to examine the scientific production for promotion to the degree of professors and assistant professors in the field of plant protection. Member or ex-member of 18 professional societies and in technical committees of USA societies (e.g., American Phytopathological Society (APS), the APS Biological Control Committee, International Society of Plant Pathology, International Weed Science Society, Weed Science Society of America (WSSA), the WSSA Biological Control Committee, International Organization for Biological Control, International Bioherbicide Group, International Parasitic Plant Society, International Society for Pest Information, Arab Society for Plant Protection, Egyptian Phytopathological Society, Egyptian Mycological Society). Received funds from several agencies, including: AvH Foundation, Germany; DANIDA, Denmark & CABI Bioscience, UK; International Foundation for Science (IFS), Sweden; Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities, the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Italy; and others. Invited speaker, trainer, or panel member by international institutions such as IFS, Sweden; CABI Bioscience, UK; University of Patras, Greece; University of Hohenheim, Germany; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Benin; Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark; Novozymes Biologicals, USA; Purdue University, USA. Peer reviewer for several international journals such as Biological Control, Biocontrol Science and Technology, BioControl, Weed Research, Aquatic Botany, Plant Pathology Journal, Journal of Biological Sciences. Served as Regional Editor for: “Plant Pathology Journal” and “Journal of Biological Sciences; Associate Editor for: “International Journal of Plant Pathology”, “Research Journal of Agricultural Research”, “Advances in Plant & Agriculture Research", and “Journal of Environmental Science and Technology”. Editor for the international journals: "International Research Journal of Biological Sciences – SciRange Publications", "Journal of Research in Weed Science (JRWS)", "Iris Open Access Journal of Agriculture & Soil Science", "Acta Scientific Agriculture", "EPH- International Journal of Science & Engineering", "COJ Reviews and Research (COJRR)", "SCIREA Journal of Biology", "American Journal of Plant Biology", “the Open Access Journal of Science and Technology (Microbiology)”, "Agriculture International Acta", "International Scholarly Research Network (ISRN, Agronomy)", Associate Editor for the online journal “Advances in Plant & Agriculture Research”. Has published more than 148 articles in peer reviewed journals and conferences.