**Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam**

Prof. Kamel Ahmed Abd-Elsalam is a research professor specializing in molecular plant pathology in the Agricultural Research Center at the Plant Pathology Research Institute, Egypt. His areas of research are plant pathogenic fungi, using a polyphasic approach based on multi-locus phylogeny (gene-barcoding) and its correlation with polyphasic characteristics. His current research interests include developing, improving, and deploying plant biosecurity diagnostic platforms and response tools, understanding and exploiting pathogen genomes, CRISPR, and developing new nanotechnology-based platforms and materials and their applications in agricultural aanotechnology.
