Algal Nanotechnology Synthesis and Applications

Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam, Ph.D., is currently a Research Professor and Deputy Director for Research at the Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt. Dr. Kamel's research interests include developing and improving plant biosecurity diagnostic tools, understanding fungal pathogen genomes, and creating eco-friendly hybrid nanomaterials for controlling toxigenic fungi and plant diseases as well as applications in agroecosystems. Kamel earned his Ph.D. in Molecular Plant Pathology from Christian Albrechts University of Kiel (Germany) and Suez Canal University (Egypt). In 2008, he was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the same institution. Dr. Kamel served as a Visiting Associate Professor at Mae Fah Luang University in Thailand, the Institute of Microbiology at TUM in Germany, the Laboratory of Phytopathology at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, and the Plant Protection Department at Sassari University in Italy.

He has published 43 books related to nanobiotechnology applications in agriculture and plant protection with major publishing houses such as Springer, Taylor & Francis, and Elsevier. Since 2019, he has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier book series Nanobiotechnology for Plant Protection and as the Series Editor for Applications of Genome Modified Plants and Microbes in Food and Agriculture. Additionally, he has been an active member of the Elsevier Advisory Panel since 2020, providing feedback and suggestions to improve Elsevier's products and services. He has published more than 327 scientific research articles in international and regional specialized journals with high impact factors, and has an H-index of 55, an i-10 index of 173, and over 11576 citations. He served as a Guest Editor for the Journal of Fungi, Plants, and Microorganisms, and as a Review Editor for Frontiers in Genomic Assay Technology, Agrochemicals, and Plant Nano Biology. He was ranked in the top 2% of the most influential scientists in the world in nanobiotechnology for 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 by Elsevier and Stanford University. In 2014, he was awarded the Federation of Arab Scientific Research Council Prize for excellent scientific research in biotechnology (fungal genomics), ranking first. Additionally, he received the Egyptian State Award for Agricultural Scientific Excellence from ASRT, Egypt, in 2022 with a silver medal.

Mohamed A. Mosa, Ph.D. is currently an Associate Professor at Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Egypt. He was granted a scholarship to study his Ph.D. at Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Polytechnic University of Valencia (CSIC-UPV), Spain. He extended his research through two postdoctoral research grants at the UPV, Spain. His research interests include molecular plant pathology, and nanobiotechnology. His current research agenda is centered around three principal themes: (1) Molecular identification of fungal species "pathogens/endophytes" associated with plants; (2) Development of eco-friendly fungicides through biological approaches and green nanomaterials for plant disease management; (3) Gene manipulation techniques and RNAi approaches in plant disease control. Dr. Mosa's groundbreaking work has resulted in one issued patent to his credit from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2023. He also constructed an ultra-sensitive nanosensor microbial detection device. He has many international publications, including high impact papers, book chapters, and published books. Dr. Mosa has been awarded "The Award of Excellence" in "Innovative Nanotechnology" by the UPV, Spain in 2015. He has received the Excellence and Recognition Award from the Egyptian Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation in 2019.