Department of Plant Protection (Entomology) at Faculty of Agriculture at Tanta University hosted the defense of the PhD dissertation submitted by the researcher Assmaa Badrawy Abo Zaid Aisha, on Saturday, May 17, 2025. The defense was held under the patronage of Prof. Essawy Qassem Mahmoud, Faculty Dean, and Prof. Adel Helal, Faculty Vice Dean for Community Service and Environmental Development, in the presence of academic staff from the department and the faculty, students from all four levels of the faculty, postgraduate students, as well as the researcher’s family and friends. The dissertation is titled "Studies on terrestrial molluscs infesting some fruit crops and ornamental plants at Gharbia Governorate"

Supervisory Committee:

Prof. Ibrahim Said Othman El-Hawary – Emeritus Professor of Economic Entomology, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, and former Faculty Dean.

Prof. Shehata Ahmed Ali Ismail – Emeritus Research Director, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza.

Prof. Mohamed Fadel Mahmoud El-Sheikh – Professor of Economic Entomology, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University.

Discussion and Judgement Committee:

Prof. Ibrahim Said Othman El-Hawary – Emeritus Professor of Economic Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University (Main Supervisor).

Prof. Abdel Sattar Metwally – Emeritus Professor of Agricultural Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University (External Examiner).

Prof. Mostafa El-Nabawy – Emeritus Professor of Agricultural Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University (External Examiner).

Prof. Shehata Ahmed Ali – Emeritus Research Director, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza (Representing the Supervisory Committee).

5/17/2025