Dr. Esmat Hegazi is Professor of Entomology at Alexandria University, Egypt. He has served as Head of  Entomology Department at Alexandri University from 2002 to 2004. He held a postdoctoral positions at the University of Gottingen,1981, Germany. Texas A & M University,1995 , U.S.A.and Cardiff University, Wales,1998,  England. He had published 178 scientific articles and 14 textbooks in entomological sciences and several technical reports on desert invertebrates, insect parasitoids and sustainable control of some agricultural pests. Many of his articles have been published in the top-ranking journals. Dr. Hegazi accomplished an outstanding contribution to the Science of applied Entomology, development of integrated pest management in Egypt, but also to a crucial enlargement of knowledge, especially in the basic research of host-parasitoid interactions. He developed innovative biological and biotechnical methods for a sustainable control system for lepidopterous pests in the Egyptian olive groves.

Dr. Esmat Hegazi’s research interest includes Biological Control & Insect Pest Management.