Alaa Eldin Abdel Mouty Mohamed Eissa

o Professor, Alaa Eldin Eissa has earned a Ph.D. in Aquatic Animal Medicine from College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, USA in 2005; a Masters in Vet Sciences (M. V. Sc.) “Fish Diseases” from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Cairo University in 1997 and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from Cairo University in 1993. He is currently working as a Professor of Aquatic Animal Medicine and Management Department at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University. Prof. Eissa is a certified Molecular Laboratory Diagnostician (graduate diploma in Molecular Pathology from Michigan State University, USA). o Prof. Eissa has over 30 years of experience in aquatic animal medicine, fish/ shellfish diseases diagnosis, aquaculture health management, aquatic environment risk assessment and rehabilitation of degraded aquatic wildlife habitats. With this unique mix of expertise, Alaa has excelled in delivering leading-edge aquaculture project development and management know-how to clients in USA, Canada, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Libya. o For distinction & innovation in aquaculture health management Prof. Eissa was awarded the “National Encouragement Award in Agricultural Sciences” from the Supreme Council of the Egyptian Academy of Science and Technology for the year 2008 and the “Scientific Distinction Award in Interdisciplinary and Multi-specialty Sciences” and Agricultural Sciences from the Supreme Council of Scientific Research of Cairo University for the year 2010 & 2016. o In 2017, Prof. Eissa has been selected by the supreme authority of Suez Canal to work as Aquatic Veterinary Consultant to the Suez Canal National Company for Fish Farming and Aquatic Animal Health. o In 2017, based upon his professional experience in aquatic wildlife conservation research and his active support to animal rights /environmental protection worldwide, he has been nominated as an official member of the Animal Research Ethics Supreme Committee of Cairo University. o In 2018, for his profound expertise in the field of Aquatic Animal Health and Aquatic diversity conservation Prof. Eissa has been nominated as an international aquatic veterinary consultant to the Mediterranean Aquaculture Development Project II (MADE 2 Egypt). o Since 2018 till now, he is holding the Fish Diseases section editor position and member of the editorial board of the highly ranked Turkish journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences. He is also an editorial board member and reviewer for several international journals. During the period from 2012-2015, he has acted as an executive editor / cofounder of the International J of Veterinary Science and Medicine.