Abd-Alla GAD
National Authority of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
Egypt
Biography
Gad Graduated at the Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, B.Sc., specialized in Soil Sciences, 1976 with degree of "Very good with honor degree". He continued studies at the Faculty of Sciences, State University of Ghent, Belgium, and obtained PhD in remote sensing applications, with greatest distinction degree in 1988. He is an expert in soil survey, land evaluation, land degradation and desertification. He was awarded the “State prize in advanced technical Studies, Agricultural Sciences”, Egypt, 2001; “Shield of Excellence”, Euro-Arab Organization of Water, Environment and Desert studies (2014); “Shield the University of Jordan” (2016). He coordinated the EU-FP7 funded project “Characterization and Sustainable Use of Egyptian Degraded Soils (SUDSOE), Jan 2012.