Journal of Plant Sciences and Crop Protection

Professor Gamal Khalil is working as full professor of soil physics and water management, Soil and Agricultural Chemistry Dept., Faculty of Agriculture (Saba Basha), Alexandria University, Alexandria, EGYPT. He attended the Alexandria University and graduated in 1975 with B.Sc. degree in Soil and Water Sciences. He obtained M.Sc. degree in Soil Physics from Assiut University, Egypt in 1984. In 1991 he was awarded a Ph.D. degree in Soil Physics from Alexandria University, Egypt. He joined the Department of Soils and Agricultural Chemistry, Alexandria University, Egypt as Lecturer in 1991, Assistant Professor in 1996 and full Professor in 2002. He is specialized in soil physics & water management and is involved in teaching both undergraduate and graduate level courses in soil physics program (Soil physics, Advanced soil physics, Applied soil physics, Environmental soil physics, Solid Waste Management, Soil Hydrology, Soil, water and plant relations and Transport processes in soil environment). His research interests are focused on fate and transport of pollutants in soil and groundwater, water and solute transport in soil, soil and wastewater remediation with organic wastes. He has authored and co-authored for about 107 scientific publications in refereed journals. He is Editor and Associate Editor of many international journals. He was a supervisor and co-supervisor of 33 M.Sc. and Ph.D. students and contributed for 15 scientific projects. He regularly reviews papers for scientific journals as well as research proposals and projects for governmental agencies.

Professor Gamal Khalil  research interests are: Soil physical properties in relation to water management; Water in relation to soil and plant; Plant-water consumptive use; Irrigation scheduling in desert regions; Fertilization in relation to water-use efficiency; Soil conditioners; Organic farming; Fertigation management in desert regions; Evapotranspiration; Computer simulation of soil-water relations; Agro-meteorological studies of plant; Water conservation through soil surface treatments; Clay-jar subsurface irrigation system.