Said Ghabrial

Professional Profile

In Memoriam (1939 - 2018)

Professor Emeritus

Education

• B.S.- Cairo University, General Agriculture, 1959.
• M.S.- Louisiana State University, Plant Pathology, 1963.
• Ph.D.- Louisiana State University, Plant Pathology, 1965.

Employment Highlights

• Professor Emeritus, Plant Pathology, 2014-present
• Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, 1986-2014
• Visiting Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 2000-2001
• Visiting Professor, Microbiology Department, Oregon State University, 1988-1989.
• Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, 1975-1986
• Visiting Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California at Davis, 1978-1979
• Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, 1972-1975    

Honors & Recognition

• Section Editor Encyclopedia of Virology, 4th edition, 2017-2020
• Member, Editorial Board, Viruses, 2015-2020
• Elected chair of the Fungal Virus Subcommittee of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), 2011-2014. Also elected as a member of the Executive Committee of ICTV for a three-year term
• Edited a thematic issue of Advances in Virus Research on “Mycoviruses” published by Elsevier in April 2013
• Awarded a patent (number 7,618,815; viral vectors useful in soybean and methods of use) by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on November 17, 2009
• Fellowship in Virology, awarded by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of
  Science - visited major centers for excellence in Virology and presented lectures, April-May 2009.
• Associate Editor, the Encyclopedia of Virology, 3rd Edition, 2005-2008
• Fellow, The American Phytopathological Society, elected in July 2002
• Local host and Chair of the Organizing Committee - the annual meeting of the American Society for Virology held in Lexington, KY July 20-24, 2002
• Life-time Membership Award, the American Society for Virology, awarded in 2002
• Member, Awards and Honors Committee, The American Phytopathological Society, elected in August 2002
• Member, Editorial Board for the Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology 1998-2000
• Chair, Study Group on Partitiviruses and Chrysoviruses, the International Committee for the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) 1999-present.
• Consultant for Monsanto in the area of Plant Virology (soybean viruses), 2000-2001
• Senior Editor - Phytopathology - 1994-1996.
• Convenor, Workshop on “Viral entry and replication. ” Fifth International Symposium on Double-stranded RNA viruses. Djerba, Tunisia. March 1995
• Chairman, Fungal Virus Subcommittee of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) 1987-1993
• Member, Executive Committee of ICTV, 1987-1993
• Member, Fungal Virus Subcommittee of the ICTV, 1984-present
• Member, International Program Advisory Committee, International Congress of Virology, International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS), 1991- 1999
• Consultant to the Monsanto Co. in the area of Fungal Virology, 1989-1991