Dr. Nihal Galal El-Din Thabet Shams El-Din, Professor in Hydrobiology Lab, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria, Egypt. Field of interest: Ecological studies on marine phytoplankton in Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Suez Canal and Monitoring of phytoplankton in different habitats of Egyptian waters, especially the nursery ground of fish. Investigations on Harmful algae. Also, studies on macroalgae, including biodiversity, invasive species and taxonomical studies on native and introduced species. In addition, studies on nutraceutical value of macroalgae, bioactive compounds, nanoparticles from macroalgae and their application in different domains such as industrial, pharmaceutical, bioremediation. Also, studies on biodiesel production from macroalgae were performed.
Dr. Sarah Hamdy Rashedy, is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher of aquatic plants in Hydrobiology Lab, Marine Environment Department, NationalInstitute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Hurghada, Egypt. Dr. Rashedy received her M Sc. degree from South Valley University. Her master thesis (2012-2015) was on eco-physiological studies on the phytoplankton along the north-western area of the Red Sea, Egypt. Then she was awarded a Ph.D. from Suez Canal University. In her Ph.D. thesis (2016-2019), she studied the spatial and temporal variations in nutritional composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of some seaweeds from Red Sea, Egypt. Her major research interest is studying marine algae in terms of ecology, taxonomy, and application.in recent years, she has published a series of studies on the ecology of phytoplankton and seaweeds and in the field of biological treatment of wastewater by algae.