Abdelfattah A. Dababat (Amer) is the CIMMYT Country Representative in Türkiye and the leader of the Soil Borne Pathogens. In 2009, he received a 2nd post doctorate offer from CIMMYT to work on the soil borne pathogens. More than 1000 scientists/students benefited from the symposiums, workshops, conferences, and courses which he has organized since 2010. He has co-supervised/co-supervising more than 80 Postdoc, PhD, and MSc students from around the world. He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed articles and more than 300 proceedings, abstracts, and 2 manuals, books, and book chapters. He obtained his BSc in 1996 from Al-Najah National University and his MSc in 1999 from the University of Jordan in Amman. In 1996 – 2002 he worked at the Palestinian Agriculture Research Center for an International project focusing on biological control of root diseases. In 2003, he received a PhD scholarship offer from the German KAAD to complete his PhD studies at Bonn University, where also did his 1st post doctorate between 2007-2009. In 2024, and due to his significant global scientific contribution, he was appointed as adjunct professor at the School of Agriculture at the University of Jordan.
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