Prof. Khaled F. M. Salem, Ph.D. Professor of Field Crop Biotechnology, Department of Biology, Shaqra University (Saudi Arabia), and Department of Plant Biotechnology, University of Sadat City (Egypt) Prof. Salem is an agricultural scientist with over thirty years of experience in field crop breeding, genomics, and genomic-assisted breeding, with research and academic work in Egypt, Germany, and Saudi Arabia. He has been a visiting scientist or professor in China, Spain, Italy, Mexico (CIMMYT), and Germany, including four years in the Genebank Department at IPK-Gatersleben. Education: B.Sc. in Crop Science (Excellent with Honors, 1993) and M.Sc. in Plant Breeding (rice, 1998), both from Menoufiya University; Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Genetics (2004) from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, with research at IPK-Gatersleben. Research focus: trait discovery and genetic improvement of field crops; genomic resources and genetic diversity; pre-breeding; seed systems and sustainability; gene and QTL discovery through GWAS and genomic prediction; and somatic embryogenesis, genetic engineering, and biotechnology under abiotic stress. Achievements: over 65 publications in journals, book chapters, and proceedings; invited speaker and chairperson at international conferences; reviewer for more than 20 journals and editorial board member of several international journals; teacher and supervisor of many M.Sc. and Ph.D. students in biotechnology, breeding, and genetics