Dr. Zienab F. R. Ahmed earned a PhD degree in horticulture, physiology, and biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, USA, in 2014. Dr. Ahmed worked as an Assistant professor from 2015 to 2019 in the Horticulture Department, South Valley University, Egypt. She joined the Department of Integrative Agriculture, CFA, UAEU, as an assistant professor in August 2019. Dr. Ahmed has 12 years of teaching experience at the undergrad and graduate levels. She has developed and taught several courses in INTGA, CFA, and UAEU. She has advised and supervised several senior projects and MSc. students. Her research interests include horticulture crop production, propagation, and post-harvest fruit physiology. In 2020, she was awarded a UAEU Startup two-year grant (AED 391,000). She has published more than 13 articles in highly ranked international journals in the last 5 years. She also serves as a reviewer for many international journals.