Dr. Youssef is a lecturer at Genetics Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University. He received his B.Sc. (1999) and M.Sc. (2004) in Genetics from Assiut Univ., his Ph.D. (2010) and a Post-Doctoral fellowship (2014) in biotechnology from Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatan, Mexico. His Research interests focus on Plant Biotechnology.