Said Ghabrial

Said Ghabrial

Said Ghabrial

Emeritus Faculty
201F Plant Science Building 1405 Veterans Drive

Last Revised: Dec 13th, 2023

Professional Biography

In Memoriam (1939 - 2018)

Professor Emeritus


Employment Highlights

  • Professor Emeritus, Plant Pathology, 2014-present
  • Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, 1986-2014
  • Visiting Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 2000-2001
  • Visiting Professor, Microbiology Department, Oregon State University, 1988-1989.
  • Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, 1975-1986
  • Visiting Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California at Davis, 1978-1979
  • Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, 1972-1975    

Honors & Recognition

  • Section Editor Encyclopedia of Virology, 4th edition, 2017-2020
  • Member, Editorial Board, Viruses, 2015-2020
  • Elected chair of the Fungal Virus Subcommittee of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), 2011-2014. Also elected as a member of the Executive Committee of ICTV for a three-year term
  • Edited a thematic issue of Advances in Virus Research on “Mycoviruses” published by Elsevier in April 2013
  • Awarded a patent (number 7,618,815; viral vectors useful in soybean and methods of use) by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on November 17, 2009
  • Fellowship in Virology, awarded by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of
    Science - visited major centers for excellence in Virology and presented lectures, April-May 2009.
  • Associate Editor, the Encyclopedia of Virology, 3rd Edition, 2005-2008
  • Fellow, The American Phytopathological Society, elected in July 2002
  • Local host and Chair of the Organizing Committee - the annual meeting of the American Society for Virology held in Lexington, KY July 20-24, 2002
  • Life-time Membership Award, the American Society for Virology, awarded in 2002
  • Member, Awards and Honors Committee, The American Phytopathological Society, elected in August 2002
  • Member, Editorial Board for the Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology 1998-2000
  • Chair, Study Group on Partitiviruses and Chrysoviruses, the International Committee for the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) 1999-present.
  • Consultant for Monsanto in the area of Plant Virology (soybean viruses), 2000-2001
  • Senior Editor - Phytopathology - 1994-1996.
  • Convenor, Workshop on “Viral entry and replication. ” Fifth International Symposium on Double-stranded RNA viruses. Djerba, Tunisia. March 1995
  • Chairman, Fungal Virus Subcommittee of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) 1987-1993
  • Member, Executive Committee of ICTV, 1987-1993
  • Member, Fungal Virus Subcommittee of the ICTV, 1984-present
  • Member, International Program Advisory Committee, International Congress of Virology, International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS), 1991- 1999
  • Consultant to the Monsanto Co. in the area of Fungal Virology, 1989-1991

Education

B.S., General Agriculture, Cairo University, 1959
M.S., Plant Pathology, Louisiana State University, 1963
Ph.D., Plant Pathology, Louisiana State University, 1965

Contact Information

201F Plant Science Building 1405 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY 40546-0312

(859) 257-7445