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Education:

  • Ph.D. Zurich University, Zurich, Switzerland, 1996
  • MSc Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 1992

Postdoctoral Experience:

  • Agri-Food Canada, Vineland, Canada, 1999 - 2002
  • SLU, Alnarp, Sweden, 1997-1999

Professional Experience:

  • Research Scientist, HortResearch, Lincoln, New Zealand, 2003 until now
  • Research Scientist, Southampton University, Southampton UK, 2002

Professional Services:

  • Manuscript reviewer for several international journals.
  • Judge for student competitions in many international meetings.

Research Interest:

  • Chemical Ecology of insect
  • Pheromone identification
  • Use of semiochemicals in pest control
  • Method development

Recent Publications:

  • El-Sayed, A.M., Suckling, D.M., Wearing, C.H., Byers, J.A. 2006. Potential of mass trapping for long-term pest management and eradication of invasive species. Journal of Economic Entomology. 99: 1550-1564.

  • Trimble, R.M., El-Sayed, A.M. 2006. Effect of certain monounsaturated dodecene and tetradecene acetates and alcohols on electroantennogram response and pheromone-mediated trap catch of the obliquebanded leafroller. The Canadian Entomologist. 138: 218-227.

  • Suckling, D. M., Hackett, J. K., Chhagan, A., Barrington, A., El-Sayed, A.M. 2006. Effect of irradiation on female painted apple moth Teia anartoides (Lep., Lymantriidae) sterility and attractiveness to males. Journal of Applied Entomology. 130: 167-170.

  • Gibb, A. R., Comeskey, D., Berndt, L., Brockerhoff, E. G., El-Sayed, A. M., Jactel, H., Suckling, D. M. 2006. Identification of sex pheromone components of a New Zealand geometrid moth, the common forest looper Pseudocoremia suavis, reveals a possible species complex. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 32:865-879.

  • Suckling, D.M., Charles, J., Allan, D., Chaggan, A., Barrington, A., Burnip, G.M., El-Sayed, A.M. 2005. Performance of irradiated Teia anartoides (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) in urban Auckland, New Zealand. Journal of Economic Entomology, 98: 1531-1538.
  • El-Sayed, A.M. , Heppelthwaite, V.J., Manning, L.M., Gibb, A.R. Suckling, D.M. 2005. Volatile constituents of fermented sugar baits and their attraction to Lepidopteran species. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, 53: 953-958 .
  • Suckling, D.M. , Gibb, A.R. , Dentener, P.R., Seldon, D.S., Clare, G.K., Jamieson, L., Baird, D., Kriticos, D.J. and El-Sayed, A.M. 2005. Gum leaf skeletoniser (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) in New Zealand: Pheromone trapping for delimitation and phenology. Journal of Economic Entomology, 98: 1187-1192.
  • El-Sayed A.M ., Gibb, A.R., and Suckling, D.M. 2005. Chemistry of the sex pheromone gland of the fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea discovered in New Zealand. New Zealand Plant Protection Journal, 58: 31-36.
  • El-Sayed, A.M. , Suckling, D.M. 2005. Behavioural observations of mating disruption in three lepidopteran pests. Behaviour, 142: 717 - 729.
  • El-Sayed, A.M. , L.I. Wainman, E.M. Santangelo, C.R. Unelius & R.M. Trimble, 2005. Sex pheromone of a North American population of the spotted tentiform leafminer, Phyllonorycter blancardella. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 116: 143–148.
  • Trimble, R.M., El-Sayed, A.M. 2005. Potential of pear kairomone for monitoring activity of codling moth in Ontario apple orchards. The Canadian Entomologist, 137: 110-116.
  • El-Sayed, A.M., Gibb, A.R., Suckling, D.M., Bunn, B., Fielder, S., Comesky, D., Manning, L.A., Foster, S.P., Morris, B.D., Ando, T., Mori, K. 2005. Identification of sex pheromone components of the painted apple moth: A tussock moth with a thermally labile pheromone component . Journal of Chemical Ecology, 31: 621-646.
  • Suckling, D. M., Gibb, A. R., Burnip, G. M., Snelling, C., De Ruiter, J., Langford, G., El-Sayed, A.M. 2005. Optimization of pheromone lure and trap characteristics for currant clearwing, Synanthedon tipuliformis. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 31: 393-406.

  • El-Sayed, A.M. 2004. Behavioural effect of (E)-8,(E)-10-dodecadienyl acetate and (E)-8,(Z)-10-dodecadien-1-ol on the upwind flight of male codling moth to odour source. Behaviour, 141:313-325.

  • El-Sayed, A.M., L. I. Wainman, E. M. Santangelo, C.R. Unelius & R.M. Trimble, 2004. Relative attractiveness of (10E)-Dodecen-1-yl acetate and (4E,10E)- dodecadien-1-yl acetate to male spotted tentiform leafminers (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 30:1809-1820.

  • Suckling, D.M.,Gibb, A.R., El-Sayed, A.M., E. Brockerhoff . 2004. Burnt pine longhorn-can chemical ecology yield new control tactics. New Zeleand Journal of Forestry. 49: 31-32.

  • Trimble, R.M., El-Sayed, A.M., Pree, D. 2004. Impact of sublethal doses of azinphosmethyl on the pheromone-communication systems of insecticide-susceptible and insecticide-resistant obliquebanded leafroller. Pest Management Science, 60: 660-668.

  • El-Sayed, A.M., Delisle, J., Gut, L., Judd, G., Reissig, H., Roelofs, W., Legrand, S., Unelius, R.C., Trimble, R.M. 2003. Pheromone chemistry, electrophysiology and pheromone-mediated behavior of geographically diverse populations of the obliquebanded leafroller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in North America. Environmental Entomology, 32: 470-476.

  • Skals, N., Plepys, D., El-Sayed, A.M., Löfstedt, C., Surlykke, A. 2003. Quantitative analysis of the effects of sound from an odor sprayer on moth searching behavior. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 29:71-82.

  • El-Sayed, A.M., Trimble, R.M.2002. Relative attractiveness of natural and synthetic pheromones in three tortricid pests of tree fruit. Environmental Entomology, 31: 960-964.

  • El-Sayed, A.M., and Trimble, R.M. 2002. Pheromone content of azinphosmethyl-susceptible and azinphosmethyl-resistant obliquebanded leafrollers (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) as a function of time of day and female age. The Canadian Entomologist, 134:331-341.

  • El-Sayed, A.M., Fraser, H.M., Trimble, R.M. 2001. Modification of the sex pheromone communication system associated with organophosphorus insecticide resistance in the obliquebanded leafroller (Lepidoptera: Tortricide). The Canadian Entomologist, 133: 867-881.

  • El-Sayed, A.M. 2001. Re: One-pot synthesis of the sex pheromone homologs of codling moth, Laspeyresia pomonella L. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 16/1: 59-61.

  • El-Sayed, A.M., Fraser, H.M., Trimble, R.M. 2001. Chemical identification and behavioral activity of (Z)-11-tetradecenal in an eastern North American population of the obliquebanded leafroller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 133: 365-374.

  • El-Sayed, A.M., Gödde, J., and Arn, H. 2000. Computer-controlled video system for real-time recording of insect flight in three dimensions. Journal of Insect Behavior, 13:881-900.

  • Hillbur, Y., El-Sayed, A.M., Bengtsson, M., Löfqvist, J., Biddle, A., Plass, E., Francke, W. 2000. Laboratory and field study on the attraction of male pea midges, Contarinia pisi, to synthetic sex pheromone components. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 26: 1941-1952.

  • El-Sayed, A.M., and Byers, J. 2000. Inhibitory effect of monoterpenes on response of Pityogenes bidentatus (Coleoptera: scolytidae) to aggregation pheromone demonstrated using piezoelectric sprayer for precision release of semiochemicals. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 26:1795-1809.
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