Meet the Volume Editors

Dr. Levente Hufnagel is an associate professor and the head of the Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Ecotheology, John Wesley Theological College, Budapest, Hungary working on ecology, biogeography, ecological research methodology, ecotheology, and sustainability. He obtained a master's degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and a Ph.D. in Hydrobiology from Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary. He obtained another Ph.D.

in Agricultural Science from Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary. Dr. Hufnagel has additional degrees from Corvinus University of Budapest and Adventist Theological College. He has more than 20 years of experience leading Hungarian academic institutions and teaching Ph.D., MSc, and BSc students from various social and cultural backgrounds. He has supervised numerous PhD, BSc, and MSc theses. He has more than 240 scientific publications on aquatic and terrestrial ecological aspects of plants, animals, and microbes at both the community and population levels to his credit. Dr. Hufnagel has participated in several big ecological research and development projects and multidisciplinary collaborations.

Dr. Mohamed A. El-Esawi is a visiting research fellow at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, and Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics at Tanta University, Egypt. Dr. El-Esawi received his BSc and MSc from Tanta University, and his Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Biology from Dublin Institute of Technology, TU Dublin, Ireland. Afterward, Dr. El-Esawi joined the University of Warwick, UK, Sorbonne University, France, and KU Leuven,

Belgium as a visiting research fellow. His research focuses on plant genetics, genomics, molecular biology, molecular physiology, developmental biology, plant-microbe interaction, and bioinformatics. He has authored more than 140 articles, book chapters, and books, and has participated in more than 60 conferences and workshops worldwide. Dr. El-Esawi is currently involved in several biological science research projects.
