Who We Are

 

The DDC is home to engineers, academics, technicians, administrators, and farmers who are devoted to working towards economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable desert development. We invite you to get to know the staff and some of their current projects.

 

 

Cairo Office

 

Richard Tutwiler
Research Professor and Director

 


 

Khaled Genena
Business Manager

 


 

Wafaa Youssef
Senior Secretary

 

 

 

Mahmoud Badran
Senior Accountant and Training Coordinator

 

 

 

Yehia El Alaily
New Campus Landscape Project Manager

 

 

 

Gaber Khalifa
General Services and Purchasing Manager

 

 

Saber Ibrahim
Sales Representative

 

Hany Ghannam
Marketing Assistant


 

Martina Jaskolski
Project Coordinator, Farafra project

 
 

                        
     
Jessica Pouchet 
Researcher, Farafra Project






Scott Nelson
Presidential Intern 2007-2008




Sadat City

 

Tawheid Wahab
Station Manager

 

 

Osama Mansour
Head of Nurseries

Mohamed Abdul Kader
Head of Soil Lab

Ahmed Rashid Abdel Hady
Head of Tissue Culture Lab

Sawki Shams
Irrigation Technician

Mostafa El Sayed
Rabbit Shed Technician

Gamal Mahmoud
Storekeeper

Ahmed Abu Moussa
Tissue Culture Technician

Ramadan Abdul Ghan
Banana Green House Technician


South Tahrir

 

Mohsen Nawara
Station Manager

 

Said Khattab
Assistant Farm Manager and Head of New Campus Nurseries

Said El Kilany
Head of Animal Production

Adel Shalaby
Senior Agricultural Engineer

Mamdouh Hegazy
Training Center Coordinator

Reda Diab
Agricultural Engineer

Ali Abdel Rahman
Mechanization Engineer

 

Hassan Husseiny
Irrigation Engineer

 

Mohamed El Shenawy
Agricultural Engineer

Suzan Fawzy
Accountant

Mohamed El Gheitany
Agricultural Engineer

Khaled El Rady
Senior Animal Production Technician

Hassan El Khadrawy
Irrigation Technician

Abdel Rahman Kamel Hassan
Horticultural Engineer

Nasser El Hamid
Mechanization Technician

Eid Amer
Seedlings Technician

Abu El Fetouh Mohamed
Agricultural Technician

Tarek El Koumy
Storekeeper

Mohamed Hassan Ghanem
Chef


Part-time Faculty

Dr. Magda Ebeid, Desert Architecture
Ain Shams University

Dr. Abdel Fatah Belal, Tissue Culture
Suez Canal University

Dr. Said Mahmoud, Livestock Nutrition
Tanta University

Dr. Rashad Abu El-Enein, Field Crops and Agronomy
Agricultural Research Center (Retired)

Dr. Hassanein Sherbeeny, Weed Management
Agricultural Research Center

Dr. Ahmed Aggag, Soil
Alexandria University, Damanhour Branch

Dr. Hasan El Shimy, Water and Land
Alexandria University