Youssef M M Omar TEL: 86-10-64807263 TAX: 86-10-64807099 Email：youssf@yahoo.com Address: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, # 1 Beichen West Rd., Chaoyang, Beijing 100101, China

Education:
1991.06-1994.06 B. Sc of plant Protection, Assiut University, Egypt
1994.10-1999.07 M. Sc. of Economic Entomology, Assiut University, Egypt
2004.02- 2007.05 Ph.D. of Entomology, IOZ, CAS, China
2008.10-2009.10 Post Doc., TWAS-CAS, IOZ, China
2013.01- 2014.01 Post Doc., TWAS-CAS, IOZ, China

Resume:
1999.07-2004.02 Assistant lecturer, Assiut University, Egypt
2007.07-2008.09 Lecturer, Assiut University, Egypt
2009.10-2012.11 Lecturer, Assiut University, Egypt
2012.11-present Associate professor, Assiut University, Egypt

Research Interests:
Systematics of weevils; Biological, Ecological and Integrated Management of Invasive Species

Selected Publications :

1. Omar, Y. M.; R. Zhang and S.R. Davis (2010). Description of a new species of Pentarthrum Wollaston (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) from China with an annotated checklist to species of the World. Zootaxa 2629: 47–60.
2. Omar, Y. M. (2011). The sensitivity of various forms of Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) to gamma radiation. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique d’Egypte, Economic Series, 37: 161-177.
3. Mahmoud, M. A.; Y. A. Darwish; Y. M. Omar and R. E. Hassan (2011). Susceptibility of Some Egyptian Wheat Varieties to the Infestation with the Granary Weevil, Sitophilus granarius (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, Volume 2 (9): 773-781.
4. Abdel-Rahman, M. A. A.; A. M. A. Awad; Y. M. Omar and A. H. Mahmoud (2011). Development and Life Table Parameters of the Cabbage Aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae (L.) (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Relation to Constant Temperatures. Assiut University Journal of Zoology, Volume 40 (1): 1-12.
5. Abdel-Rahman, M. A. A.; A. M. A. Awad; A. H. Mahmoud and Y. M. Omar (2011). Population Age Structure of the Cabbage Aphid Infesting Canola Plants at Upper Egypt. IOBC – ICOC Working Group Meeting, 4th - 6th October, 2011, Georg-August University, Göttingen Germany.
6. Omar, Y. M. (2012). Taxonomic study on subfamily Cossoninae (Curculionidae: Coleoptera) of Egypt with some ecological notes. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, Volume 3 (7): 725-750.
7. Omar, Y. M. (2012). Morphological studies on some external and internal structures of rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a major pest of the stored cereals in Egypt. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, Volume 3 (8): 843-863.
8. Omar Y. M.; Y. A. Darwish; R. E. Hassan and M. A. Mahmoud (2012). Insecticidal Activity of Certain Plant Essential-Oil, Plant Extracts and Inorganic Salts against the Granary Weevil, Sitophilus granarius (L). Infesting Wheat Crop in Egypt. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, Volume 3 (9): 897-903.
9. Su, Z.; D. Huang; Y. M. Omar; L. Ren; M. A. Alonso-Zarazaga; J. D. Majer and R. Zhang (2012). What's Under a Plastic Strip Hidden Urban Biodiversity in the Beijing Metropolitan Area, China. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 66(3):289-293.
10. Darwish, Y. A.; Y. M. Omar; R. E. Hassan and M. A. Mahmoud (2013). Repellent effects of certain plant essential-oil, plant extracts and inorganic salts to granary weevil, Sitophilus granarius (L.). Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, Accepted.