Arab Society for Fungal Conservation Award

The award of ASFC is the Medal of Honor and Lifetime Membership.

General Requirements:
(1) An individual may receive the same ASFC Medal only once;
(2) Self-nomination is not allowed;
(3) Nominators must be three of well known mycologists and at least one of them is a council member of the ASFC and/or AfriMA; and
(4) Nominees who are not chosen for the prize, may be re-nominated for up to two additional terms (within the year limit linked to the specific award).
Documents required:
The folder should contain:
(1) Nomination of candidates consists of a letter of nomination, two letters of support from mycologists familiar with the candidate, and a current curriculum vitae of the candidate.
(2) Incomplete application will be rejected automatically.
Application process:
(1) The deadline of application is the 31 May each year.
(2) Nominations should be sent to the ASFC Awards Manager (teroj.mohamed@uod.ac) and Chairman of ASFC (ahmed_abdelazeem@science.suez.edu.eg), who will forward them to the ASFC's Award Committee.
(3) The Committee determines the winners, and will forwarded to the ASFC Vice-President and President by 20 August each year or the next conference of the ASFC.
(4) Winners will be notified by the President of the ASFC and encouraged to attend the next year conference.

National and International Persons Awarded ASFC Award


Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State, Republic of South Africa.


Dr. Aisha Umar- Pakistan-2023


Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Pakistan.


Dr. Lobna Hajji-Hedfi-Tunisia-2022


Regional Centre of Agricultural Research of Sidi Bouzid CRRA, Tunisia.

Outstanding Achievement Award
Dr. Maryam Tavakol Noorabadi- Iran-2022


Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Thailand.

Outstanding Achievement Award
Dr. Teroj A. Mohamed-Kurdistan, Iraq-2021


Duhok University, Kurdustan, Iraq.

Outstanding Achievement Award


Tallinn University of Technology , Estonia


Prof. David L. Hawksworth-2019


University of Southampton , United Kingdom


Department of Microbiology and Botany, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, Egypt


Department of Microbiology and Botany, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, Egypt


Minister Advisor on Biodiversity, Nature Conservation Sector, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), Cabinet of Ministers

Prof. Mohamed A. Omran-2016


Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Prof. El-Araby H. Shendi-2016


Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt


Port Said,Egypt


Port Said,Egypt


Port Said,Egypt

International Persons Awarded Honorary Lifetime Membership


University of Minnesota, Borlaug Hall, Upper Buford Circle,
St. Paul, USA.


Chief Scientist and Negaunee Foundation Vice President of Science,
Chicago, USA.


Professor of Fungal evolution and genomics,
Plant & Microbial Biology, Berkeley,
California, USA.


Department of Biology, School of Science and Technology,
Universidad del Turabo,
Gurabo, Puerto Rico.


Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT,
Utrecht, The Netherland.


IAkadeemia tee 15, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia.


Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Prof. Andreas Bruder (University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland)-2018


Canobbio, Switzerland.

Prof. Giovanna Varese (Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology)-2018


University of Turin, Italy.