Dr. Wafaa Mohamed Abd El Rahim Hassan Head of Agricultural Microbiology Dept. (2013-2019), Professor of Environmental Microbiology, and Head of EMCCN-NRC. She is working at the National Research Center (NRC), where multidisciplinary research and development take place. She is a Professor of Environmental Microbiology at Agricultural Microbiology Dept. Dr. Wafaa was awarded 9 prizes: Prize of the Best Applicable Research of the 2004-Year at The National Research Centre(NRC), Prize of the scientific encouragement of the 2006-Year at The National Research Centre(NRC), Prize of State of Egypt Advancement Award for Agricultural Sciences, 2006, Appreciation Certificate for excellence in the highest research output for the year 2009, at the National Research Centre (NRC), Award class GOLD from Korea Cyber International Genius Inventor Fair (CIGIF) 2012, Gold prize from Korea International Women’s Invention Exposition 2013 and FIRI Diploma for the best women invention 2013. NRC Award of scientific excellence in advanced agricultural technological sciences 2015.An award for excellence in Agriculture and Food projects presented at the 4, 5th Cairo International Innovation Exhibition 2017, 2018. • Dr. Wafaa is the Chairman of Agricultural Microbiology Department at the National Research Center, Egypt. • Dr. Wafaa published 65 publications. She also won funding for 9 projects dealing with the bioremediation field. • She was issued a patent of number 25076, date: 22-7-2008, 1242/2008. Egyptian Patent office at Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology. • She also is working in the bioremediation field, especially in textile dyes bioremediation. This field is very important forpreservation of the environment from pollution.