Prof. Arafat Abdel Hamed Abdel Latef is a professor at the Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Egypt. He has published more than 80 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and 12 book chapters in international books. He served as editor of one published international book. He serves as an editorial member of several reputed journals. Furthermore, he is an expert reviewer for about 110 international journals. Recently, he received Top Peer Reviewer Award 2019 Powered by Publons. He has received several awards, such as the Egypt State Award of Excellence in Agricultural Sciences 2021, South Valley University Award of Scientific Excellence 2019 and South Valley University Award of Scientific Publication for the years from 2010 to 2021.