Esmat Farouk Ali is a professor at the Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt, specializing in medicinal and aromatic plants, ornamental plant physiology, plant tissue culture, and landscape courses. He holds a B.S. in Agriculture, an M.S. in Horticulture, and a Ph.D. in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, all from Assiut University. His research interests encompass medicinal and aromatic plant production, postharvest treatments of horticultural crops, environmental stress impacts on plants, bio-fertilizers, volatile and fixed oils, and plant production under various conditions, including saline environments.