Draft:Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf

Prof Abdullahi A. Yusuf is an chemical and behavioural ecologist and entomologist in the department of Zoology and Entomology and an associated with the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), both at the University of Pretoria.

Prof Yusuf is publishing on a variety of insect taxa and received in recognition of the work a rating from the National Research Foundation of South Africa.

He is an editorial board member for Scientific reports, he serves and associate Editor for Journal Pest managment Science and International Journal of Tropical Insect Science and as a subject Editor for Insect Behaviour and Chemical Ecology for the Journal African Entomology.

Prof Yusuf is one of 36 current ambassador scientists of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Prof Yusuf did his PhD in Entomology in 2010 under the supervision of Prof Robin Crewe and Prof Christian Pirk, followed by a post docs in Social Insects Research Group and then was appointed in 2016 as a senior lecturer in the Department and promoted to associate professor in 2022.

Prof Yusuf has published more than 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals Over the years he has supervised and co-supervised a number of post graduated students. His current cohort includes more than 10 PhD students, including Mr Jackson Muyobela who doing his PhD in Entomology on “Effective methods for identifying isolated populations of Savasetse flies: host orientation behaviour, morphometrics, chemical ecology, and population genetics“ and is as well supervised by Prof Catherine Sole and Prof Christian Pirk.

Awards:

In 2015 Prof Yusuf received an Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and he spend his fellowship at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany being hosted by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Robin F. A. Moritz and Prof. Dr. Robert Paxton.

During the 2019 annual general meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt  Prof Yusuf received the Humboldt Alumni Award handed over by the, then chancellor of Germany, Frau Dr Angela Merkel l.