Scientific CONSULTATION

   ·   Unicef Somalia (UN) .

.International environmental advisor (1997-1998)

   ·   Academy of Scientific Research and Technology / Desert Research Center (1996-1998) . Ecological studies and biodiversity in El-Shalatin - Halaeib area.

 Ecology and biodiversity advisor .

   ·   Egyptian Society of Wildlife.

 Ecology advisor .

Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Department of Nature Protection. St. Catherine protected area, Wadi El-Raiyan protected area and Gebel Elba protected area .

 Wildlife advisor.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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   ·   Desert ecology

   ·   Ecophysiology

   ·   Ecology and environmental aspects.

   ·   Desert ecosystem .

   ·   Parasitology .

   ·   Environmental pollution .

   ·   Wildlife.

   ·   Biodiversity.

FIELD RESEARCH EXPERIENCE :

1981 Al-Azhar University expedition to Suez Canal and Red Sea. February 1981 .

1982 Al-Azhar University expedition to Egyptian Western Desert, January 1982 .

1982 Assessment of environmental impact of oil pollution on Red Sea coastal biota, October-December 1982, June-July 1983. Academy of Scientific Research and Technology .

1982 Bird migration survey in Lake Bardawil protected area, August-September 1982. Ornithological Society of Egypt .

1983 Al-Azhar University expedition to Gebel Elba protected area, Eastern Desert, Egypt .

1983 Faunal survey of Egyptian Red Sea Islands .

1983-1985 Ecological survey of Wadi-El-Raiyan protected area / Wadi Mullih and vicinity Al-Azhar University / Texas Southern University .

1984 Ornithological Society of Egypt expedition to Bardawil Lagoon protected area, September 1984 .

1985-1988 Laboratory of ecology regular survey to the reptile fauna of Egyptian Eastern Desert .

1986 Survey of venomous snakes of Sinai, specially St. Catherines protected area, May 1987 Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal Univ.(FRCU - Grant No. 851069) .

1989 Phillips University, Marburg West-Germany Amphibians National Park, Bonn, 1989 .

1990-1991 Ecological survey of Wadi Digla, Eastern Desert. Al-Azhar University .

1990-1991 Regular visit to Wadi El-Raiyan Western Desert, Egypt to survey the reptile fauna  and the bioassociational relation in the sand dune ecosystem (FRCU, Grant No. 90019) .

1991 Al-Azhar University Expedition to the Western Desert Oasis, Egypt .

1991-1992 Regular visits to Southern Sinai to survey vertebrate fauna (FRCU, Grant No. 90031) .

1993 Herpetofauna of St. Catherines protected area and its environs .

1993 Numerous other short-term expeditions and field work at localities in Western and Eastern Desert and Sinai .

1994 - 1995 Regular field trips to Eastern and Western Desert of Assiut Province to survey the reptile fauna .

1995 Ecological Surveys of Wadi-El-Raiyan Al-Azhar University .

1996 Egyptian Society of Wildlife expedition to Wadi El-Rishrash, proposed protected area, Eastern Desert.

1997 Regular expedition to Gebel Elba protected area, Eastern Desert to study the ecology and biodiversity of the area .

1997 Visit to natural history museum, Nairobi, Kenya.

1997-1998 Environmental advisor for Unicef Somalia (UN) in environmental public awareness

SOCIETIES MEMBERSHIPS :

   ·   Ornithological Society of Egypt .

   ·   Zoological Society of Egypt .

   ·   Egyptian Society of Wildlife .

   ·   Egyptian Society of Natural resources protection .

   ·   Egyptian-German Society of Zoology .

   ·   Egyptian Society of Histology & Cytology .

   ·   Asiatic Herpetological Society .

   ·   Arabian Society of environment and development .

   ·   Societas Europaea Herpetological .

SUPERVISION M. Sc. And Ph.D. THESIS :

   ·   Adaptation of some desert reptiles to the prevailing environmental conditions. (M.Sc. awarded in March, 1992) Al-Azhar University .

   ·   Cytogentic studies of some Egyptian reptiles, (M. Sc., awarded in 1993) Al-Azhar University .

   ·   Ecology of some fresh water snails of Egypt (Ph. D. awarded in 1996) Al-Azhar University .

   ·   Ecology of reptile communities in Northern Sinai. (Ph. D. awarded in 1997) Suez Canal University .

   ·   Reptilian communities of habitat islands in Western Desert of Egypt. (M. Sc. awarded in 1997) Ain Shams University .

   ·   Ecological and biological studies on the reptile fauna of Assiut Province (M. Sc. Awarded in 1998, Al-Azhar University) .

   ·   Helminthic parasites of the herpetofauna of Upper Egypt (M. Sc. Al-Azhar University) .

   ·   Ecological and biological studies on some true crabs from the Red Sea. (M. Sc. Al-Azhar University) .

   ·   Cytogenitical and taxonomical studies on the scorpions of Assiut Province . (M. Sc. Al-Azhar University) .

   ·   Taxonomical and biological studies on some fishes of the Red Sea (M. Sc. Al-Azhar University) .

GUEST LECTURES :

   ·    Ecology of the northern part of Eastern Desert of Egypt Fachbereich Biologie, Phillips - Universität, Marburg, Germany 1989 .

   ·   Reptile fauna of some regions in Eastern Desert of Egypt Fachbereich Biologie, Phillips - Universität, Marburg, Germany 1989 .

   ·   Population ecology of Acanthodactylus scutellatus from Egypt Fachbereich Biologie, Phillips - Universität, Marburg, Germany 1990 .

   ·   The contribution of environmental awareness to health Ornithological Society of Egypt 1992 .

   ·   Herpetofauna as natural resources Zoology society of Egypt 1995 .

   ·   Biological diversity and sustainable development Egyptian Society of Wildlife 1996 .

   ·   Wildlife and national development Egyptian Society of natural resources protection 1996 .

   ·   The importance of construction of breeding centers of Egyptian reptiles Egyptian Society of Wildlife 1996 .

   ·   Sustainable development and environmental awareness Arabian Society of Environmental Studies 1997 .

   ·   Some sources of Nile pollution and the rule of Islamic attitude for protection Faculty of science (Assiut), Al-Azhar University, 1997 .

PUBLICATIONS AND PREPARATIONS :

   1)   Ecological and physiological studies on the adaptation of some small species of animals to desert conditions in Egypt. M.Sc. thesis, Department of zoology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Egypt, 1984 .

   2)   The structure of the sand dune ecosystem of Wadi El-Raiyan, Egypt. J. of Arid Environment, 15: 283-286 (1988) .

   3)   Ecological studies on reptiles from the Eastern Desert. Ph.D. Thesis, Faculty of  Science, Al-Azhar University, 1989 .

   4)   Reptiles and amphibians of Egypt. for the United Nations environment Programme, .Egyptian conferences of biodiversity, Cairo, November 1992, 156 pages .

   5)   The herpetofauna of South Sinai. A report on the status and characteristics of the contemporary herpetofauna of St. Catherine s protected area and its environs with a review of the issues affecting the environment in the region, and preliminary recommendations for the wise ,management of  the area. Submitted to The protected area Department, Egyptian Environmental affairs Agency, June 1993. 42 pages + 9 maps .

   6)   Thermal biology of Lacerta lepida (Reptilia : Lacertidae) from Spain. Al - Azhar Bull of Science, 5 (1) : 171-181 (1994) .

   7)   Checklist of saurian fauna of Southern Sinai, Egypt. Al-Azhar Bull. of Science, 5 (1): 183 - 202 (1994) .

   8)   Ophidian community in Southern Sinai, Egypt. Al - Azhar Bull. of Science, 5 (1) 203 - 217 (1994) .

   9)   Cytogentic studies of some Egyptian reptiles. Bull. Zool. Soc. Egypt. No. 42 : 159 - 186 (1994) .

 10) Feeding ecology of two sympatric lizards from Wadi Digla, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Bull. Zool. Soc. Egypt. No 42:187 - 206 (1994) .

 11) Herpetofaunal survey of Suez Province, Egypt. Bull. Zool. Soc. Egypt. Vol. 42: 207 - 222 (1994) .

 12) Daily and seasonal activity pattern of two sympatric species of reptiles from Wadi Digla, Eastern Desert Egypt. Bull. Zool. Soc. Egypt. No. 42 223 - 236 (1994) .

 13) Ecological studies of Chalcides ocellatus (Forskal, 1775) and Hemidactilus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Sauria : Reptlia) with special references to helminthic parasites. J. Egypt. Sac. Parasitol., 25 (1) 1995 : 145 - 156 .

 14) Ecology of some sympatric reptilian species from Egypt with special reference to helmithic Parasites : Ptyodactylus guttatus and Tarentola annularis. J. Egypt. Soc. Parasitol., 25 (2) 1995 : 395 - 406 .

 15) The reproductive biology of Grapsid Crab Metopograpsus messor (Forskal, 1775) from Ain Sukhna, Gulf of Suez..J Aquat. Biol.& Fish.(In Press).

 16) Resource partitioning in reptilian communities in Wadi Digla, Egypt. (in prep) .

 17) Circadian rhythms of body temperature in Laudakia stellio (in prep.) .

 18) Daily pattern of 02 consumption in Laudakia stellio (in prep.) .

 19) Reptile fauna of Wadi Digla, Eastern Desert, Egypt. (in prep.) .

 20) Reptilian fauna of Wadi El Raiyan, Western Desert, Egypt (in prep.) .

21)Ecology of some vertebral fauna of Gebel Elba, Eastern Desert (in prep.) .