Ashraf Mohammed Khalifa ALY

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Name: Dr. Ashraf Mohammed Khalifa Aly . 

DOB: 20th April, 1971.
Current position (job): Lecturer of Soil Science, Cairo University, Egypt.
Nationality: Egyptian.
Marital status: Married.

Education:
 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Environmental Engineering from Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia in 2nd August 2010. The thesis title is "MINErosion 4: A User-Friendly Catchment/Landscape Erosion Prediction Model for Post Mining Sites in Central Queensland ".

 Master degree in Soil Resources from Department of Natural Resources, Inst. of African Research and Studies, Cairo University (grade: Very Good) in August 2001. The thesis title is "MINERALOGICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SOME TUSHKA SOILS.”

 Post graduate Diploma in Soil Resources (2 years – 20 courses, From September 1995 till June 1997) from the Department of Natural Resources, Inst. of African Research and Studies, Cairo University (grade: Very Good).

 B.Sc. Soil Science: Graduated from the Department of Soil Science, College of Agricultural Science, Cairo University, in June 1993 (grade: Very Good).

 Bachelor's degree in Law: I earned a Bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Cairo in 2003 (Bani-Sewaif Branch) in July 2003.

Working history:
 Assistant Lecturer of Soil Science, Department of Natural Resources, Inst. of African Research and Studies, Cairo University from January 1998 till July 2010.

 PhD Scholarship: in October 2005, I got a scholarship to complete my PhD at The University of Queensland - Australia; I enrolled myself as a PhD student in School of Land and Food Sciences in March 2006. I spent 3 semesters there. Then due to the School merging and restructure for financial reasons, my principle supervisor has resigned and moved to Griffith University – Queensland, Australia. . I found that it is better to me to follow him and complete my work in Griffith University.

 In July 2007, I enrolled myself as a PhD student at Griffith School of Engineering. I did my PhD thesis in the field of soil conservation and erosion modeling; by using Visual basic.net as a programming language and ESRI ArcGIS as a GIS package, I have developed a catchment scale erosion model to assess and manage soil erosion in post open-cut coal mine sites. I did my confirmation as a PhD student at Oct 2007 and I passed it. I submitted my thesis at 24/3/2010 and I have been awarded the PhD degree at 2nd August 2010.

 I got a casual position at Cardno Australia LTD; as an IT data entry person. I worked for them from May 2007 until July 2010.

 I got a job as a Research Assistant (GIS specialist & Build and run rainfall simulator units, ACARP project Research, Lab works) at Griffith University (Centre of Environmental Science Research). I worked for them from June 2008 until 30 July 2010.

 I did some volunteer work for Australian Red Cross from March 2008 until April 2008.

Current position (job):
I am an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) of Soil Science, Department of Natural Resources, Institute of African Studies and Research, Cairo University (From August 2010 until Now).

Responsibilities:
• Prepare and deliver lectures, seminars, and laboratory sessions.
• Do and run the soil analyses, field, and laboratory works for soil surveying and reclamation projects.
• Supervise work programs of postgraduate students (master and PhD students) and tutorial staff (Environmental – Soil science).
• Guide students on academic and correlated matters.
• Join departmental and faculty meetings, conferences and seminars
• Arrange and marking essays, assignments and examinations
• preform in setting course and degree requirements, curriculum revision and academic planning
• Serving on department, institute and other committees and professorial boards
• The head of Quality Assurance System and Continuous Assessment committee, Quality Assurance Unit, Inst. Of African Research & Studies, Cairo University.
• Conduct research to develop and improve techniques and procedures for solving Environmental - agricultural problems and raising up the productivity of agricultural lands.
• Investigate the impacts of cultivation techniques, management, soil properties, fertility and fertilization on crop, pasture and forest production.
• Study the relationship between the soil, commercial plants, and organic and Biological fertilization.
• Collect and analyze data and samples of plants, water, and soils to recognize and understand the factors affecting agricultural production.
• Examine the environmental factors and elements that affect the crop production, forests, and natural pasture conditions.
• Inspect, plan and implement the management procedures to deal with the effects of floods, droughts, and soil erosion.
• Study the relationship between the commercial plants, and cultivation techniques with soil properties to enhance the productivity of farms and agricultural industries.
• Do and run the soil analyses, field, and laboratory works for soil surveying and reclamation projects.
• Advise landowners and farmers on issues such as soil improvement and reclamation, soil fertility, soil erosion and management.
Activities:
1. Teaching academic courses for graduate students:
• Remote sensing and GIS (3 hours)(Post graduate course – PhD),
• Soil fertility and fertilizers (3 hours) (Post graduate course – Master degree),
• Soil pollution (3 hours) (Post graduate course – PhD),
• Soil Physics (3 hours) (Post graduate course – Master degree),
• Soil Field and Laboratory Exercises (3 hours) )(Post graduate course – Master degree),
• Soil conservation in Africa (3 hours) )(Post graduate course – Master degree),
• Soil and Plant Water Relations (2 hours) (Post graduate course – Master degree).
• Research Methods (3 hours) )(Post graduate course – Master degree),
• Soil fertility and fertilizers (3 hours) (Post graduate course – Diploma),
• Soil and Plant Water Relations (2 hours) )(Post graduate course – Master degree).
2. Doing soil erosion and conservation researches on Africa and Supervising 16 Ph.D. and M.Sc. students.
3. Member at:
• International Soil Tillage Research Organization
• Australian Society of Soil Science.
• Egyptian Society of Soil Science.
• European Geosciences Union
Academic referees:
1. Prof. Hwat Bing So;
Professor in Soil Physics and Management
Environmental Futures Center
Griffith University
Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia
Mob. +61423 333 750
b.so@griffith.edu.au

2. Prof. Hossein Ghadiri,
Griffith School of Environment,
Environmental Futures Centre,
Griffith University
Brisbane, QLD, AUSTRALIA
Phone: (07)3735 5175
Mobile: 0419787042
h.ghadiri@griffith.edu.au

3. Prof. Bofu Yu
Professor and Head, Griffith School of Engineering
Griffith University
Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia
Phone: +61 (7) 373 57486
b.yu@griffith.edu.au

4. Prof. Adel Saad El-Hassanin
Professor of soil science, Department of Natural Resources
Inst. of African Research and Studies
Cairo University
Orman, Giza 12613, Egypt
Mob: +20 1207229006
adelelhassanin@yahoo.com

5. Dr. Chris Carroll
CW Regional Science Coordinator
Department of Natural Resources and Water
Queensland, Australia
Mob: +61 (04) 0738-4240
Chris.Carroll@nrw.qld.gov.au
6. Prof. Fawzia Ibrahim Morsy
Professor of metrology, Department of Natural Resources
Inst. of African Research and Studies
Cairo University
Orman, Giza 12613, Egypt
Mob: +20 1142317426
fawzia254@yahoo.com

7. Prof. Hassan Mohammed Sobhy
The dean of Inst. of African Research and Studies
Cairo University
Orman, Giza 12613, Egypt
Mob: +20 1002589397
hassansobhy20@yahoo.com

PUBLICATIONS:
EL-HASSANIN, A. S., KHALIFA, A. M., EL-NAHRY, A. H., ZAYED, A. M. A. & HEGAZY, M. M. A. 2014. Impact of parent material and management practices on some soil characteristics. Egypt. J. of Appl. Sci. , 29, 233-248.
GABER, E. I., EL-HASSANIN, A. S., HASSONA, H. H. & KHALIFA, A. M. 2005. Chemical and mineralogical properties of some Toshka soils. J. of Agricultural Sci., Mansoura University, Egypt, 30, 2293-2313.
KHALIFA, A. M. 2014. The digital soil map of Africa at the continental scale and its role in soil conservation plans. International conference of Sustainable Development of Natural Resources in the Nile Basin Countries. 14-15 April 2014, Cairo: Cairo University.
KHALIFA, A. M., HEGAZY, M. H., EL-HASSANIN, A. S. & EL-NAHERI, A. In Press. Using remote sensing techniques for monitoring soil mineralogy for some newly reclaimed areas in Egypt The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science
KHALIFA, A. M., YU, B., GHADIRI, H., CARROLL, C. & SO, H. B. 2010. Development of a catchment/landscape erosion prediction model (MINErosion 4) for post-mining landscapes in Central Queensland, Australia. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2010. Vienna, Austria.
SO, H. B., KHALIFA, A. M., CARROLL, C., GHADIRI, H. & YU, B. 2011. Tools for designing post-mining landscapes with acceptable erosion risk and discharges on the receiving environment. In: FLANAGAN, D. C., ASCOUGH, J. C. & NIEBER, J. L. (eds.) International Symposium on Erosion and Landscape Evolution (ISELE). 18-21 September 2011 Anchorage, Alaska 711P0311cd Paper #11017.
SO, H. B., KHALIFA, A. M., CARROLL, C. & YU, B. 2010a. MINErosion 3: A user friendly hillslope model for predicting erosion from steep post-mining landscapes in Central Queensland, Australia. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2010. Vienna, Austria.
SO, H. B., YATAPANAGE, K. & KHALIFA, A. M. 2010b. Root Zone WSB Model: towards a framework for the sustainable application of saline effluent on land. 19th World Congress of Soil Science. Brisbane, Australia.

Languages:
Native language: Arabic.
Other Language: English.
• I attended 20 weeks program of English for academic purpose (high intermediate and advanced) at The Institute of Continuing and TESOL Education (ICTE), The University of Queensland. I passed the exams successfully (grade 5 out of 7 = Credit) [certificates attached].
• I got IELTS (7 overall & 7 Writing) and TOFEL (217 CBT in 29/1/2004)
• I spent 5 years after that in the Australian universities and I got my PhD from there.
• Have the ability to translate Arabic ↔ English

Special skills:

• I am deeply skilled in teaching and dealing with Geographical Information Systems (GIS) software packages; specially ESRI ArcGIS 10.x and its extensions such as spatial analyst and 3D analyst. I built some geoprocessing models by ArcGIS 9.2 model builder.
• I have significant experience with statistical packages such MiniTAB, SigmaSTAT and SPSS.
• I possess a very high degree of computer literacy. I am highly proficient in most of the conventional Operating system, word-processing, spread-sheeting, graphing (Adobe Photoshop), and presentation and database packages.
• I have had programming experiences in Visual Basic.Net, Excel Macro Language and have developed end-user applications in Visual Basic.Net 2003.
• I have weighty experience using field and/or laboratory-based rainfall-runoff simulators for sediment transport research.
• I am also expert on the installation, maintenance, and assembly of PC hardware, software and peripherals

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