Bio

PROFESSIONAL POSITION

Assistant Lecturer

, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, 7/2011 - today

Teaching Assistant

, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, 2006 - 2011

EDUCATION

Master of Science, 2011

Cairo University, Faculty of Science, Entomology department, 2007 - 2011

Specialization: insect ecology

Advisors: Prof. Mohamed M. El-Shazly & Dr. Alia Zayed

Thesis title: “Effect of inoculative applications of certain entomopathogenic fungi on the sand fly, Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) under specific ecological conditions”

Bachelor of Science, 2005

Cairo University, Faculty of Science, Entomology department, 2001 – 2005

Major: Chemistry/Entomology

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member team of a microbial control research performed by Vector Biology research Program at Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 (NAMRU-3) in Egypt, 2010 – 2012

Advisor: Dr. Alia Zayed

Research goal: field evaluation of the fungus Metrahizium anisopliae as a Potential Biological Control Agent against Phlebotomine Sand Flies.

Management team of a project entitled “Establishment of Egypt’s Biological Information Infrastructure” – Sponsored by Cairo University, 2008 – 2009

Advisor: Prof. Mohamed M. El-Shazly

 Project goal: the establishment of an electronic (website) gateway to the multidisciplinary biological and Environmental information of Egypt; including, habitats, biodiversity, Pests ….. etc.

Training course about rearing, taxonomic identification and mounting of Phlebotomine sand flies in the Vector Biology research Program at (NAMRU-3) Cairo, Egypt, 2007

Summer micro-technique course in Entomology department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, (preparation of microscopic slides), 2005

Summer training course

at institute of plant protection researches, Giza, 2004

Summer training course

at institute of medical insects' researches, Giza, 2004

Tourism