Bio

Educational background:

- B.Sc. Animal Prod., Cairo Univ., 1978.

- M.Sc. Animal Breeding, Cairo Univ.,1984

- Ph.D. Animal Breeding, Cairo Univ.,1990.

Employment Record at College of Agric., Cairo Univ.)

-         Demonstrator, 1978.

-         Teaching Assistant, 1984.

-         Assistant Professor, 1990.

-         Associate Professor, 1995.

-         Professor, 2012.

-         Director, Centre for Agricultural Information Systems,1998-2003

-         Director, Dairy Cattle Information System, 2009- 2013.

Professional Experience

Research Team Member in the following research projects:

- Crossbreeding for improving meat and milk yield in Egyptian cattle, (1984; joint with Animal Breeding Institute, University of Munich. West Germany).

- NARP Financed Project for the Development of Multi-objective Model for the Livestock/ Crop System in old Reclaimed Land.  (Financed by USAID).(1990)

- IDRC Financed Project for the Establishment of a Cattle Information System in Egypt. (Financed by Canada)(1990)

- Application of milk recording system under small farmers conditions

              (TTC, NARP, USAID, 93-1994).

- Sustainable Breeding Program of Egyptian Buffalo Project (2010)

  • Visiting the Ministry of Agriculture, Tunisia (April 2003).
  • Animal production expert, evaluation of El-Salhia project, Egypt. (Dec. 2006).
  • Scientific and Technical Manager of Computer and Information agricultural experiment station, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University  (2006-2013)
  • Participating in issuing the first Herd book for buffaloes in Egypt (2007).

Conferences:

 - 7th Conference of the Egyptian Society for Animal Production,Cairo, 1986.

 - International Symposium on Ruminant Production in the Dry Subtropics, Cairo, 1989.

 - International Symposium on buffalo prospective in the Mediterranean Sea Countries, Cairo, 1992.

- 7th Conference of the Egyptian Society for Animal Production, Cairo, 1994.

- 37th International Committee of Animal Recording (ICAR).meeting, (Riga, Latvia, June, 2010)

- 38th International Committee of Animal Recording (ICAR).  meeting, (Cork, Ireland (28 May-1 June 2012)

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