I- Teaching Skills
University Teaching staff at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University (2004 - Present)
Key Responsibilities
- Teach courses of general, applied toxicology (Courses TOX457 & TOX 458) and forensic medicine (Course FOR 556) as well their practical sections to students of final years in Veterinary College
- Teach the theoretical subsidiaries and practical sections to post-graduate diplomas, master and doctoral students
- Share in preparation of practical, theoretical and oral exams for assessment of under- and postgraduate students
Achievements and Skills acquired
- Professional teaching of undergraduate, as well postgraduates (diploma, master, and doctoral students) the basic and advanced principles of Molecular biology, toxicology and forensic genetics using modern educational techniques
- Troubleshoot the learning difficulties of students and strive to fill deficiencies
- Qualified assessment of strengths and weakness of students along different semesters as well their assessment during final exams
- Brainstorm creative ideas to convert learning weaknesses into strengths
- Started the initiatives of research in Veterinary forensic genetics using molecular biology techniques; especially PCR and qPCR
- Design and conduct experiments for understanding the biological, biochemical and toxicological pathways upon exposure to different chemicals and nanoparticles
- Advise master and doctoral students assessing toxicity of chemicals and nanoparticles
- Managed the departmental animal house; to secure the research needs of lab animals in Veterinary college as well maximize the departmental financial resources
- Write grant proposals for upgrading departmental main labs into certified centers of excellence
II- Computer Skills
A) - Basic
Windows (Windows 7 and 8)
Microsoft Office 2007, 2010 (Excel, Outlook, Publisher)
Picture Graphic Tools (Adobe Photoshop, Free Hand)
Presentation Tools (Microsoft Power Points, Prezi)
Word Processing Tools (Microsoft Word)
B) - Scientific and advanced skills
Literature mining (Ovid, PubMed, Science Direct, Thomson Press (ISI)...... etc.)
End Note and Mendeley software for scientific papers citation and writing
Basic Bioinformatics software, e.g. ClustalW, TSDA and Blast ….. etc.)
Gene and protein sequences retrieval from different databases
Plot drawing (Sigma Plot) and statistical analysis (SPSS)
Primer Design Software (Primer 3 Plus, genefisher2)
Real-Time PCR analysis Software (Quansoft®)