CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE

1-      Worked as an Assistant Lecturer at Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain-Shams University (1973-1984).

2-     Worked as a Lecturer, Ain-Shams University (1985-1990).

3-      Courses :     General Ecology                         - Mollusca and Echinodermata.

                    Environment and human             - Freshwater Biology.

                    Aquatic Ecology                                     - Marine Biology

4-      Worked as an Assistant Professor, Ain-Shams University (1990-1996).

5-      Worked as an Professor, Ain-Shams University (1999 - now).

6-      Attended a training period in the National Research Center, Egypt (1979), in the field of “Organic and Inorganic Pollutants in Water”.

7-      Awarded a “Peace Fellowship” in Syracuse University, New York, USA from 1981-1983 and a “Teaching Assistantship” at Biology Dept. (Syracuse Univ.) in 1983 for one academic year.

8-      Teaching at the “Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain-Shams University” since 1986 uptill now (Part - Time).

9-      Teaching in Oman at the Education College from 1988-1992. Involved in a project to study the Ecology of Oman Coasts.

10-          Teaching in the United Arab Emirates University, Faculty of Science, Biology Department, from September 1996 To August 1999.

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND PROJECTS :

1-      Worked in an Egyptian American Project for developing Lake Qarun (1973-1978).

2-      Worked as a Limnologist in a Canadian Company : “James F. MacLaren Ltd.” in a project aiming at the development of Lake Manzala, Egypt (1979-1980).

The work in the Canadian project concentrated on the following :

- Fish Biology.

- Zooplankton, phytoplankton and Bottom fauna analyses.

- Water chemistry of the lake.

3-      Worked as a “Limnologist” in the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (Egyptian-American Joint project which studied pollution at Wadi El-Rayan Lakes)- (1979-1981).

4-     Joined, as an Ecologist, in American Project supervised by the College of Engineering at Syracuse University, U.S.A. (September, 1981) to investigate the water quality and the effect of the industrial wastes upon three rivers system in central New York; Seneca, Oneida and Oswego Rivers. The system is a highly valuable resource to the Central New York area.

5-      Joined, as an Ecologist, and American-Egyptian Project supervised by “Theoder-Bilharz Research Institute, Egypt” for testing Echinostoma liei as a biocontrol agent against Schistosoma mansoni, from Jan., 1986 to August, 1988.

6-      Joined an Egyptian project supervised by Ain-Shams University for studying the effects of pollutants upon fauna of lakes Manzala and Mariut, from January, 1987 to January, 1988.

7-      Joined a project supported by the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, for developing the “Fauna Museum” in Zoology Dept. Faculty of Science, Ain-Shams University, from November 1992 to December 1994.

8-      Joined a project supported by Ain-Shams University for studying the effects of pullution on the biodiversity of the Red Sea coast, from November 1992 to July 1994.

9-      Joined a project (as a Principal Investigator) for preparing “Egypt country study on biological diversity” ( Aquatic Fauna ). It is a joint project between National Biodiversity Unit of Egyptian Environment Affairs Agency (EEAA ) and UNEP, from September 1993 to December 1994. Through this project, 8 detailed studies on species diversity of 8 taxa of freshwater organisms have been prepared. Besides, 8 volumes on “Habitat diversity of coastal lagoons and inland lakes” have been published.

10-   Joined a project for studying the biodiversity of 3 protectorates at Gulf of Aqaba ( Ras Mohammed, Nabek, Abogalloum), from March 1994 to July 1995. This project has been supported by the Department  of  Natural Protectorates of the Egyptian Environment Affairs Agency ( EEAA ).

11- Joined a project supported by OPERATIONAL UNIT FOR DEVELOPMENT ASSISSTANCE (OUDA) through Consulting Engineers Services for biological treatment wastewater before discharging into Lake Manzala as well as Mediterranean Basin and reusing it in agriculture and fishculture, from February 2000 uptill now.

12- Joined a Regional Project for the Conservation of Wetland and Coastal Ecosystems in the Mediterranean Region as a National Coordinator of descriptive studies of 3 protectorates         ( Burullus, Bardawil, Omayed ) , for protecting Mediterranean Basin; from May 2001 uptill 2006.

13- Shared  in establishing Management Plans for 3 wetlands (Protected Areas) at the Mediterranean coastal area; Burullus, Zaranik and Omayed Protected Areas, from May 2003 uptill 2006.

14- Supervised a project supported by Fulbright Com. for  developing a comprehensive curriculum and training program to promote the acquisition of knowledge and skills for working in the protected areas and environmental field, with the collaboration of Prairie View A&M Texas University, USA and Scientific & Research Center of Protected Areas at Ain Shams University, Egypt (2005/2006).

15- Supervised a project supported by Academy of Science & Technology to establish a data bank for Ecologists in Egypt (2006/2007).

16- Supervised a project supported by Ain shams university for paticipation in the management of protected islands of the River Nile (2007 – 2008).

16- Supervised 23 theses and dissertations on Ecology at Ain-Shams University, Faculty of Science and  the Institute of Environmental Studies and Research.

SYMPOSIUMS AND CONFERENCES

1-      “The Second International Conference for Fish Resource Development in Egypt.” - Port Said, Egypt. April 22-24, 1986.

2-      The Second Congress for the Zoological Society of A.R. Egypt, 25^th Anniversary-Cairo University, Egypt. Nov. 15-17, 1986.

3-      The International Symposium for Bio-indicators of Pollution; under the sponsorship of the International Union of Biological Science - National Center for Researches, Cairo, Egypt. Nov. 1986.

4-      The National Conference of control Schistosoma disease in Egypt. Arab Nations League, Cairo, Egypt. Dec. 26, 1986.

5-      The Second International Symposium on Tilapia Aquaculture. Bangkok, Thailand. March 16-20, 1987.

6-      XXIX Georgikon Days Keszthely Conference; Fish, Fisheries and Natural waters, Hungary. August 25-26, 1987.

7-      The First National conference on the Environmental Studies and Research - Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Jan. 31- Feb. 4 , 1988.

8-      The First Scientific Conference on Role of Scientific Research in Developing Fish Resources. Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. August 6-8, 1988.

9-      First International Conference for Trace Metals in Lakes. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. August 15-18, 1988.

10-   Workshop on data management of biodiversity, National Biodiversity Unit, Egyptian Environment Affairs Agency. January 16-18, 1995.

11-   The Scientific Research and the biodiversity in the Arab Countries. Halab University, Syria. September 5-7, 1995.

12-   The third conference on the pollution of environment in developing countries, Cairo, Egypt. November 19-23, 1995.

13-   The 6^th International Conference for the Egyptian - Germany Society of Zoology, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, April 2-4, 1996.

14-   All the symposiums of Egyp. Soc. Of Fish. Res. Develop. (1996- 2007)

SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

1-      Member in the National Committee of Environmental Affairs , Egyptian Academy of Science and Technology,Egypt.

2-      Member in the Ecological Society of America, USA.

3-      Member in the International Association of Astacology, USA.

4-      Member in the National Geographic Society, USA.

5-      Member in the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, Philippines.

6-      Member in the Zoological Society of Egypt, Egypt.

7-      Member in the Egyptian Association for Conservation of Natural Resources, Egypt.

8-      Member in the Egyptian Society of Zoology, Egypt.

9-      Member in Union of Arab Biologists, Cairo, Egypt.

10-   Member in the Egyptian - Germany Society of Zoology, Egypt.

SCIENTIFIC BOOKS

Contributed in producing 6 reference books for the National Biodiversity Unit of the Egyptian Environment Affairs Agency ( EEAA ):

1.      Biological Diversity of Egypt (1996).

2.      Freshwater Fish of Egypt (1997).

3.      Freshwater Molluscs of Egypt (1998).

4.      Lake Nasser (2001).

5.      Lake Burullus Protected Area (2005).

6.      Lake Bardawil and Zaranik Protected Area(2006).

AWARDS & CERTIFICATES

1.       Awarded the State-Encouragement Prize in Biology (Environmental Studies ) in 1998.

2.       Awarded MEDAL and Certificate of Appreciation from Faculty of Scince , Ain Shams University in 2000.

3.        Awarded Certificate of Merit as Environmental Patron from the Arab Towns Organization, Doha, Qatar in 2001.

4.        Awarded MEDAL from Union of Non-Gov. Env. Societies, 2006.

List Of Publications

1-       Khalil, M. T.; Safwat H. S.; Saad, A. A.; El-Shabrawy, G. M. and Montaser M. H.  (2008). Physico-chemical environment in Lake Edku, Egypt. J. Aquat. Biol. & Fish.,!2 (2): in press.

2-       Khalil, M. T.; Safwat H. S.; Saad, A. A.; El-Shabrawy, G. M. and Montaser M. H.  (2007). Biodiversity and community structure of zooplankton in relation to some environmental variables in Lake Edku, Egypt. The 6^th European Conference on Ecological modelling, November 27- 30, 2007, Trieste, Italy.

3-       Khalil, M. T. (2007). Biodiversity and management of Aquatic Fauna in Burullus wetland, Egypt. National Nile Basin Development Forum, November 19 -20, 2007, Cairo, Egypt.

4-       Khalil, M. T. and Shaltout, K. H. (2006). Lake Bardawil; Zaranik Protected Area. Publication of National Biodiversity Unit, No. 15, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Egypt, 580 pp.

5-       Saad, A. A.; Khalil, M. T.; El-Shabrawy, G. M. and Bedir,T. Z. (2006). Ecological studies on zooplankton community  of Lake Burullus, Egypt. J. Aquat. Biol. & Fish.,!0 (1): 1-21.

6-       Shaltout, K. H. and Khalil, M. T. (2005).Lake Burullus ( Burullus Protected Area). Publication of National Biodiversity Unit, No. 13, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Egypt, 578 pp.

7-       Khalil, M. T.; Saad, A. A.; El-Shabrawy, G. M. and Bedir,T. Z. (2004). Ecological studies on macrobenthic fauna of Lake Burullus, Egypt. J. Env. Sc., 9 (3):737-769.

8-       Khalil, M. T. (2002). Aquatic fauna diversity in Burullus Protected area: from site diagnosis to management planning. The First-International Conference on Protected Areas & Sustainable Development, October 23-26, 2002, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

9-       Bishai. H.; Abdel Malek, S. A. and Khalil, M. T. (2001). Lake Nasser. Publication of National Biodiversity Unit, No. 12, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Egypt, 600 pp.

10-  Khalil, M. T. ; Emam, W. M. and Koussa, A. A.( 2000). Impact of wastewater primary treatment on some physico-chemical properties of Lake Mariut, Egypt. J. Egypt. Acad. Soc. Envir. Develop. ,1 (1) :  1 – 18.

11-  Bishai, H. M.; Abdel-Malek, S. A. and Khalil, M. T. (2000). Lake Nasser. Publication of National Biodiversity Unit, No. 11, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Egypt, 577 pp.

12-   Khalil, M. T. (1999). Effect of some ecological factors and human activities on species diversity of coral reefs in protected areas at Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Egypt. Egypt. J. Aquat. Biol. & Fish., 3 (4) : 525-537.

13-  Ibrahim, A. M.; Bishai, H. M. and Khalil, M. T. (1999). Lake Nasser. Publication of National Biodiversity Unit, No. 10, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Egypt, 145 pp.

14-   Khalil, M. T. (1998). Impact of pollution on productivity and fisheries of Lake Mariut, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 2 : 1 - 17.

15-   Khalil, M. T. (1998). Prediction of fish yield and potential productivity from limnological data in Lake Borollus, Egypt. International Journal of Salt Lake Research, 6 : 323-330.

16-   Khalil, M. T. and Abd El-Rahman, N.S. (1997).  Abundance and diversity of surface zooplankton in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Egypt. Journal of Plankton Research, Oxford, 19 (7) : 927-936.

17-  Bishai, H. M. and Khalil, M. T. (1997). Freshwater Fishes of Egypt. Publication of National Biodiversity Unit, No. 9, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Egypt, 229 pp.

18-   Ibrahim, A.M.; Khalil, M. T. and Mubarak, M. F. (1997).   Ecological studies on the exotic crayfishes Procambarus clarkii and P. zonangulus in the River Nile, Egypt. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 23 : 217-228.

19-   Khalil, M. T. and Hussein, H. A. (1997). Use of wastewater for aquaculture  : an experimental field study at sewage - treatment plant, Egypt. Aquaculture Research, 28 : 859-865.

20-   Khalil, M. T. (1997). Changes in the mullet fishery of Lake Manzalla, Egypt. International Journal of Salt Lake Research, 5 : 241-251.

21-   Emam, W.M. and Khalil, M.T. (1995). Population dynamics and stock assessment of the newly introduced crayfish Procambarus clarkii in the River Nile, Egypt. Proc. Zool. Soc. A.R. Egypt, (26) : 131-143.

22-   Khalil, M. T. (1995). A laboratory study on growth, fecundity and bioenergetics of the freshwater snail Helisoma trivolvis (Say). Proc. Zool. Soc. A.R. Egypt, (26) : 260-273.

23-   Ibrahim, A. M.; Khalil, M. T. and Mubarak, M. F. (1995). On the feeding behaviour of the exotic crayfish Procambarus clarkii in Egypt and its prospects in the biocontrol of local vector snails. J. Union. Arab. Biol., 4 (A) : 321-340.

24-   Yousif, F.; Khalil, M. T. and El-Emam, M. (1992). Evaluation of three common tools in estimating Biomphalaria alexandrian population in irrigation ditches. Egypt. J. Bilh., 14 (2) : 151-158.

25-   Abdel-Malek, S. A.; Khalil, M.T. and Ali, A.A. (1990). Studies on some ecological factors affecting the fish production of Lake Qarun, Egypt. Bull. Nat. Inst. Oceanogr. & Fish., ARE, 16 (1) : 41-48.

26-   Farag, E.A. and Khalil, M.T. (1990). Chronic molluscicidal activity of Canna indica leaves on Bulinus truncatus snail, the intermediate host of Schistosoma haematobim. J. Egypt. Ger. Soc. Zool., (2) : 52-33.

27-   Khalil, M. T. (1990). Ecological studies upon bottom fauna of Lake Manzala, Egypt. Qatar University Bull., 10 : 215-225.

28-   Khalil, M. T. and Awady, M. H. M. (1990). Effect of waste water on aquatic community of Lake Mariut, Egypt. Scientific Bull., Fac. Eng., Ain Shams Univ., 25 (1) : 298-312.

29-   Khalil, M. T. (1990). Plankton and primary productivity of Lake Manzala, Egypt. Hydrobiologia, 196 : 201-207.

30-   Khalil, M. T. (1990). The physical and chemical environment of Lake Manzala, Egypt. Hydrobiologia, 196 : 193-199.

31-   Bishai, H.M. and Khalil, M.T. (1990). Estimation of fish production and potential yield in Lake Manzala, Egypt. Arch. Hydrobiol., 119 (3) : 331-337.

32-   Aboul-Ela, I.A. and Khalil M.T. (1989). Ecological studies on the plankton and benthos of Wadi Elrayan, a new lake in Egypt. Tropical Freshwater Biology, 2 : 101-11.

33-   Ishak, M.M.; Khalil, M.T. and Toews, D.R. (1988). Fish stock assessment survey in Lake Manzala, Egypt. Bull. Nat. Inst. Oceanogr. & Fish., ARE, 14 (3) : 239-252.

34-   Khalil, M. T. and Bayoumi, A.R. (1988). Fishery assessment survey of Lake Manzala, Egypt. Bull. Nat. Inst. Oceanogr & Fish., ARE, 14 (3) : 139-154.

35-   Bayoumi, A.R. and Khalil, M.T. (1988). Tilapia fisheries in Lake Manzala, Egypt. Bull. Inst. Oceanogr. Fish, 14 (3) : 87-99.

36-   Khalil, M. T. and El-Awamri, A. A. (1988). Plankton organisms as bio-indicators for organic pollution at the southern area (El-Genki) of Lake Manzala, Egypt. The first Nat. Conf. Env. Stud. & Research, Egypt, 2 : 526-538.

37-   Aboul-Ela, I.A. and Khalil, M.T. (1988). Ecological studies on Wadi Elrayan, a new Lake in Egypt : physico-chemical environment. Egypt. J. Wil. & Nat. Resources, 7 : 35-45.

38-   Khalil, M. T. and Ishak, M.M. (1987). Hosha, a fishery system practiced in Lake Manzala, Egypt. Second Int. Symp. Tilapia Aquculture, Bangkok.

39-   Aboul-Ela, I.A. and Khalil, M.T. (1987). The chronic toxicity of three pollutants upon the freshwater snail Helisoma trivolvis. Proc. Zool. Soc. A.R. Egypt, 13 : 17-29.

40-   Aboul-Ela, I.A. and Khalil, M.T. (1987). The acute toxicity of three pesticides on organisms of different trophic levels, as parameters of pollution in Lake Wadi Elrayan, El Fayoum, Egypt. Proc. Zool. Soc. A.R. Egypt, 13 : 31-36.

41-   Salib, E.A. and Khalil, M.T. (1986). Chemical and biological studies on Hadous drain and the southeastern area of Lake Manzala, Egypt. Proc. Zool. Soc. A.R. Egypt, 12 : 91-100.

42-   Khalil, M. T. and Salib, E.A. (1986). Effects of some water quality parameters on fish composition and productivity in Lake Manzala, Egypt. Proc. Zool. Soc. A.R. Egypt, 12 : 101-109.

43-   Khalil, M. T. (1985). The effects of sewage and pollutional wastes upon Bahr Elbaqar drain and the southern area of Lake Manzala, Egypt. Egypt. J. Wil. & Nat. Resources, 6 : 162-171.