Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information Name: Hala Abd El Hamid Mohamed Kassem Nationality: Egyptian Home Address: Road 47, Building 195, 5th District, 5th settlement, New Cairo, Egypt Home Phone Number: +(202) 2690955 Cell Phone Number: +(20100) 1223055 Email: [email protected]
Education 1. 1990: Ph. D. Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt. Thesis: Biochemical Studies on Genetic Differentiation of Phlebotomine Sandflies in Egypt.
2. 1985: M. Sc. Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt. Thesis: Biological Studies on the Sandfly Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli) (O: Diptera, F: Psychodidae) and Some Factors Governing Laboratory Colonization.
3. 1981: B. Sc. Entomology/Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.
Employment History Current: Vice Dean for Post Graduate Studies and Research, Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain Shams University 2002-21014: Head of Environmental Basic Sciences Department, Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain Shams University 2006-2007: Professor of Medical Entomology, Environmental Basic Sciences Department, Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain Shams University. 2000-2006: Associate Professor, Environmental Basic Sciences Department, Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain Shams University.
Fall Semester Academic year 2005/2006: Visiting Associate Professor, Biology Department, The American University in Cairo 1993-2000: Lecturer, Environmental Basic Sciences Department, Institute of Environmental Studies & Research Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt 1990-1993: Research Scientist, Research and Training Center on Vectors of Diseases, Ain Shams University 1981-1990: Research Assistant, Research and Training Center on Vectors of Diseases (RTC), Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Teaching Philosophy
My teaching philosophy is based on creating a safe environment that is interactive, collaborative, and promotes problem solving and critical thinking skills. I encourage students to ask questions and express their views and ideas and I support their opinions with data reach arguments. I listen carefully to student’s feedback and suggestions about assignments; I strive to improve my service delivery and
2 regularly review learning outcomes. I endeavor to make my class an arena for students to learn theory as well as to demonstrate the acquired knowledge and skills. I also emphasize the importance of communication by using humor to make learning enjoyable and to motivate the students to learn. I use the current teaching tools available, for example all my lectures are prepared as power point presentations. I use all elements of multimedia available, and the courses I taught at the American University in Cairo were all accessible through Blackboard. To measure students learning, I utilize multiple assessments such as collaborative research projects, presentations, review activities, quizzes and traditional exams (multiple choice questions, short answers, and short essay questions). I use a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to give my students an integrated background about how scientific domains could be linked for instance; I strive to demonstrate to students the ways biological systems interact with their environment. I provide a conceptual biological framework for students to recognize and address environmental issues and motivate them to take actions through various educational and informational venues In order to achieve my ultimate goal of student learning I work hard on course content and assessment to create coherent courses that meet the needs of my students and prepare them to compete well on the job market with the knowledge and skills they acquired during their degree program.
Teaching Experience
Ain Shams University: Genetics Medical Entomology
3 Fresh Water Ecology Introduction to Environmental Science Biostatistics Principles of Scientific Writing Natural Resources Biodiversity Tailored courses in Environmental Biology for non-science postgraduate students
The American University in Cairo- Biology Department:
Senior Research Thesis (BIOL 495) Fall 05
Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (BIOL 420) Winter 06
GIS for Biologists (BIOL 345) Fall 03, Spring 04
Principles of Systematics (BIOL 204) Fall 05
Quantitative Biology (BIOL 340) Spring 07, Fall 07, Fall 08
Genetics (BIOL 221) Fall 05
Computer Skills: Microsoft Office suite Adobe Photoshop Blackboard SPSS ArcGIS Cluster Seer spatial Analysis software package Course Genie Respondus
Research Interest and Work Experience Vector Borne diseases Environmental management to control Vector Borne Diseases
4 The impact of environmental changes on the transmission of vector borne diseases Public Health issues The use of geographic information systems (GIS) in monitoring and surveillance of vector-borne diseases. The potential use of Wolbachia endosymbionts in the control of vector borne diseases Lab and field studies on sand fly behavior/bionomics in relation to leishmaniasis transmission in Egypt. Laboratory colonization of sand flies the vectors of leishmaniasis Identification of Old World sand flies using classical taxonomic keys. Biochemical differentiation of phlebotomine sand flies using isoenzyme electrophoresis. Population genetic studies on phlebotomine sand flies of Egypt
Awards Received
June-December 2000: A Fulbright award to do post doctoral research on GIS applications in the field of vector-borne diseases; University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI.
December 1986: A fellowship from the French Government to receive training on leishmaniasis in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier France.
International Conferences Attended
Annual Meeting of the American Mosquito Control Association. New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 17-21, 1991.
The 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Boston, Massachusetts, 1991.
5 The 4th International Wolbachia Conference Held at the Paradisus Resort, Coco Beach, Puerto Rico, USA, June 24-28 2006.
Academy of Scientific Research and Technology Committee Membership
2013- Present: Member of the Committee of Scientific Culture
2014-Present: Member of The National Committee of IUCN,
The International Union for Conservation of Nature..
Consultations and Services
Onsite Training of a Fellow from the Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Khartoum, Sudan September16- November 31, 2007: Rearing and Maintaining Sand fly colonies.
Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Khartoum, Sudan September 16-21, 2006: Assigned to teach in the workshop titled “Molecular entomology: Principles and application of Molecular and enzymatic markers as taxonomic tools for identification of insect vectors” to train researchers on molecular identification of sand flies.
Onsite Training of Fellows from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the World Health Organization (WHO)on The use of GIS in monitoring and prediction of vector borne Diseases. April 3, 2006 – July 26, 2006 & December 1, 2006 – Feb 9, 2007.
WHO (World Health Organization) Temporary Advisor
6 Damascus, Syria, August23rd – 31st 2003: Assigned to train the Ministry of Health government staff on collection and identification of sand fly vectors of leishmaniasis.
1990-1993: Professional Consultant, Medical Zoology Branch, NAMRU3, Cairo, Egypt.
1987-1990: Guest Investigator, Medical Zoology Branch, US Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU3), Cairo, Egypt.
Workshops, Seminars and Courses Attended
Environmental Management Program. Course given at the International Management Institute. Graduate School of Public and International affairs. University of Pittsburgh May 17- June 24, (1995).
Multimedia Computer Resources in Teaching Biological Sciences Workshop. A UNESCO/ UNITWIN Network activity in the Middle East and Some African States, October10- October 12, (1994).
Molecular Biology and Tropical Diseases. Course given at Smith College Massachusetts, USA August 8- August 21, (1993).
Biomedical Writing Skills. Course held jointly between RTC and Harvard University, June 15- July 7, (1986).
Biosafety Principles and Practices. Course held jointly between RTC and the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA, January 18- January 23, (1986).
7 Reviewer
1. International Journals
o Acta Tropica
o Journal of Vector Ecology
o Journal of Applied Microbiology
2. Arbitrator for the Permanent Scientific Committee for promotion of Associate Professors and Professors (Entomology)
3. Arbitrator for the Promotion of Faculty members, Faculty of Science Jazan University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Publications
EL SAWAF, B. M.; BEIER, J. C.; HUSSEIN, S. M.; KASSEM, H. A. & ABDEL SATTAR; S. (1984). Phlebotomus langeroni: a potential vector of kala-azar in the Arab Republic of Egypt. Trans. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg., 78: 421.
El SAWAF, B. M.; KASSEM, H. A. & El SAID, S. (1985). Description of the hitherto unknown female of Phlebotomus langeroni (Diptera: Psychodidae). J. Med. Entomol., 22: 312-314.
HAMED, M. S.; EL SAWAF, B. M.; KASSEM, H. A. & ABDEL SATTAR, S. (1986). Effect of diet on biological activities of the sandfly Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli) (Diptera: Psychodidae). J. Egypt. Soc. Parasitol., 16: 65-73.
KASSEM, H. A.; SHEHATA, M. G.; EL SAID, S. & EL SAWAF, B. M. (1987). The biology of Phlebotomus langeroni (Diptera: Psychodidae)
8 under laboratory conditions. Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp., 62: 462- 466.
KASSEM, H. A.; ABDEL SATTAR, S.; SHEHATA, M. G. & EL SAWAF, S. (1988). Abnormalities in the sandfly Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli) (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Egypt. J. Egypt. Publ. Hlth. Assoc. LXIII: 209-213.
KASSEM, H. A.; FRYAUFF, D. J.; EL SAWAF, B. M.; SHEHATA, M. G. & SHOMAR, N. F. (1990). Electrophoretic comparison of the Leishmania vectors Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli) and Phlebotomus langeroni Nitzulescu (Diptera: Psychodidae). J. Med. Entomol., 27: 592-601.
FRYAUFF, D. J.; KASSEM, H. A.; SHEHATA, M. G.; EL AWADY, M. & EL SAID, S. (1990). Enzyme electrophoresis as an alternative method for separating the sympatric Leishmania vectors Phlebotomus papatasi and Phlebotomus langeroni. J. Med. Entomol., 27: 773-776.
KASSEM, H. A.; FRYAUFF, D. J.; SHEHATA, M. G. & EL SAWAF, B. M. (1993). Enzyme polymorphism and genetic variability of one colonized and several field populations of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae). J. Med. Entomol., 30: 407-413.
KASSEM, H. A. (1998). Optimised dietary regimens for the laboratory maintenance of Phlebotomus langeroni Nitzulescu (Diptera: Psychodidae). Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 92: 615-620.
HASSAN A. N.; KASSEM, H. A. & EL SAWAF, B. M. (1999). Species Composition and abundance of sand flies at natural desert and modified agricultural lands at Nekhel, Sinai, Egypt. J. Egypt. Ger. Soc. Zool., 28 (E): 37-47.
9 KASSEM, H. A.; HASSAN, A. N. & KAMAL, H. A. (1999). Spatial Distribution of Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli) and P. bergeroti Parrot in Sinai, Egypt in relation to some landscape variables. J. Egypt. Ger. Soc. Zool., 28 (E): 189-201.
KASSEM, H. A.; FRYAUFF, D. J. & HANAFI, H. A. (1999). Enzyme polymorphism and genetic variability of laboratory populations of Phlebotomus papatasi, P. bergeroti, P. langeroni, P. perniciosus. J. Egypt. Soc. Parasitol. 29: 459-472.
HASSAN, A. N.; KASSEM, H. A.; EL HOSSARY, S. I. YEHIA, A. & EL SAWAF, B.M. (1999). The use of GIS to identify environmental factors associated with cutaneous leishmaniasis transmission risk in Northeast Sinai, Egypt. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Digital Earth, Science Press, 1: 408-414.
Mead, H.A., El Sheikh, A.A. Kassem, H.A, & El Nowaihi, A.M. (2000). Repellant effect of some plant extracts against the cowpea aphid Aphis craccivora Koch (Homoptera: Aphididae). J. Environ. Sci., 1: 135-151.
KASSEM, H. A.; TEWFICK, M. K. & EL SAWAF, B. M. (2001). Evaluation of avermectins as sand fly control agents. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol., 95: 405-411.
ALI, M. K., KASSEM, H.A., MADKOUR, M.A. & ALY, Z.A. (2002). Application of Trichoderma species banana nursery rooting mixture for control of root-rot diseases. J. Environ. Sci., 4: 889-904.
KASSEM, H.A. AND HASSAN, H.A. (2003). Ovarian development and blood-feeding activity in Phlebotomus bergeroti Parrot (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Egypt. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol., 97: 521-526.
10 El-Sheakh, A. A., Kassem, H. A., Shoukry, R. A. & El-Nowaihi, A. M. (2003). Biological effect of Cyperus rotundus L. extracts on the larvae of cotton leaf worm Spodoptera littoralis (BOISD.). J. Environ. Sci., 6: 349-366.
FODA, M.E., MOHAMMED, Z.K., KASSEM, H.A. & BALBOUL, O. A.F. (2003). Ecological studies on the white mealybug Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell) (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) and its parasitoid Blepyrus insularis (Cameron) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). J. Environ. Sci., 6: 129-150.
GABIR, I., RIZKALLA, R.I., KASSEM, H.A. & ABO ELMAGD, M.A. (2003). Conservation of agricultural environment using modified rotary-pneumatic sprayer for controlling aphids on eggplant. J. Environ. Sci., 6: 559-573.
KASSEM, H. A.; HASSAN, A. N.; ABDEL-HAMID, I.; OSMAN, G.; EL KHALAB, E.M.; MADKOUR, M.A. (2003). Wolbachia infection and the expression of cytoplasmic incompatibility in sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Egypt. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol., 97: 639-644.
EL SAYESS, A. M., KASSEM, H. A., EL MALKI, KH. GH., AND SIAM, A. N. (2005). Effect of agricultural practices on the abundance of sunflower insect pests and their associated predators in Fayoum Governorate. J. Environ. Sci., 11: 1-16.
ABDEL-REHIM, S.S., HEIKAL, M.T., ABDEL-MAGEED, A.A., KASSEM, H.A. AND SALEM, T.A. (2006). Detection of pollution in some locations of the Nile ecosystem using abiotic and biotic indices. J. Environ. Sci., 13: 23-53.
11 KASSEM, H. A., GEORGY, J. K., EL SAWF, B. M., KAMEL, E. G. AND SHEHATA, M. G. (2007). In vivo efficacy of ivermectin on the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli) (Diptera: Psychodidae). J. Egypt. Ger. Soc. Zool., 52(E): 48-57.
KASSEM, H. A. AND OSMAN, G. (2007). Maternal transmission of Wolbachia in Phlebotomus papatasi. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol., 101: 435-40.
El-Sadawy,H. A., Abou El-Hag,H. A. Georgy J. M., , El Hossary S.
S. and KASSEM, H. A. (2008). In vitro activity of Bacillus thuringiensis (H14) 43 kDa crystal protein against Leishmania major. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 3: 583-589.
KASSEM, H. A. El-Sayed, Y. A., Baz M. M., Kenawy, M. A. and El Sawaf, B. M. (2009). Climatic factors influencing the abundance of Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli) (Diptera: Pshchodidae) in the Nile Delta. J. Egypt. Soc. Parasitol., 39: 435-40.
EL SAWAF, B. M., EL SADAWY, H. A., GEORGY, J. M., KASSEM, H. A. (2011). Evaluation of Entomophathogenic Nematodes against the sand fly vectors Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli) and Phlebotomus sergenti Parrot (Diptera: Psychodidae). J. Egypt. Ger. Soc. Zool., 62(E), 41-55.
KASSEM, H. A., SIRI, J. KAMAL, H. WILSON, M. L. (2012). Environmental factors underlying spatial patterns of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) associated with leishmaniasis in southern Sinai, Egypt. Acta Tropica, 123, 8-15.
Kassem, H. A., Zayed,A. B. Fawaz, E. Y., AND El-Malki, M. G. (2012). Effect of erupted seepage water in el-Obour City on the
12 ecology, biology and insecticide susceptibility of mosquitoes. J. Environ. Sci,
Kassem H. A., El Nogomy, N. N., El Sawaf, B.M. (2012). Impact of urbanization on the sandfly Phlebotomus langeroni Nitzulescu in an old focus of visceral leishmaniasis in Egypt. Egypt. J. Parasitol., 42, 619-624
Hassan , A. N., El Nogoumy, N., Kassem H. A. (2013). Characterization of landscape features associated with mosquito breeding in urban Cairo using remote sensing. Egypt. J. Remote Sensing Space Sci., 16, 63-69.
Kassem, H. A., Morcos, N. Y., Refaat, M. M., Attia, M. Y., Rashed,
M. E. (2015). Environmental factors affecting the prevalence of allergy to mosquito bites and potentials to use enzyme desensitization. J. Environ. Sci., 31, El Sawaf, B. M., Kassem, H. A., Mogalli, N. M., El Hossary, S. S.,
Ramadan, N. F. (2016). Current knowledge of sand fly fauna
(Diptera: Psychodidae) of northwestern Yemen and how it relates to leishmaniasis transmission. Acta Trop., 162, 11-19.
Mogalli, N. M., El Hossary, S. S., Khatri, M. L. MD, Abdualdaim
M. Mukred, A. M., Kassem, H. A., El Sawaf, B. M., Ramadan, N. F.
(2016). Clinicoepidemiologic pattern of cutaneous leishmaniasis and molecular characterization of its causative agent in Hajjah governorate, northwest of Yemen Acta Trop., 163,130-134.
13 Supervision of M Sc and Ph D Theses
1. Identification and assessment of risk factors associated with cutaneous leishmaniasis in north western Yemen
2. Environmental management for controlling mosquitoes in El Obour City, Egypt
3. Effect of house wall structure type on the efficiency of insecticides used in the control of some insect vectors of diseases
4. Evaluation of remote sensing as a tool for characterizing insect vector habitat within urban areas
5. Use of some biological and natural compounds to control some pests of oil crops in Fayoum Governorate
6. Effectiveness of a multimedia based program on protectorates for developing environmental concepts and attitudes towards students in prep schools
7. Environmental factors associated with sand fly (Diptera - Psychodidae) distribution in two of the Nile Delta Governorates
8. Impact of water quality on the biodiversity among certain sectors of the River Nile, Egypt
9. Effect of some plant extracts on the larvae of cotton leaf worm Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
10. Efficacy of ivermectin to control Leishmania major in sand fly vector Phlebotomus papatasi and the mammalian host
14 11. Ecological safe ways for controlling some insect pests attacking the guava trees at Giza Governorate
12. Characterization of cytoplasmic incompatibility in Egyptian populations of sand flies as an environmentally safe means of control
13. New approaches in the control of legumes aphids, Aphis craccivora Koch (Homoptera: Aphididae)
14. Conservation of agricultural environment using certain modified techniques for controlling piercing sucking pests on vegetables
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