Tamer Elbana Curriculum Vitae Soils and Water Use Department, National Research Centre, , Office: +20233371362 (Ex. 2995) ● Cell: +201200039793 ● E-mail: [email protected]

Education and Work Experience 2014 - Present: Researcher, Soil and Water Use Department, National Research Centre (100% research), Cairo, Egypt 2013: Ph.D. Plant, Environmental Management, and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA Dissertation Title: “Transport and Adsorption-Desorption of Heavy Metals in Different Soils” 2010 - 2013: Graduate Research Assistant; School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA 2008 - 2010: Visiting Research Associate; School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University Agriculture Center (LSU AgCenter), Baton Rouge, LA, USA 2005 - 2008: Ph.D. Student, Soil and Water Sciences Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University, Egypt 2004 – 2008: Researcher associate in the following projects:- - Evaluation of water and soil pollution with heavy metals and its effect upon plant before and after treatments funded by National Research Center. - Accumulation and behavior of some heavy metals in soils and treatments funded by NRC. 2000 - 2003: Research Assistant and lab manager, soil & water science Department, faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria, Egypt. Researcher association in the following projects:- - Development and protection of coastal area of the , Egypt funded by the Egyptian National Academy of Sciences. - Assessment of chemical contamination of drinking water in Kafer El-Dawar funded by WHO. 2003: M.S. Soil and Water Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Egypt Thesis Title: “Agroecological Assessment of Land and Water Resources in Northern Nile Delta: A case study in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate” 1999: B.S. Soil and Water Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Egypt

Research Interests  Modeling chemical mobility in soil,  heavy metals pollution, and  land and water resources management.

Professional Activities and Memberships  Fellow of Academy of Scientific Research & Technology, Council of Environmental Science, Egypt (November, 2015 to present)  Egyptian Society of Soil Science, Egypt (2004 to present)  Society for Developing Clean Farming Systems, Egypt (2013 to present)  American Society of Agronomy, USA (2008 to present)  Soil Science Society of America, USA (2008 to present)  Crop Science Society of America, USA (2008 to present)

Honors and Award  Two Years Scholarship funded by Egyptian Government, 2008-2010 as a visiting Research Associate; School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University Agriculture Center (LSU AgCenter), Baton Rouge, LA, USA  Soil Science Society of America and the Agronomic Science Foundation- Travel award for Kirkham Conference 2012, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.  First Place award for the best oral presentation the International Conference on the “Agriculture and Environment for Sustainable Development”. 2015. National Research Centre - Cairo, Egypt.  Fellow of Academy of Scientific Research & Technology, Council of Environmental Science, Egypt (November, 2015 to present).

Certifications  ICDL - International Computer Driving License  NCC: ICL, National Computer Center, "System Analysis and Design"

Reviewer for the following scientific journals:  Egyptian Journal of Soil Science (Associate Editor/Reviewer)  Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering,  Soil Science Society of American Journal,  Geoderma,  Environmental Engineering and Management Journal,  Irrigation & Drainage Systems Engineering.

Training:  Community-based Interventions for Productive Use of Grey-water in Home Framing - Workshop, ICARDA, Jordan 17-19 June 2014. Providing an oral presentation: o Elbana, T. A. 2014. Treated Greywater Reuse in Egypt. Community-based Interventions for Productive Use of Grey-water in Home Framing - Workshop, ICARDA, Jordan 17-19 June 2014.  Chemical Safety and Security Officer (CSSO) Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, 7–11 December 2014. The CSSO organized by the US Department of State, Sandia National Laboratories (Operated by Sandia Corporation) and National Research Centre.  Chemical Inventory Management System (CIMS) Workshop, Cairo, Egypt • 2 – 6 August 2015. The CSSO organized by the US Department of State, Sandia National Laboratories (Operated by Sandia Corporation) and National Research Centre.

Workshop and Conference Organizing:  The Egyptian Soil Science Society (ESSS) 11th International Conference on Climate Changes and Sustainable development of natural Resources, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt. May 5- 7, 2014 (As member of the international relations committee).  Forum of Innovation in Agriculture, January 27-28, 2015. National Research Centre- Egypt (As an organizer)  Chemical Lab Safety and Security, January 28th 2015. National Research Centre-Egypt (As an organizer and trainer).  The International Conference on the “Agriculture and Environment for Sustainable Development (ICAESD 2015)”. National Research Centre - Cairo, Egypt. May 25-27, 2015 http://www.agricultural-nrc.org/ (as an organizer)  Chemical Inventory Management System (CIMS) Workshop, Cairo, Egypt • 21– 22 October 2015 for training NRC researchers on inventory system (as a trainer)  Responsible Chemical Management, Side Event at the Third Egyptian International Conference in Chemistry, 16 – 19 November 2015, , Egypt (as a trainer).  The Egyptian Soil Science Society (ESSS) 12th International Conference on Development of Water and Soil Resources: Challenges and Solutions. Ismailia, Egypt. March 7-8 2016.  Chemical and Biological Safety in Research Labs- Symposium. National Research Centre - Cairo, Egypt. May 10th, 2016.  The International Conference on the “Advanced Technologies and their applications in agriculture”. National Research Centre - Cairo, Egypt. March 27-29, 2017 http://www.agricultural-nrc.org/ (as an organizer) Publications

Proceeding 1- El-Bana,T.A., H.M. Gaber , M.H. Bahnassy , and A.S. Suliman. 2004. Quality Assessment of Water Resources in Northern Nile Delta: a case study in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate. In: Proceedings of the Egyptian Soil Science Society (ESSS) 7th National Conference on New Approaches in Soil Technology, Cairo, Egypt. December 27-28 2004. 2- Elbana, T.A., H.M. Selim. 2009. Transport and Retention-Release of Cadmium in Different Soils: Kinetic Models. ASA-CSSA-SSSA National Meetings. 1-5 November, Pittsburgh, PA. http://a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2009am/webprogram/Paper52674.html 3- Elbana, T.A., H.M. Selim. 2010. Copper Reactivity and Mobility in Acidic and Alkaline Soils: Modeling the Distributions Versus Soil Depth. ASA-CSSA-SSSA National Meetings. Oct.31-Nov. 4, Long Beach, CA. http://a-c- s.confex.com/crops/2010am/webprogram/Paper60392.html 4- Elbana, T.A., M. A.E Ramadan, H. Gaber, F. Kishk, and H.M. Selim. 2010. Heavy Metals Accumulation and Spatial Distribution in Long Term Wastewater Irrigated Soils. ASA-CSSA-SSSA National Meetings. Oct.31-Nov. 4, Long Beach, CA. http://a-c- s.confex.com/crops/2010am/webprogram/Paper60406.html 5- Selim, H.m., K. Zhao, E. Ferguson, T. A. Elbana. 2011. Miscible displacement of Zn in soil transport columns: influence of phosphate. Proceeding of the 11th ICOBTE international conference on biogeochemistry of trace elements, Florence, Italy, July 3-7, 2011, pp. 1-2. 6- Elbana, T.A., H.M. Selim, D. Sparks. 2012. Lead and Tin Transport and Retention in Soils: Miscible Displacement and Modeling. ASA-CSSA-SSSA National Meetings. 21- 24 October, Cincinnati, OH. http://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2012am/webprogram/Paper71868.html 7- Bakr, N., H.M. Selim, D.C. Weindorf, Y. Zhu, A. Arceneaux, W. Zhang, and T.Elbana. 2012. Rainfall simulation on erosion abatement measures for Louisiana roadsides. ASA- CSSA-SSSA National Meetings. 21-24 October, Cincinnati, OH. http://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2012am/webprogram/Paper71982.html 8- Tamer Elbana.2012. Transport of reactive chemicals in soils: Miscible displacement experiments and nonlinear modeling. Kirkham Conference 2012, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/fms/Conference%20services/Logos/Kirkham%20prog ramme%20confirmed%20&%20final.pdf 9- Tamer Elbana, and H.M. Selim. Modeling of Heavy Metals Transport in Soils: Multi-site Approach. 2013 LSU-CAMD User Meeting, Baton Rouge, LA. http://camd.lsu.edu/UserMeeting/schedule13.htm 10- Elbana, T.A. and H.M. Selim. 2013. Transport of Tritium and Heavy Metals in Unsaturated Soils. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Meetings. 3-6 November, Tampa, FL. http://scisoc.confex.com/crops/2013am/webprogram/Paper78864.html 11- Elbana,T.A. , N. Bakr, F. Karajeh, and D. El Quosy. 2014. Treated Wastewater Utilization for Agricultural Irrigation in Egypt. pp. 35-46. In: Proceedings of the national conference on Water Quality: Challenges and Solutions. National Research Centre-Cairo, Egypt. April 29th, 2014. http://bio-nrc.jimdo.com/conferences/ 12- Elbana,T.A. and H.M. Selim. 2014. Influence of cadmium on calcium release from soil. In: Proceedings of the Egyptian Soil Science Society (ESSS) 11th International Conference on Climate Changes and Sustainable development of natural Resources, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt. May 5-7 2014. http://www.esss.org.eg/previousconf.html 13- Bakr, N., D.C. Weindorf, Y. Zhu, A.E. Arceneaux, T.A. Elbana, and H.M. Selim. 2014. Influence of Compost/mulch on Runoff from the roadside: rainfall simulation experiment. In: Proceedings of the Egyptian Soil Science Society (ESSS) 11th International Conference on Climate Changes and Sustainable development of natural Resources, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt. May 5-7, 2014. http://www.esss.org.eg/previousconf.html 14- Elbana, T.A, S. G. Mohammad, and S.M. Ahmed. 2015. Chromium removal from industrial wastewater using biochar materials: kinetic batch experiments. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on the “Agriculture and Environment for Sustainable Development (ICAESD 2015)”. National Research Centre - Cairo, Egypt. May 25-27, 2015 http://www.agricultural-nrc.org/ 15- Bakr, N., S. I. Shedeed, T. A. Elbana, and M. K. Ali. 2015. On-farm land management for newly reclaimed areas: case study in western desert of Egypt. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on the “Agriculture and Environment for Sustainable Development (ICAESD 2015)”. National Research Centre - Cairo, Egypt. May 25-27, 2015 http://www.agricultural-nrc.org/ 16- Elbana, T.A., N. Bakr, B. A. George, M. Elbana. 2016. Agricultural use of marginal quality water: A case of Bahr Elbaqar Drain. In: Proceedings of the Egyptian Soil Science Society (ESSS) 12th International Conference on Development of Water and Soil Resources: Challenges and Solutions. Ismailia, Egypt. March 7-8 2016. 17- Elbana, T. and Selim, M. 2017. Sorption-desorption of cadmium and nickel in soil. 14th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements. 16-20 July, 2017 - ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Journal Articles and Bulletins 1. Gaber, H. Bahnassy, M. Suliman A.S., and T. El-Bana. 2003. Agroecological Assessment of Land Resources in Northern Nile Delta: A case study in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate. J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ., 28(12):7485-7502. 2. El-Bana,T.A., H.M. Gaber , M.H. Bahnassy , and A.S. Suliman. 2006. Quality Assessment of Water Resources in Northern Nile Delta: a case study in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate. Egyptian J soil sci. 46(4): 409-424. 3. Selim, H. M., C. Y. Jeong, and T. A. Elbana. 2010. Transport of imidacloprid in soils: Miscible displacement experiments. Soil Sci. 175: 375-381. 4. Elbana, T.A., and H.M. Selim. 2010. Cadmium transport in alkaline and acidic soils: miscible displacement experiments. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 74:1956-1966. 5. Elbana, T.A., and H.M. Selim. 2011. Copper Mobility in Acidic and Alkaline Soils: Miscible Displacement Experiments. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 75:2101-2110. 6. Lindsay, M.R., H.M. Selim, J. Daigle, T. A. Elbana, M. Bordelon, and M. Mouton. 2012. Soil Compaction Thresholds for the M1M1 Abrams Tank: Field Study at Camp Minden, La. LSU AgCenter Research Bulletin 981(16p). 7. Elbana, T.A. and H. M. Selim. 2012. Copper Transport in Calcareous Soils: Miscible Displacement Experiments and Second-Order Modeling. Vadose Zone Journal. https://www.soils.org/publications/vzj/abstracts/11/2/vzj2011.0110. 8. Selim, H.M., T.A. Elbana, K. Zhao, J. Xu, and E.L. Fergusson. 2013. Miscible displacement of zinc in soil columns: linear and nonlinear modeling. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 77:391-402. 9. Elbana, T.A., M.A. Ramadan, H.M. Gaber, M.H. Bahnassy, F.M. Kishk, and H.M. Selim. 2013. Heavy metals accumulation and spatial distribution in long term wastewater irrigated soils. J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 1:925-933. doi:10.1016/j.jece.2013.08.005 10. Elbana, T.A. and H. M. Selim. 2013. Lead mobility in calcareous soils: influence of cadmium and copper. Soil Sci. 178:417-424. doi: 10.1097/SS.0000000000000000 11. McDonald, J., L. Gaston, T. Elbana, A. Kevin, C. Eileen. 2013. Dimoxystrobin sorption and degradation in sandy loam soil: impact of different landscape positions. Soil Sci. 178:662-670. DOI: 10.1097/SS.0000000000000030 12. Elbana, T.A., D. L. Sparks, and H. M. Selim. 2013. Adsorption-desorption of lead and tin in soils: experimental and second – order modeling. Soil Sci. 178:425-435. doi: 10.1097/01.ss.0000435429.59637.9d 13. Elbana, T.A., D. L. Sparks, and H. M. Selim. 2014. Transport of Tin and Lead in Soils: Miscible Displacement Experiments and Second-Order Modeling. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 78:701-712. doi:10.2136/sssaj2013.07.0265. 14. Bakr, N., T.A. Elbana, A.E. Arceneaux, Y. Zhu, D.C. Weindorf, H.M. Selim. 2015. Runoff and water quality from highway hillsides: Influence compost/mulch. Soil & Tillage Research 150:158–170. doi:10.1016/j.still.2015.01.014 15. Elbana, T.A., Bakr, N., George, B. Elbana, M. 2017. Assessment of Marginal Quality Water for Sustainable Irrigation Management: Case Study of Bahr El-Baqar Area, Egypt. Water Air Soil Pollut. 228: 214. doi:10.1007/s11270-017-3397-2 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-017-3397-2 16. Elbana, T.A., Bakr, N., Elbana, M. 2017. Reuse of Treated Wastewater in Egypt: Challenges and Opportunities. In: Negm, A.M. (ed.), Unconventional Water Resources and Agriculture in Egypt, Hdb Env Chem. Springer International Publishing. DOI 10.1007/698_2017_46. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2017_46

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