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Fish Embryology, Fish Taxonomy, Fish Biology, Fish Stock Assessment, Fresh Water Biology, Pollution CURRICULUM VITAE Prof. Imam A.A. Mekkawy Former Chairman of Zoology Department Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt (Currently: Faculty of Science, Taif University, Saudi Arabia, Tel: 0544369856) Main specialization:Vertebrates and Embryology Areas of Research: Fish Embryology, Fish Taxonomy, Fish Biology, Fish Stock Assessment, Fresh water Biology, Pollution Contents Personal information Academic Qualifications Academic Position Scholastic Awards Research Interests Computer Skills Work Experience General academic activities Reference Professors List Of Publications Statement of Scientific, Academic, Administrative, and General Activities 1. Research activities 2. International cooperation 3. Educational and other faculty activities 4. General cultural and environmental activities Applied and academic research trends A list of M.Sc and Ph.D theses supervised CURRICULUM VITAE Imam A.A. Mekkawy (Last update in 6/7/2005) Personal information: Name: Imam Abd-El Ghany Ahmed Mekkawy Date & Place of Birth: July 23,1953, El-Menia, Egypt Sex: Male Citizenship at birth: Egyptian Present Citizenship: Egyptian Marital status Married Mother language knowledge Arabic (Excellent) Other language knowledge English (Read&Write: Excellent - Speak: Very good) Computer skills Excellent Present position: Professor of Fish Biology and Fisheries Address: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt TEL. 002 088 2411418 Work 002 088 2334644 Home FAX. 002 088 2342708 Work Mobile: +966544369856 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Academic Qualifications: Ph.D. Zoology (Fish Taxonomy), Assiut University, Egypt, Sept. 1987. M. Sc. Zoology (Fish Taxonomy), Assiut University, Egypt, Jan. 1980. B. Sc.Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt, June 1975. Academic Position: - 11 October 2009 Professor of vertebrate and Embryology, Faculty of Science, Taif University, Saudi Arabia. - 4 December 2007 Professor of Chordate and Embryology, Faculty of Teachers, Taif University, Saudi Arabia. -Aug.1,2001-Aug 1,2007:- Chairmam of Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University. -Feb.1998 :- Professor of Fish Biology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.. -Dec.1992 -Feb 1998:- Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. -Oct. 1992 - Nov. 1992:- Lecturer, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. -Oct. 1991 - Sept. 1992:- Lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sana'a, Yemen Republic. -Aug. 1991 - Nov. 1991:- Lecturer, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. -Apr. 1991 - Jul. 1991:- Visitor Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sana'a, Yemen Republic. -Nov. 1987 - March 1992 :- Lecturer, Department of Zoology, Faculty ofScience, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.. -May 1981 - Nov. 1987:- Lecturer Assistant, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. -Oct. 1975 - May 1981 :-Demonstrator, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. Scholastic Awards: -Jan. 1982 - Jan. 1986. Egyptian Government Scholarship for Researchers and Postgraduate Students, Egypt. -November1999 – May2000. Hungarian Government Scholarship, Godollo University of Agriculture. July 2005-December 2005. A visitor professor to Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Belin, Germany. Research Interests : Fish Taxonomy, Numerical Taxonomy Fish Biology Fish Stock Assessment Ecology:Lake impoundment Pollution Biometry Electrophoresis FORTRAN Programming Basic Programming DataBase Programming Computer Packages used: PCSTAT; MSTAT; SPSS; STATISTICA; NUMERICAL TAXONOMY, FAO's and Fisheries PACKAGES for population dynamics and stock assessment: ANACO, FiSAT, LFSA, ELEFAN, Yield-software (MRAG Ltd), FAST- software; Reference Manager software (Endnote X2) EXCEL, SURFER (SURFACE MAPING SYSTEMS); DATABASE-IV; FORTRAN77; THE MOST COMMON OTHER WORD PROCESSING, GRAPHICS AND JAVASCRIPT SOFTWARES UNDER WINDOWS. Work Experience : Theoretical and practical teaching of the following undergraduate (marked with +) and postgraduate (marked with **) courses in the Faculties of Science, Education and Agriculture of Assiut, Sohag, South-Valley and Al-Azhar Universities , Egypt and Faculties of Science and Education of Sana'a University, Yemen, College of Teachers and Faculty of Science, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia:- Fish Biology ** + Fish Stock Assessment ** + Fishery Sciences + Aquaculture + Reproductive Biology of Fishes** Broodstock Management and Egg and Larval Quality** Fish Physiology and Water Pollution ** Environmental pollution + Freshwater Ecology ** Aquatic Ecosystems ** Biology of Chordata + Embryology + Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates + Vertebrate Taxonomy + Evolution + Cytology and Histology + General Zoology + Biometry (biostatistics)** Use of Electrophoresis in Biochemical Genetics ** Species Diversity and Extinction of species+ General academic activities : Member of the Egyptian German Society of Zoology, Cairo University, Egypt. Member of the American Fisheries Society, USA. Editorial Board Member of the following Journals: Assiut University Journal of Zoology International Journal of Zoological Research Journal of Biological Sciences Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences Research Journal of Environmental Sciences Research Journal of Environmental Toxicology Research Journal of Parasitology Asian Journal of Scientific Research Reference Professors: Addresses and Phones of Reference Professors Dr. M. I. Abdel-Kader, Former President of Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, 71516 Tel: 002 088 2357007, 002 088 2357557; Fax: 002 088 354130 Mobil : 002-0105243633 Email : [email protected] Dr. Mostafa. M. Kamal, President of Assiut University , Egypt Mobil: 002-0123971293Email: [email protected] Dr. Frank Kirschbaum, Professor of Freshwater Ecology Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany Email: [email protected] Tel: +49 (030) 64 181 610 Dr. Sabry S. El-Serafy Professor of Fish Biology and Fisheries Former Dean of the Faculty of Science, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Banha-Branch Banha, Egypt Tel: 002-013-3236659, 002-013-3225494, 002-050-6908811 Fax: 002-013-3222578 Mobil: 002-0122358288 Email: [email protected] (You can visit: http://www.aun.eun.eg/fac_sci/index.htm; http://imammekkawy.webs.com/ ) List Of Publications Dr. Imam A.A. Mekkawy Prof. Of Fish Biology Dept. Of Zoology, Faculty Of Science Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt 72- Marwan, A.; Mekkawy, I.A.A.; Mahmoud, U.M.; Abu El-Fadl, K.Y. (2010): Sphaerospora mora n. sp (Myxozoa) Infecting Kidneys and Testes of Oreochromis niloticus from El-Mora Canal Sohag Egypt; Identification, Histopathological and Ecological Studies. Fourth Saudi Science Conference, March 21-24th, 2010, Taibah University, Al- Madinah Al-Munawarrah, KSA (Abstract). 71- Khidr, B.M.; Mekkawy, I.A.A.; Harabawy, A.S.A.; Ohaida, A.M.I. (2010): Effect of Lead Nitrate on the Liver of the Cichlid Fish: Oreochromis niloticus. Fourth Saudi Science Conference, March 21- 24th, 2010, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarrah, KSA (Abstract). 70- Mahmoud, U.M.; Mekkawy, I.A.A.; Mohammed, R.M. (2010): The Effects of Atrazine and Its Interaction with Supplementation of Lycopene and Vitamin E on the Hematological and Biochemichal Characteristics of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell,1822). Fourth Saudi Science Conference, March 21-24th, 2010, Taibah University, Al- Madinah Al-Munawarrah, KSA (Abstract). 69- Mekkawy, I.A.A.; Harabawy, A.S.A. (2010): Osteometric study on two bagrid fishes, Bagrus bajad (Forsskål, 1775) and Bagrus docmak (Forsskål, 1775) from the Nile, Egypt. J. Egypt Ger. Soc. Zool (Accepted). 68- Osman, A.G.M., Ali, E., Hashim, M., Mostafa, M. and Mekkawy, I.A.A. (2010): Genotoxicity of two pathogenic strains of zoosporic fungi (Achlya klebsiana and Aphanomyces laevis) on the erythrocytes of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus niloticus. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 73: 24–31. 67- Mekkawy, I.A.A.; Mahmoud, U. M.; Wassif, E.T. and Naguib, M. (2009). Effect of cadmium and its interaction with supplementation of lycopene and vitamin e on hematological and biochemical characteristics of Oreochromis niloticus. International Conference of Biological Sciences, 4-5 March, 2009, Faculty of Science, Assiut University (Abstract only). 66- Mekkawy, I.A.A.; Mahmoud, U. M.; . Osman, A. G.; Sayed , A.H. (2009). Effects of ultraviolet–A on the activity of two metaboloic enzymes, DNA damage and lipid peroxidation during early developmental stages of the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822). Journal of Fish Physiology and Biochemistery. DOI 10.1007/s10695-009-9334-6 (Online 17 July 2009) 65- Mahmoud; U. M., Mekkawy, I.A.A; Sayed , A.H. (2009). Ultraviolet radiation-A (366nm) induced morphological and histological malformations during embryogenesis of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822). Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 95 (2009) 117–128. 64- Harabawy, A. S. A.; Mekkawy, I. A. A.; Mahmoud, U. M.; Abdel-Rahman, G. H.; Khidr, B. M. (2008): Surface architecture of the oropharyngeal cavity and the digestive tract of Bagrus docmak (Forsskål, 1775) and Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) (Teleostei) from the Nile River: a scanning electron microscope study.
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