Mohamed E. Ismail Curriculum Vitae

Mohamed Elsayed Elsayed Ali Ismail

Assistant lecturer 121, 5000 unit, Elzohour district, , Email: [email protected] [email protected] Tel: +201065899334 Ismail_2811

PERSONAL DATA Date of birth: 04 / 06 / 1991 Place of birth: Port-Said, Egypt Nationality: Egyptian Gender: Male Marital status: Married

EDUCATION 2017 MSc in Marine Science (Marine biology and Ecology) Faculty of science, Port Said University, Egypt. Thesis title: “Biological Aspects on the Populations of Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) in the Southern Egyptian Coast of the Red Sea”. 2012 BSc in science (Marine science) Faculty of science, Port Said University, Egypt. Very good.

POSITIONS Assistant lecturer: Oct 2017 - present (Marine Science Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University) Demonstrator: Dec 2012 – Oct 2017 (Marine Science Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching the following practical courses in Marine Science Department for students of undergraduate levels during the period from 2012 to present:

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• Marine Biology. • Marine Ecology. • Marine plants. • Protected areas • Coastal Biological Oceanography. • Instrumental Analysis. • Chemical Oceanography. • Marine Plankton.

ACTIVITIES & PROJECTS PARTICIPATION Founder and leader of the turtle rescue group Sep 2016 - present featured on the MEDASSET map on Mediterranean rescue center.

Founder and leader of the turtle rescue team in port- Dec 2013 – present said.

2013 – present Member in “Utilization Of Fish Eggs And Larvae To Manage Red Sea Fisheries Project”, Faculty of Science, Marine Science Department, Port Said University, Egypt.

5 - 15 Dec 2015 Under water photographer with dolphin swim club making a “Virtual Reality Movie” about Spinner dolphin in Satayah reef, Egyptian coats, Red Sea.

Aug 2015 Conduct a survey on fisherman perception about endangered animals: turtles, sharks and dolphins. Boomerang for Earth conservation NGO.

25 Mar 2015 Organizing a workshop on “Red Sea Fisheries: Management Problems and Solutions” held at Hurghada by “Utilization of fish eggs and larvae to manage Red Sea fisheries project”. Marine Science Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Egypt.

21 Aug 2014 Organizing a workshop on “Red Sea Coral Reef Resilience and Coral Bleaching Workshop” held at Hurghada.

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17 Jun 2013 – 1 Aug 2013 Volunteer in a survey on Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) at Samadai and Satayah reef, Egyptian Coast, Red Sea.

Dec 2011 – Dec 2012 Research assistant in Red Sea Dolphin Project RSDP at the southern Egyptian coast of the Red Sea (Samadai reef) on spinner dolphin Stenella longirotris, funded by the Rufford foundation.

15-16 Oct 2012 Organizing a workshop on “Advanced molecular biology and bioinformatics” held at the Marine Science Department, Faculty of Science, , Egypt. Aug 2012 Awareness and environmental education, field coordinator in an awareness workshop “Life from the blue” for children and teenagers of Qusseir village at the Red Sea. Boomerang for Earth Conservation NGO

10 – 20 Jul 2012 Research assistant in the survey on cetaceans at the Red Sea: monitoring of cetaceans, estimation their distribution and tracking them using photo identification techniques and hydrophone listening.

WORKSHOPS, TRAINING & CONFERENCES ATTENDANCE

20-26 Sep 2014 “Reef Resilience And under water survey methods ”, workshop attended at Marsa Alam. Apr 2014 “Red Sea Sharks Awareness In the Red Sea”, a workshop attended at Sharm Elsheikh 15-16 Oct 2012 “Advanced Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics”, a workshop attended at Suez Canal University 10 – 20 Jul 2012 Participated in survey on cetaceans at the Red Sea: monitoring of cetaceans, estimation their distribution and tracking them using photo identification techniques and hydrophone listening.

17- 28 Jul 2011 "Wetland Ecosystems and Bird watching". Summer training at Ashtum Elgamil Protectorate, western north of El-Manzala Lake, Port-Said, Egypt.

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PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES

Mohamed E. Ismail, Mohamed I. Ahmed, Mahmoud H. Hanafy, Fedekar F. Madkour. Using paired-laser photogrammetry for measuring the body size of free-ranging Spinner dolphin Stenella longirotris in the Red Sea, Egypt. 3rd International Conference On New Horizons in Basic and Applied Sciences [ICNHBAS 2017], 5- 7 August, 2017. Hurghada, Egypt.

Abdo Abou Issa, A., M.H. Suleiman, M. A. Baha, M. E. Ismail, A. Mancini. In press. How endangered are endangered species? Perceptions of Egyptian fishermen on conservation of mega fauna species in the Mediterranean Sea. 36th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, 29 February - 4 March, 2016. Lima, Peru.

Mohamed E. Ismail, Fedekar F. Madkour. Site fidelity and residency of spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) in Samadai Reef "Dolphin House", Red Sea: conservation prospect”. 7th International Conference On Biological Sciences, Biology Department, . December 2012. Tanta, Egypt

SKILLS

• Statistical analysis: SPSS, R programming & MARK (basic). • Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (MEGA) software (V6.0) • Image analysis: ImageJ (V 2.0), Photoshop CC 2015 & light room 2015 • EndNote X7 • Diving: PADI Advanced certificate • Field techniques: Photo-Identification, laser photogrammetry techniques, Transect & quadrate surveys, Biopsy pole system. • Driving licenses

LANGUAGE SKILLS • English – Very good communication and writing skills • French – Basic • Arabic – Native

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ACADEMIC REFERENCES

Prof. Mahmoud H. Hanafy Dr. Agnese Mancini Professor of Marine Ecology Director & Conservation Scientist, Marine Science Department DODOBASE LTD, London, UK. Faculty of Science, Email: [email protected] Suez Canal University, Ismailia Email: [email protected]

Prof. Fedekar F. Madkour Dr. Marina Costa Professor of Marine Ecology Conservation scientist and project manager Head of Marine Science Department at Southern Atlantic Environemtal Institute Faculty of Science, SAERI, Flak Islands. Port Said University, Port Said Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Dr. Mohamed I. Ahmed Associate Professor of Molecular Biology Marine Science Department Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia Email: [email protected]

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