Prof. Dr. Sayed Farag Ibrahim Khalifa

Curiculum Vitae and Important Links

Sayedkhalifa@Hotmail.com

Postal Address

• Ain Shams University
• Faculty of Science, Botany Dept.
• Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt

• 50 Nehro St.
• Heliopilis, Cairo, Egypt

Telephone

• private: 202.244.1068
• work: 202.821.633

Fax

• 202.822.284
• 202.244.1068

Qualifications

• B.Sc. Alexandria University, Faculty of Science, 1964.
• M.Sc. Ain Shams University, Faculty of Science, 1969.
• Ph.D. Ain Shams University, Faculty of Science, 1972.

Scientific Career

• Demonstrator, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University; 1964-1969.
• Assistance lecturer, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University; 1969-1972.
• Lecturer, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University; 1972-1977.
• Assistance Professor, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University; 1977-1982.
• Professor, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University; 1982-present.

Field of Specialization

Professional Activites

• Supervision of 15 Ph.D. and 15 M.Sc. completed and 5 Ph.D. and 10 M.Sc. going on.
• Supervision of 12 seminars of B.Sc. students.
• Member of Horticulture Research Institute (HRI) Council, Agriculture Research Center (ARC), Ministry of Agriculture.
• National & Internation Reviewer and Referee for many Journal, Bulletin and Proceeding.
• Member of the Egyptian Societies for, Botany and Medicinal Plants.
• Life Member of Indian Botany Society.
• Member of Saudi Biological Society, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Several research and extension publications, HRI reports in Arabic and English languages.
• Planning of new updated master plan for Greenhouse area, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University (1988-1994) and support for the establishment of new Botanical Gardens in the different areas in Egypt.

Experiences and Visits

• Several Scientific Tours (to collect data about Flora, Botanical Gardens, National Parks, Herbaria, Museum, Libraries...) in UK, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Austria, Holland, Belguim, Switzerland, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Jordan, Syria, Qatar, Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia.
• Made good collections of photographic pictures, slide frames and videotapes for wild, ornamental, cultivated plants and economic taxa which grow in different populations and habitats.
• Visit Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA (July-August 1995)
• Visit Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA (August-September 1996)
• Visit Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA (September-October 1995)

Additional Activites

• Director of Flora & Phyto-taxonomy Research Department, Horticulture Research Institute, ARC, Ministry of Agriculture, May 1992.
• Director of Herbarium & Botanical Garden, Ain Shams University, 1972-present.
• National Coordinator for IUCN - The World Convervation Union, East Africa Plant Resources Study, E.A. Biodiversity Program, 1993-present.
• National Coordinator of Committee of Improvement and Maintenance of Egyptian Botanical Gardens, 1993.
• Secretary General, National Genetic Plant Resources (NGPR), Ministry of Agriculture, 1996.
• Member of Arabian Plant Specialist Group (APSG, IUCN), 1996.
• Consultant of Biodiversity Unit (BU), Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (yEEAA), Cabinet of Ministers.
• Coordinator of the UNESCO/UNITWIN regional Center for Courseware Development, Ain Shams University.
• Coordinator of the Memorandum of Understanding Between Ain Shams and Purdue University, USA.

Teaching Experience

Publications