Curriculum vitae
Of
Prof. Adel Ibrahim Hamed El-Gazzar
Dean, Faculty of Education at El-Arish, Suez Canal University,
N.Sinai, Egypt
Name:
Adel Ibrahim Hamed EL-GAZZAR
Title:
Prof.
Date & Place of birth: 9th October, 1942 – Cairo
Nationality:
Egyptian
Qualifications:
(i)
Demonstrator, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University; Sept.
1962 – Feb. 1964
(ii)
Research student, Southampton University, England; Oct. 1964 – Oct. 1969.
(iii) Lecturer in Botany, Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, AlAzhar University; Mar. 1970-July 1975.
(iv)
Associate Professor of Botany, Faculty of Science, Cairo University; Dec.1975Feb,1981.
(v)
Visiting Professor at the Institute of Systematic Botany, Munich (Germany),
Sept.1977-July 1978 and Aug. 1979-July 1980;Financed by a grant from the
Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Bonn.
(vi)
Professor of Plant Taxonomy, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo
University;Feb.1981-Sept.1984.
(vii) Professor of Plant Taxonomy, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, King Faisal
University, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 1983- Sept. 1992; Head of Chemistry and Botany
Department from 1986 to 1992.
(viii) Part-time Scientific Consultant to the National Biodiversity Unit (NBU), Egyptian
Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA); July 1994-Dec.1997.
(ix)
Professor of Botany and Vice-Dean for Students’ Affairs, Faculty of Education at ElArish, Suez Canal University; August 1994-July 1997.
Present Posts:
(i)
Professor of Botany and Chairman of the Department of Biological and Geological
Sciences, Faculty of Education at EL-Arish, Suez Canal University.
(ii)
Dean, Faculty of Education at El-Arish, Suez Canal University since July 1997.
Teaching Experience:
For 37 years I have been teaching courses on plant morphology, plant anatomy, plant taxonomy,
plant ecology, the archegoniates, palynology, and flora at the under- and post-graduate levels in
the faculties of science, education and agriculture of most Egyptian Universities; at King Faisal
University in Saudi Arabia (1983-1992) I taught courses on general botany, marine botany and
plant taxonomy, and in 1967-1968 a course on plant anatomy at the Bournemouth Colloge of
Technology, England.
Research Experience:
(i)
Publication of 43 articles in plant taxonomy and flora, the potential economic value
of wild plants, and biodiversity data management, together with 6 unpublished reports
of research projects on various environmental topics (see list of publications and
unpublished reports).
(ii)
Supervision of 19 M.Sc. and Ph.D. theses in plant taxonomy, including computeraided methods of botanical identification with emphsis on cultivated plants. Also
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acted as referee for about 35 theses and numerous research papers and books prior to
their publication.
(iii) Participation in a research project on the distribution, chemistry and nutritive value of
rangeland plants of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.
(iv)
Translation of 2 botanical books from English and Latin into Arabic (5th ed. Of John
W. Kimball’s Biology and the 14th ed. Of the Inernational Code of Botanical
Nomenclature).
(v)
Collection and identification of about 2500 species of the flora of England, Scotland,
Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Italy (now deposited in the herbarium of the Botany
Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University). Establishment of the herbarium of
the Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, including about 6000 specimens
representing most of the Egyptian flora. Establishment of the herbarium (KFUH) of
the College of Agricultural and Food Sciences, King Faisal University with about
5000 specimens of the flora of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, and the
herbarium of Ras Mohammad National Park to accommodate the flora (406 species)
of the Gulf of Aqaba area, S.Sinai, Egypt.
(vi)
Participation in the team formed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Water (Saudi
Arabia) for environmental impact assessment of oil pollution caused by the Second
Gulf War, with particular emphasis on the site of the main shrimp farm at Douhat
Menaifa on the Gulf coast. My part was mainly concerned with the impact of oil
pollution on terrestial and marine plant life.
(vii) Leading a research project on plant life in the Gulf of Aqaba area, S.Sinai; including a
comprehensive and illustrated inventory of the species and their distribution, ecology
and economic value.
(viii) Participation in formulating the Arabic and English versions of the “National Strategy
for Conservation signed and ratified by Egypt in 1992 and 1994, respectively.
Attendance of the numerous conferences concerning biodiversity conservation
organized both locally and by UNEP in Nairobi, Kenya.
(ix)
Between July 1993 and December 1997: participation in the establishment of the
biodiversity data base of Egypt as part of a biodiversity data management project at
the NBU. It incorporates all avialable data on the taxonomy, local and global
distribution, ecology, economic value and pertinent literature dealing with all plants,
animals and micro-organisms recorded in Egypt. It is designed to accommodate
future items of information as well and all data is easily retrievable. The data base is
the nucleus of a network connecting all major referral collections (herbaria, zoos,
entomological collections, botanical gardens, etc.) in Egypt and will soon be made
globally accessible on the INTERNET.
Symposia & Conferences:
(i)
Attended tens of symposia and conferences in Egypt, England, Sweden, Denmark,
Germany, Italy, U.S.A. and Saudi Arabia.
(ii)
Represented the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) in two meetings of
the experts in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi-Kenya
in Nov. 1995 and Nov. 1997, and two meetings of experts in the Regional Activity
Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA) in Tunisia in April 1997 and April
1999.
(iii) Organized “ The Regional Training Course in Plant Taxonomy” at the Faculty of
Education at EL-Arish, in collaboration with the Egyptian Environmental Affairs
Agency and the financial support of the United Nations Environment Programme in
Nairobi-Kenya (Dec.1998).
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Scientific Affiliations:
(i)
Member of the Egyptian Botanical Society.
(ii)
Life-Member of the International Association for Plant Taxonomists (since Oct.1972)
(iii) Member of the Permanent Committee for the Promotion of Associate Professors and
Professors of Botany, the Supreme Council of Universities of Egypt.
(iv)
Formerly Fellow of the Linnaean Society (F.L.S.) of London, the Botanical Society
of Bavaria (Germany) and the British Ecologiacl Society (London).
Prizes:
(i)
The State’s Prize for Biological Sciences in 1978.
(ii)
The Medal of the First Order in Sciences and Arts in 1978.
Languages:
Arabic – English – German – Latin.
Mailing Address:
Tel. & Fax :
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Prof. A. EL-Gazzar,
Dean, Faculty of Education at El-Arish,
N.Sinai, EGYPT.
Office +68/350065 ; +68/352066
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List of Publications and Unpublished Reports
1. Publications
1. Foda, H.A. and EL-GAZZAR, A. (1963). Studies on the growth inhibitors from
spinach and beet fruits. Ain Shams Sci.Bull., 7;259-269.
2. EL-SHAFEY, M., AL-NOWAIHI, A.S. and EL-GAZZAR, A. (1966).
Taxonomic studies on some members of the Zygophyllaceae. 1. The floral
vascular structure of Zygophyllum and Fagonia spp., with speciat reference to
obdiplostemony and the nature of the ligular appendages and the nectary disc. Ain
Shams Sci.Bull., 10:197-210.
3. EL-SHAFEY,M., AL- NOWAIHI, A.S. and EL-GAZZAR, A. (1967). Studies in
the vascular morphology of Peganum harmala with special reference to
obdiplostemony. Ain Shams Sci.Bull., 11:77-82.
4. EL-GAZZAR, A. and WATSON, L. (1967). Consequences of an escape from
floral minutiae and floristics in certain Labiatae. Taxon, 16:186-189.
5. EL-GAZZAR, A. and WATSON, L. (1968). The taxonomic implications of some
observations on Lavandula. Phytomorphology, 18:79-83.
6. EL-GAZZAR, A., WATSON, L., WILLIAMS, W.T. and LANCE, G.N. (1968).
The taxonomy of Salvia:a test of two radically different numerical
methods.J.Linn.Soc.Bot., 60:237-250.
7. EL-GAZZAR, A. and WATSON, L. (1968). Labiatae: taxonomy and
susceptibility to Puccinia menthae Pers.New Phytol., 67:739-743.
8. EL-GAZZAR, A. and WATSON, L. (1970). A taxaonomic study of Labiatae and
related genera. New Phytol.,69:451-486.
9. EL-GAZZAR, A. and WATSON, L. (1970). Some economic implications of the
taxonomy of Labiatae:essential oils and rusts. New Phytol.,69:487-492.
10. EL-GAZZAR, A. (1973). Numerical evaluation of Grant’s classification of the
Poliemoniaceae. 7th Arab Sci. Conf., Cairo.
11. AL-NOWAIHI, A.S. and EL-GAZZAR, A.(1973). Obdiplostemony in some
Zygophyllaceae. 7th Arab Sci. Conf., Cairo.
12. EL-GAZZAR, A. and HAMZA, M.K., (1973). Morphology of the twin pollinia of
Asclepiadaceae. Pollen et Spores, 15:459-470.
13. EL-GAZZAR, A., HAMZA, M.K. and BADAWI, A.A. (1974). Pollen
morphology and taxonomy of Asclepiadaceae. Pollen et Spores, 16:227-238.
14. EL-GAZZAR, A. (1974). Numerical taxonomy of the Verbenaceae: a reassessment. Egypt. J.Bot., 17:69-83.
15. El-GAZZAR, A. (1974). Some useful aspects of numerical taxonomy.
Egypt.Bot.Soc.Ybk., 3:28-32.
16. EL-GAZZAR, A. and BADAWI, A.A. (1975). The taxonomic position of
Asparagus. Phytolaogia, 29:472-476.
17. EL-GAZZAR, A., SALLOUMA, B.M. and ABDELLAH, M.E. (1975). The
identification of some cotton varieties. Phytologia, 31:259-263.
18. SALLOUMA, B.M., EL-GAZZAR, A. and ABDELLAH, M.E. (1975). The use
of technological properties of cotton varieties in the confirmation of their identity.
Phytologia, 31:264-266.
19. EL-GAZZAR, A. and HAMZA, M.K. (1975). On the monocots-dicots
distinction. Publ. Cairo Univ. Herb., 6:15-28.
20. EL-GAZZAR, A., MOMTAZ, A. and GAAFAR, S. (1976). The identification of
some flax intorductions. Phytologia, 33:467-473.
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21. MOMTAZ, A., EL-GAZZAR, A. and GAAFAR, S. (2946). The use of
anatomical properties of flax varieties in the confirmation of their identity.
Phytologia, 33:474-479.
22. EL-GAZZAR, A. (1976). The identification of cultivated plants. 1. A general
commentary on boatanical identification. Phytologia, 34:240-244.
23. EL-GAZZAR, A. and BADAWI, A.A. (1977). The taxonomic significance of
chromosome numbers and geography in Crataegus L. Phytologia, 35;271-275.
24. EL-GAZZAR, A. and EL-FIKI, M.A. (1977). The main subdivisions of
Leguminosae. Bot.Notiser, 129:371-375.
25. TAECKHOLM, V. and EL-GAZZAR, A. (1977). Amaranthus spinosus L., a new
record to the flora of Egypt. Publ. Cairo Univ. Herb., 7&8:207-210.
26. EL-GAZZAR, A., BADAWI, A.A. and HAMZA, M.K. (1977). The distribution
of associated stomata in angiospermae. I. Monocotyledoneae. Publ. Cairo Univ.
Herb., 7&8:47-55.
27. EL-GAZZAR, A. and BADAWI, A.A. (1978). The application of susceptibility to
rust fungi to the classification of their hosts:problems, consequences and
prospects. Taeckholmia, 9:119-124.
28. BADAWI, A.A, EL-GAZZAR, A. and ALLAM, M.A. (1978). The identification
of cultivated plants. II. The genus triticum. Phytologia, 38:267-269.
29. BADAWI, A.A., EL-GAZZAR, A. and ALLAM, M.A. (1978). The identification
of cultuvated plants. III. Confirmatory keys to some wheat varieties. Phytologia,
38:280-286.
30. EL-GAZZAR, A. (1979). Ravenelia and its segregates (Uredinales) as indicators
of taxonomic affinity in Leguminosae. Symb.Bot.Upsal., 22:182-193.
31. EL-GAZZAR, A. and HAMZA, M.K. (1980). The subdivion of asclepiadaceae.
Phytologia, 45:1-16.
32. EL-GAZZAR, A. and HAMZA, M.K. (1980). Keys to the asclepiadaceae of
Egypt. Egypt.J.Bot., 21:213-222.
33. EL-GAZZAR, A. (1980). Systematic implications of susceptibility to Uromyses
rusts in Leguminosae. In R.M. PPOLGILL and P.H. RAVEN (eds.): Advances in
Legume Systematics. Royal Boranic Gardens, Kew.
34. EL-GAZZAR, A. (1980). The taxonomic signifacance of leaf morphology in
Crataegus (Rosaceae). Bot.Jahrb.Syst., 101:457-469.
35. EL-GAZZAR, A. (1981). Chromosome numbers and rusts susceptibility as
taxonomic criteria in Rosaceae. Pl.Syst. Evol.(Vienna), 137:23-38.
36. EL-GAZZAR, A. (1986). Two new records to the flora of Arabia. Programme
and Abstracts of the 9th. Symposium of the Saudi Biological Society, Riyadh.
37. EL-GAZZAR, A. (1986). Bibliography of the flora and vegetation of Saudi
Arabia 1976-1986. 10th Symposium of the Saudi Biological Society, Riyadh.
38. AHMED, K.A., KHAFAGI, A.M.F., and EL-GAZZAR, A.(1986). Tozonomic
studies on Aster (Compositae). Phytologia, 61(5):299-310.
39. AHMED, K.A., KHAFAGIM A.M.F. and EL-GAZZAR, A. (1988). The
taxonomic significance of rust susceptibility in Aster and its allies (Compositae).
Phytologia, 65(1):79-88.
40. EL-GAZZAR, A. (1988). Agriophyllum montasiri, a new species of
Chenopodiaceae from Eastern Arabia.Mitt.Bot.Staatssamml.Muenchen, 27:15-19.
41. AL-NOAIM, A.A., EL-GAZZAR, A., RUMNY, T.G. and KORAIEM, Y.S.
(1991).Study of the chemical composition of range plants in the Eastern Province
of Saudi Arabia. Arab Gulf J. Scient.Res., 9(3):77-92.
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42. BOULOS, L. and EL-GAZZAR, A. (1995). Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. In
“Egypt: Country Study on Biological Diversity”. Publications of National
Biodiversity Unit,3:62-63.
43. HAFEZ, S.M., EL-GAZZAR, A. and ISSA, T. (1997). The biodiversity data base
of Egypt.J. Union Arab Biol., 5(b):181-197.
2. Unpublished Reports.
1. EL-GAZZAR, A. (1991). The impact of oil pollution on terrestial and marine
plant life in the Arabian Gulf with special reference to marine plankton in the
Douhat Menaifa area. Report submitted to King Faisal University. (in Arabic).
2. EL-GAZZAR, A. (1991). Crude oil pollution and its effects on plant life in the
Arabian Gulf. Report submitted to the College of Agriculural Sciences and Food,
King Faisal University. (in Arabic).
3. EL-GAZZAR, A. (1992). The cultivation of Gossypium stocksii which grows
wild in Oman under Al-Hassa conditions, Report submitted to the College of
Agricultural Sciences and Foods, King Faisal University.(in Arabic).
4. EL-GAZZAR, A. (1994). Annotated checklist of the flora of the Gulf of Aqaba
area (S.Sinai). Report submitted to the National Biodiversity Unit, The Egyptian
Environmental Affairs Agency. 100pp.
5. EL-GAZZAR, A., EL-DEMERDASH, M.A., EL-KADY, H.F. and HENEIDY,
S.Z.(1995). Plant life in the Gulf of Aqaba area (S.Sinai, Egypt). Terminal report
submitted to the National Biodiversity Unit, The Egyptian Environmental Affairs
Agency. 161pp.
6. KASSAS, M., ELBADRY, E., EL-GAZZAR, A.HAFEZ, S.M. and ISSA, T.
(1997). Collective report on biodiversity data management in Egypt. Three
progress reports submitted by the National Biodiversity Unit to UNEP> 98pp.
7. EL-GAZZAR, A. (1999). The status of marine macrophytes in the Mediterranean
waters of Egypt. Report read before the Meeting of Experts in the Regional
Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA), Tunisia.
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