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Sohail S. Soliman
Assistant Professor of Animal Ecology, Department of Zoology,
Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
27/9/1951. Egypt.
1982- Ph.D. Animal Ecology, Ain Shams University, Egypt
1979- M.Sc. Animal Ecology, Ain Shams University, Egypt
1973- B.Sc. Zoology, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Certificate: Colorado State University, Department of Fishery
and Wildlife Biology and the Denver Wildlife Research Center
International Programs, USDA-APHIS/ADC, August 1987,
Short Course in Vertebrate Pest Problems and Solution in
Developing Countries.
Certificate: Colorado State University, Department of Fishery
and Wildlife Biology, Fort Collins, Colorado, U/S/A/, May
1988, Post-Doctoral Research in Rodent Control.
Certificate: The American Society of Mammalogists, January
1993, Life Membership.
Certificate: United Arab Emirates University, Instructional
Media Center, May 1994, Short Course in Basic Video
Production and Visual Literacy.
Certificate: United Arab Emirates University, Instructional
Media Center, May 1994, Short Course in Intermediate Video
Production and Script Writing.
Certificate: United Arab Emirates University, Purdue University
and UNESCO/ROSTRAS, March 1996, a Workshop on New
Methodologies and Technologies in Teaching Biological
Sciences, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.
EXPERIENCE:
12/1988 – present
Assistant Professor of Animal Ecology, Department of Zoology,
Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Assistant Professor of Animal Ecology at the Department of
Biology, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, The United
Arab Emirates (September 1993 – June 1999).
Conducted Summer training at the Cytogenetic Laboratory,
Duke University Medical Center (DUMC), Durham, North
Carolina, U.S.A. (July-August 1995).
Taught undergraduate courses in Basic Ecology, Animal
Ecology, Man and Environment, Vertebrates, Animal Biology
(Chordates), Histology and Comparative Anatomy, Agricultural
Biology, Morphology of Living Organisms, Animal Behavior,
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12/1982 – 12/1988
12/1979 – 12/1982
10/1973 – 12/1979
Fauna of the United Arab Emirates, Organic Evolution.
Taught graduate courses in Animal ecology, Zoogeography,
Animal Adaptation to Desert Environment, Wildlife
Management, Desert Ecology.
Consultant, Division of Medical Zoology, U.S. Naval Medical
Research Unit; NAMRU-3, Cairo (1990-1991).
Person in charge of the reference collection of mammals in the
Department of Zoology, Ain Shams University, known as
Wassif’s Collection.
Conducts research on the ecology and taxonomy of desert small
mammals.
Lecturer in Animal Ecology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of
Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Taught undergraduate courses in Functional Morphology,
Vertebrates and Animal Ecology. Conducted Post-Doctoral
Research in Rodent Control at the Department of Fishery and
Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, and
the Denver Wildlife Research Center, U.S.A.
Assistant Lecturer in Zoology, Department of Zoology, Faculty
of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Taught practical courses in Egyptian Vertebrate Fauna and
Comparative Anatomy. Conducted Research on the population
ecology of desert rodents of Egypt. Got Ph.D. degree in Animal
Ecology.
Teaching and Research Assistant in Zoology, Department of
Zoology, faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo,
Egypt.
Taught practical courses in Histology, Systematic Zoology and
Vertebrates. Participated in a research project of “System
Analysis of the Mediterranean Desert Ecosystem of Northern
Egypt (SAMDENE)”, Alexandria University, E.P.A. Foreign
Currency Grant and Ford Foundation Grant. Got M. Sc. Degree.
PROFESSIONAL GROUPS:
The American Society of Mammalogists (Life Membership)
The Zoological Society of Egypt.
The Zoological Society of A.R. Egypt.
The Egyptian German Society of Zoology.
PUBLICATIONS:
Wassif, K. And S. Soliman. 1978. Tooth wear and age in the
gerbil, Gerbillus andersoni de Winton (Rodentia, Cricetidae)
from the Western Desert of Egypt. Bull. Zool. Soc. Egypt,
28:73-83.
Wassif, K. and S. Soliman. 1979. The food of some wild rodents
in the Western Desert of Egypt. Bull. Zool. Soc. Egypt,
29:43-51.
Wassif, K. and S. Soliman. 1980. Population studies on gerbils
of the Western Desert of Egypt with special reference to
Gerbillus andersoni de Winton. Proc. 9th Vert. Pest Conf.,
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Fresno, Calif.:154-160.
Soliman, S. and K. Wassif. 1982. The food of Gerbillus
gerbillus and Gerbillus andersoni (Rodentia, Cricetidae)
from the Western Desert of Egypt. Bull. Zool. Soc. Egypt,
32:29-40.
Wassif, K. and S. Soliman. 1982. Age estimation in Gerbillus
gerbillus Olivier (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from the Western
Desert of Egypt. Bull. Zool. Soc. Egypt, 32:65-77.
Wassif, K. and S. Soliman. 1983. Further contribution to teeth
wear and age in populations of Gernillus andersoni (Rodentia
Cricetidae) from the Western Desert of Egypt. Proc. 3rd
Internat. Colloq, Ecol, Tax, Afr. Small Mammals. Musee
Royal de L’Afrique Centrale Tervuren, Belgique, Sciences
Zoologique, 237 :149-151.
Soliman, S. 1983. Changes in population densities of two
sympatric species of genus Gerbillus (Rodentia, Cricetidae)
from the Western Desert of Egypt. Bull. Zool. Soc. Egypt,
33:27-36.
Wassif, K.; G. Madkour and S. Soliman. 1984. On a collection
of bats from Egypt. Acad. Sci. Res. Tech., Fauna and Flora of
Egypt, Cairo, Pp. 36+ V1 plates.
Wassif, K. and S. Soliman. 1985. Monthly age structure in
populations of Gerbillus andersoni (Cricetidae) from the
Western Desert of Egypt. Proc. 3rd Internat. Theriol. Cong.,
Helsinki, Acta Zool. Fennica, 173:87-88.
Wassif, K. and S. Soliman. 1986. Teeth wear patterns of the
grinding surfaces of molars as tools in rodent taxonomy.
Proc. 2nd Symp. Recent Advances in Rodent Control, Kuwait:
107-115.
Soliman, S. 1988. Developing a tracking-edivle get/toxicant
delivery system for control of Rattus norvegicus and Mus
musculus. Proc. Egypt. Acad. Sci., 38:179-185.
Soliman, S. 1989. The use of a zinc phosphide/molasses gel, and
a brodifacoum/molasses gel delivery system for the control of
Rattus norvegicus and Mus musculus. Bull. Zool. Soc. Egypt
38:171-187.
Soliman, S. and K. Wassif. 1990. The dorsal outline of the skull
as means for the identification of Egyptian rodents. Bull.
Zool. Soc. Egypt, 39:223-250.
Soliman, S. 1992. A modified technique for the preparation of
the stomach contents of desert rodents for microscopic
analysis. Proc. Egypt. Acad. Sci., 42:179-183.
Fryauff, d. J.; F. B. Modi ; N.S. Mansour ; Kreutzer ; S. Soliman
and F. G. Youssef. 1993. Epidemiology of cutaneous
leishmaniasis at a focus monitored by the Multinational
Forces and Observers in northeastern Sinai Desert of Egypt.
Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 49(5):598-607.
Wassif, K. and S. Soliman. 1993. Habitat Diversity and Egyptian
Mammals. In: Habitat Diversity: Egypt. United Nations
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Environment Programme (UNEP), Publications of the
National Biodiversity Unit, 1:133-200.
Soliman, S. A. A. Montasser and A. J. Main. 1995. Estimation
of age in commensal populations of Rattus rattus and R.
norvegicus in a rural area of Egypt. Proc. Egypt. Acad. Sci.,
45:59-70.
Soliman, S. 1995. The present status of wild mammals in the
United Arab Emirates and Southern Gulf Area, 1- Carnivora
and Artiodactyla. J. Fac. Sci., U.A.E. Univ., 8(2): 234-243.
Soliman, S. Stomach contents analysis of Gerbillus cheesmani
and Meriones libycus (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from the United
Arab Emirates. J. Egypt. Germ. Soc. Zool. (in press)
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