Biography:

• B. Sc. From Botany, Dept, College of Science, Tanta University.
  
• Master from Botany Dept, College of Science, Alexandria University.
  
• Ph. D from Tanta University in Collaboration with Windsor University, Windsor, Canada.
  
• Works as Associate Professor in the UAE University for the last 12 years.
  
• Published 34 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 6 articles as book chapters in addition to twenty papers have in international proceedings.
  
• Has secured funds for 12 research projects which aimed at studying various biological and environmental problems related to the UAE; three of them were externally funded and the rest were funded by the Scientific Research Council, UAE University.
  
• Supervised 2 PhD and 6 master students
• Provides consultancy for several environmental and scientific institutes in the UAE, for example: Sharjah Academy of Science, Environmental Agency-Abu Dhabi, Federal Environmental Agency and International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture.
  
• Member in several local and international institutes.
  
• Reviewer in the scientific committee of King Saud University and the editorial board of "The Open Ecology Journal", Bentham Open Publisher.
  
• Reviewed articles for several international journals, including: Ecoscience, Biodiversity and Conservation, Sexual Plant Reproduction, Plant Biosystems, International Journal of Scientific Research, South African Journal of Botany, Botanical Studies, Flora, Ecological Research, Pharmaceutical Biology.
  

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