AMIRA SHAWKY SOLIMAN
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor, Natural Resources Dept., Institute of African
Research and Studies - Cairo University, EGYPT.
General Specialization: Plant Resources.
Specific Specialization: Woody trees.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Place and Date of Birth : Saudi Arabia, Sep.20 th, 1975
Nationality
: Egyptian
Marital Status: Married
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Agriculture,
1997. Faculty of
Agriculture, Cairo University (rank: Very good with
honor).
Diploma of African Studies, 2000. Dept. of Natural
Resources, Institute of African Research & Studies,
Cairo University. (Rank: Excellent).
M.Sc. 2004, Dept. of Natural Resources, Institute of
African Research & Studies, Cairo University .
(Rank: Excellent).
Title of M. Sc. Thesis
: (Studies on seed
germination and seedling growth of some African
Acacias).
Ph.D. 2008, Dept. of Natural Resources, Institute
of African Research & Studies, Cairo University .
(Rank: Excellent).
Title of Ph.D. Thesis: (Effect of Rhizobia isolated
from some Acacias of on growth of Acacia nilotica under
some stress conditions in North Africa).
Associate Professor, 2013.
Professor, 2018
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Employment:
Dates
Institution
Location
Career description
(from-to)
1998-2004
Dept. of Natural
Cairo
Demonstrator,
Plant
Resources, Institute
University.
Resources (Woody trees).
of African Research
& Studies
2004-2008
Dept. of Natural
Asst. Lecturer, Plant Resources
Cairo
Resources, Institute
(Woody trees).
of African Research
University.
& Studies
2008- 2013
Dept. of Natural
Cairo
Lecturer, Plant Resources (Woody
Resources, Institute
University.
trees.)
of African Research
& Studies
Dept. of Natural
2013-2018
Cairo
Resources, Institute
University.
Associate Professor, Plant Resources
of African Research
(Woody trees)
& Studies
Dept. of Natural
2018
Cairo
Resources, Institute
University.
Professor, Plant Resources (Woody
of African Research
trees)
& Studies
COMMITTEES THERETO:
1. Member of the Department of Natural Resources from 2008 - 2013.
2. Member of the Student Liaison Committee at the Institute of African Research
& Studies from 1999 - 2013.
3. Member of the Committee for Foreign Cultural Relations at the Institute of
African Research & Studies from 2009 -2013.
4. Member of the Committee of the devices at the Institute of African Research &
Studies from 2011 to 2012.
5. Member of the Community Service Committee
6. Member of unit quality assurance and accreditation at the Institute of African
Research and Studies since 2009.
7. Member of the Egyptian Society for producers and manufacturers and exporters
of medicinal and aromatic plants.
8. Member of the Scientific Society Egyptian Moringa.
9. Member of the Society of Applied Microbiology.
10. Member of the Association Breadbasket of Egypt.
11. Member of the Association Agriculture our life.
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Scientific Conferences, Workshops and Scientific visiting:
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The 15th World Conference of Youth and Students, Algeria, 9 - 16
August 2001.
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“The
12th Conference of the Egyptian Society of Applied
Microbiology” Center of Agricultural Research (ARC), Egypt, 18-20
March 2007.
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"How to Write Proposal ", Cairo University, Egypt, 31 - 3 , 2008.
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Egyptian Swedish Symposium commemorating Vivi Tackholm‟s 110
th birthday.“Taxonomic research: future applications on the Egyptian
flora”, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, 4-5 May 2008.
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Fourth International Conference for Scientific Research and
Applications at the University of Cairo, 16 - 18 December 2008.
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Fifth International Conference on Scientific Research and Applications
at the University of Cairo, 21 - 24 December 2009.
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The 2 nd International Conference of Natural Resources in Africa on
“Sustainable development of natural resources in the Nile Basin
countries”, Institute of African Research and Studies, Cairo University,
11 - 12 May 2009.
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Thirteenth International Conference on Medicinal and Aromatic plants,
Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, 3 - 5 October 2009.
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„The International Medicinal, Aromatic and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Conference‟, 23 - 24 April 2102, Cairo University.
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Environment in the 7 th framework programme, Center of Agricultural
Research (ARC), 24-25 September 2012.
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Member of the twenty-sixth session of the International coordinating
council (ICC) of the man and Biosphere (MAB) programme at the
Jonkoping University-Sweden- 10-13, 2014.
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Scientific visiting to Tanzania, 23-31, 5, 2014.
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“The future vision for afforestation in Egypt” Workshop, Department
of timber trees and forests, Center of Agricultural Research (ARC),
Egypt, 18, 5, 2015.
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International conference on agriculture and environment for
sustainable development, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt, May
25-27, 2015.
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Human security in Africa, The 30 th International annual conference,
Institiute of African Research and Studies, Cairo university, 2015.
PUBLISHED WORK:
Publications
a) Scientific papers:
Soliman, Amira Sh.; Omar, M. N. A.; Moursy, F. I. and
Hussein, M. M. M. (2007). Effect of rhizobia isolated from
some acacias on growth of Acacia nilotica under some
stress conditions in North Africa. 1- Characterization of
rhizobia isolated from Egyptian Acacia and development of
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a respective rhizobial inoculant. In: Proceedings of the 12th
Conference of the Egyptian Society of Appl. Microbiol.,
Soil, Water and Environ. Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Cent., Giza,
Egypt., March 18-20: 330-351.
Hussein, M. M. M.; Soliman, Amira Sh.; F. I. Moursy and M.
N. A. Omar (2008). Effect of rhizobia inoculation on
Acacia nilotica under some stress conditions in North
Africa. 2- Growth of Acacia nilotica ssp. tomentosa plants
grown in sandy soil under different levels of irrigation
water salinity. In: Proceedings of the 2nd International
Conference of Natural Resources in Africa, Inst. of African
Res. and Studies, Cairo Univ., Egypt, May 11-12: pp 72-
89.
Hussein, M. M. M.; Soliman, Amira Sh.; Moursy, F. I. and
Omar, M. N. A. (2008). Response of Acacia nilotica ssp.
tomentosa (Benth.) plants grown in sandy soil to Rhizobial,
inoculation and irrigation intervals. In : Proceedings of the
4th Conference of Sustain. Agric. Develop., Fac., of Agric.,
Fayoum Univ., 20-22 Oct.:187-206.
Soliman, Amira, Sh. and Harith, M. A. (2009). Effects of laser
biostimulation on germination of Acacia farnesiana (L.)
Willd., In: 13th International Conference & Exhibition,
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, October
3-5, Acta
horticulturae, 854: 41-51.
Soliman Amira, Sh., Samaa M. Shawky and Omar, M. N. A.
(2011). Efficiency of bio-agents in controlling root-knot
nematode on Acacia plants in Egypt. American-Eurasian J.
Agric. & Environ. Sci., 10: 223-229.
Nermeen T.A. Shanan and Soliman Amira Sh.
(2011).
Response of snapdragon plants to pinching and growth
retardants treatments. American-Eurasian Journal of
Sustainable Agriculture 5: 150-157.
Soliman Amira Sh., Nermeen T. Shanan, Osama N. Massoud
and D. M. Swelim (2012). Improving salinity tolerance of
Acacia saligna (Labill.) plant by arbuscular mycorrhizal
fungi and Rhizobium inoculation. African Journal of
Biotechnology 11: 1259-1266.
Mohamed M. Kamel, Hassan A. Khater, Soliman Amira Sh.
and Nermeen T.A. Shanan (2012). Effect of microbial
inoculation and EDTA on the physiology and
phytoremediation efficiency of Delonix regia plants
growing in polluted soil, American-Eurasian J. Agric. &
Environ. Sci., 12 (6): 719-728.
Soliman Amira Sh. and Mohamed S. Abbas (2013). Effects of
sulfuric acid and hot water pre-treatments on seed
germination and seedlings growth of Cassia fistula L.,
American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 13 (1): 7-15.
Soliman Amira Sh. and Abdelwahab M. Mahmoud (2013).
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Response of Adansonia digitata to compost and zeolite in
replacement of chemical fertilization, American-Eurasian J.
Agric. & Environ. Sci., 13 (2): 198-206.
Z. Kh. Al-Hadad, Soliman Amira Sh., E.M. Morsy, S.M. Kamel
and A.A. El-Sayed,
(2014). Effect of different bio
fertilizers and soil media on growth and chemical
composition of Eucalyptus spp. in North Africa, Journal of
Horticultural Science & Ornamental Plants, 6 (2): 59-70.
Nasir Hassan Wagini, Soliman Amira Sh., Mohamed Said
Abbas, Yasser Adel Hanafy, El-Saady Mohamed Badawy
(2014). Phytochemical analysis of Nigerian and Egyptian
henna (Lawsonia inermis L.) leaves using TLC, FTIR and
GCMS, Plant, 2(3): 27-32.
Nasir Hassan Wagini, Mohamed Said Abbas, Soliman Amira
Sh., Yasser Adel Hanafy, El-Saady Mohamed Badawy
(2014). In vitro and in vivo anti dermatophytes activity of
Lawsonia inermis L. (henna) leaves against ringworm and
its etiological agents, American Journal of Clinical and
Experimental Medicine, 2(3): 51-58.
Fawzia I. Moursy, Soliman Amira Sh., Manal A. Sorour, Sana
R. (2014). Rohiem, Effect of drying temperature on vitamin
C of lemon fruit, International Journal of Advance
Research In Science And Engineering, .3 (9): 467-475.
Nasir H. Wagini, Soliman Amira Sh., El-Saady M. Badawy,
Mohamed S. Abbas and Yasser A. Hanafy (2014). Some of
phytochemical, pharmacological and toxicological
properties of henna (Lawsonia inermis L.): A Review of
Recent Researches, In: The 3rd International Conference on
Sustainable Development of Natural Resources in the Nile
Basin Countries, pp. 43-63.
Nehad El-Saib, Essam M. Darwish, Wafaa M. Amer, Soliman
Amira Sh.
(2014). Temperature and salinity effects on
Germination and Growth of some Dominant Plants of
Wadi El Gemal PA, Red Sea Coast, Egypt. In: A Review of
Recent Researches, In: The 3rd International Conference on
Sustainable Development of Natural Resources in the Nile
Basin Countries, pp. 79-114.
Soliman Amira Sh., Ebtsam M. Morsy, Osama N. Massoud
(2015). Tolerance of bio-fertilized Delonix regia seedlings
to irrigation intervals, Journal of Horticulture and Forestry,
6 (3): 73- 83.
Soliman Amira Sh., Souad A. El-feky and Essam Darwish
(2015). Alleviation of salt stress on Moringa peregrina
using foliar application of nanofertilizers, Journal of
Horticulture and Forestry, 7 (2): 36- 47.
Shereen Nada, Mahmoud A. A. M. Hashem, Mohamed S. Abbas,
Soliman Amira Sh. and Fouad A. Ahmed
(2015).
Evaluation of Moringa oleifera leaves extract effects on
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streptozotocin - induced diabetic rats, Advances in Food
Sciences, 37 (3): 86-95.
Elsayh S. A. A., Sarhan, A. Z., Soliman Amira Sh., Rayan A. O.
and El-Shishtawy H. (2015). In vitro genetic improvement
of Jatropha curcas L using gamma ray to induce salinity
tolerance. Life Science Journal, 12 (5): 46- 53.
Mohamed Abd-El-Rahman, Soliman Amira Sh., M.Khairy
S.Morsi, Ahmed M. A. Mehrez (2015). Hepatoprotective
effect of ellagic acid rich extract of Moringa oleifera leaves
on the CCl4 intoxicated rats, International Journal of Life
Sciences Research, 3 (3): 91-99.
Soliman Amira Sh., M. Hassan, Faten Abou-Elella, A.H.
Hanafy Ahmed and Souad A. El-Feky. (2016). Effect of
nano and molecular phosphorus fertilizers on growth
and chemical composition of baobab (Adansonia digitata
L.). J. Plant Sci., 11: 52-60.
Sarah A. El-Kaed , Wafai Z. A. Mikhail, Maisa L. Abd-El-
Moneim and Soliman Amira Sh.,
(2016). Use of the
bioagent Bacillus subtilis to break dormancy of buds in
table grape, Flame seedless, under organic farming
condition, International Journal of Scientific & Engineering
Research, 7, 4: 33-38.
Hanan G. Mohamed, Ahmed M. Gaafar and Soliman Amira Sh.
(2016). Antimicrobial Activities of Essential Oil of Eight
Plant Species from Different Families Against some
Pathogenic Microorganisms. Res. J. Microbiol., 11: 28-34.
Soliman Amira Sh., Rania M. A. Helmy, Islam N. Nasr,
Mohamed S. Abbas, Hend A. Mahmoud and Wayne Jiang.
(2017).
Behavior of thiophanate methyl and propiconazole
in Grape and Mango fruits under the egyptian field
conditions, Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 98:720-725.
Soliman Amira Sh., and Weaam R.A. Sakr. (2017). Improving
tolerance of Vachellia farnesiana plants to irrigation water
salinity by using bio-inocula under sandy soil conditions,
American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 17 (1): 01-21.
Abdelwahab M. Mahmoud and Soliman Amira Sh. (2017).
Comparative study on the influence of organic fertilizer and
soil amendments on evening primrose (Oenothera biennis
L.). Int. J. Agric. Res., 12: 52-63.
Soliman Amira Sh., and Nermeen T. Shanan. (2017). The role
of natural exogenous foliar applications in alleviating
salinity stress in Lagerstroemia indica L. seedlings, Journal
of Applied Horticulture, 19 (1): 35-45.
Soliman Amira Sh., Mohamed Sakran Shehata, Foaad Ahmad
and Mansour Abdel-Atty, (2017). Evaluation of paper pulp
and paper making characteristics produced from different
African woody trees grown in Egypt. Res. J. For., 11: 19-
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27.
Soliman Amira Sh., Lina Al Bitar, and Mahmoud El Shokary.
(2017).
Comparative effect between Casuarina
equisetifolia root extract and Gesaprim on corn and
associated weeds, 14 (3): 473-477.
Mahmoud M. Saad, Hassan M. Sobhi, Saad A. Hallabo, Soliman
Amira Sh., Elham A. Daoud. (2017). Effect of vitamins A
and E fortification on the oxidative stability of oils and
their blends, Middel East Journal of Applied, 7 (1): 206-
215.
Mohamed S. Abbas, Soliman Amira Sh., Hassan A. El-
Gammal, Mohamed E. Amer and Emad R. Attallah. (2017).
Development and validation of a multiresidue method for
the determination of 323 pesticide residues in dry herbs
using QuEChERS method and LC-ESI-MS/MS,
International J. of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 1-
21.
b) Book:
Soliman Amira Sh. (2012). Effect of Rhizobia on Growth of
Acacia nilotica in Egypt, LAMBERT Academic
Publishing, Germany.
Soliman Amira Sh. (2014). Studies on Seed Germination of
Some African Acacias, LAMBERT Academic Publishing,
Germany.
Soliman Amira Sh. (2014). Improving Acacias in Africa,
LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany.
Soliman Amira Sh. (2018). Positive and Negative Effect of
Nanotechnology,
Emerging
Trends
in
Agri-
Nanotechnology, Singh H.B., Mishra S., Fraceto L. F., de
Lima R. (eds), The Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience
International (CABI) Publishing, India, 312pp.
HIGH LIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
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A dynamic, positive attitude, self-motivated & friendly
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Ability to work well under pressure.
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Ability to work individually and as an effective team
member.
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Able to learn new skills quickly.
SKILLS
Computer Skills:
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Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software,
Windows, Outlook and Internet applications
ENGLISH/TOEFFL.
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Native speaker of Arabic.
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A fluent knowledge of spoken and written English.
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A good knowledge of French language.
General Skills:
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Interpersonal and variety of communication skills.
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Organizing events.
MAJOR COURSES:
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Preparation of university staff members.
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Writing Scientific projects.
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Scientific Writing.
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Self-study criteria.
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TOEFFL.
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Courses in French language.
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E-learning.
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Effective Presentation’s Skills.
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Program & Syllabus/Course Design.
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Tools for biodiversity management- Mediterranean
Agronomic Institute of CHANIA.
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Training session for the establishment of biodiversity
Arab databases.
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SPSS.
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Recent trends in teaching.
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Teaching to prepare large and small.
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Effective Presentation Skills.
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Decision-making and problem-solving.
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Organizing conferences.
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Strategic Planning.
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Ethics of Scientific Research.
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Writing and publishing scientific research in international
journals.
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Occupation behaviors in teamwork.
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Scientific Publications.
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The use of technology in teaching.
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Development of managerial skills of university
leadership.
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Decision-making skills in the university administration.
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Program description and characterization of decision.
AWARDS
Awarded of young scientists local Award (UNESCO). “Studies on
regeneration and restocking of some Acacia species in Egyptian
Wadi Allaqi Biosphere Reserve”, 2003-2004.
Awarded of the best PH.D. Thesis from Institute of African
Research and Studies, Cairo University, 2008.
Ideal lecturer of the Department of Natural Resources, Institute of
African Research and Studies, Cairo University, 2010.
Awarded of the International Scientific Publishing 2011, 2012, 2013,
2014, 2015, 2017, 2018.
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