السيره الذاتيه د. احمد محمد عبد المجيد الشهاوي

Personal Data

Name: Ahmed M. Elshehawi

Job Title: Assistant Professor

Contact information:

Tel: Home: 203-425-9341

Work: 203-592-5405

Mob:0127606503

Fax:203-592-2780

E-mail : elshehawi@hotmail.com

Website :

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Education

Degree	University	Faculty	Country	Year of graduation	Major Field	Minor Field
B.Sc	Alexandria	Agriculture	Egypt	1990	Genetics
M.Sc	Alexandria	Agriculture	Egypt	1994	Genetics
Title	Gene expression in relation to environmental conditions
Ph.D	Kansas State University	Arts and Science	USA	2001	Genetics	Molecular Genetics
Title	*Wheat Mitochondrial orf256-coxI* RNA Binding Proteins and Tissue-Specific cDNAs**

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Professional Experience and Employment

Association	Field	Years From: to:
Alexandria University	Demonstrator	1990 1994
Alexandria University	Assistant Lecturer	1994 2001
Kansas State University	Postdoctoral Research Associate	2001 2002
Alexandria University	Lecturer	2002 - 2009
Alexandria University	Assistant Professor	2009 - Present
Taif University	Assistant Professor	2007 - 2009
Taif University	Associate Professor	2009 - Present

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Research and teaching Interests

Teaching: I am involved in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in various branches of Genetics. For undergraduate, I contribute in teaching the principle of genetics, cell biology, cytogenetic, and genetic engineering. Also, I am involved in teaching some graduate courses including advanced techniques in genetics, developmental genetics, cell chemistry, and seminar.

Research interests:

My research interests include isolation and analysis of plant tissue-specific promoters, metabolic engineering for the production of plant secondary metabolites of medicinal and pharmaceutical compounds, enhancement of economic plants tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses.

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No. of Publications

23

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Honors & Awards

·Alternate nominee for the Fullbright Research Scholar Program. 2007.

· Postdoctoral Training from the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education, Partnership and Ownership Agreement at Washington University, Sanit Louis, Misouri, USA. 2006.

· Individual Mobility Grant from the TEMPUS PROGRAM (Tempus-Erasmus Mundus) for “Training on molecular techniques used to assess the potential risk of transgenic plant products”. (8 weeks course). RIKLIT institute of food safety, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands. August 25 - October 20, 2005.

· Invitation from America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals, 2002-2003 edition.

· Invitation from Strathmore’s who’s who, 2002-2003 edition.

· Full scholarship from the Egyptian government to study Ph.D in plant molecular biology and biotechnology, 1996.

· Dr. Dawood Award 1990, College of agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.

· Outstanding Student Award 1988, 1989, 1990, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.

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Selected five publications to be posted on the website

1. Hedgcoth, C., El-shehawi, A.M., Wei, P., Clarkson, M. and Tamalis, D. 2002. A chimeric open reading frame associated with cytoplasmic male sterility in alloplasmic wheat with Triticum timopheevi mitochondria is present in several Triticum and Aegilops species, barley and rye. Curr Genet. 41: 357-365

2. El-shehawi, A.M., Elseehy, M.M. and Hedgcoth, C. 2003. orf256-coxI RNA binds to wheat mitochondrial proteins. Arab J. Biotech. 6: 29-38

3. El-shehawi, A.M., Zhan, W. and Hedgcoth, C. 2004. A mitochondrial sequence- specific mRNA editing activity present in Triticum aestivum but not in T. timopheevi. Egypt. J. Genet. Cytol. 32:59-72.

4. El-Shehawi, A.M. Hedgcoth, C. 2004. Affinity purification of orf256-coxI RNA binding proteins from wheat (Triticum aestivum) mitochondria. Mansura University Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 29(3):1215-1226.

5. Ali, F.K. and El-Shehawi, A.M. 2006. Semiquantitatve and cDNA sequence analysis of growth hormone gene expression in common carp (Cyprinuscarpio) and Tilapia (Oreochromisniloticus). Egyt. J. Genet. Cytol. 35:95-103.

6. El-Shehawi, A.M., Ali, F.K. and Seehy, M.A. 2007. Estimation of water pollution by genetic biomarkers in tilapia and catfish species shows species-site interaction. African J. Biotechnology. 6 (7): 840-846.

7. Heikal, H. A., Mabrouk, Y., Badawy, O.M., El-Shehawi, A. M. and Badr, E.A. 2007. Fingerprinting of Egyptian gramineae species using Rapid Amplified Polymerase DNA (RAPD) and Inter-simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) markers. Res. J. Cell & Mol. Biol. 1(1): 15 – 22.

8. El-Shehawi, A.M., Tamalis, D.; Elseehy, M.M., Muthukrishnan, S. and Hedgcoth, C. 2007. Expression of orf256, a wheat mitochondrial gene associated with cytoplasmic male sterility, in Escherichia coli. Arab J. Biotechnology. 10(1): 57 - 68.

9. Ibrahim, A.M.F., Abdelaziz, A.M., Abou Gabal, A.A., El-Shehawi, A.M. and Abd El-Sattar, M. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships between some Prunus species using morphological and molecular markers. Alex. J. Agric. Res. 52(1): 63 – 73.

10. Ali, F.K.; El-Shehawi, A.M. and Seehy, M.A. 2008. Micronucleus test in fish genome: A sensitive monitor for aquatic pollution. African J. Biotechnology. 7(5): 606 – 612.

11. Maghraby, M El-Shehawi, A.M 2010. Genetic Diversity in Bread Wheat as Revealed by RAPD Markers and Its Relationship to Leaf Rust and Hybrid Performance. Alex. J. Agric. Res 55: 31 -.38.

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