User:Eltijanielias

Eltijani A. Elias
Chartered Scientist CSci

Chartered Environmentalist CEnv

Chartered Water and Environmental Manager C.WEM

Associate Memeber Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment AIEMA

Member Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (MCIWEM

Eltijani is a Sudanese Scientist currently working for an Environmental Consultancy in Aberdeen, UK.--

Eltijani is born in Sudan 1960. Like most of Sudanese he is born on the 1st of January.

Education
Eltijani studied the primary school at Fitwar Village (some 80 km north of Atbara) and studied the general secondary school at Albawga. He then joined Atbara senior secondary school. He was admitted to study law at the University of Khartoum. After few days he decided not to continue in this line and instead opted for Agricultural science at an Egyptian University. In 1985 eltijani graduated from Tanta University with an Honours degree in soil sciences. The education journey continued when he was awarded a Netherlands Government fellowship to study a master’s degree at the University of Wales. That was followed by his PhD in environmental soil science from the University of Aberdeen. In 2006/2007 eltijani started to study towards aDiploma in Public Service Interpreting. he successfully obtained the degree in September 2007 from the Institute of Linguistics, London.

Post doctorate training
In May 1998 eltijani was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Foundationfellowship to conduct research at the Technical University Berlin. This continued to may 2001. In June 2004 he joined the University of Aberdeen as a post doc fellow to December 2006.

Honorary Reseasrch Fellow
Eltijani is as well an honorary research fellow at the Department of Plant and soil science of the University of Aberdeen, UK until 2010.

Work experience
September 09 to present ,Technical Translator, Grampian Translation Services Ltd, Aberdeen. August 08 - September 09 GroundSure Ltd, Senior Environmental Consultant January 07-July–, Environmental Consultant, Remedios Ltd, Aberdeen, UK.

Provide advice and develop investigations as related to :

•Site investigations including desk top and intrusive studies

• Monitoring of pollutants encountered in different media

• Risk assessment for groundwater and human health

•Application of environmental management tools and techniques (Environmental risk assessment, Environmental liability study ‘due diligence’, Control of pollution, Environmental reporting) •Waste, energy and transport management

• interpretation of results

• Linkage of results to a risk assessment framework

• Development of remediation plans.

•Project management 2004 – 2006, Visiting Senior Scientist, University of Aberdeen, UK.

•Developing a research program in ecological risk assessment for mercury, chromium, zinc and copper

•Development of optimized eco-toxicity tests

•Environmental reviewing including improvement plans and environmental compliance assessment

•Elemental analysis

•Training and supervision of research staff and students

•Project and financial management of program

•Linkage of results to a risk assessment framework

•Linkage to other industrial research for experience in UK contaminated sites 2001 – 2004, Associate Professor, Water Management and Irrigation Institute (WMII), University of Gezira, Sudan.

•Surface and groundwater quality for drinking and for irrigation

•Research and supervision of postgraduate students (Soil and Water Management)

•Co-coordinator of External Relations (WMII)

•Head, Information and Documentation Section (WMII)

•Teaching (Soil Chemistry, Soil/Water Relations, Water Harvesting, Soil Fertility)

•Training of field officers and engineers in field of water management 1999 – 2001, Research Fellow in Soil Chemistry, Institute of Ecology and Biology, TU- Berlin, Germany.

•Studies on Chemistry of soils under long-term irrigation

•Conducting chemical, mineralogical and physical analysis of soils

•Charge density and charge characteristics in Vertisols

•Quantification of soil structure using computed tomography

1993-1999, Lecturer and then Assistant Professor (also period on leave for postgraduate study). Water Management and Irrigation Institute (WMII), University of Gezira, Sudan.

•Research and supervision of postgraduate students

•Wide teaching and administration responsibilities

1986-1993, Field Officer (after promotion from assistant), Agricultural Research Corporation, Sudan.

•Field Officer, Cash crops Production in Gash Delta Area

Professional memberships
Chartered scientist, Science council, UK Chartered environmentalist Society for Environment, UK Chartered water and environmental manager, CIWEM UK Member chartered Institution of water and environmental management, UK Associate Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (AIEMA)

Professional Training
•DipEM (Diploma of Environmental Management, British Safety Council Awards, Environmental Awareness and Compliance, Environmental Management Systems, Environmental Tools and Techniques. •Auditing of Environmental Management System. Lloyds Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) training.

Family in Aberdeen
In Aberden eltijani has his wife and 6 children Mohamed, Abubakr, Omar, Halima, Osman and Ali. They range in age between 18 and 8--91.105.202.235 (talk) 16:39, 10 November 2010 (UTC).

Family in Sudan
The extended family is in sudan