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Magdi T. Abdelhamid (Ph.D., Gifu Univ., Japan) Associate Professor

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Name: Magdi Tawfik Abdelhamid Date and place of birth: 16/9/1967, Sharkia, Egypt Marital status: Married with three children Affiliation: National Research Centre Permanent address: Botany Department, National Research Centre, Al-Behoos street, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt Phone (Home): +20 (2) 3895 2918 Fax  (Work)    : +20 (2) 3337 0931 Mobile            : +20 (10) 414 5751 E-mail: magdi.abdelhamid@yahoo.com Web Site: http://nrc.academia.edu/MagdiAbdelhamid

MAIN RESEARCH AREAS: •	Environmental stresses (drought, salinity & nutrients deficiency) on plant •	Wastewater reuse in agriculture •	Organic farming •	Weed biology and control •	Plant nutrition and fertilization

EDUCATION AND DEGREES: •	Ph.D.: (Crop Science) Gifu University, Japan, 2004 •	M.Sc.: (Agronomy) Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Egypt, 1996 •	B.Sc.: (Agronomy) Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Egypt, 1990

PROFESSIONAL AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES: •	Associate Professor: (31/8/2009  present) Botany Dept., National Research Centre •	Researcher: (28/8/2004  30/8/2009) Botany Department, National Research Centre •	Associate Researcher: (16-3-1997 – 27/8/2004) Botany Dept., National Res. Centre •	Assistant Researcher: (17/8/1991 – 15/3/1997) Botany Dept., National Res. Centre

POSTDOCTORAL EXPERIENCE: •	Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA), Faculty of Natural & Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Australia, Australia from May to Nov. 2006

COMPUTER SKILLS: •	Certificate of International Computer Driving License (ICDL) •	Statistical analyses using software programs

KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES: •	Arabic: Mother tongue •	English: Fluent •	French: Fair •	Japanese: Fair

ATTENDING TRAINING COURSES: 1)	Certificate in recognition of attending and participating in the workshop entitled:”Formulation and writing project proposals” from May 30 to June 3, 2010 at National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt 2)	Certificate of attendance the summer course on “Environmental Systems Modelling” from 8 to 26 Jun 2009 at UNESCO-IHE Institute for water education, Delft, Netherlands 3)	Certificate of attendance of Hazardous Waste Management course organized by JAِِICA, Japan from January to March 2005 at National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt 4)	Certificate of attendance of the International Seminar in: Mediterranean Water Resources: Major Challenges Towards the 21st century during the period of 1-5 March, 1999 in Cairo, Egypt

SHORT VISITS ABROAD: 1)	Visit to INRA-Montpellier, France, from 7 to 23 September 2008. 2)	Visit to Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Ås, Norway, from 9 to 27 June 2008. 3)	Visit to Department of Plant Nutrition, CEBAS, CSIC, Spain, from 6 to 15 April 2006 4)	Visit to Department of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary, from 21 Feb. to 7 March 2006

ATTENDANCE AND CONTRIBUTION ON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES: 1)	International Scientific Conference on Advanced Scientific Tools for Desertification Policy, 28-29 September 2010, Rome, Italy 2)	Invited speaker in 2nd Annual Meeting of Sustainable water use securing food production in dry areas of the Mediterranean region (SWUP-MED), 5-9 July 2010, Napoli, Italy 3)	Rapporteur in Second Science with Africa conferecne from 23 to 25 June 2010 at the United Nations Conference center (UNCC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 4)	The 14th International Water Technology Conference IWTC 2010, March 21-23, 2010, Cairo, Egypt 5)	Supporting Drought Policies in Europe: The XEROCHORE conference on drought science and policies, February 23 & 24, 2010, Marriott Hotel Brussels, Belgium 6)	The 1st Euro-Med Conference on: “ Plant Natural Products: from Biodiversity to Bioindustry” which held at National Research Centre on 8 to 10 Dec. 2009, Cairo, Egypt 7)	Second Workshop: Productive and Sustainable Use of Saline Waters and Salt-affected Soils in Agriculture 15-18 November 2009, ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria 8)	A Joint Egyptian-Dutch Water Conference “Towards the new Long Term Strategy for Water in the Mediterranean” 2 & 3 November 2009, Cairo, Egypt 9)	International conference on Water Conservation in Arid Region, 12 to 14 October 2009, held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 10)	The 17th International Symposium of International Scientific Centre for Fertilizers (CIEC) “Plant nutrient management under stress conditions” 24-27 November 2008, Cairo, Egypt 11)	Regional Workshop - Middle East and North Africa (MENA), International Geosphere-Biosphere program “Sustainable Water and Land Management in Semi-Arid Regions”, 20 & 21 November 2008, Cairo, Egypt 12)	Egypt-Japan Joint Water Resources Conference, an event of Japan-Egypt Year of Science and Technology (JESTY-08), 6 November 2008, Cairo, Egypt 13)	The Second Field Crops Conference “Shaping the future of field crops in Egypt”, 14-16 October 2008, Giza, Egypt 14)	The 6th European Conference on grain legumes “Integrating legume biology for sustainable agriculture”Lisbon, Portugal, 12-16 November 2007, Portugal 15)	The13thAustralian Agronomy Conference, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 10th - 14th September 2006 16)	The International conference on “Water for Irrigated agriculture & the Environment: Finding a flow for all”, Canberra, Australia, 16 August 2006 17)	WUEMED: Improving Water Use Efficiency in Mediterranean Agriculture: what limits the adoption of new technologies? held at CNR, Italy, from 29-30/9/2005, Italy 18)	InterDrought-II: The 2nd international conference on “Integrated approaches to sustain and improve plant production under drought stress”, which held at University of Rome from 24-28/9/2005, Italy 19)	The 4th Agro-Environ international conference “Role of Multipurpose Agricultural in Sustaining Global Environment” held in Udine, Italy from October 20 to 24, 2004, Italy 20)	The 5th European Conference on Grain Legume, Dijon, France, 7-11 June 2004, France 21)	The 216th meeting of Crop Science Society of Japan, September 17-18, 2003, Japan 22)	The annual meeting of Crop Science Society of Japan, Tokai Branch, Aug. 2003, Japan 23)	The 215th meeting of Crop Science Society of Japan, April 4-5, 2003, Japan 24)	The annual meeting of Crop Science Society of Japan, Tokai Branch, Aug. 2002, Japan 25)	The 213th meeting of Crop Science Society of Japan, April 2-3, 2002, Japan 26)	The annual meeting of Crop Science Society of Japan, Tokai Branch, Aug. 2001, Japan

SCHOLARSHIPS: 1)	Scholarship from the Government of Netherlands to attend the summer course on “Environmental Systems Modelling” from 8 to 26 Jun 2009 at UNESCO-IHE Institute for water education, Delft, Netherlands 2)	The Norwegian Government Scholarship – Specialist exchange, Short term visitor to Norway under the Cultural Exchange Programmes with Egypt, for three weeks (9-27 June 2008), Norway 3)	Endeavour Research Fellowship offered by the Ministry of Education, Science and training, Australia for six months (May – October 2006), Australia 4)	MONBUGAKUSHOW: private scholarship from Ministry of Education Japan to fulfill my PhD at Gifu University, Japan from October 1999 to March 2004, Japan PRIZES: 1)	Prize of the Scientific Creation of the Arab Youth, which given by El-Sheikh Abdalla El-Sobah, 1994, State of Kuwait 2)	Prize of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (Egypt) on popularization of Sciences, 1991, Egypt

LIST OF SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS:

THESES: 1)	    M.Sc.: (Agronomy) Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Egypt, 1996. M.Sc. Thesis: Effects of watering regimes on the relationship between faba bean and Orobanche crenata.

2)	   Ph.D.: (Crop Science) Gifu University, Japan, 2004. Ph.D. Thesis: Effects of organic matter supply on faba bean (Vicia faba L.) growth and soil amendments.

BOOK CHAPTERS: 1)	Abdelhamid, M.T. (2010) Efficient Root System in Legume Crops to Stress Environments. In: Yadav, S.S., McNeil, D., Redden, B., S.A. and Patil, S.A. (Eds.) Climate Change and Management of Cool Season Grain, Springer, pp 229-242.

2)	Gaballah, M., Rady, M., Gomaa, A.M. and Abdelhameid, M.T. (2011) Development of new technological approach to mitigate salinization. In: Behnassi, M., D’silva, J. and Shabbir, S.A. (Eds.) Sustainable Agricultural Development: Recent Approaches in Resources Management and Environmentally-Balanced Production Enhancement, Springer, pp 69-80.

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES: 1)	Darwish, D.S, Abdalla, M.M.F., El-Masry, R.R. and Abdelhamid, M.T. (1996). Investigations on faba beans Vicia faba L. 10- Influence of watering regimes on faba beans reaction to Orobanche infestation. Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Mansoura University, 21(11): 3833-3847. (Egypt)

2)	Abdelhamid, M., Horiuchi, T., Oba, S. (2003). Evaluation of the SPAD values in faba bean (Vicia faba L.) leaves in relation to different fertilizer applications. Plant Production Science 6 (3):185-189. (Japan)

3)	Abdelhamid, M., Horiuchi, T. and Oba, S. (2004). Composting of rice straw with oilseed rape cake and poultry manure and its effects on faba bean (Vicia faba L.) growth and soil properties. Bioresource Technology 93 (2):183-189. (ELSEVIER)

4)	Abdelhamid, M., Horiuchi, T. and Oba, S. (2004). Nitrogen uptake by faba bean from 15N-labelled oilseed rape residue and chicken manure with ryegrass as a reference crop. Plant Production Science 7(4):371-376. (Japan)

5)	Abdelhamid, M.T, .Darwish, D.S., Abdalla, M.M.F and.El-Masry, R.R. (2005). Response of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) to Orobanche crenata infestation in relation to different watering regimes. Pp.7. Proceedings of the international conference on “Water, Land and Food Security in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions”, the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Italy, from 6 to 11 September 2005, (Italy)

6)	El Kholy, M.H., Abdelhamid, M.T. and E. H. Selim (2006). Effect of soil salinity, nitrogen fertilization levels and potassium fertilization forms on growth, yield and quality of sugar beet crop in East- northern Delta of Egypt. Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Mansoura University, 31(6): 4049-4063. (Egypt)

7)	El-Metwally, I.M. and Abdelhamid, M.T. (2008). Weed control under integrated nutrient management systems in faba bean (Vicia faba L.) production in Egypt. Planta Daninha 26 (3): 585-594. (Brazil)

8)	Abdelhamid, M.T. and El-Metwally, I.M. (2008). Growth, nodulation, and yield of soybean and associated weeds as affected by weed management. Planta Daninha 26 (4): 855-863. (Brazil)

9)	Shokr, M. M. B. and Abdelhamid, M. T. (2009). Using some antioxidant substances for enhancing thermotolerance and improving productivity of pea (Pisum sativum L.) plants under local environment of early summer season. Agricultural Research Journal; Suez Canal University 9 (1): 69-76. (Egypt)

10)	Bekheta, M.A., Abdelhamid, M.T. and El-Morsi, A. A. (2009). Physiological response of Vicia faba to prohexadione–calcium under saline conditions. Planta Daninha 27 (4): 769-779. (Brazil)

11)	Sadak, Mervat Sh., Abdelhamid1, M.T. and El-Saady, A.M. (2010) Physiological responses of faba bean plant to ascorbic acid grown under salinity stress. Egyptian Journal of Agronomy 32(1): 89 –106. (Egypt)

12)	Kamel, H.A., Abdelhamid, M.T., Dawood, M.G. (2010). Distribution of 14C into biochemical components of soybean exposed to water deficit and potassium. Communications in Biometry and Crop Science 5 (1), 27–33. (Poland)

13)	Abdelhamid, M.T., Shokr, M.B. and Bekheta, M.A. (2010). Effects of induced salinity on four Vicia faba cultivars differing in their broomrape tolerance.In: Sustainable Management of Saline Waters and Salt-Affected Soils for Agriculture. pp. 58 – 64. Proceeding of the Second Bridging Workshop, 15 – 18 November 2009, Aleppo, Syria.

14)	Abdelhamid, M. T., Shokr, M. and Bekheta, M. A. (2010). Growth, root characteristics, and leaf nutrients accumulation of four faba bean (Vicia faba L.) cultivars differing in their broomrape tolerance and the soil properties in relation to salinity. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 41(22): 2713 – 2728. (Taylor & Francis)

15)	Abdelhamid, M,T., Palta, J., Veneklaas, E., Atkins, C.A., Turner, N.C. and Siddique, K.H.M. (2011). Drying the surface soil reduces the nitrogen content of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) through a reduction in nitrogen fixation. Plant and Soil 339 (1-2): 351-362. (Springer)

16)	Abdelhamid, M.T., Gaballah, M.S., Rady, M. and Gomaa, A. (2011) Biofertilizer and ascorbic acid alleviated the detrimental effects of soil salinity on growth and yield of soybean. Proceeding of the Second Science with Africa conferecne from 23 to 25 June 2010 at the United Nations Conference center (UNCC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

17)	Abdelhamid, M., Kamel, H. A. and Dawood, M. G. (2011). Response of nonnodulating, nodulating and supernodulating soybean (Glycine max L.) genotypes to potassium fertilizer under drought stress. Journal of Plant Nutrition. (Taylor & Francis)

PUBLISHED CONTRIBUTIONS TO ACADEMIC CONFERENCES:

1)	Abdelhamid, M., Horiuchi, T., Oba, S. (2001). Effect of organic materials on growth and yield of two Japanese and Egyptian faba bean (Vicia faba L.) cultivars. Tokai Journal of Crop Science 131: 37. (Japan)

2)	Abdelhamid, M., Horiuchi, T., Oba, S. (2002). Composting of rice straw with oilseed rape cake and chicken manure and its effects on soil quality and faba bean (Vicia faba L.) growth. Tokai Journal of Crop Science 132.133: 17. (Japan)

3)	Abdelhamid, M., Horiuchi, T., Oba, S., (2002). A comparative study on growth and yields of two faba bean (Vicia faba L.) cultivars in different fertilizer applications with organic materials. Japanese Journal of Crop Science 71 (1): 36-37. (Japan)

4)	Abdelhamid, M., Horiuchi, T., Oba, S., (2002).Growth and nitrogen dynamics of two faba bean (Vicia faba L.) cultivars as influenced by different applications of compost. Japanese Journal of Crop Science 72 (1): 116-117. (Japan)

5)	Abdelhamid, M., Horiuchi, T., Oba, S. (2003). The fate of 15N-labelled oilseed rape residue and chicken manure on faba bean (Vicia faba L.) plant after supplying them in soil. Japanese Journal of Crop Science 72 (2): 126-127. (Japan)

6)	Abdelhamid, M., Horiuchi, T., Oba, S. (2003). Nitrogen uptake by faba bean from 15N-labelled oilseed rape residue and chicken manure. Tokai Journal of Crop Science 134: 19. (Japan)

7)	Abdelhamid, M.T., .Darwish, D.S,.Abdalla, M.M.F and.El-Masry, R.R. (2005). Response of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) to Orobanche crenata infestation in relation to different watering regimes. The proceedings of the international conference on “Water, Land and Food Security in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions”, the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Italy, from 6 to 11 September 2005. pp.7. (Italy)

8)	Abdelhamid, M.T., Darwish, D.S,.Abdalla, M.M.F and.El-Masry, R.R. (2005). Response of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) to Orobanche crenata infestation in relation to different watering regimes. Acta Physiol Plant (2005) 27 (4): 109

9)	Abdelhamid, M., K.H.M Siddique, N.C Turner, J. Palta, E. Veneklaas and C.A Atkins (2007). Growth, water relations, and nitrogen fixation of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) in relation to the drying of surface soil and roots. The 6th European Conference on grain legumes “Integrating legume biology for sustainable agriculture” Lisbon, Portugal, 12-16 November 2007. (Portugal)

10)	Abdelhamid, M., and I.M. El-Metwally (2007). Food grain legumes in Egypt: Prospectus and constraints. The 6th European Conference on grain legumes “Integrating legume biology for sustainable agriculture” Lisbon, Portugal, 12-16 November 2007. (Portugal)

11)	Gad, N., Abdelhamid, M. and Abd El-Moez, M.R. (2007). Cobalt effects on root nodulation, nu tri ents con tent and yield of faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Acta Physiol Plant (2007) 29 (Suppl 1): 57.

12)	El-Metwally, I.M. and Abdelhamid, M.T. (2008). Faba bean production under weed control and integrated nutrient management. p. 391- 405. In: El-Nahrawy et al. (eds.), Shaping the Future of Field Crops in Egypt, Proceedings the Second Field Crops Conference, 14-16 Oct., 2008, Egypt.

13)	Abdelhamid, M.T. and El-Metwally, I.M. (2008). Soybean growth, nodulation, yield and associated weeds as affected by weed management. p. 377-390. In: El-Nahrawy et al. (eds.), Shaping the Future of Field Crops in Egypt, Proceedings the Second Field Crops Conference, 14-16 Oct., 2008, Egypt.