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CURRICULUM VITAE MOSTAFA REZK SHARAF NATIONALITY: Egyptian DATE OF BIRTH: 22.8.1974 PLACE OF BIRTH: El-Mansurah, El-Dakahlyia, Egypt CURRENT POSITION: Assistant professor, College of Food Sciences and Agriculture, King Saud University, Riyadh. CURRENT ADDRESS: College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, P. O. Box 2460, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. MARITAL STATUS: Married with son and daughter. HOME ADRESS: Sallant, Mansurah 35838, Dakahlyia, Egypt. WEB SITES: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~plzfg/ants/ants_of_egypt_2007/cover.htm http://www.antbase.net/researchers/m-sharaf.html http://www.antweb.org/saudi.jsp http://www.antweb.org/uae.jsp http://gap.entclub.org/taxonomists/Sharaf/index.html E-MAIL ADRESSES: mosharaf@ksu.edu.sa antsharaf@gmail.com PHONE: Egypt: Home (+2050) 2693060 Mobile :(+2) 0111952954. Saudi Arabia: (+966) 582525158. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND: B.Sc. (Entomology).1996 M.Sc. (Insect taxonomy and Ecology)- Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo (2001) Thesis Title: Biodiversity, Taxonomic studies and gamma radiation effect on ant species (Formicidae: Hymenoptera) in two governorates (Dakhliya and South Sinai). Ph.D. (Insect taxonomy and Ecology)- Entomology Department- Faculty of Science- Ain Shams University- Cairo (2006) Thesis Title: Taxonomic and Ecological studies on Family Formicidae (Order: Hymenoptera) in Egypt including some protectorates with study of some insect fauna associated with ant species. SPECIALITY: Insect Taxonomy, Ecology, Zoogeography, and Biodiversity. RESEARCH INTEREST: 1. Large-scale discovery of new taxa and the analysis of diversity and distribution patterns of ants in poorly known areas of Africa and Madagascar. 2. Species-level taxonomic revisions. SELECTED REVIEWS 1. Biodiversity Data Journal, Pensoft (Bulgaria). 2. Journal of the Entomological Research Society (Turkey). 3. Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences (Egypt). ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: 1. Research Student (Demonstrator), Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo (1996-2002). 2. Curator of the Entomological collection of the Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt (1997-2002). 3. Curator of the Entomological Collection of the Egyptian Entomological Society, Cairo (2002-2003). 4. Lecturer of Entomology at Biology Department, Teachers College, King Khaled University, Abha, PO Box 249, Saudi Arabia from 2003 to July 2008. 5. Assistant Professor, Plant Protection department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, from June 2009 till now. Committees: Member of the correspondent committee of the Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, Egypt. RESEARCH PROJECTS: 1. Co-PI of the research project” Use of DNA Barcoding in the Taxonomy of Fire Ant Species in Riyadh Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” (Funding agency KACST, King Abd Allah City of Science and Technology). 2. Consultant of the research project “Survey and classification of agricultural and medical insects in Al-Baha District”, Baha University, Deanship of Scientific research, 2011. 3. Co-PI of the research project "Enhancement of Biopesticides Efficacy to Control the Cotton leaf worms, Spodoptera littoralis and S. exigua by Natural Ultraviolet Protectants"(Funding agency KACST, King Abd Allah City of Science and Technology). 4. Co-PI of the research project "Evaluating the impacts of urbanization on biodiversity in Riyadh City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, using insects as bioindicators." (Funding agency KACST, King Abd Allah City of Science and Technology). 5. Co-PI of the research project “Determining the Mortality Factors of Acacia Trees at Huraymila Valley, El Riyadh, Saudi Arabia” (Funding agency KACST, King Abd Allah City of Science and Technology). 6. Researcher of the research project "Insect Biodiversity in the Jabal Shada Al-A’Ala and Raydah Protected Areas in Southwestern Saudi Arabia" (Funding agency KACST, King Abd Allah City of Science and Technology). WORKSHOPS: 1. Workshop of “Red Palm Weevil, the challenge, Saudi Basic Industries Cooperation” Sabic, Riyadh, Kingdome of Saudi Arabia, 30-31.iii.2010. 2. Eighth Awareness workshop on “How to search ISI Web of Knowledge?”, Distinguished Scientist fellowship Program, King Saud University, May 9, 2010. 3. Workshop on " Distribution of Samsum ant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the use of their venom and other products in the treatment of breast cancer" Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, May 24-25, 2010. 4. Workshop of " Motivating Students to Learn(in Small Large Classes", King Saud University, November 3,2010. 5. Ant Course organized by California Academy of Science and Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, in Southwestern Research Station (SWRS), Portal, Arizona, USA August 4-14, 2011. CONFERENCES The First International Conference of Biological Sciences about the future prospects of biological science and its applications, Cairo (27 to 29 September 2010). ESA annual meeting of Knoxville. Activities related to CONFERENCES 1. Organizer member of the first international conference of Biological Sciences, organized by the Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, Cairo, September 27-29, 2010. 2. Organizer member of the first international conference of Biological Sciences, organized by the Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, Cairo, July 1-3, 2013. AWARDS: 1. Award from the EERU (Economic Entomology Research Unit, Plant Protection department) for the distinguished scientific publications in 2013. 2. Award from the EERU (Economic Entomology Research Unit, Plant Protection department) for the distinguished scientific publications in 2012. 3. Award from the EERU (Economic Entomology Research Unit, Plant Protection department) for the distinguished scientific publications in 2011. 4. Award from Plant Protection Department’s chairman for the distinguished scientific publications in 2011. 5. Awards from the Research Center at KSU for publishing 6 ISI papers. 6. Selected by the Biographical “Who’s Who in the World” in the 2010 edition. For information contact Fred Marks Editor-in-Chief. OFFICIAL SCIENTIFIC VISITS: 1. Official scientific visit to the World Museum Liverpool to study the ant collection of the Palaearctic region collected by the famous British ant scientist Cedric A. Collingwood as a part of a Ph.D. degree. Liverpool, UK, 2004. 2. Official scientific visit to the World Museum Liverpool to study the ant collection of the Palaearctic region collected by the famous British ant scientist Cedric A. Collingwood. Liverpool, UK 22 August-6 September 2010. 3. Attending the ant course organized by the California Academy of Science in Arizona, 2012 and funded by NSF. 4. Official scientific visit to the World Museum Liverpool to study the ant collection of the Palaearctic region collected by the famous British ant scientist Cedric A. Collingwood. Liverpool, UK 1-13 February 2012. 5. Official visit to California Academy of Science, San Francisco, USA, 10-30 January 2013. PUBLICATIONS: 1. Mohamed, S., Zalat, S., Fadl, H., Gadalla, S. & Sharaf, M.R. (2001) Taxonomy of ant species collected by pitfall traps from Sinai and Delta regions, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Natural History 3: 40-61. 2. Sharaf, M. R. & Al-Zailaie, K. (2006) Ant fauna (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Farasan Islands Protectorate (Saudi Arabia). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Egypt. 83, 61-68. 3. Bakr,R.F.A., Fadl H. H.. Badawy R. M.& Sharaf M. R. (2006) Four new records of ants (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) from Egypt. Egyptian Academic Society of Environmental Development, 7, (2), 29–39. 4. Fadl H. H., Bakr, R.F.A., Badawy R. M. & Sharaf M. R. (2006) New records of ants (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) from Egypt. Egyptian Academic Society of Environmental Development, 7, (2), 99 – 108. 5. Sharaf, M. R. (2007) Monomorium dentatum sp. n., a new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) related to the fossulatum-group from Egypt. Zoology in the Middle East, 41, 93-98. (Germany) (Impact factor 0.412). 6. Fadl H.H., Bakr,R.F.A., Badawy R.M. & Sharaf M. R. (2007) Six new species of ants (Hymenoptera : Formicidae ) from Egypt. The second international conference of economic entomology. Entomological Society of Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, 8-11 December, 1, 235-249. 7. Bakr,R.F.A., Fadl H. H., Badawy R. M.& Sharaf M. R. (2007) Myrmecophile insects associated with some ant species (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) in Egypt. The second international conference of economic entomology. Entomological Society of Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, 8-11 December, 1, 205-233. 8. Sharaf, M. R. (2009) Technomyrmex briani sp. n., a new ant species of the T. albipes-group from Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fauna of Arabia, 24, 211-216. 9. Sharaf, M. R. & Taylor, B. & Christiana Klingenberg (2009) Ants of the genus Solenopsis Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Egypt with description of the worker caste of S. cooperi Donisthorpe, 1947. Zootaxa, 2004, 49-58. (USA) (Impact factor 0.853). TIME OF JOINING KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (2009) 10. Sharaf, M. R. & Taylor, B. (2009). The queen of Monomorium dentatum Sharaf, 2007 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa S.E.A.(45):95-96. (Spain). 11. Aldawood, A.S. & Sharaf, M.R. (2009). Two ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as new records to fauna of Saudi Arabia. Bulletin of Entomological Society of Egypt, 86: 143–147. 12. Aldawood, A. S.; Sharaf, M. R. & Collingwood, C. A. (2010). Monomorium moathi sp. n., a new ant species from Yemen (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) related to the salomonis-group. Egyptian Academic Journal Biological Sciences, 3 (2): 37- 42. 13. Collingwood, C. A.; Agosti, D.; Sharaf, M. R. & Van Harten T. (2011). Order Hymenoptera, Family Formicidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE, 4:405-474. 14. Aldawood, A. S.; Sharaf, M. R. & Taylor B. (2011). First record of the Myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with description of a new species, C. abuhurayri sp. n. ZooKeys 92: 61-69. (Bulgaria) (Impact factor 0.879). 15. Aldawood, A. & Sharaf, M.R. (2011). Monomorium dryhimi sp. n., a new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the M. monomorium group from Saudi Arabia, with a revised key to the Arabian species of the group. ZooKeys 106: 47-54. (Bulgaria) (Impact factor 0.879). 16. Sharaf, M. R.; Collingwood, C. A.& Aldawood, A. S. (2011). Technomyrmex montaseri n. sp., a new ant species of the T. gibbosus-group from Oman (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). ZooKeys 108:11-19. (Bulgaria) (Impact factor 0.879). 17. Schawaller W.; Sharaf, M. R. & Aldawood, A. S. (2011). The tribe Cossyphodini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of the Arabian Peninsula, with notes on biology and ecology. Annales Zoologici 61 (3):439-444. (Poland) (Impact Factor 0.52). 18. Sharaf, M. R.; Aldawood, A. S. & Taylor B. (2011).The formicine ant genus Plagiolepis Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with description of two new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 137 (1+2):203-215. (USA) (Impact factor 0.9). 19. Orabi, G. M., Semida F. M., Abdel-Dayem M. S., Sharaf, M. R. & Zalat, M. (2011). Diversity patterns of ants along an elevation gradient at St. Catherine Protectorate, South Sinai, Egypt. Zoology in the Middle East 54:80-101 (Germany) (Impact factor 0.412). 20. Sharaf, M. R. & Aldawood, A. S. (2011). First occurrence of Solenopsis Westwood 1840 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species S. saudiensis n. sp. Annals’ de la Société Entomologique de France 47 (3-4): 474-479 (France) (Impact factor 0.537). 21. Sharaf, M.R. & Aldawood, A. S. & Taylor, B. (2012). A new ant species of the genus Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia, Including a revised key to the Arabian species. PLoS one 7 (2) e30811: (1-9) (USA) (Impact factor 4.411). 22. Sharaf, M. R. & Aldawood, A. S. (2012). Ants of the genus Solenopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species. PLoS one 7(11) e49485(1-21) (USA) (Impact factor 4.09). 23. Sharaf, M. R., Aldawood, A. S. & Elhawagryi, M. S. (2012). A new ant species of the genus Tapinoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with a key to the Arabian species. Zookeys 212: 35–43 (Impact factor 0.879). 24. Sharaf, M. R., Aldawood, A. S. & Elhawagryi, M. S. (2012). First record of the ant subfamily Aenictinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia, with the description of a new species. Zookeys 228:39-49. (Impact factor 0.879). 25. Sharaf, M. R. & Aldawood, A. S. (2013). First occurrence of the Monomorium hildebrandti-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in the Arabian Peninsula, with description of a new species M. kondratieffi n. sp. The proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 115(1):75-84. USA (impact factor 0.402). 26. Elhawagryi, M. S.; Khalil, M. W.; Sharaf, M. R.; Fadl, H. H. Aldawood, A. S. (2013). A preliminary study on the insect faunaof Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species. Zookeys 274:1-88. (Impact factor 0.879). 27. Assing, V.; Schülke, M., Sharaf, M. R. & Aldawood, A. S. (2013). On the Staphylinidae of Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species (Insecta: Coleoptera). Linzer Biologische Beitraege 45(1):141-154 (Austria). 28. Hlaváč, P., Sharaf, M. R. & Aldawood, A. S. (2013). New species and record of of Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 3666 (3): 331-336. c 29. Sharaf, M. R.; Abdeldayem, M. S.; Aldhafer, H. & Aldawood, A. S. (2013). Ants of Rawdhat Khorim nature preserve (central Saudi Arabia) with description of a new species of the genus Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). (Accepted by Zootaxa) (Impact factor 0.879). 30. Sharaf, M. R. & Aldawood, A. S. (Under review). A new synonymy and a new species of the ant genus Carebara in the Arabian Peninsula. (Submitted to Zookeys). (Impact factor 0.879). 31. Barech, G.; Khaldi, M.; Sharaf, M. R.; Doumandji S. & Espadaler X. (2013, in press). Ants community structure in an apricot orchard from a steppic area (M’sila) in Algeria. 32. Sharaf, M. R. & Aldawood, A. S. (In preparation). Ants of the Monomorium monomorium-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula. 33. Sharaf, M. R., Fisher, B. L. & Aldawood, A. S. (In preparation). Ants of the genus Tetramorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species. 34. Sharaf, M. R. & Aldawood, A. S. (In preparation). Ants of the Monomorium hilderbrandti-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula. 35. Sharaf, M. R. & Aldawood, A. S. (In preparation). Ants of the genus Technomyrmex (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) in the Arabian Peninsula. BOOKS. 1 Sharaf, M. R. 2012. Ants of Egypt: Order: Hymenoptera; Family: Formicidae. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 228 Pp. 2 Sharaf, M. R. & Aldawood, A. S. Identification guide to the ant genera of the Arabian Peninsula. (In preparation). الأنشطة العلمية والتدريسية بالقسم: 1- استقطاب واحد من أبرز علماء النمل في العالم وهو الدكتور Brian Fisher رئيس قسم الحشرات بأكاديمية كاليفورنيا للعلوم للمشركة في دراسة النمل في المملكة العربية السعودية. 2- تنظيم دورات تدريبية لطلبة الدراسات العليا لتعليمهم كيفية عمل مجموعات مرجعية لأنواع النمل المختلفة. 3- قام سعادة الدكتور شرف بوضع نواة لأول مجموعة علمية مرجعية لأنواع النمل من المملكة وهي موجودة في متحف قسم وقاية النيات وهي الأولى من نوعها في دول شبه الجزيرة العربية ويتوقع أن تكون مزاراً هاماً لكل المهتمين بعلم النمل في المنطقة. وهذه المجموعة تحتوي على عينات نمطية للأنواع الجديدة المكتشفة من المنطقة وهي ذات أهمية بالغة لكل الدارسين لعلم النمل في المنطقة العربية. 4- قامت جريدة رسالة الجامعة بنشر نتائج بحوث الدكتور شرف في مقالات متفرقة منذ انضم سعادته للجامعة.( المقالات مرفقة). 5- تدريس بعض المحاضرات لطلبة الدراسات العليا (دكتوراه). 6- تقديم الإستشارات العلمية المتختلفة المتعلقة بأنواع النمل لأعضاء هيئة التدريس والباحثين وطلبة الدراسات العليا. 7- القيام بالعديد من الأعمال الإدراية المختلفة التي تتعلق بالمراسلات الرسمية بين وحدة بحوث الحشرات الإقتصادية والجهات الأخرى بالجامعة وخارجها. 8- تقديم محاضرات لطلبة الدراسات العليا بوحدة بحوث الحشرات الإقتصادية تتعلق بعلم تصنيف النمل. 9- إمداد طلبة الدراسات العليا بوحدة بحوث الحشرات الإقتصادية بالمراجع الأساسية في علم تصنيف النمل وتكوين مكتبة إلكترونية خاصة بها. 10- حضورورشة العمل "سوسة النخيل الحمراء.التحدي" سابك" 30-31/3/2010. 11- حضور ورشة العمل الثامنة حول" كيف تبحث في شبكة معلومات ISI" جامعة الملك سعود، 9/5/2010. 12- حضور ورشة العمل حول "توزيع نملة السمسوم في المملكة العربية السعودية واستخدام السم في معالجة سرطان الثدي" قسم علم الحيوان، كلية العلوم، جامعة الملك سعود/ 24-25/5/2010. 13- حضور ورشة عمل بعنوان " تحفيز الطلاب للتعلم في قاعات كبيرة" جامعة الملك سعود، 3/11/2010. المشاريع البحثية: 1- باحث مشارك في مشروع بحثي لدراسة النمل من الجنس Solenopsis في منطقه الرياض وتم تقديم هذا المقترح البحثي للجهة الداعمة. 2- باحث في مشروع دراسة محميات المنطقة الجنوبية في المملكة وتم تقديم هذا المقترح البحثي للجهة الداعمة. 3- مستشار في مشروع دراسة الحشرات في منطقة الباحة والمدعوم من جامعة الباحة (الباحث الرئيس الأستاذ الدكتور مجدي الحواجري-كلية المجتمع-جامعة الباحة). الجوائز: 1. اختيار منظمة "من هو" العالمية “Who’s Who in the World” المعنية بنشر السير الذاتية للأفراد لنشر سيرتي الذاتية في العدد الخاص بها لعامي 2010، 2012. 2. شهادة تكريم من قسم وقاية النبات للنشر المتميز لعام 2011. 3. شهادات تكريم من وحدة بحوث الحشرات الإقتصادية للنشر المتميز لأعوام 2011، 2012، 2013