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Curriculum Vita (Nuru Adgaba PhD)
Name Nuru Adgaba Mohammed
Sex Male
Marital status Married
Date of birth June 1962
Place of birth Ethiopia
Profession Apiculturist
2. Education
PhD. in Entomology (on Apiculture) at Rhodes University (South Africa). 2001-2003
Registered for MSc. in Entomology at Rhodes University (South Africa), and upgraded into PhD program for outstanding research performance. 2000
BSc. at Asmara University (major Biology and minor Chemistry) in between 1981-1985
Certificates and medial awarded
1.
Gold medial award and certificate of recognition; in technology innovation (Science & Technology Ministry of Ethiopia, 2008) in improving and developing suitable improved hive for local conditions.
2. Certificate of Professional competence from Ethiopian Management Institute
3. Certificate of meritorious service from Ethiopian Society of Animal production
4 Certificate of Excellence from pastoral and Agropastoral Project
5. Certificate of merit form Holeta Bee Research Center and others
3. Employment record and experience
I have 27 years apicultural research experiences at different levels and positions.
Since January 2011 I am working in King Saudi University; College of Food and Agriculture Science; Department of Plant protection in Bee Research Unit as senior researcher
Major achievements in KSU since January 2011 that I have joined the University
1.
Research project preparation and submission:
I have prepared and submitted five research projects to the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in two of them I am principal investigator (PI) and in three of them I am CO –PI out of five submitted project three of them are accepted and two of them with high recommendation and the remaining two are waiting for the reviewers reports. The accepted projects are going on smoothly.
2.
Publications
2.1
I have, 10 published and accepted papers in 2012 – 2013, 9 of them are in ISI journals (see the publication part at the end (with * asterisk in front).
2.2
Conference proceedings
I have 9 presented, published and submitted papers in the different local and international conference proceedings (in 2011-2013) (see the details below in publication part (with *asterisk in front))
2.3 Submitted papers
I have submitted 3 papers to different ISI journals (see the details under submitted publication list (with * asterisk in front)).
I have prepared and submitted 2 papers to be presented in international conferee
2.4
Papers ready to be submitted
I have prepared 2 papers ready to be submitted for journals (see the details under publication list (with * asterisk in front)).
In my two and half years staying in KSU my first year (2011) was the preparation year and most of the publications mentioned above are in 2012 and onward.
3.
Supervising of postgraduate students
Currently I am supervising postgraduate students which are doing or planned to do their thesis research in area of apicultural science
1.
Nowfal Bayaqoob University ID number 430108196 (75071)
2.
Hussen Alkathiri University ID number 431106761 (75247)
3.
Abdo Mohammed Zolil University ID number 431106477
Moreover I am personally assisting many postgraduate students (Hossam, Abd El-Raoof and others) in editing their thesis project proposals, giving ideas and suggestion to improve their methodologies
4.
Working as a coordinator
Currently I am working as coordinator of the various bee research activities which are part of the accepted project and most of them are implementing at Al-Baha at the center of the beekeeping potential region of the country. We are working very closely with the beekeepers and we are developing and conducting researches based on the problems and demands of beekeepers.
5.
On-going research activities that I am currently running
1.
Physical and chemical properties and detection of adulteration of beeswax of Saudi Arabia.
2.
Performance evaluation of different honeybee races under local conditions
3.
Evaluation of different commercial bee feeds to local honeybees
4.
Inventorying and evaluation of honeybee plant of Albaha region
5.
Determination of suitable hive volume for local bees and conditions
6.
Determining suitable pollen traps for size of local bees
7.
Characterizing honeybee forage plants of Al-Baha Region
8.
Socio-economic survey on beekeeping production system constraints of adoption of improved beekeeping technology and many others.
6.
Establishment of reference materials
6.1
I have been working to establish herbarium of honeybee plants of Saudi Arabia. So far more than 159 honeybee plant species specimens were collected, identified and their voucher specimens are mounted and documented for further references.
6.2
I am working in establishing of collection and preparation of reference slides pollen grains of honeybee plants of Saudi Arabia (so far more than 120 honey plant species references pollen grains prepared and documented.
7. Community services
7.1 I have participated in preparation of Comprehensive beekeeping guideline (Illustrated Guide to beekeeping ------ step by step) The Arabic title is =
الدليل المصور لتربية نحل العسل .. خطوة خطوة Articles in local beekeeping News letter
I have prepared and published two articles in Saudi Arabian Beekeepers Association Magazine
These are:
1.
The effect of overcrowding on honey yield of bee colonies (By Nuru Adgaba)
2.
Processing and utilization of crude beeswax
3.
preparation annual beekeeping and marketing promotion workshop & paper presentation (Albaha)
4.
Beekeeping practices in Ethiopia
7.3 I am working as reviewers for Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences