Curriculum Viate

Personal data

Name: Mohamed Youssef Ali MOHAMED

Academic Grade: Lecturer

Date of birth: 19.10.1966

Place of birth: El Ashraf, Qena

Marital Status: Married (with two children)

E- mail:  [email-masked], [email-masked]

Address: Geology Dep., Fac. of Sci., South Valley University, 83523, Qena, Egypt.

Specialization: Micropalaeontology (C. nannofossils, planktonic & benthonic foram.

Present Position: Lecturer

Membership in Scientific Org.

- Member in the Paleontological Society of Egypt.

- Member in the Geological Society of Egypt.

Academic studies

- B. Sc. in Geology 1988, Assiut University, Egypt.

- M. Sc. in Micropalaeontology 1995, South Valley University, Egypt"    Benthonic Foraminifera and Biostratigraphy of the Late Cretaceus -Early Tertiary Succession along the Red Sea Coastal Area, Egypt".

- Ph. D. in Micropalaeontology 2003, Ruhr- Universität Bochum, Germany "Micropaleontological and stratigraphical analyses of the Late Cretaceous/Early Tertiary succession of the Southern Nile Valley (Egypt)".

Languages

- Arabic (mother tongue)

- English (the first foreign language)

- German (the second foreign language)

Training Courses and Workshops

- Various computer courses, Qena, Cairo, Egypt, 1994, 1995, 1996.

- Workshop of Mud logging, Sperry Sun logging service company, Cairo, Egypt,

1995.

- Workshop of electronic microscope (SM and TM), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt,

1998.

- International school in planktonic foraminifera, 2° course (Paleocene) Perugia

University, Perugia, Italy, 2003.

- workshop on E-content, offered by Microsoft, 2006.

TOT training:

-          TOT of Pathway project, 2006, Qena, Egypt.

-          TOT of  FLDP project, 2007, Cairo, Egypt.

Field trips inside

- Field trip to the Eastern Desert (Qift - Quseir Road, Red Sea Coast, Qena-Safaga Road), 1988.

- Field trip to the Red Sea Coast ( Quseir, Safaga, Esh El Mellaha areas), 1994

- Field trip to the Western Desert (Kharga, Baris, Dakhla, Farafra Oases), 1997

- Field trip to the South Western Desert (Kurkur, Dungul Oases), 1998, 1999.

- Field trip to the Eastern Desert (Wadi Qena), 1999.

- Field trip to the Southwestern Nile Valley (Gabal El Borga, Wadi Abu Ghurra),

1999,2000.

-Field trip to the Dababiya section (GSSP) for the Paleocene-Eocene boundary Nile

Valley, 35 km south of Luxor, 2004.

- field trip to the Taramsa section, G. El Serai section, Nile Valley, 2004.

- field trip to the Quseir area (El Beida, G. Atshan and G. Anz sections), safaga area

(Wasif section), 2005.

- Field trip to the Central Egypt areas (Wadi Qena, Quseir, Dababiya, Oweina, west

Aswan) with team from K. U. Leuven university and Erlangen Uiniversity, 2006.

- Field trip to the Dababiya section (GSSP) for the Paleocene-Eocene boundary  Nile

Valley, 35 km south of Luxor, with the undergraduate student, 2006.

Field trips in foreign countries

- Field trip to the type section of Maastrichtian, Maastricht, Nietherland, 2002.

- Field trip to the Cretaceous succession in Nietherland, 2002.

- Field trip to the Cretaceous sections in Belgium, 2002.

- Field trip to the lower to middle Devonian “Couvin sections”, Belgium, 2007.

- Field trip to Jurassic, Cretaceous and Neogene in Paris basin, Anger, France 2007.

Present and Previous Professional Positions

- Mud logging geologist, Sperry Sun logging service company, Cario, Egypt, 1994-

1996.

- Assistant lecturer in Geology Department, Qena Faculty of Science, South Valley

University, 1996-2001.

- From May 2005, Lecturer of stratigraphy and micropaleontology in Geology

Department, Qena Faculty of Science, South Valley University.

International Travel and Residence for Research/Study

2001-2003       (26 Months) Ph. D. student in Institut fur Geologie, Mineralogie und

Geophysik, Ruhr- Universitat Bochum, Germany, under the supervision

of Prof. Dr. Joerg Mutterlose

2003                (10 days) in Perugia University, Perugia, Italy. Under the supervision

of  Prof. Dr. Isabella Premoli-Silva.

2007                (3 Months) Post Doctor fellowship, Departement Geografie-Geologie,

GEO- Instituut, KU- Leuven, Belgium, with Prof. Dr. Robert Speijer.

Responsibilities

-Teatching.

- Supervision the field trips in the department.

-Focal Point of the University with the FP7 (Seventh Framework Programme).

- Coordinator of the Department in the QAAC (Quality Assurance Accreditation

Center).

- Coordinator of the Department in the FLDP (Faculty and Leadership Development

Project).

-Trainer in the ICTP (Information and Communication Technology Project).

- Trainer in the Pathways to Higher Education Project in South Valley University.

- Trainer in the Information and Communication Center in South Valley University.

- Trainer in the ICDL (International Computer Driving License) Center in South Valley

University.

- Trainer in the FLDP (Faculty and Leadership Development Project).

Teaching experience:

-          General Geology.

-          Introduction to Paleontology.

-          Invertebrate paleontology.

-          Micropaleontology (Foraminifera & Calcerous nannofossil and Palynology).

-          Stratigraphy.

-          Historical geology

-          Biostratigarphy and Paleoecology.

-          Geology of Egypt.

-    Field training

Main Intersts

- Studying the Biostratigraphy of the calcareous nannofbssils, planktonic  foraminifera.

- Studying the imapct of the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary catastrophic event on the

two foraminiferal group (planktonic and benthonic foraminifera).

- studying the paleoenvironmental change at the Danian/Selandian boundary.

- Studying the impact of the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum event (PETM) on

the marine microfloras and microfaunas includes:

* Calcareous nannofossils turnover.

* Planktonic foraminifera turnover.

* Benthonic foraminifera extinction event (BFEE).

* Sea floor oxygenation.

* Paleoproductivity

List of publications

A- Ph.D Thesis

Youssef, M. (2003): Micropaleontological and stratigraphical analyses of the Late Cretaceous/Early Tertiary succession of the Southern Nile Valley (Egypt), Ruhr- Universität Bochum, Germany. Published online, Find it under the following link:

http//:www.netahtml/Hss/Di ss/MohamedMohamedYoussefAl i/di ss. Pdf (Abstract)

B- Articles in Journals and international conferences proceedings:

1- Aref, M. & Youssef, M. (1996): Benthonic Foraminifera and Biostratigraphy of the Late Cretaceus -Early Tertiary Succession along the Red Sea Coastal Area, Egypt. 3th Int. Conf. Geology of the Arab World, Cairo Univ., 539-573.

2- Aref, M. & Youssef, M. (2000): Biostratigraphy of the Late Cretaceus – Early Tertiary Succession along the Sinn El Kaddab-Wadi Abu Ghurra stretch, Southwestern Nile Valley, Egypt. Egzptian J. of Geology, 44.

3- Aref, M., Youssef, M. & Philobbs, E (2003): Benthonic foraminiferal paleobathymetry and sea-level change across the Maastrichtian-Early Eocene succession in southwestern Nile Valley, Egypt. The Third international

conference on the Geology of Africa, Assiut-Egypt December 7-9.

4-Youssef, M. & Mutterlose, J. (2004): The calcareous nannofbssil turnover across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum event (PETM) in the southwestern Nile Valley Egypt, N.Jb. Geol. Paleont. Abh 234(1-3): 291-309.

5- Aref, M. & Youssef, M. (2004): The benthic foraminifera perturbation across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum event (PETM) from Southwestern Nile Valley, Egypt. N.Jb. Geol. Paleont. Abh 234(1-3): 261-269.

6- Madkour, H. & Youssef, M. (2005): Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in the benthic foraminiferal tests from the coastal lagoons, Red Sea, Egypt. Egyptian J. of paleontology, 5: 93-105.

D- Articles in preparation

1- Youssef, M. & Madkour, H. (200X): Benthic foraminiferal distribution in three lagoons along the Red Sea Coast, Egypt.

2- Youssef, M. (200X): Paleoenvironmental change at the Paleocene/Eocene transition in Red Sea Coast, foraminiferal records.

3- Youssef, M. (200X) High resolution calcareous nannofossils biostratigraphy and paleoecology of the Danian-Selandian transition in Sothern Eastern Desert, Egypt.

4- Sprong, J., Youssef, M., Borneman, A., Shulte, P., Steurbaut, E. and Speijer, R. (200X) Biostratigraphy and paleoenvironment of Gebel Qreiya (Wadi Qena, Egypt) during the Danian and Selandian Stages: Calcerous nannofossil, benthic foraminifera and geochemistry.

Abstracts in National and International Conferences

1-Youssef, M. & Mutterlose, J. (2003): The calcareous nannofossil turnover across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum event (PETM) in the southwestern Nile Valley Egypt. Abstract, ISPS, Symposium on the Paleogene, Leuven, Belgium, 25-30 August 2003.

2- Youssef, M., Aref, M. & Mutterlse, J. (2003): The benthic foraminifera perturbation across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum event (PETM) from Southwestern Nile Valley, Egypt. Abstract, ISPS, Symposium on the Paleogene, Leuven, Belgium, 25-30 August 2003.

3- Youssef, M. (2004): Paleoproductivity and sea floor oxygenation across the biosphere in the Paleocene-Eocene transition. Meeting on Climate and Biota of the Early Paleogene (CBEP2004), February 8-12, 2004 Luxor, Egypt.

4- Sprong, J., Guasti, E., Fornaciarie, E., Youssef, M., Schulte, P., Speijer, R.

(2006): Paleoenvironmental and sea level change of the Nile Valley Basin(Egypt)

at the Danian/Selandian transition. Meeting on Climate and Biota of the Early

Paleogene (CBEP2006) Bilbao, N Spain, June 2006.

5-  Sprong, J. , Schulte, P., Speijer, R.P., Steurbaut, E. and Youssef, M.: Gebel Qreiya (Nile Valley, Egypt) in the Middle Palaeocene: a micropalaeontological and sedimentological reconstruction. the Foraminifera and Nannofossil Groups joint Spring Meeting 2007 of The Micropalaeontological Society, Thursday 7th - Friday 8th June, 2007, Université d'Angers, France.

6- Youssef, M.: High resolution calcareous nannofossils biostratigraphy and paleoecology of the Danian-Selandian transition in Wadi Qena, central Eastern Desert, Egypt. In Geology of Africa International Conference, 23-24 October, 2007, Assiut, Egypt.

References

1- Prof. Dr. Abbas Mohamed Mansour , President of the South Valley University,

Egypt.

2- Prof. Dr. Emad Ramzy Philobbs, Professor of Geology, Assiut University, Egypt. Email: [email-masked].

3- Prof. Dr. Joerg Mutterlose, Professor of Micropaleontology, Ruhr-

Universitat Bochum, Germany, Email: [email-masked].

4- Prof. Dr. Robert speijer, Professor of paleontology, Departement Geografie-Geologie, GEO- Instituut,   Celestijnenlaan 200E,  B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, Belgium, Email: [email-masked].