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							                          Curriculum Vitae
SURNAME: EL AFANDI             FIRST NAME(S): GAMAL SALAH

TITLE: Dr. Lecturer of Meteorology

Affiliation and official address

Al Azhar University Faculty of Science at Cairo Department of

Astronomy & Meteorology Nasr City, P.O.B. 11884 Cairo, Egypt

Telephone: 0020222618163 Fax 0020222629356       E-Mail: gamalafandy@sci-azhar.edu.eg,

gamalafandy@yahoo.com

Date and place of birth: 22 November 1967 El Menoufia, Egypt         Nationality: Egyptian

Education: (degrees, dates, universities)

-Ph.D. Meteorology, 2005, University of Cairo (Cairo, Egypt)

-Graduate Ph.D. Student, 2001-2003, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Göttingen

University), Institute of Bioclimatology (Göttingen, Germany)

-M.Sc. Meteorology, 2000, University of Cairo (Cairo, Egypt)

-Diploma, Natural Resources, 1994, University of Cairo (Cairo, Egypt)

-Class I, Meteorological Personnel, 1992, Meteorology Office (Cairo, Egypt)

-Diploma, Meteorology-Excellent, 1992, University of Cairo (Cairo, Egypt)

-B.Sc. Physics, 1989, El Menoufia University (El Menoufia, Egypt)

Career/Employment (employers, positions and dates)

-Al Azhar University, Faculty of Science, Dept. of Meteorology, Lecturer of Meteorology,

2005-Present.

-University of Cairo, Faculty of Science, Dept. of Meteorology, Doctoral Student, 2003-2005

-Göttingen University (Germany), Institute of Bioclimatology, Graduate Student, 2001-2003

-Al Azhar University, Faculty of Science, Dept. of Meteorology, Asst. Lecturer of

meteorology, 1997-2000.

-Weather Forecast Centre, Cairo Airport, Meteorologist, 1992-1997.

-Meteorological Authority, Cairo, Egypt, Meteorologist, 1990-1992.
Fields of Specialisation

(i)Main field Climate and Climate Change        (ii) other fields Meteorology

Current research activities

Utilizing the Advanced Weather Research Forecast (WRF-ARW) Model over North Africa to

compare its output with reality in addition to studying the impacts of climate change on

different sectors.

Honours, Awards, Fellowships, Membership of Professional Societies:

-Visiting Scientist, National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Research

Applications Laboratory Boulder Colorado, USA, summer, 2006.

-International Affiliate Representative of Al Azhar University in the International Affiliates

Program (IAP) of UCAR/NCAR Boulder Colorado USA.

The International Affiliates Program (IAP) was developed to enhance communications about

projects, resources, and strengths of atmospheric science and related programs world wide,

and to make even stronger the collegial environment supportive of cooperation and

understanding.

http://www.ucar.edu/governance/iap/iapreps.shtml

-Consultant in consulting team for preparation of the ICSU ROA project proposal on Hydro-

meteorological hazards (Project HD02: ―Hydrometeorological hazards and disasters in

Africa: vulnerability and resilience‖).

http://www.icsu-africa.org/

-Member and contact person of Al Azhar University in University Network for Disaster

Reduction in Africa (UNEDRA).

UNEDRA's main aim is to forge interaction amongst universities in Africa with interest in

teaching on disaster risk reduction, through information sharing, capacity building and

collaborative research.

http://www.itc.nl/unu/dgim/unedra/default.asp

-Member of Capacity Building Committee the Group on Earth Observations (GEO).
GEO is coordinating international efforts to build a Global Earth Observation System of

Systems (GEOSS).

http://www.earthobservations.org/



Projects Awards:

1-       Building    advanced   numerical       weather    prediction   capacity     in    Egypt

Magdy        Abdel    Wahab,    Faculty    of   Science,   Cairo   University,     Giza,   Egypt

Gamal Salah El Afandi Al Azhar University and David Yates, National Centre for

Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO USA

Period: 1 year can be extended to 3 years.

2-―Real-Time Remote Sensing for Early Warning & Mitigation of Disasters and Epidemics‖

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Science for Peace (SfP) Program has

approved the Project Plan submitted by the designated Co-Directors, Gilbert L. Rochon,

PhD, MPH, [NATO country Project Director (NPD)] Associate Vice President for

Collaborative Research Director, Purdue Terrestrial Observatory Chief Scientist, Rosen

Center for Advanced Computing Information Technology at Purdue (ITaP), Purdue

University ,Dr. Gamal Salah El Afandi (Al Azhar University), Dr. Madgy Abdel Wahab

(Cairo University), Dr. Gülay Altay (Boğaziçi University-Kandilli Observatory & Earthquake

Research Institute), Dr. Okan Ersoy (Purdue University, Professor of Electrical & Computer

Engineering)

Period: 3 years


3-Stability of the Atmosphere over Europe

Partners

Department of Meteorology and Climatology, University of Lodz, Poland

         Dr hab. Joanna Wibig, prof. UL
         Dr hab. Krzysztof Fortuniak
         Mgr Włodzimierz Pawlak
         Mgr Mariusz Siedlecki
Institute of Coastal Research, GKSS Research Centre in Geesthacht, Germany

      Prof. dr. Hans von Storch

Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystems Analysis, Lund University , Sweden

      Dr. Lars Bärring

http://www.geo.uni.lodz.pl/~jwibig/STATME/index.html

Workshops and Conferences

1-Symposium on Sciences and Engineering Education in The 21st Century. 9-12 April 1995, the

American Univ. in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt.

2. First National Conference in Physical & Mathematical Sciences & Applications Phyma-1.

27- 30 November 1995, Egyptian Syndicate of Scientific Professions, Cairo, Egypt.

3. Meteorology and Integrated Development Conference at Cairo. 24-25 Mar. 1996, Organized

by the Egyptian Meteorological Authority. Cairo, Egypt.

4. Meteorology and Sustainable Development Conference at Cairo. 15-17 Feb. 1998, Organized

by the Egyptian Meteorological Authority. Cairo, Egypt.

5. The Fourth Conference, Meteorology & Sustainable Development to 21st Century.7-9 March

1999, Organized by the Egyptian Meteorological Authority. Cairo, Egypt.

6. Third International Scientific Conference (Science & Development and Environment).22 -

25 Mar. 1999, Organized by the Faculty of Science, AL-Azhar Univ., Cairo Egypt.

7. First Training Seminar on Agrometeorology Cairo. 17-20 May 1999, Organized by the

Central Lab. for Agricultural Climate, Cairo, Egypt.

8- The fifth Conference, Meteorology & Sustainable Development, 22-24 Feb. 2000 organized

by the Egyptian Meteorological Authority. Cairo, Egypt.

9- Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture, 13-16 March 2000 Cairo University, Egypt.

10- The 25th International Conference for Statistics, Computer Science and Population, 6-11

May 2000, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Cairo, Egypt.

11- Fourth International Scientific Conference (Science & Development and Environment). 27-
29 Mar. 2001, Organized by the Faculty of Science, AL-Azhar Univ., and Cairo Egypt.

12- First International Workshop on Climate Variability over Africa 15-26 May 2005.

Organized by Cairo University and ICTP, Italy. Alexandria, Egypt.

13- 41st Workshop of the U.S.-Egypt by National Program for Science and Technology, 13-15

March, 2006 Marriot Cairo Egypt.

14- Speaker and Trainer in, A Training workshop about the climatic change over the Arab

world (18th - 19th June 2006) in Abu Kir – Alexandria (The Arab Academy for Science,

Technology and Maritime Transport).

15- Visitor Scientist at National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder Colorado

USA from 22 July 2006 - 06 August 2006 also attended WRF (Weather Research Forecast)

Tutorial from 24-28 July 2006.

16-CANADA-EGYPT DAY ON EARTH OBSERVATION, 29 OCTOBER 2006. Organized by

National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences. Canadian Space Agency-

Canadian Embassy in Egypt.

17- Workshop on Climate Change and Agriculture, 6 March 2007 Organized by the Central

Lab for Agricultural Climate, Cairo, Egypt.

18- Workshops entitled: ―Geo-information for Food Security‖, and ―Writing for Research

Proposals & Publication‖,from 26 March 5 April 2007.

These workshops have been organized in association with the Department of Geography,

Environmental Management & Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg; the ITC,

Enschede, Netherlands, with sponsorship from the United Nations Office for Outer Space

Affairs (UNOOSA), and the Department of Science and Technology, South Africa. The

activity forms part of the programme of UNEDRA, the African University Network for

Disaster Risk Assessment.

19-Climate Change Symposium 23 April 2007, Environmental Studies and Research Institute,

Menofia University, Sadat, Egypt.
20- 1st GEO-Donor Capacity Building Symposium and 5th GEO Capacity Building Committee

meeting, September 10 - 13, 2007, organized in Seville (Spain) by the GEO (Group on Earth

Observations), with the support of Spain’s Government and the Spanish GEO Group.

21- AFRICAGIS 2007 conference from the 17th to the 21st of September Ouagadougou,

Burkina Faso.

22- The Annual Meeting for University Youth Leaders on Environment and Sustainable

Development about Climate Change and its impacts on Environment and sustainable

development (Speaker) 21 Nov.2007, in Cooperation with Arab Office For Youth and

Environment, Faculty of Science Al Azhar University Cairo, Egypt.

23- ―Advances in Earth Remote Sensing Applications in Africa‖ Workshop (2nd WGEdu

remote sensing workshop in memory of Jay Feuquay) 26-28 November 2007 at University of

Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, the Organizers are the Committee on Earth

Observation Satellites (CEOS), U.S. Geological Survey, NOAA, EUMETSAT, and the host

institutions CSIR (Satellite Applications Centre) and the Marine Research Institute,

University of Cape Town.

24-―Space for Development: the case of GMES and Africa‖, to be held in Lisbon, Portugal on

December 6th- 7th, 2007 – in concomitance with the EU-AU Summit, the Portuguese

Presidency of the EU Council, in collaboration with the European Commission, the

European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of

Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).

25- Workshop on Aerosol-Climate Interactions: Mechanisms, Monitoring, and Impacts in

Tropical Regions 11 - 15 February 2008 Hurghada, Egypt.Organized by ICTP, Italy, Cairo

University.

26-Al-Azhar International Scientific Conference (AISC'08), Development, Environment and

Quality assurance for higher education) Cairo, Egypt, from 24 to 26 March 2008.

27- NSF- USDA-NARSS International Workshop on Supercomputing Applications in Climate

Sciences and Remote Sensing May 13-16, 2008 Cairo, Egypt
28- First Euro Mediterranean Scientific Conference scheduled in Paris from 24th to 26th of

June 2008.

List of Publications

1-F.M. El-Hussainy and G. S. Abbas 2001: Precipitable water estimations over Egypt Al–

Azhar Bulletin of Science, Proceedings of the 4th.Int. Sci. Conf. 27 – 29 March 2001, pp. 247 –

266.

2- F.M. El–Hussainy and G. S. Abbas 2001: water vapor transmittance for solar radiation over

Egypt. Al–Azhar Bulletin of Science, Proceedings of the 4th Int. Conf. 27 – 29 March, pp. 267-

285.

3-G. S. Abbas 2008: Simulation of the impact of climate change on rice crop (in press).

4-G. S. Abbas 2008: Simulation of the impact of climate change on wheat crop (in press).

5-G. S. Abbas 2008: Evaluation of the performance of the General Circulation Models

(GCMs) over North Africa, submitted (June 2007) to The International Journal of

Meteorology.

6- Gilbert L. Rochon1, Magdy Wahab, Gad El Qady, Gamal El Afandi, Ado Dan-Isa, Happy

Sithole, Khomotso Kganyago, Souleymane Fall, Joseph Quansah and Bereket Araya 2008:

 "Overcoming Bandwidth and Satellite Communications Limitations to Accelerate

Applications of Remote Sensing and High Performance Computing for African Development:

Contributions from Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa".

IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium — IGARSS 2008 in Boston

7- T. A. Sayad , and G. S. El Afandi 2008:Sensitivity of Tropical Easterly , Somali Jet Streams,

Hadley and Walker Circulation to Radiation Parameterizations .THE INTERNATIONAL

JOURNAL OF METEOROLOGY September 2008, Vol.33, No.331 page 219-229.