FACULTY VITAE 1. Personal Information
Name - Ali A. El-Keblawy Address: University of Sharjah College of Sciences
Department of Applied Biology Phone: +971-50-364-3276 Nationality: Egyptian
E. mail: [email protected]
2. Education – Ph.D., Plant Ecology, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt, 1995, M.Sc., Plant Ecology, Alexandria University, Egypt, 1987, B.Sc., Biology (Minor: Botany), Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.,19843
3. Academic Experience –
1995-1998: Assistant Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Education at El-Arish, Suez Canal University, Egypt. Full time.
1998-2003: Assistant Professor at the Biology Department, College of Sciences, University of UAE, UAE, full time.
2003-2010: Associate Professor at the Biology Department, College of Sciences, University of UAE, UAE, full time.
2010-2011: Associate Professor at the Arid Lan Department, College of Food and Agriculture, University of UAE, UAE, full time.
2011-2016: Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Biology, College of Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, part time.
2011-Present: Full Professor at the Department of Applied Biology, College of Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, full time.
4. Non-academic experience – None
2011 – 2016: Seed Bank and Herbarium, Sharjah Research Academy, Sharjah, UA, Director, part-time 5. Certifications or professional registrations – None
6. Current membership in professional organizations -
7. Honors and awards - Annual Incentive Award for Distinguished Faculty Members/Research Category (2013/2014, 2015/2016, and 2018/2019
8. Service activities (within and outside of the institution)
2018-2019: Chairman of Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE.
2015-2021: Coordinator of a Research Group entitled “Environmental and Chemical Biology (ECB), RISE, University of Sharjah.
2011 – 2016: Seed Bank and Herbarium, Sharjah Research Academy, Sharjah, UA, Director Editor:
1. Associate Editor of BMC Ecology and Evolution, BioMed Central (UK), Impact Factor = 3.26 (https://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/about/editorial-board)
2. Associate Editor Land Degradation and Development, Wily publication, Impact Factor = 4.977 (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1099145x/homepage/editorialboard.html) 3. Editorial Board Flora, ELSEVIER publication, Impact Factor = 1.59
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/flora/editorial-board
9. Grants (last five years)
1. Kareem A. Mosa, Ali El-Keblawy, S. Solima, A. Almahdi and I Shehadi (2021-2023). Physiological, biochemical and molecular responses of vegetable crops to metal nanoparticles: a phytotoxicity assessment.
Funded by the University of Sharjah (AED200,000)
2. Ahmed M Almehdi, Ali El-Keblawy, Sameh Soliman (2021-2023). Natural Lead Optimization of Cucubitacin from Citrullus colocynthis for the Development of Effective, Specific and Safe Anticancer Use. Funded by Sharjah Research Academy and University of Sharjah (AED 400,000).
3. Ali El-Keblawy, Kareem A. Mosa, Sameh Soliman, Chaouki Ghenai, Ali Hassan Al-Marzouqi (2021-2023).
Impacts of environmental factors on germination, growth, oil yield and composition and biologically active anticancer compounds in Citrullus colocynthis : a native oily seeded potential cash-crop for marginal desert lands. Funded by University of Sharjah (AED192,000)
4. Ali El-Keblawy, Kareem A. Mosa (2020-2023). Physiological, biochemical and molecular responses of
vegetable crops to metal nanoparticles: a phytotoxicity assessment. Funded by University of Sharjah Research Office (AED 200,000)
5. Ali El-Keblawy, Concepción L. Alados, Yolanda Pueyo Estaún, Teresa Navarro and Sanjay Gairola (2017 – 2020). The role of nurse plants and nebkhas in combating desertification and restoration of degraded habitats of the arid deserts in the UAE Funded by University of Sharjah Research Office (AED 160,000).
6. Sameh Soliman, Ali El-Keblawy, Yougasphree Naidoo and Sanjay Gairolla (2017-2019). Investigations of the foliar secretory structures of potential native medicinal plants of UAE using microscopic techniques. Funded by University of Sharjah Research Office (AED 122,000).
7. Ghenai C. and Ali El-Keblawy (2017 – 2020). Renewable and Alternative Fuels (Biodiesel and Biogas) from UAE Plants: Production Enhancement and Combustion Improvement using Nanoparticles Funded by Sharjah Research Academy and University of Sharjah (AED 400,000).
8. Kareem A. Mosa, Ali El-Keblawy, Ana Martins, Mohamed Helmy. DNA Barcoding of Important Medicinal Plants in UAE (2018- 2020). Funded by Sharjah Research Academy and University of Sharjah (AED 400,000)
9. Kareem Mosa, Ali El-Keblawy, Miguel Angel Botella Mesa and Victoriano Valpuesta (2016 – 2018).
Transcriptomics and Metabolomics analysis to Reveal Stress Related Genes, Phytohormones, and Osmolytes in Facultative Halophytes plants of the UAE. Funded by University of Sharjah Research Office (AED 200,000) 10.Ali El-Keblawy, Inderjit, Ragan M. Callaway, Kumud Acharya and Ismail Saadoun (2016-2018). Employing
congeneric and biogeographic approaches to study Prosopis juliflora invasion at regional and global scale.
Funded by Sharjah Research Academy and University of Sharjah (AED 400,000).
11.Maryam Al-Nesf, Ali. El-Keblawy, M Mar Trigo, Ammira S. Akil, Amjad Tuffaha, Mehdi Al-Adeli, Hassan Mobayed and Hisham A. Sattar (2016 – 2019). Aerobiological studies in Qatar and Sharjah: Toward
establishment of a network for pollen analysis and Allerginicity. Funded by Qatar Foundation, Qatar, Grand number NPRP9-241-3-043 (AED 2,610,000)
12.Publications (only 2021):
1. Elnaggar, A., Mosa, K. A., Ramamoorthy, K., El Keblawy, A‐ ., Navarro, T., & Soliman, S. S. De novo transcriptome sequencing, assembly, and gene expression profiling of a salt stressed halophyte (Salsola ‐ drummondii) from a saline habitat. Physiologia Plantarum, https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13591
2. Al-Nablsi E., A. El-Keblawy, K. A. Mosa, and S. Soliman . (2021). Variation among individuals of Citrullus colocynthis from a desert population in morphological, genetic, and germination attributes. Tropical Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42965-021-00190-1
3. Navarro, T., Shabana, H. A., El-Keblawy, A., & Hidalgo-Triana, N. (2021). Delayed seed dispersal species and related traits in the desert of the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Arid Land, 13(9), 962-976
4. Abdul Hameed; A. El-Keblawy; M. Aljasmi; S. Gairola; S. S. Phartyal; K. A. Mosa; S. Soliman (2021). Seed provenance, thermoperiod and photoperiod affect low water potential tolerance during seed germination of the multipurpose exotic tree Prosopis juliflora. Journal of Arid Environments , 195 (2021) 104627
5. Mitterand tsombou T., A. El-Keblawy, E. A. Elsheikh, S. F. AbuQamar, and K. A. El-Tarabily (2021).
"Allelopathic effects of native and exotic Prosopis congeners in Petri-dishes and potting soils: Assessment of the congeneric approach. Botany, https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2021-0064.
6. Abdelaal, M., Mashaly, I. A., Srour, D. S., Dakhil, M. A., El-Liethy, M. A., El-Keblawy, A., ... & El-Sherbeny, G. A. (2021). Phytoremediation Perspectives of Seven Aquatic Macrophytes for Removal of Heavy Metals from Polluted Drains in the Nile Delta of Egypt. Biology, 10(6), 560.
7. Alami, A., Alachkar, A., Alasad, S., Alawadhi, M., Zhang, D., Aljaghoub, H., & El-Keblawy, A. (2021).
Investigating Calotropis Procera natural dye extracts and PDOT: PSS hole transport material for dye-sensitized solar cells. Agronomy Research 19 ( DOI: 10.15159/AR.21.064)
8. Alzaabi, M. M., Hamdy, R., Ashmawy, N. S., Hamoda, A. M., Alkhayat, F., Khademi, N. N., Abo Al Joud, S.
M, El-Keblawy, A. A. & Soliman, S. S. (2021). Flavonoids are promising safe therapy against COVID-19.
Phytochemistry Reviews, 1-22, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11101-021-09759-z
9. Ahmed M. El-Sawah, Ali El-Keblawy, Dina Fathi Ismail Ali, Heba M. Ibrahim, Mohamed A. El-Sheikh, Anket Sharma, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Hiba Shaghaleh, Marián Brestič, Milan Skalicky, You-Cai Xiong, Mohamed Sheteiwy (2021). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria enhance soil key enzymes, plant growth, seed yield, and qualitative attributes of guar. Agriculture 11(3):194
10. Dakhil, M.A.; El-Keblawy, A.; El-Sheikh, M.A.; Halmy, M.W.A.; Ksiksi, T.; Hassan, W.A. Global (2021).
Invasion Risk Assessment of Prosopis juliflora at Biome Level: Does Soil Matter? Biology, 10(3), 203
11. Dakhil, M. A., Halmy, M. W. A., Hassan, W. A., El-Keblawy, A., Pan, K., & Abdelaal, M. (2021). Endemic Juniperus Montane Species Facing Extinction Risk under Climate Change in Southwest China: Integrative Approach for Conservation Assessment and Prioritization. Biology, 10(1), 63
12.El-Keblawy, A., Aljasmi, M., Sanjay Gairola; Mosa, K. A. Abdul Hameed (2021). Provenance determines salinity tolerance and germination requirements of the multipurpose tree Prosopis juliflora seeds. Arid Land Research and Management. doi.org/10.1080/15324982.2021.1889713
13. Eman Humaid Alketbi Rania Hamdy Abdalla El Kabalawy Viktorija Juric Marc Pignitter Kareem A. Mosa ‐ Ahmed M. Almehdi, Ali A. El Keblawy‐ Sameh S. M. Soliman (2021). Lipid based therapies against SARS CoV‐ ‐ ‐ 2 infection. Reviews in Medical Virology (in press). https://doi.org/10.1002/rmv.2214
14. Soliman, S. S., Saeed, B. Q., Elseginy, S. A., Al-Marzooq, F., Ahmady, I. M., El-Keblawy, A. A., & Hamdy, R.
(2021). Critical discovery and synthesis of novel antibacterial and resistance-modifying agents inspired by plant phytochemical defense mechanisms. Chemico-Biological Interactions, 333, 109318
15. Aljasmi, M., El-Keblawy, A., & Mosa, K. A. (2021). Abiotic factors controlling germination of the
multipurpose invasive Prosopis pallida: towards afforestation of salt-affected lands in the subtropical arid Arabian desert. Tropical Ecology 62: 116-125
