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Dr. Alsheikh Bashir

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Full name:  Elsheikh Bashir Ali Abdalmaged

Languages: Arabic (mother language); English

Address: Red Sea University 

Institute of Marine Research 

P.O. BOX 24,

Port Sudan, Sudan

Mobile: + 249 121959022

E- mail: sheikhbashirali@yahoo.com

Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wFdQeI4AAAAJ&hl=en

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

1. B.Sc. (Hon.) in chemistry from College of Science - Sudan University of Science & Technology (2003).

2. M. Sc in chemical oceanography from Geophysical Institute - University of Bergen - Norway (2008).

3. PhD in chemical oceanography from Geophysical Institute - University of Bergen - Norway (2017)

EXPERIENCE AND EMPLOYMENTS

  • One-year training period at Port Sudan Custom laboratory on chemical analysis of organic & inorganic materials, food analysis, water analysis, cements, textiles, and others using the classical methods and analytical instruments i.e. Gas Chromatography (GC), Infra Red (IR), and Ultra Violet (UV) and Atomic Absorption spectrophotometers (AAS) (2003- 2004).
  • Appointed as Technical Manager and Chemist at Tasneem Company for Health Water Bottling in Port Sudan (from July to November 2004).
  • Appointed a researcher assistant at chemical oceanography unit - Institute of Marine Research (IMR) - Red Sea University (RSU) since Dec 2004.
  • Promoted to a researcher (lecturer) in since (2008).
  • Participate in regular monitoring and research programs in IMR & preparation of scientific reports since 2004 (on going).
  • Participate in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) studies carried out by IMR in the Sudanese Red Sea since 2004.
  • Participate in establishment of the new departments (chemical and physical oceanography) at IMR and at Faculty of Marine Science and Fishers (FMSF) at RSU through the collaboration with Geophysical Institute - University of Bergen – Norway.
  • Teaching the General Chemistry 1&2, Marine Chemistry, and Climate Change courses at FMSF since 2008 until present.
  • Promoted to assistance professor in since (2017).
  • Appointed as Director of IMR since January 2019.
  • Chief Editor of the Red Sea University Journal of Marine Research and Fisheries (RSUJMRF).

SCIENTIFIC CRUISES

  • Participate in R/V Oceanus Voyage 449-6 (referred as KAUST cruise 2008) in Atlantis II Deep Complex Area in the Red Sea (Hot Brine Area) from 19 October to the first of November 2008. The cruise is funded by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia and organized by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Participate with Dr. Ben Van Mooy (WHOI) on investigation of the microbial phosphorous cycling in the Red Sea especially in hot brine area by collecting the several samples and determining the soluble reactive phosphorous values using spectrophotometric method on the board.
  • Participate in R/V Aegaeo KAUST Leg 2 (KAUST cruise 2010) in Atlantis II Deep Complex Area in the Red Sea (Hot Brine Area) from 05/04/2010 to13 /04/2010 to collect depth profiles within and around the pools of physical data (temperature, salinity, pressure) and water samples for microbial analysis. The mission is to study the individual, pronounced layers within the pools; i.e. the brine-seawater interface and the upper and lower convective layers.
  • Chief scientist of new time series data of hydrography, DIC, and AT are collected between 2009 and 2013 in the Sudanese coastal water off Port Sudan. The sampling frequency is three to four times per year at six stations distributed between Port Sudan and Sanganeb atoll reef.
  • Coordinate, prepare, and participate in the scientific cruises for the first hydrographic mooring was deployed in the Sudanese coast. In October 2014, a mooring was deployed for the first time in the coastal water off Port Sudan at 800 m depth. The mooring contains instruments and sensors for measuring temperature, salinity, tides, current speed and directions, dissolved oxygen, pCO2, and pH. The mooring was recovered in 15 October 2015.

WORKSHOPS, TRAINING & SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

  • Participate on the national training course on EIA for development projects in the coastal area (June 2006- Port Sudan). The training course was organized by the Regional Organization for the Protection of Environmental of the Red Sea & Gulf of Aden (PERSGA).
  • Participate in the training workshop about the (Quality Control Assurance of Marine Environmental Monitoring Results) the workshop also was organized by PERSGA in Agaba in Jordon from 15th to 17th of Nov 2009.
  • Participate in an international workshop “Red Sea Research – Past & Present “at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology campus in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, on 8th to 9th of March 2010. The workshop aims were to promote international collaboration and set the stage for a new area of science and discovery in Red Sea marine research.
  • Participate in National Training Workshop on Response to Oil spills (IMO. OPRC - LEVEL 2) organized by PERSGA in Port Sudan from 31st of Oct. 2010 to 4th of Nov. 2010.
  • Participate in special training at Chemical Oceanography laboratory of Geophysical Institute – University of Bergen – Norway between 7th of March and 29th of March 2011. During this period, I did several measurements for Salinity, (Ct) and (At) samples. The Instruments used in that measurement are Portable Salinometer Model 8410A for Salinity, A UIC Model CM5012 CO2 Coulometer for (Ct) and Versatile Instrument for the Determination of Titration Alkalinity (VINDTA) model 3S.
  • Participate in workshop on methods and tools to assess vulnerability and adaptation to climate change for the Red Sea coastal zone - Sudan. Organized by PERSGA, the Higher Council and Natural Resources, Ministry of Environment – Tourism and Wide Life – Red Sea State, and Red Sea University. The workshop was held in Port Sudan from 24- 26 April 2011.
  • Participate in CARBOCHANGE project (final meeting) held in Bergen, Norway (19-22 January 2015).
  • Participate in the workshop about the future of the Red Sea biodiversity. The workshop was held in the Red Sea Center - KAUST in Saudi Arabia (23-25 October 2018).
  • Participate as teacher in SEACRIFOG Workshop: Training workshop on oceanographic data collection and data managements. The workshop was held in Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway (1-10 April 2019).
  • Participate in the training workshop in Ecosystem Approach Fishery Management. The workshop was held in Port Sudan (12-16 September 2021) under the UNIDO project tilted: Building Institutional Capacities for an Ecosystem Approach to Management of Marine Fishery in the Red Sea State, Sudan.
  • Patriciate in African Conference on Priority Setting & Partnership Development for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development” Egypt 10th -12th May 2022.
  • Participate in workshop on Ocean Governance and Science-Policy Interface. The workshop held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (19-22 July 2022), and delivered by Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of Office of Legal Affairs, United Nation.
  • Participate in workshop on the Scoping for the next Assessment (s) of the third cycle of the Regular Process for the Global Reporting and Assessment of the States of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects. The workshop held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (25-27 July 2022) and delivered by Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of Office of Legal Affairs, United Nation.
  • Participate in training course in Development and Promotion of the Academic Performance of the Academic Members Staff, (3-13 October 2022), Red Sea University Center for Training and Capacity Building, Red Sea University, Port Sudan.
  • Participate as trainer in the National Workshop to discuss the National Action Plan for the Sustainable Management of Marine Litter in the Republic of Sudan, the workshop was organized by PERSGA (29-30 November 2022), Port Sudan, Sudan.
  • Participate in National Workshop on Assessing the Resources to Respond to Oil Spills Preparedness and Response. The workshop was organized by PERSGA (6-8th February 2024), Port Sudan, Sudan.
  • Participate as teacher in Capacity Building Training Workshop on Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework - Early Action Support. The workshop organized by the Higher Council of Environment and Naturel Resources (HCENR) and Wildlife Protection Forces. The workshop was held in Port Sudan (22-24 July 2024).
  • Participate in Capacity Building and Development Training in National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) Monitoring System under GEF-7-Global Biodiversity Framework-Early Action Support project (Port Sudan, 22-26 July 2024).
  • Participate in Mid-Term Coordination Meeting of the Technical Cooperation (TC) project (RAF7020): Establishing Regional Capacities to Assess the Importance of Carbon Sequestration in Aquatic Systems for Climate Change Mitigation, Environmental Conservation, and Economic Purposes. The meeting was organized by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and was held in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 19-22 August 2024.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

  • Yum, L., E. B. Ali, A. Heithoff, S. Dyhrman, B. Van Mooy, Phosphorus Cycling in the Red Sea: New Insights on Phosphorus Limitation in Oligotrophic Environments, presented at ASLO (Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 20 - 26, 2010.
  • Ahmed A. Aziz and Ali, E. B., (2013). Climate change signs associated with CO2, temperature, and rainfall pattern at the Sudanese Red Sea coast. Presented at the Higher Education Research and Policy Network’s (HERPNET) Eight Regional Conference on Higher Education for Innovation and Development. It was held at the Faculty of Law Auditorium, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana, from 28 October to 01 November 2013.
  • Omar, A. M., E. B., Ali, I., Skjelvan, and Johannessen, T., (2014). The inorganic carbon cycle in the Red Sea studied using five years long coastal time series and historical cruise data, presented at International Conference on the Marine Environment of the Red Sea held in King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia (10-13 November 2014).
  • Ali, E. B., I., Skjelvan, A. M., Omar, and Johannessen, T., (2015). The carbon cycle of the Red Sea studied using the modern and historical, the poster presented in CARBOCHANGE final meeting held in Bergen, Norway (19-22 January 2015).
  • Ali, E. B., (2018). The inorganic carbon cycle of the Red Sea and biodiversity, presented at the workshop about the future of the Red Sea biodiversity was held in the Red Sea Center - KAUST in Saudi Arabia (23-25 October 2018).
  • Elageed, S., Omar, A., Jeansson, E., Ali, E. B., Skjelvan, I., Barthel, K., Johannessen, T., and Zhai, P. (2022): Towards better understanding of carbon and oxygen biogeochemical rates in the Red Sea, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-2615, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-2615, 2022.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Ali, E. B., (2008). The inorganic carbon cycle in the Red Sea, Master’s thesis, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 77 pp.
  • Ahmed A. Aziz and Ali, E. B., Climate change signs associated with CO2, temperature, and rainfall pattern at the Sudanese Red Sea coast. Journal of Sociology and Education in Africa, Vol.12, No. 2, June 2014.
  • Ali, E. B., (2017). The inorganic carbon cycle in the Red Sea, PhD thesis, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
  • Ali, E. B., Churchill, J. H., Barthel, K., Skjelvan, I., Omar, A. M., de Lange, T. E., and Eltaib, E. B. A., (2018). Seasonal and interannual variations of hydrographic parameters in the Sudanese coast of the Red Sea, 2009-2015, Regional Studies in Marine Sciences, 18, 1-10.
  • Ali, E. B., Skjelvan, I., Omar, A. M., Are, O., de Lange, T. E., Johannessen, T., Elageed, S., (2021), Sea surface pCO2 variability and air-sea CO2 exchange in the coastal Sudanese Red Sea, Regional Studies in Marine Science, Volume 44.
  • Mohammed, S. Y, Marzog, E. M., Alraih, E. E., and E. B., Ali, (2022). Determination of Heavy Metals Concentration in Three Species of Marine Invertebrates from Sudanese Red Sea Coast, Red Sea University Journal of Marine Research and Fisheries, Volume 1, 1-18.

EIA STUDIES

  1. Environmental Impact Assessment study for the Eastern part (Green Port, phase two) and Southern part of Port Sudan harbor (Elkhair Port) conducted by IMR and submitted to Sea Port Corporation (March 2006).
  2. Environmental Impact Assessment study for New Containers Station Port (southern port of Port Sudan) conducted by IMR and submitted to Sea Ports Corporation (November 2006).
  3. Environmental Impact Assessment study for Osman Digna Port (Suakin) conducted by IMR and submitted to Sea Ports Corporation (2007).
  4. Environmental Impact Assessment & Baseline Study for Block 15 (Onshore and offshore), Sudan, conducted by IMR in association with Newtech group and submitted to Red Sea Operating Co. LTD (2007).
  5. Provision of Baseline Study & Environmental Impact Assessment study for Seismic Operations Offshore Block 13- Sudan conducted by IMR in association with Newtech group and submitted to CORAL Operating Co. LTD (2008).
  6. Assessment of the Present state of the Environment in Port Sudan harbor area conducted by IMR and submitted to the Chairman of the Technical Committee in Khartoum (2008).
  7. An Environmental Report related to selection of suitable locations for establishment of fish landing sites along the coast reported by A'GadirD. El hag- IMR and submitted to UNIDO (2009).
  8. Environmental Baseline Study & Environmental Impact Assessment for new planned port at Mersa Sheikh Ibrahim (currently named Hydob Port) conducted by IMR in association with Faculty of Marine Sciences and Fisheries and submitted to Sea Port Corporation (2012).
  9. Environmental Baseline Study & Environmental Impact Assessment for new planned Agro – Industries Complex Project in Port Sudan Harbor (At the Green Port Area) conducted by IMR and submitted to Cevital International (2013).
  10. Environmental Baseline Study & Environmental Impact Assessment for ElKhair Port (phase 2,) conducted by IMR in association with Faculty of Marine Sciences and Fisheries and submitted to Sea Ports Corporation (2015).
  11. IMR was involved in Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for the Red Sea Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Floating Solution Facilities and Port Sudan NG Pipeline Project conducted by University of Khartoum Consultancy Corporation (2018).
  12. Environmental Baseline Study & Environmental Impact Assessment for the planned Alnilin Free Zone Project in Port Sudan Harbor (north Green Port Area), conducted by IMR and submitted to Alnilin Company (2019). Leader of scientific group.
  13. Environmental Baseline Monitoring for 2Africa Cable System Landing Site and Cable Route, Port Sudan, conducted by IMR (August 2022). Leader of scientific group.
  14. Preliminary Environmental Baseline Study for the planned resort in Shanaab Bay North Dongonab Bay, conducted by IMR (September 2022). Leader of scientific group.

MEMBERSHIP AND CONSULTATION

  • Member of the Red Sea University Senate, 2019-till present.
  • Member of the Council of Deans, Red Sea University, 2019-till present.
  • Member of Training Committee for Teaching Staff and Technicians at Red Sea University.
  • Member of Research Ethics Committee at Red Sea University.
  • Member of Review Committee for Curriculum for Faculty of Marine Sciences and Fisheries - Red Sea University.
  • Member of the Higher Council of Environment and Naturel Resources, Red Sea State, Sudan.
  • Member of Reconstruction Committee for the Higher Council of Environment and Naturel Resources, Red Sea State, Sudan, 2021.
  • Member of the climate change committee in the Red Sea State, High Council for Environment.
  • Member of the National Ocean Affairs committee formed by the federal High Council for Environment, 2022.
  • Head of Steering Scientific committee of National Environmental Monitoring project. The project oprated by IMR.
  • Member of Council of the project titled: Strengthened Protected Areas System and Integrated Ecosystem Management in Sudan (2023-2026), the project financed by Global Environment Facility (GEF) and United Nation Development Program (UNDP).
  • National Consultant on Stocktaking of Biodiversity component (Marine Biodiversity) under project titled: GEF-7-Global Biodiversity Framework-Early Action Support (2024).
  • National Consultant on component 4 (Biodiversity Finance Activity) under project titled: GEF-7-Global Biodiversity Framework-Early Action Support (2024).
  • Head of Marine working group in component-1 (Rapid review of National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) for alignment with the post-2020 Global Biodiversity FRAMEWORK) under project titled: GEF-7-Global Biodiversity Framework-Early Action Support (2024).
  • Head of Marine working group in component-2 (Assessment of Monitoring Systems) under project titled: GEF-7-Global Biodiversity Framework-Early Action Support (2024).
  • Head of Marine working group in component-3 (Policy and institutional alignment and review for coherence with Global Biodiversity Framework) under project titled: GEF-7- Global Biodiversity Framework-Early Action Support (2024).
  • Head of Marine working group in component-4 (Biodiversity Finance Activities) under project titled: GEF-7-Global Biodiversity Framework-Early Action Support (2024).

PROJECTS

  1. Environmental Monitoring Program from 1982 till present (coordinator/co-researcher/ general supervision as director of IMR).
  2. Port Sudan- Sanganeb survey (2009-2015): the project was aimed to achieve a better understanding of the inorganic carbon cycle at the western Red Sea through unravelling the biogeochemical setting and examining the spatiotemporal variation of hydrography and carbon parameters (principal investigator).
  3. Red Sea SALTAX project (2018-2021): Expedition 64PE-445 SaltAx aims to map these submarine salt flows in the Red Sea in high resolution and to investigate their internal structure by sparker seismics and magnetics. A large amount of time will be invested in seafloor mapping with the ships own multibeam echo sounder and in seismic surveys. The project is funded from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and is carried out in the framework of the European OFEG Barter system. Researchers from GEOMAR, the University of Manchester (UK), University of Hamburg and Institute of Marine Research at the Red Sea University in Port Sudan participate the expedition, (coordinator of the cruise in Sudan).
  4. Recycling of fish waste and fish by-catch discarded from trawling vessels and their utilization as a feed stuff for aquaculture and poultry farming in Sudan (2019-2022/ general supervision).
  5. Impact of traditional mining on the components of the coastal environment, Red sea State (2019-2022/ general supervision as director of IMR).
  6. Prospects of Tilapia farming in saline water at the Sudanese Red Sea coast (2020-2023/ general supervision as director of IMR).
  7. Marine Natural Products from Sudanese Species: Bioactive Chemicals and Bioethanol (2020- 2023/ general supervision as director of IMR).
  8. Marine fish culture in Floating cages (2020-2023/ general supervision as director of IMR).
  9. Bionomic of some commercially important marine invertebrates (2020-2023/ general supervision as director of IMR).
  10. Assessment of Marine Pollution Along the Sudanese Red Sea Coast (2020-2023/principal investigator/ general supervision as director of IMR).
  11. Evaluation of nutritive and medicinal value of Mangrove as Animal fodder (2021-2024/co- investigator/ general supervision as director of IMR).
  12. Integration of Marine Data and Information for effective management of the Sudanese Coastal and Marine Resources (coordinator/co-researcher/ general supervision as director of IMR).
  13. Natural Products with High Biological Activity from Marine Organisms and Actinomycetes by using Chemical Analysis (2020-2023/co- investigator).
  14. The Technical Cooperation (TC) project (RAF7020) has initiated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) tilted: Establishing Regional Capacities to Assess the Importance of Carbon Sequestration in Aquatic Systems for Climate Change Mitigation, Environmental Conservation, and Economic Purposes (2022-2025, deputy of national coordinator).

SKILLS

In laboratory (instrumentation and analysis):

  • Physical & chemical analysis on the most of organic and inorganic compounds.
  • Familiar with different type of pH meters, oxygen meters, spectrophotometers and others common laboratory instruments.
  • Physical & chemical analysis on sediments & water for e.g.:

  1. Determination of the nutrients values by using the spectrophotometric methods.
  2. Determination of the salinity by using the Precipitation titrimetric methods and salinometer.

  • Determination of the dissolved oxygen, the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and the chemical oxygen demand (COD) using Winkler method and others.
  • Determination of the petroleum pollutants and heavy metal values in the coastal water sediments by using the classical (extraction) and modern methods (G.C and A. A. S).

In field:

  • Working with most of field measurement portable instruments, including CTD (Multi Parameter Probe), DO2, pH, & sensors.

Language:

  1. Arabic: mother language.
  2. English: Very good in writing, reading and speaking.

Computing the oceanic data and modeling skills:

  • Familiar with Excel, Ocean Data viewer and CO2Sys EXCEL Macro (Lewis program) for calculating pCO2 values by using the Ct & At values.
  • Some experience with LINUX & UNIX operating system and Matlab program.

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