Curriculum Vitae Name: Wael Nabil Hozzein Contact details

- Training Of Trainers course “TOT Certificate”, National Center for Faculty Leadership Development, Cairo, 28/4 to 3/5/2007.

- Training course on “Biosafety and biosecurity in laboratories” organized by Sendia International (USA) and Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), Cairo, Egypt, 3 - 5 April 2007.

- One Day Training on “Isolation, cultivation and identification of microorganisms” at Japan Collection of Microorganisms (JCM), Wako,Saitama, Japan, 16th Oct. 2004.

- One Day Training on “Microarray and its applications” at School of Biology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 23rd June 2004.

- Training course (30 hr.) on “New Trends in Chromatography, HPLC” at the Central Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, August 2002.

- Training course on “Molecular techniques in nucleic acids & proteins” at Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, 19 - 23 August 2001.

- Training course on “Basics of molecular biology and their applications” at Faculty of Agriculture (Fayoum), Cairo University, 24 Feb. - 1 March 2001.

- Training course (50 hr.) on “Isolation and Purification of Proteins and Enzymes” at Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, March 2000.

- Training course on “Modern techniques in genetic engineering” at Institute of Graduate Studies and Research (IGSR), Alexandria University, 4 - 8 April 1999.
Other skills:

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  Good computer skills and have the ICDL certificate (International Computer Driving License).
  
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  Speak English fluently (TOFEL and IELTES certificates) and little German.
  
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  Good skills in data handling using statistical and computational analysis programs.
  
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  Good skills in communication and presentations using different tools.
  
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  Got some training programs in leadership, administrative, time and stress management skills.
  

Research interests:

1- Antibiotics and anticancer drugs from actinomycetes.

2- Biotechnological applications of actinomycetes, e.g., bioactive metabolites, waste treatment, enzyme production and biodegradation.

3- Systematics of actinobacteria.

4- Environmental microbiology and biodiversity.
Selected Publications: