Dr. Safwat Shakir
Emeritus Professor
Email: shshakir@pvamu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Climate change, bioremediation technology, and sustainable development.
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Safwat H. Shakir Hanna was the Director of Texas Gulf Coast Environmental Data Center (TEXGED Center- Prairie View A&M University, The Texas A&M University System, Texas, USA). In addition, he is a Professor of Fulbright, Senior Research Scientist and faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Roy G. Perry College of Engineering Prairie View A&M University. Dr. Shakir in 1989 he earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Science from College of Environmental Science (ESF), State University of New York and Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA. Additionally he earned three master degrees in Industrial Business Management, Environmental Management and Protection and Environmental Science from different universities in Egypt and Germany plus intensive training in Remote Sensing in Italy.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
1989: Ph.D. Environmental Science, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York (CESFSUNY) and Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
1982: M.S. (Thesis) Natural Resources, Cairo University, Egypt.
1981: M.S. (Thesis) in Environmental Management and Protection, University of Dresden, Germany.
1980: M.S. Industrial Business Management, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
1971: B.S. Agriculture Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt.