Dr. Safwat Shakir
Fullbright Professor and Senior Research Scientist
Email: shshakir@pvamu.edu

Curriculum Vitae: pdf

 

 

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Climate change, bioremediation technology, and sustainable development.

BIOGRAPHY:

Dr. Safwat H. Shakir Hanna is 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.  For more information: Safwat H Shakir Hanna Biography

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.

 

EXPERIENCE

Prairie View A&M University
2009- Present Senior Research Scientist and Faculty, Chemical Engineering Department
1989-2009 Faculty in computer Science

NASA
2000, 2001: JPL Faculty Summer Researcher

University of Houston
1994-2000: Summer Faculty Researcher

Texas A&M University
1994-1995: Summer Faculty Researcher

Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1992-1996: Environmental Science Division as Visiting Faculty

Ministry of Planning
1975-1985: Cairo-Egypt as Planning Expert