Name: Majdah Mohamed Ahmed Aburas
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., M.phil.,M.Sc.
Nationality : Saudi
Home Address: P.O. Box 5328, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mobile : 966 505 594848
Telephone: 966 2 2336166
Fax : 966 2 2336664
Email Address 1-: majdahaburas@kau.edu.sa
2-: majdah.aburas@sens.org.sa
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE :
Environmental professional that emphasizes in soil and marine science research, environmental monitoring and public awareness and offering the opportunity to advance to a project leader or supervisory position that requires the ability to deal with people with well communicates from different cultures and backgrounds. Developing and motivating high performing teams with excellent interpersonal skills. Effective project leader , with proven ability to work under pressure to complete projects on-time and within set budgets.Works well under own initiative and can demonstrate the high levels of prioritization and organization required to meet targets and deadlines.
AREAS OF EXPERIENCET :
Bioremediation of crude oil pollution in soil.
Work with NGO’s in a bid to enhance community awareness about disaster prevention and management, to help reduce loss of lives and property.
Sustainable Development project.
Integrated Environmental Management .
Environmental strategy and Planning .
Environmental projects – Monitoring and Evaluation.
Public Awareness and Participation (PAP).
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS :
Ph.D., Biotechnology and Environmental Microbiology, Surrey University, England, JAN, 2010.
Dissertation: Enhancing Bio-remediation of Saudi Desert soils polluted with hydrocarbons .
M.phil., Environmental Biotechnology, Surrey University, England, 2007.
Dissertation: Enhancing Bio-remediation of Petroleum Crude Oil in contaminated Saudi Desert Soils.
M.Sc. (with Honor), Physiological of Microorganisms, King Abdulaziz University, 1997
Dissertation: Studies on the Pathogenic Soil-Borne Fungus Macrophomina Phaseolina.
B.Sc. Microbiology,King Abdulaziz University, 1987.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE :
Designed a new natural technique to enhance the bioremediation of crude oil pollution in desert soil, Saudi Arabia
Participation as consultant in the studies of Environmental Master Plan for Jeddah Municipality project (Urban observatory) with united nation development program,
Environmental Public Awareness Specialist, Jeddah Municipality project and UNDP.
My responsibilities:
preparing the general information of the frame work and the workshops projects.
Preparing the public awareness logical frame and work plan with the environmental education tools.
Conducting public awareness programs for related stakeholders .
Saudi Environmental Society and CEDARE Program on - Environmental Education for Sustainability – “Green intuitive” ,Saudi Arabia.
Coordinating with potential partners from international organizations (such as the UNDP, UNEP, Islamic Development Bank, RAED, EAUC, UNIDO ,GLOBE) to establish effective Partnerships for a better implementation of the Saudi environmental society Operational Framework, 2009-2010 ( preparing project documents and proposals ) in participatory approach with all stakeholders Saudi Arabia.
Lead Specialist:
Environmental biotechnologies:
Bio-remediation of Desert soils polluted with petroleum crude oil (hydrocarbons ),
responsibilities of this role:
Designing ,developing and delivering natural techniques to remediate the soil polluted with petroleum crude oil.
Designing ,developing and delivering natural techniques to enhance the plant growth in arid soil
Designing ,developing and delivering natural techniques to reduce the CO evolution
Awareness and Participation (PAP) :
The main technical Public Awareness and Participation (PAP):
responsibilities of this role:
Designing and delivering public awareness programs and campaigns on national level.
Designing and developing the Community Participation Program, promoting the role of NGOs and local groups, identifying ideas for the grants, Supervising the preparation project documents and logical framework developing and implementing a monitoring and evaluation as a whole and for each individual project.
Environmental Strategies :
responsibilities of this role
Planning ,designing and delivering the main strategy directions for profit and non-profit organizations.
OFFICIAL WORK :
Assistant professor ,King Abdulaziz University
TEACHING EXPERIENCE :
Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science ,King Abdulaziz University:
Environmental pollution
Applied microorganisms
Microbial Biotechnology
General microbiology
General biology
Microbiological pollution
Physiology of microorganisms
Industrial microbiology
Fungi
PUBLICATIONS :
Majedah M. Aburas, Franc De-Leije and Saleh M. AL-Garni.,2007. Enhancing Bioremediation of Saudi desert soil polluted with petroleum Hydrocarbons. Environmental protection is a must, the 7th international conference:73-74.
Majdah M. Aburas, Fatma H. Tawfiq and Saleh M. AL-Garni.,1996. Studies on the pathogenic Soil-borne fungus Macrophomina phaseolina.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION :
• Board Member of Jeddah Governorate Urban Observatory Council, Saudi Arabia.
• Board Member of Saudi Environment Society, President of women section and deputy executive manager of the society, Saudi Arabia.
• Member of Arab European Union Environmental Center, Egypt.
• Representative of Arab net work for Environment and Development, RAED for women issues in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Member in the Jeddah Governorate High Female Committee, Saudi Arabia.
• Member of the Arab Business Women Council, Egypt.
• Board Member of the Saudi AIDS Society, Saudi Arabia.
• Member of Teba Association – Al Medina Al Monawarah, Saudi Arabia.
• Member of Al Eman Association for Cancer Diseases, Saudi Arabia.
• Member of the National Research Center, Egypt.
• Member of King Fahad Research Center, Saudi Arabia.
HONOR AND AWAR RECEIVED :
• Honor Fellow of the International Federation of Professional and Business Women, United States of America, for the Saudi universities.
• The first Leader Environmental ambassador, given from the president of the Presidency of Metrology and Environment, HRH Prince Turki Bin Naser Bin Abdulaziz .
CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATION :
• King Abdulaziz University Conference of Science, 2005, Saudi Arabia.
• The Islamic Second Environment Ministers Conference, 2006, Saudi Arabia.
• Women Empowerment to Meet the Millennium Development Goals Conference, 2006, Egypt.
• The Holy City and Environmental Development Conference, 2007, Saudi Arabia.
• The National Chemistry Conference, 2007, Saudi Arabia.
• The 21st Meeting of the Environment Coordination Committee, 2007, Saudi Arabia.
• Environmental Protection is A Must Conference, 2007, Egypt. Presentation: Enhancing the degradation of hydrocarbons pollution in gulf soil
• The Arab Sixth Environment Conference, 2007, Egypt.
• The Global Civil Society Forum, 2007, Kingdom of Bahrain.
• Jeddah Environmental Forum 2008, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.; presentation, the public awareness national program, part of the environmental master plan.
• Gulf Environment Forum 2010, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
• Meteorology and Earth international day 2010, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
SUBMITED INITIATIVES:
• Proposal to establish an Environmental High Commission, submitted to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
• Proposal to establish the National Environmental Awareness and Sustainable Development Program; submitted to the Saudi Environmental Society and Presidency of Metrology and Environment.
• Proposal to establish the National Recycle Center in Saudi Arabia, submitted to the president of the Presidency of Metrology and Environment .
PROFICIENCIES:
• Computer and programming skills.
• Good team worker and leadership skills and aggressive worker.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Highly developed sense of responsibility and initiative
• Ability to produce clear and concise reports in English and Arabic.
INTEREST :
• Sport (Tennis and Swimming )
• Gender issues, Air , soil pollution and Climate Change Negotiations, Comparatives Studies on Development.