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| Year of birth |  | 1976 |
Current Location/Address |
| City or Town | | Giza |
| Country | | EGYPT |
Permanent/Home Location/Address |
| Country | | EGYPT |
Languages |
| Primary Language | | Fluency |
| Arabic | | Read, write and speak fluently |
Nationalities |
| Nationality By Birth | | EGYPT |
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Experience Classification |
| Job Function | | Years Experience |
| Environmentalist | | 11 |
| Environmental Scientist | | 6 |
| Chemist | | 5 |
| Industry | | Years Experience |
| Environmental | | 11 |
| Government | | 4 |
Qualifications |
| Highest Qualifications | | Phd/Doctorate |
| Qualification | Subject | Establishment/Country | Year |
| Masters or Higher | Atmospheric Science | USA | 2004 |
| Degree | B.Sc. | Egypt | 1997 |
Other Qualifications, Memberships, Certification
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Air and Waste management Association (AWMA)
American Meteorological Society (AMS)
American Chemical Society.
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Computer Skills and Software Used |
Windows, Office, Unix, Fortran, and Access (beginner)
SAS(statistical), Origin |
Work Locations |
| Are you willing to move or relocate? | |
Yes - I will travel domestically
Yes - I will relocate domestically
Yes - I will travel internationally
Yes - I will relocate internationally | |
Availability |
| Earliest Start Date | | Given 3 weeks notice |
Ideal Next Job |
| Seeking Senior, Managerial, consultant, advisor, Project manager in energy/environment/power/infrstructure/power/natural resources/oil and gas international companies in the middle east/Europe/Australia |
Required Salary & Conditions |
| based on the location and package |
Employment History |
| Total Years of Work Experience: | | 2 |
| Commenced Full Time Work: | | 2007 |
| Name | | Egyptian Environmental Agency |
| Job Title: | | Environment And Air Quality Manager |
| Duration | | From : 2007 To: 2008 |
Summary |
My career goal is to become a member of a respectable international firm that parts of their main interest are environmental sciences and/or atmospheric sciences. As a member specializing in the atmospheric sciences I am looking forward to use my scientific abilities and personal skills to solve important problems in local, regional and global climate and air pollution and other environmental problems. I want also to transfer the knowledge that I have to a new generation that will be able to take the lead someday. I believe that the blend of professional and academic research and teaching will allow me to make my life as beneficial as possible to science, society and my future home at your university.
My professional and academic careers are very unique. I worked in the field for years performing air quality monitoring, industrial inspection, flue gas measurements, training new staff and other related administrative tasks. My Academic life gathered both experimental and theoretical atmospheric chemistry. My Master’s degree research carried out at the Desert Research Institute (DRI-United States) was in experimental organic analytical chemistry. One of the most important accomplishments of my research was to accurately measure and calculate the organic mass-to-organic carbon ratio (OM/OC) of the polluted atmosphere for different urban and rural areas. The OM/OC ratio reflects characteristics of hydrocarbon emissions and it can strongly affect the determination of emission control strategies for the abatement of air pollution. I also showed that different ratios should be applied to the urban and rural atmospheres and therefore these regions may require different air pollution controls. I was successful in analyzing the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, hopanes and steranes, and polar organic compounds for the urban atmosphere of Atlanta, Georgia and many other urban and rural areas around United States and evaluated their effect on the organic mass and the atmospheric aerosol. I analyzed hazardous air pollutants for many samples that were collected from different locations locally and internationally. The sampling sites included Atlanta (GA), California, Cairo (Egypt), China, Kansas-USA, Reno-Nevada, Las Vegas-Nevada and several sites of the Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE). For my doctoral degree my research is focused on modeling and theoretical studies involving the evaluation of the chemical and meteorological factors that influence climate, the formation of the aerosol, and acid deposition. A key application of this research is the development of better atmospheric chemistry, air quality and radiation models for climate research. The focuses of my research during my doctorate degree work involved improving our understanding of the hydroxyl radical gas phase chemistry and its loss mechanisms in air quality models. The research also included finding different heterogeneous photochemical oxidation pathways for SO2 to form sulfate which is a very important atmospheric chemical process (acid rain). The research required innovative chemical mechanisms developed by me for the box model Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Mechanism version 2 (RACM2). My priority is to utilize the experience gained through my career professionally and academically from modeling trace gas species, laboratory analysis, air quality monitoring and industrial inspection to find unusual solutions for different environmental problems.
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Work Experience |
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences (Fall 2007) University of Nevada Reno, United States of America.
Dissertation Title: Theoretical and Modeling Studies of the Atmospheric Chemistry of SOx and HOx Systems
M.Sc. in Atmospheric Sciences (Fall 2004), University of Nevada Reno, United States of America.
Thesis Title: Determination of the Organic Mass to Organic Carbon Conversion Factor for Urban and Rural Areas.
B.Sc. in Chemistry (May 1997), Cairo University, Egypt, with Very Good and Honors.
Career Objective and Professional Interests
My career goal is to become a member of a respectable international firm that parts of their main interest are environmental sciences and/or atmospheric sciences. As a member specializing in the atmospheric sciences I am looking forward to use my scientific abilities and personal skills to solve important problems in local, regional and global climate and air pollution and other environmental problems. I want also to transfer the knowledge that I have to a new generation that will be able to take the lead someday. I believe that the blend of professional and academic research and teaching will allow me to make my life as beneficial as possible to science, society and my future home at your university.
My professional and academic careers are very unique. I worked in the field for years performing air quality monitoring, industrial inspection, flue gas measurements, training new staff and other related administrative tasks. My Academic life gathered both experimental and theoretical atmospheric chemistry. My Master’s degree research carried out at the Desert Research Institute (DRI-United States) was in experimental organic analytical chemistry. One of the most important accomplishments of my research was to accurately measure and calculate the organic mass-to-organic carbon ratio (OM/OC) of the polluted atmosphere for different urban and rural areas. The OM/OC ratio reflects characteristics of hydrocarbon emissions and it can strongly affect the determination of emission control strategies for the abatement of air pollution. I also showed that different ratios should be applied to the urban and rural atmospheres and therefore these regions may require different air pollution controls. I was successful in analyzing the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, hopanes and steranes, and polar organic compounds for the urban atmosphere of Atlanta, Georgia and many other urban and rural areas around United States and evaluated their effect on the organic mass and the atmospheric aerosol. I analyzed hazardous air pollutants for many samples that were collected from different locations locally and internationally. The sampling sites included Atlanta (GA), California, Cairo (Egypt), China, Kansas-USA, Reno-Nevada, Las Vegas-Nevada and several sites of the Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE). For my doctoral degree my research is focused on modeling and theoretical studies involving the evaluation of the chemical and meteorological factors that influence climate, the formation of the aerosol, and acid deposition. A key application of this research is the development of better atmospheric chemistry, air quality and radiation models for climate research. The focuses of my research during my doctorate degree work involved improving our understanding of the hydroxyl radical gas phase chemistry and its loss mechanisms in air quality models. The research also included finding different heterogeneous photochemical oxidation pathways for SO2 to form sulfate which is a very important atmospheric chemical process (acid rain). The research required innovative chemical mechanisms developed by me for the box model Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Mechanism version 2 (RACM2). My priority is to utilize the experience gained through my career professionally and academically from modeling trace gas species, laboratory analysis, air quality monitoring and industrial inspection to find unusual solutions for different environmental problems.
EMPLOYMENT
Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA)
Air quality monitoring network manager-Environmental Researcher, December 2007 –Present.
Selected Job Duties
• Working with the Japanese counterpart in REMIP-JICA.
• Managing the air quality monitoring network and supervising the universities and agencies responsible for maintenance.
• Data Analysis (statistical analysis and interpretation).
• Currently working in renewing and extending the current air quality monitoring network.
• Preparing the monthly and annual reports to the minister. In addition to other air quality reports.
• Apply my knowledge to solve problems in air pollution control and mitigation methods. Consult and collaborate with agencies, professionals or researchers interested in the air quality issues.
• Constructing a modeling team to create an air quality modeling department.
• Teach lectures (independently) at different universities about air pollution and environmental awareness.
• Modeling the trace gases.
Desert Research Institute (DRI) Reno Campus, Nevada USA
Research Assistant August 2001 – November 2007
Selected Projects:
• Modeling the Effect of Mountainous Terrain on Regional Climate, Natural Hazards and Air and Water Quality
• Cairo Air Improvement Project (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
• Atlanta Health Study (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Hopanes and steranes and polar organic compounds).
• IMPROVE (Organic Mass, Organic Carbon and Elemental Carbon)
• Measurement the wood smoke tracers in Las Vegas (Polar organic Compounds).
Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA)
Environmental Researcher March 1998-August 2001
Selected Job Duties
Working in different international projects and international donors such as: Cairo Air Improvement Project (CAIP-USAID), Environmental Monitoring Training Project (EMTP-JICA).
Industrial Inspection.
Air pollutants Analysis.
Air quality analysis team management.
Training the new employees.
Teaching Experience
Fall 2004 University of Nevada, Reno – “Introduction to Air Pollution” (ATMS 412/612)
(Team teaching with Dr. Alan Gertler and Wendy Goliff)
University of Nevada, Reno – “Introduction to synoptic Meteorology” (ATMS 420/620) (Team teaching with Dr. Steve Chai)
University of Nevada, Reno – “Data Analysis in Atmospheric Sciences” (ATMS 733)
(Team teaching with Dr. Tim Brown).
Fall 2007 University of Nevada, Reno – “Introduction to Air Pollution” (ATMS 412/612)
(Team teaching with Dr. Alan Gertler and Wendy Goliff)
Responsibilities included teaching, overseeing students conducting experiments in the laboratory, preparing and administering quizzes, and grading midterms and final exams.
Professional Training and Courses
April 2001 Chemical Mass Balance Training. Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada, USA
June –August 1998 Air Quality Monitoring Training Japan (several cities).
2003-2004 Statistical Analysis System (SAS)
COMMITTEE SERVICE
-Public Relation Secretary, African Students Association University of Nevada Reno, 2001- 2003.
-Member of the international Club, university of Nevada Reno, 2001- present.
PUBLICATIONS
El-Zanan, H.S., D.H. Lowenthal, B. Zielinska, J.C. Chow, and N. Kumar, 2005: Determination of the organic aerosol mass to organic carbon ratio in IMPROVE samples. Chemosphere, 60(4), 485- 496.
El-Zanan, H.S., Rinehart, H., Hansen, D.A., and Zielinska , B. Measurements of the Aerosol Organic Mass-to-Organic Carbon Ratio and Chemical Characterization of Atmospheric Aerosol in Support of Atlanta Health Study: Particulate and Multiphase Organics that has been submitted to the Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association. in press.
El-Zanan, H.S., Labib, W.M., Khalil, M. K., and Gertler, A.W., 2006 Concentration and Distribution of Ambient PAHs in the Greater Cairo Area. Conference paper AWMA New Orleans manuscript#106
Annual Guide for Environmental Data and Indicators-Air Quality (2008). Book prepared for Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) in cooperation with Ministry of the Environment, Land & Sea (Italy). P.145-170.
Egypt State of the Environment Report-Air pollution (2007). Report prepared for Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA).
Zielinska, B., El-Zanan, H., Chemical Characterization of Atmospheric Aerosol in Support of Atlanta Health Study: Particle and Multiphase Organics Final Report (2003). Report prepared Electrical Power and Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, Ca, USA.
Publication in progress:
El-Zanan, H.S., Stockwell, W. R., Heterogeneous Photochemical oxidation mechanism of SO2. In preparation to be submitted to Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry.
El-Zanan, H.S., Stockwell, W. R., Hydroxyl Radical: Journey through the Time.. In preparation to be submitted to Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
El-Zanan, H.S., Goliff, W., Fuentes, J., Stockwell, W. R. Distribution of the Hydroxyl Radical in the Ambient and Rural Areas. In preparation to be submitted to Journal of Atmospheric Environment.
Selected Conferences Presentations
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting San Francisco, Ca 2006.
International Conference on Chemical Mechanism, UCDAVIS, Ca 2006.
Air and Waste Management Association, New Orleans 2006
Organic Speciation International Workshop, April 5-7, 2004 Las Vegas
The Annual Meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR). Atlanta, GA October 2004.
Air and Waste Management Association San Francisco Ca 2003.
Air and Waste Management Association San Francisco Ca 2002.
AFFILIATIONS
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Air and Waste management Association (AWMA)
American Meteorological Society (AMS)
American Chemical Society.
Personal Information
Birth date: 25/01/1976
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt.
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Nationality: Egyptian
I can work in any country as long as the entry VISA is available.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Research/Teaching Assistantship, University of Nevada Reno, 2001-2007.
Other Qualifications
Languages: Arabic (native language)
English (very good command, fluent in written, spoken and communications)
French (less than fair)
German (less than fair)
Computer Skills: Windows, Office, Unix, Fortran, and Access (beginner)
Dispersion Modeling Skills:Expertise in many box models such as RACM2 and other dispersion models such as CAMX and CALPUFF. I also can use many airshed models any model that is required for work if the required facilities and capabilities are available.
Statistical Data Analysis : using SAS (Statistical Analysis System) and other statistical packages and data preparation such as origin.
Lab. Skills: Expertise in testing according to ASTM and EPA standard procedures. Have a good scientific and technical background about the equipment and facilities used for these purposes. Examples: High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Ion Chromatography (IC), Gas Chromatography equipped with flame ionization detector, flame photometric detector and mass spectrometer (GC-FID, GC-FPD and GC-MS, respectively). In addition to, FTIR and UV/NIR spectrophotometery and many portable field equipments for air sampling and analysis.
Personal Skills
-Developed and presented several talks, seminars and presentations to audiences (+100) from many countries at many international conferences.
-Led teams at many various occasions in the university(groups of students) and during the field work (environmental monitoring).
-Developed a strategy for maintaining and renewal of the air quality monitoring network .
-Creative-- developed a new chemistry mechanism for dispersion modeling.
- Trainer--gave many training in the field of the environment.
ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS:
• Organizing activities
• Completing tasks on time
• Solving problems
• Keeping track of finances
• Planning future activities
• Achieving goals
• Scheduling events, tasks, movements
LEADERSHIP SKILLS:
• Delegating tasks to others
• Responding to emergency situations
• Chairing meetings
• Building teamwork amongst team members
• Training new staff
• Negotiating business deals
COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
• Speaking to groups
• Reporting accurately
• Explaining ideas in writing or orally
• Interviewing for information
• Proof reading to find errors
• Analyzing documents or other information
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:
• Managing personal problems
• Maintaining confidentiality
• Consulting with others
• Counseling people with personal issues
• Negotiating solutions
• Developing trust
• Managing tough situations
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Comments/ Hobbies/ Interests etc: |
| Football, Tennis, BAsketball, Music |
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