Dr. Ahmed EL-Banhawy

Dr Ahmed EL-Banhawy is an associate professor of plant systematics and molecular phylogeny. His research focuses on discovering the relationships between different plant taxa especially those with medicinal and ethnobotanical value. He is also interested in the conservation and sustainable use of endangered and threatened plants of Egypt, North Africa, and the Mediterranean basin. During his stay at the University of Reading as an ad-hoc PhD student (2012-2014), he accumulated experiences in the cutting-edge science of bioinformatics. He also got the skills of different methods of building and interpreting phylogenetic trees of land plants. He has long-term teaching experience for both graduates as well as postgraduate students in many universities inside and outside Egypt. He has published many articles concerning the plant systematics of the Egyptian flora. Recently he managed to get a postdoctoral fellowship at the Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, USA.

Education

2015: PhD. Botany (Flowering Plants) from Suez Canal University "Egypt" / University of Reading UK.
2006: M.Sc. –Botany (Flowering Plants) from "Suez Canal University, Egypt".
1999: B.Sc. Botanical Sciences from "Suez Canal University, Egypt.

Academic Positions

2018: Postdoctoral fellowship at Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
2015-2018: Assistant professor of plant systematics and bioinformatics, Suez Canal University.
2012-2014: Ad hoc PhD student, University of Reading, UK.
2006 – 2012: Assistant Lecturer, Suez Canal University.
1999-2018: Co-curator of Suez Canal University herbarium (SCUI).

Scholarships and Awards

2018: Postdoctoral associate, Florida Museum of Natural History, UFL, USA.
2013: Misr El Kheir supplementary fund. Misr El Kheir Foundation.
2012: Egyptian - United Kingdom joint supervision fellowship at the University of Reading.

Selected publications

Azi Azeyanty Jamaludin, Adibah Abu Bakar, Salwa Shahimi, Ahmed El-Banhawy, Muhammed Afiq Tajol Ariffin and Siddhartha Pati, 2021. CTAB Method to Isolate DNA from Silica-Dried Frond Tissues of Several Tree Fern Species from Peninsular Malaysia. European Chemical Bulletin, Central Asia and The Caucasus 23, (1):1797-1802.
Hamada, F.A.; El-Banhawy, A.; Ellmouni, F.Y.; Al-Juhani, W.; Makharita, R.R.; Nour, I.H. Comparative Taxonomic Study of Balanites aegyptiaca (L.)Delile (Zygophyllaceae).
Biol. Life Sci. Forum 2022, 11, 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/ IECPS2021-12060.
Ahmed EL-Banhawy, Iman H Nour, Carmen Acedo, Ahmed Elkordy, Ahmed Faried, Widad AL-Juhani, Ahmed M. H. Gawhari, Asmaa O. Olwey, and Faten Y. Ellmouni, 2021. Taxonomic revisiting and phylogenetic placement of two endangered plant species: Silene leucophylla Boiss. and Silene schimperiana Boiss. (Caryophyllaceae). Plants, 10, 740. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10040740.
Ahmed El-Banhawy, Deniz Aygoren Uluer, Abdel Aziz Fayed, Mona Mohamed, Ahmed Faried, 2021. DNA barcoding, and Phylogenetic Placement of the Genus Euphorbia L. (Euphorbiaceae) in Egypt, 2021. Biology and Life Sciences Forum, 4, 1: 58; https://doi.org/10.3390/IECPS2020-08620
Ahmed EL-Banhawy, Carmen Acedo, Sameer Qari, and Ahmed Elkordy, 2020. DNA barcoding, taxonomic revision, and phylogenetic placement of Rosa arabica Crép. (Rosaceae) a critically endangered plant species. Life, 10, 335 https://doi.org/10.3390/life10120335
El-Banhawy, A. and W. Al-Juhani. 2019. DNA barcoding and phylogeny of Phlomis aurea (Lamiaceae) endemic to Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Pak. J. Bot., 51(4): DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2019-4(18).
Ahmed Faried, Ahmed EL-Banhawy and Mesfer Elqahtani (2018), Taxonomic, DNA barcoding and phylogenetic reassessment of the Egyptian Ephedra L. (Ephedraceae). CATRINA, 17 (1): 1-13.
Ahmed EL-Banhawy, Wafaa M. Kamel and Elsayeda M. Gamal El-din. (2016), Systematic revision of the Egyptian Salvia L. species (Lamiaceae). Egyptian Journal of Botany 6th International Con. 11-12 May 2016, Menouf Univ., pp 335-374.