Professor Dr Shereen M. Elbanna received her B.sc. degree in Zoology from Suez Canal University (1994), Egypt. She obtained her M.Sc. degree 2001 in Chemical ecology of insect venom, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt. She had phD 2004 in Chemical ecology of insect plant interaction in Sinai, at Suez Canal University, Egypt. Professor Shereen worked as a Demonstrator at Department of Zoology, Suez Canal University 1994-1999. Assistant Lecturer at Department of Zoology, Suez Canal University 1999-2001.PhD researcher Funded by the Egyptian Government, 2001-2003. She worked as Lecturer at Department of Zoology, Suez Canal University 2004-2009. Joined as a Consultant for UNDP in 2005- 2007. She obtained a promotion as an Associate professorat Department of Zoology, Suez Canal University, Egyp 2009-2014. She had worked as Manager of Toxinology unit (Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University) 2014-2017. She also got a professor job at Department of Zoology, Suez Canal University, Egyp 2014 tell now. She also worked as a Head of Zoology Department, Faculty of Science 2018-2020. She obtained a job as Vice dean of postgraduates and research affairs at Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Egypt 2020-2023
Qualifications
- B.Sc. Department of Zoology, Suez Canal University, Egypt 1990-1994
- M.Sc. Department of Zoology, Suez Canal University, Egypt 1996-1999
- Insect physiology Ph.D. Department of Zoology, Suez Canal University, Egypt 1999-2004
- (Including 2 yrs at IACR Rothamsted & Nottingham University, UK) Chemical ecology of an insect-plant interaction in Sinai ecosystem Associate professor Department of Zoology, Suez Canal University, Egypt 2009-2014
- Professor of Entomology & Chemical Ecology, Dept., Zoology, Suez Canal University Sep. 2014
- Professor of Entomology & Chemical Ecology, Dept., Zoology, Suez Canal University
2014-2018 - Executive Manager at HRDC at Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
Oct. 2018
Postgraduates:
- Research methodology
- How to write research paper
- Insect chemical ecology
- Ecology
- Aquatic ecology, Fisheries institute, Suez Canal University
Professional membership:
- Society for Experimental Biology (UK)
- Entomological Society (Egypt)
- Egyptian-British Biological Society (Egypt)
- Egyptian-German Society of Zoology (Egypt)
- Egyptian Society for Natural Toxins (Egypt)
- Egyptian society of Environmental Sciences (Egypt)
- Egyptian Academic Society for Environmental Development (Egypt)
- Attendance on 6th international conference of The Egyptian Society for Environmental Sciences at Suez Canal University 2-4 February 2015
- Coordinator on 6th international conference on Natural toxins, 2014
- 2nd international conference of biological sciences 1-3 July 2013
- 5th international conference on Natural Toxins, 17-19 December 2012
- 5th international conference of the Egyptian Society for environmental Sciences (Climate change and water resources). 10-11 July 2012
- 4th international conference of the Egyptian Society for environmental Sciences (Impacts of climate change on natural resources)). 10-11 November.2009
- Work shop on (modern techniques in the treatment of pathogenic fungi, Pharmacology department, Faculty of veterinary medicine, Suez Canal university, 27-28 February, 2012
- 1st International Conference of the Egyptian-British Biological Society, Aug 1999 (Suez Canal University) Biodiversity & the Conservation of Natural Heritage. (I was joint organizer)
- Society for Experimental Biology, April 2003 (Southampton University) (I presented a poster)
- Neurotoxicology, Sept 2003 (School of Biology, Nottingham University) (attended & helped with organization)
- 1st and 2nd training courses, Egyptian-British Biological Society, July 2004 (Suez Canal University) Over-harvesting of animals for teaching and research in Egypt. (scientific coordinator)
- 3rd International Conference of the Egyptian-British Biological Society, Sept 2004 (St Katherine, Sinai) Biological interactions
- 1st International Conference on Natural Toxins, 18-19 December 2004 (Cairo)
- 11th conference of Zoology Society, Feb 2005 (Tanta University)
- Workshop, Apr. 2005 (Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University) Risk assessment in Environmental modelling and life cycle analysis
- Workshop, July 2005 (Suez Canal University) Establishment of an Internal Quality Assurance System
- 3rd international Conference of Egyptian Academic Society for Environmental Development (Egypt) 9th April 2006 At Ain Shams University
- Conference of Toxicology At ElBanat Faculty Ain Shams Unniversity 12-13th April 2006
- Conference of Biovision at Alexandria Bibliotheca 26-29th April 2006
- 1ST international conference of the Egyptian Society for environmental Sciences (Conservation And Management of Natural Resources). 18-19th June.2006
- The 2nd International Conference on Natural Toxins, 18-20 December 2006 (Cairo)
- Special Interest group meeting on Insect & sustainable agriculture April 2007, Royal Entomological society
- Royal Entomological Society meeting- Ecology Special Interest group, 5th December 2007, sharing with poster under the title: "The isolation and characterisation of non-volatile plant allelochemicals from Euonymus europaeus (spindle tree) that stimulate reproduction in Aphis fabae".
- Royal Entomological Society (Postgraduate Forum 2008) 6/2/2008
- Neuroscience Goettingen Germany March (2009)
- The 4thconference of Egyptian Society for Environmental Sciences (SCU & ESES), Impact of climate changes on the natural resources, Ismailia, Egypt, 10-11 November 2009
- Workshop on pollution and natural resources managements, Egypt, 20-21 Dec. 2009, sharing in organising and lecturing
- Organising and lecturing a workshop under the title (Nature, toxins and treatments) at Zoology Dept., 15-16 March 2010
- Organising and lecturing a workshop under the title (Nature, toxins and treatments) at Zoology Dept., Dec. 2014
- Chairman in the first international conference on fungal conservation in the middle east and North Africa 18-20 October 2016
- Referee for the poster session at 7th international conference on natural toxins 13-14 Dec. 2016
- Chairman of the postgraduates conference, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, 2021-2022
- Chairman of the first postgraduates concourse, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, 2022-2023
- Chairman of the postgraduates conference, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, 2023-2024
Projects
1 Operation Wallacea in Sinai, a scheme for involving UK and Egyptian undergraduate volunteers in the monitoring of National Parks. 2005-2010
2 Field courses in Sinai province, run jointly between Nottingham and Suez Canal University, for undergraduate students. Funded by the British Council. 2002-2004
3 Sharing in supervising on the School of Biology Nottingham field course in Portugal: with Prof Chris Barnard, Prof Jerzy Behnke, Dr Francis Gilbert, Dr Tom Reader 2005
4 Establishment of an Internal Quality Assurance System in the Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University. 2005.
Publications
1-Nehad abdelaziz., Abdelrahman Gamaleldin Abdelrahman; Shereen M. Elbanna.
(2023).Encapsulation of lemongrass essential oil in chitosan nanoparticles:
characterization and in vitro release study. Scientific reports
2- Reham Z. Sadek., Shereen M. Elbanna., Fayez M. Semida., Samy M. Zalat (2022). Potential insecticidal effect of a wasp (Polistes dominulus) and a bee (Apis mellifera) venoms in controlling Spodoptera littoralis. Advances in Entomology vol. 10: (4) 4-25
3- Reham Z. Sadek., Shereen M. Elbanna., Fayez M. Semida., Samy M. Zalat (2022). Biochemical and histopathological potential role of a wasp (Polistes dominulus) and bee (Apis mellifera) venoms on Spodoptera littoralis control . Egyptian Journal of Biological pest Control
4-Reem M. Abdel-Galel, Shereen M. Elbanna and Fayez M. Semida (2021). Foraging rhythm of honeybees Apis mellifera in Ismailia, Egypt. Caterina 23(1):27-33
5- Ghada M. Abdel-Ghany, Ahmed H. Abo-Ghalia, Shereen M. ElBanna and Maha F.M. Soliman (2019). The mechanical transmission of human parasites by cockroaches in Ismailia Governorate, Egypt. Egypt. Acad. J. Biolog. Sci., 11 (2):1 – 13
6- Ghada M. Abdel-Gahny, Maha F. Soliman, Shereen M. ElBanna and Ahmed H. Abo-Ghalia (2019). Ecological Study of Insect Vectors Mechanically Transmit Parasites in Ismailia Governorate, Egypt. Egypt. Acad. J. Biolog. Sci., 12(5):1-9
7- El-naggar A , Elbanna SM., Kaiser M. and Gabre R. (2018). Effect of certain physico-chemical parameters on the population dynamics of mosquito larvae and their correlation with infected regions of filariasis in Alkorin Village, Sharkia governrate (Egypt). Egypt.Acad. J. Biolog. Sci., 11 (2): 67-74
8-El-naggar A , Elbanna SM., Kaiser M. and Gabre R. (2017). Mosquito larval habitat mapping using remote sensing and GIS for monitoring the filarial infection regions in Alkorin village, Sharkia Governorate (Egypt). International Journal of mosquito research; 4 (4):135-139
9- Esraa Hamdy, Elbanna SM., Abo ghalia A. H. & Shabayek A.A (2017). Ecology and biogeography of the ground fauna of Suez Canal Region. CATERINA, 16 (1) : 1-8
10- Elsurtasi E., Elbanna SM., Bahnasawy M. (2016). Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) in Cataglyphis savignyi (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) in Damietta province, Egypt. Journal of environmental Sciences vol 45 (1) : 53-62
Egyptian Journal of Natural Toxins, Vol. 9(1, 2): 9-22
11- El-naggar A. and Elbanna SM. (2014). GIS application in predication of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes
12- Shoukry R., Khattaby A. M., El-Sheakh A.A., Abou-Ghalia A.H., and Elbanna SM. (2013) Effect of some materials for controlling Varroa mite on the honeybee drones (Apis mellifera L.). Egypt. J. Agric. Res., 91(3) : 825-834
13- Ossamy S., Elbanna SM., Orabi GM., Semida. FM (2014). Diversity and community structure of beetles and their role as bioindicators in Ashtoum El- Gamil protectorate Port Said, Egypt. The Journal of Zoology studies. Vol. 1 No. 3: 38-50
14-El-naggar A., Elbanna SM., and Abo-Ghalia A. (2013). The impact of some environmental factors on the abundance of mosquitoes larvae in certain localities of Sharkia Governrate in Egypt. Egypt. Acad. J. Biolog. Sci., 6 (2):49-60
15- Elbanna SM., Elhadidy NM., and Azazy A.M. (2013). Physiological changes of Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal.) nymphal hemolymph infected with the nematode, Steinernema feltiae. Egyptian Journal of biological pest control. 23(1): 65-69
16- Nowotny T., Rospars J., Martinez D., Elbanna SM., Anton S. (2013). Machine learning for automatic prediction of the quality of electrophysiological recordings Plos ONE. Volume 8 Issue 12
17- Elbanna SM., Reham Z. Sadek*, Fayez M. Semida (2013). Aphid – host plant interaction. Open Journal of Animal Sciences Vol.3, No.2A, 16-27
18- Elbanna SM., Nabawia M. Elhadidy, Fayez M. Semida,Tayseer Abdel-Rasool (2012). Physiological and biochemical effect of entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae on the 5th instar of Schistcereca gregaria (Orthoptera: Acrididae) Journal of Research in Environmental Science and Toxicology Vol. 1(1) pp. 007-018
19- Abdul-Wahid and Elbanna SM. (2012). Evaluation of the insecticidal activity of Fusarium solani and Trichoderma harzianum against cockroaches; Periplaneta Americana. African Journal of Microbiology Research Vol. 6(5) pp. 1024-1032
20- Elbanna SM., Elhadidy Nabawia M., Azazy Ahmed M., Elhallous Ehab I. and
Semida FM. Senergetic effects of bioranza (Metarhizium anisopliae) and nematode (Steinernema feltiae) on desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) nymphs.
21- Elbanna SM. (2011). Ant–Acacia interaction: Chemical or physical defense?.
Entomological research. 14:02:39 2011
22- Elbanna SM and Hegazi M. (2011). Screening of some seaweeds species from South Sinai, Red Sea as potential bioinsecticides against mosquito larvae; Culex pipiens. Egypt. Acad. J. biolog. Sci., 4 (2): 21-30
23- Elbanna SM. (2010). Antifeedant activity of spindle tree Euonymus europaeus (Celastraceae) seed extract against diamond back moth Pluttella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). CATRINA, 5 (1): 73-75
24- Elbanna SM., Samy M. Zalat, Francis Gilbert, Simon Elliott & David M. Shuker (2009).
Patterns of resource use by milkweed insects in Sinai. Egyptian Journal of Biology, 2009, Vol. 11, pp 58-70
25- Elbanna, SM. (2008). Acaricidal activities of Asclepias sinaica extract against two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae. J. Egypt. Ger. Soc. Zool. 189-195.
26- Newbold T.*, Meregalli M., Colonnelli E., Barclay M., Elbanna S., Fandud N.A., Flegg F., Fouad R., Gilbert F., Hall V., Hancock C., Ismail M., Osamy S., Saber I.,
27-Semida F. & Zalat S. (2007). Redescription of a weevil Paramecops sinaitus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) from the Sinai and an ecological study of its interaction with the Sinai milkweed Asclepias sinaica (Gentianales: Asclepiadaceae). Eur. J. Entomol. (2007), 104(3): 505–515
28- Elbanna, SM (2007). Insect interactions of three tritrophic levels on milkweed plant Asclepias sinaica (Boiss.) Musch. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE & BIOLOGY, vol. 9, no. 2, pp 291-293
29- Elbanna SM. (2006). Larvaecidal effects of Eucalyptus extract on the larvae of Culex pipiens mosquito INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE &
BIOLOGY Vol. 8 No. 5.
30- Elbanna SM. & Semida F. (2006). Alkanna orientalis-herbivore interaction in South Sinai ecosystem. Bull. Entomol. Soc. Egypt, 83: 39-49
31- Elbanna SM. & Semida F (2006). Biodiversity of ground Insects in the newly reclaimed land of Ismailia. J. Egypt. Acad. Soc. Environ. Develop., (A-Entomology). Vol 7, No. (1): 185-199 ISSN 1110-8746
32- Semida F., Elbanna SM., Zalat S. Gilbert F. (2006). Insect-plant interaction (Paramecops sinaitus / Asclepias sinaica) in Sinai ecosystem. J. Egypt. Acad. Soc. Environ. Develop., (A-Entomology) vol. 7, No. (1): 173-183 ISSN 1110-8746.
33- Semida F.& Elbanna SM. (2006). Impact of Introduced Honey Bees on Native Bees at St. Katherine Protectorate, South Sinai, Egypt. INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE & BIOLOGY Vol. 8, No. 1
34- Zalat S, Elbanna SM, Rizzoli S, Schmidt J & Mellor IR (2005) Modulation of nicotinic acetylcholine and N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors by some Hymenopteran venoms. Toxicon 17: 1-9
35- Elbanna SM, Zalat S, Bhupinder Khambay, Gilbert F, Mellor I & Duce I (2003) Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ligands from the Egyptian milkweed, Asclepias sinaica. Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology A134(3); S72
36- Nabil IZ, Zalat SM, Abo-Ghalia AH & Elbanna SM (2002) Pharmacology and chemistry of the venoms of solitary wasps. Journal of Natural Toxins 11(1): 15-24
37- Zalat SM, Semida F, Gilbert F, Elbanna SM, Sayed E, El-Alqamy H & Behnke JM (2001) Spatial variation in the biodiversity of Bedouin gardens in the St Katherine Protectorate, South Sinai, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Biology 3: 147-155
38- Elbanna SM, Zalat SM, Abo-Ghalia A & Gilbert F (1999) Territoriality and foraging behaviour of some solitary wasps in Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Biology 1: 96-103
39- Zalat S, Elbanna SM & Mellor I (1998) Inhibition of muscle nicotinic acetycholine receptors by venom of the solitary wasp Dielis collaris. Journal of the Egyptian-German Society for Zoology 27(E): 187-193
40- Peripheral and central olfactory processing of sex pheromone in an insect model
(2009) (poster) (Goettingnen-Germany)
Projects I supervise
• Habitat survey in an agriculture ecosystem in Ismailia governorate Practical
• Spots on the milkweed bugs practical
• Plant galls practical
• Habitat survey of birds and butterflies in Ismailia Practical
• Apis mellifera venom and its applications Review article
• Biological interactions and their application Review article
• Red palm weevil as a problem all over the world Review article
• Ant-Acacia mutualistic insect-plant interaction Practical work
• Microbes in insect control Review article
• Wasps; problems and treatments Review article
• Insect as a good chemists Review article
• Natural products as insecticides Review article
• Ants Review article
• Insect hormones Review article
• Social insects Review article
• Venomous animals Review article
• Insect-plant interaction Review article