https://www.oceanexpert.net/expert/Rabie%20Maarouf

MSc

Teaching/Education
Research

Chemical Oceanography
Pollution

I am one of the marine chemistry lab staff and I work as Assistant lecturer in Marine chemistry and Pollution Aspects, Oceanography Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Egypt. I have got my Master Degree in (Chemical) Oceanography. Thesis entitled: ''Determination of Concentration Levels of Aluminum and Some Trace Metals in Water of a Semi-enclosed Bay (Eastern Harbor of Alexandria, Egypt)'', from Alexandria University. I am a tutor of the practical sessions for undergraduate students (2nd, 3rd and 4th levels) since September 2009.

Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
Arctic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean
Arabian Sea
Philippine Sea

I am experienced in using the following laboratory instruments and techniques

UV, and Visible Spectrophotometers.  Analysis of water/sediment (Different Extraction Techniques, Atomic Absorption). Air, water and sediment sampling Techniques. pH-meter, DO-meter, Conduct-meter and CTD, Nisken and Nansen bottles for water sampler

My experiences conducting field work and collecting environmental samples.

Participate in NoSoAT 2016 summer school

Participate in 2017 Geotraces summer school

English

Carbon, nitrogen and metals biogeochemistry and its different forms (organic, inorganic, dissolved and particulate) including its distribution, behavior, origin and the role of biological factors that may be involved in C, N and TE cycles, I enjoy working as a member of a team. Nowadays, I have great eager to search in boundary layer conditions and the supply mechanisms of iron from shelf waters and the Oxygen Minimum Zones (OMZ) to surface waters and the open ocean, and specifically the impact of (i) Fe fluxes from the bottom boundary layer to overlying waters, (ii) Fe stabilization by organic ligands and colloids, (iii) rates of Fe scavenging.