Founder’s Profile

Dr. Salem M. Busais

Zoologist (Herpetologist), Molecular Taxonomy Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany s.busais@gmail.com http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Salem_Busais/ View curriculum vitea here

Position

Associate Professor, Biology Department, Aden University, Yemen The General Director of the Administration for Academic Accreditation and Licensing, CAQAAHE, Yemen

Professional Experience:

Chair-holder of Research Chair for Biodiversity and Nature Conservation in Yemen (March. 2023 –now) Dean of the Faculty of Education, Aden University, Yemen (August 2023 – Sept. 2024) Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Faculty of Education, University of Aden (Sept. 2022 –August 2023) Director of the Unit for Quality Assurance, Faculty of Education, Aden University (2021-now) Consultant at the Yemeni National Commission for UNESCO (YNCESC), Yemen (2020-2022) Director of the Administration of the Protected Areas, Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)-Republic of Yemen (2020-2022) Head of Science & Mathematics Teacher Education Department, Aden University (2019-2022) Head of Biology Department, Aden University, Yemen (2014-2016) Assistance Professor, Biology Department, Aden University, Yemen (2019- 2020) Director of the Quality Assurance Committee, Biology Department, Jazan University, KSA (2017-2019) Assistance Professor, Biology Department, Jazan University, KSA (2016-2019) Assistance Professor, Biology Department, Hail University, KSA (2011-2014) Lecturer, Biology Department, Aden University, Yemen (2004-2007) Lecturer, Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Sanaá University, Yemen (2001-2004)

Expertise Interests

• Conducting taxonomic & biodiversity studies on vertebrates in general & reptiles in particular in the Arabian Peninsula & the Middle-East using modern molecular techniques. • Preparing ecological studies & research on animals • Preparing & assisting in studies related to protected areas • Survey and monitoring of the status of biodiversity • Organizing Scientific exhibitions Academic Interests • Biodiversity • Ecology • Herpetology • Zoology • Experimental Design and Biostatistics

Education and Career

Doctoral thesis: "Taxonomic & Molecular Phylogeny on Hemidactylus in the Mainland of Yemen”. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Joger, Professor of Herpetology, Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, Director of the State Natural History Museum, Braunschweig, Germany. Technical University of Braunschweig http://www.tu-bs.de/ The Natural History Museum of Braunschweig, Germany http://www.naturhistorisches-museum.de/ View excavations executed by the museum administration here Masters thesis: "Taxonomic and Zoogeographical studies on the Snakes of Yemen". Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Masaa Al-Jumaily, Professor of Animal Ecology, Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Sana'a University, Yemen. http://www.yemen-nic.info/contents/studies/detail.php?ID=5502

Taxa nova Arabia

REPTILIA: 1. Rhynchocalamus hejazicus Licata, Pola, Šmíd, José Carlos Brito, Ibrahim, Liz, Santos, Patkó, Abdulkareem, Gonçalves, AlShammari, Busais, Egan, Ramalho, Smithson, 2024 2. Pseudotrapelus tuwaiqensis TAMAR, UVIZL, SHOBRAK, ALMUTAIRI, BUSAIS, SALIM, ALGETHAMI, ALGETHAMI, ALANAZI, ALSUBAIE, CHIRIO, CARRANZA, ŠMÍD, 2023 3. Hemidactylus farasani ŠMÍD, UVIZL, SHOBRAK, BUSAIS, AL FAQIH, ALGETHAMI, ALGETHAMI, ALANAZI, ALSUBAIE, ROVATSOS, NOVÁKOVÁ, MAZUCH, CARRANZA, 2023 4. Hemidactylus almakhwah ŠMÍD, UVIZL, SHOBRAK, BUSAIS, AL FAQIH, ALGETHAMI, ALGETHAMI, ALANAZI, ALSUBAIE, ROVATSOS, NOVÁKOVÁ, MAZUCH, CARRANZA, 2023 5. Hemidactylus ulii SMÍD, MORAVEC, KRATOCHVÍL, GVOŽDÍK, NASHER, BUSAIS, WILMS, SHOBRAK, CARRANZA, 2013 6. Hemidactylus jumailiae BUSAIS & JOGER, 2011 7. Hemidactylus saba BUSAIS & JOGER, 2011 8. Hemidactylus shihraensis BUSAIS & JOGER, 2011 9. Hemidactylus montanus BUSAIS & JOGER, 2011 Membership in Associations & Scientific Journals: • A member in the Yemeni Biological Association • A memeber in the Saudi Biological Association • A member in the Biodiversity Center for Ecological Studies in Aden University • A member in the American Association of Yemeni Scientists and Professionals (AAYSP) • A member in the University of Aden Journal for Natural and Applied Sciences • A member in the Journal of Yemeni biological Association