Academic Qualifications:
1. B.A with the second honor degree (Geography), Faculty of Arts and Humanities, King Abdulaziz University, 1396 (1976).
2. M.A (Physical Geography), California State University, Chico, USA, 1981.
Thesis title:
“Potential sites for wind energy development in Western Saudi Arabia”
3. Ph.D, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona USA, spring, 1986.
Thesis title:
“Potential Evapotranspiration in Arid Environments: Case studies in
Phoenix, Arizona, and Taif, Saudi Arabia“.
Employment:
- Teaching Assistant (Demonstrator) 4/ 12 /1396
- Assistant Professor 16 /9 / 1406 - present
Activities (departmental, faculty, and university levels):
* Department of Geography:
- Academic Advisor 20/ 1/1407 – 17/ 8/ 1407
- Acting Chairman of the Geography department 26/ 4 / 1408 – 3 / 6 /1408
- Chairman of the Geography department 4 / 6 /1408 - 3 / 6 /1410
- Chairman of the Geography department 4 / 6 /1410 - 2 / 1 / 1411
- Chairman of the Geography department 8 / 8 /1421 - 2 / 12 /1422
* Faculty of Arts And Humanities:
- General Academic Advisor 29 / 7 /1407 – 4 / 6 /1408
- Vice-Dean for graduate studies and Scientific Research 26/11/1410 – 25/11/1412
- Acting Dean of the faculty 16 / 1 /1411 – 15 / 2 /1411
- Acting Dean of the faculty 23 / 7 /1412 – 8 / 8 /1412
- Acting vice-Dean of the faculty 12 / 8 / 1412 – 10 / 10 /1412
- Acting Dean of the faculty 3 – 20 / 9 / 1412
- Vice-Dean for graduate studies and Scientific Research 26/11/1412 – 25/11/1414
- Acting Dean of the faculty 25 / 1 / 1413 – 1 / 3 /1413
- Acting Dean of the faculty 12 / 7 /1413 – 17 / 9 /1413
- Acting Dean of the faculty 18 / 3 /1414 – 5 / 4 /1414
- Acting Dean of the faculty 24 / 8 /1414 – 5 / 9 /1414
- Vice-Dean for graduate studies and Scientific Research 26/11/1414 – 25/11/1416
- Acting Dean of the faculty 13 / 3 /1415 – 16 / 4 /1415
- Acting chairman of the department of Arabic language 4/6 - 24/8/1416
- Acting Dean of the faculty 1/9/1416 – 25/11/1416
* University:
- Acting supervisor of KAU Joint Supervision Program for Female Students with Forigen Universities 13/2 /1416 - 2/3/1416
- Supervisor of KAU Joint Supervision Program for Female Students with Forigen Universities 7/6 /1416 - 6/6/1418
Committees (departmental, faculty, and university levels):
* Department of Geography:
- Member of the admission committee for graduate studies 1407/1408
- Member of the department’s laboratories and scientific equipements
committee (1418/1419 – 1424/1425).
- Member of the committee for graduate studies 13/1/1418 – 18/5/1427
- Supervisor of the departmental Committees for Faculty Affairs 18/5/1427 –
25/10/1429
- Member of the department’s committee seeking academic accreditation.
- Member of the organizing committee of the 6th semposium of
geography departments in Saudi universities held in 14 – 16 /11/1419
* Faculty of Arts And Humanities:
- Member of the committee for senior undergraduate students affairs
29/7/1407 – 4/6/1408
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- Member of the Examinations Committee 5/9/1407 – 3/5/1411
- Chairman of the committee responsible for selection and nomination for teaching assistants positions 26/11/1410 – 25/11/1416
- Member of the academic committee for development of graduate and undergraaduate programs 20/11/1413 – 25/11/1416
- Member of Scientific Research Committee 20/11/1413 – 25/11/1416
- Chairman of the review committee responsible for evaluation of research proposals submitted by graduate students 20/11/1413 – 25/11/1416
- Chairman of the committee responsible for reviewing thesis abstracts 29/5/1414 – 25/11/1416
- Member of the Examinations Committee during academic year 1413/1414
- Member of the organizing committee of the semposium “Tourism in Jeddah” held by KAU in cooperation with Jeddah’s Chamber of Commerce during the month of Thualqaidah 1420
- Member of the committee seeking academic accreditation.
- Member of the academic committee responsible for evaluation of academic programs.
- Member of the academic board of the Red Sea Studies and Research Unit for the year 1428/1429
- Member of the administrative board of the Red Sea Studies and Research Unit for the year 1429/1430
* University:
- Member of the organizing committee of the Cultural Tournament for the academic year 1409/1410
- Member of the committee responsible for reviewing thesis topics on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (10/8/1411 – 25/11/1416).
- Member of the committee for exploring the potentials for establishing a specialized geophysical center in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia in contribution to the field of monitoring Earth’s climatic changes (academic year 1411/1412).
- Member of the supervision committee for the university’s Joint Supervision Program (25/1/1412 – 23/8/1412).
- Member of the Permenent Committee for Graduate Studies through joint supervision with forign universities (23/8/1412 – 6/6/1416).
- Chairman of the Permenent Committee for Graduate Studies through joint supervision with forign universities (23/8/1416 – 6/6/1418).
- Member of the university’s Permanent Committee for Scholarships and Training (20/1/1418 – 19/1/1420).
- Member of the sub-committee of the university’s Permanent Committee for Scholarships and Training (27/2/1419 – 26/2/1420).
- Member of the committee delegated for designating rare academic specialties and developing related guidelines and criteria.
- Member of the university’s Permanent Committee for Scholarships and Training (29/1/1420 – 28/1/1422).
- Member of the sub-committee of the university’s Permanent Committee for Scholarships and Training (13/4/1420 – 12/4/1421).
- Member of the committee in charge of developing a general framework and related guidelines for admission tests to the graduate programs including Deplomas, Master degrees, and Doctor of Philosophy programs ( Shawal – Thul-HiJJah / 1425).
- Member of the sub-committee for the experimental exercise for academic accreditation (student affairs and supporting services) academic year 1426/1427
- Member of the committee for supervising Excellence and Innovation training programs (academic year 1427/1428).
- Member of the committee for supervising Excellence and Innovation training programs (academic year 1428/1429).
Foreign Visits:
- Member of the delegation headed by the university’s Vice- President for Post Graduate Studies and Scientific Research to visit the United Kingdom during the period 12-25 September, 1992 to establish contacts and invite cooperation with British universities for developing a joint supervision based graduate programs.
- Member of the university’s delegation to visit the United Kingdom during the month of December, 1995 to establish cooperation with the office of the Saudi Arabian Attache in London in regards to the university’s Joint Supervision Program.
- Member of the university’s delegation to visit the United Kingdom in Autumn 1996 to layout an action plan for academic affairs regarding the Joint Supervision Program.
- Have taken part in a visit to the united Kingdom by the university’s Vice-President for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research in 8 – 20 / 4 / 1417 to visit a number of British universities for establishing academic ties with such universities, as well as establishing contacts with London’s hp european center for maintanance of scientific equipments.
- Have been delegated in his capacity as a member of the university’s committee for scholarships and training to visit a number of British universities for additional ties with KAU.
Scientific and Research Areas of Interests:
- Water Balance studies in arid and semi-arid regions.
- Heat and Energy Balance studies at the Earth’s surface.
- Climate Change
- Environmental Impact Assessment especially as it relates to changes in the physical elements of the environment.
- Applied climatology studies.
Memberships:
- Member of the Saudi Arabian Geographical Society.
- Member of the Egyptian Geographical Society.
Teaching Activities:
(B.A) Level
- Climatology (Geog -311)
- Biogeography (Geog – 313)
- Environment and Health (Geog – 454)
- Applied Climatology (Geog – 455)
- Geography of Saudi Arabia (Geog – 131)
- Field Studies (geog – 214)
- Texts in Physical Geography - in English ( Geog – 242)
- Geography of Arid Regions (Geog – 414)
- Graduation Project (Geog – 474)
(M.A) Level
- Advanced studies in Physical Geography – in English (506)
- Advanced studies in Climatology (503)
- Special Topic in Physical Geography (509)
Training Programs, Symposiums and Conferences:
- Advising graduate students thesis – Center for Teaching and Learning Development. KAU – Jeddah, 22/7/1417
- One –day workshop on Development of administrative skills for academic leadership - Center for Teaching and Learning Development. KAU – Jeddah, 2/1/1418. This workshop has particularily been focused on such issues as administrative, leadership skills, data treatment, and decision- making on the academic leadership leevel.
- The use of Front Page for designing teaching and learning website on the Inernet. Center for Teaching and Learning Development.KAU –Jeddah, 19-22 / 3 / 1425.
- An Introduction to statistical Analysis using SPSS Statistical Package - Center for Teaching and Learning Development. KAU – Jeddah, 24-26 /1/ 1425.
- 3ed symposium of geography departments in Saudi universities held at Immam Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University, Riyadh 17-19 / 7 /1407.
- 6th symposium of geography departments in Saudi universities held at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 14 -16 / 11 /1419.
- Tourism in Jeddah, current affairs, and future potentials – KAU and Jeddah Chamber of Commerce, Jeddah, Thulqeiddah,1420.
ِThesis Advising, and examination:
Currently serving as advisor of the following theses;
- Rainfall Characteristics over Western Saudi Arabia, by Saeed A. Al-Harbi, Geography Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, KAU.
- Type A Infective Hepatitis in Jeddah: An Applied Study in Medical
Geography. By Zainab M. Abdullah, Geography Department, Faculty of
Arts and Humanities, KAU.
- Noise Pollution: Case Study in Jeddah City, by Mona I. Thawab, Geography Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, KAU.
- Climatic factors if inflicting Asthma cases among High-School female students in Jeddah, by Nawal A. Mashraie, Geography Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, KAU. (Co-advisor).
I have also served as a member of the examination committees of the following theses:
- Rainfall Effectiveness in western Saudi Arabia, by Badriah M. Habeeb, Jeddah Female College.
- Environmental differences and their effect on statistical disparity for Malaria patients in the west and southwest of Saudi Arabia: a study in Medical Geography, by Katibah S. Al-Maghrabi, Geography Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, KAU.
- The Climate of Northern Saudi Arabia, by Huda A. Al-Abbad, Riyadh Female College.
Published Research:
· محمد صدقه أبوزيد (1427): "خصائص الأمطار في الجزء الأوسط من غربي المملكة العربية السعودية"، مجلة جامعة الملك عبدالعزيز، الآداب والعلوم الإنسانية، المجلد (14).
· محمد صدقه أبوزيد (2009): " العوامل المؤثرة في درجات الحرارة اليومية العظمى خلال الصيف في المدينة المنورة"، المجلة الجغرافية العربية، الجمعية الجغرافية المصرية، مجلد عام 2009. (مقبول للنشر)
· محمد صدقه أبوزيد (2009): "التغيرات الحالية للأمطار السنوية في جنوب محافظة الطائف بالمملكة العربية السعودية"، مجلة جامعة الملك عبدالعزيز، علوم الأرصاد والبيئة وزراعة المناطق الجافة، المجلد (2)، 2009. (مقبول للنشر)
· Mohammed S. Abu-Zaid (2008): “The Effect of Altitude on the Daily Range of Temperature in Saudi Arabia”, Bulletin of the Egyptian Geographical Society, vol. (81).
Awarded Prizes:
- The shield of “Lamsat Wafaa” awarded for Excellence by the university president to a group of academics each of whom represent one of the university’s faculties – 1422 H.
- A certificate of thanks and appreciation from the university’s president for taking part in the organizing committee of the symposium “Tourism in Jeddah: current affairs and future potentials“held in cooperation with Jeddah Chamber of Commerce during ThuLqeiddah, 1420 H.
- A certificate of thanks and appreciation from the dean of the faculty of Arts and Humanities for taking part in the organizing committee of the 6th symposium of geography departments in Saudi universities held at King Abdulaziz University, 14 -16, / 11 /1419 H.
- A certificate of thanks and appreciation from the dean of the faculty of Arts and Humanities for serving as Vice-Dean for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research (3/7/1413).
- A certificate of thanks and appreciation from the dean of the faculty of Arts and Humanities for serving as a member of the Examinations Committee (5/9/1407 – 3/5/1411).
- A certificate of thanks and appreciation from the dean of the faculty of Arts and Humanities for serving the college during academic year 1407/1408.
- A certificate of thanks and appreciation from the dean of the faculty of Arts and Humanities for serving the college during academic year 1406/1407.