Dr. Haytham Mohamed Salem holds a PhD in Agricultural Engineering (Soil and Water Conservation) from the Technical University of Madrid, Spain in 2014. Before joining ECUT as Senior Researcher at the Key Laboratory of Digital Land and Resources in July 2019, he had worked as a researcher of Soil and Water Conservation at Desert Research Center, Egypt. During his career, Dr. Haytham Salem has been involved in many research projects in the field of soil management and restoration in arid and semi-arid regions.

He developed close interactions with south Mediterranean countries in sustainable agriculture systems through active South-North exchange of smart agricultural production and soil conservation systems.

Dr. Haytham has published in high-impact peer-reviewed journals and participated in conferences proceedings.

Selected Publications

1. Salem, H.M., Valero, C., Muñoz, M.A., Rodríguez, M.G., Barreiro, P., 2014. Effect of reservoir tillage on rainwater harvesting and soil erosion control under a developed rainfall simulator. Catena 113, 353-362.

2. Salem, H.M., Valero, C., Muñoz, M.A., Rodríguez, M.G., Silva, L. L., 2015. Short- term effects of four tillage practices on soil physical properties, soil water potential, and maize yield. Geoderma 237–238, 60–70.

3. Salem, H.M., Valero, C., Muñoz, M.A., Rodríguez, M.G., 2015. Effect of integrated reservoir tillage for in-situ rainwater harvesting and other tillage practices on soil physical properties. Soil and Tillage Research 151, 50-60.

4. Ashour, l. A., Ali, M.H., Salem, H.M., 2016. Efficiency of using soil amendments and biofertilizers for controlling salinity and alkalinity of soil. Egypt. J. Appl. Sci.; 19(7B): 772 -783.

5. Abd-Elaziz, M.S, Mousa, A.A., Salem, H.M., 2017. Effect of olive mill wastes on rainwater harvesting efficiency and some soil properties (Wadi-El Raml- North western coast of Egypt). Egypt. J. Appl. Sci.; 35 (650-671).

6. Salem, H.M., Muñoz, M.A., Rodríguez, M.G., 2019. Effect of Reservoir and Minimum Tillage Practices on Soil Physical Properties, Soil Water Tension Monitoring by Wireless Sensors Network. 8th International Conference on Water Resources and Arid Environments (ICWRAE 8): 743-752. 22-24 January 2019, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Research Projects

1. Temporal variability of soil physical and hydraulic properties as affected by tillage practices and crop residues management. Funded by Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF), Egypt. (Principal Investigator).

2. Development of some Valleys of the North Western Coastal of Egypt. Funded by Desert Research Center, Egypt. (Researcher).

3. Improving rangelands and water harvesting in North Western Coastal of Egypt. Funded by Desert Research Center, Egypt. (Researcher).