Education:

- M. Sc. in Agriculture (1991), Fac. Agric., Cairo Univ. (CU), Giza, Egypt.

- B. Sc. in Animal Breeding (1997), Fac. Agric., Cairo Univ. (CU), Giza, Egypt.

- Ph. D. in Animal Genetics (2002), Fac.  de Veterinaria, Univ. Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

Running projects:

• Impact of SNPs in Major Candidate Genes on Milk Production Traits in Egyptian Buffalo (2021-2024).
• Genomic variation and population structure of Nubian goats in African context in comparison to Anglo Nubian goat breed (2022-2024).
• Sino-Arabian Joint Laboratory of Sheep and Goat Germplasm Innovation (2023-2026).

Recent Publications:

• Ma, X.; … Rushdi, H.E.; Deng, T. Evolutionary Analysis of OAT Gene Family in River and Swamp Buffalo: Potential Role of SLCO3A1 Gene in Milk Performance. Genes 2021, 12, 1394.
• Lv F., …., Rushdi, …. and M. Li (2021). Whole-Genome Resequencing of Worldwide Wild and Domestic Sheep Elucidates Genetic Diversity, Introgression, and Agronomically Important Loci. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39 (2): msab353.
• Liu S, …, Rushdi, … and F. Lin (2022). Novel insights into heat tolerance using metabolomic and high-throughput sequencing analysis in dairy cows rumen fluid (ANIMAL-21-30906).
• Wang Z., ….,, Rushdi, … and F. Lin (2022). Heat Stress Induces Shifts in the Rumen bacteria and Metabolome of Buffalo. Animals, 12 (10), 1300.
• Liu S, X Ma, …., HE Rushdi, …., and T Deng (2023). MAEL gene contributes to bovine testicular development through the m5C-mediated splicing. iScience 26, 105941.

Prizes: Cairo Univ. Prize for Int. Publication in 2017, 2020, 2021.