Faculty Staff Data: Botany Department

جام ـ عة ك ـفر ال شــــ يخ Kafrelsheikh University Faculty Staff Data: Botany Department

1- Name: Eithar Abdel Rashid El-Mohsnawy 2- Personal Recent Photo: 3- Academic title: Associate Professor 4- Department: Botany 5- General Field: Microbiology 6- Specific Field: Algal Biotechnology 7- Personal web page on the University Portal:------8- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=VYSf5uIAAAAJ&hl=ar&oi=ao 9- E-mail: [email protected] 10- Telephone: 00201066789906 11- Qualifications: a. BSc Botany, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt b. MSc Botany, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt c. PhD Algal Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany d. Scholarship for Ph.D, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, 2003-2007 (Funded by Egyptian Government). e. PostDoc Researcher, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, 2012 (Funded by DFG). f. Visitor researcher, Protein Center, Osaka University, Japan, 2013 (Funded by Protein Center, Osaka University). g. PostDoc Researcher, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, 2016 (Funded by Egyptian Government). 12- Fields of Interest: Microbiology, Biotechnology of Microorganisms a. Phytoremediation of toxic heavy metals by cyanobacteria. b. Extraction, purification and characterization of green nanoparticles from seaweeds c. Biotechnological applications of Photosystem I on biohydrogen production. d. Biodegradation of industrial pollutants by green microalgae and cyanobacteria.

جام ـ عة ك ـفر ال شــــ يخ Kafrelsheikh University e. Improvement biodiesel production by microalgae. f. Energy transfer of native photosynthetic complexes in vitro. g. Biomedical applications of Phycocyanin and Chlorophyll a (Photodynamic Therapy).

13- Recent Publications: https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=VYSf5uIAAAAJ&hl=ar&oi=ao

I) In Journals

1. El-Naggar AH, Osman MEH, Dyab MA and El Mohsenawy EA (1999). Cobalt and lead toxicities on Calothrix fusca and Nostoc muscorum. J. Union Arab biol. Cairo 7:421-441. 2. Prodöhl, A.; Ambill, M.; El-Mohsnawy, E.; Lax, J.; Nowaczyk, M.; Oworah-Nkruma, R.; Volkmer, T.; Wenk, S.-O.; Rögner, M., (2004). Modular Device for Hydrogen Production: Optimization of (Individual) Components. In Biohydrogen III, Miyake, J., et al., Eds. Elsevier: Oxford; pp 171-179. (Book) 3. Schlodder E, Shubin Vladimir, El-Mohsnawy E, Rögner M, Karapetyan N (2007): Steady-state and transient polarized absorption spectroscopy of photosystem I complexes from the cyanobacteria Arthrospira platensis and Thermosynechococcus elongatus. BBA Bioenerg;1767(6):732-741. 4. Chavdar Slavov, Eithar El-Mohsnawy, Matthias Rögner, Afred R. Holzwarth (2009): Trapping kinetics in isolated cyanobacterial PSI complexes. Chemical Physics, 357, 1-3, 23, 163-170. 5. Eithar El-Mohsnawy, Marta J Kopczak, Eberhard Schlodder, Marc Nowaczyk, Helmut E., Meyer, Bettina Warscheid, Navassard V. Karapetyan, Matthias Rögner. (2010) Structure and function of intact photosystem 1 monomers from the cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus. Biochemistry, 2010, 49 (23), pp 4740–4751. 6. Shubin V. V., Roegner M., El-Mohsnawy E., Terekhova I. V., Schlodder E., and Karapetyan N. V. (2010): Variability of Light_Induced Circular Dichroism Spectra of Photosystem I Complexes of Cyanobacteria. Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology. 2010, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 299–307. 7. El-Mohsnawy, Eithar. Purification, Characterization, and Activity Evaluation of Allophycocyanin from Thermosynechococcus elongatus. Life Sci J 2013;10(4):3754-3761. 8. El-Mohsnawy, Eithar. Ultra-structural adaptation toward iron deficiency in Thermosynechococcus elongatus cells. J Am Sci 2013;9(12s):86-92]. 9. El-Mohsnawy, Eithar. Modifications in photosystem 1 induced by iron deficiency in Thermosynechococcus elongates. Life Sci J 2014;11(2):335-341. 10. El-Mohsnawy, Eithar. Efficient methods for Fast, Producible C-Phycocyanin from Thermosynechococcus elongatus. Journal of Research in Biology. (2014) 3(7): 001-015. 11. Volker Hartmann, Tim Kothe, Sascha Pöller, Eithar El-Mohsnawy, Marc M Nowaczyk, Nicolas Plumeré, Wolfgang Schuhmann, Matthias Rögner. Redox-hydrogels-with-adjusted-redox- potential-for-improved-efficiency-in-Z-scheme-inspired-biophotov. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014 May;16(24):11936-41. 12. VV Shubin, IV Terekhova, YV Bolychevtseva, E El-Mohsnawy, M Rögner Thermostability of photosystem I trimers and monomers from the cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus

جام ـ عة ك ـفر ال شــــ يخ Kafrelsheikh University elongatus.‏ Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (2017) 179, 17-22 ‏ 13. ME El-Khouly, E El-Mohsnawy, S Fukuzumi. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews.‏ (2017), 31, 36-63. 14. Molecular mechanisms of photoadaptation of photosystem I supercomplex of in an evolutionary cyanobacterial/algal intermediate‏ (2017): P Haniewicz, M Abram, L Nosek, J Kirkpatrick, E El- Mohsnawy, J Olmos, R Kouril, J Kargul Plant physiology, pp. 01022.2017‏.

15. Eithar El-Mohsnawy. Stabilization of trimeric PSI within Thermosynechococcus elongatus via Chlorophyll a and carotenoids located in monomer-monomer interface area. The Egyptian Journal of Botany 59 (1), 255 - 267 (2019). DOI: 10.21608/ejbo.2018.5777.1231 16. Ebrahem M. Eid, Kamal H. Shaltout, Farahat S. Moghanm, Mohamed S.G. Youssef, Eithar El-Mohsnawy, Soliman A. Haroun. Bioaccumulation and translocation of nine heavy metals by Eichhornia crassipes in Nile Delta, Egypt: perspectives for phytoremediation. International Journal of Phytoremediation 21:8, 821-830, DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2019.1566885.. 17. EL-Mohsnawy E, El-Sheekh M., Mabrouk M, Zoheir W. The omega 3 and 9 fatty acids enhancement in Chlorella vulgaris under mixotrophic nutrition. Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences

II) Publications In Conference 1) Navassard KARAPETYAN, Vladimir SHUBIN, Eithar El-MOHSNAWY, Matthias RÖGNER; Eberhard SCHLODDER. LIGHT HARVESTING AND DISSIPATION OF EXCITATION ENERGY BY PHOTOSYSTEM I OF CYANOBACTERIA. Photosynthesis in the Post-Genomic Era: Structure and Function of Photosystems. Pushchino, 20 – 26 August, 2006 2) Thermostability of Photosystem I trimers and monomers from the cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongates Vladimir Shubin, Irina Terekhova, Yulia V. Bolychevtseva, Marta J. Kopczak, Eithar El-Mohsnawy, Matthias Rögner, Werner Maentele, and Enela Džafić. International Conference Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability, June 19–25 2016 Pushchino, Russia.

Graduated M.Sc. students: 1. Wafaa Fathi Ragab Abd-Allah Zohir. (Damanhour University, 2016) 2. Heba Abd EL-Rahman Abd El-Rahman Diab (Alexandria University, 2016)

Working M.Sc. students

1. Basma Attallah Mohamed (Kafrelsheikh University) 2. Warda Mohamed Ismael (Kafrelsheikh University) 3. Mohamed Ibrahim El-Bayomy (Kafrelsheikh University) 4. Fadia El-Gharabawy. (Kafrelsheikh University) 5. Maha Kamal El-Mousel (Mansoura University)

جام ـ عة ك ـفر ال شــــ يخ Kafrelsheikh University

Collaborations and Referees:

International collaboration and referees

1) Prof. Dr. Matthias Rögner Professor of Plant Biochemistry and Dean of Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. 2) Prof. Dr. Dr. Navassard V. Karapetyan Professor of Biophysics, Bach institute Moscow, Russia. 3) Prof. Dr. Dr. Joanna Kargul, Institute of Biotechnology, Warsaw University, Poland. 4) Prof. Dr. Genji Kurisu, Protein center, Osaka University, Japan. 5) Prof. Dr. Mohamed AlAnwar Osman, Tanta University. 6) Prof. Dr. Mostafa El-Sheikh, Tanta University. 7) Prof. Dr. Amal El-Naggar, Tanta University. 8) Prof. Dr. Abdul Raheem El-Shanshoury, Tanta University. 9) Prof. Dr. Amr Beltagy, Kafrelsheikh University 10) Prof. Dr. Abdul Hameed El-Shaer, Kafrelsheikh University. 11) Prof. Dr. Yasser El-Halmouch Damanhour University. 12) Dr. Ahmed El-Badawy (Al-Arish University).

14- Administration positions (if apply):

a. Researcher assistant Faculty of Education (Kafrelsheikh), Tanta University 1993- 1996. b. Demonstrator Faculty of Education (Al-Arish), Suez Canal University 1996-1997. c. Assistant Lecturer Faculty of Education (Al-Arish), Suez Canal University 1997- 2003. d. Ph.D. fellowship Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany 2003-2007. e. Lecturer of Botany (algal Biotechnology), Faculty of Education (Al-Arish), Suez Canal University 2007-2011. f. Lecturer of Botany (algal Biotechnology), Faculty of Science, Damanhour University 2011-2014. g. Head of Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Kafrelsheikh University (2014- 2015) h. Associate Professor of Botany (algal Biotechnology), Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Kafrelsheikh University 2014-up to now. i. Head of Quality Assurance Unit, Faculty of Science, Kafrelsheikh University 2019- up to now

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جام ـ عة ك ـفر ال شــــ يخ Kafrelsheikh University - Microbiology - Plant systematic - Phycology - Biology of Algae - Biotechnology - General Botany - Water treatment and management  Graduate Courses: - Fresh water Algae - Biology of Algae - Physiology of Algae - Biotechnology of Algae - Physiology of Microorganisms