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Mon 27 Jun - Tue 28 Jun 2022
Prof. Tarek Othman
Prof. Tarek Othman
Head of Marine Environment Division, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, (NIOF), Egypt

I.A. Previous Position

1. Researcher Assistant of Marine Chemistry (1988-1991) Environmental Division, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Suez and Aqaba Gulfs branch, Egypt.

2. Assistant Lecturer of Marine Chemistry (1992-1996) Environmental Division, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Suez and Aqaba Gulfs branch, Egypt.

3. Lecturer of Marine Chemistry (1997-2003) Environmental Division, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Suez and Aqaba Gulfs branch, Egypt.        

4. Associate professor of Marine Chemistry (since December 2004) Environmental Division, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria.

5. Professor of Marine Chemistry (since 01/03/2010), Environmental Division, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria.

6. Head of the Central Labs Unit, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, (NIOF), Egypt 19/07/2007 - 04/09/2011.

7. Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia, P.O 9005, 61413 since 5/9/2011-5/9/2021.

I.B. Present position

1. Professor of Marine Chemistry (since 01/03/2011) Environmental Division, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria.

2. Head of Marine Environment Division, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, (NIOF), Egypt, September .

I.C. Permanent position

·       Professor of Marine Chemistry (01/03/2011-4/9/2021) Chemistry Department, Marine Environmental Division, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, (NIOF), Egypt.

II. Academic Qualifications

1-     B Sc. in Chemistry with Excellent degree (May 1988) from Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Egypt.

2-     Postgraduate courses in Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry for MSc. degree (October 1989) from Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Egypt.

3-     MSc. in Chemistry (July 1992), Mansoura University. Thesis entitled, [Study on oil pollution in the northern part of the Gulf of Suez].

4-     PhD. in Analytical chemistry (January 1997) from Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Egypt. Thesis entitled, [Analytical determination of dissolved petroleum components in seawater using coupling system (GC-MS)].

III. Editorial Board Memberships

·       Editorial Board of Development in Analytical Chemistry, http://www.seipub.org/dac.

·       Editorial Board of Blue Economy Journal NIOF, Egypt.

·       Member of IOC committee, NIOF, Egypt since 1st Nov. 2021 till now.

IV. Area of Specializations

1.     Analytical Chemistry.

2.     Environmental Analytical Chemistry.

3.     Marine Environmental Chemistry.

V. Research Impact

1.     Pesticides, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Polychlorinated biphenyls and heavy metals in the Mediterranean and Red seas (Egypt) were investigated and correlated with pollution and environmental aspects.

2.     Organo-tin and organo-lead in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea were investigated and discussed through M. Sc and Ph. D theses.

3.     Different Oil dispersants were tested through bioassay studies for calculating their efficiency.

4.     Bio-remedial treatment of organic pollutants using bacteria.

5.     Speciation of heavy metals in different environmental samples.

6.     Analysis of environmental samples for Hydrocarbons.

7.     Analysis of environmental samples for pesticides and PCBs.

8.     Speciation of heavy metal in marine sediment, dust, soil and biota samples.

9.     Using GC/FID/ECD for analysis of organic pollutants.

10.  Using Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (Varian) for heavy metal analysis.

11.  Using UV/V Spectrophotometer, Varian-10 Plus for analysis of inorganic pollutants.

12.  Supervisor of the central Lab at NIOF, Alexandria-Egypt.

13.  Teaching of different Chemistry courses for under graduate and post graduate students for the Faculties of Science and Engineering of different universities in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

14.  Supervision of different Ph D and M Sc Theses.

15.  Use of personal computer in work with different Windows programs (1. Word, 2. Excel, 3. HP Chemistation, 4. Power point 5. Internet Explorer, Winlab.

16.  International Computer Driving License course (ICDL).

17.  Sharing in Organizing of different Workshops, Conferences and International Meetings belonging to NIOF, Egypt and KKU, KSA.

Research Publications

Post Professor papers

  1. Hosny I. Emara, Rabab M. Abou-Shahba, Tarek O. Said, Enas M. Attia and Naglaa A. El-Naggar (2009). Studies on Chlorinated Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Some Fish Species from The Eastern Harbour of Alexandria, Egypt. International Workshop on “Integrated Coastal Zone Management”. Izmir-Turkey, 20-22 October 2009.

  2. Tarek O. Said, Hosny I. Emara, Rabab M. Abou-Shahba, Enas M. Attia and Naglaa A. El-Naggar (2009). Composition and Distribution of Chlorinated Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in sediments from The Eastern Harbour of Alexandria, Egypt. International Workshop on “Integrated Coastal Zone Management”. Izmir-Turkey, 20-22 October 2009.

  3. Manal M. A. El Naggar, Tarek O. Said and Amr M. Helal (2009). Integrated system for rearing Mugil species in a crude oil treated seawater using a marine Pseudomonas aeruoginosa strain elnaggar1. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY RESEARCH Volume: 3 Issue: 12 Pages: 930-938. www.academicjournals.org/ajest.

  4. Tarek O. Said, Mohamed A. Shreadah, Safaa A. Abd El Ghani and Abd El Moniem M. Ahmed (2010). Alkyltin and Alkyllead compounds in Coastal Water of the Suez Gulf, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research. Vol. 36(1): 33-42. www. Niof.eg.com.

  5. Safaa A. H. Abdel Ghani, Aida H. Shobier, Tarek O. Said and Mohamed A. Shreadah (2011). Organotin compounds in Egyptian Mediterranean sediments. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research. 36(2): 221-229. www.ejabf.eg.net/pdf.

  6. Mamdouh S. Masouda, Tarek O. Said, Gehan El Zokm and Mohamed A. Shreadah (2011). Speciation of Fe, Mn and Zn in surficial sediments from the Egyptian Red Sea Coasts. Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability (2011), 22(4): 257-269. Source: CHEMICAL SPECIATION AND BIOAVAILABILITY Volume: 22 Issue: 4 Pages: 257-269 DOI: 10.3184/095422910X12894975123773 Published: 2010.

  7. Mohamed A. Shreadah, Tarek O. Said, Safaa A. Abd El Ghani1, Abd El Moniem M. Ahmed (2011). Distribution of Different Organotin and Organolead Compounds in Sediment of Suez Gulf. Journal of Environmental Protection, 2011, 2:  545-554. http://www..scrip.org/journals/jep.

  8. Mohamed A. Shreadah, Tarek O. Said, Mohamed I. Abd El Monem, Eiman M.I. Fathallah, Mohamed E. Mahmoud (2011). PAHs in Sediments along the Semi-closed Areas of Alexandria, Egypt. Journal of Environmental Protection, 2011, 2: 700-709. http://www..scrip.org/journals/jep.

  9. Mohamed A. Shreadah, Tarek O. Said, Islam M. Othman, Eiman M.I. Fathallah, Mohamed E. Mahmoud (2012). Polychlorinated biphenyls and chlorinated pesticides in Sediments along the Semi-closed Areas of Alexandria, Egypt. Journal of Environmental Protection, 3: 141-149. http://www..scrip.org/journals/jep.

  10. Masoud M.S., Said T.O., El Zokm G., Shreadah M.A. (2012). Assessment of heavy metals contamination in surface sediments of the Egyptian Red Sea coasts. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 6(6): 44-58.

  11. Safaa A. Abd El Ghani1, G. El Zokm, Aida A. Shobier, Tarek O. Said, Mohamed A. Shreadah (2013). Metal pollution in surface sediments of Abu-Qir Bay and Eastern Harbour of Alexandria, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research. EJAR 37.

  12. N.A. El-Naggar, H.I. Emara, A.E. Rifaat, T. O. Said, R.M. Abou-Shahba N.A. Shaltout and M.F. El-Naggar (2013). Some Anthropogenic Driven Toxic Pollutants in El-Mex Bay and Its Neighbourhood, Alexandria, Egypt. World Applied Science Journal. 21(10): 1512-1520. WASJ ; ISI,  Scopus, in press.

  13. Gehan M. El Zokm, Safaa A. Abdel Ghani, Aida H. Shobier, Tarek O. Said and Mohamed A. Shreadah (2013). IR Spectroscopic Investigation, X-Ray Structural Characterization, Thermal Analysis Decomposition and Metal Content of Sediment Samples along Egyptian Mediterranean Coast. World Applied Science Journal. 23(6): 823-836. WASJ ; ISI,  Scopus

  14. Mona Kh. Khalil, Gehan M. El Zokm, Mamdouh A. Fahmy, Tarek O. Said and Mohamed A. Shreadah (2013). Geochemistry of some major and trace elements in sediments of Edku and Mariut lakes, North Egypt. World Applied Science Journal. 24(3):282-294. WASJ ; ISI,  Scopus

  15. Mohamed A. Shreadah, Tarek O. Said, Mohamed I. Abdel Moneim, Eiman M.I. Fathallah, Mohamed E. Mahmoud  (2013). PAHs in Seawater of the Semi-closed Areas along the Alexandria coast of Egyptian Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Environmental Protection. 4 ,1307-1317. http://www..scrip.org/journals/jep.

  16. Tarek O. Said, Ahmed M. Omran, khalid F. Fawy, Abubakr M Idris (2014). Heavy metals in twelve edible marine fish species from jizan fisheries, saudi arabia: monitoring and assessment. FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN. 23(3). www.pspparlar.de.

  17. Mohmaed A. Shreadah, Tarek. O. Said, I. M. Othman, E. I. Fathallah, M. E. Mahmoud. (2014). OCPs and PCBs in Seawater from Egyptian Mediterranean Coast of Alexandria. Development in Analytical Chemistry Volume 1: 19-24. www.seipub.org/dac.

  18. Tarek O. Said, Laila A. Mohamed, Mohamed A. Okbah and Islam M. Othman (2015). Detection of Anthropogenic Aliphatic and PAHs Fractions in the Near-Shore Waters Along Alexandria Coasts, Egypt. Development in Analytical Chemistry 1: 31-39. www.seipub.org/dac.

  19. Mohamed A. Shreadah, Aida H. Shobier, Safaa A. Abdel Ghani, Gehan M. El Zokm and Tarek. O. Said (2015). Major ions anomalies and contamination status by heavy metals in sediments from two hot spots along the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. Environ Mon Assess, 187(5): 1-18. www.amazon.com/phrase/Environ-Monit-Assess. Impact Factor: 1.68 · DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4420-y · Source: PubMed.

  20. Tarek O. Said, Mohamed A. Okbah, Laila A. Salam, Islam M. Othman (2015). Detection of Persistent OCPs and PCBs congeners in the Near-Shore Coastal Waters of Alexandria, Egypt. Environ Mon Assess, 187(6): 353. www.amazon.com/phrase/Environ-Monit-Assess. Impact Factor: 1.68 · DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4537-z · Source: PubMed.

  21. Abubakr M. Idris, Tarek O. Said, Ahmed A. Omran, Khaled F. Fawya (2015). Combining multivariate analysis and human risk indices for assessing heavy metal contents in muscle tissues of commercially fish from Southern Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Environmental Science and pollution research. 22(21): 17012-14021. Impact Factor: 2.83 · DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4921-9 · Source: PubMed.

  22. Mohamed A. Shreadah, Tarek O. Said, Mohamed A. Mansour, Fahmy M. El-Sharkawi, Manal A. Mohamed (2016). POPs in Sediments from the Eastern and Western Egyptian Mediterranean Coast; a Comparative Study. Development in Analytical Chemistry 3: 1-11.

  23. Tarek O. Said, Mohamed A. Mansour, Fahmy M. El-Sharkawi, Manal A. Mohamed, Mohamed A. Shreadah. (2017). POPs in Sparus auratus Species from the Eastern and Western Egyptian Mediterranean Coast: A Health Hazard Study. Open Journal of Marine Science 7: 317-326. ISSN Online: 2161-7392.

  24. Tarek O. Said, Gehan A. El Zokm, Laila A. Salam, Mohamed A. Okbah & Naglaa F. Soliman (2017). Distribution of organochlorines and ecological risks in surface sediments from El-Mex Bay, Mediterranean Sea. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal. Volume 23, Issue 7, 3 October 2017, Pages 1539-1552.

  25. Abubakr M Idris, Tarek O. Said, Eid I Brima, Taher Sahlabji, Majed M Alghamdi, Adel A El-Zahhar, Muhammad Arshad, AA El Nemr (2019). Assessment of contents of selected heavy metals in street dust from Khamees-Mushait city, Saudi Arabia using multivariate statistical analysis, GIS mapping, geochemical indices.  Fresen Environ Bull 28 (8): 6059-6069.

  26. Hanan FM Asiri, Abubakr M Idris, Tarek O Said, Taher Sahlabji, Majed M Alghamdi, Adel A El-Zahhar, Ahmed El Nemr (2019). Monitoring and health risk assessment of some pesticides and organic pollutants in fruit and vegetables consumed in asir region, saudi arabia. Fresen Environ Bull. 29(1), 615-625.

  27. Majed M Alghamdi, Adel A El-Zahhar, Abubakr M Idris, Tarek O Said, Taher Sahlabji, Ahmed El Nemr (2019). Synthesis, characterization, and application of a novel polymeric-bentonite-magnetite composite resin for water softening. Separation and Purification Technology 224, 356-365.

  28. Tarek O. Said, Abubakr M. Idris& Taher Sahlabji (2020). Combining relationship indices, human risk indices, multivariate statistical analysis and international guidelines for assessing residue levels of USEPA-PAHs in seafood. Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, 40(3), 758-773. https://doi.org/10.1080/10406638.2018.1481114.

29.    Abubakr M Idris, Fatima MS Alqahtani, Tarek O Said, Khaled F Fawy (2020). Contamination level and risk assessment of heavy metal deposited in street dusts in Khamees-Mushait city, Saudi Arabia. Human and ecological risk assessment: an international journal 26(2), 495-511.

30.    Tarek O. Said (2020). Nanoscience in environmental research. The Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research. Virtual special issue.

31.    Mohamed A. Hassaan, Ahmed El Nemr, Fedekar F. Madkour, Abubakr M. Idris, Tarek O. Said, Taher Sahlabji, Majed M. Alghamdi & Adel A. El-Zahhar (2021). Advanced oxidation of acid yellow 11 dye; detoxification and degradation mechanism. Toxin Reviews 40(4): 1472–1480. https://doi.org/10.1080/15569543.2020.1736098.

  1. Ahmed Eleryan, Ahmed El Nemr, Abubakr M. Idris, Majed M. Alghamdi, Adel A. El-Zahhar, Tarek O. Said and Taher Sahlabji (2021). Feasible and eco-friendly removal of hexavalent chromium toxicant from aqueous solutions using chemically modified sugarcane bagasse cellulose. Toxin Reviews 40 (4): 835–846. https://doi.org/10.1080/15569543.2020.1790606.

  2. Taher Sahlabji, Mohamed A. El-Nemr, Ahmed El Nemr, Safaa Ragab, Majed M. Alghamdi, Adel A. El-Zahhar, Abubakr M. Idris, and Tarek O. Said (2022). High surface area microporous activated carbon from Pisum sativum peels for hexavalent chromium removal from aquatic environment. Toxin Reviews 41(2): 639–649. https://doi.org/10.1080/15569543.2021.1908361.

34.    Mohamed A. Hassaan, Ahmed El Nemr, Adel A. El-Zahhar, Abubakr M. Idris , Majed M. Alghamdi, Taher Sahlabji, Tarek O. Said (2022). Degradation mechanism of Direct Red 23 dye by advanced oxidation processes: a comparative study. Toxin Reviews 41(1): 38-47. https://doi.org/10.1080/15569543.2020.1827431.

35.    Majed M. Alghamdi; Adel A. El-Zahhar; Abubakr Idris; Tarek O. Said; Taher Sahlabji; Ahmed El Nemr (2022). Synthesis and characterization of novel polymeric-sepiolite composite resin for effective water softening applications to batch and column adsorption. Submitted to Clays and Clay Minerals.

. Reviewing Scientific Articles

Refereeing scientific articles for the following journals:

1.  African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology.  www.academicjournals.org/ajest.

2.  AMSEJ , France. www.amse-modeling.com.

3.  Fresenius Environmental Bulletin (FEB). www.pspparlar.de.

4.  Journal of Oceanography and Marine Science. www.academicjournals.org/JOMS.

5.  Journal of International Environmental Application & Science. /www.jieas.com.

6.   International Journal of Fisheries And Aquaculture. www.academicjournals.org/IJFA.

7.    Clean-Soil, Air, Water. http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/clean.

8.    Environ Mont Assess. EMASJ springerlink.com.

9.    Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research (EJAR) springerlink.com.

10.  Oceanologia www.sciencedirect.com/s.

11.  Environmental Challenges. www.sciencedirect.com/s.

12.  Journal of Environmental Management. https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-environmental-management.

13.  Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://www.springer.com/journal/11356.

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