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College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences

Teaching areas

General, Quantitative, Instrumental, Forensic and Environmental chemistry.

Research areas

Research directed into providing cleaner and safer environment through air and liquid filtration with the main focus on public health: (1) Chemical characterization and health assessment of Arabian incense & Alternative Tobacco Products such as shisha (waterpipe), e-cigarettes, and Medwakh (dokha).(2) Development and modifications of activated carbon adsorbents from natural, synthetic and waste materials. (3) Air monitoring for GCC airports: Sand sampling, characterization and treatment. (4) Conversion of waste material into biooil. (5) Promoting undergraduate science education and research.

Education

PhD, Analytical Chemistry, City College of the City University of New York, United States, 2006

Other, Analytical Chemistry, City College of the City University of New York, United States, 2005

BS, Analytical Chemistry, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon, 1997

Professional experience

Professor, Biology, Chemistry And Environmental Sciences, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, 2020 - Present

Chair- Elect, Uae International Chapter, American Chemical Society, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2019 - Present

Associate Professor, Department Of Chemistry And Bce, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2015 - 2020

Assisatnt Professor, Department Of Chemistry And Bce, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2009 - 2015

Principal Scientist, Donaldson Company Inc., MN, United States, 2011 - 2011

Senior Scientist, Donaldson Company Inc., MN, United States, 2007 - 2009

Lead Engineer, Donaldson Company Inc., MN, United States, 2006 - 2007

Teaching Adjunct, Chemistry Department And Science Division, City College of New York, NY, United States, 2002 - 2006

Memberships

American Chemical Society, USA, January 2006

Hong Kong Chemical, Biological& Environmental Engineering Society (HKCBEES), February 2018 - February 2019

Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), March 2012 - April 2018

IASH, USA, November 2007 - October 2011

Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering (IPRIME), April 2011 - June 2011

American Filtration and Separations Society, May 2008 - May 2010

Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering (IPRIME), April 2008 - June 2009

American Carbon Society, USA, June 2007 - June 2008

American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) , USA, September 2006 - September 2007

American Chemical Society, USA, January 2002 - January 2006

American Carbon Society, USA, June 2004 - June 2005

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2576

Dr. Yehya Amin El Sayed

Professor

Yehya El-Sayed worked as a senior scientist at Donaldson Company Inc. and taught at City College of the City University of New York. His teaching interests are in environmental science, analytical chemistry, Forensic chemistry, material science and general chemistry. His research interests include air and liquid filtration, development of new adsorbent materials and understanding adsorption mechanisms, microporous activated carbon from date seeds, fast and reliable analytical methods for analysis of fuel in soil. For the last 10 years, Dr. Elsayed is involved in research related to Altern...

Publications

Yehya El-sayed And Rania Shebair. A Potential Therapy for SARS-Cov-2 Virus Deactivation: Carbon Dioxide Management, Qeios, March March 2021

Fatin Samara, Isra Alam And Yehya El-sayed. Midwakh: Assessment of levels of Carcinogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Nicotine in Dokha Tobacco Smoke, Journal Of Analytical Toxicology, January (1st Quarter/Winter) January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2021

Yassir Makkawi, Yehya El-sayed, Fatemeh Hassan Pour, Muhammad Khan, Mohamed Badrelzaman And Dionysia-angeliki Lyra. Pyrolysis of Halophyte Salicornia Bigelovii Cultivated in a Desert Climate, Fuel, January (1st Quarter/Winter) January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2021

Rania Zaarour, Prathibha Prasad, Goutham Venkatesh, Raefa Abou Khouzam, Francis Amirtharaj, Nagwa Zeinelabdin, Ayesha Rifath, Stephane Terry, Husam Nawafleh, Yehya El-sayed And Salem Chouaib. Waterpipe smoke condensate influences epithelial to mesenchymal transition and interferes with the cytotoxic immune response in non-small cell lung cancer cell lines, International Journal Of Oncology, January (1st Quarter/Winter) January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2021

Yehya El-sayed, Sofian Kanan And Ahmad Farhat. Meteorological Patterns, Technical Validation, and Chemical Comparison of Atmospheric Dust Depositions and Bulk Sand in the Arabian Gulf region, Environmental Pollution, December December 2020

Yehya El-sayed, Fatin Samara And Sarah Dalibalta. A GLOBAL OUTLOOK INTO COVID-19 ASSOCIATIONS WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASE, International Journal Of Integrative Medical Sciences, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2020

Doaa Alkathiri, Muhammad Sabri, Taleb Ibrahim, Yehya El-sayed And Fawwaz Jumean. Development Of Activated Carbon Fibers For Removal Of Organic Contaminants, International Journal Of Environmental Science And Technology, June June 2020

Yehya El-sayed And Naveed Khan. Immunity-boosting spices and the novel coronavirus, Acs Chemical Neuroscience

Yassir Makkawi, Yehya El-sayed, Mubarak Salih, Paul Nancarrow, Scott Banks And Tony Bridgwater. Fast pyrolysis of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) waste in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor, Renewable Energy, December December 2019

Muhammad Sabri, Taleb Ibrahim And Yehya El-sayed. Synthesis and Characterization of Activated Carbon Fibers Derived from Corn Silk and its Application in P-Cresol Removal, Desalination And Water Treatment, November November 2019

Hanin Mohammed, Amani Al-othman, Paul Nancarrow, Yehya El-sayed And Muhammad Tawalbeh. Enhanced proton conduction in zirconiumphosphate/ionic liquids materials for high-temperature fuel cells, International Journal Of Hydrogen Energy, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2019

Mohammed Jawad, Mohammed Al-houqani, Raghib Ali, Yehya El-sayed, Omar Elshahawy, Michael Weitzman And Scott Shermane.. Prevalence, attitudes, behaviours and policy evaluation of midwakh smoking among young people in the United Arab Emirates: Cross-sectional analysis of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey, Plos One, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2019

Yehya El-sayed, Abdel-qader Al-ameri, Taj Ahmed, Mohamed Idreese And Sofian Kanan. An immediate onsite chlorine leakage disaster management plan Author links open overlay panel, Journal Of Chemical Health And Safety, January (1st Quarter/Winter) January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019

Yehya El-sayed, Sarah Dalibalta And Maissam El Kouche. Chemical characterization and safety assessment of dokha: an emerging alternative tobacco product, Science Of The Total Environment, 2018

Noora Darwish, Zarook Shareefdeen, Yehya Sayed, Isam Zubaidy And Ziad Sara. Design and analysis of adsorptive desulphurisation of diesel oil, International Journal Of Oil, Gas And Coal Technology, 2018

Mariusz Barczaka, Yehya El-sayed, Jacek Jagiello And Teresa Bandosz. Exploring the effect of ultramicropore distribution on gravimetric capacitance of nanoporous carbons, Electrochimica Acta, 2018

Taleb Ibrahim, Muhammad Sabri, Mustafa Khamis, Yehya El-sayed, Ziad Sara And Barra Hafez. Produced water treatment using olive leaves, Desalination And Water Treatment, 2017

Fatin Samara, Mustafa Khamis, Ziad Sara And Yehya El-sayed. Removal of benzo (a) anthracene from water using a novel UAE sludge-based activated adsorbent, Desalination And Water Treatment, 2017

Abdul Gulistan, Taleb Ibrahim, Mustafa Khamis And Yehya El-sayed. Application of eggplant peels powder for the removal of oil from produced water, Desalination And Water Treatment, 2016

Yehya El-sayed, Sarah Dalibalta And Nedal Abu-farha. Chemical analysis and potential health risks of hookah charcoal, Science Of The Total Environment, 2016

Fatin Samara, Yehya El-sayed, Balik Soghomonian And Sandra Knuteson. Chemical and biological assessment of sediments and water of Khalid Khor, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2016

Yehya El-sayed, Sarah Dalibalta, Ioline Gomes, Nagelle Fernandes And Fareedah Alqtaishat. Chemical composition and potential health risks of raw Arabian incense (Bakhour), Journal Of Saudi Chemical Society, 2016

Yehya El-sayed, Mustafa Khamis, Fatin Samara, Maitha Alqaydi, Ziad Sara, Isam Al Zubaidi And Md Maruf Mortula. Novel method for water purification using activated adsorbents developed from sewage sludge, Desalination And Water Treatment, 2016

Sarah Dalibalta, Yehya Elsayed, Fareedah Alqtaishat, Ioline Gomes And Nagelle Fernandes. A health risk assessment of Arabian incense (Bakhour) smoke in the United Arab Emirates, Science Of The Total Environment, 2015

Isam Al Zubaidi, Noora Darwish, Yehya El Sayed, Zarook Shareefdeen And Ziad Sara. Adsorptive desulfurization of commercial diesel oil using granular activated charcoal, Int. J. Adv. Chem. Eng. Biol. Sci, 2015

Yehya Elsayed, Andrew Dallas And Paul Beatty. Experimental and predicted adsorption isotherms of 2, 2, 4-trimethylpentane and toluene on activated carbon for industrial applications, Research On Chemical Intermediates, 2015

Paul Nancarrow, Nadia Mustafa, Ammara Shahid, Vandhana Varughese, Umaimah Zaffar, Rania Ahmed, Nawshad Akther, Hussain Ahmed, Isam Alzubaidy, Salma Hasan, Yehya El-sayed And Ziad Sara. Technical evaluation of ionic liquid-extractive processing of ultra low sulfur diesel fuel, Industrial \& Engineering Chemistry Research, 2015

Conference Presentations

Biological effects of Midwakh smoking, 2nd International Meeting For Research On Dokha Tobacco, 5 April 2021

Resilience and Continuity in Education, Center For Innovation In Teaching And Learning, 10 March 2021

Research overview: development of adsorbent materials, environmental applications and public health, Nyu Chemistry Seminar Series, 23 February 2021

ACS Outreach Training Program: Marketing and Partnerships, Acs Webinar Series, 14 July 2020

Alternative Tobacco Products(ATPs): What do we know about e-cigarettes, hookah, and midwakh?, “towards No Smoking” Campaign", 22 February 2020

Spatial Variations of Atmospheric Dust Deposition Rates and Dust-borne Heavy Metals Concentrations in Arabian Gulf Cities, Gordon Research Conference On Atmospheric Chemistry, July 2019

Scientific Research: Roadmap from Lab work to Publications, Dubai Police Forensic Science And Criminology Department, 27 June 2019

Development of Activated Carbon Fibers for Organic Compounds Removals, 6th Global Summit And Expo On Pollution Control, 6 May 2019

Chemical and Structural Analysis of Sand and their Application for Environmental Remedy, International Conference On Environment Science And Engineering, Barcelona, Spain, 11 March 2018

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Comprehensive Study on an Emerging Global Threat: Chemical, Environmental, Social and Heath Assessment of Midwakh, OFfice of Research, American University of Sharjah, 29 April 2019 - 30 May 2024

Grant, A Novel Bioenergy System for Marginal Environments, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2019 - 30 May 2022

Awards and Honors

Honorable Mention Award, American Chemical Society, ACS award issued for the American Chemical Society student Chapter at AUS for their extensive and active role serving the scientific community, 29 October 2020

Performance Award- Stock options, Donaldson Company Inc., 5 January 2009

Performance Award-Stock options, Donaldson Company Inc., 10 January 2008

Ira Kukin, Graduate Student outstanding performance award, City University of New York, 15 May 2006

Sol and Betrina Kornbluh, Graduate Student Outstanding Performance Award, City University of New York, 20 May 2005

Whittam Award, City University of New York, Best Interfacial Science Research by a Graduate student, City University of New York, 17 May 2002