faculty of agriculture

Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Abd Elkhalek Tmam

Contact Information
Phone number: 084 6356731
Fax number: 084 6334964
E-mail Address: mat01@fayoum.edu.eg
Office: Building of Faculty of Agriculture - Department of Biochemistry & Genetics - Floor 3
Postal Address : Fayoum - Fayoum University - Faculty of Agriculture - Department of Bio - chemistry - POBox: 63514
Academic Qualifications
B.Sc.: Science of Agriculture – Fayoum University – 2008
M.Sc.: Biochemistry (Chemistry of natural products) Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University - 2013
Ph.D.: Section of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, Department of Pharmacy, NKUA - 2020
Academic Positions
Demonstrator : From 2009 To 2013 .
Assistant Lecture: From 2013 To 2021.
Lecture: From 2021 Till Now .
Research Interests
Bio chemistry
Anti Oxidant
Thesis
Biological and Chemical Studies on the Methanolic Extract of Punica Granatum L. var. Nana Leaves
Isolation And Structure Elucidation Of Secondary Metabolites From Marine Organisms Of The Red Sea.
SCHLORSHIPS and AWARDS
Award of distinction in international scientific publication (Fayoum, Egypt, Fayoum University, 12/2015).
Scholarship for joint supervision research (Greece, Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), 01/2016-01-2018).
Scholarship for doctoral research (Greece, Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), 09/2017-12/2020).
Award of distinction in international scientific publication (Fayoum, Egypt, Fayoum University, 12/2018).
Award of distinction in international scientific publication (Fayoum, Egypt, Fayoum University, 12/2019).
Award of distinction in international scientific publication (Fayoum, Egypt, Fayoum University, 12/2020).
RESEARCH INTERSTS
Organic chemistry and phytochemical analysis.
Determination of antioxidant, antimicrobial and hepatoprotective activity of plant extracts and the secondary metabolites isolated from them.
Isolation and structure elucidation of bioactive and new secondary metabolites from terrestrial and marine macro and micro-organisms.
S C I E N T IF I C- R E S E A R C H E X P E R I E N C E
Monographs
Tammam. M. 2020. Isolation of bioactive metabolites targeting biochemical application from marine organisms of the Red sea. PhD Thesis (in English), Section of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Panepistimiopolis Zografou, Athens 157 71, Greece.
Tammam. M. 2009. Biological and chemical studies on the methanolic extract of Punica granatum L. var nana leaves. MSc Thesis (in English), Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt.
Research publications in peer-reviewed journals
Tammam, M., R?rov?, L., Kvasnicov?, M., Gonzalez, G., Emam, A., Mahdy, A., Strnad, M., Ioannou E., Roussis V. Bioactive Steroids from the Red Sea Soft Coral Sinularia polydactyla. Mar. Drugs, 2020, 18, 632-648.
Emam A., Ahmed M., Tammam M., Hala A., Zawam S. Isolation and structural identification of compounds with antioxidant, nematicidal and fungicidal activities from Punica granatum L. var. nana. International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, 2015, 6(11), 1023-1040.
Presentations in international conferences
Kostrzewa T., Przychodzen P., Gorska-Ponikowska M., Koutsaviti A., Tziveleka A.L., Tammam M., Ioannou E., Roussis V. Jaremko M., Jaremko L., Knap N., Agusti S., Duarte C., Wozniak M., Kuban-Jankowska A. Anticancer potential of compounds extracted from Red Sea marine organisms. 2- 6 September 2019. Warszawa, Poland.
Tammam M., Mahdy A., Ioannou E., Roussis V. Polyoxygenated steroids from the soft coral Sinularia polydactyla collected in the Egyptian Red Sea. XVI International symposium on Marine Natural Products & XI European Conference on Marine Natural Products joint meeting. 1-5 September 2019. Peniche, Portugal.
Tammam M., Agusti S., Ioannou E., Duarte C., Roussis V. Polychlorinated pyrrolidinones from a Saudi Arabian Red Sea sponge of the genus Lamellodysidea. Trends in Natural Product Research - PSE Young Scientists’ Meeting on Biochemistry, Molecular Aspects and Pharmacology of Bioactive Natural Products. 19-22 June 2019, Budapest, Hungary.
Tammam M., Ioannou E., Roussis V. Halogenated metabolites from the red alga Laurencia majuscula collected in the Red Sea. 30th International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products and the 10th International Congress on Biodiversity (ISCNP30 & ICOB10). 25-29 November 2018, Athens, Greece.
Koutsaviti A., Tammam M., Tziveleka L., Agusti S., Ioannou E., Duarte C., Roussis V. Untapping the chemodiversity of Saudi Arabian Red Sea coral reefs. Young Scientists’ Meeting on Advances in Phytochemical Analysis (Trends in Natural products Research). 2-5 July 2018. Liverpool. United Kingdom
Tammam M., Mahdy A., Emam A., Roussis V., Ioannou E. Chemical investigation of marine invertebrates and algae from the Red Sea. Natural Compounds in Cancer Prevention and Therapy, 3rd Edition: Trends in methods and modeling. 4-7 September 2018. Naples. Italy.
Tammam M., Mahdy A., Emam A., Ioannou E., Roussis V. Steroids from the Egyptian Red Sea soft coral Sinularia polydactyal. 10th European Conference on Marine Natural Products. 3-7 September 2017. Kolymbari-Crete. Greece.
Review articles
Mosad A. Ghareeb., Tammam, M. El-Demerdash A., Atanasov A. Insights about Clinically Approved and Preclinically Investigated Marine Natural Products. Current Research in Biotechnology 2020, 2, 88-102.
El-Demerdash A., Atanasov A., Horbanczuk O., Tammam, M. Abdel-Mogib M., Hooper J., Sekeroglu N., Al-Mourabit A., Kijjoa A. Chemical Diversity and Biological Activities of Marine Sponges of the Genus Suberea: A Systematic Review Mar. Drugs, 2019, 17(2), 115.
El-Demerdash A., Tammam M., Atanasov A., Hooper J., Al-Mourabit A., Kijjoa A. Chemistry and Biological Activities of the Marine Sponges of the Genera Mycale (Arenochalina), Biemna and Clathria. Mar. Drugs, 2018, 16(6), 214.
T E A C H I N G E X P E R I E N C E
Teaching Of undergraduate courses
2009-2015: Co-teaching (with the Teaching member of Biochemistry Dept., Faculty of Agric., Fayoum Univ.) of General chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry of Collides and Emulsions, Molecular Biology and Phytochemistry.
PARTICIPATION IN FUNDED RESEARCH PROGRAMS
Participation in the research team
2018-2020: Research program in the framework of the call “RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE” entitled “Exploitation of the edible algae Dictyopteris membranacea and Laurencia obtusa in the Mediterranean cuisine as a functional food and nutritional supplement” (MedSUSHI, ?1???-04048) (PI: E. Ioannou).
2019-2020: Research program in the entitled “Cardioprotective properties of sea bream farmed with a fraction of polar fats isolated from oil by-products” (PI: V. Roussis).
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND COMPUTER SKILLS
English: Certificate of IELTS, British Council (January/2015).
Greek: Certificate of A1, A2, Modern Greek Language Teaching Centre, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, (May/2017).
Computer Skills: operating systems (MS Windows) and office applications (MS Office), software for data acquisition and processing (eg. TopSpin, MestReC, MestReNova, ChemOffice, HyperChem, SPSS), databases (eg. MarinLit, Reaxys).