faculty of agriculture

Dr. Mohamed Hussein Hamdy Roby

Contact Information
Phone Number:084 6356731
Fax Number: 084 6334964
E-mail Address: mhr00@fayoum.edu.eg
Office: Agriculture Building
Postal Address: Fayoum - Fayoum University - Faculty of Agriculture - POBox: 63514
Academic Qualifications
B. Sc.: Faculty of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology - Fayoum Branch - Cairo University - 2003
M. Sc.: Food Science - Faculty of Agriculture – Fayoum University - 2010.
Subject: Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Some Natural Extracts.
Ph. D.: Laboratoire Ingénierie des Biomolécules (LIBio) - ENSAIA - Lorraine University - France.
Subject: Synthesis and characterization of antioxidant biomolecules.
Academic Positions
Demonstrator: From 2004 To 2010
Assistant Lecturer: From 2010 to 2015
Lecturer: From 2015 To 2020
Assistant Professor: From 2020 Untill Now
Thesis
Synthesis and characterization of antioxidant biomolecules
Trainings, Seminars, Conferences and Research & Scientific Activities
Thinking Skills Training Program Organized by Faculty and Leadership Development Project (FLDP), Fayoum University, Fayoum, January 24th -26th 2006.
Principles of bioinformatics, tissue culture and molecular biology: Training course organized by Nematology and Biotechnology Unit, faculty of agriculture, Fayoum University, Fayoum, June, 2007.
Communication Skills Training Program Organized by Faculty and Leadership Development Project (FLDP), Fayoum University, Fayoum, January 22nd -24th 2008.
"Technology Utilization in Teaching" Training Program Organized by Faculty and Leadership Development Project (FLDP), Fayoum University, Fayoum, January 26th -28th, 2008.
"Active Presentation Training Program" Organized by Faculty and Leadership Development Project (FLDP), Fayoum University, Fayoum, February 2nd -4th 2008.
"Modern attitudes in Teaching" Training Program organized by Faculty and Leadership Development Project (FLDP), Fayoum University, Fayoum, February, 5th -7th, 2008.
The Annual Scientific Conference of the Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University (Participant as a faculty member).
HPLC and Chromatography analysis: training course organized by Nematology and Biotechnology Unit, faculty of agriculture, Fayoum University, Fayoum, March, 2008.
The 5th International Conference of Sustainable Agricultural Development. 21- 23 December 2009, Fayoum, Egypt.

Preparatory course on TOEFL: (Fayoum University), Egypt, 2010.

International Computer Driving License (ICDL): With skills card number EGY07013863, June 2010.

How to write and publish a scientific paper: 29 February-29 March 2012, Nancy, Lorraine University.

Francis langue: 4 June - 27 February 2012: Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Parce de Saurupt, Nancy, Lorraine University.

Some research projects carried out by the Food Science and Technology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University, in different research fields (Participant as a team work member).

Participate as a research member in Institut Européen des Antioxydants (IEA), Nancy, France. http://ie-antioxydants.com/

Seminar on Food security for developing countries sponsored by Ministry of commerce, China and organized by Yuan Longping High-tech Agriculture Co., Ltd. From May 26th, 2021 to June 8th, 2021.
Implanting one volunteering assignment with the USAID-funded Farmer to Farmer Food Safety and Quality project (F2F-FSQ) – Tomato sun drying and Food Safety. Marche 2021.
Implanting one volunteering assignment with the USAID-funded Farmer to Farmer Food Safety and Quality project (F2F-FSQ) - Honey Products and Food Safety. April 2021.
Coordinator of food science department for the Assurance Quality Unite in the Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University in May 2016 until April 2018.
Internal Audit – ISO / IEC 17025: 2005. Organized by Target Lab Systems, Cairo, Egypt, on 29th November 2017.
Requirement of ISO/IEC 17025: 2005 (General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories). Organized by Target Lab Systems, Cairo, Egypt, on July 2016.
Technical manager of Environmental and Food Pollutants Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture – Fayoum University - Fayoum – Egypt from March 2016 until now.
Symposium of Food and Agriculture Sustainable Development organized by Faculty of agriculture, Fayoum university in April 2016 until now.
Seminar on Food Safety for secondary agriculture students organized by MUCIA, Cairo branch, Egypt.
Programs and courses characterization and evaluation of learning outcomes for higher education institutions program Organized by National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions, in November 2015.
A member of the council of the Department of Food Science and Technology from September 2015 until now.
A member of laboratories and equipment committee from September 2015 up to now.
Training Course on Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (Flam & Graphite Model 55AA, 240Z)) by AGITECH the authorized distribution of Agilent technologies. Held on 18th November 2015.
Training Course on Gas Chromatography with Mass unite by AGITECH the authorized distribution of Agilent technologies. Held on 29th January 2015.
Training Course on HPLC Model 1260 by AGITECH the authorized distribution of Agilent technologies. Held on 26th January 2015.
Thinking Skills Training Program Organized by Faculty and Leadership Development Project (FLDP), Fayoum University, Fayoum, January 24th -26th 2006.
List of Publications
Mohamed Hussein Hamdy Roby, Mohamed Atef Sarhan, Khaled Abdel-Hamed Selim, Khalel Ibrahim Khalel. (2013). Evaluation of antioxidant activity, total phenols and phenolic compounds in thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.), sage (Salvia officinalis L.), and marjoram (Origanum majorana L.) extracts. Industrial Crops and Products, Volume 43, May 2013, Pages 827-831.
Mohamed Hussein Hamdy Roby, Mohamed Atef Sarhan, Khaled Abdel-Hamed Selim, Khalel Ibrahim Khalel. (2013). Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of essential oil and extracts of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare L.) and chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.). Industrial Crops and Products. Volume 44, 2013, Pages 437- 445.
Mohamed Hussein Hamdy Roby, Vanessa C De Castro, Brenda N Targino, Paulo H Alves Da Silva, Cécile Mangavel, Françoise Chretien, Catherine Humeau, Stephane Desobry. (2015). Oxidative stability of DHA phenolic ester. Food chemistry. Volume 196 (15), 41–48.
Mohamed Hussein Hamdy Roby, Ahmad Allouche, Layal Dahdou, Vanessa C. De Castro, Paulo H. Alves da Silva, Brenda N. Targino, Marion Huguet, Cédric Paris, Françoise Chrétien, Rosa-Maria Guéant, Stéphane Desobry, Thierry Oster, Catherine Humeau. (2015). Enzymatic production of bioactive docosahexaenoic acid phenolic ester. Food Chemistry. Volume 171 (15), 397–404.
Awad A. Mahmoud, Adel A. A. Mohdaly, Mohamed H. H. Roby, Iryna Smetanska (2015). Chemical composition, physicochemical properties and fatty acid profile of Tiger Nut (Cyperus esculentus L) seed oil as affected by different preparation methods. International Food Research Journal. 22(5): 1931-1938.
Adel A. A. Mohdaly, Awad A. Mahmoud, Mohamed H. H. Roby, Iryna Smetanska and Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan (2015). Phenolic extracts from Propolis and bee pollen: composition, antioxidant and antibacterial activities. Journal of Food Biochemistry. 39, 538–547.
Mohamed Hussein Hamdy Roby (2016). Phenolic Compounds (Synthesis and caracterization of phenolic lipides), ISBN 978-953-51-5124-1. (Book Chapter).
Amal S. Hathout, Abdulhadi Aljawish, Bassem A. Sabry, Aziza A. El-Nekeety, Mohamed H. Roby, Nasseralla M. Deraz, Soher E. Aly and Mosaad A. Abdel-Wahhab (2017). Synthesis and characterization of cobalt ferrites nanoparticles with cytotoxic and antimicrobial properties. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science Vol. 7 (01), pp. 086-092.
Eman MH Méabed, Alaa IB Abou-Sreea and Mohamed H. H. Roby (2018). Chemical analysis and giardicidal effectiveness of the aqueous extract of Cymbopogon citratus Stapf. Parasitologie Research. 117, 1745-1755.
Eman MH Méabed, Nagwa M El-Sayed, Alaa IB Abou-Sreea and Mohamed H. H. Roby (2018). Chemical analysis of aqueous extracts of Origanum majorana and Foeniculum vulgare and their efficacy on Blastocystis spp. Cysts. Phytomedicine. 43, 158-163.
Abdelaliem, Y. F., Ropy A. and Roby, M. (2018). Utilization of Agricultural Wastes for Production of Pharmaceutical Glucose by Microbial Amylolytic Enzymes. Annals of Agric. Sci., Moshtohor, 56 (4): 1065 – 1074
Mohamed H. H. Roby, Samah A. Abdel Tawab and El Fakhrany A.M. A. (2018). Aflatoxin Contamination, Phenolic Contents Concentration in Tigernuts as Affected by Traditional Household Processes. Egypt. J. Food Sci. Vol. 46, pp. 189-196.
Abdel-Halem Meshref Ismail, Yasser Fathy, Mohamed H. H. Roby (2019). Antioxidant Activity of Different Types of Honey Produced by Different Methods. 46th APIMONDIA - International Apicultural Congress. Montréal, 8 – 12 Septembre, 2019.
Mohamed H. H. Roby, Samah A. Abd-Eltawab, Abdelmonam Abu El-Hassan (2019). Effect of different pre drying treatments on the quality of dried apple slices. Egypt. J. Food Sci. Vol. 47 (1), pp 131 – 138.
Mohamed H.H. Roby, Yasser Fathy Abdelaliem, Abdel-Halem Meshref Esmail, Adel AA Mohdaly, Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan (2020). Evaluation of Egyptian honeys and their floral Origins : phenolic compounds, antioxidant activities, and antimicrobial characteristics. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 1-9.
Adel A.A. Mohdaly and Mohamed H.H. Roby Ahmed A.M. Yassein, Ahmed E.A. Khalaf (2020). Selections of donors depending on agronomic traits, seed yield components, and fatty acid profile for genetic improvement of Carthamus using stepwise multiple regression. OCL - Oilseeds and fats, Crops and Lipids. 27, 1-9.
Adel AA Mohdaly, Awad A Mahmoud, Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan, Mohamed H.H. Roby. (2021). Biochemical and microbiological characteristics of some Mediterranean salted fish products. Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali. 1-13.
Abou-Sreea, A.I.B., Rady, M.M., Roby, M.H.H.,Majrashi, A., Ali, E.F. (2021). Cattle manure and bio-nourishing royal jelly as alternatives to chemical fertilizers : Potential for sustainable production of organic Hibiscus sabdariffa L. Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Vol 25, 100334
Grants
2011 Recipient of a grant from the Erasmus mundus (FFEEBB action 2) at France. The grant was utilised for research studies at the Department of Biochemistry and food process at the University of Lorraine (Fr), under the supervision of Prof. Stéphane Desobry, for a period of 3 years..
Desobry, for a period of 3 years. 2016 Recipient of a grant from the French Institute in Egypt for two months as a post doc. The research was concluded to development different methods to determination of antioxidant activity of food products. .
2021 Recipient of a grant from the Turkey Scholarship burslari for three months as a post doc. In Istanbul Okan University, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Food Engineering. The research was concluded in development a health-oriented foods..
Career Summary and positions
October 2021 till now: Post doctor, Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and natural science, Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey..
October 2020 till now: Vice manager of Environmental and Food Pollutants analysis Laboratory (EFPlab), Fayoum University..
April 2020 till now: Associated professors, Food Science and Technology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University..
July 2018 till now: Trainer member in Regional Center for Safety and Quality of Food Stuffs, Faculty of Veterinary, Cairo University.
November 2016 till December 2016: Post doctor, Laboratoire Ingénierie des Biomolécules (LIBio), ENSAIA, Lorraine University, 2 Avenue de la Forêt de Haye, 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
March 2016 till now: Technical manager of Environmental and Food Pollutants analysis Laboratory (EFPlab), Fayoum University.
Scientific and academic Interests
Field of chemistry and technology of food preservation.
Food additives and considering the use of natural materials instead of industrial.
Monitor the quality and suitability of food for human consumption.
Synthesis of new food ingredient acts as Alzheimer treatment.
Enzymatic esterification of phenolic compounds with omega-3 fatty acids.
Enzymatic grafting of phenolic acid with sugars and peptides.
Monitoring the quality control of food products.
Determination of pesticides residues in water and foods products.
Determination of aflatoxins in cereals & grains and feed.
Determination of heavy metals in water & feed and food products.
Determination of PAHs in meat and milk products.
Work Experience
Research activities serving my master and PhD, as well as, teaching the practical lessons for different undergraduate courses such as; Food Analysis, Technology of Food Extracts, Food chemistry, Food Additives, Principles of Food preservation , Technology of Food Preservation, Technology of Edible Oils & Fats and Cereals Technology and Their Products.
Key Technical Skills
Microsoft Word - Microsoft Excel - spss - Microsoft PowerPoint - Adobe Acrobat - Endnote .
Other Skills
Institutional TOFEL score as of 537 points.
Very good written and spoken English.
Excellent written and spoken Arabic.
Good written and spoken French.
Biocatalysis: enzymes, oxidation, esterification, activity, kinetics, purification, grafting.
Enzymatic functionalization of macromolecules.
Structural characterization: UV-Vis spectrophotometers, HPLC, LC-MS, GC, GC-MS, FT-IR..
Antioxidant activity: DPPH, ABTS, reducing power, Rancimat and Xanthine/xanthine oxidase.
* Antibacterial activity: plate count method, growth inhibition method to obtain MIC, MLC
Physico-chemical properties: Oxidative stability, color parameters, zeta potential.
Technical competences: FT-IR, NMR, HPLC, UV/Visible spectroscopy, LC-MS, GC, GC-MS, Kjeldahl, Soxhlet, Atomic absorption spectroscopy.
Interests & Activities
Currently include: Reading, Football, and Tennis
References
Prof. Awad Abdel Tawab Mahmoud: Professor of Food Science and Technology, Food Science and Technology dept. Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University, Egypt. E –mail:stephane.aam09@fayoum.edu.eg
Prof. Stéphane DESOBRY: Professor of Procedes Biotechnologiques et Alimentaires, Laboratoire Ingénierie des Biomolécules (LIBio), ENSAIA, Lorraine University, 2 Avenue de la Forêt de Haye, 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France. E –mail: stephane.desobry@univ-lorraine.fr
Prof. Catherine Humeau: Professor of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés (LRGP) ENSAIA, Lorraine University, 2 Avenue de la Forêt de Haye, 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France. E –mail: stephane.catherine.humeau@ univ-lorraine.fr
Prof. Mosaad Attia Abdel-Wahhab: Professor of Toxicology, Food Toxicology & Contaminants Department, Food Industries and Nutrition Division, NRC, Cairo, Egypt. E-mail: mosaad abdelwahhab@yahoo.com .
Asst. Prof. Tu?ba ?zdal: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Food Engineering, Okan University, Istunbul, Turkey. E-mail: tugba.ozdal@okan.edu.tr .
Honors and Awards
Certificate of excellence in scientific publishing, awarded by Fayoum University, 2013.
Certificate of excellence in scientific publishing, awarded by Fayoum University, 2015.
Certificate of excellence in scientific publishing, awarded by Fayoum University, 2017.
Certificate of excellence in scientific authorship, awarded by Fayoum University, 2017.
Certificate of excellence in scientific publishing, awarded by Fayoum University, 2018.
Certificate of excellence in scientific publishing, awarded by Fayoum University, 2019.
Certificate of excellence in scientific publishing, awarded by Fayoum University, 2020.
Certificate of excellence in scientific publishing, awarded by Fayoum University, 2021.