Experience

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  AGAT Laboratories

  • Canada
  • Oil and Gas
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Water Analyst

    • Sep 2012 - Oct 2015

    •Determination of chemical elements in water by using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS).•Determination of elements in water by INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA (ICP).•Complete water analysis packages (pH, Resistivity, conductivity, alkalinity,Salinity,Acidity, Total dissolved solids (TDS), Total suspended solids (TSS) , Iodine and Refractivity).•Measure routine and complete amine.•Perform other analyses like Polyacryalamide,H2S. Free CO2, PH, Dissolved Oxygen and Glycol for water samples .

  • Lab Tech.

    • Jan 2011 - Sep 2012

    • Set up and conducting of chemical tests and analyses.• Use of excel spreadsheets to maintain control charts and various logs.• Performm preparation and complete analyses of various ions content in the air, monitored by Passive Air Quality Sampler.• Use of chromatographic techniques (Ion Chromatography) for ions concentration measurements,and perform calibration and servicing, data QC and reporting results in compliance with acceptance criterial in SOP.• Performe other analyses like Static Air Quality Sampler,Total Particular Matter, Dew point and Total Particulate in Breathing Air & Dust Fall).• Prepare buffers, reagents, standard solutions and other solutions as required for chemical tests.• Use of Spectrflourophotomete techniques for H2S ion concentration measuerment.

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  National Research Centre, Egypt

  • Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Laboratory, National Research Center

  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Researcher)

    • Jul 2007 - Aug 2009
    • Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Laboratory, National Research Center

    Research Project: Novel Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from Actinomycetes Bacteria.Activites & Responsibilities: • Isolation, purification, and identification of marine bacteria to produce bioactive compounds.• Chromatographic techniques (column chromatograph, reversed phase column chromatograph, HPLC,....)

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  National Research Center

  • Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Laboratory, 2001-

  • Assistant Researcher

    • Jul 2001 - Aug 2007
    • Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Laboratory, 2001-

    • Conducting biological, microbiological and biochemical tests and laboratory analyses for pharmaceutical products research.• Collecting sea water samples for microbial and marine research. • Isolation and purification of marine bacteria. • Antimicrobial activity of marine bacteria isolates by using disk diffusion method• Antimicrobial activity of crude ethyl acetate extract for selected marine bacteria strains by using disk diffusion method• Bacteria identification (Classification of bacteria isolates by Gram-Staining and Biolog GP2 MicroPlate method).• Extraction of bacterial DNA & PCR. • Chromatographic techniques (silica gel, silica gel for flash chromatography sephadex colomn and Pre-Packed Reversed Phase column chromatography).• Preparing and validatinge buffers, reagents, standard solutions and other solutions as required for chemical tests. • Spectroscopic techniques to study characterization of isolated compound from bacteria strains (UV spectra and Mass spectra: the electron impact (EI) and fast atom bombardment (FAB) mass spectra).

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  National Research Center

  • Microbial Chemistry department

  • Researcher Assistant

    • Jul 1993 - Jul 2000
    • Microbial Chemistry department

    • Preparing and autoclaving media; washing glass and plastic ware • Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic wastes• Chemical composition of Lignocellulosic material before and after pretreatment.• Enzymatic Saccharification of the pretreated and treated Ligno-cellulosic wastes• Preparation of crude enzymes from some fungi.• Ethanol production from pretreated and Saccharified Ligno-cellulosic Wastes• Determination of ethyl alcohol concentration in culture supernantants