Departments

Mission

1.                      Water quality monitoring including chemical and biological assessment.
2.                     Survey and monitoring of watercourses to detect the prevalence of water borne diseases in Egypt.
3.                    Studying the impact of environmental and climatic changes on biodiversity of aquatic organisms and spread of endemic diseases.
4.                     Recent Nanoparticles applications in diagnosis and treatment.
5.                     Cooperation with different institutions in and outside Egypt for training and carrying out researches related to environmental diseases prevention.
   

Vision

Research Fields

Research Fields

1.      The research plan concerns health risks related to environment including monitoring, impact assessment and remediation through modern environmental biological and Nano-technological applications and the using of living organisms as biological indicators (plants, bacteria, fungi, algae, and fish) and as sources for biological active compounds.

2.      Studying the impact of environmental and climatic changes on the biodiversityof aquatic organisms and the spread of environmental diseases.

3.      The strategic plan aims to rely on modern technologies such as nanotechnology in environmental applications.

Structure

Department Structure and Facilities

Lab Structure:

1.       Environmental Biology and Chemistry Field Research Lab.
2.       Environmental Nanotechnology Lab.
3.      Biocides Research Lab.

Basic Facilities:

1.        Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometerfor measuring concentrations of elements, salts, and heavy metals in water, soil, and biological fluids and tissue samples.
2.       Semi –automated clinical chemistry analyzer for measuring the concentration of protein compounds, urea, creatinine, liver, and oxygen stress enzymes in animal serum and tissue extracts.
3.       Department instruments (Microscopes, Electric balances, an Oven, Incubators, Centrifuges, an Autoclave, a Sonicator,Water baths and a Shaker).
4.       Environmental survey equipment (Dip nets, pH meter, Dissolved Oxygen meter, Electrical Conductivity and Total dissolved Solids meter).

Work In Progress

Running Techniques

Environmental Biology Research Studies:

1.                      Detection of biological pollutants in different waterways to determine the locations of the prevalence of waterborne diseases and the potential health risks.
2.                     Studying water ecology including living organisms (plants, macroinvertebrates, bacteria, fungi, algae, and fish) as indicators of pollution and as sources for bioactive compounds.
3.                    Bioremediation of water pollutants.
4.                    Studying the impact of environmental and climatic changes on biodiversity of aquatic organisms and spread of endemic diseases.

              Environmental Nanotechnology Applications Studies:  

1.          Synthesis of environmentally friendly nanomaterials.
2.          Testing the role of some nanomaterials in the detection and control of biological (Bacteria, Fungi, and Parasites) and chemical (Heavy metals and Pesticides) water pollutants.
3.          Evaluation of some nanocomposites for remediation of wastewater to be reused.
4.         Improvement of some biocides by binding with certain nanomaterials.

Services

Training

1.                  Heavy metals and elemental analysis by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS).
2.                  Basics of biological analysis.
3.                  Field survey of freshwater courses, sampling and classification of different aquatic organisms, and measuring physicochemical parameters.
4.                        Environmental Nanotechnology Applications.
5.                        Investigating, evaluating and improving the efficacy of biocides.

Publications

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Projects

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