Work experience
Postdoctoral researcher: Food Science and Technology Department, The Ohio State University March 5, 2018 -present
Research assistant: Food Science and Technology Department, The Ohio State University May 14, 2018 – September 1, 2018
Principal Investigator: PI on a 2-year project funded by Benha University, Egypt. September 1, 2016 – September 1, 2018
PhD Graduate Student University of Guelph, Canada and Benha University, Egypt February 28, 2012 – December 2015
M.Sc. Student Faculty of Science, Benha University, Egypt January 1, 2009 – October 25, 2011
Research interests:
- Developing a strategy to disrupt desiccation resistance in Salmonella enterica strains associated with outbreaks in low-moisture foods.
- How food and food stress conditions impact stress responses and virulence in foodborne pathogens
- Assessment of probiotics with traits beneficial for human health and food applications
Teaching experience
Teaching Assistant: Microbiology Department, Ohio State University,
January 1, 2020 – April 30, 2020
January 1, 2019 – April 30, 2019
Duties: Instructor of the Food Microbiology Laboratory course at OSU for undergraduate and graduate students at Spring, 2019 and 2020
Lecturer: Faculty of Science, Benha University, Egypt
January/2016 – March/2018
Duties: Instructor of Microbial Metabolism, Food Microbiology, Industrial Microbiology, and Medical Microbiology at Benha University for undergraduate students. Lecturing, making assignments, grading, and supervising students’ projects.