Awad, Mohamed

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• Gaballah M.S.*, Goksel N. Demirer, Lawrence D. Lemke, Itzel Marquez, Roderick W. Lammers, Maggie R. Williams (2025) Can the Anaerobic Digestion Process Survive and Perform Effectively in the Presence of PFAS: Mini-review? Chemical Engineering Journal (Revised: CEJ-D-25-45524R2).
• Yonghui Zheng, Enzhen Wang, Yuying Ren, Penghui Chen, Mohamed S. Gaballah, Quanyuan Wei, Renjie Dong, Jianbin Guo (2025) Volatile fatty acids from food waste as external carbon Sources: Denitrification Efficiency, microbial Pathways, and Techno-Economic assessment. Bioresource Technology, Volume 438, December 2025, 133257
• Gaballah M.S.*, David Crane, Sarah Copertino, Matthew Chambers, Roderick Lammers. Evaluating and Enhancing the Design of Newly Established Constructed Wetlands for Improved Nutrient Removal from Agricultural Runoff. Journal of Ecological Engineering Design (Submitted)
• Mohamed A. Ghorab, Mohamed S. Khalil, Gharieb S. El-Sayyad, Hanady G. Nada, Dounia Elfadil, Dina M. El-Sherif, Gaballah M.S., Ahmed M. Elgarahy, Hamza S. Abouelnasr, Dina M. Saleh, Mingqiu Liu, Shaohua Chen. Microbial Degradation of Organophosphorus Pesticides: Mechanisms, Environmental Impacts, and Future Perspectives. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology (Accepted).
• Gaballah M.S.*, Yasna Mortezaei, Mostafa Sobhi, Jianbin Guo, Goksel N. Demirer, Maggie R. Williams. Anaerobic Digestion for Bioenergy: Emerging Technologies and Strategies for Bioenergy and Bioproduct Innovation: Chapter 1: Introduction of Biological Conversion and AD Technology (Accepted).
• Hameer Chand, Mohamed S. Gaballah, Muhammad Irtaza Sajjad Haider, Hongjie Guo, Shuai Wang, Jiahui Ding, Chuanjian Cui, Changyong Zhang. Insights into Ion Selectivity via Capacitive Deionization: A Critical Review. Chemical Engineering Journal, 20 May 2025, 163806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.163806.
• Gaballah M.S.* and Roderick W. Lammers Assessing the factors influencing constructed wetland performance for mitigating agricultural nutrient runoff in the U.S.☆. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 71, 107293.
• Mostafa Sobhi, Eman Zakaria, Tamer Elsamahy, Feifei Zhu, Mohamed S. Gaballah, Eid S. Gaballah, Xinjuan Hu, Yi Cui, Shuhao Huo. Environmental and economic assessment of nitrogen-fixing Nostoc sp. as a sustainable alternative to synthetic urea fertilization. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, February 2025, 106917.
• Mahmoud M. Alia, Leli Zhanga, Yongdong Xu, Mohamed S. Gaballah, Eid S. Gaballah, M. Samer, Zhidan Liu (2025). Nexus between anaerobic digestion of animal waste and antibiotic-related pollutants: A critical review. Applied Energy, Volume 382, 15 March 2025, 125284.
• Yasna Mortezaei ϴ, Mohamed S. Gaballah ϴ, Goksel N. Demirer, Roderick W. Lammers, Maggie R. Williams (2025). From Wastewater to Sludge: The Role of Microplastics in Shaping Anaerobic Digestion Performance and Antibiotic Resistance Gene Dynamics. Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 489, 5 June 2025, 137413
• Mostafa Sobhi, Tamer Elsamahy, Eman Zakaria, Mohamed S. Gaballah, Feifei Zhu, Xinjuan Hu, Cunshan Zhou, Jianbin Guo, Shuhao Huo, Renjie Dong. Characteristics, limitations and global regulations in the use of biogas digestate as fertilizer: A comprehensive overview. Science of The Total Environment, Vol 957, 20 December 2024, 177855.
• Gaballah M.S. *, Hooshyar Yousefyani, Mohammadjavad Karami, Roderick W. Lammers (2024). From Literature to Action: Analysing how nitrogen and phosphorus removal responds to different design factors in free water surface constructed wetlands. ACS ES&T Engineering; https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.4c00392
• Mostafa Sobhi, Tamer Elsamahy, Yajie Zhang, Eman Zakaria, Siyuan Ren, Gaballah M.S., Feifei Zhu, Xinjuan Hu, Yi Cui, Shuhao Huo (2024). Adaptation of Chlorella vulgaris immobilization on rice straw with liquid manure to create a sustainable feedstock for biogas production and potential feed applications. Journal of Environmental Management, 370, November 2024, 123050.
• Philbert Mperejekumanaa, Lei Shena*, Shuai Zhonga, Mohamed S. Gaballah, Fabien Muhirwa (2024) Exploring the potential of Decentralized Renewable Energy Conversion Systems on water, energy, and food security in Africa. Energy Conversion and Management, 315, 118757.
• Gaballah M.S.*., Hooshyar Yousefyani, Mohammadjavad Karami, Roderick W. Lammers (2024) Free water surface constructed wetlands: review of pollutant removal performance and modelling approaches. Environmental science and pollution research, 31, 44649–44668, (2024).
• Philbert Mperejekumanaa, Lei Shena, Mohamed S. Gaballah, Shuai Zhong (2024). Exploring the potential and challenges of energy transition and household cooking sustainability in Sub-Sahara Africa. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 199, July 2024, 114534.
• Gaballah M.S., Hameer Chand, Jianbin Guo, Changyong Zhang. Mixed veterinary antibiotics removal and effects on anaerobic digestion of animal wastes: current practices and future perspectives. Chemical Engineering Journal, 483,149131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.149131.
• Gaballah M.S., Jianbin Guo, Atif Muhmoud, Mostafa Sobhi, Mohamed Ateia, Mohamed A. Ghorab, Zheng Yonghi, Renjie Dong (2024) Degradation and removal mechanisms of mixed veterinary antibiotics in swine manure during anaerobic and storage treatments: Validation and Characterization. Journal of Water Process Engineering, Volume 59, March 2024, 105024.
• Hameer Chand, Zhuang Liu, Qiang Wei, Mohamed S. Gaballah, Wenhao Li, Olga Osmolovskaya, Anastasiia Podurets, Mikhail Voznesenskiy, Natalia Pismenskaya, Lokesh P. Padhye, Changyong Zhang (2024) Performance and mechanism of chromium removal using flow electrode capacitive deionization (FCDI): Validation and optimization. Separation and Purification Technology, 340, 15 July 2024, 126696.
• Thien-Khanh Tran, Minh-Ky Nguyen, Chitsan Lin, Tuan-Dung Hoang, Thanh-Cong Nguyen, Aasif Mohmad Lone, Akhil Pradiprao Khedulkar, Gaballah M.S., Jagpreet Singh, W. Jin Chung, D. Duc Nguyen (2024). Review on fate, transport, toxicity and health risk of nanoparticles in natural ecosystems: Emerging challenges in the modern age and solutions toward a sustainable environment. Science of the total Environment, 15 Dec, 2023, 169331.
• Philbert Mperejekumana, Lei Shen, Shuai Zhong, Fabien Muhirwa, Gaballah M.S., Jean Marie Vianney Nsigayehe (2024). Integrating climate change adaptation into water-energy-food-environment nexus for sustainable development in East African Community. Journal of cleaner production (434), 140026.
• Gaballah M.S., Jianbin Guo, Amro Hassanein, Mostafa Sobhi, Mperejekumana Philbert, Zheng Yonghi, Renjie Dong (2023). Improving removal of combined veterinary antibiotics and mitigating their negative impacts during anaerobic digestion of swine manure using modified bentonite. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 53, 103877.
• Gaballah M.S., Mostafa Sobhi, Jianbin Guo, Mperejekumana Philbert, Lin Min, Zheng Yonghi, Mohamed A. Ghorab, Renjie Dong (2023) Evaluating the removal and impacts of combined tetracycline, oxytetracycline, sulfadiazine, and norfloxacin during swine manure storage process at ambient temperatures. Journal of Environmental chemical engineering, (11), 109765.
• Gaballah M.S., Jianbin Guo, Amro Hassanein, Mostafa Sobhi, Yonghui Zheng, Mperejekumana Philbert, Bowen Li, Hui Sun, Renjie Dong. Removal performance and inhibitory effects of combined Tetracycline, Oxytetracycline, Sulfadiazine, and Norfloxacin on anaerobic digestion process treating swine manure. Science of the total environment, V. 857, Part 3, 2023, 159536.
• Hawash, H.B., Moneer, A.A., Galhoum, A.A., Elgarahy, A.M., Mohamed, W.A.A., Samy, M., El-Seedi, H.R., Gaballah M. S, Mubarak, M.F., F.Attia, N., 2023. Occurrence and spatial distribution of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the aquatic environment, their characteristics, and adopted legislations. J. water Process Eng. 52, 103490.
• Mostafa Sobhi, Jiabao Zheng, Bowen Li, Gaballah M.S., Jianbin Guo, Renjie Dong. Carbon footprint of dairy manure management chains in response to nutrient recovery by aerobic pre-treatment. Journal of Environmental Management, 328, 116975-2023.
• Ahmed M. Elgarahy, M. G. Eloffy, Ahmed Alengebawy, Dina M. El-Sherif, Gaballah M.S.ϴ, Mohamed El-Qelish, Khalid Z. Elwakeel. Sustainable management of food waste; pre-treatment strategies, techno-economic assessment, bibliometric analysis, and potential utilisations: A systematic review. Environmental research Journal, v.215. 15 May 2023, 115558.
• Gharieb S. El-Sayyad, Dounia Elfadil, Gaballah M.S., Dina M. El-Sherif, Mohamed Abouzid, Hanady G. Nada, Mohamed S. Khalil and Mohamed A. Ghorab (2023). Implication of nanotechnology to reduce the environmental risks of waste associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. RSC Adv., 2023,13, 12438-12454. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3RA01052J.
• Gaballah M.S.*, Saber AN, Guo J. A Review of Constructed Wetlands Types and Plants Used for Wastewater Treatment in Egypt. In: Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment in Hot and Arid Climates. Springer Netherlands; 2022:43-56. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-03600-2_3.
• Gaballah M.S., Ola Abdelwahab, Khouloud M. Barakat, Alexandros I. Stefankis (2022) A pilot system integrating a settling technique and a horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland for the treatment of polluted lake water. Chemosphere, 295, 133844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133844.
• Mostafa Sobhi, Jianbin Guo, Gaballah M.S., Bowen Li, Jiabao Zheng, Xian Cui, Hui Sun, Renjie Dong. 2022. Selecting the optimal nutrients recovery application for a biogas slurry based on its characteristics and the local environmental conditions: A critical review. Science of the total environment, 2022-21-25809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152700.
• Gaballah M.S., Jianbin Guo, Sun Hui, D. Aboauge, Mostafa sobhi, Atif Mahmoud, Renjie Dong (2021). A review targeting veterinary antibiotics removal from livestock manure management systems and future outlook. Bioresource Technology 333(2):125069. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-12442-7.
• Gaballah, M.S., Li, X.; Zhang, Z.; Al-Anazi, A.; Sun, H.; Sobhi, M.; Philbert, M.; Ghorab, M.A.; Guo, J.; Dong, R. Determination of Tetracycline, Oxytetracycline, Sulfadiazine, Norfloxacin, and Enrofloxacin in Swine Manure Using a Coupled Method of On-Line Solid-Phase Extraction with the UHPLC–DAD. Antibiotics 2021, 10, 1397.
• Gaballah M.S.*, K.Ismail, D. Aboauge, M. Ismail, M. Sobhi, and A. I. Stefanakis (2021). Effect of design and operational parameters on nutrients and heavy metals removal in pilot Floating Treatment Wetlands with Eichhornia Crassipes treating polluted lake water. Environmental science and pollution research, 2021. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-12442-7.
• Mostafa Sobhi, Gaballah M.S., Tongtong, Xian cui, Bowen li, Sun Hui, Jianbin Guo,Renjie Dong (2021). Nutrients recovery from fresh liquid manure through an airlift reactor to mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions of open anaerobic lagoons. Journal of Environmental Management 293(1–6):112956. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112956.
• Ahmed M. Elgarahy ϴ, Ahmed Hammad, Dina M. El-Sherif, Mohamed Abouzid, Gaballah M.S.ϴ, Khalid Z. Elwakeel* (2021). Thermochemical conversion strategies of biomass to biofuels, techno-economic and bibliometric analysis: a conceptual review. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 106503. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17096-z
• Philbert Mperejekumana; Huan Li; Rucong Wu; Jiaxin Lu; Obid Tursunov; Hussien Elshareef; Gaballah M.S., Nsengiyumva Jean Nepo; Yuguang Zhou; Renjie Dong 2021. Determinants of Household Energy Choice for Cooking in Northern Sudan: A Multinomial Logit Estimation. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, Volume 18, Issue 21, 11480.
• Dina M. El-Sherif ϴ, Mohamed Abouzid, Gaballah M.S. ϴ, Alhassan Ali Ahmed, Muhammad Adeel and Sheta M. Sheta (2021). New approach in SARS-CoV-2 surveillance using biosensor technology: a review, Environmental science and pollution research, DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17096-z.
• Ahmed E. Alprol ϴ, Gaballah M.S.*ϴ, Mohamed A. Hassaan (2021). Micro and Nanoplastics analysis: Focus on their classification, sources, and impacts in marine environment. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 42, February 2021, 101625.
• Ola Abdelwahab ϴ, Gaballah M.S.*ϴ, Khouloud M. Barakat, Dominic Aboagye (2021) Pilot modified settling techniques as a novel route for treating water influent from Lake-Marriott. Journal of Water Process Engineering 42(1):101985.
• Gaballah M.S., Ola Abdelwahab, Khouloud M. Barakat, Dominic Aboagye (2020) A Novel Horizontal Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetland Planted with Typha angustifolia for Treatment of Polluted Water. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27(15).
• Gaballah M.S.*, K. Ismail, A. Beltagy, A. M. Zein Eldin, M. M. Ismail (2019). Wastewater treatment potential of Water lettuce (Pistia Stratiotes) with modified engineering design, Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 197–205. © Allerton Press, Inc., 2019.

• 2026: AAEES 40 Under 40 Recognition Program (Environmental Science & Engineering)

• Ph.D., Engineering, China Agricultural University, China, 2023
• M.S., Agricultural and Bio-systems Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, 2016
• B.S., Agricultural and Bio-systems Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, 2011

• Biological Wastewater Treatment
• Natural Based-solution (constructed wetlands)
• Pollutants fate and transport
• Renewable Energy from Waste

• American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists (AAEES)
• American society of civil engineers (ASCE)