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Professor Hussein Mohamed
Professor Hussein Mohamed
Dalton State College. Dalton, Georgia. U.S.A.

U.S. Department of Education Title III, HIS Grants: (2022-present)

Project Title: Tissue Culture vs Hydroponics as a Small-Scale Tobacco Production for phytoremediation.

Project Title: Selection of heavy metal hyperaccumulation cell lines using tissue culture techniques as a tool of phytoremediation of heavy metals contaminated ecosystem.

Project Title: Phytoremediation of Selenium by Vetiver grass in a hydroponic system.

Project Title: Selection of salt and drought-tolerant cell lines of Tobacco using tissue culture techniques.

Project Title: Optimization Of Ethanol Levels in the commonly used herbal species as an efficient source of renewable biofuel.

U.S. Department of Education Title III, STEM IV:  Grants 2021-2022.

Project Title: Selection of Salt and Drought Tolerant Cell Lines of Trifolium repens L. (white clover) using Tissue Culture Techniques.

Project Title: Phytoremediation of Arsenic (III) Oxide and Sodium Arsenate with Vetiveria Zizanioides.

Project Title: Resources Allocation of Linaria Vulgaris (Yellow Toadflax) As Response of Herbicide Application.

Project Title: Morphological and Physiological Comparisons between Yellow Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) Individuals Exposed to 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4-D).

Project Title: Dirt Free Farming; Feeding a growing population through hydroponics.

Dalton State Foundation. Campus Enrichment Grants: 2017-2020.

Project Title:Assessment of Physical and Environmental Properties for Sustainable Crop Production Using Field Methods and Geographic Information Systems.

Project Title:Cutaneous antibacterial effects of plant-derived essential oils

Course-embedded Undergraduate Research Experiences (CURE) Grant Program.

Study the decomposition rate across different climatic conditions. BIOL 3500 Ecology Class.

Screening of plants metabolites as inhibitors of various pathogenic bacteria. BIOL 3510 Plant Biology Class.

Study the effect of light quality on plant growth and photosynthetic performance. BIOL 1203 Botany Class.

Bioremediation of Industrial Pollution. Bioremediation Class.

Professional Publications

  • Allmon A, Mohamed H. Morphological and Physiological Comparisons between Yellow Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) Individuals Exposed to 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4-D). J Tissue Cult Bio Bioeng, Online Access 2018.
  • Z. Q. Lin, N. Terry, S. Gao, H. Hussein, Z.H. Ye. Vegetation changes and portioning of selenium in 4-year-old constructed wetlands treating agricultural drainage. International Journal of Phytoremediation. 12:3,255- 267, 2010.
  • H. Hussein. Optimization of Plant-Bacteria complex for phytoremediation of contaminated soil. International Journal of Botany, 4(4): 437-443, 2008.
  • Z. Q. Lin, H. Hussein, Z. H. Ye, N. Terry. Phytorestoration of metal-contaminated industrial wasteland: a greenhouse feasibility study. In: Concepts and Applications in Environmental Geochemistry. Developments in Environmental Science, D. Sarkar, R. Datta and R. Hannigan (Editors). Volume 5. Chapter 25: 545-561. Elsevier, 2007.

  • Datta R., Sarkar D., Hussein H. and Therapong C. Remediation of arsenical pesticide applied soils using water treatment residuals: Preliminary greenhouse results. In: Concepts and Applications in Environmental Geochemistry. Developments in Environmental Science, D. Sarkar, R. Datta and R. Hannigan (Editors). Volume 5. Chapter 22: 487-501. Elsevier, 2007.

  • Anna E. Tryfonas, John K. Tucker, Paul E. Brunkow, Kevin A. Johnson, Hussein H, Zhi-Qing Lin. Metal Accumulation in Eggs of the Red-eared Slider (Trachemysscripta elegans) in the Lower Illinois River. Chemosphere 63(1): 39-48, 2006.
  • Mohamed, Hussein, Therapong, C., Andra, S., Datta, R., and Sarkar, D. Phytoavailability of Arsenic in pesticide-Applied Soils: Effect of Chemical Remediation. Oral Presentation in the Symposium: Pollutants in Lotic Systems - III in the 2005 Joint Assembly of the AGU, SEG, NABS and SPD/AAS, New Orleans, LA, May 23-27, 2005.
  • Oscar N.R., HusseinH.S., Terry N., Daniell H. Phytoremediation of Organomercurial Compounds via Chloroplast Genetic Engineering. PlantPhysiology, 132(3). 1344-1352, 2003.
  • Z. Q. Lin, H. Hussein, A. Tagmount, A. Lee, and N. Terry. Pickleweed: A Novel Species for Phytoremediation of Se Contamination. 7th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements: ICOBTE, 15-19 June 2003, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden, 2003.
  • Fox, P.M., D.L. LeDuc, H. Hussein, Z.-Q. Lin and N. Terry. Selenium speciation in soils and plants. In: Y. Cai and OC Braids (eds). Biogeochemistry of Environmentally Important Trace Elements. American Chemical Society, Washington DC. Series 835: 339-354, 2003.
  • Hussein, H.S. and Terry N. Phytomonitoring the unique colonization of oil-contaminated saline environment by Limoniastrum monopetalum (L.) Boiss. In Egypt. Environment International, 2002, 28:127-135, 2002.
  • Kamal, S. A. and Hussein, H.S. Vegetative Analysis of Jabel Manzour, Northern Sinai, Egypt. VI National Conference for Environmental Studies & Research. Ain Shams University, Cairo – Egypt. 7-9 November 1999. Pp. 85-107, 1999.
  • Hussein, H.S. Optimization of callus formation and induction of suspension culture from Cajanus cajan (L.) Mllsp. Journal ofU nion of Arab Biologists. Vol. 7(b) 1999, 277-288, 1999.
  • Hussein, H.S. Effect of metabolite accumulation on environmental stress tolerance in Thymelaea articulata deserts species. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, Assiut Univ., 1999, vol. 28: 63-76, 1999.
  • El-Darier, S.M. and Hussein, H.S. Comparative allocation of biomass and nutrients in Panceratium maritimum L. VI National Conference for Environmental Studies & Research. Ain Shams University, Cairo – Egypt. 7-9 November 1999. Pp. 109-126, 1999.
  • Hussein, H.S. and Yossef, R. Metabolic Response in Some Desert Species to Physiographic Variations. Desert Inst. Bull. Egypt. 1997, 47 No.2: 455-470, 1997.
  • Hussein, H.S. Evaluation of undergraduate curriculum at the department of environmental science, Alexandria University, Egypt. Towards a Shared Vision for Higher Education. Amini, S; Fremerey, M & Wesseler, M (Eds.). Institute for Social-Cultural Studies. University of Kassel. Germany. 139-152, 1997.
  • Hussein, H.S. Effect of Salt Stress on Callus Culture of Carob (Ceratonia Siliqua L.) Fruit Tree. Journal of Union of Arab Biologists.1 (B): 129-147, 1994.
  • Fawzy, M.A. and Hussein, H.S. Seasonal Variations in Species Diversity Pattern at the Mediterranean Coastal Desert of Egypt. Journal of Union of Arab Biologists. 1:163-182, 1994
  • Hussein, H.S. and Wegmann, K. Salinity Tolerance in Two Fruit Tree Cultures: Effect of Exogenous Proline Application to the Culture Medium. First Egyptian-Hungarian Conference on Environment 1993, St. Catherine, Sinai, Egypt, 1993.