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Plant ecology, community and population ecology, Phytoremediation, Molecular ecology

Biography

Correspondence address: Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt.
E-mail: hegazy@sci.cu.edu.eg & akhegazy@yahoo.com
Tel.: +202 35676651 (Office), +202 37278556 (Res.) and +2 01222430272 (Mobile)
ORCID identifier: The 16-digit number is 0000-0002-5286-7998 and full ORCID iD and the link to public record is https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5286-7998

Graduate of Cairo University (B.Sc. & M.Sc.) and Alberta University, Canada (M.Sc. & Ph.D.). Leading a research group in the field of plant ecology and environmental sciences. Supervision of about 70 Ph.D. and M.Sc. students in different universities and research institutes in Egypt and other countries. Research areas cover interdisciplinary subjects of population and community ecology, phytoremediation of polluted ecosystems, biodiversity and protected area management, climate change, conservation ecology, biological interactions, molecular ecology, and environmental impact assessment. Published about 2020 publications, edited and co-authored 4 books and two encyclopedias. Implemented some research programs in Egypt and other Arab countries (Libya, Qatar and Saudi Arabia and Sudan). National coordinator and director of some research projects. Teaching about 10 graduate and undergraduate courses in Egyptian and other Arab and Canadian universities. Visiting fellow to some British, Chinese and Canadian universities and research institutes. Editor, Journal of Forestry Research (Springer Verlag) and editor –in-chief of Egyptian Journal of Botany. Undertaken many refereeing work for international scientific journals published by Elsevier, Springer Verlag, John Wiely, Academic Press, etc. Coordinated, facilitated and participated in many training courses, workshops, public awareness programs in the fields of conservation, biodiversity, protected areas, sustainable development and colour economy, environmental communication and education, and other environmental fields. Participated in about 120 international conferences, workshops and task force meetings on environmental subjects and plant ecology in about 30 countries in five continents. Environmental advisor and resource person for many international organizations in the field of environment and conservation of biodiversity resources (UNEP, UNESCO, CEDARE, Arab League, ICARDA, EEAA, FAO, AOAD, etc.). Former Head of Environmental Impact Assessment Sector (Ministry of Environment). External examiner for Ph. D. and M. Sc. degrees in many Universities. Referee for promotion of university staff members and project evaluation and follow up in some regional universities. English-Arabic translation of environmental articles for Scientific American Journal. Participated in preparation of global and regional environmental outlook-UNEP (GEO-2, GEO-3, SOE-North Africa and SOE-Arab Region), prepared sections on biodiversity, forests, lands and multilateral/ international agreements. Reviewer in Millennium Ecosystem Assessment &IPBES. Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, International jury for the International Slow Food Award, Vice-President of the national committee for conservation of nature and natural resources and Environment council, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology. Member in the Supreme Technical Committee (biodiversity and protected areas), Minister of Environment, Egypt. Regional Coordinator of the International Allelopathy Society, and member of some national and international academic societies concerned with environment and biodiversity resources. Winner of national prizes; State prize in environmental research and education (2003), State prize for encouragement in biological science (2000) and State prize for environment protection in the field of biodiversity and protected areas (1997), Cairo University Prize for Excellency in Research (2006), International publications award- Cairo University (since 2006 till now), and Silver Medal of Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations-FAO (2002). Principal investigator and national advisor of many national and regional research projects in Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Libya and Sudan. Member of many national councils and committees. Former Deputy Chair of Syndicate for Scientific Professions-Egypt.

Activities

Employment (1)

Cairo University: Giza, EG

1998-11-30 to present | Professor (Faculty of Science, Botany and Microbiology Department)
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Education and qualifications (1)

Cairo University: Giza, EG

2018-05-15 to present | Professor (Faculty of Science)
Education
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Works (50 of 133)

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Heavy Metal Accumulation, Tissue Injury, Oxidative Stress, and Inflammation in Dromedary Camels Living near Petroleum Industry Sites in Saudi Arabia

Animals
2022-03 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Jamaan S. Ajarem; Ahmad K. Hegazy; Gamal A. Allam; Ahmed A. Allam; Saleh N. Maodaa; Ayman Mahmoud
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
grade
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Long-Term Species Diversity and Climate Change: An Intimate Relationship Over the Last Ten Decades : Case Study in Egypt

Handbook of Climate Change Management
2021 | Book chapter
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Assessment of morphological and molecular variability of some Solanum melongena L. cultivars and wild Solanum incanum L. in Saudi Arabia

Biologia Futura
2021-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2676-8615
Part of ISSN: 2676-8607
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Effect of Visnagin on Altered Steroidogenesis and Spermatogenesis, and Testicular Injury Induced by the Heavy Metal Lead

Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening
2021-06-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1386-2073
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Plant biodiversity and soils in the Jebel Marra region of Darfur, Sudan

Arid Land Research and Management
2021-04-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1532-4982
Part of ISSN: 1532-4990
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Potentiality of Azolla pinnata R. Br. for Phytoremediation of Polluted Freshwater with Crude Petroleum Oil

Separations
2021-03-26 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2297-8739
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Ahmad K. Hegazy
grade
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Variations of Structural and Functional Traits of Azolla pinnata R. Br. in Response to Crude Oil Pollution in Arid Regions

Sustainability
2021-02-17 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2071-1050
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Ahmad K. Hegazy
grade
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Species diversity and climate an intimate relationship over the last decades in the Mediterranean region: the case study of Sallum Sector, Egypt

Flora Mediterranea
2020 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1120-4052
Part of ISSN: 2240-4538
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

‘Variations in phenological and functional traits in Thapsia garganica populations in Al Jebel Al Akhdar, Libya’

African Journal of Ecology
2020-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0141-6707
Part of ISSN: 1365-2028
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Facilitation Effects of <i>Haloxylon salicornicum</i> Shrubs on Associated Understory Annuals, and a Modified "Stress-Gradient" Hypothesis for Droughty Times.

Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
2020-12-07 | Journal article
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Impact of Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana Plants on Herbicide Isoproturon Phytoremediation through Expressing Human Cytochrome P450-1A2

Biology
2020-10-27 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2079-7737
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Functional Traits Plasticity of the Invasive Herb Argemone ochroleuca Sweet in Different Arid Habitats

Plants
2020-09-26 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2223-7747
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Monitoring the Efficiency of Rhazya stricta L. Plants in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soil

Plants
2020-08-19 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2223-7747
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Indigenous knowledge of wild plants collected in Darfur, Sudan

Ethnobotany Research and Applications
2020-05-22 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1547-3465
Part of ISSN: 1547-3465
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Green Technology for Remediation of Water Polluted with Petroleum Crude Oil: Using of Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms Combined with Magnetic Nanoparticles Capped with Myrrh Resources of Saudi Arabia

Nanomaterials
2020-02-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2079-4991
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Ahmad K. Hegazy
grade
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Impact of off-road vehicles on soil and vegetation in a desert rangeland in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
2019-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1319-562X
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Chemical ingredients and antioxidant activities of underutilized wild fruits

Heliyon
2019-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2405-8440
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Antioxidant, Hypoglycemic, and Neurobehavioral Effects of a Leaf Extract of Avicennia marina on Autoimmune Diabetic Mice

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2019-05-21 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1741-427X
Part of ISSN: 1741-4288
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Spatial and temporal variation in plant community phenology in the Jebel Marra region of Darfur

Folia Geobotanica
2018-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1211-9520
Part of ISSN: 1874-9348
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Consideration of NDVI thematic changes in density analysis and floristic composition of Wadi Yalamlam, Saudi Arabia

Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems
2018-11-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2193-0864
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

A New Approach To The Treatment Of Iron Gall Ink Corrosion Using Plant Biomass

Zenodo
2018-04-20 | Journal article
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Allelopathic potential of Argemone ochroleuca from different habitats on seed germination of native species and cultivated crops.

Pakistan Journal of Botany
2017 | Journal article
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Olive mill waste water risk assessment based on GIS techniques in Crete, Greece.

Global NEST Journal
2017 | Journal article
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Response of duckweed to lead exposure: phytomining, bioindicators and bioremediaton

DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT
2017 | Journal article
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Molecular and phytochemical analysis of wild type and olive cultivars grown under Saudi Arabian environment

3 Biotech
2017-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2190-572X
Part of ISSN: 2190-5738
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Plant communities and reproductive phenology in mountainous regions of northern Libya

Journal of Forestry Research
2017-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1007-662X
Part of ISSN: 1993-0607
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Comparative Study ofFungal Diversity and Heavy MetalContent in Street Trees in Cairo and RiyadhCities

IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology
2017-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2319-2399
Part of ISSN: 2319-2402
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Habitat-Based Estimate of Carbon Content in the Mangrove Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. in South Sinai, Egypt.

IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology, 10 (11): 8-14
2016 | Journal article
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Soil Erosion Estimation Using Remote Sensing Techniques in Wadi Yalamlam Basin, Saudi Arabia

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
2016 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1687-8434
Part of ISSN: 1687-8442
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Spinescence and the keystone plant Acacia tortilis ssp. tortilis in the arid Middle East: adjusting architecture to deter different herbivores.

10th International Rangeland Congress, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. July 16-22, 2016, pp. 170-172.
2016 | Conference paper
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Demography of the threatened endemic shrub, Arbutus pavarii, in the Al-Akhdar mountainous landscape of Libya

Journal of Forestry Research
2016-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1007-662X
Part of ISSN: 1993-0607
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Ecological assessment of populations ofJuniperus phoeniceaL. in the Al-Akhdar mountainous landscape of Libya

Arid Land Research and Management
2016-07-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1532-4982
Part of ISSN: 1532-4990
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Phytoremediation of the organic Xenobiotic simazine by p450-1a2 transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants.

International journal of phytoremediation
2016-01-01 | Journal article
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Accumulation of heavy metal pollutants in the components of Petroleum polluted arid ecosystem.

Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Rhodes, Greece, 3-5 September 2015.pp.8
2015 | Conference paper
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Assessment of Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Essential Oil and Extracts of Boswellia carteri Resin.

International Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Research 7(3): 502-509.
2015 | Journal article
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Assessment of heavy metals accumulation in the ecosystem and hazardous effects on the testes and embryo of wild Libyan Jird Meriones libycus collected from petroleum oil polluted aridregion.

Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Rhodes, Greece, 3-5 September 2015.pp.7
2015 | Conference paper
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Clonalin vitromultiplication of grey mangrove and assessment of genetic fidelity using single primer amplification reaction (SPAR) methods

Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment
2015-11-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1310-2818
Part of ISSN: 1314-3530
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Effects of open grazing and livestock exclusion on floristic composition and diversity in natural ecosystem of Western Saudi Arabia

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
2015-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1319-562X
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Vegetation, Floristic Diversity, and Size-Classes ofAcacia gerrardiiin an Arid Wadi Ecosystem

Arid Land Research and Management
2015-07-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1532-4982
Part of ISSN: 1532-4990
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Diversity of active constituents inCichorium endiviaandCynara cornigeraextracts

Acta Biologica Hungarica
2015-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0236-5383
Part of ISSN: 1588-256X
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Phytoremediation of soils polluted with crude petroleum oil using Bassia scoparia and its associated rhizosphere microorganisms

International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation
2015-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0964-8305
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Population demography and global sensitivity analysis of <i>Avicennia marina</i> on the eastern and western coasts of Saudi Arabia

Koedoe
2015-03-25 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2071-0771
Part of ISSN: 0075-6458
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Effect of copper and zinc on the in vitro regeneration of Rauvolfia serpentina

Biologia plantarum
2015-01-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0006-3134
Part of ISSN: 1573-8264
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Thidiazuron induced in vitro multiplication of Mentha arvensis and evaluation of genetic stability by flow cytometry and molecular markers

Industrial Crops and Products
2014-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0926-6690
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Adsorption of phenol onto activated carbon from Rhazya stricta: determination of the optimal experimental parameters using factorial design

Applied Water Science
2014-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2190-5487
Part of ISSN: 2190-5495
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Chemical composition of essential oil and in vitro antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of crude extracts of Commiphora myrrha resin

Industrial Crops and Products
2014-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0926-6690
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Compatibility and complementarity of indigenous and scientific knowledge of wild plants in the highlands of southwest Saudi Arabia

Journal of Forestry Research
2014-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1007-662X
Part of ISSN: 1993-0607
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Interaction Between “Safe Sites” and “Safe Sides” for Germination of Neurada procumbens (Neuradaceae) in the Middle East

Folia Geobotanica
2014-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1211-9520
Part of ISSN: 1874-9348
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Temporal genetic and spatial pattern variations within and among Anastatica hierochuntica populations

Rendiconti Lincei
2014-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2037-4631
Part of ISSN: 1720-0776
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Ahmad K. Hegazy

Bioaccumulation Potential and Physiological Responses of Aquatic Macrophytes to Pb Pollution

International Journal of Phytoremediation
2014-01-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1522-6514
Part of ISSN: 1549-7879
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Ahmad K. Hegazy
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