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CURRICULUM VITAE
Noha H. Youssef

Date of birth: 12/ 19/ 1977.

Place of birth: Cairo, Egypt.

Marital status: Married, one son.

Education

1980-1995 Armenian Catholic’s sisters school, High school degree

1995-2000 Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams university, Cairo, Egypt, Bachelors degree in Pharmacy

2002-present University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA, Ph. D. student, Department of Botany and Microbiology

Professional experiences

1999-2000 Glaxo-welcome production facility, Cairo, Egypt, Trainee quality control department

2000-2002 Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams university, Cairo, Egypt, Teaching assistant, Biochemistry department

2001-2002 May pharmacy Pharmacist

2002-2006 University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA, Research assistant, Botany and Microbiology department

2007-present Oklahoma State University,  Stillwater, OK USA, Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Professional organizations
American Society for Microbiology
Egyptian Syndicate of Pharmacists

Publications
1. Youssef, N., K. E. Duncan, D. Nagle, K. N. Savage, R. Knapp, and M. J. McInerney. 2004. Comparison of methods to detect biosurfactant production by diverse microorganisms. J. Microbiol. Methods 56:339-347.
2. Youssef, N., K. E. Duncan, and M. J. McInerney. 2004. Importance of the 3-hydroxy fatty acid composition of lipopeptides for biosurfactant activity. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71(12):7690-7695.
3. Youssef, N., D. R. Simpson, K. E. Duncan, M. J. McInerney, M. Folmsbee, T.
Fincher, and R. M. Knapp. 2007. In-situ biosurfactant production by injected Bacillus strains in a limestone petroleum reservoir. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73: 1239-1247.
4. Youssef, N., Nguyen, T., Sabatini, D. A., and McInerney, M. J. 2007. Basis for formulating biosurfactant mixtures to achieve ultra low interfacial tension values against hydrocarbons. J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 34: 497-507.
5. Nguyen, T., Youssef, N., McInerney, M. J., and Sabatini, D. 2007. Rhamnolipid biosurfactant mixtures for environmental remediation. Water Res. doi:10.1016/j.watres .2007.10.038
6. Elshahed, M. S., Youssef, N. H., Luo Q.W., Najar, F. Z., Roe, B. A., Sisk, T. A., Bühring, S. I., Hinrichs, K.-U., and Krumholz, L. R. 2007. Phylogenetic and metabolic diversity of the phylum Planctomycetes from an anaerobic, sulfide and sulfur-rich spring (Zodletone Spring, OK, USA). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73: 4707-4716.
7. Youssef, N. H., and Elshahed, M. S. 2008. Species richness in soil bacterial communities: a proposed approach to overcome sample size bias. J. Microbiol. Methods.  Accepted.
8. Elshahed, M. S., Youssef, N. H., Spain, A. S.,  Sheik, C., Najar, F. Z., Sukharnikov, L., Roe,  B. A.,  Davis, J. P., Schloss, P., Bailey,  V. L., and Krumholz, L. R. 2008. Novelty and Uniqueness Patterns of Rare Members of the Soil Biosphere. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74:5422-5428.
9. McInerney, M. J., Youssef, N. H., and Nagle, D. P. 2009. Lipopeptide surfactants and Their Use in Oil Recovery. In “Bio-based surfactants and detergents” published by American Oil Chemists Society. In press.
10. Youssef, N. H., Elshahed, M. S., and McInerney, M. J.  2009. Microbial Processes in Oil Fields: Culprits, Problems, and Opportunities. In Laskin A. I., Sariaslani,, S. and Gadd, G. M., editors: Adv. Appl. Microbiol. 66: 141-251. Burlington: Academic Press
11. Youssef, N. H., and Elshahed, M. S. 2009. Diversity rankings among bacterial lineages in soil. ISME j. 3: 305-313.

Conference presentations

1. Youssef, N., and M. J. McInerney. 2004. Structure-activity relationship of lipopeptide biosurfactants. Presented at the eleventh annual meeting for the International Petroleum Engineering Corporation, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2. Youssef, N., K. E. Duncan, D. Nagle, and M. J. McInerney. 2004. Screening diverse microorganisms for anaerobic growth and biosurfactant production. Presented at the One hundred and fourth general meeting for American Society for Microbiology.
3. Youssef, N., K. E. Duncan, and M. J. McInerney. 2005. Importance of the 3-hydroxy fatty acid composition of lipopeptides for biosurfactant activity. Presented at the One hundred and fifth general meeting for American Society for Microbiology.
4. Nguyen, T., Youssef, N., McInerney, M. J., and Sabatini, D. A. 2005. Biosurfactants and applications in petroleum hydrocarbon remediation. Presented at the twelfth annual meeting for the International Petroleum Engineering Corporation, Houston, TX.
5. N. Youssef, D. R. Simpson, M. J. Folmsbee, K. E. Duncan, R. M. Knapp, T. J. Fincher, M. J. McInerney. 2006. Biosurfactant-mediated oil recovery is technically feasible. Presented at the One hundred and sixth general meeting for American Society for Microbiology, Orlando, FA.
6. Darrell R. Simpson, Kathleen E. Duncan, Noha Youssef, Martha J. Folmsbee, Michael J. McInerney. 2006. Bioaugmentation of Oil Reservoirs with Biosurfactant Producers is Feasible. Presented at the One hundred and sixth general meeting for American Society for Microbiology, Orlando, FA.
7. Youssef, N. 2007. Importance of the Long Chain Fatty Acid Beta-Hydroxylating Cytochrome P450 Gene ybdT for Lipopeptide Biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis Strain OKB105. Presented at the One hundred and seventh general meeting for American Society for Microbiology, Toronto, CA.
8. Elshahed, M. S., Youssef, N. H.,  Spain, A. S., Sheik, C., Najar, F. Z., Sukharnikov, L. O., Roe, B. A., Davis,J. P., Schloss. P. D., and Krumholz,  L. R. 2008. Microbial diversity within the rare soil biosphere. Presented at the One hundred and eighth general meeting for American Society for Microbiology, Boston, MA.
9. Youssef, N. H., and Elshahed, M. S. 2008. Species richness in soil bacterial communities: a proposed approach to overcome sample size bias. Presented at the One hundred and eighth general meeting for American Society for Microbiology, Boston, MA.
10. Youssef, N. H., Sheik, C. S., Krumholz, L. R., Najar, F. Z., Roe, B. A., Elshahed, M. S. 2009. A Comparative Study of Species Richness Estimates Obtained Using Near Complete Fragments and Simulated Pyrosequencing-Generated Fragments in 16S rRNA Gene-Based Environmental Surveys. To be presented at the One hundred and eighth general meeting for American Society for Microbiology, Philadelphia, PA.

 

Awards, Scholarships

  1. Cross scholarship offered by the department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma. 2004.
  2. IPEC conference award for the best poster offered in the eleventh annual IPEC meeting held in Albuquerque, NM. 2004.
  3. IPEC conference award for the second best poster offered in the twelfth annual IPEC meeting held in Houston, TX. 2005.