Prof. Wael Elmoslimany
Professor of Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology
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waelame@agu.edu.bh
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Wael Elmoslimany is a Professor of Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology, and the former director of the Biotechnology Program at the Arabian Gulf University. Having more than 25 years of research experience in the field of microbial biodegradation of hydrocarbons and petroleum biotechnology, Dr. Elmoslimany received his BSc in Microbiology and Chemistry from Ain Shams University (Cairo-Egypt) and joined the Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute in 1994 to pursue his MSc in Petroleum Microbiology. He then moved to the Department of Microbiology at Freiburg University, Germany, to earn his PhD. After postdoctoral training in the same group, Wael was appointed as a Research Assistant Professor at the Center of Environmental Biotechnology-University of Massachusetts-Amherst (USA), where he worked within the group of the Distinguished Prof. Derek Lovley on microbial fuel cells. His key contributions highlight the discovery and elucidation of novel biocatalytic pathways and mechanisms for organic compounds biodegradation and biotransformation. Currently, his research focuses on biodesulfurization of diesel, biocatalytic upgrading of heavy oil and refinery residues, bioremediation of refining waste oily sludge, as well as biodegradation of steroids in wastewater.
- PhD in Microbial Biochemistry, Freiburg University, Germany, December 2002
- MSc in Petroleum Microbiology, Ain-Shams University, Egypt, December 1998
- BSc in Microbial Biochemistry, Ain-Shams University, Egypt, May 1993
- Biodesulfurization of diesel
- Biocatalytic upgrading of heavy oil and refinery residues
- Biodegradation of steroids in wastewater.
- Hashem, J. S., Ismail, W., Chiang, Y.-R., Sangal, V., Hentati, D., Abotalib, N., & Bekhit, A. A. (2025). A native bacterial consortium degrades estriol in domestic sewage and activated sludge via the 4,5-seco pathway and requires estriol to retain its biodegradation phenotype. Microbiology Spectrum, e0074125. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00741-25
- Hentati, D., Ramadan, A., Abed, R.M.M., Abotalib, N., El Nayal, A.M., and Ismail, W. (2023). Functional and structural responses of a halophilic consortium to oily sludge during biodegradation. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology108(1):116. doi: 10.1007/s00253-023-12896-4.
- Zumsteg, J., Hirschler, A., Carapito,C., Maurer, L., Villette, C., Heintz, D., Dahl, D., Al-Nayal, A.M., Sangal, V., Mahmoud,H., Van Dorsselaer, A., and Ismail, W. (2023). Mechanistic insights into sulfur source-driven physiological responses and metabolic reorganization in the fuel-biodesulfurizing Rhodococcus qingshengii IGTS8. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 89 (9): e0082623. doi: 10.1128/aem.00826-23.
- Hsiao, T.H., Chen, P.H., Wang, P.H., Brandon-Mong, G.J., Li, C.W., Horinouchi, M., Hayashi, T., Ismail, W., Meng, M., Chen, Y.L., and Chiang, Y.R. (2023). Harnessing microbial phylum-specific molecular markers for assessment of environmental estrogen degradation. Science of the Total Environment 896:165152. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165152.
- Hirschler, A., Carapito, C., Maurer, L., Zumsteg, J., Villette,C., Heintz, D., Dahl, D., Al-Nayal, A.M., Sangal, V., Mahmoud, H., Van Dorsselaer, A., and Ismail, W. (2021). Biodesulfurization induces reprogramming of sulfur metabolism in Rhodococcus qingshengii IGTS8: proteomics and untargeted metabolomics. Microbiology Spectrum 9:e00692-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/Spectrum.00692-21.