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Name: Awatief Fahmey Hifney
Qualifications: B.Sc., M. Sc. and Ph. D.
Mail address: Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University,
Assiut 71516, Egypt.
Tel: 02 088 2297762 (home), 01284777133 (mobile)
Fax: 02 088 2342708
E – mail: Hifney@yahoo.com
Personal Data
Date of birth: 4/10/, 1967.
Nationality: Egyptian
Current title: Assistant prof of phycology
Scientific Degrees
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M. Sc. (Phycology) 1998.
Ph. D. (Phycology) 2002.
Activities
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Lecture in Botany Department , faculty of science, Assiut university since
2003 till 2011 then be assistance prof of phycology till now
 Dr. Hifney participated in a project ( in university of Bielefeld , Germany )that
was concerned with research on the adaptation of cyanobacteria to iron
limitation ( 1999-2001)
 The work of Dr. Hifney contributed to the identification of an entirely new
chlorophyll-protein complex being associated with photosystem I (PSI-IsiA
supercomplex) in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942. This
work was published in the very high ranking journal “Nature”:
 E.J. Boekema, A. Hifney, A.E. Yakushevska, M. Piotrowski, W. Keegstra, S.
Berry, K.-P. Michel, E.K. Pistorius & J. Kruip (2001) A giant chlorophyllprotein complex induced by iron deficiency in cyanobacteria. Nature 412:
745-748.
 In addition, Dr. Hifney participated in university of Bielefeld ,in a project
comparing Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 wild-type and a DpsA-free
mutant when grown under iron sufficient and iron deficient conditions
 This work led to a publication in Photosynthetic Research
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Klaus-Peter Michel, Stephan Berry, Awatief Hifney, JochenKruip & Elfriede K.
Pistorius (2003) Adaptation to iron deficiency: a comparison between the
cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 wild-type and a DpsA-free
mutant. Photosynthesis Research 75: 71-84.
 Familiar with a great number of techniques in the field of physiology,
biochemistry and genetics.
 Current Research Projects
a. STDF # 972: Biological Hydrogen Production for Fuel and Environment
(Science and Technology Development Fund, Ministry of Higher
Education, Egypt)
b. 2009-6415 Uppsala University, Sweden: International Collaborative Research
Grant – Heterotrophic growth of Cyanobacteria and Green Algae under
light
List of Publications
1. Mahmoud S. Adam Ahmed A. Issa, Ahmed A. Mohammed and Awatief F.
HIFNEY :The effect of pollution on the community of soil algae on the Nile
bank at Assiut ,Egypt, Acta Hydrobiologica ., 42 (2000)
2. A.A.Issa,M.S.Adam,A.A. Mohammed and A.F. Hifney: Comparative study
of Algal communities on cultivated and uncultivated soils, PAKISTAN Journal of
Biological Science, 3: 615-620 (2000)
3. E. J. Boekema ,A. Hifney , A. E. Yakushevska ,M. Piotrowski,W. Keegstra,S.
Berry,K.P. Michel,E.K. Pistorious & J. Kruip: A giant chlorophyll –protein
complex induced by iron deficiency in cyanobacteria, Nature, 412: 745-748
(2001)
4. Klaus-Peter Michel, Stephan Berry, Awatief.F.Hifney,Jochen Kruip&Elfriede
K.Pistorius: Adaptation to iron deficiency : Acomparative between the
cyanobacterium Synchococcus elongatus PCC7942 wild type and DpsA – free
mutant, Photosynthesis Research 75: 71–84, (2003)
5. Hifney, A.F., Issa, A.A. and Mohammed, A.A. (2004): Distribution
pattern of algae in the root zone of some Egyptian plants at Assiut region.
Egypt J. Union Arab Biol. Sci. Cairo, 15: 81-99
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6. A.F.Hifney,A.A.Issa: Effects of iron status on the detoxification of cadmium
on the Synchococcus elongatus PCC7942 Assiut Univ. J.of botany,
ISSN11100958,Vol.34(1), June, (2005)
7. A.A.Issa,M.S.Adam, A.F.Hifney,A.A.El-Abssy: Seasonal variation of crust
algae on the great sub-group of soil at Assiut Governorate. Assiut Univ. J. of
Botany, ISSN16874927,Vol. 35(2)
8. A.F.Hifney,A.A.Issa,M.S.Adam,A.A.Al-Abssy ( 2009): The influence of the
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heavy metals (Cd , Ni & Pb ) concentration on the algal distribution as well as
species composition in relation to soil types in Assiut, Egypt. Assiut Univ. J. of
Botany ISSN 1687-4927,Vol.38(2)
9. Awatief F.Hifney,Ahmed A. Issa,Mahmoud S.Adam,Amr A.Al-Abssy:
Disturbances in the size of various metabolic pools of some isolated soil algal
species in response to heavy metal toxicity, Egyptian J. of Phycol. Vol. 11,
(2010)
10. Issa.A.A. ,Adam.M.S. ,Hifney.A.F and Al-Abssy A.A.(2010) :The growth
and metabolic response of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Chlorococcum humicola
and Scenedesmus obliquus (green algae) and Anabaena circinalis ,Wollea
saccata (blue-greens) to heavy metals toxicity . Accepted in the Second
International Conference on Phycology, Limnology and Aquatic sciences,14-15
Feb.(2010).
11.Hifney.A.F.,Adam M.S and Fawzy M.A.: Yield Coefficient and Production
Rate of Glycerol and Carotenoids under Deficiency of P, N and S by Dunaliella
Salina, Assiut Univ. J. of botany, Vol.41 (1), (2012)
12.Awatief. F. Hifney: Improvement of growth and some metabolites of the salt
affected Anabaena circinalis by Calcium, Journal of Biology and Earth Sciences,
3(1), B120-B128. (2013)
13.Awateif Fahmy Hifney, Ahmed Abd El-Salam Issa and Mustafa Ahmed
Fawzy: A biotic Stress Induced production of β- carotene, Allophycocyanin and
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Total Lipids in Spirulina sp. Journal of Biology and Earth Science, (2013), Vol 3,
Issue 1, B54-B64
14.Hoda A.M. Ahmed, Fatma A. Farghaly, Awatief F. Hifney and R. AbdelBasset: Control of sesame wilt and charcoal rot diseases by intact or sonnicated
cells of Nostoc sp SAG2306, Jokull Journal ,ISSN:04490576,Vol 63, No.
9;Sep 2013
15. Hifney, A.F., Adam, M.S., Gharrieb, G.A. and Issa, A.A. (2013):
Allelopathic effects of some weeds on rhizosphere algae at El -Kharga Oasis
(New Valley), Egypt. Journal of Biology and Earth Science., 3: 42-53.
16. Awatief. F. Hifney: Allelopathic impact of three fungal exudates on algal
population (EL-Ibrahemia Canal, Assiut, Egypt) and Chlorella fusca, Acta
Botanica Hungarica vol. 55 (1-2),pp.27-40, (2013)
17. Hifney,A.F. and Abdel-Basset,R.2014:Induction of hydrogen evolution in
Nostoc spp. by nitrogen and /or sulphur deficiency. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci
(2014) 3(9) 1028-1044. Number 9 ,pp. 1028-1044 http://www.ijcmas.com
18. Mustafa A. Fawzy, Awatief .F. Hifney, Ahmed A. Issa,Mahmoud S. Adam
and Gamal, Gareib (2014):Effect of medicinal plants on the diversity of
rhizosphere blue greens, growth and some metabolites of Cyanosarcina Fontana.
Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2014) 3(10) 955-968
19. Ahmed A. Issa, Awatief F. Hifney, Khayria M. Abdel-Gawad and Mohamed
Gomaa: Spatio temporal and environmental factors influencing macroalgal β
diversity in the Red Sea,Egypt. Botanica Marina 2014; 57(2): 99–110
20.Khayria M. Abdel-Gawad, Awatief. F. Hifney, ,Ahmed A. Issa,Mohamed
Gomaa Spatio-temporal, environmental factors, and host identity shape
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culturable-epibiotic fungi of seaweeds in the Red Sea, Egypt, Hydrobiologia
,November 2014, Volume 740, Issue 1, pp 37-49
21.Manal El-Zohri, Awatief F. Hifney, Taha Ramadan, and Refat Abdel-Basset
(2014): Use of Sewage in Agriculture and Related Activities. Handbook of Plant
and Crop Physiology (chapter 42).
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Hifney, A.F. and Abdel-Basset,R : Photosynthesis, respiration and
carotenoid contents in the green alga Botryococcus braunii at elevated nutrient
levels . Journal of Biology and Earth Sciences 2014; 4 (2): 191-198
23.Issa A.A., Hifney A.F., Adam M.S. and Fawzy M.A.: Asteromonas gracilis
(Prasionphyceae) as a model for production of β-carotene and total lipids. Journal
for Advanced Research in Applied Sciences ,volume 1 issue 1 (2014).2
24.Hifney, A.F. and Abdel-Basset, R.(2014): Hydrogen production and
metabolic response of Spirulina sp , Calothrix parteniana and Oscillatoria sp to
sulphur and /or nitrogen deficiency (In press )
25. Rasha.M. El-Shazoly, Awaitef. F. Hifney and R. Abdel-Basset: Studies on
biomass and antioxidant vitamins production in Spirulina platensis by amending
some nutritional requirements ( In press)
26. Mohamed Gomaa, Awatief F. Hifney,Mustafa A. Fawzy, Ahmed A. Issa
&Khayria
M.
Abdel-Gawad:
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Biodegradation
of
Palisada
perforate
(Rhodophyceae) and Sargassum sp.(Phaeophyceae) biomass by crude enzyme
preparations from algicolous fungi , Journal of Applied Phycology .ISSN 09218971, DOI 10.1007/s10811-014-0517-x
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