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Dr. Ashour Ahmed Senior Researcher phone: 0381-498-6943 mail: ashour.ahmed(at)uni-rostock.de office: 129 Websites: |
Education & Degrees
- 2013 Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Rostock University
- 2009 M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry, Cairo University
- 2005 B.Sc. in Chemistry, Cairo University
Professional
- Junior group leader at the Institute of Physics, Rostock University, Germany
- Scientist at Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt
- Topic Editor at Minerals Journal
Fellowships & Grants
- 03.2015- Postdoctoral fellowship in the frame of the InnoSoilPhos project funded by BMBF
- 01.2017-12.2019 Research project grant by DFG through the SPP 1685 priority program
- 2018-2019 Project coordinator for a computing time project grant by HLRN
- 10.2009-10.2013 PhD scholarship funded by INF, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Research interests
- Applying molecular modeling techniques into the field of environmental chemistry
- Atomistic (MM, QM, hybrid QM/MM) and Coarse-grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations
- Modeling of soil organic matter and mineral surfaces
- Fate of Phosphorus (P) in the environment [InnoSoilPhos] [SPP 1685] [P@RG]
- Fate of xenobiotics (organic pollutants & microplastics) in soil
Selected Publications
- Ashour A. Ahmed, P. Leinweber, O. Kühn,
Advances in understanding the phosphate binding to soil constituents: A Computational Chemistry perspective
Science of the Total Environment 2023, 887, 163692 - Ashour A. Ahmed, S. Gypser, D. Freese, P. Leinweber, O. Kühn
Molecular level picture of the interplay between pH and phosphate binding at the goethite-water interface
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2020, 22, 26509-26524 - Ashour A. Ahmed, S. Gypser, P. Leinweber, D. Freese, O. Kühn
Infrared Spectroscopic Characterization of Phosphate Binding at the Goethite-Water Interface
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2019, 21, 4421-4434 - P. B. Ganta, O. Kühn, Ashour A. Ahmed
QM/MM simulations of organic phosphorus adsorption at the diaspore-water interface
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2019, 21, 24316-24325 - P. Gross, Ashour A. Ahmed, O. Kühn, P. Leinweber
Glyphosate binding in soil as revealed by sorption experiments and quantum-chemical modeling
Science of the Total Environment 2017, 586, 527-535 - L.F. Dettmann, O. Kühn, Ashour A. Ahmed
Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of nanoplastics interacting with a hydrophobic environment in aqueous solutio
RSC Advances 2021, 11, 27734 - Ashour A. Ahmed, S. Thiele-Bruhn, S. G. Aziz, R. H. Hilal, S. A. Elroby, A. O. Al-Youbi, P. Leinweber, O. Kühn
Interaction of Polar and Nonpolar Organic Pollutants with Soil Organic Matter: Sorption Experiments and Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Science of the Total Environment 2015, 508, 276-287