Education
- 1972: B.Sc. - Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
- 1977: M.Sc. - Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
- 1980: Ph.D. - Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Brief Chronology of Employment
- Sept. 1974-Aug. 1977: Assistant Researcher, Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Dept. National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
- Aug. 1977-Aug. 1980: Assistant Lecturer, Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Dept. National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
- Aug. 1980-Dec. 1985: Researcher, Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Dept. National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
- Dec. 1985-Nov. 1996: Assistant Professor, Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Dept. National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
- Nov. 1996-Present: Professor, Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Dept. National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Training Courses
- Aug.1980-Sep. 1981: International Training Course, Biological Centre, Szeged, Academy of Science, Hungary.
- 14-18 December 1997: Training course in “Projects design and management according the aims”. A workshop organized by NRC.
- Abou-Zeid, A.A. and Farid, M.A. (1976). Fermentative production of fodder yeasts. Zbl. Bakt. II. Abt., Bd. 133, S. 657-669.
- Abou-Zeid, A.A. and Farid, M.A. (1978). Fermentative production of ethyl alcohol by Saccharomyces species. Indian Chemical Manufacturer, XVI, No. 11, 1-8.
- Abdel-Fattah, A.F. and NRC Research Team. Utilization of cane sugar bagasse. First Annual Research Report, Oct. 1977- Sept. 1978. National Research center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. United States Dept. of Agriculture, USA. Grant No. FG-EG-180.
- Abou-Zeid, A.A.; Ahmed F. Abdel-Fattah and Farid, M.A. (1979). Utilization by Saccharomyces cerevisiae of waste products of the dehydrated onion industry for production of fodder yeast. Agricultural Wastes, 1, 87-102.
- Abdel-Fattah, A.F. and NRC Research Team. Utilization of cane sugar bagasse. Second Annual Research Report, Oct. 1978- Sept. 1979. National Research center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. United States Dept. of Agriculture, USA. Grant No. FG-EG-180.
- Abdel-Fattah, A.F. and NRC Research Team. Utilization of cane sugar bagasse. Third Annual Research Report, Oct. 1979- Sept. 1980. National Research center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. United States Dept. of Agriculture, USA. Grant No. FG-EG-180.
- El-Refai, A.H. and NRC Research Team. Utilization of cane sugar bagasse. Fifth Annual Research Report, Oct. 1981- Sept. 1982. National Research center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. United States Dept. of Agriculture, USA. Grant No. FG-EG-180.
- M.A. Farid; A.I. El-Diwany and H.M. Shaker (1983). Effect of peracetic acid, sodium hydroxide and phosphoric acid on cellulosic materials as a pretreatment for enzymatic hydrolysis. Enzyme and Microbial Technology 5, 421-424.
- Ahmed F. Abdel-Fattah; Abou-Zeid, A.A. and Farid, M.A. (1984). Production of ethyl alcohol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae including utilization of onion juice. Agricultural Wastes, 12, 101-110.
- Abou-Zeid, A.A. and Farid, M.A. (1984). Two antibiotics identified as- rubromycin and crotonic acid. Arab. Gulf J. Sci. Res., 2, (2), 625.
- Shaker H.M.; A.I. El-Diwany and M.A. Farid (1984). Optimization of the composition of the nutrient medium for cellulase and protein biosynthesis by thermophilic Aspergillus fumigatus NRC 272. Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 6, 212-216.
- M.A. Farid; H.M. Shaker and A.M.H. El-Refai (1984). Productivity of Trichoderma viride 253-cellulase in relation to the composition of the fermentation medium. Chem. Microbiol. Technol. Lebensm., 8, 161-163.
- El-Diwany; M.A. Farid and H.M. Shaker (1984). Effect of chemical treatment on the saccharification of rice hulls and on microbial growth. *Fourth FAOB symposium, Manila, Philippines, October, 21-24. *Agricultural Wastes, 18, 137.
- El-Diwany; M.A. Farid and H.M. Shaker (1984). Optimization of the composition of the nutrient medium for B-galactosidase and xylanolytic enzymes by Penicillium funiculosum. Fourth FAOB symposium, Manila, Philippines, October, 21-24.
- Abou-Zeid A.A.; A.I. El-Diwany; M.A. Farid and H.M. Shaker (1985). Utilization of different petroleum fractions in production of single cell protein by Candida lipolytica. Arab Gulf J. Sci. Res. 3 (2), 753.
- El-Diwany A. I.; M.A. Farid and H.M. Shaker (1985). A note on the bioconversion of pretreated wheat straw and sunflower stalks to ethanol by Pachysolen tannophilus. Agricultural wastes, 13, 23-29.
- Foda M. S.; Hussein S. Salama; M.A. Farid and H.M. Shaker (1985). Formation physiology and characterization of extracellular protease produced by Bacillus thuringiensis var. galleriae. Egyptian J. of Microbiology, Vol. 20,
- El-Diwany A.I.; M.A. Farid and H.M. Shaker (1986). Growth of cellulolytic microorganisms on peracetic acid treated wheat straw and sunflower stalks. Microbios letters, 47, 91-95.
- El-Diwany A.I.; A.H.A.Hamdy and M.A. Farid (1989). Optimization of Some Culture Parameters and Properties of β-glucosidase and β-xylosidase from Penicillium funiculosum NRRL 13033. Acta Biotechnol. 9 (4), 347-353.
- Farid M.A. and K.Y. El-Shahed (1993). Cellulase Production on high levels of cellulose and corn steep liquor. Zentralbl. Mikrobiol. 148, 277-283.
- El-Shahed K.A. and Farid M.A. (1994). Effect of Some Parameters on the Production of Rifamycins B and SV by Amycolatopsis mediterranei. Pakistan J. of Scientific and Industrial Research. 37, 458-461.
- Farid M.A.; A.I. El-Diwany and H.A. El-Enshasy (1994). Production of Oxytetracycline and Rifamycins B and SV with cells Immobilizes on Glass Wool. Acta Biotechnol. 14, 67-74.
- Farid M.A.; A.I. El-Diwany and H.A. El-Enshasy (1994). Production of Oxytetracycline by Immobilized Streptomyces rimosus Cells in Calcium Alginate Gels. Acta Biotechnol. 14, 303-309.
- Farid M.A.; A.I. El-Diwany; M.R. Abou-Shady and H.A. Ragab (1995). Production and Characterization of Extracellular protease Produced by the Rifamycin Producer Amycolatopsis mediterranei. Egypt. J. Microbiol. (Accepted for publication in 2. 5. 1995).
- Farid M.A.; A.I. El-Diwany; E.N. Danial and H.A. El-Enshasy (1995). Production of Oxytetracycline and Lysine using Mixed-Culture Fermentation. Chem. Mikrobiol. Technol. Lebensm. 17, 139-144.
- Farid M.A.; A.I. El-Diwany and N.A. Atwa (1995). Strain Improvement in Streptomyces rimosus a Producer of Oxytetracycline. Egypt. J. Microbiol. 30 (2), 269-282.
- Abou-Shady M.R.; A.I. El-Diwany; M.A. Farid and H.A. El-Enshasy (1995). Studies on Rifamycin production by Amycolatopsis mediterranei Cells Immobilized on Glass Wool. J. Basic Microbiol. 35 (5), 279-284.
- Farid M.A.; M.R. Abou-Shady; A.I. El-Diwany and H.A. El-Enshasy (1995). Production of Rifamycins B and SV by Free and Immobilized Cells of A. mediterranei. Acta Biotechnol. 15 (2), 241-248.
- Farid M.A.; A.I. El-Diwany and H.A. El-Enshasy (1996). Selection and Characterization of high Producing Rifamycins Colony from Amycolatopsis mediterranei. Acta Pharm. Turcica. 38, 91-100.
- El-Enshasy H.A., M.A. Farid, A.I. El-Diwany (1996). Oxytetracycline Production by Free and Immobilized Cells of Streptomyces rimosus in Batch and Repeated Batch Cultures. "Immobilized Cells: Basics and Applications" in Progress in Biotechnology. Edited by Wijffels, R.H.; Buitelear, R.M.; Bucke, C. and Tramper, J. Vol. II, 437-443. Elsevier, New York, Oxford, Tokyo.
- M.A. Farid; A.I. El-Batal; A.I. El-Diwany and H.A. El-Enshasy (1996). Optimization of Glutamic Acid Production with Immobilized Cells of Corynebacterium glutamicum. Adv. Food Sci. (Chem. Mikrobiol. Technol. Lebensm. ), 18, 34-38.
- M.A. Farid (1996). Studies on ethanol production by free and immobilized cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Egypt. J. Appl. Sci., 11 (1), 334-344.
- M.A. Farid (1996). Ethanol Production from Starch by Mixed Cultures of Aspergillus foetidus and Sacchromyces cerevisiae. Egypt. J. Appl. Sci., 11 (5), 351-363.
- El-Enshasy, H.A, Farid, M.A.; El-Diwany, A.I. and El-Sayed, E.A. (1999) Kinetic of natamycin production and degradation under different glucose concentrations in batch and fed-batch cultures. In The 11th. International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes. Oct. 24-28, Crete, Greece.
- El-Diwany, A.; Farid, M.A. and El-Enshasy, H. (1999). Effect of natural inorganic complex material (vermiculite) on the production of oxytetracycline by Streptomyces rimosus. In the 9th. International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. 16-20 Aug. Sydney, Australia.
- Farid, M.A.; El-Enshasy, H.A.; El-Diwany, A.I. and Noor El-Deen, A.M. (2000). Alcohol production from starch by mixed cultures of Aspergillus awamori and immobilized Saccharomyces cerevisiae at different agitation speeds. The world Congress in Biotechnology, The 11th. International Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition. Biotechnology 2000, Berlin. (3-8 Sept. 2000), vol. 4, 275. (Poster)
- Farid, M.; El-Enshasy, H.; El-Diwany, A. and El-Sayed. A. (2000) Optimization of the cultivation medium for natamycin production by Streptomyces natalensis. J. Basic Microbiol. 40, 157-166. .
- El-Enshasy, H.; Farid, M. A. and El-Sayed, A. (2000) Influence of inoculum type and cultivation conditions on natamycin production by Streptomyces natalensis. J. Basic Microbiol. 40, 389-398.
- Farid, M.A.; El-Enshasy, H.A.; El-Diwany, A.I. and Noor El-Deen, A.M. (2002). Alcohol production from starch by mixed cultures of Aspergillus awamori and immobilized Saccharomyces cerevisiae at different agitation speeds. J. Basic Microbiol. 42 (3), 162-171.
- El-Enshasy, H.A.; El-Diwany, A.I.; Farid, M.A. (2003). Effect of natural inorganic complex material (vermiculite) on the production of oxytetracycline by Streptomyces rimosus. Acta Pharmaceutica Turcica. 45, 55-60.
- El-Enshasy, H.A.; Farid, M.A; El-Diwany, A.I.; El-Sayed. A. (2004). Development of new cultivation strategy to improve the production of natamycin and to minimize the risk of antibiotic degradation during submerged cultivation of Streptomyces natalensis. World Conference on Magic Bullets, Celebrating Paul Ehrlich,s 150th Birthday, Nurnberg, Germany, September 9-11, 2004. (Poster)
- El-Diwany, A.I.; Farid, M.A.; Atwa, N.M.; Mohamed, Z. K.; and El-Enshasy, H.A. (2004). Production of bacitracin by immobilized cells of Bacillus licheniformis in stirred tank bioreactor. In ' Biovision Alexandria "3-6 April 2004, Alexandria Library, Alexandria, Egypt. (Poster).
- El-Diwany, A. I.; Farid, M.A.; Atwa, N.M.; Mohammed, Z.K. and El-Enshasy, H.A. (2003). Continuous production of bacitracin by immobilized cells of Bacillus licheniformis in air-left bioreactor. The 1st International Congress Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Division, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt. March 24-26, 2003.
- Mohamed S.M.; Ibrahim, N.A.; Ali, M.A. and Farid, M.A. (2005). Chemical composition, antiviral and antimicrobial activities of the essential oils of aster novibelgii, Solidago Canadensis and Myoporum laetum growing in Egypt. The 53rd Annual Congress Society for Medicinal Plant Research. Florence, Italy. August 21-25, 2005.
- Farid, M.A. and Shata, H. M. A. (2006). Optimization of cellulase production by Trichoderma reesei in solid state fermentation. Arab J. Biotechnol. 9 (2), 231-242.
- Shata, H. M. A. and Farid, M. A. (2006). Effect of moisture content and surfactants on the enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat straw and corn cobs under solid- state fermentation. Egypt. J. Biotechnol. 23: 26-38.
- Mohamed S.M.; Ibrahim, N.A.; Ali, M.A. and Farid, M.A. (2006). Chemical composition, antiviral and antimicrobial activities of the essential oils of Ferula hormonis, Plectranthus coleoides and Magnolia grandiflora.
- El-Enshasy, H.A.; Mohamed, N.A.; Farid, M.A.; El-Diwany, A.I. (2008). Improvement of erythromycin production by Saccharopolyspora erythraea in molasses based medium through cultivation medium optimization. Bioresource Technology, 99, 4263-4268.
- Nagwa, M. Fawzy; Samira, A. Swelam and Mohamed A. Farid (2008). Synthesis and antimicrobial activities of some 3, 4- dihydroquinone-4-One Quinoxoline, Benzoxazine, Benzothiazine, Pyran and Pyrolidinedione Derivatives. Biotechnology, 7 (1), 43-50.
- NM Fawzy, SA Swelam, MA Farid(2008) Notes 38 Reactions of α, ß-unsaturated acid to form new heterocyclic compounds with evaluation of their antimicrobial activities. Egyptian Journal of Chemistry 51 (4), 555
- Farid MA and Shata HMA (2011) Amylase production from Aspergillus oryzae LS1 by solid-state fermentation and its use for the hydrolysis of wheat flour. Iranian J Biotechnol 9 (4): 267-274.
- Farid M. A., Abdallah N.A., Abdelwahed N. A. M. and El Shazly A. I. (2012) Production and optimization of alkaline protease in submerged fermentation by Streptomyces rochei NRC 24. Egypt. J. Microbiol. 47, pp. 55-77.
- Shata HMA and Farid MA (2012) Optimization of extraction parameters for keratinase recovery from fermented feather under solid state fermentation by Streptomyces sp. NRC 13S. J Appl Biol Chem 55(3), 149−156.
- Farid MA, Ghoneimy EA, El-Khawaga MA, Ahmed AN and Awad GE (2013) Statistical optimization of glucose oxidase production from Aspergillus niger NRC9 under submerged fermentation using response surface methodology. Ann Microbiol 63 (2), 523-531.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13213-012-0497-5
- Shata HMA and Farid MA (2013) Medium optimization for keratinase production by a local Streptomyces sp NRC 13S under solid state fermentation. J Appl Biol Chem (2013) 56(2), 119−129.
- Elsayed A., Mohamed A. Farid and Hesham A. El Enshasy (2013) Improvement in natamycin production by Streptomyces natalensis with the addition of short-chain carboxylic acids. Process Biochemistry 48, 1831–1838
- Ibrahim, N.A., El-Hawary, S.S., Mohammed, M.M.D., Faraid, M.A., Nayera, A.M.Abdelwahed and Refaat, E.S.(2013) Chemical composition, antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of the flowers of Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud. growing in Egypt. Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 9(4): 3228-3232.
- Abdallah, N A, Farid M A, Abdelwahed N A M and El Shazly A I (2013). Purification, characterization and application of alkaline protease enzyme produced by Streptomyces rochei NRC24. International Journal of Development. 2 (1), 37-54.
- Azza M. Noor El-Deen , Hoda M. A. Shata and Mohamed A. Farid (2014) Improvement of β-glucosidase production by co-culture of Aspergillus niger and A. oryzae under solid state fermentation through feeding process. Ann Microbiol 64:627–637. Published on line DOI 10.1007/s13213-013-0696-8
- Farid M A, Noor El-Deen A M, and Shata H M (2014) Optimization of microwave pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of pith bagasse with Trichoderma cellulase. Ind. J. Biotechnology, 13, 98-107
- Shata H M A and Farid M A (2014) Extraction of β-glucosidase from bagasse fermented by mixed culture under solide state fermentation. J Appl Biol Chem, 57(3), 197−203.
- Shata H M A, Noor El-Deen A M, Nawwar G A M and Farid M A (2014) Xylanase production by mixed culture using crude hemicellulose from rice straw black liquor and peat moss as an inert support. J Appl Biol Chem, 57(4), 313−320.
- Shata H M A, Noor El-Deen A M, Nawwar G A M and Farid M A (2014) β-Glucosidase production by mixed culture using crude hemicellulose from rice straw black liquor and peat moss as an inert support. Egyptian Pharmaceutical Journal, 13(2), 121-129.
- Ibrahim N A, El-Sakhawy F S, Mohammed M M D, Farid M A, Abdel-Wahed N A M and Deabes D A H (2015) Chemical composition, antimicrobial and antifungal activities of essential oils of the leaves of Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa growing in Egypt. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science, 5 (02), 1-5.
- Ibrahim N A, El-Hawary S S, Mohammed M M D, Farid M A, Abdel-Wahed N A M, Ali M A and El-Abd E A W (2015) Chemical composition, antiviral against avian Influenza (H5N1) virus and antimicrobial activities of the essential oils of the leaves and fruits of Fortunella margarita, Lour. Swingle, growing in Egypt. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science, 5 (02), 6-12.
- Mohamed A.M. Farid, Hoda M. A. Shata, Azza M. Noor El-Deen and Nayera A.M. Abdelwahed (2015) Semi-solid-state fermentation: Effects of the beet sugar root: peptone ratio on erythromycin production of by Saccharopolyspora erythraea. Egyptian Pharmaceutical Journal, 14:94–102.
- Noor El Deen A M, Abdelwahed N. A.M., Shata H. M.A. and Farid M.A.M.(2015) Optimization of process parameters for erythromycin production under solid state fermentation by Saccharopolyspora erythraea NCIMB 12462. J. Pure Appl. Microbiol. 9, 41-48.
- Farid M A M, Kamel Z, Elsayed E A and Noor El-Deen A M (2015) Optimization of Medium Composition and Cultivation Parameters for Fructosyltransferase Production by Penicillium aurantiogriseum AUMC 5605. J Appl Biol Chem, 58(3), 209−218.
- Ismail G Said, Mohamed A M Farid, Azza M Noor El Deen, Hoda M A Shata and Nayera A M Abdelwahed (2017). Erythromycin production in batch and fed batch bioreactor using agro-industrial wastes. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences, 8,1271
- Amal M Saad, Magdy MD Mohammed, Mosad A Ghareeb, Wafaa S Ahmed, Mohamed A Farid (2017) Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of the leaves of Cupressus macrocarpa Hartweg. Ex Gordon. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science, 7, 207-212.
- Asmaa I. El-Shazly, Azza M. Noor El-Deen, Nevin A. Ibrahim, Nayera A. M. Abdelwahed, Ahmed A. El-Beih, Yousseria M. H. Shetaia and Mohamed A. Farid (2017) Assessment of Genistein and Daidzein Production By Some Local Fungal and Bacterial Isolates. Egypt. J. Microbiol. 52 (10),49-61.
- Asmaa Negm El-Dein, Azza M. Nour El-Deen, Sahar M. Tolba, Einas H. El-Shatoury, Ghada A. Awad, Mohamed Khaled Ibrahim and Mohamed A. Farid (2017) Probiotic Properties and Bile Salt Hydrolase Activity of Some Isolated Lactic Acid Bacteria. Egypt. J. Microbiol. 52 (12), 87-100.
- Hoda M. A. Shata, Azza M. Noor El Deen, Nayera A. M. Abdelwahed and Mohamed A. M. Farid (2018). Statistical optimization of erythromycin production by Saccharopolyspora erythraea under solid state fermentation of agro-industrial materials using response surface methodology. J Microbiol Biotech Food Sci., 8(1), 692-697.
- Elsayed Ahmed Elsayed, Mohamed A Farid, Hesham A El-Enshasy (2019) Enhanced Natamycin production by Streptomyces natalensis in shake-flasks and stirred tank bioreactor under batch and fed-batch conditions. BMC biotechnology, 19,46.
- Islam A. Elsehemy1, Azza M. Noor El Deen, Hassan M. Awad, Mohamed H. Kalaba 2, 4 Saad A. Moghannem , Ibrahim H. Tolba , Mohamed A. M. Farid (2020) Structural, physical characteristics and biological activities assessment of scleroglucan from a local strain Athelia rolfsii TEMG, Int J Biol Macromol, 163 (15), Pages 1196-1207.
- Asmaa Negm El-Dein , Azza M Nour El-Deen, Einas H El-Shatoury , Ghada A Awad , Mohamed Khaled Ibrahim , Hanem M Awad , Mohamed A Farid (2021) Assessment of exopolysaccharides, bacteriocins and in vitro and in vivo hypocholesterolemic potential of some Egyptian Lactobacillus spp. Int J Biol Macromol, 173(15), 66-78.
- Asmaa I El-Shazly, Amira A Gamal, Asmaa N El-Dein, Walaa S.A Mettwally, Mohamed A Farid (2021) Production of isoflavones-enriched soy yogurt through soymilk fermentation using probiotic bacteria. Egyptian Pharmaceutical Journal, 20, 42-50.
- Seham Salah Eldin El Hawary, Fatma A. Hashim , Nabaweya A. Ibrahim, Azza A. E.M. Matloub, Abeer M El Sayed , Mohamed A Farid , Omnia Kutkat, Eman A.W. El-Abd, Mohamed Ali, Hoda M. A. H. Shata (2022) A Comparative study of Chemical Compositions, Antimicrobial and Antiviral Activities of Essential Oils for Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis Swingle Fruits and Leaves along with Limonia acidissima L. Leaves. Egyptian Journal of Chemistry, Volume 65, Issue 8 - Serial Number 8 August 2022 Pages 2-4.
