• (2005-2010) Bachelor of Science (B.Sc), Division of Soil and Land Reclamation, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria

    (2014-2017) Master of Science (M.Sc) in Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering, College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

    (2017-2022) Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Agricultural Engineering, College of Agricultural Science and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

    (2022-2024), Post Doctor (Post.Doc), College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

    Work History

    (2011-2014), Lecturer, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria

    • Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centered learning.
    • Used a variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate learning process and accentuate presentations.
    • Created and designed quizzes, tests, and projects to assess student knowledge.
    • Conducted individual research projects to actively contribute to institution's research work.

    (2016-2021), Researcher and Innovation Team Member, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

    • Streamlined research processes to meet tight deadlines for multiple projects.
    • Collaborated with the leadership team to identify relevant questions and determine the best methods of collection.
    • Requested or acquired equipment or supplies necessary for projects.
    • Wrote research papers, reports, and summaries regarding [Area of expertise].

    (2022-2024), Post-doctoral Researcher, Hohai University, Nanjing, China, and research interests are:

    • Soil, plant, and water relations
    • Irrigation and water use
    • Fertilizers
    • Plant physiology
    • Irrigation
    • Crop production and quality
    • Climate change
    • Environment and ecology

    (2024-Current), Associated Professor, Hohai University, Nanjing, China, and research interests are:

    • Soil, plant, and water relations
    • Irrigation and water use
    • Fertilizers
    • Plant physiology and Biochemistry
    • Crop production and quality
    • Climate change, water scarcity, food security and environmental sustainability
    • Soil remediation
    • Heavy metals
    • Hydrogels applications in agriculture
  • Areas of Interest

    Features and Projects

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    Soil Science

    Soil chemistry; soil physics; soil fertility and fertilizers; soil-plant interactions; soil biology; soil water distribution; soil, plant, and water relationships; salinization of soil; soil health and quality.

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    Plant and Food Science

    Plant physiology, morphology, and biochemistry; crop productivity and quality; plant nutrition and nutrients uptake efficiency; plant-abiotic interactions, food security and quality

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    Water Science

    Irrigation and water use; water use efficiency; chemigation and fertigation; hydrology and water resources management; evapotranspiration; water quality

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    Environmental Science

    Soil remediation; soil pollution, eco-toxicology; phytotoxicity; biodegradation; Nitrogen emissions; nanoparticles

  • Publications

    1. Yousef, Alhaj Hamoud; Guo, Xiangping; Wang, Zhenchang; Shaghaleh, Hiba; Chen, Sheng; Hassan,Alfadil; Bakour, Ahmad. Effects of irrigation regime and soil clay content and their interaction on the biological yield, nitrogen uptake and nitrogen-use efficiency of rice grown in southern China. Agricultural Water Management, 2019, 213, 934-946. DOI:10.1016/j.agwat.2018.12.017.
    2. Yousef, Alhaj Hamoud; Shaghaleh, Hiba; Sheteiwy, Mohamed; Guo, Xiangping; Elshaikh, Nazar A.;Khan, Nasr Ullah; Oumarou, Abdoulaye; Rahim, Shah Fahad. Impact of alternative wetting and soil drying and soil clay content on the morphological and physiological traits of rice roots and their relationships to yield and nutrient use-efficiency, 2019, Agricultural Water Management, 223,105706. DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2019.105706.
    3. Y.A. Hamoud, H.,Shaghaleh, X., Guo, K., Zhang. pH-responsive/sustained release nitrogen fertilizer hydrogel improves yield, nitrogen metabolism, and nitrogen use efficiency of rice under alternative wetting and moderate drying irrigation. Environmental and Experimental Botany. Volume 211, July 2023, 105376
    4. Hamoud, Yousef Alhaj, Hiba Shaghaleh, Tingting Chang, Ke Zhang, and Salim S. Al-Rejaie. Physio-biochemical responses of rice to smart nitrogen fertilizer nano-hydrogel under drought stress and flooding alternation: An eco-friendly innovative approach to enhance the grain quality. South African Journal of Botany. 168 (2024): 270-285.
    5. Yousef, Alhaj Hamoud, Hiba Shaghaleh, Wang Ruke, Willy Franz Gouertoumbo, Amar Ali AdamHamad, Mohamed Salah Sheteiwy, Wang Zhenchang, Guo Xiangping. Wheat straw burial improves physiological traits, yield and grain quality of rice by regulating antioxidant system and nitrogen assimilation enzymes under alternative wetting and drying irrigation. Rice Science, 2022,29(5).
    6. Hamoud, Yousef Alhaj, Hiba Shaghaleh,Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Umair, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Ashar Ayub, Umair Riaz, Ghalia SH Alnusairi, and Suliman Mohammed Suliman Alghanem. Cadmium and lead accumulation in important food crops due to wastewater irrigation: Pollution index and health risks assessment. Heliyon 10, no. 3 (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24712.
    7. Yousef, Alhaj Hamoud; Wang, Zhenchang; Guo, Xiangping; Shaghaleh, Hiba; Sheteiwy, Mohamed;Chen, Sheng; Qiu, Rangjian; Elbashier, Mohammed M. A. Effect of Irrigation Regimes and Soil Texture on the Potassium Utilization Efficiency of Rice, Agronomy, 2019, 9 (2), 100. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy9020100
    8. Yousef, Alhaj Hamoud, Guo Xiangping, Wang Zhenchang, Chen Sheng, Rasool Ghulam. Effects ofirrigation water regime, soil clay content and their combination on growth, yield, and water use efficiency of rice grown in South China. International Journal of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, 2018,11(4). DOI: 10.25165/j.ijabe.20181104.3895.
    9. Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Talha Saleem, Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Hiba Shaghaleh, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Rizwan, Hesham F. Alharby, Amnah M. Alamri, Faisal Al-Sarraj, Nadiyah M. Alabdallah, Synergistic effect of biochar with gypsum, lime, and farm manure on the growth and tolerance in rice plants under different salt-affected soils, Chemosphere, 360, 2024,142357, DOI 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142357.
    10. Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Hiba Shaghaleh, Ke Zhang, Mohammad K. Okla, Ibrahim A. Alaraidh, Mohamed S. Sheteiwy, Hamada AbdElgawad, Increasing soil clay content increases soil phosphorus availability and improves the growth, physiology, and phosphorus uptake of rice under alternative wetting and mild drying irrigation, Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2024, 103691.
    11. Yousef, Alhaj Hamoud, Abdullah Maqsood, Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Hiba Shaghaleh, Amna Sahar, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Rizwan, Hesham F. Alharby, Refaat A. Abohassan, and Awatif M. Abdulmajeed. 2024. "Novel Implications of the PARAFAC Model for Characterizing and Distributing DOM in Groundwater Networks by Using Spectroscopic Techniques" Water 16, no. 13: 1768. DOI:
    12. Shaghaleh, Hiba, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, and Qin Sun. "Functionalized nanocellulosenanocomposite hydrogels for soil and water pollution prevention, remediation, and monitoring: A critical review on fabrication, application properties, and potential mechanisms." Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (2024): 111892. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2024.111892
    13. Shaghaleh, Hiba; Yousef,Alhaj Hamoud; Xu, Xu,Shifa, Wang; Liu, He. A pH-responsive/sustained release nitrogen fertilizer hydrogel based on aminated cellulose nanofiber/cationic copolymer for application in irrigated neutral soils, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022, 368:133098. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133098
    14. Willy Franz Gouertoumbo, YousefAlhaj Hamoud, Xiangping Guo,Hiba Shaghaleh, Amar Ali Adam Hamad and Elsayed Elsadek. Wheat Straw Burial Enhances the Root Physiology, Productivity, and Water Utilization Efficiency of Rice under Alternative Wetting and Drying Irrigation. Sustainability 2022, 14(24), 16394; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142416394.
    15. AL Aasmi, Alaa; Li, Jiuhao; Yousef,Alhaj Hamoud; Lan, Yubin;Alordzinu, Kelvin Edom; Appiah, Sadick Amoakohene; Shaghaleh, Hiba; Sheteiwy, Mohamed; Wang, Hao; Qiao, Songyang; Yu, Chaoran. Impacts of Slow-Release Nitrogen Fertilizer Rates on the MorpHo-PHysiological Traits, Yield, and Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Rice under Different Water Regimes, Agriculture, 2022, 12(1):86. DOI: 10.3390/agriculture12010086.
    16. Xinna Liu, Jie Zhang, Qian Wang, Tingting Chang, Hiba Shaghaleh and Yousef Alhaj Hamoud. Improvement of Photosynthesis by Biochar andVermicompostto Enhance Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Yield underGreenhouse
      Conditions. Plants 2022, 11, 3214. DOI: 10.3390/plants11233214.
    17. Sheteiwy, Mohamed Salah; Shaghaleh, Hiba; Yousef, Alhaj Hamoud; Holford, Paul; Shao, Hongbo; Qi, Weicong; Hashmi,Muhammad Zaffar; Wu, Tianow. Zinc oxide nanoparticles: potential effects on soil properties, crop production, food processing, and food quality, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021, 28, 36942–36966. DOI:
      10.1007/s11356-021-14542-w.
    18. Alfadil, Alfadil Aboud; Xia, Jihong; Shaghaleh, Hiba; Yousef, Alhaj Hamoud; Ibrahim, Jamal Nourain; Hamad, Amar Ali Adam;Fahad Rahim, Shah; Sheteiwy, Mohamed Salah; Wu, Tianao. Wheat straw biochar application improves the morphological, physiological, and yield attributes of maize and the physicochemical properties of soil under deficit irrigation and salinity stress, Journal of Plant Nutrition, 2021, 44 (16). DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2021.1918156.
    19. Xinna Liu,Jie Zhang, Qian Wang,Hiba Shaghaleh,Tingting Chang and Yousef Alhaj Hamoud. Modification of Soil Physical Properties by Maize Straw Biochar andEarthworm Manure to Enhance Hydraulic Characteristics under Greenhouse Condition. Sustainability 2022, 14(20), 13590.
    20. Zhenchang Wang, Jinjing Liu, Yaosheng Wang, Evgenios Agathokleous, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Rangjian Qiu, Cheng Hong, Minghao Tian, HibaShaghaleh and Xiangping Guo. Relationships between stable isotope natural abundances (δ13C and δ15N) and water use efficiency in rice under alternate wetting and drying irrigation in soils with high clay contents. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022, Volume 13. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1077152.
    21. Wang. Z., Jinjing L, Yousef,Alhaj Hamoud., Yaosheng.W, Rang, Q, Cheng. H., Evgenios. A and Shaghaleh. H. Natural 15N abundance as an indicator of nitrogen utilization efficiency in rice under alternate wetting and drying irrigation in soils with high clay contents, 2022, Science of The Total Environment, 838, 4, 10-156528. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156528.
    22. Lubna A. Ibrahim, Mohamed Abu-Hashim, Hiba Shaghaleh, Elsayed Elsadek,Amar Ali Adam Hamad and YousefAlhaj Hamoud. AComprehensive Review of the Multiple Uses of Water in Aquaculture-Integrated Agriculture Based on International and National Experiences. Water 2023, 15(2), 367; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15020367
    23. Ibrahim, Lubna A., Hiba Shaghaleh, Mohamed Abu-Hashim, Elsayed Ahmed Elsadek, and Yousef Alhaj Hamoud. 2023. "Exploring the Integration of Rice and Aquatic Species: Insights from Global and National Experiences" Water 15, no. 15: 2750. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15152750
    24. Qianqian Wu, Jie Zhang, Xinna Liu, Tingting Chang, Qian Wang, HibaShaghaleh and YousefAlhaj Hamoud. Effects ofbiochar and vermicompost on microorganisms and enzymatic activities in greenhouse soil. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 2023, Volume 10. DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.1060277.
    25. Jin, Qiu, Jian Tong, Yutian Yao, Chao Chen, Fan Wang, Hao Peng, JunjianYou, Hiba Shaghaleh, and YousefAlhaj Hamoud. 2023."Chinese Violet Cress (Orychophragmusviolaceus L.) Yield and Nitrogen Balance in Response to Coupling Effects of Water–Nitrogen Application—A Case Study Using 15N Tracing Technique" Water 15, no. 5: 904.
    26. Wang, L.; Zhu, N.; Shaghaleh, H.; Mao, X.; Shao, X.; Wang, Q.; Hamoud, Y.A. The Effect of Functional Ceramsite in a Moving BedBiofilm Reactor and Its Ammonium Nitrogen Adsorption Mechanism. Water 2023, 15, 1362. DOI: 10.3390/w15071362
    27. Hamad, A.A.A.; Ni, L.; Shaghaleh, H.; Elsadek, E.; Hamoud, Y.A. Effect of Carbon Content in Wheat Straw Biochar onN2O and CO2 Emissions and Pakchoi Productivity Under Different Soil Moisture
      Conditions. Sustainability 2023, 15, 5100. DOI: 10.3390/su15065100
    28. Qianqian Wu, Jie Zhang, Xinna Liu, Tingting Chang, Qian Wang, HibaShaghaleh and YousefAlhaj Hamoud. Effects ofbiochar and vermicompost on microorganisms and enzymatic activities in greenhouse soil. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 2023, Volume 10. DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.1060277.
    29. Sun J, Mao X, Shaghaleh H, Chang T, Wang R, Zhai S, Hamoud YA. Analytic Method for Optimizing the Allocation ofManure Nutrients Based on the Assessment of Land Carrying Capacity: A Case Study from a Typical Agricultural Region in China. Agronomy. 2023, 13(4):1064. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy13041064.
    30. Mao, X.; Sun, J.; Shaghaleh, H.; Jiang, X.; Yu, H.; Zhai, S.; Hamoud, Y.A. Environmental Assessment of Soils and Crops Basedon Heavy Metal Risk Analysis in Southeastern China. Agronomy 2023, 13, 1107. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy13041107
    31. Yang, X.; Zhang, K.; Shaghaleh,H.; Qi, Z.; Gao, C.; Chang, T.; Zhang, J.; Zia-ur-Rehman, M.; Hamoud, Y.A. Continuous Cropping Alters Soil Hydraulic andPhysicochemical Properties in the Karst Region of Southwestern China. Agronomy
      2023, 13, 1416. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13051416.
    32. Talpur MMA, Shaghaleh H, Ali Adam Hamad A, Chang T, Zia-ur-Rehman M,Usman M, Alhaj Hamoud Y. Effect of Planting Geometry on Growth, Water Productivity, and Fruit Quality of Tomatoes under Different Soil Moisture Regimes. Sustainability. 2023; 15(12):9526.https://doi.org/10.3390/su15129526
    33. Shaghaleh, Hiba; Yousef, Alhaj Hamoud; Xu, Xu; Liu, He; Wang, Shifa; Sheteiwy, Mohamed;Dong, Fuhao; Guo, Lizhen; Qian, Yuehan; Li, Pengfei; Zhang, Shuangsheng. Thermo-/smart N preservative delivery based on TEMPO cellulose nanofiber/cationic copolymer hydrogel film in fruit packaging. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2021, 183, 1911-1924. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.05.208
    34. Wang, Yuqi; Shaghaleh, Hiba; Yousef, Alhaj Hamoud; Zhang, Shuangsheng; Li, Pengfei; Xu, Xu; Liu, He.Synthesis of a smart N nano-cellulose/sodium alginate/MOFs hydrogel and its application in the regulation of water and N-fertilizer. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2021, 187, 262-271. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.07.154.
    35. Guo, Lizhen; Wang, Yuqi; Wang,Meng; Shaghaleh, Hiba; Yousef, Alhaj Hamoud; Xu, Xu; Liu, He. Synthesis of bio-based MIL-100(Fe)@CNF-SA composite hydrogel and its application in slow-release N-fertilizer. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, 324, 129274. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129274
    36. Lin, Xiangyu; Guo, Lizhen; Shaghaleh, Hiba; Yousef, Alhaj Hamoud; Xu, Xu; Liu, He. A TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibers/MOFs hydrogel with temperature and pH responsiveness for fertilizers slow-release, 2021, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2021, 191, 483-491. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.09.075.
    37. Shaghaleh, Hiba; Wang, Shifa; Xu,Xu; Guo, Lizhen; Dong, Fuhao; Yousef,Alhaj Hamoud; Liu, He;Li, Pengfei; Zhang, Shuangsheng. Innovative two-pHase air plasma activation approach for green and efficient functionalization of nanofibrillated cellulose surfaces from wheat straw, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, 297, 126664. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126664.
    38. Hiba Shaghaleh, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, XuXu, He Liu, Shifa Wang, Mohamed Sheteiwyd, FuhaoDong, Lizhen Guo, Yuehan Qian, Pengfei Li, Shuangsheng Zhan. Thermo-/pH-responsive preservative delivery based on TEMPO cellulose
      nanofiber/cationic copolymer hydrogel film in fruit packaging. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 183, 31, Pages 1911-1924.
    39. Shaghaleh, Hiba; Xu, Xu; Al-Azem,Mohammed; Yousef, AlhajHamoud. Investigation on the utilizationpossibility of orange (Citrus sinensis var. Valencia) oil extracted by microwave pretreatment-improved steam distillation as natural flavoring agent based on its characteristics analysis. Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants, 2018, 298-316 (DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2018.1467283.
    40. Alfadil, Alfadil Aboud; Shaghaleh,Hiba; Alhaj Hamoud,Yousef; Xia, Jihong; Wu, Tianao; Hamad,Amar Ali Adam; Wang, Yitian; Oumarou Abdoulaye, Abdoulaye; Sheteiwy, Mohamed S. Straw Biochar-induced Modification of the Soil PHysical Properties Enhances Growth, Yield and Water Productivity of Maize under Deficit Irrigation, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 2021, 52(16), 2021. DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2019.1603306.
    41. Sheteiwy, Mohamed S.; Abd Elgawad,Hamada; Xiong, You-Cai; Macovei, Anca; Brestic, Marian; Skalicky, Milan;
      Shaghaleh, Hiba; Yousef,Alhaj Hamoud; El-Sawah,Ahmed M. Inoculation with Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and mycorrhiza confers tolerance to drought stress and improve seed yield and quality of soybean plant, physiologia Plantarum, 2021, 172(4), 2153-2169. DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13454.
    42. Sheteiwy, Mohamed S.; Ali, DinaFathi Ismail; Xiong, You-Cai; Brestic, Marian; Skalicky, Milan; Yousef, Alhaj Hamoud; Ulhassan, Zaid; Shaghaleh, Hiba; AbdElgawad,Hamada; Farooq, Muhammad; Sharma, Anket; El-Sawah, Ahmed M. physiological and biochemical responses of soybean plants inoculated with Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Bradyrhizobium under drought stress, BMC Plant Biology, 2021, 21, 195. DOI: 10.3390/atmos12040439.
    43. El-Sawah, Ahmed M.; El-Keblawy,Ali; Ali, Dina Fathi Ismail; Ibrahim, Heba M.; El-Sheikh, Mohamed A.; Sharma,
      Anket; Alhaj Hamoud,Yousef; Shaghaleh, Hiba; Brestic,Marian; Skalicky, Milan; Xiong, You-Cai; Sheteiwy, Mohamed S. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Enhance Soil Key Enzymes, Plant Growth, Seed Yield, and Qualitative Attributes of Guar, Agriculture, 2021, 11(3), 194. DOI: 10.3390/agriculture11030194.
    44. Hamad, Amar Ali Adam; Xu, Junzeng;Wei, Qi; Yousef, AlhajHamoud; Shaghaleh, Hiba; Wang, Kechun;Hameed, Fazli; Xu, Lijun. Effect of different irrigation and nitrogen management options on growth, yield and water use efficiency of Chinese cabbage in greenhouse cultivation, Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2021, 58,341-356. DOI:10.21162/PAKJAS/21.949
    45. Sheteiwy, Mohamed S.; Shao,Hongbo; Qi, Weicong; Daly, Paul; Sharma, Anket; Shaghaleh, Hiba; Yousef, Alhaj Hamoud; El-Esawi, Mohamed A.; Pan, Ronghui; Wan, Qun; Lu,Haiying. Seed priming and foliar application with jasmonic acid enhance salinity stress tolerance of soybean (Glycine maxL.) seedlings, Journal of theScience of Food and Agriculture, 2020, 101 (5), 2027-2041. DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.10822
    46. Gao, Canhong; El-Sawah, Ahmed M.;Ali, Dina Fathi Ismail; Yousef,Alhaj Hamoud; Shaghaleh,Hiba; Sheteiwy, Mohamed S.The Integration of Bio and Organic Fertilizers Improve Plant Growth, Grain, Yield, Quality and Metabolism of Hybrid Maize (Zea mays L.), Agronomy, 2020, 10 (3), 319. (IF 3.417, Q1). DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10030319
    47. Sheteiwy, Mohamed S.; Shao,Hongbo; Qi,Weicong; Yousef,Alhaj Hamoud; Shaghaleh,Hiba; Khan, Nasr Ullah; Yang, Ruiping; Tang, Boping. GABA-Alleviated Oxidative Injury Induced by Salinity, Osmotic Stress and their Combination by Regulating Cellular and Molecular Signals in Rice. Int J Mol Sci, 2019, 20 (22). DOI:
      10.3390/ijms20225709.
    48. Yi Xie, Zhenchang Wang, XiangpingGuo, Sirikanya Lakthan, Sheng Chen, Zhiming Xiao, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud. Effects ofDifferent Irrigation Treatments on Aquaculture Purification and Soil Desalination of Paddy Fields. Water, 2019; 11(7):1424. DOI:10.3390/w11071424
    49. Sheng Chen, Zhenchang Wang,Xiangping Guo, Ghulam Rasool, Jian Zhang, Yi Xie, Alhaj Hamoud Yousef, GuangchengShao: Effects of vertically heterogeneous soil salinity on tomato photosynthesis and related physiological parameters. Scientia Horticulturae 2019, 249:120-130. DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2019.01.049
    50. Ghulam Rasool, Guo Xiangping, WangZhenchang, Chen Sheng, YousefAlhaj Hamoud, QaiserJaved: Response of Fertigation Under Buried Straw Layer on Growth, Yield, and Water-fertilizer Productivity of Chinese Cabbage Under Greenhouse Conditions. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 2019.DOI:10.1080/00103624.2019.1603306.
    51. Hiba Shaghaleha, XuXu, He Liu,Shifa Wang, YousefAlhaj Hamoud, FuhaoDong,Jinyue Luo. The effect of atmospheric pressure plasma pretreatment with various gases on the structural characteristics and chemical composition of wheat strawand applications to enzymatic hydrolysis. Energy, 2019, 176, 195-210. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.03.182.
    52. Sheng Chen.; Zhanyu Zhang.;Zhenchang Wang.; Xiangping Guo.; Minhao Liu.; Yousef Alhaj Hamoud.; JiechenZheng.; Rangjian Qiu. Effects of uneven vertical distribution of soil salinity under a buried straw layer on the growth, fruit yield, and fruit quality of tomato plants. Scientia Horticulturae 2016, 203:131-142. DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2016.03.024.
    53. Abdoulaye Oumarou Abdoulaye.;Haishen Lü.; Yonghua Zhu.; YousefAlhaj Hamoud; Sheteiwy,Mohamed S. The Global Trend of the Net Irrigation Water Requirement of Maize from 1960 to 2050. Climate, 2019, 11(4). DOI: 10.3390/cli7100124
    54. Abdoulaye Oumarou Abdoulaye.;Haishen Lü.; Yonghua Zhu.; YousefAlhaj Hamoud. FutureIrrigation Water Requirements of the Main Crops Cultivated in the Niger River Basin. Atmosphere 12(4):439. DOI: 10.3390/atmos12040439.
    55. Shah Fahad Rahim.; Junzeng XuJunzeng.;Fazli Hameed.; Anis Ur Rehman Khalil; Wei Qi.; Shaojie Cai.; Bai Wenhuan.; Yousef Alhaj Hamoud. Spatiotemporal deviation in growing degree daysand season under increasing temperature in heilongjiang province. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2019, 56(4):1075-1086. DOI:10.21162/PAKJAS/19.7065
    56. Tianao Wu.; Wei Zhang.; XiyunJiao.; Weihua Guo.; YousefAlhaj Hamoud. Comparisonof five Boosting-based models for estimating daily reference evapotranspiration with limited meteorological variables. PLoS ONE. 2020, 15(6):e0235324, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235324
    57. Tianao Wu.; Wei Zhang.; XiyunJiao.; Weihua Guo.; Yousef Alhaj Hamoud. Evaluation of stacking and blending
      ensemble learning methods for estimating daily reference evapotranspiration. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2021.106039.
    58. Canhong Gao.; Mohamed Sheteiwy.;Jiajun Han.; Zhaorong Dong.; Ronghui Pan.; Yajing Guan.; Yousef Alhaj Hamoud; Jin Hu. Polyamine biosynthetic pathways and theirrelation with the cold tolerance of maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings. Plant
      Signaling & Behavior, 2020, 15(9). DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2020.1807722
    59. Lin Li.; Zhang Zheng.; Tian Hua.;Umair Ashraf.; YousefAlhaj Hamoud.; Al AasmiAlaa.; Xiangru Tang.; Duan Meiyang.; Wang Zaiman.; Pan Shenggang. Nitrogen Deep Placement Combined with Straw Mulch Cultivation Enhances Physiological Traits, Grain Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Mechanical Pot-Seedling Transplanting Rice. Rice Science 2022, 29(1):89-100. DOI: 10.1016/j.rsci.2021.12.008.
    60. Lin Li.; Zhang Zheng.; YifeiWang.; Lixiao Nie.; Umair Ashraf.; Zixian Wang.; Zheng Zhang.; Tiaoyan Wu.; Hua Tian.; Yousef AlhajHamoud.; Xiangru Tang; Pan Shenggang.Deep placement of nitrogen fertilizer increases rice yield and energy production efficiency under different mechanical rice production systems. Field Crops Research 2022, 276(1). DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2021.108359
    61. Lin Li.; Qiankun Li.; ZhihuanLin.; Zheng Zhang.; Hua Tian.; Umair Ashraf.; Yousef Alhaj Hamoud.; DuanMeiyang.; Xiangru Tang; Pan Shenggang. Effects of nitrogen deep placement coupled with straw incorporation on grain quality and root traits from paddy fields. Crop Science 2021, 61(5):3675-3686. DOI: 10.1002/csc2.20578.
    62. El-Sawah, Ahmed M.; El-Keblawy,Ali; Ali, DinaFathi Ismail; Ibrahim, Heba M.; El-Sheikh, Mohamed A.; Sharma,
      Anket; Alhaj Hamoud,Yousef; Shaghaleh, Hiba; Brestic,Marian; Skalicky, Milan; Xiong,You-Cai; Sheteiwy, Mohamed S. Correction:El-Sawah et al. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Enhance Soil Key Enzymes, Plant Growth, Seed Yield, and Qualitative Attributes of Guar. Agriculture 2021, 11, 194.Agriculture 2021,
      11(11), 1033; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11111033.
    63. Hamad; Amar Ali Adam; Wei, Qi.;Lijun Wan.; Xu, Junzeng; Yousef,Alhaj Hamoud; Yawei Li.;Shaghaleh, Hiba. Subsurface Drip Irrigation with Emitters Placed at Suitable Depth Can Mitigate N2O Emissions and Enhance Chinese Cabbage Yield under Greenhouse Cultivation. Agronomy, 2022, 12(6):1414. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy12061414.
    64. Yi; Xia. A.; Zw, A. ; Xc, A.; Rq,B. , Yaha, C. , & Cheng, YousefAlhaj Hamoud."Dissecting the combined effects of cultivar, fertilization, and irrigation on rhizosphere bacterial communities and nitrogen productivity in rice." Science of The Total Environment 835. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155534.
    65. Hamad, Amar Ali Adam; Wei, Qi.;Xu, Junzeng; Yousef,Alhaj Hamoud; Min He;Shaghaleh, Hiba, Xintong, Li; Zhiming, Qi. Managing Fertigation Frequency and Level to Mitigate N2O and CO2 Emissions and NH3 Volatilization from Subsurface
      Drip-Fertigated Field in a Greenhouse. Agronomy, 2022, 12(6):1414. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy12061414.
    66. Lin Li, Longxin He Yingqi Lia,Yifei Wang, Umair Ashraf, YousefAlhaj Hamoud, Xu Hu,Tiaoyan Wu, Xiangru Tang Shenggang Pan. Deep fertilization combined with straw incorporation improved rice lodging resistance and soil properties of paddy fields. European Journal of Agronomy, 142, January 2023, 126659.
    67. Elsadek, Elsayed, Ke Zhang, AhmedMousa, Gazi Tawfiq Ezaz, Tolossa Lemma Tola, Hiba Shaghaleh, Amar Ali Adam
      Hamad, and Yousef Alhaj Hamoud. 2023. "Study on the In-Field Water Balance of Direct-Seeded Rice with Various Irrigation Regimes under Arid Climatic Conditions in Egypt Using the AquaCrop Model" Agronomy 13, no. 2: 609.
      DOI:10.3390/agronomy13020609.
    68. Wang, L.; Mao, X.; Hamoud, Y.A.;Zhu, N.; Shao, X.; Wang, Q.; Shaghaleh, H. Nitrogen Removal for Low Concentration Ammonium Wastewater by Adsorption, Shortcut Simultaneous Nitrification and Denitrification Process in MBBR. Water 2023, 15, 1334. DOI: 10.3390/w15071334.
    69. Sun R, Wang X, Alhaj Hamoud Y, LuM, Shaghaleh H, Zhang W, Zhang C and Ma C (2023) Dynamic variation of bacterial
      community assemblage and functional profiles during rice straw degradation. Front. Microbiol. 14:1173442. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1173442.
    70. Tang, Xian, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Hiba Shaghaleh, Jianrong Zhao, Hong Wang, Jiajia Wang, Tao Zhao, Bo Li, and Ying Lu. 2023. "Responses of Soil Labile Organic Carbon on Aggregate Stability across Different Collapsing-Gully Erosion Positions from Acric Ferralsols of South China" Agronomy 13, no. 7: 1869. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13071869.
    71. Effect of exogenous application of biogenic silicon sources on growth, yield, and ionic homeostasis of maize (Zea mays L.) crops cultivated in alkaline soil, Arwa Abdulkreem AL-Huqail, Ali Rizwan, Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Haifa Abdulaziz Sakit Al-Haithloul, Suliman Mohammed Suliman Alghanem, Muhammad Usman, Naveeda Majid, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Muhammad Rizwan, AmanyH.A. Abeed. Chemosphere, 2023, 341, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140019.
    72. Zhang, Jie, Daniel K. Y. Tan, Hiba Shaghaleh, Tingting Chang, and Yousef Alhaj Hamoud. 2023. "Response of Photosynthesis in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Cultivars to Moderate Heat Stress at Meiosis and Anthesis Stages" Agronomy 13, no. 9: 2251. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13092251.
    73. Gong, Xin, Sixian Li, Zelu Wu, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Hiba Shaghaleh, Yusef Kianpoor Kalkhajeh, Chenxiao Si, Lin Zhu, and Chao Ma. 2023. "Biochar Enhances Soil Resource Availability and Suppresses Microbial Metabolism Genes in the Rhizosphere of Wheat" Life 13, no. 9: 1843. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13091843.
    74. Chen, Peng, Hiba Shaghaleh, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Jing Wang, Wenxia Pei, Xianfu Yuan, Jianjian Liu, Cece Qiao, Wenhui Xia, and Jianfei Wang. 2023. "Selenium-Containing Organic Fertilizer Application Affects Yield, Quality, and Distribution of Selenium in Wheat" Life 13, no. 9: 1849. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13091849.
    75. Han, Danni, Chao Chen, Fan Wang, Wenping Li, Hao Peng, Qiu Jin, Bo Bi, Hiba Shaghaleh, and Yousef Alhaj Hamoud. 2023. "Effects of Subsurface Pipe Drainage Spacing on Soil Salinity Movement in Jiangsu Coastal Reclamation Area" Sustainability 15, no. 18: 13932. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151813932.
    76. Li, Xiaoliang, Junchao Fang, Hiba Shagahaleh, Jianfei Wang, Amar Ali Adam Hamad, and Yousef Alhaj Hamoud. 2023. "Impacts of Partial Substitution of Chemical Fertilizer with Organic Fertilizer on Soil Organic Carbon Composition, Enzyme Activity, and Grain Yield in Wheat–Maize Rotation" Life 13, no. 9: 1929. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13091929
    77. Han, Danni, Chao Chen, Fan Wang, Wenping Li, Hao Peng, Qiu Jin, Bo Bi, Hiba Shaghaleh, and Yousef Alhaj Hamoud. 2023. "Effects of Subsurface Pipe Drainage Spacing on Soil Salinity Movement in Jiangsu Coastal Reclamation Area" Sustainability 15, no. 18: 13932. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151813932
    78. Shaghaleh, Hiba, Yuanpeng Zhu, Xinyi Shi, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, and Chao Ma. 2023. "Co-Effects of Nitrogen Fertilizer and Straw-Decomposing Microbial Inoculant on Decomposition and Transformation of Field Composted Wheat Straw" Life 13, no. 10: 1993. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13101993
    79. Senousy, Hoda H., Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Abdelghafar M. Abu-Elsaoud, Omar Mahmoud Al zoubi, Nessreen F. Abdelbaky, Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Usman, and Mona H. Soliman. 2023. "Algal Bio-Stimulants Enhance Salt Tolerance in Common Bean: Dissecting Morphological, Physiological, and Genetic Mechanisms for Stress Adaptation" Plants 12, no. 21: 3714. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12213714.
    80. Zhou, Shishang, Tingting Chang, Yujie Zhang, Hiba Shaghaleh, Jie Zhang,Xu Yang, Hengji Qin, Mir Moazzam Ali Talpur, and Yousef Alhaj Hamoud. "Organic fertilizer compost alters the microbial composition and network structure in strongly acidic soil." Applied Soil Ecology 195 (2024): 105263.
    81. Lin, Feng, Hong Wang, Hiba Shaghaleh, Amar Ali Adam Hamad, Yaojun Zhang,Bairen Yang, and Yousef Alhaj Hamoud. "Effects of Biochar Amendment on N2O Emissions from Soils with Different pH Levels." Atmosphere 15, no. 1 (2024): 68.
    82. Hong, Cheng, Zhenchang Wang, Yaosheng Wang, Xingyu Zong, Xiaoman Qiang,Qingxin Li, Hiba Shaghaleh, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, and Xiangping Guo. "Response of duckweed to different irrigation modes under different fertilizer types and rice varieties: Unlocking the potential of duckweed (Lemna minor L.) in rice cultivation as" fertilizer capacitors"." Agricultural Water Management 292 (2024): 108681.
    83. Yang, Xu, Ke Zhang, Tingting Chang, Hiba Shaghaleh, Zhiming Qi, JieZhang, Huan Ye, and Yousef Alhaj Hamoud. "Interactive Effects of Microbial Fertilizer and Soil Salinity on the Hydraulic Properties of Salt-Affected Soil." Plants 13, no. 4 (2024): 473.
    84. Elsadek, Elsayed Ahmed, Ke Zhang, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Ahmed Mousa, AhmedAwad, Mohammed Abdallah, Hiba Shaghaleh, Amar Ali Adam Hamad, Muhammad Tahir Jamil, and Ahmed Elbeltagi. "Impacts of climate change on rice yields in the Nile River Delta of Egypt: A large-scale projection analysis based on CMIP6." Agricultural Water Management 292 (2024): 108673.
    85. Shaghaleh, Hiba, Muhammad Azhar, Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Yousef AlhajHamoud, Ammar Ali Adam Hamad, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Rizwan et al. "Effects of agro based organic amendments on growth and cadmium uptake in wheat and rice crops irrigated with raw city effluents: Three years field study." Environmental Pollution 344 (2024): 123365.
    86. Paula Pérez-Rodríguez and Yousef Alhaj Hamoud. Editorial:The restoration of degraded soils: amendments and remediation. 2024, Frontiers in Environmental Science 12:1390795. DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1390795.
    87. Hou, Maomao, Houdong Zhang, Hiba Shaghaleh, Jingnan Chen, Fenglin Zhong, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, and Lin Zhu. 2024. "Optimization of a Lower Irrigation Limit for Lettuce Based on Comprehensive Evaluation: A Field Experiment" Plants 13, no. 6: 853. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13060853.
    88. Zhang, Shengwang, Jianwen Wang, Qian Yang, Erzi Zhang, Hiba Shaghaleh, Yousef AlhajHamoud, and Qiu Jin. 2024. "Effects of Subsurface Drainage Spacing and Organic Fertilizer Application on Alfalfa Yield, Quality, and Coastal Saline Soil" Water 16, no. 8: 1144. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16081144.
    89. Hong Wang, Muhammad Jafir, Muhammad Irfan, Tanveer Ahmad, Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Rizwan, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Hiba Shaghaleh, Emerging trends to replace pesticides with nanomaterials: Recent experiences and future perspectives for ecofriendly environment, Journal of Environmental Management, 360, 2024, 121178, doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121178.
    90. Yang X, Zhang K, Qi Z, Shaghaleh H, Gao C, Chang T, Zhang J, Hamoud YA. Field Examinations on the Application of Novel Biochar-Based Microbial Fertilizer on Degraded Soils and Growth Response of Flue-Cured Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.). Plants. 2024; 13(10):1328. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13101328
    91. Su X, Nian Y, Shaghaleh H, Hamad A, Yue H, Zhu Y, Li J, Wang W, Wang H, Ma Q, Liu J, Li X and Alhaj Hamoud Y (2024) Combining features selection strategy and features fusion strategy for SPAD estimation of winter wheat based on UAV multispectral imagery. Front. Plant Sci. 15:1404238. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1404238

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    BMC Plant Biology
    FrontiersinEnvironmental Science
    Sustainability-MDPI
    Life-MDPI
    Water-MDPI
    Plants-Life-MDPI
    InternationalJournal of MolecularScience-MDPI
    JournalofFood Quality
    Frontiersin Earth Science
    BMC Research Notes
    Frontiersin Plant Science
    PLOS ONE
    ModernAgriculture
    Heliyon Agriculture
    Applied and Environmental Soil Science

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    Crop Science Society of Japan

    Royal Society of Chemistry

    American Chemical Society

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    Agronomy Society of America 

    Guest Editor of special issues of international journals 

    1. The Restoration of Degraded Soils: Amendments and Remediation'' in Frontiers in Environmental Science (IF: 5.4), Soil Processes.
    2. "Green and Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Times of Climate Change" in Sustainability (IF: 3.889).
    3. "Biomaterials-Based Fertilizing Products andBio-Fertilizers for Sustainable Agricultural Production" in Life (IF: 3.251).
    4. "Improved Irrigation Management Practices in CropProduction" in Water (IF:3.530).
    5. "Innovative Agricultural Technologies and Practices for Improving Crop Physiology, Productivity and Quality" in Plants (IF: 3.251).

    Grants and Research fund

    1. The Water Conservancy Science and Technology Project of Jiangsu Province (Nanjing, CN) GRANT_NUMBER: 51079042 and 51309080).
    2. The National Natural Science Foundation of China (51879067, 51079042 and 51309080).
    3. The National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFD0201507).
    4. The Jiangsu Funding Programfor Excellent Postdoctoral Talent (2023ZB869).
    5. The Foreign Youth Talent Project (2019/423402).
    6. Hohai University Scientific Research Project (Grant No B200203004).
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