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Ahmad Alqassim

Tulane University- School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine

Global Environmental Health Sciences

1440 Canal Street
Suite 1610
New Orleans, LA  70112  

aalqassi@tulane.edu

Project List:

Toxicological Properties of Specific Aromatic Hydrocarbons Isolated from Fresh and Aged Crude Oil from the Deepwater Horizon Spill

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Article - 1

2019

Alqassim, A. Y., Wilson, M. J., Wickliffe, J. K., Pangeni, D., Overton, E. B., & Miller III, C. A. (2019). Aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling, toxicity, and gene expression responses to mono-methylchrysenes. Environmental Toxicology, 34(9), 992–1000.

Conference Presentations - 4

2019

Alqassim, A., Pangeni, D., Overton, E., & Miller, C. (2019). Tracking Toxic Oil Compounds Using Fractionation and Bioassays. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.

2017

Alqassim, A., Miller, C. A., Wickliffe, J., Wilson, M., Pangeni, D., & Overton, E. (2017). Toxicological properties of chrysenes from MC252 crude oil. In Society of Toxicology, South Central Chapter Annual Meeting. Baton Rouge, LA : 10/19/17-10/20/17: Poster.
Miller, C., Alqassim, A., Pangeni, D., Wickliffe, J., Wilson, M., & Overton, E. (2017). Toxicological properties and composition of chemical fractions from Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil. In 2017 Gordon Research Conference on Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Toxicity. Andover, NH : 08/13/17-08/18/17: Poster.

2016

Alqassim, A., Cuccia, J., & Miller, C. (2016). Relative Potency of Mono-Methylated Chrysenes as Ligands in an Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) Signaling Assay. In Society of Toxicology 2016 Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 03/14/16-03/17/16: Poster.