Faizaa Awad Saif | Spectroscopy for Biology | Best Researcher Award

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Ms. Faizaa Awad Saif | Spectroscopy for Biology | Best Researcher Award

Hodeidah University | Yemen

Ms. Faizaa Awad Saif is a physicist and researcher with expertise in spectroscopy, materials science, and applied physics. She obtained her Ph.D. in Physics from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, India, where she conducted pioneering research on the characterization and identification of fruit rot fungi using advanced spectroscopic techniques. Her academic foundation also includes a master’s degree in Physics with a specialization in spectroscopy and a bachelor’s degree in Physics from Hodeidah University, Yemen. Ms. Saif has extensive teaching experience at Hodeidah University, where she teaches courses such as Vibrations and Waves, Optics, Laser Physics, and General Physics, and supervises laboratory experiments in modern physics instrumentation. She is proficient in operating analytical instruments, including X-ray diffraction, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, and UV-Visible spectrophotometers. Her innovative approach to spectroscopy has led to a patent submission at the German Patent Office for a system designed to identify fruit root fungi species. Ms. Saif has presented her research at numerous international and national conferences on materials science and nanotechnology. She continues to contribute to scientific advancement through interdisciplinary research connecting physics with biological and environmental applications.

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Featured Publications 

  • Saif, F. A., Yaseen, S. A., Alameen, A. S., Mane, S. B., & Undre, P. B. (2021). Identification and characterization of Aspergillus species of fruit rot fungi using microscopy, FT-IR, Raman, and UV–Vis spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 246, 119010.

  • Saif, F. A., Yaseen, S. A., Alameen, A. S., Mane, S. B., & Undre, P. B. (2020). Identification of Penicillium species of fruits using morphology and spectroscopic methods. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1644(1), 012019. IOP Publishing.

  • Saif, F. A., Yaseen, S. A., Alameen, A. S., Mane, S. B., & Undre, P. B. (2020). FTIR spectroscopy and microscopy as methods for identification and discrimination of Penicillium species of fruit. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2244(1), 020002. AIP Publishing LLC.

  • Saif, F. A., Undre, P. B., Yaseen, S. A., Alameen, A. S., Patil, S. S., & Khirade, P. W. (2019). Hydrogen bonding interaction between amide and alcohols: Dielectric relaxation and FTIR study. Integrated Ferroelectrics, 202(1), 79–88.

  • Saif, F. A., Undre, P. B., Yaseen, S. A., Patil, S. S., & Khirade, P. W. (2017). Conformational and dielectric relaxation studies on hydrogen bonded binary mixture of ethyl acetate in 1-butanol and 1-pentanol. Ferroelectrics, 519(1), 61–71.

  • Shaikh, K. R., Saif, F. A., Pawar, A. R., Waykar, B., & Undre, P. B. (2024). Evaluation of structural parameters of monoclinic nanocrystalline CuO and study of sunlight-driven photocatalytic dye degradation, antimicrobial and antioxidant potential. Inorganic and Nano-Metal Chemistry, 1–15.

  • Alameen, A. S., Yaseen, S. A., Saif, F. A., Undre, S. B., & Undre, P. B. (2023). Physicochemical analysis of zinc oxide nanodispersion in folic acid solution at T = 303.15 K. Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 97(11), 2536–2549.