About
Professional Summary
Dr. Ahmed Alengebawy is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the College of Engineering, Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU), China. He holds a PhD and an MS in Bioenergy and Environmental Engineering from HZAU and gained international research experience as an exchange scholar at the University of South-Eastern Norway.
His research focuses on anaerobic digestion, biomass valorization, waste management, nutrient recovery, and life cycle assessment (LCA). As of August 2026, he has published over 20 SCI papers in high-impact journals such as Environmental Chemistry Letters (IF: 25.2), Bioresource Technology (IF: 8.2), and Sustainable Production and Consumption (IF: 9.2), with more than 4,000 citations and an h-index of 15. He has also contributed 10 book chapters.
Dr. Alengebawy is a recipient of the CSC Academic Star "Character of the Year" (2024), a national-level award from the China Scholarship Council. He serves as an editorial board member and guest editor for several international journals, and is an active peer reviewer for over 20 leading journals.
For inquiries, please contact: ahmed.alengebawy@yahoo.com
Employment
Professional Appointments
Education
Academic Background
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Bachelor
Menoufia University, Egypt
Agricultural Engineering | Sep 2011 — Jul 2015
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Masters
Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Agricultural Bio-Environmental and Energy Engineering | Sep 2019 — Jun 2022
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Ph.D.
Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Agricultural Bio-Environmental and Energy Engineering | Sep 2022 — Jun 2026
Publications (32)
Selected Scholarly Contributions
Enhanced Anaerobic Digestion of Chicken Manure for Improved Biogas Production, Digestate Quality, and Crop Disease Resistance
Ahmed Alengebawy
Huazhong Agricultural University
| Thesis
Ahmed Alengebawy
2026
Reducing the Emissions of Greenhouse Gases from Manure Through Treatment with Ultrasonic Waves and Microwaves
M. Samer, K. Abdelbary, A. Alengebawy, Mariam A. Amer
Handbook of Carbon Negative Footprint Materials
| Book Chapter
2026
Operational parameters of anaerobic digestion for biogas production
Ahmed Alengebawy, Nirmal Ghimire, Kishan Khadka, Manas Ghising, Amrita Napit, Suman Prakash Pradhan
Biogas
| Book Chapter
2026
Pulp and paper wastewater treatment using agricultural and bio-based materials
Ahmed Alengebawy, Nirmal Ghimire, Saswat Gautam, Nahla Abdellatif, Abdelbaky Hossam Elgarhy
Pulp and Paper Industry
| Book Chapter
2026
Electrolyte-free electrochemical ammonia stripping integrated with flocculation for efficient nitrogen recovery from swine manure biogas slurry
Haorui Zhang, Ahmed Alengebawy, Yuanhao Yang, Zhan Shi, Mohamed Samer, Yanze Zhu, Ping Ai
Bioresource Technology
| Journal Article
2026
Synergistic anaerobic digestion of chicken manure: Balancing biogas and biofertilizer via microbial dynamics and multivariate analysis
Ahmed Alengebawy, Yi Ran, Tangjuan Zhang, Tarek Mahrous, Mohamed Samer, Zhan Shi, Aibin Hu, Ping Ai
Chemical Engineering Science
| Journal Article
2026
A Comprehensive Review of the Key Factors Affecting Biogas Production From Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Waste
Ahmed Alengebawy, Yi Ran, Sara Taha Abdelkhalek, Tarek Mahrous, Ahmed Ragheb, Mohamed Samer, Ping Ai
CleanMat
| Journal Article
2026
Abatement techniques for greenhouse gases and ammonia emissions from livestock farms and a computational software
Mohamed Samer, Mohamed A. Refai, Ahmed Alengebawy, Mahmoud M. Ali, Shymaa S.S. Ibrahim, Khaled M. Abdelbary
Climate Change and Agricultural Ecosystems
| Book Chapter
2025
Electromagnetism Implementation in Biofuels Production Processes from Biomass
M. Samer, H. Helmy, H. R. S. Abdellatif, E. G. Zaki, M. M. Ali, M. A. Amer, A. Saad, A. Alengebawy, E. S. Gaballah, V. Kumar
A Green Vision Towards a Renewable Energy Future
| Book Chapter
2025
Quantitative Modelling of Biohydrogen Production from Indian Agricultural Residues via Dark Fermentation
Tanmay J. Deka, Ahmed I. Osman, Mohamed Farghali, Ahmed Alengebawy, Debendra C. Baruah, David W. Rooney
ChemistryOpen
| Journal Article
2025
Biowaste valorization: Integrating circular economy principles with artificial intelligence-driven optimization for sustainable energy solutions
Ahmed M. Elgarahy, M.G. Eloffy, Ahmed Alengebawy, Dina Aboelela, Ahmed Hammad, Khalid Z. Elwakeel
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
| Journal Article
2025
Advances in anaerobic digestion for municipal wastewater treatment
Ahmed Alengebawy, Mohamed Eraky, Tarek Mahrous, Khaled Touil, Nourhan M. Elmahsoub, Abdelrahman Ibrahim, Abdelbaky Hossam Elgarhy
Municipal Wastewater Treatment
| Book Chapter
2025
Conversion of Bioenergy Materials to Secondary Fuels
Ahmed Alengebawy, Nirmal Ghimire, Sara Taha Abdelkhalek, Mohamed Samer
Encyclopedia of Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
| Book Chapter
2024
Carbonaceous Sorbents for Hydrogen Purification
Ahmed Alengebawy, Tanmay Jyoti Deka, Sagar Ban, Zhonghao Chen, Ahmed I. Osman, Pow-Seng Yap, Ping Ai
Hydrogen Purification and Separation
| Book Chapter
2024
Combined effect of flocculation and ammonia stripping on different biogas slurries
Haorui Zhang, Shunli Zhang, Yanyan Zhang, Ahmed Alengebawy, Yi Ran, Shisheng Song, Ping Ai
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
| Journal Article
2024
Anaerobic digestion of agricultural waste for biogas production and sustainable bioenergy recovery: a review
Ahmed Alengebawy, Yi Ran, Ahmed I. Osman, Keda Jin, Mohamed Samer, Ping Ai
Environmental Chemistry Letters
| Journal Article
2024
Soil as a natural source of greenhouse gas emissions
Ahmed Alengebawy, Tanmay Jyoti Deka, Suman Prakash Pradhan, Amira Elshazly, ElSayed ElBastamy ElSayed, Abdelbaky Hossam Elgarhy
Advances and Technology Development in Greenhouse Gases: Emission, Capture and Conversion
| Book Chapter
2024
Rice straw for energy and value-added products in China: a review
Ahmed Alengebawy, Yi Ran, Nirmal Ghimire, Ahmed I. Osman, Ping Ai
Environmental Chemistry Letters
| Journal Article
2023
Optimisation of phosphorus recovery process from biogas slurry using straw-derived biochar coupled with Mg/La oxide as an adsorbent
Yanru Ma, Haibo Meng, Yujun Shen, Haibin Zhou, Ming Zhu, Jie Geng, Ahmed Alengebawy, Jingtao Ding, Dongli Zhang
Chemical Engineering Research and Design
| Journal Article
2023
Sustainable management of food waste; pre-treatment strategies, techno-economic assessment, bibliometric analysis, and potential utilizations: A systematic review
Ahmed M. Elgarahy, M.G. Eloffy, Ahmed Alengebawy, Dina M. El-Sherif, Mohamed S. Gaballah, Khalid Z. Elwakeel, Mohamed El-Qelish
Environmental Research
| Journal Article
2023
Evaluation and analysis of biogas potential from agricultural waste in Hubei Province, China
Tingting Liu, Giovanni Ferrari, Andrea Pezzuolo, Ahmed Alengebawy, Keda Jin, Gaozhong Yang, Qiang Li, Ping Ai
Agricultural Systems
| Journal Article
2023
Performance of Paracoccus pantotrophus MA3 in heterotrophic nitrification–anaerobic denitrification using formic acid as a carbon source
Qun Huang, Ahmed Alengebawy, Xiangyu Zhu, Amin Farrukh Raza, Limei Chen, Wuxi Chen, Jiahao Guo, Ping Ai, Demao Li
Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering
| Journal Article
2022
A comparative life cycle assessment of biofertilizer production towards sustainable utilization of anaerobic digestate
Ahmed Alengebawy, Badr A. Mohamed, Keda Jin, Tingting Liu, Nirmal Ghimire, Mohamed Samer, Ping Ai
Sustainable Production and Consumption
| Journal Article
2022
Environmental Impact Assessment of Large-Scale Bioenergy Projects in Hubei Province of China Using LCA Approach
Ahmed Alengebawy
Huazhong Agricultural University
| Thesis
Ahmed Alengebawy
2022
A comparative environmental life cycle assessment of rice straw-based bioenergy projects in China
Ahmed Alengebawy, Badr A. Mohamed, Yi Ran, Yi Yang, Andrea Pezzuolo, Mohamed Samer, Ping Ai
Environmental Research
| Journal Article
2022
Agro-environmental sustainability of using digestate fertilizer for solanaceous and leafy vegetables cultivation: Insights on fertilizer efficiency and risk assessment
Keda Jin, Yi Ran, Ahmed Alengebawy, Gaozhong Yang, Shijiang Jia, Ping Ai
Journal of Environmental Management
| Journal Article
2022
Understanding the environmental impacts of biogas utilization for energy production through life cycle assessment: An action towards reducing emissions
Ahmed Alengebawy, Badr A. Mohamed, Nirmal Ghimire, Keda Jin, Tingting Liu, Mohamed Samer, Ping Ai
Environmental Research
| Journal Article
2022
Heavy Metals and Pesticides Toxicity in Agricultural Soil and Plants: Ecological Risks and Human Health Implications
Ahmed Alengebawy, Sara Taha Abdelkhalek, Sundas Rana Qureshi, Man-Qun Wang
Toxics
| Journal Article
2021
Advanced pre-treatment of stripped biogas slurry by polyaluminum chloride coagulation and biochar adsorption coupled with ceramic membrane filtration
Ahmed Alengebawy, Keda Jin, Yi Ran, Jingjing Peng, Xiuzhi Zhang, Ping Ai
Chemosphere
| Journal Article
2021
An assessment of nitrogen loading and biogas production from Italian livestock: A multilevel and spatial analysis
Giovanni Ferrari, Ping Ai, Ahmed Alengebawy, Francesco Marinello, Andrea Pezzuolo
Journal of Cleaner Production
| Journal Article
2021
Effect of application of different biogas fertilizer on eggplant production: Analysis of fertilizer value and risk assessment
Ping Ai, Keda Jin, Ahmed Alengebawy, Mahdy Elsayed, Liang Meng, Mengdi Chen, Yi Ran
Environmental Technology & Innovation
| Journal Article
2020
Techno-Economic Assessment of Three Modes of Large-Scale Crop Residue Utilization Projects in China
Liang Meng, Ahmed Alengebawy, Ping Ai, Keda Jin, Mengdi Chen, Yulong Pan
Energies
| Journal Article
2020
