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Welcome to the Hashemite University faculty staff website.
Murad Ahmad Muhammad Al-Holy
Professor
Food Microbiology/Safety
Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences
Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics
murad@hu.edu.jo
http://staff.hu.edu.jo/alholy
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Office No. :
5389
EXT :
5389
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Ph.D.
Washington State university
The United States of America,2003
Master
University of Jordan
Jordan,1999
Bachelor
University of Jordan
Jordan,1997
• Determining the thermal inactivation kinetics of pathogenic foodborne microorganism in different food systems • Developing pasteurization protocols for high value seafood products using conventional thermal processes • Developing pasteurization protocols for high value seafood products using novel heating technologies (radio frequency and microwave dielectric heating) • Using combinations of antimicrobial treatment with mild heat treatment to process heat-sensitive food products • Designing and implementing experiments to quantify and identify pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms in food systems using Short Wavelength and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy • Studying the growth, survival, recovery and inactivation of Enterobacter sakazakii (Cronobacter spp) in infant formula and baby foods • Developing new media for recovery of intact and injured foodborne pathogens • Providing expert consulting services for food safety and extension of shelf life of different food products, especially chilled meat products
1- M. Lin., A.G. Cavinato., D.D. Mayes., Al-Holy, M.A., Y. Huang., S. Smiley, and B.A. Rasco. 2003. Bruise detection in Pacific pink salmon (Oncorhyncus gorbuscha) by short-wavelength near-infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry: 51, 6404-6408. 2- Al-Holy, M.A and Al-Delaimy, K.S. 2003. Citric acid production from whey with sugars and additives by Aspergillus niger. African Journal of Biotechnology: 2(10), 356-359. 3- Al-Holy, M.A, J. Ruiter., M. Lin., D-Y Kang, and B.A. Rasco. 2004. Inactivation of Listeria innocua in nisin treated salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) and sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) caviar using radio frequency (RF) pasteurization. Journal of Food Protection: 67(9), 1848-1854. 4- Al-Holy, M.A., Z. Quinde., D. Guan., J. Tang, and B. Rasco. 2004. Thermal inactivation of Listeria innocua in salmon (Oncorynchus keta) caviar using conventional glass and novel aluminum thermal-death-time tubes. Journal of Food Protection: 67(2), 383-386. 5- Lin, M., Al-Holy, M.A., Mousavi-Hesary, M., Al-Qadiri, H., Cavinato, A.G, and Rasco. B.A. 2004. Rapid and quantitative detection of the microbial spoilage in chicken meat by diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (600-11000 nm). Letters in Applied Microbiology: 39, 148-155. 6- M. Lin., Al-Holy, M.A., Al-Qadiri, H., Kang, D.H., Cavinato, A.G., Haung, Y., and Rasco, B.A. 2004. Discrimination of intact and injured Listeria monocytogenes by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and principal component analysis. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry: 52, 5769-5772. 7- Luechapattanaporn, K., Wang, Y., Wang, M., Al-Holy, M.A., Kang, D. H. and Tang, J., 2004. Microbial safety in Radio-frequency processing of packaged foods. Journal of Food Science: 69(7), M201-M206. 8- Al-Holy, M.A., Y. Wang., J. Tang, and B. Rasco. 2005. Dielectric properties of salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) and sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) caviar at radio frequency (RF) and microwave (MW) pasteurization frequencies. Journal of Food Engineering: 70, 564-570. 9- Al-Holy, M.A., Lin, M.., Rasco, B.A. 2005. Destruction of Listeria monocytogenes in sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) caviar using a combination of nisin with chemical antimicrobials or moderate heat. Journal of Food Protection: 68, 512-520. 10- Lin, M., Al-Holy M., Chang, S-S.,Haung, Y., Cavinato, A.G., Kang, D-H, and Rasco, B.A. 2005. Rapid discrimination of Alicyclobacillus strains in Apple Juice by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 105: 369-376. 11- Tayyem, R., and Al-Holy, M. 2005. Nutrition during childhood. Proceedings of the first conference on childhood and the family. Hahemite University. Zarqa-Jordan. 12- Al-Holy, M.; Lin, M.; Cavinato, A.G.; Rasco, B.A. 2006. The use of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to differentiate Escherichia coli O157:H7 from other bacteria inoculated into apple juice. Food Microbiology: 23 (2): 162-168. 13- Al-Holy, M.A., Lin, M., Al-Qadiri, H, Cavinato, A.G, and Rasco. B.A. 2006. Classification of foodborne pathogens by Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy and pattern recognition techniques. Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology: 14, 189-200. 14- Lin, M., Mosouvai, M., Al-Holy, M.A., Cavinato, A.G., Rasco, B.A. 2006. Rapid near infrared spectroscopic method for the detection of spoilage in Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fillet. Journal of Food Science: 71(1), S018-023. 15- Al-Holy, M.A., Al-Qadiri, H.M., Lin, M., Rasco. B.A. 2006. Inhibition of Listeria innocua in hummus by a combination of nisin and citric acid. Journal of Food Protection: 69(6): 1322-1327. 16- Al-Holy, M., and Rasco, B. 2006.Characterization of salmon (Oncorhynchusketa) and sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) caviar proteins. Journal of Food Biochemistry: 30, 422-428. 17- Al-Qadiri, H., Al-Holy, M.A., Lin, M., Alami, N.I., Rasco, B.A. 2006. Rapid detection and identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli as pure and mixed cultures in bottled drinking water using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and multivariate analysis. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry: 54, 5749-5754. 18- Lin, M., Al-Holy M.A., Chang, S.-S., Kang, D.-H, and Rasco, B.A. 2007. Phylogenetic and spectroscopic analysis of Alicyclobacillus isolates by 16S rDNA sequencing and mid infrared spectroscopy. Sensing and Instrumentation in Food Quality: 1, 11-17. 19- Al-Holy, M*., Lin, M., AbuGoush, M., and Rasco, B. 2009. Thermal resistance, growth and inactivation of Enterobacter sakazakii in dry and reconstituted infant formula . Journal of Food Safety: (In press) 20- Abu-Ghoush, M., Samhouri, M., Al-Holy, M., and Herald, H. 2008. Formulation and fuzzy modeling of emulsion stability and viscosity of a gum-protein emulsifier in a model mayonnaise system. Journal of Food Engineering: 84: 348-357. 21- Al-Holy, M.A., Lin, M., Al-Qadiri, Rasco. B.A. 2006. Discrimination of Foodborne Pathogens by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Principal Component Analysis. Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology: 14, 189-200. 22- Lin, M., Mosouvai, M., Al-Holy, M.A., Cavinato, A.G., Rasco, B.A. 2006. Rapid near infrared spectroscopic method for the detection of spoilage in Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fillet. Journal of Food Science: 71(1), S018-023. 23- Al-Qadiri, H.M., Lin, M., Al-Holy, M.A. Cavinato, A.G and Rasco, B.A. 2008. Detection of sublethal thermal injury in Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium and Listeria monocytogenes using Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR spectroscopy 4000-6000 cm-1). J. Food Science. 73 (2): M54-M61. 24- Al-Qadiri, H.M., Lin, M., Al-Holy, M.A. Cavinato, A.G and Rasco, B.A. 2008. Monitoring quality loss of pasteurized skim milk using visible and short wavelength near-infrared spectroscopy and multivariate analysis. Journal of Dairy Science. 91: 950-958. 25- Al-Qadiri, H.M., Al-Alami, N., Lin, M., Al-Holy, M.A. Cavinato, A.G and Rasco, B.A. 2008. Studying of the bacterial growth phases using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and multivariate analysis. Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology. 16: 73-89. 26- Osaili, T.M., Shaker, R.R., Olimat, A.N., Al-Nabulsi, A.A., Al-Holy, M.A. and Forsythe, S.J. 2008. Detergent and sanitizer stresses decrease the thermal resistance of Enterobacter sakazakii in infant milk formula. Journal of Food Science. 73 (3): M154-M157. 27- Al-Holy, M*., Lin, M., Al-Qadiri, H.M. and Rasco, B. A. 2008. A comparative study between overlay method and selective-differential media for recovery of stressed Enterobacter sakazakii cells from infant formula milk. Food Microbiology. 25: 22-28. 28- Al-Holy, M.A., Shaker, R., Al-Nabulsi, A., Osaili, T.M. and Aayyash, M. 2008.Inactivation of Listeria innocua in white cheese by a combination of nisin and heat. (Under preparartion). 29- Al-Holy, M.A*., and Castro, L. Inactivation of Cronobacter spp (Enterobacter sakazakii) in infant formula using lactic acid, copper sulfate and monolaurin (Submitted). 30- Al-Holy, M.A *, Shin J-H , Osaili, T., and. Rasco, B.A. A novel enrichment broth to improve detection and isolation of Cronobacter spp (Enterobacter sakazakii) from infant formula (Under preparation) BOOK CHAPTERS 1- Al-Holy, M.A., Lin, M., and Rasco, B.A. 2007. Inactivation of Bacillus cereus by high hydrostatic pressure. In High Pressure Processing of Foods (Christopher, J.D and Feeherry, E (Eds)). First edition, Blackwell Publishing. Iowa, USA. 2- Al-Holy, M.A., and Rasco, B.A. 2007. Proteins: Basic concepts, In Food Chemistry: Principles and Application, (Hui, Y.H (Ed) Second edition, Science Technology System. West Sacramento, California, USA. 3- Lin, M., Rasco, B. A. Cavinato, A.G. and Al-Holy, M., 2009. Infrared Spceroscopy-Near Infrared Spectroscopy and Mid Infrared Spectroscopy. In Infrared Spectroscopy for Food Quality Analysis and Control (Hutchins, C (Ed)). Elseveir, London, UK.
2004-Present Assistant professor of Food Microbiology and Safety, Hashemite University 2002-2003 Food Science and Human Nutrition, Washington State University Teaching Assistant Food Chemistry (FSHN 461), Nutrition and Living (FSHN 130) 2001 – 2003 Food Science and Human Nutrition, Washington State University Research Assistant 2000-2001 Lab. Supervisor: Ghadeer Water Bottling Company-Jordan Chemical and microbiological analysis of water 1997-199 Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Jordan Teaching Assistant Food Analysis and Food Microbiology classes
- Food Chemistry - Nutrition and Health - Food Microbiology - Food Hygiene - Fundamentals of Nutrition - Medical Microbiology
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Washington State University (2001-2003) - Taught part of the Nutrition and living class at Washington State University - Helped in teaching some lab periods in a course of “Thermal Processing of Foods” at Washington State University - Taught part of a class of “Advanced Food Technology” at Washington State University - Supervised a lab of “Food Chemistry” at Washington State University 2. Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences- Hashemite University (February, 2004-Present time) Instructional activities at the Hashemite University: - Food Chemistry - Nutrition and Health - Food Microbiology - Food Hygiene - Fundamentals of Nutrition
International association for Food Protection-USA
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - Actively cooperating with a research group at Washington State University in the field of food microbiology: In the last five years, I have conducted and supervised many mutual research projects between the Hashemite University and The Food Science Department at Washington State University. - I have a strong cooperation with faculty members at the Jordan University of Science and Technology and the University of Jordan in the field of food safety and food microbiology. REFEREE IN A PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS - Served as a reviewer in the peer reviewed Journal “Journal of Food Processing and Preservation". - Served as a reviewer in the peer reviewed Journal “Journal of Food Science". - Served as a reviewer in the peer reviewed Journal “Journal of Food Engineering". - Served as a reviewer in the peer reviewed Journal “Journal of Food Protection". - Served as a reviewer in the peer reviewed Journal “Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry”. - Served as a reviewer in the peer reviewed Journal “Yonsei Medical Journal”. - Served as a reviewer in the peer reviewed Journal “Journal of Food Safety”. - Served as a reviewer in the peer reviewed Journal “International Journal of Food Science and Technology”. - Served as a reviewer in the peer reviewed Journal “Sensing and Instrumentation for Food Quality and Safety”. - Served as a reviewer in the peer reviewed Journal “Jordan Journal of Agricultural Sciences (JJAS)”. Funded Projects: - Discrimination of Food borne pathogens by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy – Hashemite university, 2004 - Detection of Allicyclobacillus in apple juice by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy- Fulbright Office-Jordan, 2007 - Shelf-life extension of chilled food products-Faculty for factory research and development program, 2008 Committees: 1- Member of the scientific research committee at the faculty of Allied Health Sciences-Hashemite University 2- Member of the of instrumentation committee at the faculty of Allied Health Sciences- Hashemite University 3- Head of the Food Safety committee at Hashemite University 4- Member of the University council-Hashemite University-2006/2007. Community Service: - Safe handling of food and hygienic practices of workers in the food preparation areas at the Hashemite University, 2005. - A short course in food safety to employees in food control authorities in Jordan. - Participated in the open “Health Day” held in the Liaison office of the Hashemite University in Zarqa.
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