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Ashraf M. Mahmoud

Medicine · The Ohio State University

OpenAlex
Mid career · publishing since 2005Rising activity
Corneal surgery and disordersOphthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesElectrochemical sensors and biosensorsGlaucoma and retinal disordersAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Publications

164

Citations

4,624

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

21

Publishing since 2005

Research summary
AI-generated

This researcher develops chemical sensors—often based on carbon dots, nanoclusters, or molecularly imprinted materials—that use color, fluorescence, or electrochemical signals to detect substances such as drugs, food contaminants, and biomarkers in samples like water, food, and body fluids. The work is highly applied, aiming to create cheap, sensitive, and selective detection methods, including some designed for smartphone-based readout. Despite the listed OpenAlex topics referencing ophthalmology and biosensing, the actual publication record centers almost entirely on analytical/sensing chemistry rather than clinical medicine.

Fluorescent and colorimetric chemical sensorsCarbon dots and nanomaterial-based detectionMolecularly imprinted polymers for electrochemical sensingDetection of drugs, food contaminants, and biomarkersSmartphone- and portable-based analytical methods

Publication output has grown over the last decade, rising from about 6-7 papers per year in 2017-2020 to a peak of 19 in 2023, with a slight decline to around 7-11 in 2024-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 9.2/year recently
2017: 7 publications172018: 6 publications182019: 7 publications192020: 7 publications202021: 11 publications212022: 9 publications222023: 19 publications19232024: 11 publications242025: 7 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Microchemical Journal×11
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science×8
  • Microchimica Acta×6
  • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy×6
  • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry×4
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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