Dr. Michael Y. Bekhit
Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry

Office: CH 121 R
Ph. (409) 880 7820
Fax (409) 880 8270
Email: mbekhit@lamar.edu

Areas of Research:

• Electrochemical sensors, biosensors, and modified electrodes.
• Electroanalytical methods for sensitive detection of analytes of clinical, forensic, and environmental importance.
• Applications of chemometric methods in electrochemical and spectroscopic analyses of multicomponent chemical systems.

Selected Publications

Bekhit, M.; Blazek, T.; Gorski, W. Electroanalysis of Enzyme Activity in Small Biological Samples: Alkaline Phosphatase. Anal. Chem. 2021, 14280–14286.

Bekhit, M.; Gorski, W. Determination of Sorbitol Dehydrogenase in Microsamples of Human Serum. Talanta 2021, 235, 122730.

Bekhit, M.; Gorski, W. Biosensing with Myeloperoxidase: Mechanism, Activity, and Determination of SCN^–. Sens. Actuators B Chem. 2021, 331, 129469

Bekhit, M.; Wang, H.-Y.; McHardy, S. F.; Gorski, W. Diabetic Strips as Coulometric Sensors for Hydroquinone and Leukocyte Esterase. J. Electroanal. Chem. 2020, 874, 114509.

Bekhit, M.; Gorski, W. Electroanalysis of Infection with Methyl Pyruvate. ACS Sens. 2020, 5, 535–540.

Bekhit, M.; Wang, H.-Y.; McHardy, S. F.; Gorski, W. Infection Screening in Biofluids with Glucose Test Strips. Anal. Chem. 2020, 92, 3860–3866.

Bekhit, M; Gorski, W. Electrochemical Assays and Immunoassays of the Myeloperoxidase/ SCN–/H2O2 System. Anal. Chem. 2019, 91, 3163–3169.

Bekhit, M; Grung, B.; Mjøs, S. A. Determination of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Fish Oil Supplements using Vibrational Spectroscopy and Chemometric Methods. Appl. Spectrosc. 2014, 68, 1190–1200.

Bekhit, M.; Chandravanshi, B. S.; Wondimu, T. Levels of Essential and Non-essential Metals in Leaves of the Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis L.) and Soil of Wushwush Farms, Ethiopia. Food Chem. 2008, 107,