Publications

MSc Thesis:

• Manganese Mineralization Hosted in Qulqula Radiolarite, Sulaimani Province, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Journal Papers 

• Dnya Abdalwahab Latif, Yousif Osman Mohammad, Mushir M Baziany. (2022). Mineralogy and Origin of the Manganese Deposit in the Sulaimani Province, Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Insight to Serpentinization-Induced Manganese Production Scenario. The Iraqi Geological Journal, Vol. 55 (1F), pp. 178-200.

•     Mohammad, Y., Latif, D., Pirouei, M., & Omer, D. (2024). Mineralogical and geochemical features of the Sirna Mn‐Fe deposit in the Kurdistan region, northeastern Iraq: Unveiling the formation of a Mn‐Fe silica gel plume via serpentinization hydrothermal mechanisms. Resource Geology, 74(1), e12336.

•      Alshatteri, A. H., Ameen, S. S. M., Latif, D., Mohammad, Y. O., & Omer, K. M. (2024). Nanoscale mineral as a novel class enzyme mimic (mineralzyme) with total antioxidant capacity detection: Colorimetric and smartphone-based approaches. Materials Today Chemistry, 40, 102262.

•       Ameen, S. S. M., Alshatteri, A. H., Latif, D. A., Mohammad, Y. O., & Omer, K. M. (2025). Nanomineralzyme as a novel sustainable class of nanozyme: Chalcopyrite-based nanozyme for the visual detection of total antioxidant capacity in citrus fruit. Food Chemistry, 471, 142769.

•      Latif, D. A., Mohammad, Y. O., Qadir, M. M., & Azizi, H. (2025). Geochemical characteristics of hydrothermal manganese deposits in the Sulaimani metallogenic district, Kurdistan Region of Iraq: A serpentinization marker. Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences, 17(1), 1-14.

• Ameen, S. S. M., Hassan, D. D., Mohammed, D. S., Omer, K. M., Latif, D. A., & Mohammad, Y. O. (2025). Natural-based chalcopyrite nanoparticles as high-performance mineral adsorbents for organic dye removal in water. Materials Advances, 6(7), 2192-2201. 

Conference Papers