Biographies

Dr Kamel Eid was awarded a BSc from Al-Azhar University, Egypt, in 2005, MSc from Helwan University, Egypt in 2011, and PhD from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China in 2016. Kamel has 12 years of experience in academia as well as two years in industry with nearly 65 published peer-reviewed articles in prestigious international journals including 14 articles in journals of the Royal Society of Chemistry such as Chemical Science, Nanoscale, Material Chemistry A, and Catalysis Science and Technology, as well as American Chemical Society publications such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Langmuir, and Physical Chemistry C. In addition to participating in more than 30 international conferences in China, USA, UK, and Turkey such as MRS and ACS Meetings, Kamel has filed 10 US patents including 3 published and 1 granted. All patents are in the field of nanomaterials for water treatment, water desalination, CO/CO₂ conversion to fuels, and biomedical sensors. Kamel was the first PhD graduate student from the TWAS-UCAS Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2016. He was given the opportunity to work in prominent universities such as the American University in Cairo, Egypt; Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; and Zhejiang University of Technology, China. These opportunities allowed Kamel to develop an extensive experience and solid background in the field of nanotechnology and nanoscience including the development of novel methods for the fabrication of nanomaterials and their utilization in various applications to energy production and energy conversion technologies, including fuel cell and gas conversion reactions, and environmental remediation applications such as water desalination, and water treatment.

Dr Aboubakr has 28 years of experience in academia and industry. He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed and conference proceedings articles in addition to four patents. He was awarded his BSc and MSc from The Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt in 1993 and 1997, respectively, and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, USA in 2003. Later, he worked as a postdoc in Kuwait University (2004–2006), Kuwait; Tokyo Institute of Technology (2006–2009), Japan; and University of Calgary (2009), AB, Canada. Since he joined The Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, in 2012, he has managed more than ten research mega-projects funded from different agencies inside and outside Qatar, e.g., Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), Qatar University, Hydro/Qatalum, Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Qatar Shell (QS). He has undertaken several consultancy assignments for many different companies, e.g., Ras Gas (now merged with Qatar Gas), Qatar Gas, Qatalum, Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC), and Egyptian Liquefied Natural Gas (ELNG). He has also participated and worked in many projects under his ex supervisors at the beginning of his career, funded by International companies, e.g., Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA, USA), Ballard (BC, Canada), and SANYO (Osaka, Japan). Furthermore, he has supervised 11 young professionals at Masters and PhD levels.