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Director
Prof.Muftah El-Naas
GPC Director / QAFCO Chair Professor in Chemical Process Engineering
CO2 capture and sequestration; biotechnology, water treatment and purification, membrane separation and plasma technology muftah@qu.edu.qa +974 4403 7695 +974 4403 4131 F 103
Profile website
Dr. Muftah El-Naas has been recently appointed as the QAFCO Chair Professor at the Gas Processing Center, College of Engineering. He obtained a B. A. Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, Canada, M. Eng. and PhD in Chemical Engineering from McGill University, Canada. Prof. El-Naas previously served as Chair of the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department, Director of the Petroleum Science and Engineering Graduate Program, and Director of Research Funding at the UAE University. Dr. El-Naas authored more than 130 papers in international journals and conferences, in addition to several book chapters and patent applications. His area of expertise include: CO2 capture and sequestration; biotechnology; water treatment and purification; membrane separation; and plasma technology. Most of his recent research work focuses on the development of new, environmental-friendly technologies for the Oil and Gas industry. Dr. El-Naas is a member of the Canadian Society of Chemical Engineers, a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, a senior member of the Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society and a Fellow of the International Congress of Chemistry and Environment. He is a recipient of several awards, including the UAE University College of Engineering Best Performance Award for Excellence in Scholarship (2008 and 2015) and the Asian Education Leadership Award in Chemical Engineering for two years (2013 and 2014).
Faculty
Prof.Muataz Ali Atieh
Research Professor
Process Water and Waste water treatment mhussien@qu.edu.qa +974 4403 4389 Prof. Muataz Ali Atieh is a Research Professor at the GPC. he was a senior scientist at Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI). He received his Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from University Putra Malaysia in 2005. His research focuses on design and fabrication of different types of CVD reactors for production of micro and nano materials for different applications. He produced different materials from Nanostructure materials such as Carbon Nanotubes, Carbon Nanofibers, Nanocatalyst and Graphen to Microstructure materials such as Activated Carbon and Vapor grown carbon fiber,. Currently he is working in different applications such as water treatment, water desalination, water disinfection, organic and inorganic membrane synthesis, nanofluid, nanocomposite, nanocatalyst, , polymerization, nanosensors. Dr. Atieh was the head of nanoscience and nanotechnology research group at International Islamic University Malaysia and the head of nano carbon research unit under chemical engineering department at KFUPM. He was led P.I and Co.I in 20 funded projects. He is the author of over 45 peer-reviewed publications, 44 conference papers, holds two USA patents and 12 filed. In 2013, he was awarded an Excellent Research award at KFUPM.
Dr.Abdelbaki Benamor
Associate Research Professor
Dr.Mustafa Saleh Nasser
Associate Research Professor
Rheology of Complex fluids, Colloids and Interfaces, Water Treatment m.nasser@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-4380 4403 4371 F134
Profile website
Rheology of Complex fluids: I am interested in the characterisation of the properties of complex fluids such as colloidal dispersions, polymers, polyelectrolytes, emulsions, viscoelastic surfactant and bio-surfactants. Waste water treatment: I am interested in the treatment of industrial wastewater treatments. My current focus is the treatment of the produced water form oil and gas production Download Resume
Dr.Ibnelwaleed Ali Hussein
Upstream Research Professor
Polymer, EOR, water control ihussein@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-7694 (+974) 4403-4371
Profile website
Dr. Ibnelwaleed Ali Hussein is an Upstream Research Professor at the Gas Processing Center. He was a former Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at KFUPM. He was also a former Assistant Director of the Center of Research Excellence in Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals at KFUPM. Dr. Hussein obtained his PhD from the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department at University of Alberta, Canada in 1999. The title of his PhD thesis was “Molecular Order, Miscibility, and Rheology of Molten Polyethylenes”. His PhD Thesis won the Canadian Society of Rheology Graduate Student Award for the year 1999. He joined KFUPM in January 2000. His specialization is in the areas of Polymers, Rheology, and Thermal Analysis with specific interest in structure-property relationships with focus on polymer-polymer miscibility, and rheology of multiphase systems. Through his academic life, Dr. Hussein received many Awards, Scholarships, Prizes and Nominations at University of Khartoum, Sudan and University of Alberta, Canada. Dr. Hussein is actively involved in research in the area of polymers with more than 110 refereed journal papers and many conference publications. Dr. Hussein received “KFUPM Distinguished Research Award” in 2005, 2010 and 2015. Dr. Hussein is the Chemical Engineering Editor of the Arabian Journal for Science. His work experience includes four years in the oil industry in Sudan, two years (1992-94) at KFUPM as a lecturer, and about one year at University of Alberta as postdoctoral fellow. This in addition to about 16 years of teaching as a Professor at KFUPM. His current research interests include Rheology of Complex fluids, enhanced oil recovery, water control in oil and gas reservoirs, stimulation and scale removal. More information about his publications are available through these links.
Dr.Mahmoud Mohamad Khader
Research Professor
mmkhader@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-4660 4403 4371 F133
Profile website
Surface science & Catalysis: Carbon dioxide capturing and conversion, using core-shell catalysts for methane oxidation steam reforming and SO2 removal on activated carbon fibers. * Solar energy conversion on: Silicon nanowires (SNW) and Gas
Researchers
Dr.Muneer Mohammed Awadh Baabbad
Research Associate
mbaabbad@qu.edu.qa 4403 7728 Education
PhD 2014
PhD in Chemical Engineering
National University of Malaysia (UKM), Selangor, Malaysia
MSc 2008
MSc in Chemical Engineering
National University of Malaysia (UKM), Selangor, Malaysia
BSc 2001
BSc in Chemical Engineering
Hadhramout University (HU), Hadhramout, Yemen
Employment
Present Assistant professor
2019 Qatar University (QU)
2019 Assistant professor
2017 Hadhramout University (HU)
2017 Postdoctoral Researcher
2014 National University of Malaysia (UKM)
Technicians
Eng.Ahmed Mohamed Soliman
Analytical Chemist
asoliman@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-4383 4403 4371 F108 More than 19 years’ experience in laboratory quality control activities in refining, LNG, petrochemical labs. preparation of scope of work & technical specifications, bid analysis, review of purchase requests, instrument troubleshooting, Pilot Plant study (FAT) & investigation, lab personnel management, testing and commissioning of analytical instrument also provided technical information and support to professors and staff who are conducting research in the GPC . worked in the office of quality management as Quality Coordinator for ISO 17025 accreditation. Monitor and maintain a safe working environment in compliance with Health and Safety procedures.
Eng.Dan Jerry D. Cortes
Senior laboratory technician
dan.cortes@qu.edu.qa F108 Dan Jerry D. Cortes is a senior laboratory technician at GPC. He began his career in the engineering division of a Japanese materials and electronics company. He later spent some years in the operation of various process plants. He participated in the commissioning phase of the MARAFIQ IWPP (the world’s largest integrated water and power facility at the time it was built), and was the water dispatch engineer of MARAFIQ – Jubail in Saudi Arabia until July 2010. Along with the German engineer, he erected and commissioned five borosilicate glass pilot plants at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia.
He is a registered engineer in the Philippines, and currently finishing his MSc Nanotechnology thesis at Technische Universität Kaiserslautern in Germany. He successfully passed the examination conducted by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (Qatar) for Radiation Protection Officer. He is a member of Institute of Physics and International Society of Automation.
Administration
Mr.Mohamed Nafez Sheldan
Training Coordinator
mohamed.sheldan@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-5805 (+974) 4403 4371 F138 Mohamed Sheldan is a training Specialist at the GPC. He graduated from the Business College, Qatar University (Class 2011). As a Bachelor student in Management and Marketing, he worked as an events coordinator in the British Council from 2012 to 2013 where he was coordinating cultural and educational events. He then worked for Qatar University as a Financial Coordinator in the Finance Department. A year after, he shifted to the GPC as a training specialist to coordinate between global trainers in the oil and gas industry, specialized in the areas of gas processing, drilling, safety, catalyst and any other related topics required by the national oil and gas companies to fulfill the center social goals of providing the industrial partners with the recent technologies in the gas and oil industry.
Post Doctoral Researchers
Dr.Pompilia Buzatu
Post-Doctoral Researcher
membrane bioreactors, waste-water treatment Pompilia.Buzatu@qu.edu.qa 4403 4385 F104 Dr. Pompilia Buzatu is a research associate at the Gas Processing Center, within the College of Engineering, Qatar University. She has received her PhD in the field of membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment at University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.
Before joining GPC, Dr. Buzatu has worked as postdoctoral researcher at RWTH Aachen University and DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, both located in Aachen, Germany. Her research focused on filtration of responsive microgels–in particular on finding innovative ways of delaying membrane fouling–as well as on developing flow-field flow fractionation methods for the determination of the microgels’ size.
As part of the GPC, Dr. Buzatu works on mitigating clogging within the membrane channels during biological treatment of produced water, a problem well known for practitioners but largely ignored by the scientific community.
Dr.Giuliano Carchini
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Enhancing Natural Gas Recovery by CO2 injection and Storage in Qatar’s Reservoirs: from Molecular modeling to Core-Scale Flooding. giuliano.carchini@qu.edu.qa F203 Oct. 2018 – to Date: Research Assistant
Project: Enhancing Natural Gas Recovery by CO2 injection and Storage in Qatar’s Reservoirs: from Molecular modeling to Core-Scale Flooding. (NPRP10-0125-170235)
Location: Gas Processing Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
Oct. 2017 – Mar. 2018: Research Collaborator
Project: Final project in the Scientific Computation course
Location: Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Rome, Italy
Jan. 2015 – Sep. 2015: Full time Researcher
Project: Biomass to chemicals: Catalysis design from first principles for a sustainable chemical industry (ERC-2010-StG-258406)
Location: Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Tarragona, Spain
Dec. 2010 – Jan. 2015: Early stage Researcher
Project: Biomass to chemicals: Catalysis design from first principles for a sustainable chemical industry (ERC-2010-StG-258406)
Location: Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Tarragona, Spain
Academic Record
Jun. 2018: Postgraduate Course in Scientific Computation
La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
Report Title: Application of the LAMMPS code for the analysis and simulation of Silicon nanoparticles production.
Grade: 100/110
Jan. 2015: Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry
Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain
Thesis Title: A First Principles Investigation of the Adsorption and Reactions of Polyfunctionalized Molecules on Oxides and Metals.
Research Assistants
Mr.Nafis Mahmud
Research Assistant
chemical kinetics and CCS technology n.mahmud@qu.edu.qa F203 Mr Nafis Mahmud is research assistant working under Dr. Abdelbaki Benamor. He received his bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from Qatar University. Currently, he is pursuing his Master’s in Environmental Engineering. His research focuses on chemical kinetics and CCS technology.
Eng.Ahmed Gomaa Talkhan
Research Assistant
