Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud Nasef

Dr. Nasef is currently a Professor in Chemical Engineering Department at Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) since June 2017. Previously, he served as a Professor in Chemical Process Engineering in Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT) and in Chemical Engineering Department in the Faculty of Chemical and Renewable Energy Engineering at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) for 10 years. He was also designated as the Deputy Director of Institute of Hydrogen Economy in UTM from 2010 to 2016.

Prof. Nasef is a registered expert in the international Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the field of radiation processing of polymers and he served a number of expert missions in this field in several countries. He served as Chief Investigator in the coordinated research projects (CRP) awarded by IAEA to Malaysia (2007-2010). Prof. Nasef authored more than 140 articles in renowned journals in addition to 12 book chapters and 12 review articles with H-Index of 34. Prof. Nasef is an active member in various professional societies such as American Chemical Society, Institute of Chemical Engineers, Electrochemical Society and Asian Polymer Association. His research interests include but not limited to the ionic and functional polymeric materials for renewable energy and environmental applications with special emphasis on the development of new polymer electrolyte membranes, separators and adsorbents for electrochemical systems and separation/purification applications.