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Ahmed Abdala is Senior Scientist at Qatar Environmental and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) and Associate Professor at the College of Sciences and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU).   Prior to joining QEERI, he was Associate Professor and Deputy Chair of the Chemical Engineering Department at The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2006-2015), Assistant Professor at Suez Canal University, Egypt (2004-2006).He earned his double major Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and Fibers and Polymer Science from North Carolina State University in 2003 and he was Research Associate at Princeton University (2003-2004)..His  research focuses on the development of advanced materials for energy and environmental applications based on polymers and carbon nanomaterials such as polymer nanocomposites, functionalized graphene materials, polymeric membranes for gas separation and water treatment, and nanohybirds of metal oxides and 2D carbon materials. In addition to materials development, Dr. Abdala has significant interest is applications of polymers and surfactant  in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). He is the recipient of “Nancy G. Pollack Thesis and Dissertation Award” for the best Ph.D. thesis in College of Engineering (North Carolina State University, 2003), the “Best Paper Award (First Prize), New Frontiers in Materials Science Conference, Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Science, Kuwait, 2011,  and “Science Lantern Faculty Award” (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), 2013 and 2014).