Prof. Zakaria Al-Qodah has been a professor in Biochemical and Environmental Engineering since Oct 2009. Their Ph.D. Thesis Title was Characteristics of a Three-Phase Fluidized Bed Bioreactor with Immobilized Cells Utilizing a Transverse Magnetic Field. They have more than 75 papers published in high-ranked journals with 5303 citations and an impact factor of 34. Al-Qodah has been ranked among the highest 2% of the universal researchers, according to Stanford University + Elsevier research in the last three years, 2020 to 2022. Their research interests are in bioreactor design and hydrodynamics, thermophilic bacteria, industrial combined treatment processes, and sustainable treatment systems. At present, they are the vice president for academic affairs; in the past, they served in most academic positions starting from the head of the chemical engineering department, dean of the colleges many times, and director of research centers. Their academic experience has been in many universities, including Al-Balqa Applied University, Mutah University, Hashemite University, the University of Jordan, Taibah University in KSA, and Hamburg Technical University in Germany. They served as the chairman of two editions of an international chemical engineering conference held in Amman. They are now a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal: Science of Total Environment, Frontiers in Environmental Science, The Open Chemical Engineering Journal, and Desalination & Water Treatment.

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