Dr. Abdala is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) His research focuses on the development of advanced materials for energy and environmental applications based on polymers and nanomaterials, including polymer nanocomposites, functionalized graphene materials, anti-corrosion coatings, polymeric membranes for gas separation and water treatment, and nanohybrids of metal/metal oxides as well as 2D carbon nanomaterials for membranes, catalysis, adsorption, energy storage, and thermoelectric materials. He has published 125 peer-reviewed journal articles (H-index = 51; total citations ~20,600) and has been granted 7 US patents. He was the recipient of the Texas A&M University at Qatar's 2023 Faculty Excellence Award, the Distinguished Researcher Award from the Indian Association of Solid-State Chemists & Allied Scientists (ISCAS) in 2019. He received the Qatar Excellence in Innovation Award from Thomson Reuters in 2016 and the Science Lantern Faculty Award from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company in 2014.