Dr. Mohammad Al-Ghouti

Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti obtained his PhD in Environmental Chemistry from Queen’s University in Belfast, UK. He is currently a Professor of Environmental Chemistry and the Head of the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University. He has been listed among the top 2% of the most influential scientists in the world across all sciences, according to a study conducted at Stanford University based on the (Scopus) database for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. The focuses of his research include the preparation and modification of the surfaces of adsorbents; the treatment of produced water, polymers, and membranes; adsorption mechanisms and the influence of chemical and physical characteristics on the remediation behavior of various environmental compartments; environmental chemistry; membrane coating and technology; polymer and membrane modification; controlling CaSO4 scaling and biofouling on reverse osmosis membranes; nanoparticles for water treatment; municipal and industrial wastewater; chemometric environmental remediation; cleaner production; extraction processes; natural adsorbent chemistry; nano-adsorbents; waste treatment; waste minimization; and water and wastewater treatment and adsorption.