Speaker Details

Biography

Dr. Maarouf received his Ph.D. in theoretical condensed matter physics from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 2002, where he worked with distinguished professors Charles Kane and Eugene Mele. His Ph.D. work was on the electronic properties of carbon nanotube structures. He then joined Hilbert Technology Inc. in Pennsylvania till 2003, where he worked on the mathematical modeling of data structures using vector space models. He then worked as an assistant professor at the department of physics in Cairo University from 2003 till 2006, when he joined Hilbert Technology again until 2008. Some of his data mining work has been implemented in commercial knowledge discovery software and has been used by major US government agencies. He then joined Egypt Nanotechnology Center (EGNC) as a senior research scientist. He was a visiting scientist at IBM Watson Research Lab from 2009 to 2013, where he worked on the computational modeling of graphene-based structures. In 2013, he returned to the EGNC. His research experience is in the field of analytical and computational modeling techniques aimed at studying the fundamental properties of materials, using massive computational resources. He has many published research papers and international patents. He received the “Distinguished Tutor in Physics Award” in 2001 at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2015 he was awarded the “Amin Lotfy Prize in Physics” from the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology.

Abstract

Novel Carbon-based Nanomaterials: Properties and Current Applications.

Carbon based nanostructures, such as graphene and carbon nanotubes, are fascinating new forms of carbon. Their novel physical and chemical properties offer great potential for many applications across the industrial spectrum. In this talk, I will discuss some of their physical and chemical properties, and how they are utilized in some applications in nanoelectronics, water treatment, catalysis, and molecular sensing.