Dr. Ashraf Aly Hassan, currently holding the position of associate professor at UAE University. Formerly, he served as a faculty member at the University of Nebraska Lincoln and played pivotal roles in the industry, serving as a senior process engineer and R&D team leader at BioAir Solutions.
Dr. Aly Hassan completed his Ph.D. at the University of Cincinnati, followed by a three-year tenure as a post-doctoral fellow at the National Risk Management Research Laboratory of the US EPA. His educational background includes a master's degree from Wageningen University in the Netherlands and a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Cairo University.
Dr. Aly Hassan's scholarly impact is evident through the publication of 100 Scopus-indexed peer-reviewed articles, yielding an H-Index of 23 and accumulating over 2000 citations. Throughout his academic career, he successfully secured over 2 million USD in research grants in both the USA and UAE. Dr. Aly Hassan leads a dynamic research group with a focus on various areas, including biodesalination, biohydrogen production, biological treatment of diverse pollutants, and the fate and transport of nanoparticles.