Mohamad Hmadeh
American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Biography
Mohamad Hmadeh was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at AUB in January 2014. He obtained his PhD degree in Chemistry (Jan 2010) from the University of Strasbourg (UdS) in France. His research as a graduate student was focused on molecular machines in Supramolecular Chemistry. After graduation, he joined the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a Post-doctoral fellow in the group of Professor Omar M Yaghi, who is known as one of the pioneers of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs). During his stay at UCLA (2010-2012), his research was focused on the design, synthesis, and characterization of novel porous and crystalline materials with exceptional gas sorption, catalysis and electronic properties. He is currently in his second year as a Post-doctoral Researcher in Professor Geoffrey Ozin’s group at the University of Toronto, where he is working on synthesis and evaluation of new photocatalysts for solar fuel production.
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