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Gomaa Ali

Gomaa Ali

Associate Professor

gomaa.ali@gu.edu.eg

Biography

Dr. Gomaa Ali brings 16 years of expertise to the field of materials science, with a focus on areas such as humidity sensing, graphene, supercapacitors, water treatment, and drug delivery. He earned his Ph.D. in Advanced Nanomaterials for Energy Storage from UMP, Malaysia, and has received numerous national and international awards, including the ARSCO Award 2022, TWAS-AREP (2018), Obada International Prize (2021), and Arab Water Council Award 2022.

His remarkable contributions have earned him recognition, including being listed in Stanford University’s List of World’s Top 2% of Scientists for Egypt from 2020 to 2022. Dr. Gomaa has authored over 150 articles and 30 book chapters, accumulating more than 5758 citations and achieving an h-index of 47. He serves as an editor for several international journals and reviews manuscripts for over 100 WoS journals.

Dr. Gomaa is an active member of various national and international scientific societies, including TWAS Affiliate, AAS Affiliate, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, and the Egyptian Young Academy of Sciences, ASRT. He has also contributed as an editor to several handbooks, including “Waste Recycling Technologies for Nanomaterials Manufacturing” (Springer, 2021), “Handbook of Biodegradable Materials” (Springer, 2022), and “Handbook of Nanosensors” (Springer, 2023).

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Advanced Materials “Preparation and Characterization of Manganese–based and Carbon-Based Nanomaterials for Supercapacitors Application” October 2015, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
  • Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Nanoscience “Preparation and Characterization of Co/SiO2 nanocomposites of Technological Applications”, March 2012, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Egypt
  • Master Courses in Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Al­-Azhar University, 2008 (excellent), Egypt
  • Bachelor of Science (B.Sc., Hons. Degree) in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, May 2006, Excellent with Honours Degree (3.62/4.00, 90.6%), Egypt

Publications

Area Of Research

  • Materials Science
  • Nanoparticles 
  • Graphene
  • Supercapacitors
  • Water Treatment

Projects

Green synthesis of novel ferroptosis inducers endowed with enhanced anticancer potential via interaction of additional tergets (STDT)

Awards/Honorable Mentions

  • TWAS-AREP, 2018, TWAS
  • ARSCO Award
  • Fawzy Hammad Award in Materials Technology, 2021, ASRT, Egypt.
  • Mohamed Farid Khamis Research Excellence Award (SDG13 Climate Action, 2023, Nationwide Track), British University in Egypt,
  • AWC2022, Arab Water Council Award, Arab Water Council and Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Obada-Prize, 2021, African Academy of Science
  • Stanford University’s List of World’s Top 2% of Scientists, Egypt, 2020.
  • Stanford University’s List of World’s Top 2% of Scientists, Egypt, 2021 (Both lists: The career-long database 2011-2021 list, and the single recent year dataset 2021 list).
  • Gold Medal: Recovery of Mn from spent Zn–C batteries for supercapacitance applications, CITREX 2013, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Malaysia, March 2013
  • Gold Medal: Recovery of Mn from spent Zn–C batteries for supercapacitance applications, ITEX 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 2013
  • Silver Medal: Flexible cum transparent energy storage supercapacitor, CITREX 2014, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Malaysia, March 2014
  • Gold Medal: Recycled spent battery storage supercapacitor, Archimedes 2014 (The Moscow International Salon of Inventions and Innovation Technologies), Russia, April 2014.
  • Gold Medal: Energy storage supercapacitor materials from biowaste, CITREX 2015, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Malaysia, March 2015
  • Green Technology Award: Energy storage supercapacitor materials from biowaste, CITREX 2015, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Malaysia, March 2015
  • Gold Medal: Green energy storage supercapacitor materials from biowaste, ITEX 2015, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia, May 2015
  • Gold Medal: Energy storage Supercapacitor materials from Biowaste, British Invention Show (BIS), London, UK, Oct. 2015
  • Platinum Medal: Energy storage Supercapacitor materials from Biowaste, British Invention Show (BIS), London, UK, Oct. 2015
  • Diamond Medal: Energy storage Supercapacitor materials from Biowaste, British Invention Show (BIS), London, UK, Oct. 2015
  • Silver Medal: Supercapacitor from Recycled Lithium-Ion Battery (SuperReLIB), CITREX 2018, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Malaysia, March 2018
  • Silver Medal: Graphene Aerogel For Oil Superabsorbent, CITREX 2018, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Malaysia, March 2018
  • Silver Medal: Graphene composite hydrogel as drug delivery system, CITREX 2018, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Malaysia, March 2018
  • Doctoral Scholarship Scheme (DSS), Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Malaysia.

Activities

  • Head of Chemicals and Glassware community
  • Member of Quality Control Assurance Unit