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PLENARY SPEAKER
Professor Mohamed Kheireddine Aroua
Department of Chemical Engineering & Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Hydrogen Technologies and Carbon Management
Beyond Carbon Capture: Valorization and Co-valorization of Wastes Towards Net-Zero
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Name: Mohamed Kheireddine Aroua
Position: Saudi Aramco Chair Professor in Carbon dioxide capture and utilization
Current Affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering & Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Hydrogen Technologies and Carbon Management
Education:
PhD in Analytical Chemistry, University of Nancy 1 , France, 1992 Diplome des Etudes Approfondies ( Master ) in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Nancy 1 , France, 1987 Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering, ENIG, Tunisia, 1986
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Professor Mohamed Kheireddine Aroua completed his PhD (Analytical Chemistry) in 1992 at the University of Nancy 1, France. He worked at University of Malaya (Malaysia) for 23 years. He joined Sunway University (Malaysia) and Lancaster University (UK) from 2017 to 2025. Currently he is Saudi Aramco Chair Professor in CO2 Capture and Utilization at the Department of Chemical Engineering and affiliated with the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Hydrogen Technologies and Carbon Management at KFUPM. His research addresses the fundamental and technical issues related to water, energy and environment. He is interested in developing green solvents, sorbents and processes for CO2 capture and utilization; treatment of water and wastewater using novel adsorbents and advanced electrochemical processes; production of biodiesel and transformation of its by-products to value-added chemicals; and providing safe water to communities in remote areas through the application of membrane technology. He has supervised to completion 38 PhD and 26 Master’s students. His research has generated more than 320 articles in and over 30,000 citations, and his h-index is 82 according to Google Scholar database.
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Administrative/Leadership Posts
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