Muhammad Anwar

Scientist

Muhammad Anwar

Scientist

Educational Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil)

Master of Science (MSc)

Entity

Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute

Biography

Dr. Anwar is a Scientist at Qatar Energy and Environment Research Institute (QEERI). He has more than 15 years of R&D experience in catalysis science, organic synthesis, and synthetic methodology development both in industry and academia. He received his DPhil in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, under Professor Mark Moloney. Later he worked with Professor Sir Jack Baldwin FRS at University of Oxford on various industrial projects related to catalytic methodology development, synthesis of bioactive compounds for pharmaceuticals, biomimetic and total synthesis, reaction cascade catalysis, retrosynthetic analysis. He has huge industrial research experience working for Roche (F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.), Pfizer UK), Galapagos (France), and Tocris Bioscience. His research expertise spans topics in Catalysis Science, Target & Diversity Oriented Synthesis, Asymmetric Catalysis, CO2 valorization, Molecular Building Block Design, Reaction Scale-Up, Retrosynthetic Methodologies, Total Synthesis, Reaction Engineering, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical Science, Polymerization Chemistry, Circular Chemical Economy, and Fine Chemical Industry. He is also an active member of Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Society of Chemical Industry (CSI) and American Chemical Society (ACS). 
 

Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil)

University of Oxford; Oxford, UK

2006

Master of Science (MSc)

University of the Punjab; Pakistan

2000

  • Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
  • Synthetic Methodology Development
  • Retrosynthetic Methodologies
  • Target & Diversity Oriented Synthesis
  • CO2 valorization
  • Circular Chemical Economy
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Drug Design and Discovery

Scientist

Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2016 - Present

Synthetic Organic Chemist

Tocris Bioscience; UK

2015 - 2016

Consultant

Oxford CanCat LCC; Canada

2013 - 2014

Senior Research Fellow

University of Oxford; Oxford, UK

2009 - 2013

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Oxford; Oxford, UK

2006 - 2009

Silicon-Enriched Nickel Nanoparticles for Hydrogenation of N-Heterocycles in Aqueous Media; ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2022, 5 (4), 5625–5630.

A Convenient and Stable Heterogeneous Nickel Catalyst for Hydrodehalogenation of Aryl Halides Using Molecular Hydrogen. ChemSusChem 2022, 15(5), e202102315.

From Mobile Phones to Catalysts: E‑Waste-Derived Heterogeneous. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2021, 9, 30, 10062–10072.

A State-of-the-Art Heterogeneous Catalyst for Efficient and General Nitrile Hydrogenation. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26 (67), 15589-15595.

Cobalt Single-Atom Catalysts with High Stability for Selective Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 15849-15854.

  • 2004: Aylmer St. Peter’s College Research Award, St. Peter’s College, Oxford
  • 2002: Aylmer St. Peter’s College Research Award, St. Peter’s College, Oxford
     

Dr. Odi Alrebei

Scientist

Dr. Odi Alrebei

Scientist

Educational Qualifications

PhD

MSc

Entity

Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute

Biography

Dr. Odi Alrebei has been the Head of the Aeronautical Engineering department and the Assistant Dean for R&D Affairs at Queen Noor Civil Aviation College. Dr. Alrebei has also been an Assistant Professor (Mechanical Engineering Department) in the American University-Jordan. His current research work is with Cambridge University, Oxford University and Qatar Foundation. Dr. Alrebei received his PhD in Engineering from Cardiff University, UK and his MSc from Queen Mary University of London, UK.
 

PhD

Cardiff University; (Cardiff, UK)

2019

MSc

Queen Mary University of London; (London, UK)

2017

  • Carbon Capture and Storage
  • Hydrogen Energy
  • Chemical Processing
  • Sustainability
  • Renewable Energy
  • Food-Water-Energy Nexus
  • Air quality and thermal comfort

Assistant Dean of R&D Affairs

Queen Noor College

2021 - 2022

Chairman of Department

The Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Department; Queen Noor College

2021 - 2022

Assistant Professor

Mechanical Engineering Department; The American University, Jordan

2020 - 2021

Module Demonstrator

Engineering School; Cardiff University

2018 - 2019

"Ammonia-hydrogen-air gas turbine cycle and control analyses." International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 47, no. 13 (2022): 8603-8620.

"Numerical investigation of a first-stage stator turbine blade subjected to NH3-H2/air combustion flue gases", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, (2022)

"Lightweight methane-air gas turbine controller and simulator." Energy Conversion and Management: X 15 (2022): 100242.

"State of the art in separation processes for alternative working fluids in clean and efficient power generation." Separations 9, no. 1 (2022): 14.

"Ammonia Production Plants—A Review." Fuels 3, no. 3 (2022): 408-435.

"Planar laser-induced fluorescence and chemiluminescence analyses of CO2-argon-steam oxyfuel (CARSOXY) combustion." Energies 15, no. 1 (2021): 263.

"CO2-Argon-Steam Oxy-Fuel production for (CARSOXY) gas turbines." Energies 12, no. 18 (2019): 3580.

  • 2021; Cambridge University Supported Lead Principle Investigator Applicant (Transforming Systems Through Partnership (TSP) Award 20/21; Cambridge University; (Cambridge, UK).
  • 2019; Received fund in the PhD degree; Flexible Integrated Energy Systems (FLEXIS), the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO); (Cardiff, UK).

Dhanup Somasekharan Pillai

Scientist

Dhanup Somasekharan Pillai

Scientist

Educational Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy

Master of Engineering

Entity

Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute

Biography

Dr. Pillai is an Electrical Engineer by profession, with a master's degree in Power Electronics and Drives, and a PhD degree in Photovoltaic (PV) Systems. He is currently a Scientist with the Energy Conversion (ENECON) Program at the Energy Center of QEERI. With QEERI, Dr. Pillai works on various projects and activities related to the testing, standardization, and reliability of photovoltaic modules in desert climates. Dr. Pillai is also actively involved in module as well as system level reliability studies and performance assessments of various PV technologies. Dr. Pillai is an inventor of a patent and author of 24 scientific articles published in top-tier international journals (Q1) and conferences, majority of which are high impact factor IEEE transactions, IEEE, and Elsevier journals. Since 2018, Dr. Pillai is also a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). 

 

Doctor of Philosophy

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT); India

2018

Master of Engineering

Anna University; India

2015

Bachelor of Technology

Mahatma Gandhi University; India

2010

Scientist

Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI); HBKU-Qatar

2022 - Present

Research Fellow

Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS); National University of Singapore (NUS)

2020 - 2022

Research Fellow

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) - Singapore

2019 - 2020

Postdoctoral Researcher

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) - India

2019

Research Associate

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) - India

2016 - 2019

A simple, reliable and adaptive approach to estimate photovoltaic parameters using spotted hyena optimization: A framework intelligent to predict photovoltaic parameters for any meteorological change. Solar Energy. 2022 Apr 1;236:480-98.

A New Minimal Relocation Framework for Shade Mitigation in Photovoltaic Installations Using Flower Pollination Algorithm. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 2022 Mar 23;12(3):888-97.

A comprehensive review on building integrated photovoltaic systems: Emphasis to technological advancements, outdoor testing, and predictive maintenance. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2022 Mar 1;156:111946.

Parameter Estimation of Organic Photovoltaic Cells–A Three-Diode Approach Using Wind-Driven Optimization Algorithm. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 2021 Dec 13;12(1):327-36.

Evaluation of in-situ thermal transmittance of innovative building integrated photovoltaic modules: Application to thermal performance assessment for green mark certification in the tropics. Energy. 2021 Nov 15;235:121316.

A new shade dispersion technique compatible for symmetrical and unsymmetrical photovoltaic (PV) arrays. Energy. 2021 Jun 15;225:120241.

Identification and localization of array faults with optimized placement of voltage sensors in a PV system. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 2020 Jun 4;68(7):5921-31.

Performance enhancement of solar PV systems applying P&O assisted Flower Pollination Algorithm (FPA). Solar Energy. 2020 Mar 15;199:214-29.

An accurate, shade detection-based hybrid maximum power point tracking approach for PV systems. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 2019 Nov 13;35(6):6594-608.

Extended analysis on line-line and line-ground faults in PV arrays and a compatibility study on latest NEC protection standards. Energy conversion and management. 2019 Sep 15;196:988-1001.

A compatibility analysis on NEC, IEC, and UL standards for protection against line–line and line–ground faults in PV arrays. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 2019 Mar 12;9(3):864-71.

A comparative evaluation of advanced fault detection approaches for PV systems. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 2019 Jan 24;9(2):513-27.

Detection and identification of global maximum power point operation in solar PV applications using a hybrid ELPSO-P&O tracking technique. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. 2019 Feb 22;8(2):1361-74.

Enhanced power production in PV arrays using a new skyscraper puzzle based one-time reconfiguration procedure under partial shade conditions (PSCs). Solar Energy. 2019 Dec 1;194:209-24.

An MPPT-based sensorless line–line and line–ground fault detection technique for PV systems. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 2018 Nov 30;34(9):8646-59.

Design and testing of two phase array reconfiguration procedure for maximizing power in solar PV systems under partial shade conditions (PSC). Energy conversion and management. 2018 Dec 15;178:92-110.

A comprehensive review on protection challenges and fault diagnosis in PV systems. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2018 Aug 1;91:18-40.

A simple, sensorless and fixed reconfiguration scheme for maximum power enhancement in PV systems. Energy conversion and management. 2018 Sep 15;172:402-17.

Metaheuristic algorithms for PV parameter identification: A comprehensive review with an application to threshold setting for fault detection in PV systems. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2018 Feb 1;82:3503-25.

Analysis on solar PV emulators: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2018 Jan 1;81:149-60.

  • 2020; Finalist - Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Award; National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL); USA
     

Dr. Shamjad Moosakutty

Scientist

Dr. Shamjad Moosakutty

Scientist

Educational Qualifications

Ph.D

M.Tech

Entity

Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute

Biography

Dr. Shamjad P. Moosakutty is a Scientist at the Environment and Sustainability Center at the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI). His primary research is on the field measurement of air pollution and understanding its health and climate impacts. 

He received his Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. During his first postdoctoral fellowship at Aarhus University, Denmark, he studied the lab-generated aerosols from gas-to-particle conversion in an enclosed chamber. His second postdoc at KAUST, Saudi Arabia, was focused on low-carbon fuel combustion and characterization. 

At QEERI, Shamjad is working to understand the overall air quality in the greater Doha area by measuring its properties continuously. He operates air quality monitoring instruments and develops software tools for data analysis and interpretation. 
 

Ph.D

Indian Institute of Technology; Kanpur; India.

2017

M.Tech

Indian Institute of Technology; Kanpur; India.

2011

B.Tech

Mahatma Gandhi University; Kottayam; Kerala; India.

2008

  • Air pollution and atmospheric chemistry
  • Aerosol instrumentation
  • Climate change
  • Source apportionment
  • Impacts of weather events on local climate
  • Oxidative potential of particulate matter

Postdoc

Clean Combustion Research Center; King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

2019 - 2021

Postdoc

Department of Chemistry; Aarhus University; Aarhus; Denmark

2017 - 2019

Absorbing Refractive Index and Direct Radiative Forcing of Atmospheric Brown Carbon over Gangetic Plain. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2018.

Refractive Index and Absorption Attribution of Highly Absorbing Brown Carbon Aerosols from an Urban Indian City-Kanpur. Scientific Reports, 2016.

Contribution of Brown Carbon to Direct Radiative Forcing over the Indo-Gangetic Plain. Environmental Science & Technology, 2015.

Comparison of Experimental and Modeled Absorption Enhancement by Black Carbon (BC) Cored Polydisperse Aerosols under Hygroscopic Conditions. Environmental Science & Technology, 2012.

  • 2017; Grant from Aarhus University Research Foundation for research startup; Aarhus University; Aarhus; Denmark.
  • 2011; Scholarship from Ministry of Human Resources and Development-India during Ph.D.
  • 2012; Best paper award during Indian Atmospheric Science and Technology Association (IASTA) conference in Bombay, India.
  • 2009; Scholarship from Ministry of Human Resources and Development-India during M.Tech.

Sachin Jain

Research Associate

Sachin Jain

Research Associate

Educational Qualifications

Master in Remote sensing and GIS

Entity

Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute

Biography

Eng. Sachin Jain received his MTech degree in Remote Sensing and GIS with specialization in Atmospheric Sciences in 2019 from the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Andhra University, India. He is working as a Research Associate at Qatar Environmental and Energy Research Institute. His research work includes mapping of solar radiation and wind data for Qatar, using ground and satellite data, in support of the solar resource and wind assessment project in QEERI. 
 

Master in Remote sensing and GIS

Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO, Andhra University; Dehradun, India

2019

  • Solar Radiation Resource Assessment
  • Solar Radiation Forecasting
  • Wind Potential Mapping
  • NWP Models

Research Associate

QEERI, Qatar Foundation

2020 - 2022

A Flexible and Effective Method to Integrate the Satellite-Based AOD Data into WRF-Solar Model for GHI Simulation.; Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing - Springer (2021).; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-021-01425-3

  • Awarded Scholarship for MTech by CSSTEAP, U.N 
     

Sertac Bayhan

Senior Scientist

Associate Professor

Sertac Bayhan

Senior Scientist

Associate Professor

Educational Qualifications

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering

M.S. in Electrical Engineering

Entity

Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute

College of Science and Engineering

Biography

Sertac Bayhan received his MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2008 and 2012, respectively. His undergraduate studies had also taken place at the same university and he graduated as valedictorian. In 2008, he joined the Electronics and Automation Department, Gazi University, as a Lecturer, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2017. From 2014 to 2018, he worked at Texas A&M University at Qatar as Associate Research Scientist. Dr. Bayhan is currently working in Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) as a Senior Scientist and he is a faculty member with the rank of Associate Professor in Sustainable Division of College of Science and Engineering at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. His research encompasses power electronics and their applications in next-generation power and energy systems, including renewable energy integration, electrified transportation, and microgrid.

Dr. Bayhan is the recipient of many prestigious international awards, such as the Research Fellow Excellence Award in recognition of his research achievements and exceptional contributions to the Texas A&M University at Qatar in 2018, the Best Paper Presentation Recognition at the 41st and 42nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society in 2015 and 2016, Research Excellence Travel Awards in 2014 and 2015 (Texas A&M University at Qatar), and Researcher Support Awards from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). He has acquired $13M in research funding and published more than 170 papers in mostly prestigious IEEE journals and conferences. He is also the coauthor of two books and five book chapters.

Dr. Bayhan has been an active senior member of IEEE. Because of the visibility of his research, he has been recently elected as Chair of IES Power Electronics Technical Committee. He currently serves as Associate Editor for IEEE transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society, and IEEE Industrial Electronics Technology News, and Guest Editor for the IEEE transactions on Industrial Informatics.

 

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering

Gazi University, Ankara-Turkey

M.S. in Electrical Engineering

Gazi University, Ankara-Turkey

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Gazi University, Ankara-Turkey

  • Renewable energy integration
  • e.g.
  • solar photovoltaic conversion systems
  • and wind energy conversion systems
  • Electric vehicle integration e.g.
  • impact on the power system
  • location optimization
  • charger design including Level 2 and Level 3
  • and V2G applications
  • Local area power and energy systems e.g.
  • microgrid and its control including primary and secondary control
  • and seamless grid connection
  • Power electronics applications
  • e.g.
  • DC/DC converters
  • DC/AC converters
  • AC/DC converters
  • and multilevel inverters
  • Advanced control techniques e.g.
  • model predictive control
  • sliding mode control
  • and Lyapunov function-based control
  • Embedded system design
  • e.g.
  • MCU
  • DSP
  • and FPGA

Associate Professor (joint appointment)

Sustainable Division, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

2020 – present

Visiting Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar

2019 – present

Associate Research Scientist

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, Doha, Qatar

2017 – 2018

Assistant Research Scientist

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, Doha, Qatar

2015 – 2017

Lecturer

Electronics and Automation Department, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey

2009 – 2014

Lecturer

Electronics and Automation Department, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey

2007 – 2009

IT Specialist

General Directorate of Security, Ministry of Interior, Ankara, Turkey

2006 – 2007

An enhanced finite control set model predictive control method with self-balancing capacitor voltages for three-level t-type rectifiers. IET Power Electronics, 15(6), 504–514. https://doi.org/10.1049/pel2.12245

Grid voltage sensorless model predictive control for a single-phase t-type rectifier with an active power decoupling circuit. IEEE Access, 9, 19161–19174, https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3054773

Lyapunov-function-based controller for single-phase npc quasi-z-source inverter with 2ω frequency ripple suppression. Energies, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/en14010140

Multi-input multi-output-based sliding-mode controller for single-phase quasi-z-source inverters. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 67(8), 6439–6449. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2019.2938494

  • 2022, Teaching Excellence Award, Texas A&M University at Qatar
  • 2022, Best Paper Award, 3rd International Conference on Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, March 20-22, 2022, Doha, Qatar
  • 2022, Best Paper Award, 10th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, September 26-29, 2021, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 2021, Teaching Excellence Award, Texas A&M University at Qatar
  • 2018, Research Fellow Excellence Award, Texas A&M University at Qatar
  • 2018, Best Research Award, Texas A&M University at Qatar
  • 2017, Best Research Excellence Award, Texas A&M University at Qatar
  • 2016, Best Presentation Award, IEEE-IECON’16, Florence, Italy
  • 2016, Research Excellence Award, Texas A&M University at Qatar
  • 2015, Best Presentation Award, IEEE-IECON’15, Yokohama, Japan
  • 2015, Research Excellence Travel Award, Texas A&M University at Qatar
  • 2006, Honor of Summa Cum Laude, Gazi University

Yongfeng Tong

Scientist

Yongfeng Tong

Scientist

Educational Qualifications

PhD in Physics

Entity

Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute

Biography

Dr. Yongfeng Tong obtained his PhD diploma at the University of Paris-Sud, France. Before joining the Core Lab of QEERI as a Scientist in September 2019, he was a Postdoc in the Laboratoire Materiaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, University of Paris Diderot, France. He has also been working in Synchrotron SOLEIL for four years and performing the synchrotron-based high resolution surface science techniques on the beamline TEMPO, including X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy(UPS), Angular-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy(ARPES), and Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (NEXAFS). Currently, he is under the supervision of the core lab director Dr. Said Mansour and takes charge of the XPS/UPS, TOF-SIMS characterization in the core lab QEERI. His current research interest includes organic molecules for Rectenna electronics, thiol/dithiol self-assembled monolayers and 2D novel systems. 
 

 

PhD in Physics

Synchrotron SOLEIL and University of Paris 11; Paris, France

2018

  • X-ray Photoemission (XPS
  • UPS
  • NEXAFS
  • XAS and ARPES)
  • Molecular Electronics(Rectenna)
  • Self-assembled Monolayer on Metal Electrode
  • AFM and STM Characterization
  • Surface Science

Postdoctoral Researcher

Laboratoire Materiaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, University of Paris Diderot, France.

2018 - 2019

Postdoctoral Researcher

Synchrotron soleil, Paris, France

2017 - 2018

Scientist

Imaging and Characterization Core Labs, QEERI, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

2019 - present

RSC Nanoscale Advances; 2022, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NA00040G

An estimation on the mechanical stabilities of SMAs by low energy Ar+ cluster ion collision; Scientific Report; 2021, 11,12772.

Evidence of new 2D material: Cu2Te. 2D Materials 2020, 7 (3), 035010.

Anomalous Light‐Induced Spin‐State Switching for Iron(II) Spin‐Crossover Molecules in Direct Contact with Metal Surfaces. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59 (32), 13341-13346.

ZnO functionalization: metal-dithiol superstructures on ZnO(0001) by self-assembly. J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122 (5), 2880-2889.

Dr. Ka Lok Yip

Assistant Professor

Office location

Minaretein

Dr. Ka Lok Yip

Assistant Professor

Educational Qualifications

PhD

BCL

Entity

College of Law

Biography

Dr. Ka Lok Yip holds an interdisciplinary PhD (summa cum laude) in International Law and International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. She also has a Bachelor of Civil Law (distinction) from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Laws (first class honors) from King’s College London. Ka Lok focuses her research on peace and conflict. She draws on a wide range of disciplines including international law, international relations, philosophy, psychology, and sociology to study the causes of armed conflicts and strategies for their management, resolution, and prevention. She has published extensively on issues related to peace and conflict and her recent monograph ‘The Use of Force against Individuals in War under International Law – a Social Ontological Approach’ won her the Francis Lieber Book Prize 2023. Ka Lok is also admitted to the practice of law in England and Wales and Hong Kong.

 

Lord Thomas

Lord Thomas

Educational Qualifications

JD

MA

Entity

College of Law

Biography

Sir William Blair has been a judge of the Qatar International Court since 2017.

 

Sir William Blair

Sir William Blair

Educational Qualifications

JD

MA

Entity

College of Law

Biography

Sir William Blair has been a judge of the Qatar International Court since 2017.