Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti obtained his PhD in
Environmental Chemistry from Queen’s University in Belfast, UK. He is currently
a Professor of Environmental Chemistry and the Head of the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar
University. He has been listed among the top 2% of the most influential
scientists in the world across all sciences, according to a study conducted at
Stanford University based on the (Scopus) database for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
The focuses of his research include the preparation and modification of the
surfaces of adsorbents; the treatment of produced water, polymers, and
membranes; adsorption mechanisms and the influence of chemical and physical
characteristics on the remediation behavior of various environmental
compartments; environmental chemistry; membrane coating and technology; polymer
and membrane modification; controlling CaSO4 scaling and biofouling on reverse
osmosis membranes; nanoparticles for water treatment; municipal and industrial
wastewater; chemometric environmental remediation; cleaner production;
extraction processes; natural adsorbent chemistry; nano-adsorbents; waste
treatment; waste minimization; and water and wastewater treatment and
adsorption.
Dr. Shaikh Mizanoor Rahman received his BSc and MSc degrees
in Biochemistry from Dhaka University Bangladesh. He was awarded the Monbusho
Scholarship (Japanese Government Scholarship) and pursued his MSc and Ph.D.
degrees from Saga and Kagoshima University, Japan, respectively. He then moved
to the USA and completed two postdoctoral fellowships. First, at the
Biochemistry Department, the University of Wisconsin Madison, under Professor
James M. Ntambi and Pediatrics, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, University of
Colorado Health Sciences Center, USA with Dr. Jacob E. Friedman. He then worked
as a Research Instructor in the same department. Later, he moved to the
Nutritional Sciences, at Texas Tech University, USA, and worked as a Tenure
Track Assistant Professor. While at Texas Tech, he mentored Ph.D. and Master’s
students as a dissertation committee chair or member. He was also involved in
teaching undergraduate (Survey of Biochemistry) and graduate (Vitamin &
Minerals, Nutrition Immunology, Genetic Regulation of Metabolism) level courses.
He has published over 40 significant research/review articles as a first or
co-author in high-impact scientific journals. He is an ad hoc reviewer of
Scientific Reports, Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, Journal of
Nutritional Biochemistry, American Journal of Physiology, International Journal
of Obesity, British Journal of Pharmacology, and British Journal of Cancer.
Md Mizanur Rahman obtained his MSc in Clinical Investigation
from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA),
USA, and his PhD in Medical Sciences (Microbiology and Immunology) from the
Saga Medical School, Japan, with a Fulbright scholarship from the Japanese
Government. He served as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Medicine
of the UTHSCSA, as an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Biology at Texas
A&M University, and as a Special Graduate Faculty Member at the University
of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). He joined the Department of Biological and
Environmental Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at Qatar University
as an Assistant Professor and then was promoted to Associate Professor. His
research focuses on the physiology and pathology of bone and muscle during
aging. His research group investigates the impact and underlying mechanisms of
calorie restriction, physical exercise, and natural products on healthy aging
and life span. His group is also working on the effect of natural products in
preventing and treating breast and prostate cancers, and the development of
drug resistance and underlying mechanisms.
