Dr. Mohamed Yahia received his master degree (M.Sc.) specialized in materials chemistry (July 2011) with thesis entitled “Development of sensor devices based on carbon matrices modified with different types of nanomaterials” from Faculty of Science, University of Cadiz (UCA) (Spain). He obtained the doctoral degree under the frame of EUDIME Program (European doctoral in membrane science and Engineering) from the institute European des membranes, University of Montpellier (IEM-UM), France (Dec 2015). During the doctoral thesis Dr. Mohamed Yahia carried a research cooperation between IEM institute (France), University Nova de Lisbon (FCT-UNL, Portugal, and Institute on membrane technology, University of Calabria (ITM-UNICAL, Italy. The research thesis entitled “(Bio)Molecular control of selective ion transport, gas separation and catalytic enzyme-based reactions using functionalized membranes”. The doctoral research work included the preparation of polymeric and nanocomposite membranes for environmental application (water purification and gas separation), in additional too the biofunctionalization of polymeric membranes for biological application. He published and submitted more than 30 papers in international Journals, 3 Book chapter, 20 conferences and he got one of the top international doctoral thesis prize, 2016 (Faculty of chemistry, University of Montpellier (UM-France).

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