PhD Student from Egypt Defends Her Thesis

11:59, April 18, 2023

Her research focuses on a sorbent that removes copper and zinc from water

On April 13, 2023, Abuelsoad Asmaa Mansour Ahmed defended her Candidate of Science thesis (Physical Chemistry) under the supervision of Elena G. Kovaleva, Professor of the Department of Technology of Organic Synthesis at the UrFU Institute of Chemical Engineering. The thesis was entitled "Novel adsorbents based on chitosan and halloysite nanotubes for sorption of Cu(II) and Zn(II) metal ions".

Abuelsoad Asmaa Mansour Ahmed is a citizen of the Arab Republic of Egypt. After completing her Master's degree in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Minoufia, she joined the PhD program at UrFU in September 2018. Her research work is dedicated to the development of new materials based on chitosan and halloysite nanotubes for the sorption of copper and zinc metal ions. She was involved in the grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (No. 18-29-12129mk), titled "Directed Design of Novel Adsorbents based on Halloysite Mineral for Hydrometallurgy and Biotechnology".

Based on her PhD research, Asmaa published 9 articles in scientific journals cited in WoS and Scopus databases. During her studies, Asmaa established a very successful collaboration with the research group of Professor Giuseppe Lazzara of the University of Palermo and published 3 joint research papers with him. She is a hardworking, creative and determined personality. Currently, Abuelsoad Asmaa Mansour Ahmed is in the process of applying for the UrFU Postdoc Program to join our university as an experienced researcher.

Asmaa Abuelsoad is one of the many foreign students who have studied in different PhD programs of the UrFU Institute of Chemical Engineering. She is working as a research engineer at the Laboratory of Biotransformation Technologies and Food Chemistry of the Educational, Scientific and Innovation Center of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Technologies headed by Professor Elena G. Kovaleva.

Currently, Professor Kovaleva is supervising seven PhD students in Physical Chemistry, Food Chemistry and Food Biotechnology. She also is the supervisor of the Master's degree program in Food Biotechnology in English. The majority of her PhD students are the former graduates of this program. This program is one of the sixteen Master's degree programs in English offered by the Ural Federal University. Dear foreign applicants, you are kindly invited to join any of these programs at the Ural Federal University!

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