CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONALDATA
Name
AhmedSaidElShafie
Title TeachingAssistant
DateofBirth
November16,1980
PlaceofBirth
El-Sharkia,Egypt
Citizenship Egyptian
MaritalStatus
Married
PassportnumberA07903716
Address
Doha,Qatar
Phones
+(974)30064264
[email protected]
[email protected]
UNIVERSITYEDUCATION
1997-2001
2005-2008
B. Sc. Science (Chemistry); Faculty of Science –
ZagazigUniversity[Grade:VeryGood]
M. Sc. Science (Inorganic Chemistry);Faculty of
Science-ZagazigUniversity.
Thesis Title: "Studies on the Production of
Phosphoric Acid from Abu-Tartur Phosphate Ore
Deposits".
Advisors:Prof.AhmedKhalilGhonium,Prof.Sofia
YahiaAfifiandDr.EmadAnwarHamouda(Egypt).
2010- 2015 Ph.D. Student in joint program between Nuclear
MaterialsAuthorityandBanhaUniversity(Egypt)
andVirginiaCommonwealthUniversity(USA).
Thesis Title: “Recovery of Zirconium from
Egyptian Zircon mineral using solvent extraction
technique and its Potential Application in Nano
Technology.”
Advisors: Prof. Ahmed Mahmoud Daher, Prof.
MostafaMahmoud,Prof.IbrahimElSayedAhmed
andProf.MohammedElSayedShetta(Egypt)and
Prof.M.SamyEl-Shall(USA).
PUBLICATIONS
“Preparation of Phosphoric Acid from Abu-Tartur Phosphate Deposits
using Sulfuric Acid”, 42(4), 70 – 89, 2009. S.Y. Afifi, A. Kh. Ghonaim, E. A.
HamoudaandA.S.Elshafie
Publishedresearchin“ArabJournalofNuclearSciencesandApplications”
“Extraction and Separation of Nano-Sized Zirconia from Nitrate medium
using Cyanex921”, 11(2), 647-959, 2014. A.S. El Shafie, A. M. Daher, I. S.
Ahmed,M.E.ShetaandM.M.Moustafa
Publishedresearchin“InternationalJournalofAdvancedResearch”
ManuscriptsinPreparation
“Single Emulsion and Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Palladium
Nanoparticles Supported on CeO2, ZrO2 and Ce0.5Zr0.5O2 Nanoalloy and
CatalysisApplicationforCOOxidation”.AhmedS.ElShafieet.al.
“Great Effect of Graphene on the Catalytic Activity of As-prepared Ceria,
ZirconiaandPalladiumNanoparticle”.AhmedS.ElShafieet.al.
“MicrowaveSynthesisofGoldNanoparticlesSupportedonZrO2,CeO2and
Ceria Zirconia Nanoalloy for Degradation of Procion Red Dye in Dark”.
AhmedS.ElShafieet.al.
GraduationProject
“Environmental Pollution by Toxic Gases”. Objective: The objective of
thisessayishowtopreventenvironmentalpollutionbytoxicgases.
QualificationofGraduationProject: VeryGoodwithHonorDegree
TITLEOFQUALIFICATIONAWARDED
ü Pre-Master Degree in Inorganic Chemistry: Very Good with Honor
Degree;Oct.2002.
PRE-REQUISITEGRADUATECOURSES
1. InorganicChemistry
2. PhysicalChemistry1
3. PhysicalOrganicChemistry
4. AnalyticalChemistry
5. PhysicalChemistry2
6. SpecialReporter
7. Assay
ProfessionalExperience
Chemist in Nuclear Materials Authority in Egypt ( 10/1/2003 – till
now)inthefollowingworks:
1. Complete analysis of nuclear ores for determination of major oxides and
traceelements
2. Dissolution of nuclear ores by agitation, leaching (by water, acids and
alkalis)androasting.
3. Separation and concentration of elements using techniques like direct
precipitation,solventextractionandionexchange.
4. Extraction and determination of total rare earth element from Egyptian
sedimentarydeposits.
5. Dissolution of black sand using two methods (Alkali method and Acidic
method).
6.Extractionandseparationoftotalrareearthelementoxides,uraniumand
thoriumfromEgyptianblacksand.
7. Extraction of zirconium from Egyptian zircon using solvent extraction
techniques.
AffiliateinVirginiaCommonwealthUniversityinJointPh.D.Program
Between Egypt and USA ( 3/12/2013 – 1/15/2015) in the following
works:
1- Synthesis of ceria and zirconia nanoparticles using laser vaporization
controlledcondensation(LVCC)method.
2- Synthesis of zirconia, ceria, ceria zirconia, gold and palladium
nanoparticles using chemical methods (Micro Emulsion and Microwave
methods).
3-ApplicationofthesynthesizednanoparticlesinthecatalysisofCOoxidation
systemandcatalyticdegradationofazodyes.
4-Preparationofgraphiteoxideandformationofdifferentcompounds.
Teaching assistant in Faculty of Humanities and Science, Qatar
University(20/2/2015-tillnow)inthefollowingworks:
1- TeachingthelabsCHEM103,CHEM234,CHEM222andCHEM331.
2- Thepreparationofthelaboratorymanual,preparationofexperiments,
teachingGeneralLaboratoryRules,PoliciesandSafetyregulations
3- Teaching the students the safe way to use Lab Apparatus, Glassware
andFacilitieswithassessingthem.
4- Processingandevaluatingassignments,Reports,quizzesandexams.
5- Helping students to use text books and scientific website on the
internettofindinformationandsolveexercisesonthetopicsdiscussed
inthelectureandlab.
Instrumentation
A 2-year experience in Virginia Commonwealth University (USA) on
operating, obtaining and interpreting data from advanced physical
characterization techniques in both spectroscopy and microscopy including:
Absorption (UV-Vis), Photoluminescence, Raman and FTIR spectrometers,
Nd-Yag Lasers, X-ray diffractometers, Transmission Electron Microscopes,
InductivelyCoupledPlasmaICP-OESandX-rayPhotoelectronSpectrometer.
TeachingExperience
A 2-year experience in Virginia Commonwealth University (USA)in
teaching different methods for synthesis of nanomaterials including
both physical and chemical methods and the instrumentation used for
the characterization of these nanoparticles including (UV-Vis, IR, XRD,
Raman, ICP-OES, TEM and XPS). A 5-years’ experience on teaching
General,
Inorganic
studentsinEgypt.
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