First International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials
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Speaker biographyFeatured Speaker: Professor Abdel SayariPlenary Speakers | Tutorial Speakers | Featured Speakers | Invited Speakers
Professor Abdel Sayari, Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada, received a BSc in Chemistry at the University of Tunis, and a PhD in Heterogeneous Catalysis in Lyon/Tunis. He spent two years as an invited scholar in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh (USA), before joining the National Research Council of Canada in 1986, then the Department of Chemical Engineering at Laval University (Québec) in 1990. In 2001, he received a Canada Research Chair and joined the University of Ottawa as Professor and Founding Director of the Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation. Dr. Sayari is Editor of Journal of Molecular Catalysis, A: Chemical. He also serves on the Editorial Board of Catalysis Communications and as a member of the IZA Commission on Mesoporous Materials. During his 30 year+ career, Dr. Sayari made outstanding contributions in many important areas of catalysis, including gas phase selective oxidation and ammoxidation on mixed aerogels oxide, liquid phase selective oxidation on framework modified zeolites and periodic mesoporous materials, hydrotreating and alkane isomerization on metal-supported zeolites and sulfated oxides, methane nonoxidative aromatization, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, catalytic wet air oxidation and peroxidation, etc. His work on promoted sulfated zirconia in the mid-nineties, provided unprecedented insights into the role of metallic and oxide promoters as well as hydrogen in alkane isomerization. More recently, he became a leading figure in the synthesis of mesoporous materials and their applications in catalysis and separation. Dr. Sayari published over 220 refereed papers including several authoritative reviews on sulfated zirconia and mesoporous materials. He published six book chapters and four patents. He also edited four books on nanoporous materials and one special issue of Catalysis Today. |
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