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Prof. Fady Nahra is an R&D researcher in the Sustainable Chemistry unit of VITO, responsible for the membrane modification platform within the nanofiltration technology team. He is also a guest professor at Ghent University (Belgium), since February 2020, in the field of green chemistry, ligand design and solid-state chemistry.
He holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from UCLouvain (Belgium). His work experience spans over a decade in 3 different countries and 4 different universities (UCLouvain-Belgium, UPMC/Sorbonne-Paris, St Andrews university-UK and UGent-Belgium), covering a wide range of topics mainly in materials chemistry, organic chemistry, transition metal catalysis, coordination and fluorination chemistry. Prior to joining VITO, he worked at UGent as research fellow where he was awarded the incentive award (Belgian national award) in 2017 for excellence in research. He is the author of numerous publications, including articles, reviews and book chapters in several high impact journals.
Since joining VITO in May 2019, he has been mainly focused on developing a new platform for hybrid/ceramic membrane technology, along with new processes for sequential catalysis/separation applications.
Research Interests:
- Membrane development and process intensification
- Membrane integration into catalytic processes
- Catalysis
- Design of organometallic catalysts
- Fluorination and coordination chemistry
Affiliations:
- R&D Researcher
VITO NV | Boeretang 200 | 2400 Mol - Guest Professor at Ghent University
Department of Chemistry
Campus Sterre, Building S-3
Krijgslaan 281 - 9000 Ghent – Belgium
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Research projects
- EASiCHEM: Efficient affinity separations for chemical applications
- Sustainable membrane technology-based solutions for solvent-rich wastewater treatment
- Development and application of modified ceramic membranes.
- Design and development of new hybrid materials for both powder and membrane technologies. The resulting hybrids combine the best of two worlds: the superior overall properties of ceramics and the tunable surface properties offered by the organic/polymer layer.
- In collaboration with UGent (the group of Prof. dr. Steven P. Nolan); process intensification of homogeneously catalyzed reactions by the integration of reaction and membrane separation.
- In collaboration with UGent (the group of Prof. dr. Kristof Van Hecke), we are investigating the coordination chemistry of chalcogenoureas with various transition metals, and evaluating their biological activities.
Scientific output
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Research infrastructure and technologies
Grignard surface modification
Filtration equipment
Large scale synthesis
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