Abdul Wahab Mohammad

Abdul Wahab Mohammad is currently Dean, College of Engineering and Professor in Chemical and Water Desalination Engineering at University of Sharjah. He was previously Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation as well as Senior Professor in Membrane and Separation Technology at the Research Centre for Sustainable Process Technology (CESPRO), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He was also previously the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, UKM. Between March and July 2018, he was seconded as Research Director for Water Research at Qatar Energy and Environment Research Institute (QEERI) in Doha, Qatar. He received his PhD from University of Wales Swansea in the area of nanofiltration membranes, and MSChE from Purdue University, USA and BSChE from Lehigh University, USA. His research interest is on membranes science and applications, wastewater treatment, water reuse and recycling, sustainable separation technology and engineering education. He has published more than 300 journal papers with citation exceeding 18000 and h-index of 63. He was the founding co-editor of an Elsevier journal, Journal of Water Process Engineering which was launched in 2014. He was the co-recipient of 2008 Prince Sultan International Water Prize for his work on nanofiltration membranes and 2015 MTSF Science Award. Abdul Wahab is a registered Professional Engineer (PEng) in Malaysia and a Chartered Engineer (CEng) in United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of IChemE and as well as a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia.