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Professor Mohamed Mamlouk

Professor of Electrochemical Engineering

  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7342
  • Address: School of Engineering
    Room C401a, Merz Court
    University of Newcastle
    Newcastle upon Tyne
Background

Mohamed Mamlouk is Professor of Electrochemical Engineering Science at the School of Engineering, Newcastle University .


Introduction

I have over 20 years’ experience in electrochemical science and engineering for energy conversion and storage. Over the last 5 years, I have had a research portfolio of > 20 grants >£7m focusing on improving sustainability, reducing cost and improving durability. My expertise span electrochemical and system engineering, electrode optimisation, materials preparation and functionalisation (Carbon, metal oxides) and functional polymers/ ion exchange electrolytes synthesis and fabrication. 


Positions

Professor of Electrochemical Engineering Science, Newcastle University (08/22-present)

Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Newcastle University (08/19-07/22)

Lecturer, School of Engineering, Newcastle University (05/16-07/19)

SAgE Research Fellow, Chemical Engineering, Newcastle University (09/14-09/17)

Named Researcher Investigator, Chemical Engineering, Newcastle University (11/15-04/16)

Postdoctoral Research associate (PDRA), Chemical Engineering, Newcastle University (10/08-10/15)


Leadership roles:

  • REF 2029 Lead for school of Engineering (10/23-present)
  • Deputy Director of research, school of Engineering (10/23-present)
  • Research Lead for Chemical Engineering (06/21-09/23) 
  • Deputy Director of Expertise (Materials and Manufacturing) (06/18-05/20)
  • Chair of the SAgE Career Development of Excellent Researcher Task and Finish group (03/19-06/19)
  • Member of the School of Engineering REF 2021 strategy committee (09/18-03/20)
  • Member of the School of Engineering Culture club (03/19-03/20) 


Memberships

  • Fellow of the UK higher education academy (D2 UKPSF)
  • IEA Hydrogen Technology Collaboration Programme on renewable hydrogen production
  • Electrochemical society
  • European Energy Research Alliance steering committee
  • Society of Chemical Industry
  • Carisma European Coordination Action on increasing the impact of research European COST action on fuel cell durability
  • Electrochemical Technology Group executive committee ECTG (SCI)
  • Energy Group (SCI)


Qualifications:

Ph.D. Electrochemical Engineering: Investigation of High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells, Newcastle University, August 2008.

M.Sc. Chemical Engineering: Applied Process Control (Distinction), Newcastle University, Sept 2003.

B.Sc. Hons: Applied Chemistry, Equiv (2:1), 2002.


Citizenship

  • Full member of EPSRC colleague of reviewers(recognised twice for significant contribution to EPSRC Peer Review top 6%)
  • Reviewer for Research Council of Norway
  • Reviewer for National Research Council of Canada
  • Reviewer for EU Horizon calls
  • Reviewer for South Africa’s National Research Foundation 
  • Reviewer for 9 leading scientific journals including: Power Sources , International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research Reports , Journal of Physical Chemistry , Electrochemica Acta , Journal of the Electrochemical Society and Journal of membrane science . 
  • PhD external examiner for Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Swedish Royal Institute of Technology KTH and university of Adger Norway, University Autonoma Madrid, University College London, Imperial College London, University of Birmingham. 



Research

Research group: Electrochemical science and engineering

Vision 

My research vision is “Electrochemistry, a solution for our future challenges, the answer to renewable energy storage and water purification”.


Interests

include: Energy storage and conversion by electrochemical technologies: including fuel cells, electrolyzers, metal-air and redox batteries. Electrochemical engineering. Membrane Science & Engineering. Electrocatalysis. Electro-dialysis and reverse electro-dialysis.

 


Current Funding



Previous Funding

  • Faraday institution-£10m (CoI), EP/R042012/1 Li-ion batteries degradation (March 18-March 2021)
  • EPSRC- -£740 (CoI), Earth-Abundant Metal-Air Batteries in collaboration with Liverpool University (Oct 17-March 2021)
  • Centre for Advanced Materials for Renewable Energy Generation CAMREG- £50k (CoI), Sodium battery
  • EPSRC/H2FC-£128k (PI), EACPR-P65919 Perovskite Anode for Affordable Precious-Metal Free AEM Electrolyser
  • Newton Fund-£223k (PI), Affordable electrolyser technology based on transition metal catalyst for energy storage in collaboration with the Philippines (Apr 2017 -Mar 2018)
  • EPSRC-£291k (CoI), Ionic Liquid Electrolytes for Intermediate Temperature Electrolysers in collaboration with Nottingham University (Dec 2016 - Nov 2019) 
  • EPSRC-£146k (CoI), Hydrogen Generation by Electrochemical Water Dissociation in collaboration with NewCell Technologies ltd (Jul 2017 - Dec 2018) 
  • Innovate UK-£153k (CoI), Knowledge transfer partnership with Encoell, Light enhanced fuel cell performance (Feb 2017 - Feb 2019)
  • EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account-£15.4k (PI), SEBS based polymer to remove the barriers behind the commercialisation of alkaline polymeric fuel cells (Sep 2016 – Jan 2017)
  • Newcastle Institute for Sustainability-£15k (PI), Unitised regenerative electrochemical Cell for Energy Production and Storage, with the University of Connecticut USA (Apr 2017 -  Sep 2017)
  • Newcastle University SAgE Research Fellowship - £12 k (PI), Electrochemistry, a solution for our future challenges, the answer to renewable energy storage and water purification (Sept 2014 - Sept 2017)


Other Projects

Mamlouk has participated in a number of large EU and EPSRC projects:

Temperature and Alkali Stable Polymer Electrolytes for Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Alkaline Electrolysers i, EPSRC £300K, NovEED: A novel energy efficient electrodialysis cell to recycle Acids and Bases from industrial process water - EC FP7 funding: € 1.3 M, Supergen Fuel Cell Consortium - Fuel cells - Powering a Greener Future - EPSRC funding: £ 3.6 M, Alkaline Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells APEMFC in collaboration with Imperial college London and Cranfield university - EPSRC funding: £ 0.4 M. FURIM: Further improvement and integration of high temperature PEMFC: The project demonstrated Europe’s first 2kWel HT-PEM fuel cell stack with an integrated hydrocarbon reformer and a catalytic burner running on diesel - EC funding: €4 M


ORCID: 0000-0003-2797-7252  

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2797-7252

Web of science researcher ID: H-8716-2016

http://www.researcherid.com/rid/H-8716-2016

Google scholar

http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=W5JBgtIAAAAJ&hl=en

Researchgate

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohamed_Mamlouk2

linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-mohamed-mamlouk-3747596

academia.edu

https://independent.academia.edu/MohamedMamlouk





Teaching

Current Modules:

CME8043-Fuel Cells System, Module Leader, 10 credits, 100%.

CME8044-Electrochemical Energy conversion and storage, Module Leader, 10 credits, 100%

CME2029 process control 10 credits, 33%


Publications