ACMM author wins prestigious award at University of Sharjah

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(2009), "ACMM author wins prestigious award at University of Sharjah", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 56 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/acmm.2009.12856eab.012

ACMM author wins prestigious award at University of Sharjah

Article Type: ACMM author wins prestigious award at University of Sharjah From: Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Volume 56, Issue 5

Dr Ayssar Nahlé, Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Sharjah, has been awarded the “Best Published Scientific Paper” award in the area of Basic and Applied Sciences at the 5th Annual Scientific Research Forum held at the University of Sharjah in April this year (Figure 1).

Figure 1 His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qassemi, Member of the Supreme Council, Ruler of Sharjah, and Supreme President of the University of Sharjah and Professor Sami Mahmoud, the Chancellor of the University of Sharjah presenting Dr Ayssar Nahlé (right) with his award

Each year, the “College of Graduate Studies & Research” at the University of Sharjah organizes an annual scientific research forum, under the patronage of his Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qassemi, Member of the Supreme Council, Ruler of Sharjah, and Supreme President of the University of Sharjah. Scientists from various disciplines are invited to submit a published paper which will be externally peer reviewed, and one award will be given to the best published paper in each discipline.

Dr Nahlé won the award for his paper “Inhibition of carbon steel corrosion by 4-vinyl-benzyl triphenyl phosphonium chloride in HCl solution” (Ayssar Nahlé, Ideisan Abu-Abdoun and Ibrahim Abdel-Rahman) published in Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 55, No. 4 (2008).

Dr Nahlé has been in his current position since 1998. He holds a MSc degree in Chemistry and Chemical Technology from the Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic (1978-1983) and a PhD in Electrochemistry from the University of Southampton, UK (1989). Previous positions have included Assistant Research Scientist at the Wolfson Centre for Electrochemical Science at the University of Southampton (1989-1990), and Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the American University of Beirut (1990-1998), Lebanon. His research interests include corrosion, metal finishing, radioactive labeling, fuel cells and nanowires.