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Mohamed Gamal El-Din
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Research
Latest papers
Electroconductive MXene-Thin-Film-Composite Membranes for Coupled Osmotic Concentration and PFAS Mineralization.
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
Zero-valent iron regulates hydrothermal carbonization pathways toward Fe-C interfacial hydrochar formation.
RSC advances · 2026
Insight into Oily Sludge Treatment by High-Temperature Bioaugmentation: Petroleum Components Degradation and Microbial Community Regulation.
Microorganisms · 2026
Latest funding
- $59,000
Catalytic Oxidation of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Wastewater as a Viable Solution to Achieve Circular Economy
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $680,000
Community-based wastewater management towards a circular economy
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $400,000
Sustainable and Resilient Wastewater Treatment for Reuse
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
From the 150 most recent of 152 publications.
Electroconductive MXene-Thin-Film-Composite Membranes for Coupled Osmotic Concentration and PFAS Mineralization.
Yousefi A, Karami P, Rad V, Aghaei A, Mohseni M, Yang L, Soroush M, Wessling M, Gamal El-Din M, Sadrzadeh M
Zero-valent iron regulates hydrothermal carbonization pathways toward Fe-C interfacial hydrochar formation.
Jiang L, Li J, Li H, Cao Y, Arslan M, Gamal El-Din M, Wang Y, Zhan Y, Wang Q, Chen C
Insight into Oily Sludge Treatment by High-Temperature Bioaugmentation: Petroleum Components Degradation and Microbial Community Regulation.
Fu X, Li J, Wang Q, Zeng X, Zuo H, Jiang J, Zhang R, Zhao P, Usman M, Gamal El-Din M, Chen C
Tuning pyrolysis temperature of wheat straw biochar supports for enhanced Bi2WO6 photocatalytic degradation of stormwater contaminants in real water matrices.
Kahkeci J, Sánchez-Montes I, Gamal El-Din M
Transformation of microplastics during UV-LED based water disinfection: Mechanistic insights and environmental implications.
Ou J, Tang Y, Elimian EA, Yang X, Liu Y, Fu Y, Gamal El-Din M
Unveiling the adsorption mechanisms and key influencing factors of cyclic acetals on powdered activated carbon.
Wu Q, Zhang T, Pan R, Peng Z, Zhao H, Lu J, Dong Z, Zeng C, Gamal El-Din M, Xu B
Simultaneous degradation of multiple micropollutants in flowing water by mild and strong microbubble-enhanced cold plasma activation.
Lu Q, Panchal D, Yang L, Saedi Z, Gamal El-Din M, Zhang X
Metal sulfides in aged-coarse sands tailings facilitate naphthenic acids removal from oil sands process water.
Arslan M, Usman M, Gamal El-Din M
Fate of dissolved organics in oil sands process water during long-term storage: Mechanistic insights into toxicity removal and microbial processes.
Li J, Arslan M, Yang L, Gamal El-Din M
Extreme thermophilic microbial inoculation for reducing NH3 and N2O emissions in hyperthermophilic aerobic composting of refinery waste activated sludge.
Fu X, Zuo H, Wang Z, Shang P, Li Z, Li J, Zhan Y, Wang Q, Arslan M, Gamal El-Din M, Chen C
Catalytic Oxidation of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Wastewater as a Viable Solution to Achieve Circular Economy
Principal investigators: Gamal El-Din, Mohamed
Keywords: municipal and industrial wastewater; wastewater treatment processes; solar-photocatalysis; dark catalytic oxidation; sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation; biochar-supported catalysis; micropollutants; byproducts; toxicity reduction; removal mechanisms
Community-based wastewater management towards a circular economy
Principal investigators: Gamal El-Din, Mohamed M
Keywords: circular economy; community-based treatment approaches; development of materials; engineering passive treatments; industrial wastewater; municipal wastewater; oil sands process water; resource recovery; scaling up of treatment processes; wastewater treatment strategies
Sustainable and Resilient Wastewater Treatment for Reuse
Principal investigators: Gamal El-Din, Mohamed
Keywords: Water reuse; Integrated wastewater treatment strategies; Municipal wastewater; Industrial wastewater; Physico-chemical processes; Biological treatment; Development of materials/processes; In-pipe treatment; Safe release; Sustainable wastewater treatment management
Demonstration Pit Lake research & monitoring program for evaluating permanent aquatic storage structure technology & closure management for generating a self-sustaining ecosystem
Principal investigators: Gamal El-Din, Mohamed M
Keywords: cell-based bioindicators; Demonstration pit lake; fate and release of contaminants; lake ecosystem; lake monitoring; metagenomics approach sequences; microbial community; molecular and biochemical indicators; settling and desorption; water quality
Application of Catalytic Oxidation for Simultaneous Adsorption and Oxidation for Municipal Wastewater Reuse and Resource Recovery
Principal investigators: Gamal El-Din, Mohamed
A Zeta Potential Analyzer for the Understanding of Interfacial Phenomena and Particle Size Distribution for Environmental Engineering Applications
Principal investigators: GamalElDin, Mohamed
Coagulant-Flocculant Chemistry of SAGD Emulsion Breaker (EB) - Reverse Emulsion Breaker (REB) and Warm Lime Softener (WLS)
Principal investigators: Gamal El-Din, Mohamed
Ozone treatment of combined sewer overflow (CSO) for disinfection and micropollutant control
Principal investigators: GamalElDin, Mohamed
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Oil Sands Tailings Water Treatment
Principal investigators: Gamal El-Din, Mohamed
Analytical and toxicological evaluation of bioavailable naphthenic acids from oil sands process-affected water and groundwater using biomimetic extraction solid phase microextraction
Principal investigators: GamalElDin, Mohamed
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Mohamed Gamal El-Din and Yang Liu: 16 shared papers
- Yang Liu and Hongbo Zeng: 10 shared papers
- Hongbo Zeng and Xuehua Zhang: 5 shared papers
- Yang Liu and Yaman Boluk: 3 shared papers
- Kerry McPhedran and Mohamed Gamal El-Din: 2 shared papers
- Mohamed Gamal El-Din and Xuehua Zhang: 2 shared papers
- Mohamed Gamal El-Din and Yaman Boluk: 2 shared papers
- Arno Siraki and Mohamed Gamal El-Din: 1 shared paper
- Mohamed Gamal El-Din and Hongbo Zeng: 1 shared paper
- Mohamed Gamal El-Din and Mohtada Sadrzadeh: 1 shared paper
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Civil, Geological & Environmental Engineering
- Chemical and Materials Engineering - University of Alberta
- Chemical and Materials Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Other
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Yang Liu
Civil and Environmental Engineering
16 shared papers, latest 2018
Yaman Boluk
Civil and Environmental Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Xuehua Zhang
Chemical and Materials Engineering - University of Alberta
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Kerry McPhedran
Civil, Geological & Environmental Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2017
Hongbo Zeng
Chemical and Materials Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Mohtada Sadrzadeh
Mechanical Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Arno Siraki
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2021
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