Academic Staff

Ahmed Barhoum

Lecturer

Ahmed Barhoum

Principal Investigator (Lecturer), School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Technological University Dublin (TUD)

Dr. Ahmed Barhoum is a Lecturer at the School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Technological University Dublin (TUD). Before joining TUD, he was an Associate Professor of Nanomaterials at Helwan University (HU). He has been recognized in the Stanford University (Elsevier List) of the world’s top 2% most impactful scientists in nanomaterials. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium). He also conducted research at Dublin City University (Ireland), Leibniz University Hannover (Germany), the European Institute of Membranes (France), and the Grenoble Institute of Technology (France). Dr Barhoum designs and develops functional nanomaterials, including nanoparticles, nanocapsules, nanofibres, hydrogels, membranes, and electrodes, and applies these materials in drug delivery, biosensing, wearable diagnostics, and environmental technologies. Dr. Barhoum works with nanofabrication techniques of electrospinning, screen-printing, and 3D printing, emphasizing their green, scalable, and low-cost aspect. He has led more than 10 funded projects and has received funding from The Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), Erasmus Mundus (EU), The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Campus France (Imhotep), Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), The Science Technology & Innovation Funding Authority (STDF), The Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (ASRT), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and The Irish Research Council (IRC). Dr. Barhoum has published over 180 peer reviewed papers in high impact journals (˃14,000 citations, h-index 57). He has edited 11 international handbooks in collaboration with Elsevier and Springer. He has supervised more than 20 MSc and PhD students and 4 Postdoc in nanomaterials, analytical chemistry, and biopharmaceutical sciences. He evaluates research proposals for European Research Council (ERC), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), National Science Centre (Poland), and Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (GACR).

Research Interests

· Green nanofabrication: Scalable and cost-effective fabrication methods such as electrospinning, screen-printing, and 3D printing to translate nanoscience into practical technologies.

· Sustainable membranes & electrodes: Eco-friendly nanomaterials for separation processes and electrochemical energy and biosensing devices.

· Drug delivery & precision medicine: Polymer-based nanocarriers, including nanocapsules and stretchable hydrogels, for targeted and controlled therapeutic release.

· Electrochemical biosensors: Portable, wearable, and tattoo-based electrochemical platforms for real-time health monitoring.

Associate, TU Dublin Research Hub · School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences · Nanolab Research Centre · Microsensors for Clinical Research & Analysis (MICRA)

· Centre for AMR and One Health Research (CAMROH)

Links:

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iLUvc4sAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4859-5264

Scopus ID: 55599314100