Mazen al-Ghoul

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ABOUT MAZEN AL-GHOUL

The research I carried in the last five years is focused on various theoretical and experimental aspects of reaction-diffusion systems. In particular, we are interested in studying the mechanisms of pattern formation and spatio-temporal dynamics in multi-dimensional precipitation systems. We also use reaction-diffusion systems to make and control the size and morphology of novel material such as Layered Double Hydroxides (LDH), Metal Organic Frameworks (MOF), Zinc Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIF) and study their potential applications in photocatalysis and adsorption of organic and inorganic pollutants in aqueous media. We have also developed a reaction-diffusion framework to study the solid-state kinetics of polymorphic transformations of various crystalline systems and the dynamics of intercalation and de-intercalation of molecules and biomolecules in layered material. On the theoretical front, we model the aforementioned experimental systems and develop numerical schemes (such as spectral, finite element and finite volume methods) to solve the resulting evolution equations in complex geometries. Nonlinear parabolic and hyperbolic reaction-diffusion equations coupled to nucleation and growth models, Cahn-Hilliard phase field equations, and generalized hydrodynamics are typically tackled.