Prof. Dato' Ir. Dr. Abdul Wahab Mohammad
D.S.D.K, FASc, FIChemE, PENg, CENg, MIEMUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Professor, Chemical and Process Engineering
Co-Chief-Editor, Journal of Water Process Engineering (Elsevier)
Biography
Abdul Wahab Mohammad is currently Professor in Membrane and Separation Technology at the Centre for Sustainable Process Technology (CESPRO), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He is a Registered Professional Engineer (PEng) with Board of Engineers Malaysia and Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the Engineering Council UK. He received his PhD from University of Wales Swansea in the area of nanofiltration membranes, and MSChE from Purdue University, USA and BSChE from Lehigh University, USA. His research interest is on membrane science and applications, wastewater treatment, water reuse and recycling, sustainable separation technology and engineering education. He has worked on research projects related to membrane technology and its application in water and wastewater treatment, desalination, biorefinery and food processing. He has published more than 300 journal papers with citations exceeding 11000 and h-index of 56. He is the Co-Chief Editor of an Elsevier journal, Journal of Water Process Engineering which was launched in 2014. He was the co-recipient of 2008 Prince Sultan International Water Prize for his work on nanofiltration membranes and the recipient of the Malaysia Toray Foundation Science Award in 2015.
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