Youssef Belmabkhout
KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Biography
Dr Youssef Belmabkhout has a PhD in applied Science from the University of Mons in Belgium. He hold also a chemical engineering degree (oil and gas technologies) from the “Gubkine” Russian State University of oil and gas in Moscow (Russia). Prior to his appointment as a research scientist at the King Abdullah university of Science and technology (KAUST, KSA) in Prof Eddaoudi group, Dr Youssef Belmabkhout spent few months in ICPET-NRC (Ottawa, Canada) in 2010 working on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell. He occupied a research associate position in the department of chemistry at the university of Ottawa (Canada) with Prof Sayari from 2007 to 2010 and one and half year in the prestigious French Institute of Petroleum (IFP) in Lyon, France from 2006 to 2007. During his short research career, Dr Youssef Belmabkhout explored the use of several classes of materials for applications related to energy efficiency and environmental sustainability.