Materials Science and Chemistry

Biography

Hosam Saleh is a professor of radioactive waste management at the Radioisotope Department, Atomic Energy Authority, Egypt. He was awarded MSc and Ph.D. degrees in Physical Chemistry from Cairo University. Saleh has more than 25 years of experience in hazardous waste management with an emphasis on treatment and developing new matrixes for the immobilization of these wastes. He is also interested in studying innovative economic and environment-friendly techniques for the management of hazardous and radioactive wastes. He authored many peer-reviewed scientific papers and chapters and served as a Book Editor of several books related to international publishers. He has been selected among the top 2% of scientists in the world according to the Stanford University report for 2020 and 2021. He is also a reviewer, an Editor in Chief or Associate Editor for different journals as well as a member of the Technical Program Committee for international conferences. He gained the Scientific Encouragement Award from Atomic Energy Authority (2013), Encouragement Prize in Advanced Technical Sciences from the Academy of Scientific Research (2014).

Research Interest

Radioactive and Hazardous Waste Management; Application of Friendly Environmental Agents in Radioactive Waste Management; Development of Matrices for Immobilization of Radioactive and Hazardous Wastes; Application of organic, inorganic materials as additives to form cement composites as immobilizing matrices for hazardous wastes.