Ahmed Barhoum is the head of the Nanostruc Research Group, Chemistry Department, Helwan University (Egypt). He obtained his PhD and postdoc fellowship in chemical sciences from the Department of Materials and Chemistry (MACH), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium). He currently works in the School of Chemical Sciences (SCS) at Dublin City University (Ireland). He is also a member of the National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR), Fraunhofer Project Centre (FPC), and Nano Research Facility (NRF) at Dublin City University (Ireland). His research interests include the fabrication of nanoparticles, nanofibers, hydrogels, and thin films for electrocatalysis, drug delivery, and electrochemical biosensors. He has won several scientific awards and prizes for his academic excellence: Helwan University Prizes (2020 and 2019), Irish Research Council (2020), Chinese Academy of Science Fellowship (China, 2019), Institut français d’Égypte Fellowships (France, 2018 and 2020), Research Foundation Flanders Fellowships (Belgium, 2015 and 2016), Medastar Erasmus Mundus (Belgium, 2012), Welcome xi Erasmus Mundus (Italy, 2012), Gold Medal from Egyptian Syndicate of Scientific Professions (2007), Gold Medal from Helwan University (2007), and many more. Ahmed also acts as an expert evaluator for the National Science Centre (Poland), Czech Science Foundation (Russia), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF, Switzerland), and Innovators Support Fund (ISF, Egypt) and examiner for international students’ work (Egypt, India, Australia, etc.). He is the editor of 12 handbooks published by Elsevier and Springer Nature. Ahmed has secured 18 research grants (PI/CoPI of 10 funded projects and member of 8 projects) from Egypt (ASRT & STDF), China (CAS), Japan (JSPS), the USA (NSF & US-Aid), Belgium (SIM & FWO), Germany (AGYA), and France (Imhotep), among others. He was co-organizer of 4 conferences and coauthored 150 publications. He has published in highimpact journals including the Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Applied Materials Today, Nanoscale, Carbohydrate Polymers, Materials Science and Engineering: C, and the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, and many of his papers have been highlighted in Research Highlights, News & Views, journal cover articles, and national and international media and press. His handbook Emerging Applications of Nanoparticles, Elsevier, has been featured on CNN, Forbes, and Inc Top Best Nanostructures Books of All Time.

• Fundamentals.- Nanofabrication.- Processing.- Energy and Electronics.- Biomedical Applications.- Enviromental Applications.- Constructions and other Applications.

Ahmed Barhoum is the head of the Nanostruc Research Group, Chemistry Department, Helwan University (Egypt). He obtained his PhD and postdoc fellowship in chemical sciences from the Department of Materials and Chemistry (MACH), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium). He currently works in the School of Chemical Sciences (SCS) at Dublin City University (Ireland). He is also a member of the National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR), Fraunhofer Project Centre (FPC), and Nano Research Facility (NRF) at Dublin City University (Ireland). His research interests include the fabrication of nanoparticles, nanofibers, hydrogels, and thin films for electrocatalysis, drug delivery, and electrochemical biosensors. He has won several scientific awards and prizes for his academic excellence: Helwan University Prizes (2020 and 2019), Irish Research Council (2020), Chinese Academy of Science Fellowship (China, 2019), Institut français d’Égypte Fellowships (France, 2018 and 2020), Research Foundation Flanders Fellowships (Belgium, 2015 and 2016), Medastar Erasmus Mundus (Belgium, 2012), Welcome xi Erasmus Mundus (Italy, 2012), Gold Medal from Egyptian Syndicate of Scientific Professions (2007), Gold Medal from Helwan University (2007), and many more. Ahmed also acts as an expert evaluator for the National Science Centre (Poland), Czech Science Foundation (Russia), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF, Switzerland), and Innovators Support Fund (ISF, Egypt) and examiner for international students’ work (Egypt, India, Australia, etc.). He is the editor of 12 handbooks published by Elsevier and Springer Nature. Ahmed has secured 18 research grants (PI/CoPI of 10 funded projects and member of 8 projects) from Egypt (ASRT & STDF), China (CAS), Japan (JSPS), the USA (NSF & US-Aid), Belgium (SIM & FWO), Germany (AGYA), and France (Imhotep), among others. He was co-organizer of 4 conferences and coauthored 150 publications. He has published in highimpact journals including the Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Applied Materials Today, Nanoscale, Carbohydrate Polymers, Materials Science and Engineering: C, and the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, and many of his papers have been highlighted in Research Highlights, News & Views, journal cover articles, and national and international media and press. His handbook Emerging Applications of Nanoparticles, Elsevier, has been featured on CNN, Forbes, and Inc Top Best Nanostructures Books of All Time.

• Fundamentals.- Nanofabrication.- Processing.- Energy and Electronics.- Biomedical Applications.- Enviromental Applications.- Constructions and other Applications.

Ahmed Barhoum is the head of the Nanostruc Research Group, Chemistry Department, Helwan University (Egypt). He obtained his PhD and postdoc fellowship in chemical sciences from the Department of Materials and Chemistry (MACH), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium). He currently works in the School of Chemical Sciences (SCS) at Dublin City University (Ireland). He is also a member of the National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR), Fraunhofer Project Centre (FPC), and Nano Research Facility (NRF) at Dublin City University (Ireland). His research interests include the fabrication of nanoparticles, nanofibers, hydrogels, and thin films for electrocatalysis, drug delivery, and electrochemical biosensors. He has won several scientific awards and prizes for his academic excellence: Helwan University Prizes (2020 and 2019), Irish Research Council (2020), Chinese Academy of Science Fellowship (China, 2019), Institut français d’Égypte Fellowships (France, 2018 and 2020), Research Foundation Flanders Fellowships (Belgium, 2015 and 2016), Medastar Erasmus Mundus (Belgium, 2012), Welcome xi Erasmus Mundus (Italy, 2012), Gold Medal from Egyptian Syndicate of Scientific Professions (2007), Gold Medal from Helwan University (2007), and many more. Ahmed also acts as an expert evaluator for the National Science Centre (Poland), Czech Science Foundation (Russia), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF, Switzerland), and Innovators Support Fund (ISF, Egypt) and examiner for international students’ work (Egypt, India, Australia, etc.). He is the editor of 12 handbooks published by Elsevier and Springer Nature. Ahmed has secured 18 research grants (PI/CoPI of 10 funded projects and member of 8 projects) from Egypt (ASRT & STDF), China (CAS), Japan (JSPS), the USA (NSF & US-Aid), Belgium (SIM & FWO), Germany (AGYA), and France (Imhotep), among others. He was co-organizer of 4 conferences and coauthored 150 publications. He has published in highimpact journals including the Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Applied Materials Today, Nanoscale, Carbohydrate Polymers, Materials Science and Engineering: C, and the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, and many of his papers have been highlighted in Research Highlights, News & Views, journal cover articles, and national and international media and press. His handbook Emerging Applications of Nanoparticles, Elsevier, has been featured on CNN, Forbes, and Inc Top Best Nanostructures Books of All Time.

• Fundamentals.- Nanofabrication.- Processing.- Energy and Electronics.- Biomedical Applications.- Enviromental Applications.- Constructions and other Applications.