Individual Information
Hilal Shahab Wahab
Professor
Chemistry Department, College of Science, Al-Nahrain University
Web Page:
http://www.aascit.org/membership/hswahab
Educational Qualification
From 09/1971 to 06/1975, B.Sc. Chemistry , Iraq
From 07/1977 to 06/1979, M.Sc. Analytical Chemistry , Ottawa, Canada
From 09/2001 to 07/2006, Ph.D. Physical Chemistry , Iraq + Germany
Research Interests
Nano-materials and Photocatalysis
Environmental Pollution Chemistry
Work Experience
From 08/1979 to 08/1991, Senior Scientist , Scientific Research Foundation / Iraq
From 09/1991 to 08/2006, Expert , Energy and Environmental Research Center / Iraq
From 09/2006 to 07/2010, Assistant Professor , University of Technology / Iraq
From 10/2007 to 04/2008, Research Fellow , University of Athens / Athens / Greece
From 11/2008 to 05/2009, Research Fellow , Latrobe university/ Melbourne / Australia
From 08/2010 to Till date, Professor , Al-Nahrain University / Iraq
From 06/2012 to 09/2012, Research Fellow , Leibniz institute for catalysis / Rostock / Germany
From 06/2013 to 10/2013, Visiting Professor , Georgia Institute of Technology / Atlanta / USA
From 09/2014 to 10/2014, Visiting Scientist , Bangor University / Bangor / Wales / UK
From 07/2015 to 09/2015, Visiting Scientist , Karlsruhe Institute for Technology / Karlsruhe / Germany
From 03/2016 to 04/2016, Visiting Scientist , Karlsruhe Institute for Technology / Karlsruhe / Germany
From 11/1980 to 11/2014, Senior Scientist , Life time 34 Years ( Citation on earliest article after 34 years)
From 06/2006 to 10/2017, Reviewer , Reviewer for peer reviewed scientific journals; Journal of Hazardous Materials, Catalysis Communications, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Journal
Selected Publications
Educational Qualification
From 09/1971 to 06/1975, B.Sc. Chemistry , Iraq
From 07/1977 to 06/1979, M.Sc. Analytical Chemistry , Ottawa, Canada
From 09/2001 to 07/2006, Ph.D. Physical Chemistry , Iraq + Germany
Research Interests
Nano-materials and Photocatalysis
Environmental Pollution Chemistry
Work Experience
From 08/1979 to 08/1991, Senior Scientist , Scientific Research Foundation / Iraq
From 09/1991 to 08/2006, Expert , Energy and Environmental Research Center / Iraq
From 09/2006 to 07/2010, Assistant Professor , University of Technology / Iraq
From 10/2007 to 04/2008, Research Fellow , University of Athens / Athens / Greece
From 11/2008 to 05/2009, Research Fellow , Latrobe university/ Melbourne / Australia
From 08/2010 to Till date, Professor , Al-Nahrain University / Iraq
From 06/2012 to 09/2012, Research Fellow , Leibniz institute for catalysis / Rostock / Germany
From 06/2013 to 10/2013, Visiting Professor , Georgia Institute of Technology / Atlanta / USA
From 09/2014 to 10/2014, Visiting Scientist , Bangor University / Bangor / Wales / UK
From 07/2015 to 09/2015, Visiting Scientist , Karlsruhe Institute for Technology / Karlsruhe / Germany
From 03/2016 to 04/2016, Visiting Scientist , Karlsruhe Institute for Technology / Karlsruhe / Germany
From 11/1980 to 11/2014, Senior Scientist , Life time 34 Years ( Citation on earliest article after 34 years)
From 06/2006 to 10/2017, Reviewer , Reviewer for peer reviewed scientific journals; Journal of Hazardous Materials, Catalysis Communications, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Journal
Selected Publications
Books
Journal Articles
Conference Papers
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Environmental Remediation Modelling, ISBN: 978-3-659-40145-9, 2013, Hilal S. Wahab |
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Small Molecules Adsorption Modeling ISBN: 978-3-659-66519-6, 2015, Hilal S. Wahab |
3. |
PATENT, “Synthesis of BismuthOxy Halides Composites for Environmental Applications “ , C01G29/00, Iraq, 2014, Hilal S. Wahab and Isra'a N. Ismaeel |
4. |
PATENT, "A novel methodology for the preparation of mesoporous titanium dioxide nanoparticles from inorganic precursors ", C01G23/0532, Iraq, 2016, Hilal S. Wahab |
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PATENT, "A prototype solar assembly for removal of dye pollutants from water",C02F1/14, C02F1/30, Iraq, 2017, Hilal S. Wahab and Isra'a N. Ismaeel |
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H.S.Wahab and C.L.Chakrabarti "Studies on the sensetivity of yttrium by electrothermal atomization from metallic and metal-carbide surfaces of a heated graphite atomizer in atomic absorption spectrometry", Spectrochimica Acta 36B(no 5),463(1981). |
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H.S.Wahab and C.L.Chakrabarti " Mechanism of yttrium atom formation in electrothermal atomization from metallic and metal-carbide surfaces of a heated graphite atomizer in atomic absorption spectrometry" , Spectrochimica Acta 36B(no 5),475(1981). |
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Hilal S.Wahab, Thomas Bredow, Salah M. Aliwi "Computational modeling of the adsorption and photodegradation of 4-chlorophenol on anatase TiO2 particles"J. Molecular Structure:THEOCHEM 863 (2008) 84. |
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Hilal S.Wahab, Thomas Bredow, Salah M. Aliwi “Computational investigation of water and oxygen adsorption on the anatase TiO2 (100) surface” J. Molecular Structure:THEOCHEM 868 (2008) 101. |
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Hilal S.Wahab, Thomas Bredow, Salah M. Aliwi “MSINDO quantum chemical modeling study of water molecule adsorption at nano-sized anatase TiO2 surfaces” Chemical Physics 354 (2008) 50. |
6. |
Hilal S.Wahab, Thomas Bredow, Salah M. Aliwi “Computational investigation of the adsorption and photocleavage of chlorobenzene on anatase TiO2 surfaces"Chemical Physics 353 (2008) 93. |
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Hilal S.Wahab, Thomas Bredow, Salah M. Aliwi “A Computational study on the adsorption and ring cleavage of para-chlorophenol on anatase TiO2 surface” Surface Science 603 (2009) 664. |
8. |
Hilal S.Wahab and Andreas D. Koutselos "A Computational study on the adsorption and OH initiated photochemical and photocatalytic primary oxidation of aniline" Chemical Physics 358 (2009) 171. |
9. |
Hilal S.Wahab and Andreas D. Koutselos “Computational modeling of the adsorption and OH initiated photochemical and photocatalytic primary oxidation of nitrobenzene” J. Molecular Modeling 15 (2009) 1237. |
10. |
Athinoula Petrou, Andreas D. Koutselos, Hilal S. Wahab, William Clegg, Ross W. Harrington and Richard A. Henderson “Kinetic and Theoretical Studies on the Protonation of [Ni(2-SC6H4N){PhP(CH2CH2PPh2)2}]+: Nitrogen versus Sulfur as the Protonation Site” Inorg. Chem. 50 (2011) 847–857. |
11. |
Hilal S.Wahab and Andreas D. Koutselos “Comparative study of the adsorption of aromatic pollutants onto TiO2 (100) surface via molecular simulation” Aust. J. Chem. 64 (2011) 1611-1616. |
12. |
Hilal S. Wahab “Quantum chemical modeling study of adsorption of benzoic acid on anatase TiO2 nanoparticles” J. Molecular Modeling 18 (2012) 2709-2716. |
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Hilal S. Wahab “Molecular modeling of the adsorption and initial photocatalytic oxidation step for para-nitrophenol on nano-sized TiO2 surface” Surface Science 606 (2012) 624-633. |
14. |
Hilal S. Wahab, Salam H. Ali, Adi M.Abdul Hussein “Adsorption of H2O, CO2, O2, Ti and Cu on graphene: A molecular modeling approach” Int. J of Basic Appl. Sci. 12 (2012) 234-240. |
15. |
Ahmed A. Hussain and Hilal S. Wahab “Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of anatase TiO2 nanoparticles” Int. J. of Nanotechnol. Nanosci. 2 (2014) 1- 6. |
16. |
Hilal Shahab Wahab, Khalil Ibraheem Hussain “Determination of isotopic composition and concentration of uranium and boron by thermal ionization mass spectrometric isotopic dilution technique” American J. of Applied Chemistry 2 (2014) 27-32. |
17. |
Hilal S Wahab, Ahmed A. Hussain “Photocatalytic Oxidation of Phenol red on Synthesized Nanocrystalline TiO2 Particles”, J. Nanostruct. Chem. 6 (2016) 261-274 |
18. |
Hilal S. Wahab, Salam H. Ali, Adi M.Abdul Hussein “Synthesis and Characterization of Graphene by Raman Spectroscopy “J. Mater. Sci. Appl. 1 (2015) 130-135 |
19. |
Hilal S. Wahab, Ghufran M. Majeed, Haneen A. Abdul-saheb" Bleaching of Congo Red and Methyl Green Dyes Using Iron (III) Oxide Based Nanocatalyst" AASCIT J. Nanoscience 1 (2015) 29-35 |
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Israa N. Ismaeel, Hilal S. Wahab "Adsorption of Eriochrom Black T Azo Dye onto Nanosized Anatase TiO2"Am. J. Environ. Eng. Sci. 2 (2015) 86-92 |
21. |
Hilal S. Wahab , Hussein M. Hadi "Visible light N-TiO2 induced photodegradation of Congo red: characterization, kinetics and mechanistic study" Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 14 (2017) 2135-2148 |
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ISI SCOPUS H-index = 10 for 166 Citations, http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=24400241100 |
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GOOGLE SCHOLAR H-index = 11 for 231 Citations https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rSyJo6IAAAAJ&hl=en |
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ISI SCOPUS G-index = 13 and i10-index =10 / GOOGLE SCHOLAR G-index = 14 and i10-index = 11 |
1. |
"Adsorption and degradation of aniline on nanocrystalline TiO2 surface: Molecular modeling approach" / 7th Liquid Matter Conference 27 June – 1 July 2008, Lund, Sweden / Hilal S. Wahab and Andreas Koutselos |
2. |
"Modelling Gaseous Alanine and N-Alkyl Alanine" / Molecular Modelling (MM2009) Conference, Gold Coast , Queensland, Australia, 26- 29 July, 2009 / David D. J. Wilson and Hilal S. Wahab |
3. |
"BiOI/BiOCl Composites Applications in Environment" / Energy Symposium, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA, 14-15 July, 2013 / Isra'a N. Ismaeel and Hilal S. Wahab |