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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
Books
1. Environmental Remediation Modelling, ISBN: 978-3-659-40145-9, 2013, Hilal S. Wahab
2. 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
5. 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
Journal Articles
1. 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).
2. 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).
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
7. 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.
13. 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
20. 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
22. ISI SCOPUS H-index = 10 for 166 Citations, http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=24400241100
23. GOOGLE SCHOLAR H-index = 11 for 231 Citations https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rSyJo6IAAAAJ&hl=en
24. ISI SCOPUS G-index = 13 and i10-index =10 / GOOGLE SCHOLAR G-index = 14 and i10-index = 11
Conference Papers
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