Awards, Grants, and Patents
Awards
- 2009 – Young Scientist Award from Leeds University UK & NIT Calicut.
- 2012- Two Seed Fund Awards from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia.
- 2014 – Best Research Paper Award from European Desalination Society (Cyprus).
- 2015 – Young Academics Award from European Membrane Society (Italy).
Patents
- European Patent: Hammami, Mohamed Amen, Lijo Francis, Jonas Croissant, Noreddine Ghaffour, Shahad Alsaiari, and Niveen M. Khashab. "Periodic mesoporous organosilica-doped nanocomposite membranes and systems including same."
- US Patent: Noreddine Ghaffour, Lijo Francis, Zhenyu Li, Rodrigo Valladares, Ahmad S Alsaadi, Muhannad Abu Ghdaib, Gary Amy. Osmotically and thermally isolated forward osmosis-membrane distillation (FO-MD) integrated module for water treatment applications. US Patent 10688439. 23-06-2020.
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