Biography

Sum frequency generation spectroscopy, Solid/liquid interfaces, Zeta potential measurements, Analytical chemistry 

Education

B.Sc. in Chemistry; Beni Suef University, Egypt (2008) 

M.Sc. in Chemistry; King Fahd University of Petroleum and minerals, Saudi Arabia (2015)

Ph.D. in Chemistry; University of Alberta, Canada (2021, Gibbs Research Group)

Publications

1. Mokhtar Rashwan, Benjamin Rehl, Nikolas Romaniuk, Julianne M. Gibbs, Probing Silica-Kaolinite Interactions with Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy, Langmuir; 2022, 38, 51, 15984–15994. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02414

2. Mokhtar Rashwan, Benjamin Rehl, Adrien Sthoer, Akemi M. Darlington, Md. Shafiul Azam, Hongbo Zeng, Qingxia Liu, Eric Tyrode, Julianne M. Gibbs, Structure of the Silica/Divalent Electrolyte Interface: Molecular Insight into Charge Inversion with Increasing pH, J Phys. Chem. C. 2020, 124, 49, 26973-26981. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c09747

3. Chanbasha Basheer, Mokhtar Rashwan, Eid Al Mutairi, Amjad A. Shaikh, Khurram Karim Qureshi, Application of Ultraviolet Radiation to Control the Calcium Carbonate Scale Formation and Deposition on the Membranes, J. Chem. 2020, 10, 1155-1162. DOI: 10.1155/2020/8083705

4. Benjamin Rehl, Mokhtar Rashwan, Emma L. DeWalt-Kerian, Tasha A. Jarisz, Akemi M. Darlington, Dennis K. Hore, Julianne M Gibbs, New Insights on χ⁽³⁾ Measurements: Comparing Non-Resonant Second Harmonic Generation and Resonant Sum Frequency Generation at the Silica/Aqueous Electrolyte Interface, J Phys. Chem. C. 2019, 123, 10991-11000. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b01300

5. Chanbasha Basheer, Amjad A. Shaikh, Eid Al Mutairi, Mokhtar Noor El Deen, Calcium Carbonate Scale Inhibition with Ultrasonication and a Commercial Antiscalant, Water, 2021, 13(23), 3428. DOI: 10.3390/w13233428