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of Tunisia's Award for research and innovation in 2022. Dr Chehimi has just been appointed A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Distinguished Professor at SRM IST in Chennai (Tamil Nadu, India).

Prof. Mehmet A. Oturan is a full Professor of Exceptional Class at Universit Gustave Eiffel. He obtained Chemical Engineer degree (1973), MS degree (1975) and Ph.D. degree (1979) in Analytical Electrochemistry at the Hacettepe University in Ankara (Turkey) before becoming Associate Professor at the Paris-7 University (France). His research activities mainly focus on the generation of radical species in a catalytic way by means of electrochemical, chemical or photochemical techniques, including their application to chemical kinetics, degradation mechanisms and electrochemical engineering. His publications are cited over 26,000 times with an H-index of 83 (Web of Science, October 2023). He published also four books and fifteen book chapters. He presented more than 200 contributions including 50 invited conferences to scientific national and international congresses and several seminars at different universities/institutions.

Professor Ahmad Fauzi Ismail is the Vice Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and the Founding Director of the Advanced Membrane Technology Research Center (AMTEC). He is the author and co-author of over 1000 refereed journals (cited over 80,000 times) with an h-index of 105 (Scopus), and he has authored 11 books, 80 book chapters, and edited 14 books. He has received more than 200 awards at both the national and international levels. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to membrane technology research and its diverse applications, Professor Ahmad Fauzi is a 2023 Mustafa Prize Laureate, making history as the first Malaysian to be honored with this prestigious award. Additionally, Prof. Fauzi has been recognized as one of the world's most cited researchers in Chemical Engineering by ShanghaiJiaotong University. His research focuses on the development of polymeric, inorganic, and mixed matrix membranes for various applications, including water desalination, wastewater treatment, gas separation processes, membranes for fuel cell applications, palm oil refining, hemodialysis membranes, and smart optical fiber for tracking the migration of oil flow.