Basic and Applied Science Institute Research Areas

Nanoscience Program (Nano)

• Heterogeneous catalysis for high temperature and pressure conversion of pollutant gases (CO₂, CO, etc,) to add-value liquid petrochemical products production and Power-to- X applications.
• Biomedical applications (light therapy for cancer tissues, drug delivery release systems, detection and quantification of proteins, etc).
• Photocatalytic remediation of different water pollutants using visible/solar irradiations.
• Nanostructured conductive Carbon (Graphene/CNTs/CNFs) and polymer materials for inkjet and laser printed 2D and 3D wearable (Flexible) electronics devices and IoT applications (ultra supercapacitors, Li-batteries, thermoelectric devices, biosensors, and gas, temperature and humidity sensors)
• Solar energy conversion, nanophotonic, optoelectronic applications, green hydrogen generation
• Biofuel production from biowaste
• Carbon nanostructured materials for photocatalysis and water treatment (toxic metal ions, and organic pollutants).
• Nanoporous materials and core-shell nanomaterials and their application in sensors, adsorbents, and drug delivery.

Biotechnology Program (Bio)

• Medical: Diagnostics, Biomarkers, Therapeutics
• Microbiological Biotechnology: Host – Pathogen Interface, Bio-Active Products
• Agricultural Biotechnology: Pest control; GMO`s.
• Industrial and environmental biotechnology.
• Nanobiotechnology

Applied and Computational Mathematics (ACM) Program

• Computational Methods for Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations
• Fractional Calculus and Applications
• Dynamical Systems and Applications
• Mathematical Modelling (Biology, Ecology and Engineering, …)
• Applications of Computational Mathematics to Science and Engineering
• Stochastic Process

Energy Materials (EMA) Program

• Nano-Physics.
• Nanommaterials for optoelectronics, Thermoelectricity and Energy application
• Nanotechnology
• Nano-Dots, Nano-wires and Graphene based materials.
• Green Hydrogen (Materials physical properties)
• Optical and electrical properties of Carbon nanostructures-based materials and devices
• Nano-sensors
• Device Physics (including Solar cells and Light Emitting Diodes)

Space Environment (SEN) Program

• Space Environment
• Space Weather
• Space Plasma
• Solar Physics
• Geophysics
• Geomagnetism
• Global Navigation Satellite Systems
• Heliospheric Physics
• Ionospheric Physics
• Earth’s Atmosphere
• Cosmic Rays
• Muon Tomography
• Elementary Particles
• Detector Physics
• Radiation Physics