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Maher El-Kady carried out his doctoral studies at UCLA
with Prof. Richard Kaner, who holds the Chair in Materials
Innovation in the Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry. Before joining UCLA, he had extensive
training in physical chemistry during his Master’s
program at Cairo University. For more than 12 years, he
has been studying the chemistry and physics of materials
with applications in energy storage, electronic devices,
medical and healthcare devices, chemical sensors and
biosensors, nanogenerators, electronic skin, solar cells,
water splitting, hydrogen energy, water remediation, and
environmental monitoring. El-Kady has co-authored 17
US and international patents issued and pending and
nearly 50 papers in prestigious journals. His
Dr. Maher El-Kady groundbreaking work on graphene led to the
development of Nanotech Energy, Inc. where he is leading
a team of scientists and engineers for developing more
powerful batteries, supercapacitors, printed electronics,
nanomaterials, conductive inks, and adhesives. Citations:
Research 8268; h-index: 29 as of January 21, 2020 (7245/8-19-19/h27).
Clarivate Analytics: 11 articles in the category of "highly
Assistant Professor,
cited papers", which features research papers in the top 1%
Department of Chemistry & of their academic field according to the Web of Science.
Amgen Postdoctoral Award, Molecular Biology Institute,
Biochemistry, University of
2015. Cairo University Presidential Award for Excellence
California, Los Angeles, in Research, 2013. UCLA Herbert Newby McCoy Award,
UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2012.
Chief Technology Officer
Lindau Graduate Student Award, Lindau Nobel Laureates
Nanotech Energy Meeting Council, 2009. Discussed how graphene can
revolutionize the automobile in PBS and BBC TV
series Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the
E-mail: maherk@chem.ucla.edu World. The show was highlighted in Washington Post,
2019. Featured in a short movie with the legendary Grant
Tel: 310-923-0036 Imahara on making graphene and the power of graphene

technology and portable power, Jan 2016. Featured with
Groks Science Radio Show and Podcast in an episode on 3-
D Supercapacitors, 2015.
Talk Title A Quest for Sustainable Energy: From
Talk Date : Tuesday ۳ March Nanoscale Energy Generators to Green
2020 Batteries and Supercapacitors

Place: Main Hall

Time: 9:00-10:00

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