Ashraf Chamseddine, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health & Safety
University of Doha for Science and Technology (UDST), Doha, Qatar
Biography
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health & Safety
College of Health Sciences
University of Doha for Science & Technology (UDST)
Environmental Consultant
Worked with WHO, UNDP and many other private companies.
Research Interest
Environmental & Water Resources Engineering / Chemical Engineering/ Agricultural
Engineering: Environmental Impact Assessments, desalination and water treatment, ambient air
monitoring, indoor air quality (IAQ) management; Surface water quality; Green-house gas (GHG)
emissions and climate change implications; Waste and air quality management, Bio-aerosols
monitoring and sampling of viruses, bacteria, fungi and molds, development of agricultural rural and
urban lands and agricultural services consulting.
? Physical & Analytical Chemistry: Thermodynamics, Quantum Chemistry, Kinetics and Material
Science Atmospheric Chemistry; Analytical Chemistry; Physical and Wet Chemistry; Environmental
Science.
? Environmental Health, Toxicology, Microbiology and Virology: Monitoring of chemical pollutants
as well as bacteria and viruses in critical indoor environments. Studying the evolutionary dynamics
and antiviral drug susceptibility of influenza viruses and investigating the interplay between
influenza virus and the sphingolipid pathway and as well as virus-pathogen interactions.
? Computational Modeling (Chemical & Environmental Sciences): Air and water quality modeling
using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), ANSYS ? FLUENT, CALPUF, CONTAM, AERMOD
and GIS.
? Food Chemistry, Food Safety and Processing: Industrial Food Production; Food Analysis; assessing
the effects of processing technologies on the quality of locally made foods.
