Publication activity: 

• Publications in scientific journals: 19
• Contributed lectures at conferences: 5
• Citations:112

The most significant publications:

• Mokhtar Mahmoud, Jozef Kraxner, Hamada Elsayed, Dušan Galusek, Enrico Bernardo, Alkali activation-induced cold consolidation of waste glass: Application in organic-free direct ink writing of photocatalytic dye destructors. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2023.12.023.
• Mokhtar Mahmoud, Jozef Kraxner, Hamada Elsayed, Dušan Galusek, Enrico Bernardo, Fabrication and environmental applications of glass microspheres: A review, Ceramics International, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2023.10.040.
• Mokhtar Mahmoud, Jozef Kraxner, Hamada Elsayed, Dušan Galusek, Enrico Bernardo, Enhanced methylene blue adsorption by double alkali activation of highly porous glass microspheres prepared from waste glass, (2023), Journal of Materials Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-023-09207-7.
• Mokhtar Mahmoud, Jozef Kraxner, Hamada Elsayed, Dušan Galusek, Enrico Bernardo, Upcycling waste derived glass into high-performance photocatalytic scaffolds by alkali activation and direct ink writing, Hylion, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24737.
• Mokhtar Mahmoud, Jozef Kraxner, Hamada Elsayed, Dušan Galusek, Enrico Bernardo, Advanced Dye Sorbents from Combined Stereolithography 3D Printing and Alkali Activation of Pharmaceutical Glass Waste, Materials, (2022), https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15196823.
• Mokhtar Mahmoud, Jozef Kraxner, Hana Kaňková, Miroslava Hujová, Si Chen, Dušan Galusek, Enrico Bernardo, Porous Glass Microspheres from Alkali-Activated Fiber Glass Waste, Materials, (2022), https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15031043.
• Pavel Larionau, Miroslava Hujova, Monika Michalková, Mokhtar Mahmoud, Anna Švančárk,Dagmar Galusková,Milan Parchoviansky,Enrico Bernardo,Dušan Galusek,Jozef Kraxner, Low-alkali borosilicate glass microspheres from waste cullet prepared by flame synthesis, International Journal of Applied Glass Science, (2021), https://doi.org/10.1111/ijag.16144 p. 562-569.

Education:

• 2023: Doctor of Philosophy in Inorganic Chemistry from the FunGlass Centre, Slovakia, and University of Padova, Italy. Thesis titled “Second Life of Waste Glasses: Application of Glass Microspheres in Advanced 3D Glass Structures“
• 2017: Master’s Degree in Inorganic Chemistry from the Faculty of Science, Cairo University. Thesis titled “Utilization of Sinai Basaltic Rocks for Glass Ceramic Production“

Awards, scholarships and research stays:

• Internship for 6 months at Helmholtz Institute Ulm- Germany

 Other activities:

• Membership in the European Ceramic Society