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SUMMARY:Prof. Youssef Belmabkhout : Versatility vs scalability. Quest of p
 orous materials via the valorization of organic and inorganic Wastes
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Youssef Belmabkhout\, \nDirector of the Applied chemist
 ry and\nEngineering Research Centre of Excellence (ACER CoE)\, \nMohamed 
 VI polytechnic University\,\nBen Guerir\, Morocco \n\n \nAbstract: The 
 large-scale production of energy\, fertilizers\, and other industrial comm
 odities has dramatically increased pollution\, driving the need for innova
 tive strategies to both capture pollutants and valorize industrial waste. 
 One promising pathway is converting waste into functional porous materials
 . Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)\, mesoporous silicas\, and zeolites ar
 e highly effective separation/catalytic agnets\, yet their large-scale dep
 loyment could be limited by the high cost and purity requirements of comme
 rcial precursors. Waste valorization offers a solution by providing abunda
 nt\, low-cost raw materials that can reduce production costs\, ensure a su
 stainable supply chain\, and advance porous material fabrication from labo
 ratory scale to industrially relevant TRLs. In this work\, phosphate rock 
 tailings and phosphogypsum from the phosphate industry were transformed in
 to advanced Ca-MOFs\, heterometallic mesoporous silicas\, and zeolites\, w
 hile tannery effluents and waste plastic bottles were simultaneously valor
 ized into water-harvesting Cr-terephthalate MOFs. These waste-derived prec
 ursors enabled the assembly of functional adsorbents with applications in 
 carbon capture\, heavy metal removal\, alcohol dehydration\, and water har
 vesting\, often yielding heterostructures with enhanced properties not ach
 ievable from pure-grade precursors. Structural attributes and adsorption p
 erformance were confirmed by a comprehensive suite of analytical and sorpt
 ion techniques. Overall\, this study demonstrates how waste valorization c
 an overcome scale-up challenges\, support sustainable production\, and acc
 elerate the transition of porous adsorbents toward real-world applications
  in a circular economy.\nReferences:\n1. Ali Mohammed Yimer\, Ayalew H. As
 sen\, Ikrame El Mghaimimi\, Omar Lakbita\, Karim Adil\, Youssef Belmabkhou
 t\, Unlocking the potential of phosphogypsum waste: Unified synthesis of f
 unctional metal-organic frameworks and zeolite via a sustainable valorizat
 ion route\, Chem. Eng. J. 2024\, 479\, 147902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.c
 ej.2023.147902\n2. Achraf Delhali\, Ayalew H. Assen\, Aminat Mohammed\, Ka
 rim Adil\, Youssef Belmabkhout\, Enabling simultaneous valorization of tan
 nery effluent and waste plastic via sustainable preparation of Cr-BDC MOFs
  for water adsorption\, Sci. Rep. 2023\, 13\, 14653. https://doi.org/10.10
 38/s41598-023-41840-9.\n3. Ali Mohammed Yimer\, Ayalew H Assen\, Hamid Ait
  Said\, Abdessamad Elamri\, Omar Lakbita\, Anthony Rousseau\, Karim Adil\,
  Hicham Benyoucef\, Youssef Daafi\, Youssef Belmabkhout. Direct synthesis 
 of multiple heteroatoms functionalized mesoporous silica adsorbents from p
 hosphate industry mining byproducts. Decontaminating water from Pb(ii) ion
 s as an application case. Journal of Materials Chemistry A\, 2024\, 12 (43
 )\, 29669-29683. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TA05281A\n\nBio: Dr Youssef Be
 lmabkhout is a Full Professor of Chemical and process Engineering for Ener
 gy and Environment at Mohammed VI polytechnic University. He has a PhD in 
 Applied Sciences from the University of Mons (Belgium). His doctoral exper
 tise covers various aspects of reactive and non-reactive adsorption. He ho
 ld also a Chemical Engineering degree (oil and gas technologies) from the 
 “Gubkine” Russian State University of oil and gas in Moscow (Russia).\
 n\nPrior to his appointment as a professor at UM6P\, Dr Belmabkhout occupi
 ed a position as a Senior research scientist at KAUST and few months in IC
 PET-NRC (Ottawa\, Canada) in 2010. From 2007 to 2010\, he occupied a resea
 rch associate position in the department of chemistry at the University of
  Ottawa (Ontario\, Canada) and spent one and half year in the prestigious 
 French Institute of Petroleum (IFP) in Lyon\, France from 2006 to 2007. Du
 ring his research career\, Dr Belmabkhout was awarded the prestigious Euro
 pean Marie–Curie fellowship and Natural Sciences and Engineering Researc
 h Council of Canada (NSERC) Research fellowship. In 2018\, he was honored 
 with the Young African Researchers Award by the Egyptian academy of scient
 ific\, research and Technology (ASRT). The award recognizes his research i
 n the water\, energy and environmental sciences. Prof Belmabkhout has publ
 ished more than 100 papers\, he is the main inventor in more than 10 appli
 cation patents and his research works accumulated more than 24000 citation
 s. Prof Y.Belmabkhout was recognized among the 1% most highly cited scient
 ists in 2019\, 2020\, 2021 and 2022 based on Web of science “Clarivate
 ”.\n 
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