MOHAMED SHAKER

Knowledgeable Research Associate with robust background in conducting and analyzing scientific studies. Contributed to significant research projects and collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive innovative solutions. Demonstrated critical thinking and proficiency in data analysis and research methodologies.

• Successfully conducted and optimized over organic synthesis experiments, resulting in reproducible data and achieving high yields.
• Developed and validated analytical methods (e.g., HPLC, GC-MS, NMR) for accurate quantification and characterization of novel compounds.
• Designed and executed multi-step synthetic routes for target molecules used in polymer/materials research.
• Contributed to the discovery and development of the use of table salt in plastic chemical recycling leading to a provisional patent and publication.
• Co-authored in +20 peer-reviewed journal articles, contributing significant experimental data and analysis.

• Egyptian National Network for Nanotechnology, 2018.
• The Polymer Society in Korea, 2011.
• The Korean Chemical Society, 2014.

• Efficient Depolymerization of single and multilayer plastics, 2023-2024
• Upcycled waxes for packaging and non-packaging uses, 2023-2024
• Electrospun Organic Polymers for electronic devices applications (STDF 28971) (2020-2022), Tanta University.
• Processing and evaluation of Polymer nanofibers for controlled drug delivery systems (STDF 28987) (2020-2022), Tanta University.
• The GIST Research Institute (GRI) project through a grant provided by GIST in 2017.
• The Basic Science Research Program though the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science 2015-2016, Korea South. ICT and Future Planning (NRF-2015R1A2A1A01002493), Korea South.
• The GIST-Caltech Research Collaboration Project through a grant provided by GIST in 2014-2016.
• The Global Frontier R&D Program (2013-073298) in the Center for Hybrid Interface Materials (HIM) funded by the Ministry of Science, Korea South.

• Quantum dot film and applications thereof, S Lee, C Lee, MS Mohamed, LIM Jeongmin, S Kahee, JW Lee, S Hyun, US 2019 / 0334107 A1, 2019.
• Efficient Depolymerization of single and multilayer plastics, in progress 2023.
• Pyrolytic waxes from polyethylene virgin and plastic waste with potential rheology modifier properties in progress 2024.

• Virgin and waste polymer recycling and Pyrolysis
• Design, Synthesis and characterization of polymers and organic materials.
• Polymer synthesis and Organic Mechanochemistry
• Synthesis of π-conjugated organic polymers and small molecules as well as dye sensors.
• The structure-properties relationship of organic macromolecules.
• C-H and C-X bond activation reactions.

Design of Compostable and Recyclable   Modified Soybean Oil-Coated Paper with Enhanced Water and Oil Resistance

V Kumar, M Shaker, A   Khan, S Sabde, SS Hamdani, MO Alghaysh, ...ACS Sustainable   Resource Management 2 (1), 98-107

One-pot synthesis of robust silyl   ether-based HDPE vitrimers with enhanced performance and recyclability

S Ash, R Sharma, M   Shaker, S Patil, S Cheng, M Rabnawaz, Polymer 308, 127374

Tailoring Olefin Contents Formation   during Waste Plastic Pyrolysis

M Shaker, M Rabnawaz, ACS Applied Polymer   Materials 6 (16), 9866-9874

Chemical upcycling of high-density   polyethylene into upcycled waxes as rheology modifiers and paper coating   materials

Mohamed Shaker,   Tanyaradzwa S. Muzata, Christopher M. Saffron, Syeda Shamila ...Journal of Cleaner   Production 467, 142943

Driving selective upcycling of mixed   polyethylene waste with table salt

Mohamed Shaker, Syeda   Shamila Hamdani, Tanyaradzwa S. Muzata, Muhammad Rabnawaz, Scientific Reports 14,   14371

Upcycled waxes from mixed polyolefins   for hot-melt adhesive (HMA) applications

A Ganapathi, M Shaker,   M Rabnawaz, RSC Sustainability 2   (10), 3047-3053

Revolutionizing Plastics Chemical   Recycling with Table Salt

M Shaker, V Kumar, CM   Saffron, M Rabnawaz, Advanced Sustainable   Systems 8 (1), 2300306

Synthesis, characterization, and   biological activities of new conjugates of Guanosine grafted on polyvinyl   alcohol, carbohydrate chitosan, and cellulose

SA El-Naggar, AA   El-Barbary, YA Hafez, WM Salama, HM Elkholy, ..., Polymer Bulletin 80   (6), 6433-6454

Comparative study of the   optoelectronic properties of diketopyrrolopyrrole based polymers obtained by   direct CH arylation

M Shaker, Polymer Bulletin 79,   829–842

Molecular organized isoindigo based   small molecules with terminal thermally cleavable protecting group

M Shaker, H Hayashi, H   Yamada, Dyes and Pigments 184,   108806

Synthesis and characterization of   π-bridged [A (DAnD) 2] based small molecules with potential optoelectronic   application

M Shaker, JH Lee, B   Park, S Lee, K Lee, JS Lee, Synthetic Metals 261,   116307

Optical, photo physical parameters and   photo stability of 6-Substituted-1, 2, 4-Triazine mono glucosyl derivative to   act as a laser dye in various solvents

EZME Mahmoud E.M.   Sakr, Maram T.H. Abou Kana, Ahmed H.M. Elwahy, Hamed M ...Mohamed Shaker, Molecular and Biomolecular  Spectroscopy 232, 118145-118152, 2020.

Face-on oriented thermolabile   Boc-isoindigo/thiophenes small molecules: From synthesis to OFET performance

M Shaker, B Park, S   Lee, K Lee, Dyes and Pigments 172,   107784

Quantum dot film and applications   thereof

S Lee, C Lee, MS   MOHAMED, S LEE, J LIM, K SHIN, JW Lee, S Hyun, US Patent App.   16/468,372

A newly designed isoindigo/thiophene   medium-sized molecule containing a π (D–A–D) bridge with unexpected organic   photovoltaic performance

M Shaker, MM   El-Hendawy, B Park, K Lee, New Journal of   Chemistry 43 (46), 18126-18133

Enhancement of molecular-level   ordering of isoindigo based organic materials through deprotecting of  cleavable carbamate groups with long alkyl chains

CK Trinh, JW Choi, HJ   Lee, M Shaker, W Kim, CL Lee, JS Lee, Synthetic Metals 246,   172-177

Molecular ordering of A (D–A′–D)   2-based organic semiconductors through hydrogen bonding after simple cleavage   of tert-butyloxycarbonyl protecting groups

CK Trinh, HJ Lee, JW   Choi, M Shaker, W Kim, JS Lee

New Journal of   Chemistry 42 (4), 2557-2563

Synthesis of narrow bandgap random   Isoindigo/Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based polymers containing thermally removable   groups for Organic Field Effect Transistors

KC Thinh, M Shaker, B   Park, JH Lee, WB Kim, HJ Lee, JS Lee

한국고분자학회

Synthesis of narrow bandgap random   Isoindigo/Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based polymers containing thermally removable   groups for Organic Field Effect Transistors

HJL M Shaker, B Park,   JH Lee, W Kim

한국고분자학회 학술대회 연구논문 초록집 42   (2), 116-116

Synthesis and organic field effect   transistor properties of isoindigo/DPP-based polymers containing a   thermolabile group

M Shaker, B Park, JH   Lee, CK Trinh, HJ Lee, J woo Choi, H Kim, K Lee, ...

RSC advances 7 (27),   16302-16310

Correction: A facile method to   synthesize [A′(D′ AD) 2]-based push–pull small molecules for organic   photovoltaics

M Shaker, JH Lee, CK   Trinh, W Kim, K Lee, JS Lee

RSC Advances 6 (109),   107296-107296

Direct CH arylation synthesis of   conducting polymers for organic electronic application

WB Kim, M Shaker, KC   Trinh, G Nassar, JS Lee

Japan-Korea Joint   Symposium

A facile method to synthesize [A′(D′   AD) 2]-based push–pull small molecules for organic photovoltaics

M Shaker, JH Lee, CK   Trinh, W Kim, K Lee, JS Lee

RSC Advances 5 (81),   66005-66012

Direct C–H arylation synthesis of (DD′   AD′ DA′)-constituted alternating polymers with low bandgaps and their   photovoltaic performance

M Shaker, CK Trinh, W   Kim, H Kim, K Lee, JS Lee

New Journal of   Chemistry 39 (6), 4957-4964

1PS-92: Ionomer Interfacial Layer for   Efficient Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells

M Shaker

한국고분자학회 연구논문 초록집  2012 (1), 65-65

Synthesis, characterization, and   biological activity of some aza‐uracil   derivatives

AA El‐Barbary, YA Hafiz, MS   Abdel‐Wahed

Journal of   Heterocyclic Chemistry 48 (3), 639-644

Glycosylation, sugar hydrazones, and   antimicrobial evaluation of some 6-substituted-1, 2, 4-triazines

AA El-Barbary, YA   Hafiz, MS Abdel-Wahed

Nucleosides,   Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids 29 (1), 55-71

Oct/2011 Awarded Dasan scholarship for good academic record, GIST, South Korea, Oct./2017 GIST’S WHO Award from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), March 2019 Egyptian Japanese Educational Partnership (EJEP) Fellowship