Omar Abdelaziz

Dr. Omar Abdelaziz obtained his Bachelor's (2013) and Master's (2015) degrees from Cairo University, Egypt, and his Ph.D. (2021) in Chemical Engineering from Lund University, Sweden. His Ph.D. research focused on developing technologies for the thermochemical conversion of industrial lignin into value-added chemicals. He is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at Lund University, where he continues to explore novel routes for lignin and waste valorization. His research interests include sustainable process engineering, energy systems, renewable chemicals and fuels, and circular economy. Since 2015, he has published and co-authored 36 peer-reviewed journal papers, 3 peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and 1 patent. He is also a co-founder of a start-up company dealing in renewable-based batteries.