Ezeldin Shafei, Professor of Physical Chemistry Chemistry Department Faculty of Science Cairo University Birth date: November 5, 1956 Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt EDUCATION - B.Sc. (Chemistry), Cairo University, 1978. - M.Sc. (Physical Chemistry) Cairo University, 1982. - PhD (Physical Chemistry) Technical University of Lodz, Poland. EXPERIENCE - Research Assistant, Chemistry Department, Cairo University, 1978-1982. - Lecturer Assistant, Chemistry Department, Cairo University, 1982-1984. - Research Assistant, Technical University of Lodz, Poland, 1984-1989. - Lecturer, Chemistry Department, Cairo University, 1989-1995. - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark, 1995-1997. - Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, Cairo University, 1997-2001. - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Hokkaido University, Japan, 2001-2001. - Professor, Chemistry Department, Cairo University, 2003- present. - Visiting Professor, Freiburg University, Germany, 2005. - Visiting Professor, ChangShung Institute of Applied Chemistry, China, 2008. - Visiting Professor, ChangShung Institute of Applied Chemistry, China, 2009. - Visiting Professor, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Hungary, 2010. - Visiting Professor, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Hungary, 2011. Honors - Cairo University first class graduation award for the best achievement in chemistry, 1978. - Award of Graduate Fellowship, Center of Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Science, Lodz, 1985.
- Award of Rector of the Technical University of Lodz, best researcher, 1988. - Award of the President of the Department of Polish Academy of Science, 1988. - Award of the Minister of Science and Education, Poland, 1989. - Award of Danish visiting Scholar, Technical University of Denmark, 1995-1997. - Award of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) visiting Scholar, 2001. - Award of the State Prize; Egyptian Academy of Science and technology, 2002. - Award of TWAS and CAS for visiting Scholar in China, 2008. - Award of TWAS and CAS for visiting Scholar in China, 2009. - Award of HSB for visiting Scholar in Huugary, 2009. - Award of HSB for visiting Scholar in Huugary, 2010. Reviewing Activities - Reviewer: European Polymer Journal, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Polymer Engineering and Science, Polymer, Journal of Membrane Science. Polymer Engineering and Science. - Reviewer: Supreme Council of Universities, The permanent Scientific Committee. Professional Society - Member of the Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University. - Member of the Egyptian Polymer Society. Research Interests - Dielectric properties of polymeric materials. - Phase structure of polymer blends - Crystallization of polymers - Polymer nanocomposites List of Courses Taught University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, 1990 to present - Advanced Polymer Science. - Introduction to Physical Polymer Science. - Physical Chemistry (1 st year students). - Chemical Themodynamics (2 nd year students). - Physical Chemistry Laboratory (4 th year students)
List of Publications 1- Preparation, characterization and properties of novel 0-3 ferroelectric composites of Ba0.95Ca0.05Ti0.8Zr0.2O3 - poly(vinylidene fluoridetrifluoroethylene), Ez El Shafee, M. S. Bahary, accepted in Materials Chemistry and Physics, (2011), doi:10.1016/j.matchemphys.2011.12.005. 2- Electrical properties of multi walled carbon nanotubes/ poly(vinylidene fluoride/trifluoroethylene) nanocomposites, E. El Shafee, M. El Gamal and M. Isa, accepted in Journal of polymer research (2011), DOI 10.1007/s10965-011-9805-1. 3- Crystallization and spherulitic growth kinetics of poly(trimethylene terephthalate)/polycarbonate blends, Ez El Shafee, Halla F. Naguib, Longfei Li, Shichun Jiang, Lijia An, Poly. Eng. Sci. (2010) 50(5): 1036 1046. 4- Annealing of poly(trimethylene terephthalate)/polycarbonate blends, E.El.Shafee, M.Zaki, G.R.Saad, J. Polym. Res (2009) 16: 317-327. 5- Caloremeteric and Dielectric study on poly(triemethylene terephthalate)/ polycarbonate blends, E.El.Shafee, G.R.Saad, M.Zaki, J. Polym. Res (2008) 15: 47-58. 6- Morphology and spherulitic growth kinetics in pol(ethylene oxide)/ poly(nbutyl methacrylate) blends, E.El.Shafee, Polymer Int (2004) 53: 249-253. 7- Effect of aging on the mechanical properties of cold-crystallized poly(trimethylene terephthalate), E.El.Shafee, Polymer (2003) 44: 3727 3732. 8- Water sorption in pol(vinyl alcohol) networks, E.El.Shafee, H.F.Nagieb, Polymer (2003) 44: 1647-1653. 9- Crystallization and melting behavior of poly(ethylene oxide)/ poly n-butyl methacrylate) blends, E.El.Shafee, W.Ueda, Eur. Polym. J (2002) 38:1327-1335. 10- Dielectric relaxation study of atactic poly(epichlorohydrin)/poly(3 - hydroxybutyrate) blends, E.El.Shafee. Eur. Polym. J (2002) 38:413-421. 11- Studies on the miscibility and phase structure in blends of poly(epichlorohydrin) and poly(vinyl acetate), E.El.Shafee, Polymer (2002) 43:921-927. 12- Effects of solvent treatment on the glass transition characteristics of poly(phenylene sulphide), E.El.Shafee, Polymer (2001): 42: 8779-8785. 13- Miscibility, crystallization and phase structure of poly(3 - hydroxybutyrate)/cellulose acetate butyrate blends. E.El.Shafee, Gamal R Saad and Sherif M Fahmy Eur. Polym. J (2001) 37: 2091-2104.
14- The influence of semicrystalline morphology on the dielectric relaxation properties of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), E.El.Shafee, Eur. Polym. J (2001)37:1977-1984. 15- Investigation of the phase structure of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)/ poly(vinyl acetate) blends by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy, E.El.Shafee, Eur. Polym. J (2001) 37:451-458. 16- Dielectric and conductivity relaxation in sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and its acid form, E.El.Shafee, Carbohydrate Polymers. (1996) 31: 93-98. 17- Effect of photodegradation on the -relaxation in poly(methyl metacrylate), E.El.Shafee, Polymer Degradation & Stability. (1996) 53: 57-61. 18- The dielectric behavior of temperature induced crosslinking of Cr(III) doped poly(vinyl alcohol), E.El.Shafee, R.I.Nessim, Polymer Degradation & Stability. (1995) 48: 67-69. 19- Dielectric and mechanical properties of photodegradated poly(vinyl butyral) films. G.R.Saad,E.El.Shafee and M.W.Sabaa, Polymer Degrdation & Stability. (1995) 47: 209-215. 20- Dielectric investigation on poly(methyl methacrylate) films doped with p- nitroaniline, E.El.Shafee, Polymer International. (1995) 36: 287-291. 21- Dielectric investigation on the effect of ferric chloride on viscose Fibers, M.M.Abdel Moteeleb and E.El.Shafee, Cellulose. (1994) 1 :197-203. 22- A dielectric study of the photo-degradation of poly(vinyl chloride) in air, E.El.Shafee and G.R.Saad, Polymer Degrdation & Stability. (1994) 43: 315-318. 23- Dielectric analysis of poly(vinyl chloride) films doped with cobalt(ii) Chloride, E.El.Shafee and G.R.Saad, Polymer Degrdation & Stability. (1993) 41: 25-29. 24- Optical and electrical properties of anisotropic polyolefine/ct complex composites, A.Tracz,E.El.Shafee, J. Ulanski, J.K.Jeszka and M. Kryszewski, Synthetic Metals. (1990); 37: 175-180. 25- Temperature dependence of anisotropy of conductivity oriented reticulatedoped systems J.Ulanski,E.El.Shafee, A.Tracz, G.Debrue and R.Deltour, Synthetic Metals. (1990); 35: 221-228. 26- Anisotropically conducting polyolefine/ct complex composites, A.Tracz, E.El.Shafee, J. Ulanski, J.K.Jeszka and M. Kryszewski, Springer Series in Solid-State Science, Springer- Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg. (1989) Vol.91:442. 27- Highly oriented crystalline networks in polymer matrices, A.Tracz, E.El.Shafee, J. Ulanski, J.K.Jeszka and M. Kryszewski, Material Science. (1988); 14: 181-186.
28- Controlled formation of organized conducting phase in an insulating polymer matrix, A. Tracz, J. Ulanski J.K. Jeszka,E. El. Shafee, and M. Kryszewski, Material Science. (1987) 13: 137-144. 29- Stoichiometry of the CT complex crystallities in polymer films, Journal of Physics. D., A. Tracz, J.K. Jeszka, E. El. Shafee, J. Ulanski and M. Kryszewski, Applied Physics. (1986) 19: 1047-1055. 30- Dielectric properties of mercerized cotton cellulose and some of its hydrolysis residues, E.El.Shafee, M.M. Abdel Moteeleb, M. Kinawi, H.G Shinouda and H.A. Rizk, Journal of Polymer Sciences. Polymer Chemistry. Ed. (1983) 21: 2067-2084.