Dr. Mohammad Alnaief
Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=36157818000
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4714-9334
Dr. Alnaief is working currently as an Operation and Commissioning Manager of the Entrepreneurial Uranium Extraction Plant at Jordanian Uranium Mining Company (JUMCO), Jordan. In addition, he is affiliated with the German Jordanian University as an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering. Currently, his research focused on uranium hydrometallurgy processes, plant operational modes, feasibility studies, and all related optimization and management processes. Moreover, he is working on producing and tailoring nanoporous materials (aerogel) to be used as a smart drug delivery vehicle. Tailoring and improving the mechanical properties of different hybrid aerogels/nanofibers is another field of research interest where he tests the use of hybrid aerogels in renewable energy applications, catalyst applications, and water purification systems.
Educational Background
MSc in Chemical and Bio-Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, 2006
BSc. in Chemical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan, 2004
❖ Uranium Extraction and purification from their ore deposits.
❖ IX and liquid extraction system for Uranium concentration.
❖ Supercritical fluid technologies and their applications in the production of nanostructured materials for life science, environmental and catalytical applications.
❖ Supercritical CO2 Extraction of essential oils.
❖ Production of hybrid aerogel-based composites.
❖ Renewable energy: concentrated solar energy, biofuel upgrading, biodiesel, and biogas technology.
Selected Publications
| 2025 | Khalid Bani-Melhem, Mohammad Alnaief, Zakaria Al-Qodah, Mohammad Al-Shannag, Haitham Elnakar, Nawzat AlJbour, Muhammad Alu’datt, Mohammad Alrosan, Ezelden Ezelden,"On the performance of electrocoagulation treatment of high-loaded gray water: kinetic modeling and parameters optimization via response surface methodology",Springer Nature Link,2025 [View] |
| 2025 | Mohammad Alnaief , Mohammad Al-Shannag, Mohannad Aljarrah, Ronaldo Antunes Funari Junior, Luis Felipe Oliveira Silva, Marcos Leandro Oliveira Silva, Guilherme Luiz Dotto,"Uranium recovery from real samples leached from deposits in Central Jordan using MonoPlus-M-800 commercial resin: A deep adsorption study",ScienceDirect,2025 [View] |
| 2025 | Mohammad Alnaief, Mohammad Al-Shannag, Mohannad Aljarrah, Heba Nawafleh, Zayed Al-Hamamre ,"Uranium recovery from alkaline leach solutions of low-grade Central Jordan uranium deposits utilizing Lewatit® TP-107",Springer Nature ,2025 [View] |
| 2025 | Hadeia Mashaqbeh, Rania Hamed, Hiba Alzoubi, Rana Obaidat, Mohammad Alnaeif, Meriem Rezigue, Hala T. Abukassab, Wasan Al-Farhan, Mohammad Obeid,"Hyaluronic Acid/Chitosan/Glycerophosphate-Based In Situ-Forming Hydrogel for Accelerated Wound Healing",MDPI,2025 [View] |
| 2025 | Mohammad Alnaief , Ronaldo Antunes Funari Junior, Mohammad Al-Shannag, Luis Felipe Oliveira Silva, Tito José Crissien, Guilherme Luiz Dotto,"High purity vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) obtained from uranium mining leachates using a selective ion-exchange resin: synergistic adsorption–precipitation and mechanistic approaches",ScienceDirect,2025 [View] |
| 2023 | Zayed Al-Hamamre, Arwa Sandouqa, Basel Al-Saida, Reyad A. Shawabkeh, Mohammad Alnaief,,"Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil using heterogeneous KNO3/Oil shale ash catalyst",Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil using heterogeneous KNO3/Oil shale ash catalyst, Renewable Energy, 211, 2023, 470-483,,2023 [View] |
| 2021 | Ibrahem Altarawneh, Mohammad Alnaief, Balsam Mohammad, Muafag Tarawneh,"Comparative study on the effect of the absorber geometry, rim angle and operational modes on the distribution of the heat flux over the absorber’s surface",Solar Energy ( Elsevier),225. 905-917,2021 [View] |
| 2020 | Ibrahem Altarawneh, Mohammad Batiha, Saleh Rawadieh, Mohammad Alnaief, Muafag Tarawneh,"Solar desalination under concentrated solar flux and reduced pressure conditions",Solar Energy,Volume 206, 2020, Pages 983-996, ISSN 0038-092,2020 [View] |
| 2019 | Mohammad Alnaief, Balsam Mohammad, M Aljarrahb, R. M. Obaidat,"Preparation and Preliminary Characterization of Hybrid Alginate – Carrageenan Aerogel: Effect of Gelation Methods",Jordan Journal of Physics,12 (1): 79-86. ,2019 [View] |
| 2012 | García-González ,CA, Camino-Rey, MC, Alnaief, M, Zetzl, C, & Smirnova, I,"Supercritical drying of aerogels using CO 2: Effect of extraction time on the end material textural properties",Journal of Supercritical Fluids,66:297-306,2012 |
| 2012 | García-González, CA, Uy,JJ, Alnaief, M, & Smirnova, I,"Preparation of tailor-made starch-based aerogel microspheres by the emulsion-gelation method",Carbohydrate Polymers,88(4):1378-1386,2012 |
| 2012 | Hentzschel, CM, Alnaief, M, Smirnova, I, Sakmann, A, & Leopold, CS,"Enhancement of griseofulvin release from liquisolid compacts",European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics,80(1):130-135,2012 |
| 2012 | Hentzschel, CM, Alnaief, M," Tableting properties of silica aerogel and other silicates",Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy,38(4):462-467,2012 |
| 2012 | Wörmeyer, K , Alnaief, M, & Smirnova, I,"Amino functionalised Silica-Aerogels for CO2-adsorption at low partial pressure",Adsorption,18(3-4):163-171,2012 |
| 2011 | Alnaief, M,"Process Development for Production of Aerogels with Controlled Morphology as Potential Drug Carrier Systems",Hamburg: Hamburg University of Technology,2011 |
| 2011 | Alnaief, M, Alzaitoun, MA, García-González, CA, & Smirnova, I,"Preparation of biodegradable nanoporous microspherical aerogel based on alginate",Carbohydrate Polymers,84(3):1011-1018,2011 |
| 2011 | García-González, CA, Alnaief, M, & Smirnova, I,"Polysaccharide-based aerogels - Promising biodegradable carriers for drug delivery systems",Carbohydrate Polymers,86(4):1425-1438,2011 |
| 2011 | Alnaief, M , & Smirnova, I,"Insitu production of spherical aerogel microparticles",The Journal of Supercritical Fluids,55(3):1118-1123,2011 |
| 2010 | Alnaief, M, & Smirnova, I,"Effect of surface functionalization of silica aerogel on their adsorptive and release properties",Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids,356(33-34):1644-1649,2010 |