About
Laboratory of Engineering, Sustainability and Innovation (IDI), National Higher School of Chemistry (ENSCK), Ibn Tofaïl University.
My work follows one thread: the metal / electrolyte interface. I started by keeping metals from degrading, designing corrosion inhibitors for acid pickling baths, then applied the same command of the interface to the anodes of aluminium-air batteries, and now to hydrogen production by electrolysis.
I defended my Ph.D. on 23 July 2025 with the highest distinction (Très Honorable), and I am an associate member of the IDI laboratory at ENSCK. Each project couples electrochemical experiments, surface analysis (XPS, SEM/EDX, AFM) and computational chemistry (DFT, molecular dynamics).
My hydrogen work is now moving up in scale: alkaline electrolysis optimised with 2D CFD and response-surface methodology, and the techno-economics of a hybrid PV/wind-driven PEM electrolyser at Jorf Lasfar.
Education
- 2019–2025
Ph.D. in Fundamental and Applied Chemistry
Physical chemistry · Very Honourable, highest distinction
Thesis “Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Protection of Mild Steel in Industrial Pickling Baths (1M and 15% HCl) Using Nitrogen Heterocyclic Compounds”
Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofaïl University, Kénitra
Defended 23 July 2025 · Supervisor: Prof. H. Nassali
- 2017–2019
Master's in Applied Chemistry, Environment and Sustainable Development
Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofaïl University, Kénitra
- 2016–2017
Bachelor's in Fundamental Studies: Chemistry
Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofaïl University, Kénitra
Positions
- 2025 –
Associate member
IDI laboratory, ENSCK, Ibn Tofaïl University, Kénitra
- 2026–2027
Guest Editor, Coatings (MDPI)
Special issue: Smart Surface Engineering and Coatings for Corrosion Mitigation
- 2022
Research internship, 120 h
Chemical analysis and materials characterisation, CUAETTI, Ibn Tofaïl University (Feb.–Apr.)
Languages
- Arabic
- Native
- French
- Proficient
- English
- Proficient
Milestones
- 2016–2017
B.Sc. in Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofaïl University
- 2017–2019
M.Sc. in Applied Chemistry, Environment and Sustainable Development
- 2019
Ph.D. starts (supervisor: Prof. H. Nassali)
- 2020
First teaching at ENSCK
- 2022
First conference talks (ICMES, J2ICE); internship at CUAETTI
- 2023
Patent MA 63561 (B1); book chapter with IGI Global
- 2024
Patent MA 66492 (A1); first Al-air battery work
- 2025
Ph.D. defended on 23 July, Très Honorable; Langmuir, Journal of Energy Storage; associate member of the IDI laboratory
- 2026
Guest Editor (Coatings); Journal of Power Sources, Electrochimica Acta; 4 oral talks on green hydrogen