Prof. Mohamed Siaj earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Laval University in Quebec, Canada, and completed postdoctoral training at Columbia University in New York, USA. From 2008 to 2024, he was a full professor in the Chemistry Department at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Recently, he joined Sherbrooke University, department of chemical engineering as a full professor and holds a Tier-1 Canada Research Chair in Electroactive Materials for Energy Harvesting and Sensors (2024–2031), following his previous Tier-2 Chair in Functional Electroactive 2D-Materials for Bio and Chemical Sensing (2016–2024). Since 2017, Prof. Siaj has directed the institutional Nanomaterials and Energy Research Center (NanoQAM). In 2023, he starts leading the Quebec Centre for Advanced Materials (QCAM), an FRQNT-funded strategic cluster that connects over 12 university and college research groups. His research has resulted in over 150 peer-reviewed articles published in prestigious international journals. He has delivered more than 80 talks worldwide, including 44 invited lectures and 18 keynote presentations. Prof. Siaj established the Functional & Electroactive Nanomaterials Lab (FEN) from the ground up, pioneering research in 2D materials (2DMs) at Quebec and Canada. He developed the ‘Nanomaterial Growth’ capabilities of the lab and expanded into bio- and chemical-sensors by synthesizing aptamers and integrating them into graphene and electroactif-based devices. His expertise in synthesizing high-purity, large-area graphene and 2D materials films from lower-purity precursors sources a provides a strong foundation for advancing the proposed research and infrastructure development.
Email: mohamed.siaj@usherbrooke.ca