Dr. Sultan AlSalem

Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)

Biography

Dr. Sultan Al-Salem graduated from Kuwait University, College of Engineering & Petroleum, holding a BSc (2005) and a MSc (2007) degrees in Chemical Engineering, where he started his career as a teaching assistant (full-time grad student) and a research engineer. He then joined the Petrochemical Processes Program Element in the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) as a Research Assistant in August, 2006. His work experience has linked him with a number of projects in the crude oil refining and petrochemicals area, air pollutants monitoring, dispersion and chemical mass balance (CMB) modelling, cancer risk and environmental impact assessment. He earned his PhD from the Department of Chemical Engineering of the prestigious University College London (UCL) in 2013, with a scholarship sponsored by the Government of the State of Kuwait through KISR. He held the position of an Assistant Research Scientist at the Petroleum Research Centre (PRC) of KISR from July 2013 to July 2015. Dr. Al-Salem specializes in polymer degradation kinetics, which is a particular research interest of his. He is also interested in polymers weathering, Plastic Solid Waste (PSW) management, reactor design, downstream intensification processes, Waste Management, thermal engineering, life cycle assessment (LCA), biodegradable polymers and gas engineering. Dr. Al-Salem has authored/co-authored a number of book chapters, refereed journal and conference papers. He currently holds the position of a Research Scientist at the Environment & Life Sciences Research Centre (ELSRC) of KISR working on a number of research projects and pursuing a number of major R&D works. He is also the Environmental Pollution & Climate Program (EPCP) manager from 2019. He has established the Waste Management Research Unit (WMRU) at KISR and is currently supervising this research unit. He has led various R&D projects with a number of clients including KISR, EQUATE Petrochemical Company, Kuwait Municipality and KFAS; and participated/developed over fifteen research activities. Dr. Al-Salem is also recognized as the first Professional Ethics in the Workplace trainer in the State of Kuwait where he has developed a curriculum dedicated for the subject matter; and has developed various unique training courses for KISR including Energy from Plastic Waste and Plastics & the Environment. He is also currently the Associate Editor of the reputed Journal of Environmental Management (Elsevier) and served as one for Waste Management (Elsevier). He is currently a board member for Environmental Challenges (Elsevier). He has also served as a consultant to the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS). Dr. Al-Salem holds one registered patent at the USTPO in thermo-chemical conversion of plastic solid waste and polymers. Dr. Al-Salem is also the senior author of one of the highest cited papers (about 1000 citations to date) in chemical engineering, which is recognized by Elsevier for his review manuscript published in Waste Management back in 2009. He is also the recipient of various research awards.