Dr. Ahmed M. Hashem is a Professor at Inorganic Chemistry Department, National Research Centre. He has more than twenty years of experience in the research area of materials science close related to lithium-ion batteries. He was awarded his Ph.D. in the same field from Cairo University through channel system (2 years) with technical university of Graz, Austria. His main interest is synthesis and characterization nanaosized electrode materials for safe and rechargeable lithium-ion battery (LIBs) with high efficiency, good long life, and high specific capacity to play a critical role in today's world of mobile communications, portable electronics, and electric vehicle. He has a good cooperation with international scientists in this field as a result of more than 12 scientific missions to Germany and France. Recently he started cooperation with US through a joint international research project. He was a PI for five internal (funded by NRC), two local (funded by STDF) and one international research projects. He published more than 50 international peer reviewed articles in the field of lithium-ion batteries. Dr. Hashem was awarded Misr El-Khair prize for publications in 2012 - Ahmed Riyad Turk prize awarded by National Research Centre (NRC) in 2012- Prize of Excellence awarded from National Research Center 2018. He is a board member of two international journals and a reviewer for several international journals. He took part in local and international conferences in Austria, Germany, Scotland and Portugal.

Storage cathode materials for Lithium -Ion batteries