A lecturer from the Department of Materials Engineering elected as a representative of West Asian countries

Prof. Dr. Mohamed El-Zuhairy was elected as a representative of West Asian countries in the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), which is an accredited member and an evaluator of UN documents and publications.

Professor El-Zuhairy specialises in petrochemical engineering and is a lecturer in the Department of Materials Engineering/University of Technology. He received ten votes from twelve voting countries for a two-year electoral term, where voting was conducted through the United Nations platform. It is worth noting that UNEP is one of the United Nations agencies specialized in environmental protection, combating desertification, drought and the effects of climate change.