Fajer Almanea

I am a Ph.D. student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, where my research focuses on surface and interfacial science, polymer thin films, and advanced materials for technological applications.

  • Master, University of Dayton, 2022 - 2024
  • Bachelor, Tennessee Technological University, 2012 - 2016

  • Tirado, A., Kouma, N., Kumari, A., Almanea, F., Vander Woude, M., Kelly, D., Liu, H., & Li, L. (2025). Long-Lasting Simultaneously Hydrophilic/Oleophobic Behavior of a Nanometer-Thick Ionic Liquid Coating. Langmuir, 41(49), 33139-33145.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c03361.
  • Palchoudhury, S., Das, P., Ghasemi, A., Tareq, S.M., Sengupta, S., Han, J., Maglosky, S., Almanea, F., Jones, M., Cox, C., & Rao, V. (2023). A Novel Experimental Approach to Understand the Transport of Nanodrugs. Materials (Basel), 16(15).MDPI. doi: 10.3390/ma16155485.
  • Almanea, F. Synthesis and Characterization of Multinary Copper Chalcogenide Semiconductor Nanocrystals for Photovoltaic Application.
Research Interests
Chemical engineering Colloid and surface chemistry Tribology
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