Who am I?
Who am I?
Dr Abd-Allah received her Ph.D from the University of Manchester in 2012. Her PhD project was on investigating the use of non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma for volatile organic compounds remediation, which was jointly supervised by the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science and the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environmental Science.
Following that, she worked as a research associate at the School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, researching the dry reforming of methane using gliding arc plasma discharge. Then as a research associate at the Physics Plasma Institute, University of York, investigating CO2 conversion in an RF plasma. This was followed by a third research associate position at the School of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool working on developing novel in-situ, mass spectroscopic investigations of ion chemistry of atmospheric pressure DBD plasmas. She is currently a Lecturer at the department of engineering at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Her research focuses on atmospheric-pressure, non-thermal plasma applications. Areas of interest are plasma catalysis, energy production from waste gases, water treatment, surface sterilization, air pollution remediation and synthesis of value-added chemicals. She is a member of the IOP Institute of Physics and a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy.
Academic Biography
Academic and professional qualifications
PhD, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Manchester. 2012.
Previous employment
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool. October 2013- August 2015.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, York Plasma Institute, University of York. 2013.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester. 2012-2013.
Languages
English
Arabic
Teaching & Research Supervision
Why study ?
Undergraduate courses
Engineering Mechanics (6E4Z2102_1819_9Z6) - unit leader
Solid Mechanics and Dynamics (6E5Z2102_1819_9Z6)
Professional Design and Practice (6E5Z2100_1819_9Z6)
Individual Engineering Project
Postgraduate teaching
MSc Engineering Project
Postgraduate supervision (completed/in progress)
PhD supervisor (in progress)
Research Expertise, Publications & Grants
Research expertise
Non-thermal plasma
Hydrogen production
CO2 conversion
Air pollution remediation
Surface engineering
Photocatalyst
Publications
Featured Works
Z. Abd-Allah, DAG. Sawtell, GT. West, PJ. Kelly, JW. Bradley (2016).Mass Spectrometric Observations of the Ionic Species in a Double Dielectric Barrier Discharge Operating in Nitrogen.Plasma Processes and Polymers.13(6), pp.649-653.
ZA. Allah, JC. Whitehead (2015).Plasma-catalytic dry reforming of methane in an atmospheric pressure AC gliding arc discharge.Catalysis Today.256(P1), pp.76-79.
Z. Abd-Allah, DAG. Sawtell, K. McKay, GT. West, PJ. Kelly,et al.(2015).Mass spectrometric investigation of the ionic species in a dielectric barrier discharge operating in helium-water vapour mixtures.Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics.48(8), pp.085202-085202.
Z. Abd Allah, JC. Whitehead, P. Martin (2014).Remediation of dichloromethane (CH2Cl2) using non-thermal, atmospheric pressure plasma generated in a packed-bed reactor.Environ Sci Technol.48(1), pp.558-565.
Journal articles
DAG. Sawtell, Z. Abd-Allah, JW. Bradley, GT. West, PJ. Kelly (2018).Mechanisms of atmospheric pressure plasma treatment of BOPP.Plasma Processes and Polymers.15(1), pp.1700051-1700051.
Z. Abd-Allah, DAG. Sawtell, GT. West, PJ. Kelly, JW. Bradley (2016).Mass Spectrometric Observations of the Ionic Species in a Double Dielectric Barrier Discharge Operating in Nitrogen.Plasma Processes and Polymers.13(6), pp.649-653.
ZA. Allah, JC. Whitehead (2015).Plasma-catalytic dry reforming of methane in an atmospheric pressure AC gliding arc discharge.Catalysis Today.256(P1), pp.76-79.
Z. Abd-Allah, DAG. Sawtell, K. McKay, GT. West, PJ. Kelly,et al.(2015).Mass spectrometric investigation of the ionic species in a dielectric barrier discharge operating in helium-water vapour mixtures.Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics.48(8), pp.085202-085202.
Z. Abd Allah, JC. Whitehead, P. Martin (2014).Remediation of dichloromethane (CH2Cl2) using non-thermal, atmospheric pressure plasma generated in a packed-bed reactor.Environ Sci Technol.48(1), pp.558-565.
ZA. Allah, D. Sawtell, VL. Kasyutich, PA. Martin (2009). FTIR and QCL diagnostics of the decomposition of volatile organic compounds in an atmospheric pressure dielectric packed bed plasma reactor.Journal of Physics: Conference Series.157, pp.012001-012001.
Conferences
Z. Abd-Allah, D. Sawtell, G. West, P. Kelly, J. Bradley (2015). Mass spectrometric investigation of the ionic species in a dielectric barrier discharge operating in He-H2O and N2-C2H2 mixtures. Antwerp, Belgium,
Z. Abd-Allah, D. Sawtell, K. McKay, G. West, P. Kelly,et al.(2014). Mass spectrometry study of plasma ion chemistry in an atmospheric pressure DBD based plasma reactor. Zinnowitz, Germany,
Z. Abd-Allah, A. Arafeh, PA. Martin (2013). Treatment of Chloroform and methyl chloride in a packed-bed plasma reactor. Chester, UK 2013,
Z. Abd-Allah, D. Sawtell, RK. Ibrahim, VL. Kasyutich, PA. Martin (2009). Study of dichloromethane destruction in dielectric barrier discharge plasma reactors using advanced spectroscopic diagnostics techniques. Ruhr University, Bochum in Germany, 27/7/2009.
D. Sawtell, Z. Abd-Allah, PA. Martin (2009). Process diagnostics and optimization of atmospheric pressure plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition of silica films. Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, 27/6/2009.
Conference organisation
Technological Plasma Workshop TPW, 2009, Manchester University.
Expert reviewer for journals and publishers
Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.
Reviewer for Food and Bioproducts Processing journal.
Grants
Faculty of Science and Engineering, MMU, PhD studentship.
Engineering & Materials Research Centre (EMRC), £10100.
Research Accelerator Grant, MMU, £ 8000.
REI summer studentship.
Awards, Honours & Distinctions
Prizes and awards
Winner of the‘Young Scientists Best Paper Award 2009’at the 19th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry at Ruhr University, Bochum in Germany.
Other distinctions
Winner of Best poster award at the Technological Plasma Workshop TPW 2009, Glasgow, UK.
Winner of Best oral presentation, Post Graduate Conference 2009, The University of Manchester UK.
Membership of professional associations
Member of the IOP Institute of Physics.
Affiliate member of the Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Associate Fellow of the HEA.
