Associate Professor

Department: Physics

Dr. El-Gendy received his Ph.D. degree in physics from Heidelberg University, Germany (2008-2011). From 2012-2017, He served in various research positions on both levels academia and industry, as a postdoctoral researcher and senior scientist at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Virginia (2012-2013, 2016-2017), University of Delaware (UD), Delaware (2013-2015), Nanofoundary LLC. (2015-2016), USA. In fall 2017, he joined department of physics at UTEP as tenure-track assistant professor to establish his group in nanomagnetics and biomaterials (Nanoland). El-Gendy has been working in the field of magnetic nanoparticles for 20 years. His research expertise includes synthesis, characterization and applications of functionalized magnetic nanoparticles. He focuses on synthesis and optimization of soft and hard magnetic nanomaterials using chemical and physical methods to be used for various types of applications such as hyperthermia treatment for cancer, drug delivery, contrast agent for MRI, rare-earth free permanent magnets, data storage, and magneto-caloric for refrigeration technology. In 2020 and 2023, El-Gendy was awarded NSF grants to organize the 1st and 2nd US-North Africa Conference of Nanotechnology convergence for health, energy and environment. Since 2021, El-Gendy is collaborating with MD Anderson cancer center on developing new alternative cancer therapy (ranked top 1 in cancer research). El-Gendy is the recipient of the IAAM Scientist Medal 2023 and Advanced Materials Awards 2024 by IAAM, Sweden. During his career, El-Gendy secured external funds to support his research in particular his novel cancer therapy approach that is being performed now in his Nanoland Lab.

Keywords of Expertise: Nanomagnetism, Hyperthermia Cancer Therapy, Rare-Earth-Free Magnets, Molecular Magnets for Quantum Computing.