Dr. Salah Jellali
Dr. Salah Jellali’s Biography
Dr. Eng. Salah Jellali currently holds the position of senior researcher in Water & Environmental Engineering at the Centre for Environmental Studies and Research (CESAR) of Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman. His primary research focus revolves around local management and governance of solid and liquid wastes within the framework of circular economy and sustainability. A key area of his expertise involves the conversion of organic biomasses into biochars and valorization as efficient adsorbents for wastewater treatment and/or as biofertilizers in agriculture. He has supervised several PhD theses and Master students regarding sustainable solid and liquid wastes management and one of his PhD students received the presidential award of best national thesis in 2018. Dr. Jellali has authored over 150 peer-reviewed scientific
papers and book chapters and received the SQU’s best researcher award for the period
2020-2022 and 2025.