Faculty & Staff
Dr. Avin Pillay
Professor of Chemistry
Email: apillay@pi.ac.ae
Phone:+971-2-607-5417 (Bu Hasa) and 607-5015 (Arzanah)
Office: 2005 (Bu Hasa)/8268 (Arzanah) |
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Academic Qualifications
- Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, London University, U.K., 1982
- M.Sc., Nuclear Physics and Analytical Chemistry, South Africa
Experience
| 2007 to now |
Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences, Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi |
| 2005 to 2007 |
Associate Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences, Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi |
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Dr. Pillay's academic career spans 22 years of which seven years were spent at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman where he assisted in initiating the MSc programme in the Department of Chemistry |
Research Interests
| Dr. Pillay is skilled in a wide range of instrumental techniques including Neutron Activation, XRF, Gamma ray Spectroscopy, ICP-MS, Atomic Absorption and UV-Vis Spectrophotometry. He is experienced in the area of analytical and environmental chemistry, and has supervised PhD and MSc students. He has lectured widely in these areas and in general chemistry, and is keen on promoting cross-disciplinary teaching and research. He has more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, and several conference presentations. He was a member of the Editorial Board of the international journal, Trace and Microprobe Techniques from 1995-2003, is currently a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Environmental Studies and co-editor of Chemistry & Environment. |
Teaching Interests
| General, analytical and environmental chemistry |
Selected Publications
Pillay, A. E., Fok, S., Stephen, S. & Abd-Elhameed, A. (2009). Monitoring interfacial degradation in metal coatings using laser ablation technology (ICP-MS), Canadian Journal of Pure and Applied Science, 3 (2), 821-825.
Pillay, A. E. & Elkadi, M. (2009). Report: 2nd World Future energy Summit, Abu Dhabi, 19-21 January, 2009, International Journal of Environmental Studies, 66(2), 281-286.
Pillay, A. E., Elkadi, M. & Fok, S. (2008). Biofuels: Bane or Blessing? Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, 12(2) 5-6.
Salih, F. M., Pillay, A. E. & Jayasekara, K. (2008) Impact of potential 40K contamination of aquatic resources by waste water from oil, Journal of Nutritional & Environmental Medicine, 17(3), 178-183.
Sengul, M., Pillay, A. E., Francis, C. G., & Elkadi, M. (2007). Climate change and carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration: an African perspective. Int. J. Environm. Stud., 62(4), 545-556.
Pillay, A.E. & Salih, F.M. (2006). Environmental impact of using Actinium (Ac-228)-contaminated sludge as soil conditioner and sand substitute, Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 176, 69-75.
Pillay, A. E., Ghosh, B., Senthilmurugan, B., Stephen, S. & Abd-Elhameed, A. (2010). Ablative laser depth-profiling (ICP-MS) of reservoir cores to evaluate homogeneity of strontium and barium distributions linked to scale deposition - Part 1, Canadian Journal of Pure and Applied Science, 4 (1), 1081-1085.
