The award for best graduate student paper was credited to “Functionalized bacterial cellulose nanowhiskers as long-lasting drug nanocarrier for antibiotics and anticancer drugs,” Can. J. Chem. Eng. 2019, 97(10), 2594 by Mohamed M. Khattab and Yaser Dahman. Dr. Khattab received his Bachelor of Chemistry (distinction with class honour) and later his M.Sc and Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Cairo University, Egypt. He was recently awarded his second doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, under the supervision of Prof. Yaser Dahman. He secured a position of Research Associate at Ryerson University, and conducted his research in the Nanocomposites and Biomaterials Engineering Laboratory and Centre of Green Research Technology. Completing his second Ph.D. in chemical engineering has acquainted Dr. Khattab with the required engineering-focused skills to bring his research ideas into the market where they can benefit real people, rather than staying locked away in the private vault of academia.

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