Tarek Madkour is an award-winning chemistry professor, a Fulbright scholar and a pioneer in the research area of computational modeling of polymers. He obtained his PhD from University of Cincinnati, OHIO, USA under the supervision of Professor James E. Mark, a distinguished research professor and a member of Nobel Laureate P. J. Flory’s research group. Madkour was awarded the Fulbright research scholar award in 1996 supported by both the Fulbright organization and the United States Air Force. He has been awarded the Harry M. Showman Award in chemistry from Jordan in recognition for his pioneering research regarding computational modeling and simulation in the area of polymer chemistry in the Middle East. He has been also awarded the Polymer Society of Japan Award and the State of Egypt Award in chemistry. Madkour has successfully secured research fellowships including the U.S. peace fellowship and a supreme council research fellowship from the Catholic University of Leuven (also currently known as the University of Leuven) in Belgium. He has over 55 international peer-reviewed publications and has delivered presentations in more than 14 international conferences worldwide. He has supervised eight graduate-level theses and secured funding for over nine major research grants as the primary research investigator.

Water treatment and desalination using tailored-design polymeric systems (research sponsored by the Egyptian,  Academy for Scientific Research and Technology),  Nanoporous material applications in food packaging and storage,  Drug delivery and controlled release using smart polymers,  Nanoporous polymeric membranes for selective separation of gas mixtures, Computational modeling and simulation of polymeric systems