Faculty
Dr. Musa Mohammed Musa
Professor, Chairman of the Chemistry Department
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The research in Dr. Musa M. Musa’s laboratory focuses on developing innovative biocatalytic strategies for producing highly pure chiral molecules, key building blocks in pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, and advanced materials.
Dr. Konstantinos Triantafyllidis
Chair Professor
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Our research targets downstream crude oil and waste-refining heterogeneous catalysis, developing catalytic/sorptive nanomaterials and scalable processes for CO₂ and waste (plastic, biomass) valorization into sustainable fuels, chemicals, polymers and carbons.
Dr. Jie Liu
Chair Professor
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Dr. Tawfik Saleh
Distinguished Professor, CX & Minor in Chemistry Coordinator
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Dr. Tawfik Saleh research work focuses on the design of nanomaterials, green chemistry, smart reaction processing, chemical functionalities, methodologies, nanocomposites properties, and applications. He published several Books.
Dr. Ali Shaikh Asrof
Distinguished Professor
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We design specialty monomers for polymerization to stimuli-responsive macromolecules. The polymers are used to construct Aqueous-Two-Phase systems for potential use in bioseparation.
Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Saadi
Professor
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The main research themes covered by Dr. Al-Saadi’s group include computational catalysis, in-silico materials design for energy applications, as well as fundamental and spectroanalytical studies on bioactive compounds.
Dr. Basheer Chanbasha
Professor
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Research in the Basheer Group focuses on synthesizing various functional nanomaterials and evaluating their potential applications in energy, petrochemical and environment applications.
Dr. Bassam Mohammad Elali
Professor, Director of Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (AJSE)
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The research in Dr. Bassam M. Elali’s laboratory focuses on the design and development of novel organic ligands for the production of novel organometallic complexes for homogeneous catalysis. Also, the design and the synthesis of metal supported materials to be used as heterogeneous catalysis for application in petrochemical processes.
Dr. Khalid Al-Hooshani
Professor
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Dr. Khalid's group utilized their understanding of atomic and molecular interactions to design and develop advanced porous materials for industrial catalytic processes and environmental applications.
Dr. Mohammad A. Jafar Mazumder
Professor
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Dr. Jafar Mazumder’s research laboratory focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of organic and polymeric materials for corrosion inhibition, water treatment, and contaminant removal, including smart membranes, stimuli-responsive polymers, polyelectrolytes, and hydrogels, microencapsulation, and biomedical applications.
Dr. Mohammad Nahid Siddiqui
Professor
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Dr. Siddiqui’s research encompasses waste plastic valorization, the development of degradable polymeric composites, asphaltene chemistry, and the design of advanced nanoporous materials for water, gas, and fuel purification.
Dr. Nisar Ullah
Professor | Graduate Coordinator
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Our research interests are broadly in the area of synthetic organic chemistry, with a particular focus on the synthesis of bioactive natural products and novel molecular architectures
Dr. Abdul Malik P. Peedikakkal
Associate Professor
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Dr. Abdul Malik’s lab conducts interdisciplinary research in inorganic chemistry and materials science, emphasizing crystal engineering to develop functional materials for clean energy, environmental sustainability, catalysis, and advanced student training.
Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Betar
Associate Professor
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Electrochemistry of conducting polymers, water oxidation, and supercapacitors
Dr. Hassan Al-Muallem
Associate Professor
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Organic synthesis, polymer synthesis and characterization, and synthesis of organic compounds and polymers for use as corrosion inhibitors and antiscalants.
Dr. Majad Khan
Associate Professor
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The research in Dr. Majad Khan’s laboratory focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of advanced organic polymers and organic–inorganic hybrid materials. His work spans foundational polymer chemistry to applied materials science, addressing challenges in sustainable energy, oil & gas applications, water treatment, and biomedical applications.
Dr. Muhammad Tahir
Associate Professor
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Tahir's group is focused on engineered multifunctional nanomaterials (inorganic & polymeric) and their applications in biofouling, corrosion and photo/-electrochemical catalysis.
Dr. Othman Al-Hamouz
Associate Professor
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The main research theme of Othman group comprises the design and synthesis of polymers and to understand how the structure and functionality design can be applied in different fields of the industry.
Dr. Saheed Ganiyu
Associate Professor
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Ganiyu's Lab research activities focus on the novel synthesis of advanced materials for industrial heterogeneous catalysis, environmental remediation and analytical problems.
Dr. Tarek Kandiel
Associate Professor
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Research in the Kandiel group is focused on developing photo(electro)catalytic materials for energy and environmental applications and studying the mechanisms and dynamics of photoinduced processes using spectroscopic techniques.
Dr. Ahmed Al-Harbi
Assistant Professor
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Development of novel Organic ligands for various applications including catalysis
Dr. Jameel Al-Thagfi
Assistant Professor
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The research is focused on synthesis, characterization, and applications of homogenous catalysis and on applications of computational chemistry
Dr. Asem Alenaizan
Assistant Professor
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Computational chemistry; quantum chemistry; molecular dynamics; nucleic acid structure; self-assembly; noncovalent interactions.
Dr. Abdelrazek Mousa
Assistant Professor
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