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Our faculty members graduated from reputed universities and are some of the top chemists in their fields while also being dedicated teachers and mentors. Their expertise covers a wide range of sub-disciplines and specialties, and they are regularly producing internationally-recognized research.

Ali Shaikh Asrof >

Distinguished Professor

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.

Abdel-Nasser Kawde >

Professor

Research in the Kawde Lab is highly interdisciplinary and focused on the development and characterization of electrochemical-based sensors and biosensors utilizing macro-, micro- and nano-materials.

Abdul Malik Peedikakal >

Associate Professor

Abdulmalik focused on fundamental and applied features of Crystal Engineering. Research focused Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) that address global challenges in energy and environmental concerns.

Abdulaziz Al-Saadi >

Associate Professor
Dean, College of Sciences

Molecular Spectroscopy; Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS); Computational Chemistry

Abdulrahman Al-Betar >

Assistant Professor

Electrochemistry of conducting polymers, water oxidation and supercapacitors

Ahmed Al-Harbi >

Assistant Professor

Development of novel Organic ligands for various applications including catalysis

Ali Rinaldi >

Assistant Professor

Rinaldi focuses on sintering-resistant metals and metal oxides catalysts supported on carbonaceous & siliceous materials & the regeneration of deactivated catalyst due to sintering or coking.

Almaz Jalilov >

Assistant Professor

Research in our group includes the fields of physical organic chemistry and materials chemistry with an emphasis on the mechanism-based design of carbon nanoparticles for sustainable energy and catalysis.

Anvarhussein Isab >

Professor

The focus of Professor Isab's research is on the synthesis, reactions and structural properties of metal complexes as models as anti-cancer drugs.

Basheer Chanbasha >

Associate Professor

Research in the Basheer Group focuses on synthesizing various functional nanomaterials and evaluating their potential applications in energy, petrochemical and environment applications.

Bassam El-Ali >

Professor

Research in Catalysis Laboratory is focused on the design and synthesis of organometallic ligands and catalysts for the catalytic applications in petrochemistry and organic synthesis

Hassan Al-Muallem >

Associate Professor

Organic synthesis, polymer synthesis and characterization, and synthesis of organic compounds and polymers for use as corrosion inhibitors and antiscalants.

Jameel Al-Thagfi >

Assistant Professor
Chairman, Life Sciences Department

The research is focused on synthesis, characterization and applications of homogenous catalysis and on applications of computational chemistry

Khalid Alhooshani >

Professor
Chairman, Chemistry Department

Alhooshani's group utilized their understanding of atomic and molecular interactions to design and develop advanced porous materials for industrial catalytic processes and environmental applications.

Majad Khan >

Assistant Professor

I am passionate about teaching Chemistry and carrying out research in the broad areas of Polymer Chemistry and Nanomaterials for various industrial (Oil & Gas Recovery) and Biomedical applications.

Mohammad J. Mazumder >

Associate Professor

Jafar's primary focus is to develop smart organic and/or polymeric materials for applications in corrosion, water treatment, membrane-based separations, biomedical and microencapsulation.

Mohammad Nahid Siddiqui >

Professor

Focusing on developing polymer composites using new fillers, chemical recycling of waste plastics into useful products, developing new nanoporous adsorbents for water, gas, and fuel purification.

Mohammed Morsy >

Professor

Morsy research lab activity focuses on the mechanistic chemistry of materials and nanomaterials and free radicals in other systems by using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy mainly.

Mohammed Fettouhi >

Associate Professor

Fettouhi’s group research interest includes the use of coordination chemistry as a tool for the design of molecular entities with interesting chemical, physical and biological properties, catalysis, single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and the study of the structure-properties correlation.

Muhammad Tahir >

Assistant Professor

Tahir's group is focused on engineered multifunctional nanomaterials (inorganic & polymeric) and their applications in biofouling, corrosion and photo/-electrochemical catalysis.

Muhammad Janjua >

Associate Professor

The research in Janjua group concerns the quantum chemical modeling of functional, organic, inorganic-organic hybrid compounds. These stand out for their remarkable NLO properties along with the applications in nanomaterials and solar cells.

Musa Musa >

Associate Professor

Research in the Musa Lab focuses on the use of redox enzymes in synthesis of enantiopure alcohols using either asymmetric reduction or deracemization approaches.

Nisar Ullah >

Professor

Our research interests are broadly in the area of synthetic organic chemistry, with a particular focus in the synthesis of bioactive natural products and novel molecular architectures

Othman Al-Hamouz >

Associate Professor

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.

Saheed Ganiyu >

Assistant Professor

Ganiyu's Lab research activities focus on the novel synthesis of advanced materials for industrial heterogeneous catalysis, environmental remediation and analytical problems.

Sulayman Oladepo >

Assistant Professor

Analytical spectroscopy and instrumentation, nucleic acid probes, cancer detection, detection of heavy metals and pharmaceuticals, and green nanoparticles, fuels and corrosion inhibitors.

Tarek Kandiel >

Assistant Professor

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.

Tawfik Saleh >

Associate Professor

Tawfik A. Saleh research work focus on the reaction processing, the chemical characterization, methodologies and nanomaterials properties.

Thomas Garrison >

Assistant Professor

The Garrison Group seeks to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to industrial and environmental challenges using polymer chemistry.

Wissam Iali >

Assistant Professor

Wissam's research include a multidisciplinary approach involving synthesis, state-of-the-art spectroscopy and catalysis to develop new catalytic chemical process.

Abdul Rehman >

Assistant Professor

Rehman's lab is integrating sensor platforms for orthogonal, low cost detection systems (e.g., COVID-19). Electrochemical material applications in Sensors and Energy Storage are also explored.

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