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.


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.
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.
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.
Associate Professor
Dean, College of Sciences
Molecular Spectroscopy; Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS); Computational Chemistry
Assistant Professor
Electrochemistry of conducting polymers, water oxidation and supercapacitors
Assistant Professor
Development of novel Organic ligands for various applications including catalysis
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.
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.
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.
Associate Professor
Research in the Basheer Group focuses on synthesizing various functional nanomaterials and evaluating their potential applications in energy, petrochemical and environment applications.
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
Associate Professor
Organic synthesis, polymer synthesis and characterization, and synthesis of organic compounds and polymers for use as corrosion inhibitors and antiscalants.
Assistant Professor
Chairman, Life Sciences Department
The research is focused on synthesis, characterization and applications of homogenous catalysis and on applications of computational chemistry
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
Assistant Professor
Tahir's group is focused on engineered multifunctional nanomaterials (inorganic & polymeric) and their applications in biofouling, corrosion and photo/-electrochemical catalysis.
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​.
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.
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
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.
Assistant Professor
Ganiyu's Lab research activities focus on the novel synthesis of advanced materials for industrial heterogeneous catalysis, environmental remediation and analytical problems.
Assistant Professor
Analytical spectroscopy and instrumentation, nucleic acid probes, cancer detection, detection of heavy metals and pharmaceuticals, and green nanoparticles, fuels and corrosion inhibitors.
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.
Associate Professor
Tawfik A. Saleh research work focus on the reaction processing, the chemical characterization, methodologies and nanomaterials properties.
Assistant Professor
The Garrison Group seeks to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to industrial and environmental challenges using polymer chemistry.

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