CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Abdulaziz Ali B Alghamdi

Present Position: Associate Professor of Chemistry

Nationality: Saudi

Marital Status: Married

Languages: Arabic and English

Address:

P. O. Box: 2455 Riyadh 11451

Department of Chemistry,

Faculty of Science

King Saud University

Tel: 0114675459

Mobile: 0553211186

Office: 2 A 19 – Building: 5

E mail: aalghamdia@ksu.edu.sa

ACADEMIC OUALIFICATION

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.)

(Sep. 2012)

Chemistry Department, theUniversity of Sheffield, Sheffield

UK

Ph. D. Thesis:Development of New Conjugated Polymers for

Application in Solar Cells

Master of Science (MSc) (Sep. 2007)

Chemistry Department, the University of Sheffield, Sheffield

UK

MSc Thesis:Synthesis and characterisation of carbazole based

conjugated copolymers for applications in solar cells.

Bachelor of Science (Jul. 2000)

Chemistry Department, King SaudUniversity, Riyadh

Saudi Arabia

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2019 Associate Professor, Chemistry, King Saud University,

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2012 Assistant Professor, Chemistry, King Saud University,

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2000-2004 Demonstrator, College of Science, King Saud

University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

SCIENTIFIC_ACTIVITIES_AND COMMITTEES

2012 – present: Membership of Committees at Department of

Chemistry, King Saud University.

2012 – present: Member of Polymer Committee at

Department of Chemistry, King Saud

University.

2013 – present: Master of Polymer Science Program

coordinator.

2013 – present: Physical Chemistry Section coordinator

2013 – 2015: General Chemistry (Chem 101 & 103)

coordinator.

Introducing Thirteen Courses to the Under Graduate Curriculum

and Post Graduate:

a. CHEM 572

b. CHEM 582

c. CHEM 332

d. CHEM 103

e. CHEM 101

f. CHEM 230

g. CHEM 660

h. CHEM 530

i. CHEM 531

j. CHEM 231

k. CHEM 438

l. CHEM 499

m. CHEM 596

General specialization: Physical Chemistry, Polymer

Specific Specialization: Conjugated polymers.

Research interests:Synthesis and properties of conjugated

polymers for organic solar cells and electronic applications

Scientific Societies:

Member of Saudi Society of Chemistry

Member of Royal Society of Chemistry

CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIUM, WORKSHOPS AND OTHER

ACTIVITIES

1. 6th Workshop on Fats and Oils as Renewable Feedstocks for the

Chemical Industry, 17 – 19 March 2013 in Karlsruhe, Germany

2. 2nd International Conference on Materials for EnergyEnMat II,

may 12, 2013 - May 16, 2013, Karlsruhe convention center,

Germany

3. CARBON 2013 IN RIO Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 14-19 July, 2013.

4. IUPAC 10th International Conference on Advanced Polymers via

Macromolecular Engineering (APME2013), August 18th - 22nd

2013 Durham, UK

5. Training Course in Secrets of Batch Process Scale-Up, 9-11

October 2013, Barcelona, Spain

6. 7th Workshop on Fats and Oils as Renewable Feedstocks for the

Chemical Industry, 23 – 25 March 2014 in Karlsruhe, Germany.

7. 27th International Symposium on Polymer Analysis and

Characterization, June 16-18, 2014, Les Diablerets, Switzerland

8. Carbon in Electrochemistry, Faraday Discussion 172, 28-30 July

2014, Sheffield, UK

9. Comprehensive Training Course in Gas Chromatography (GC), 2-5

February 2015, Milton Keynes, UK

10. 8th Workshop on Fats and Oils as Renewable Feedstock for the

Chemical Industry, 29 – 31 March, 2015 in Karlsruhe, Germany

11. 3rd International Symposium on Green Chemistry, 3-7 May, 2015

in La Rochelle, France.

12. 12th International Conference on Materials Chemistry (MC12), 20-

23 July 2015 in University of York, UK

PUBLICATIONS

1. Abdulaziz A. B. Alghamdi, Darren C. Watters, Hunan Yi, Solyman Al-Faifi,

Mohammed S. Almeataq, David Coles, James Kingsley, David G. Lidzey and

Ahmed Iraqi, “Selenophene vs. thiophene in benzothiadiazole-based low energy

gap donor–acceptor polymers for photovoltaic applications”, Journal of Materials

Chemistry A, 1 (2013) 5165-5171. (IF = 8.262)

2. Mohammed S. Almeataq, Hunan Yi, Solyman Al-Faifi, Abdulaziz A. B.

Alghamdi, Ahmed Iraqi, Nicholas W. Scarratt, Tao Wang and David G. Lidzey,

“Anthracene-based donor–acceptor low band gap polymers for application in solar

cells”, Chemical Communications, 49 (2013) 2252-2254. (IF = 6.567)

3. Ali Mohammed Alsalme, Abdulaziz Ali B. Alghamdi, Ateyyah M. Al-Baradiand

Ahmed Iraqi, “Synthesis and Physical Properties of a "Double-Cable" Polymer for

Photovoltaic Applications”, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 8 (2013) 5575 – 5593. (IF =

1.692)

4. Ali Mohammed Alsalme, Abdulaziz Ali B. Alghamdi, Ammar Abdul Ghani Q.

Alhamdani and Ahmed Iraqi. “Synthesis and properties of Alternating Vinylene-

Benzothiadiazole-Based Copolymers with Carbazole and Fluorene Derivatives for

Photovoltaic Applications”, Int. J. Electrochem. 9 (2014) 1920–1941. (IF = 1.692)

5. Amar Merazga, Fahhad Al-Subai, Ateyyah M. Albaradi, Ali Badawia, Abdullah Y.

Jaber, Abdulaziz Ali B. Alghamdi, “Effect of sol–gel MgO spin-coating on the

performance of TiO2-baseddye-sensitized solar cells”, Materials Science in

Semiconductor Processing, 41 (2015) 114-120. (IF = 2.264) Q1

6. ArivarasanAyyaswamy; Sasikala Ganapathy, Ali Alsalme, Abdulaziz

Alghamdi, Ramasamy Jayavel, “Structural, optical and photovoltaic properties

of co-doped cdteqds for quantum dots sensitized solar cells”, Superlattices and

Microstructures, 88 (2015) 634-644. (IF = 2.117)

7. Vellaikasi Venkatachalam, Ali Alsalme, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, RamasamyJayavel,

“High performance electrochemical capacitor based on MnCo2O4 nanostructured

electrode”, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 756 (2015) 94-100. (IF =

2.822)

8. Mahalingam Shanmugam, Ali Alsalme, Abdulaziz Alghamdi and

RamasamyJayavel, “Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance of the Graphene-V2O5

Nanocomposite in the Degradation of Methylene Blue Dye under Direct Sunlight”,

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7 (2015)14905-14911. (IF = 7.145) Q1

9. M. Shanmugam, Ali Alsalme, Abdulaziz Alghamdi and R. Jayavel,

“Photocatalytic Properties of Graphene/SnO2-PMMA Nanocomposites in the

Degradation of Methylene Blue Dye Under Direct Sunlight Irradation”. Materials

Express 5 (2015) 319-326. (IF = 2.299)

10. Essam S. Abdel-Halim, Humaid H. Alanazi, Abdulaziz A. Alghamdi,

“Extraction and Bleaching of Olive Tree Branch Cellulose”, bioresources, 10

(2015) 7136-7150. (IF = 1.334) Q1

11. Qin Yue, Jialuo Li, Wei Luo, Yu Zhang, Ahmed A. Elzatahry, Xiqing Wang,

Chun Wang, Wei Li, Xiaowei Cheng, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, Aboubakr M.

Abdullah, Yonghui Deng, and Dongyuan Zhao, “An Interface Coassembly in

Biliquid Phase: Toward Core-Shell Magnetic Mesoporous Silica Microspheres

with Tunable Pore Size”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137 (2015)

13282–13289. (IF = 13.038) Q1

12. M. Murugan, R. Mohan Kumar, Ali Alsalme, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, and R.

Jayavel, “In Situ Hydrothermal Synthesis of Graphene–CuO Nanocomposites for

Lithium Battery Applications”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 16

(2016)317-320. (IF = 1.338)

13. Duraisamy Selvakumar, Hari Sivaram, Ali Alsalme, Abdulaziz Alghamdi,

Ramasamy Jayavel, “Facile synthesize of free standing highly conducting flexible

reduced graphene oxide paper”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in

Electronics, 27 (2016) 6232–6241. (IF = 1.798)

14. M. Murugan, R. Mohan Kumar, Ali Alsalme, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, R. Jayavel,

“Facile hydrothermal preparation of niobium pentaoxide decorated reduced

graphene oxide nanocomposites for supercapacitor applications”, Chemical

Physics Letters 650 (2016) 35–40. (IF = 1.860)

15. Xinran Zhou, Yongheng Zhu, Wei Luo,c Yuan Ren, Pengcheng Xu, Ahmed A.

Elzatahry, Xiaowei Cheng, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, Yonghui Deng and

Dongyuan Zhao, “Chelating-Assisted Soft-Templating Synthesis of Ordered

Mesoporous Zinc Oxides for Low Concentration Gas Sensing”, Journal of

Materials Chemistry A, 4 (2016) 15064-15071. (IF = 8.867) Q1

16. Tao Zhao, Yuan Ren, Jianping Yang, Lianjun Wang, Wan Jiang, Ahmed

Elzatahry, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, Yonghui Deng, “Hierarchical Ordered

Macro/mesoporous Titania with Highly Interconnected Porous Structure for

Efficient Photocatalysis”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4 (2016) 16446-

16453.(IF = 8.867) Q1

17. Jianwei Fan, Dandan Li, Wei Teng, Jianping Yang, Yong Liu, Liangliang Liu,

Ahmed A. Elzatahry, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, Yonghui Deng, Guangming Li, Wei-

xian Zhang, and Dongyuan Zhao, “Ordered Mesoporous Silica/Polyvinylidene

Fluoride Composite Membranes with Three-Dimensional Interpenetrating

Structures for Effective Removal of Water Contaminants”, Journal of Materials

Chemistry A, 4 (2016) 3850-3857. (IF = 8.867) Q1

18. Abdulaziz A. Alghamdi, Essam S. Abdel-Halim and Zeid A. Al-Othman “Low-

Temperature Bleaching of Cotton Cellulose using an Ultrasound-assisted

Tetraacetylethylenediamine/ Hydrogen Peroxide/ TriethanolamineSystem”

BioResources, 11 (2016) 2784-2796. (IF = 1.334) Q2

19. Yu Zhang,ab Qin Yue, Yongjian Jiang, Wei Luo, Ahmed A. Elzatahry,

Abdulaziz Alghamdi, Yonghui Deng and Dongyuan Zhaoab, “A facile biliquid-

interface co-assembly synthesis of mesoporous vesicles with large pore sizes”,

CrystEngComm, 18 (2016) 4343-4348. (IF = 3.849) Q2

20. Xiqing Wang, Yu Zhang, Wei Luo, Ahmed A. Elzatahry, Xiaowei Cheng,

Abdulaziz Alghamdi, Aboubakr M. Abdullah, Yonghui Deng, and Dongyuan

Zhao, "Synthesis of Ordered Mesoporous Silica with Tunable Morphologies and

Pore Sizes via a Non-polar Solvent-assisted Stöber method", ACS Chemistry of

Materials, 28 (2016) 2356–2362. (IF = 9.407) Q1

21. Abdulaziz Ali B. Alghamdi, Abdelqader Imragaa, Essam S. Abdel-Halim and

Ahmed Iraqi, “Synthesis and Characterization of novel Thiophene and Carbazole-

based Polymers–Optical and Electrochemical Characterization”, International

Journal of Electrochemical science,11(2016) 5111-5127. (IF = 1.692)

22. Manas Pal, Li Wan, Yongheng Zhu, Yupu Liu, Yang Liu, Wenjun Gao, Yuhui Li,

Gengfeng Zheng, Ahmed A. Elzatahry, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, Yonghui Deng,

Dongyuan Zhao, “Scalable synthesis of mesoporous titania microspheres via

spray-drying method”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 479 (2016) 150-

159. (IF = 3.782) Q1

23. Taieb Aouak, Mohamed Ouladsmane, Abdulaziz Ali Alghamdi, Ahmad

Abdulaziz Al-Owais, Turki Mohammad Al-Turki, Zeid Abdullah Alothman and

Waseem Sharaf Saeed, “Fabrication of tissue engineering scaffold from

poly(vinylalcohol-co-ethylene)/poly (D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) blend:

Miscibility, thermomechanical properties, and morphology”, International Journal

Of Polymeric Materials And Polymeric Biomaterials, 65 (2016) 526-536. (IF =

1.667)

24. Taieb Aouak, Abdulaziz Ali Alghamdi, Ahlam Abdulrahman Alrashdi,

Mohamed Ouladsmane, Mohammad Mezbaul Alam, Zeid AlOthman & Mu

Naushad, "Miscibility enhancement of poly(vinyl chloride)/polystyrene blend:

Application to membrane separation of benzene from benzene/cyclohexane

mixture by pervaporation", Separation Science And Technology, 51 (2016) 2440-

2454.(IF = 1.083)

25. Abdelqader Imragaa, Fateh B Eltaboni, Khaled Edbey, Abdelkarem A Elgazail,

Abdulaziz Alghamdi, Ahmed Iraqi. “Donor-Acceptor Carbazole and Uinoxaline

Based Polymers for Application in Solar Cells”. Physical Science International

Journal. 10 (2016) 1-8.

26. Mahalingam Shanmugam, Ali Alsalme, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, RamasamyJayavel

"In-situ microwave synthesis of graphene–TiO2 nanocomposites with enhanced

photocatalytic properties for the degradation of organic pollutants", Journal of

Photochemistry & Photobiology, B: Biology 163 (2016) 216–223. (IF = 3.055)

27. Wei Luo, Tao Zhao, Yuhui Li, Jing Wei, Pengcheng Xu, Xinxin Li, Youwei

Wang, Wenqing Zhang, Ahmed A. Elzatahry, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, Yonghui

Deng, Lianjun Wang, Wan Jiang, Yong Liu, Biao Kong, and Dongyuan Zhao, "A

Micelle Fusion–Aggregation Assembly Approach to Mesoporous Carbon

Materials with Rich Active Sites for Ultrasensitive Ammonia Sensing", Journal of

the American Chemical Society, 138 (2016) 12586–12595. (IF = 13.038) Q1

28. D. Selvakumar, A. Alsalme, A. Alghamdi, R. Jayavel, “Reduced graphene oxide

paper as bimorphic electrical actuators”, Materials Letters, 191 (2017) 182-185.

(IF = 2.572)

29. Jun-Tao Dai,Yu Zhang, Heng-Chao Li, Yong-Hui Deng, Ahmed A. Elzatahry,

Abdulaziz Alghamdi, De-Liang Fu, Yong-Jian Jiang, Dong-Yuan Zhao,

“Enhancement of gemcitabine against pancreatic cancer by loading in mesoporous

silica vesicles”, Chinese Chemical Letters, 28 (2017), 531-536. (IF = 1.932) Q2

30. Yongjian Jiang, Shaojun Liu,Yu Zhang, HengchaoLi,Hang He, Juntao Dai, Tao

Jiang, Weihang Ji, Daoying Geng, Ahmed A. Elzatahry, Abdulaziz Alghamdi,

Deliang Fu,Yonghui Deng, Dongyuan Zhao, “Magnetic mesoporous nanospheres

anchored with LyP-1 as an efficient pancreatic cancer probe”, Biomaterials, 115

(2017) 9-18. (IF = 8.402) Q1

31. V. Venkatachalam, A. Alsalme, A. Alghamdi, R. Jayavel, “Hexagonal-like

NiCo2O4 nanostructure based high-performance supercapacitor electrodes”,

Ionics, 23 (2017) 977–984. (IF = 2.062)

32. M. Murugan, Mohan R. Kumar, Ali Alsalme, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, R. Jayavel,

“Synthesis and Property Studies of Molybdenum Disulfide Modified Reduced

Graphene Oxide (MoS2-rGO) Nanocomposites for Supercapacitor Applications”,

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 17 (2017) 5469-5474. (IF = 1.483)

33. Qin Yue, Yu Zhang, Yongjian Jiang, Jialuo Li, Hongwei Zhang, Chengzhong Yu ,

Ahmed A. Elzatahry, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, Yonghui Deng, and Dongyuan Zhao,

“Nanoengineering of Core–Shell Magnetic Mesoporous Microspheres with

Tunable Surface Roughness”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139

(2017) 4954 - 4961. (IF = 13.858) Q1

34. Abdel-Basit Mohammed Al-Odayni, TaiebAouak, Abdulaziz Ali Alghamdi,

Waseem Sharaf Saeed, Mohamed Ouladsmane, Usama Karama and Zeid

Abdullah Alothman, “Ibuprofen grafted on poly(2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate):

Synthesis, mass transfer, and in vitro drug release investigations”, International

Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, (2017) 1-8. (IF =

1.515)

35. Xinran Zhou, Xiaowei Cheng, Yongheng Zhu, Ahmed A. Elzatahry, Abdulaziz

Alghamdi, Yonghui Deng, Dongyuan Zhao, “Ordered porous metal oxide

semiconductors for gas sensing”, Chinese Chemical Letters, (2017) In Press (IF =

1.932)

36. Yongheng Zhu, Yong Zhao, Junhao Ma, Xiaowei Cheng, Jing Xie, Pengcheng

Xu, Haiquan Liu, Hongping Liu, Haijiao Zhang, Minghong Wu, Ahmed A.

Elzatahry, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, Yonghui Deng, and Dongyuan Zhao,

“Mesoporous Tungsten Oxides with Crystalline Framework for Highly Sensitive

and Selective Detection of Foodborne Pathogens”, Journal of the American

Chemical Society, 139 (2017) 10365–10373. (IF = 13.858) Q1

37. Qin Yue, Jialuo Li, Yu Zhang, Xiaowei Cheng, Xiao Chen, Panpan Pan, Jiacan

Su, Ahmed A. Elzatahry, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, Yonghui Deng, and Dongyuan

Zhao, “Plasmolysis-Inspired Nanoengineering of Functional Yolk–Shell

Microspheres with Magnetic Core and Mesoporous Silica Shell”, Journal of the

American Chemical Society, 139 (2017) 15486–15493. (IF = 13.858) Q1

38. Xingyu Xiao, Liangliang Liu, Junhao Ma, Yuan Ren, Xiaowei Cheng, Yongheng

Zhu, Dongyuan Zhao, Ahmed A. Elzatahry, Abdulaziz Alghamdi and Yonghui

Deng, “Ordered Mesoporous Tin Oxide Semiconductors with Large Pores and

Crystallized Walls for High-Performance Gas Sensing”, ACS Appl. Mater.

Interfaces, 10 (2018) 1871−1880. (IF = 7.504)

39. Xinran Zhou, Xiaowei Cheng, Yongheng Zhu, Ahmed A. Elzatahry, Abdulaziz

Alghamdi, Yonghui Deng, Dongyuan Zhao, “Ordered porous metal oxide

semiconductors for gas sensing”, Chinese Chemical Letters, 29 (2018) 405–416.

(IF = 1.932)

40. Abdullah Mohammad Al-Majid, Waseem Sharaf Saeed, Abdel-Basit Mohammed

Al-Odayni, Abdulaziz Ali Alghamdi, Taieb Aouak Fady Nahra, Steven Nolan,

“Catalytic effectiveness of azobisisobutyronitrile/[SiMes)Ru(PPH3)(Ind)Cl2

initiating system in the polymerization of methyl methacrylate and other vinylic

monomers”, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 11 (2018) 1017-1031 (IF = 2.969)

41. Abdulaziz Ali Alghamdi, Abdulillah Al-Soulami, Wassem Sharaf Saeed, Abdel-

Basit Al-Odayni, Abdelhabib Elsamlali, Ahmed Abdulaziz Al-Owaais & Taieb

Aouak, “Grafting of sulfamethoxazole on acrylic acid−vinyl methyl ketone

copolymer using the schiff base reaction−application as a drug delivery system”,

International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, In Press

42. Abdulaziz Ali Alghamdi, Abdullah Fhead Alshahrani, Nezar H. Khdary, Fahad

A. Alharthi, Hussain Ali Alattas and Syed Farooq Adil, “Enhanced CO2

Adsorption by Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Oxide Sheets (N-GOs) Prepared by

Employing Polymeric Precursors”, materials, 11 (2018) 578. (IF = 2.654) Q2

43. Waseem Sharaf Saeed, Abdel-Basit Al-Odayni, Abdulaziz Ali Alghamdi, Ahmad

Abdulaziz Al-Owais, Abdelhabib Semlali and Taieb Aouak “Miscibility of

Poly(Ethylene-co-Vinylalcohol)/Poly(δ-Valerolactone) Blend and Tissue

Engineering Scaffold Fabrication Using Naphthalene as Porogen” , Polymer-

Plastics Technology and Engineering, In Press

44. Xuanyu Yang, Xiaowei Cheng, Ahmed A. Elzatahry, Jinyang Chen, Abdulaziz

Alghamdi and Yonghui Denga, “Recyclable Fenton-like catalyst based on zeolite

Y supported ultrafine, highlydispersed Fe2O3 nanoparticles for removal of

organics under mild conditions”, Chinese Chemical Letters, 30 (2019) 324-330.

(IF = 2.631)

45. Waseem Sharaf Saeed, Taieb Aouak, Hamad Abdullah Al-Lohedan, Abdel-Basit

Mohammed Al-Odayni, Abdulaziz Ali Alghamdi and Ahmad Abdulaziz Al-

Owais, “Separation of organohalides from their microemulsions by the

pervaporation technique: Application to the n-butyl bromide/SDS/n-butanol/water

system”, Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, In Press

46. Abdulaziz Ali Alghamdi, Abdulellah Alsolami, Waseem Sharaf Saeed, Abdel-

Basit Mohammed Al-Odayni, Abdelhabib Semlali and Taieb Aouak, “Miscibility

of poly(acrylic acid)/poly(methyl vinyl ketone) blend and in vitro application as

drug carrier system”, Designed Monomers and Polymers, 21 (2018) 145 – 162.

(IF = 1.370)

47. Waseem Sharaf Saeed, Abdel-Basit Al-Odayni, Abdulaziz Ali Alghamdi, Ali

Alrahlah and Taieb Aouak “Thermal Properties and Non-Isothermal

Crystallization Kinetics of Poly (δ-Valerolactone) and Poly (δ-

Valerolactone)/Titanium Dioxide Nanocomposites”, crystals, 8 (2018) 452. (IF =

2.144)

48. Xiaowei Cheng, Le Huang Xuanyu Yang, Ahmed A. Elzatahry, Abdulaziz

Alghamdi, Yonghui Deng, “Rational design of a stable peroxidase mimic for

colorimetric detection of H2O2 and glucose: A synergistic CeO2/Zeolite Y

nanocomposite”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 535 (2019) 425-435.

49. Waseem Sharaf Saeed, Abdel-Basit Al-Odayni, Ali Alrahlah, Abdulaziz Ali

Alghamdi and Taieb Aouak. “Preparation and Characterization of Poly (δ-

Valerolactone)/TiO2 Nanohybrid Material with Pores Interconnected for Potential

Use in Tissue Engineering”. Materials, 12 (2019) 528.

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