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Bio
Prof. Mohamed A. Habila works as professor of chemistry at King Saud University. He is a board member of Saudi Chemical Society. He is interested in nanotechnology for development of clean methods for separation of environmental pollutants, improvement of solid phase extraction and dispersive micro-extraction, water and wastewater treatments, and synthesis and characterization of nano-porous multifunctional core-shell structures for various applications. Dr Habila has supervised more than 10 MSc and PhD. Students. Dr Habila has delivered more than 25 public lectures in chemistry in local and international conferences and scientific events.
• Phone, 00966595184785
• E. mail, mhabila@ksu.edu.sa ; mohamedhabila2014@gmail.com
• Researcher ID,
Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1910-0311
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Web of Science Researcher ID: AAJ-4830-2020
1. Education degrees
• 2015: Doctor’s degree, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. Thesis title “Fabrication and Characterization of the Core-Shell Multi-Functional Nano-Materials for Analytical and Environmental Applications“.
• 2008: Master degree in Environmental Studies (2008), Institute of Graduate Studies & Researches (IGSR), Alexandria University, Egypt. The M.Sc. thesis was supported by a Scholarship of Elite Students from Academy of Scientific Research and Technology for Studying the Conversion of some wastes to activated charcoal for industrial applications).
• 2005: Diploma in Environmental Studies, Institute of Graduate Studies & Researches (IGSR), Alexandria University, Egypt
• 2002: Bachelor in Chemistry, Alexandria University, Egypt.
2. Current employment
• 2019 till present, work as associate professor in Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
(Job tasks include: teaching, research, supervision, committee membership, society services and self-development).
3. Previous work experience
• 2015-2019, work as assistant professor in department of chemistry, college of science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• 2017-2018, share as consultant for the vice dean of the Deanship for Administrative Affairs, college of science. I shared in checking the safety requirement in the student laboratories in college of science, KSU.
• 2009-2015, work as a researcher and graduate PhD. Student in department of chemistry, college of science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• 2004-2008, work as a researcher and graduate MSc. Student in department environmental science, Institute of Graduate Studies & researches, Alexandria University, Egypt.
4. List of Selected Publications:
1. El-Toni, A.M.; Habila, M.A.; Sheikh, M.; El-Mahrouky, M.; Al-Awadi, A.S.; ALOthman, Z. Fabrication of Fe3O4 Core-TiO2/MesoSiO2 and Fe3O4 Core-MesoSiO2/TiO2 Double Shell Nanoparticles for Methylene Blue Adsorption: Kinetic, Isotherms and Thermodynamic Characterization. Nanomaterials 2023, doi:10.20944/PREPRINTS202308.0829.V1.
2. Alghamdi, A.S.; Yusuf, K.; Habila, M.A.; ALOthman, Z.A. Fabrication and Characterization of Sulfonated Carbon Materials and Chitosan-Derived Functioned Carbon via Schiff’s Base Process for Separation Purposes. Separations 2023, Vol. 10, Page 475 2023, 10, 475, doi:10.3390/SEPARATIONS10090475.
3. Habila, M.A.; ALOthman, Z.A.; Hakami, H.M.; Alanazi, A.G. Influence of Synthesis-Heating Conditions on the Porosity and Performance of a Carbon Nanotube/SDS-Alumina Nanocomposite for Effective Wastewater Treatment: Fabrication, Characterization, and Adsorption Modeling. Ind Eng Chem Res 2023, 62, 12571–12588, doi:10.1021/ACS.IECR.3C01236.
4. Ali, F.; Mehmood, S.; Ashraf, A.; Saleem, A.; Younas, U.; Ahmad, A.; Bhatti, M.P.; Eldesoky, G.E.; Aljuwayid, A.M.; Habila, M.A.; et al. Ag-Cu Embedded SDS Nanoparticles for Efficient Removal of Toxic Organic Dyes from Water Medium. Ind Eng Chem Res 2023, 62, 4765–4777, doi:10.1021/ACS.IECR.2C03460/ASSET/IMAGES/LARGE/IE2C03460_0010.JPEG.
5. Habila, M.A.; Moshab, M.S.; El-Toni, A.M.; Al-Awadi, A.S.; ALOthman, Z.A. Facile Strategy for Fabricating an Organosilica-Modified Fe3O4 (OS/Fe3O4) Hetero-Nanocore and OS/Fe3O4@SiO2 Core-Shell Structure for Wastewater Treatment with Promising Recyclable Efficiency. ACS Omega 2023, 8, 7626–7638, doi:10.1021/ACSOMEGA.2C07214/ASSET/IMAGES/LARGE/AO2C07214_0011.JPEG.
6. Habila, M.A.; ALOthman, Z.A.; Hakami, H.M.; ALOthman, M.R.; Sheikh, M. Recyclable Carbon-Based Hybrid Adsorbents Functionalized with Alumina Nanoparticles for Water Remediation. Crystals 2023, Vol. 13, Page 598 2023, 13, 598, doi:10.3390/CRYST13040598.
7. Habila, M.A.; Moshab, M.S.; El-Toni, A.M.; ALOthman, Z.A.; Badjah Hadj Ahmed, A.Y. Thermal Fabrication of Magnetic Fe3O4 (Nanoparticle)@Carbon Sheets from Waste Resources for the Adsorption of Dyes: Kinetic, Equilibrium, and UV–Visible Spectroscopy Investigations. Nanomaterials 2023, 13, 1266, doi:10.3390/NANO13071266.
8. Habila, M.A.; ALOthman, Z.A.; ALOthman, M.R.; Hassouna, M.S.E.D. Benzothiophene Adsorptive Desulfurization onto TrihexYl(Tetradecyl)Phosphonium Dicyanamide Ionic-Liquid-Modified Renewable Carbon: Kinetic, Equilibrium and UV Spectroscopy Investigations. Molecules 2023, 28, doi:10.3390/MOLECULES28010298.
9. Aqel, A.; Ghfar, A.A.; Yusuf, K.; Alotaibi, K.M.; Alafra’a, R.M.; Habila, M.A.; Badjah-Hadj-Ahmed, A.Y.; ALOthman, Z.A. Montmorillonite-Based Polymethacrylate Composite Monoliths as Stationary Phase Materials for Food and Pharmaceutical Analysis in Capillary Liquid and Gas Chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2023, 1690, 463695, doi:10.1016/J.CHROMA.2022.463695.
10. Sadaf, S.; Singh, A.K.; Iqbal, J.; Kumar, R.N.; Sulejmanović, J.; Habila, M.A.; Pinê Américo-Pinheiro, J.H.; Sher, F. Advancements of Sequencing Batch Biofilm Reactor for Slaughterhouse Wastewater Assisted with Response Surface Methodology. Chemosphere 2022, 307, 135952, doi:10.1016/J.CHEMOSPHERE.2022.135952.
11. Gnanasekaran, L.; Rajendran, S.; Senthil Kumar, P.; Priya, A.K.; Gracia, F.; Habila, M.A.; Saravanakumar, K. Visible Light Stimulated Binary Nanostructure and Defect Enriched TiO2-SnO2 for Photocatalysis and Antibacterial Activity. Mater Lett 2022, 316, 131998, doi:10.1016/J.MATLET.2022.131998.
12. Arularasu, M. V.; Sendhil, M.; Rajendran, T. V.; Mani, G.; Aljuwayid, A.M.; Habila, M.A. Recent Advantages of Zinc Oxide/Carbon Nanotubes/Reduced Graphene Oxide Based Nanocomposite for the Visible Light Photodegradation. Inorg Chem Commun 2022, 139, 109332, doi:10.1016/J.INOCHE.2022.109332.
13. Habila, M.A.; Alhenaki, B.; El-Marghany, A.; Sheikh, M.; Ghfar, A.A.; Alothman, Z.A.; Soylak, M.; Habila, M.A.; Alhenaki, B.; El-Marghany, A.; et al. Metal Organic Framework-Based Dispersive Solid-Phase Microextraction of Carbaryl from Food and Water Prior to Detection by Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Separations 2022, Vol. 9, Page: 32 2022, 9, 32, doi:10.3390/SEPARATIONS9020032.
14. Nehru, R.; Hsu, Y.F.; Wang, S.F.; Dong, C. Di; Govindasamy, M.; Habila, M.A.; AlMasoud, N. Graphene Oxide@Ce-Doped TiO2 Nanoparticles as Electrocatalyst Materials for Voltammetric Detection of Hazardous Methyl Parathion. Microchimica Acta 2021, 188, doi:10.1007/S00604-021-04847-5.
15. Ahmed, I.A.; Ragab, A.H.; Habila, M.A.; Alomar, T.S.; Aljuhani, E.H. Equilibrium and Kinetic Study of Anionic and Cationic Pollutants Remediation by Limestone–Chitosan–Alginate Nanocomposite from Aqueous Solution. Molecules 2021, Vol. 26, Page 2586 2021, 26, 2586, doi:10.3390/MOLECULES26092586.
16. Selvinsimpson, S.; Gnanamozhi, P.; Pandiyan, V.; Govindasamy, M.; Habila, M.A.; AlMasoud, N.; Chen, Y. Synergetic Effect of Sn Doped ZnO Nanoparticles Synthesized via Ultrasonication Technique and Its Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Activity. Environ Res 2021, 197, doi:10.1016/J.ENVRES.2021.111115.
17. Al-Marghany, A.; Badjah Hadj Ahmed, A.Y.; AlOthman, Z.A.; Sheikh, M.; Ghfar, A.A.; Habila, M. Fabrication of Schiff’s Base-Functionalized Porous Carbon Materials for the Effective Removal of Toxic Metals from Wastewater. Arabian Journal of Geosciences 2021, 14, 1–13, doi:10.1007/S12517-021-06667-6/TABLES/2.
18. Habila, M.A.; AlMasoud, N.; Alomar, T.S.; AlOthman, Z.A.; Yilmaz, E.; Soylak, M. Deep Eutectic Solvent-Based Microextraction of Lead(II) Traces from Water and Aqueous Extracts before FAAS Measurements. Molecules 2020, 25, 4794, doi:10.3390/molecules25204794.
19. Almasoud, N.; Habila, M.A.; Alothman, Z.A.; Alomar, T.S.; Alraqibah, N.; Sheikh, M.; Ghfar, A.A.; Soylak, M. Nano-Clay as a Solid Phase Microextractor of Copper, Cadmium and Lead for Ultra-Trace Quantification by ICP-MS. Analytical Methods 2020, 12, 4949–4955, doi:10.1039/D0AY01343A.
20. Habila, M.; Alhenaki, B.; El‐Marghany, A.; Sheikh, M.; Ghfar, A.; ALOthman, Z.; Soylak, M. Metal Organic Frameworks Enhanced Dispersive Solid Phase Microextraction of Malathion before Detection by UHPLC‐MS/MS. J Sep Sci 2020, 43, 3103–3109, doi:10.1002/jssc.202000033.
21. Habila, M.A.; Alabdullkarem, E.A.; ALOthman, Z.A.; Yilmaz, E.; Soylak, M. Thiomalic Acid/Ferric Chloride-Based Deep Eutectic Solvent for Microextraction of Chromium in Natural Water Samples Prior to FAAS Analysis. Int J Environ Anal Chem 2020, doi:10.1080/03067319.2020.1743831.
22. ALOthman, Z.A.; Yilmaz, E.; Habila, M.A.; Alhenaki, B.; Soylak, M.; Ahmed, A.Y.B.H.; Alabdullkarem, E.A. Development of Combined-Supramolecular Microextraction with Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Procedures for Ultra-Trace Analysis of Carbaryl in Water, Fruits and Vegetables. Int J Environ Anal Chem 2020, doi:10.1080/03067319.2020.1738419.
23. Alothman, Z.A.; Habila, M.A.; Moshab, M.S.; Al-Qahtani, K.M.; AlMasoud, N.; Al-Senani, G.M.; Al-Kadhi, N.S. Fabrication of Renewable Palm-Pruning Leaves Based Nano-Composite for Remediation of Heavy Metals Pollution. Arabian Journal of Chemistry 2020, 13, 4936–4944, doi:10.1016/J.ARABJC.2020.01.015.
24. Alomar, T.S.; Habila, M.A.; Alothman, Z.A.; AlMasoud, N.; Alqahtany, S.S. Evaluation of Groundwater and Grey Water Contamination with Heavy Metals and Their Adsorptive Remediation Using Renewable Carbon from a Mixed-Waste Source. Water (Basel) 2020, 12, 1802, doi:10.3390/w12061802.
25. ALOthman, Z.A.; Habila, M.A.; Yilmaz, E.; Alabdullkarem, E.A.; Soylak, M. A Novel Deep Eutectic Solvent Microextraction Procedure for Enrichment, Separation and Atomic Absorption Spectrometric Determination of Palladium at Ultra-Trace Levels in Environmental Samples. Measurement (Lond) 2020, 153, doi:10.1016/j.measurement.2019.107394.
26. Habila, M.A.; ALOthman, Z.A.; Sheikh, M.; Alaswad, S.O. Fabrication of Spiny-like Spherical Copper Metal–Organic Frameworks for the Microextraction of Arsenic(III) from Water and Food Samples before ICP-MS Detection. Applied Sciences 2023, Vol. 13, Page 10036 2023, 13, 10036, doi:10.3390/APP131810036.
27. Habila, M.A.; ALOthman, Z.A.; Yilmaz, E.; Alabdullkarem, E.A.; Soylak, M. A New Amine Based Microextraction of Lead (II)in Real Water Samples Using Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Microchemical Journal 2019, 148, 214–219, doi:10.1016/j.microc.2019.04.078.
28. Alomar, T.S.; Habila, M.A.; Almasoud, N.; Alothman, Z.A.; Sheikh, M.; Soylak, M. Biomass-Derived Adsorbent for Dispersive Solid-Phase Extraction of Cr(III), Fe(III), Co(II) and Ni(II) from Food Samples Prior to ICP-MS Detection. Applied Sciences (Switzerland) 2021, 11, 7792, doi:10.3390/APP11177792/S1.
29. Habila, M.A.; Ouladsmane, M.; Alothman, Z.A. Role of Artificial Intelligence in Environmental Sustainability. Visualization Techniques for Climate Change with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence 2023, 449–469, doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-99714-0.00009-1.
30. Abou Houran, M.; Habila, M.A.; Riaz, F.; Kumar Agrawal, M.; Shi, K. Process Development for a Novel Polygeneration Purpose Based on Tars Produced by a Biomass Gasification Unit; Feasibility Study from the Thermodynamic, Economic, and Environmental Viewpoints. J Clean Prod 2023, 422, 138636, doi:10.1016/J.JCLEPRO.2023.138636.
31. Z. ALOthman, E. Yilmaz, M. Habila, A. Abdelghfar, Bushra Alhanaki, M. Soylak, A. Yacine. Supramolecular Solvent Microextraction and Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Combination for the Pre-concentration and Determination of Malathion in Environmental Samples. Desalination and water Treatment 2019, 1-6.
32. Alothman, Z. A. Habila, M. A. Yilmaz, E. Soylak, M. Ultrasound-assisted Supramolecular Microextraction of Copper in Water, Food, Hair, and Tobacco Samples Prior to Microsampling Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry,ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY, 2018,39, 3,106-111.
33. Habila, M. A. ALOthman, Z. A. Yilmaz, E. Soylak, M., Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction of Lead(II) as Tropaeolin OOO Chelates From Environmental Samples Prior to Microsampling Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry,ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY,2018,39,3,112-117.
34. Habila MA, Yilmaz E, AlOthman ZA, Soylak M. Activated carbon cloth filled pipette tip for solid phaseextraction of nickel(II), lead(II), cadmium(II), copper(II) and cobalt(II) as 1,3,4-thiadiazole-2,5-dithiol chelates for ultra-trace detection by FAAS. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 2018; 98(2):171–181
35. Habila MA, Alothman ZA, El-Toni AM, Labis JP. Khan A, Al-Marghany A, Elafifi HE. One-Step Carbon Coating and Polyacrylamide Functionalization of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles for Enhancing Magnetic Adsorptive-Remediation of Heavy Metals. Molecules 2017, 22(12):2074.
36. Habila MA, Yilmaz E, AlOthman ZA, Soylak M. nitroso-2-naphthol impregnated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (NNMWCNTs) for the separation-enrichment and flame atomic absorption spectrometric detection of copper and lead in hair, water, and food samples. Desalin Water Treat 2017;87:285-291.
37. Alothman ZA, Habila MA, Yilmaz E, Soylak M, Alwarthan AA. Application of supramolecular microextraction and flame atomic absorption spectrometry for ultra-Trace determination of cadmium in food and water samples. At Spectrosc 2017;38(3):51-56.
38. Kenawy E-, Ghfar AA, Naushad M, Alothman ZA, Habila MA, Albadarin AB. Efficient removal of Co(II) metal ion from aqueous solution using cost-effective oxidized activated carbon: Kinetic and isotherm studies. Desalin Water Treat 2017;70:220-226.
39. Alothman ZA, Habila MA, Yilmaz E, Soylak M, Alfadul SM. Ultrasonic supramolecular microextration of nickel (II) as N,N′-Dihydroxy-1,2-cyclohexanediimine chelates from water, tobacco and fertilizer samples before FAAS determination. J Mol Liq 2016;221:773-777.
40. Alothman ZA, Habila MA, Yilmaz E, Soylak M, Alfadul SM. Supramolecular solvent-based microextraction of copper at trace levels before determination by microsampling flame atomic absorption spectrometry. At Spectrosc 2016;37(4):158-163.
41. Habila MA, Yilmaz E, ALOthman ZA, Soylak M. Combination of dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction and multivariate optimization for separation-enrichment of traces lead by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. J Ind Eng Chem 2016;37:306-311.
42. Alothman ZA, Habila MA, Alfadul SM, Yilmaz E, Soylak M. A green, novel and simple microprecipitation technique for separation and preconcentration of cadmium with 1-(2-thiazolylazo)-2-naphthol in food samples and determination by microsampling flame atomic absorption spectrometry. Anal Methods 2016;8(17):3545-3549.
43. ALOthman ZA, Habila MA, Al-Shalan NH, Alfadul SM, Ali R, Rashed IGA, et al. Adsorptive removal of Cu(II) and Pb(II) onto mixed-waste activated carbon: kinetic, thermodynamic, and competitive studies and application to real wastewater samples. Arab J Geosci 2016;9(4).
44. El-Toni AM, Habila MA, Labis JP, Alothman ZA, Alhoshan M, Elzatahry AA, et al. Design, synthesis and applications of core-shell, hollow core, and nanorattle multifunctional nanostructures. Nanoscale 2016;8(5):2510-2531.
45. Habila MA, ALOthman ZA, Al-Tamrah SA, Ghafar AA, Soylak M. Activated carbon from waste as an efficient adsorbent for malathion for detection and removal purposes. J Ind Eng Chem 2015;32:336-344.
46. Habila MA, ALOthman ZA, El-Toni AM, Labis JP, Li X, Zhang F, et al. Mercaptobenzothiazole-functionalized magnetic carbon nanospheres of type Fe3O4@SiO2@C for the preconcentration of nickel, copper and lead prior to their determination by ICP-MS. Microchim Acta 2016;183(8):2377-2384.
47. Habila MA, Alothman ZA, El-Toni AM, Labis JP, Soylak M. Synthesis and application of Fe3O4@SiO2@TiO2for photocatalytic decomposition of organic matrix simultaneously with magnetic solid phase extraction of heavy metals prior to ICP-MS analysis. Talanta 2016;154:539-547.
48. Habila MA, ALOthman ZA, El-Toni AM, Soylak M. Combination of Syringe–Solid Phase Extraction with Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry for Efficient Heavy Metals Detection. Clean Soil Air Water 2016;44(6):720-727.
49. El-Toni AM, Habila MA, Ibrahim MA, Labis JP, ALOthman ZA. Simple and facile synthesis of amino functionalized hollow core-mesoporous shell silica spheres using anionic surfactant for Pb(II), Cd(II), and Zn(II) adsorption and recovery. Chem Eng J 2014;251:441-451.
50. Al Othman, Z.A.; Ahmed, Y.B.H.; Habila, M.A.; Ghafar, A.A. Determination of Capsaicin and Dihydrocapsaicin in Capsicum Fruit Samples Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography. Molecules 2011, 16, doi:10.3390/molecules16108919.
51. ALOthman, Z.A.; Habila, M.; Yilmaz, E.; Soylak, M. Solid Phase Extraction of Cd(II), Pb(II), Zn(II) and Ni(II) from Food Samples Using Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Impregnated with 4-(2-Thiazolylazo)Resorcinol. Microchimica Acta 2012, 177, 397–403, doi:10.1007/s00604-012-0789-2.
52. AlOthman, Z.A.; Habila, M.A.; Ali, R.; Abdel Ghafar, A.; El-din Hassouna, M.S. Valorization of Two Waste Streams into Activated Carbon and Studying Its Adsorption Kinetics, Equilibrium Isotherms and Thermodynamics for Methylene Blue Removal. Arabian Journal of Chemistry 2014, 7, 1148–1158, doi:10.1016/j.arabjc.2013.05.007.
53. Habila, M.A.; ALOthman, Z.A.; Al-Tamrah, S.A.; Ghafar, A.A.; Soylak, M. Activated Carbon from Waste as an Efficient Adsorbent for Malathion for Detection and Removal Purposes. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 2015, 32, 336–344, doi:10.1016/j.jiec.2015.09.009.
54. Al-Othman, A.M.; Al-Othman, Z.A.; El-Desoky, G.E.; Aboul-Soud, M.A.M.; Habila, M.A.; Giesy, J.P. Daily Intake of Selenium and Concentrations in Blood of Residents of Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia. Environ Geochem Health 2012, 34, doi:10.1007/s10653-011-9448-5.
55. Alothman, Z.A.; Yilmaz, E.; Habila, M.; Shabaka, A.; Soylak, M. Ligandless Temperature-Controlled Ionic Liquid-Phase Microextraction of Lead(II) Ion Prior to Its Determination by FAAS. Microchimica Acta 2013, 180, doi:10.1007/s00604-013-0979-6.
56. El-Desoky, G.E.; Aboul-Soud, M.A.M.; Al-Othman, Z.A.; Habila, M.; Giesy, J.P. Seasonal Concentrations of Lead in Outdoor and Indoor Dust and Blood of Children in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Environ Geochem Health 2014, 36, doi:10.1007/s10653-013-9582-3.
• Phone, 00966595184785
• E. mail, mhabila@ksu.edu.sa ; mohamedhabila2014@gmail.com
• Researcher ID,
Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1910-0311
Scopus Author ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=53877535400
Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xXdhNTYAAAAJ&hl=en
Publons https://publons.com/researcher/3512898/mohamed-habila/#
Web of Science Researcher ID: AAJ-4830-2020
1. Education degrees
• 2015: Doctor’s degree, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. Thesis title “Fabrication and Characterization of the Core-Shell Multi-Functional Nano-Materials for Analytical and Environmental Applications“.
• 2008: Master degree in Environmental Studies (2008), Institute of Graduate Studies & Researches (IGSR), Alexandria University, Egypt. The M.Sc. thesis was supported by a Scholarship of Elite Students from Academy of Scientific Research and Technology for Studying the Conversion of some wastes to activated charcoal for industrial applications).
• 2005: Diploma in Environmental Studies, Institute of Graduate Studies & Researches (IGSR), Alexandria University, Egypt
• 2002: Bachelor in Chemistry, Alexandria University, Egypt.
2. Current employment
• 2019 till present, work as associate professor in Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
(Job tasks include: teaching, research, supervision, committee membership, society services and self-development).
3. Previous work experience
• 2015-2019, work as assistant professor in department of chemistry, college of science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• 2017-2018, share as consultant for the vice dean of the Deanship for Administrative Affairs, college of science. I shared in checking the safety requirement in the student laboratories in college of science, KSU.
• 2009-2015, work as a researcher and graduate PhD. Student in department of chemistry, college of science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• 2004-2008, work as a researcher and graduate MSc. Student in department environmental science, Institute of Graduate Studies & researches, Alexandria University, Egypt.
4. List of Selected Publications:
1. El-Toni, A.M.; Habila, M.A.; Sheikh, M.; El-Mahrouky, M.; Al-Awadi, A.S.; ALOthman, Z. Fabrication of Fe3O4 Core-TiO2/MesoSiO2 and Fe3O4 Core-MesoSiO2/TiO2 Double Shell Nanoparticles for Methylene Blue Adsorption: Kinetic, Isotherms and Thermodynamic Characterization. Nanomaterials 2023, doi:10.20944/PREPRINTS202308.0829.V1.
2. Alghamdi, A.S.; Yusuf, K.; Habila, M.A.; ALOthman, Z.A. Fabrication and Characterization of Sulfonated Carbon Materials and Chitosan-Derived Functioned Carbon via Schiff’s Base Process for Separation Purposes. Separations 2023, Vol. 10, Page 475 2023, 10, 475, doi:10.3390/SEPARATIONS10090475.
3. Habila, M.A.; ALOthman, Z.A.; Hakami, H.M.; Alanazi, A.G. Influence of Synthesis-Heating Conditions on the Porosity and Performance of a Carbon Nanotube/SDS-Alumina Nanocomposite for Effective Wastewater Treatment: Fabrication, Characterization, and Adsorption Modeling. Ind Eng Chem Res 2023, 62, 12571–12588, doi:10.1021/ACS.IECR.3C01236.
4. Ali, F.; Mehmood, S.; Ashraf, A.; Saleem, A.; Younas, U.; Ahmad, A.; Bhatti, M.P.; Eldesoky, G.E.; Aljuwayid, A.M.; Habila, M.A.; et al. Ag-Cu Embedded SDS Nanoparticles for Efficient Removal of Toxic Organic Dyes from Water Medium. Ind Eng Chem Res 2023, 62, 4765–4777, doi:10.1021/ACS.IECR.2C03460/ASSET/IMAGES/LARGE/IE2C03460_0010.JPEG.
5. Habila, M.A.; Moshab, M.S.; El-Toni, A.M.; Al-Awadi, A.S.; ALOthman, Z.A. Facile Strategy for Fabricating an Organosilica-Modified Fe3O4 (OS/Fe3O4) Hetero-Nanocore and OS/Fe3O4@SiO2 Core-Shell Structure for Wastewater Treatment with Promising Recyclable Efficiency. ACS Omega 2023, 8, 7626–7638, doi:10.1021/ACSOMEGA.2C07214/ASSET/IMAGES/LARGE/AO2C07214_0011.JPEG.
6. Habila, M.A.; ALOthman, Z.A.; Hakami, H.M.; ALOthman, M.R.; Sheikh, M. Recyclable Carbon-Based Hybrid Adsorbents Functionalized with Alumina Nanoparticles for Water Remediation. Crystals 2023, Vol. 13, Page 598 2023, 13, 598, doi:10.3390/CRYST13040598.
7. Habila, M.A.; Moshab, M.S.; El-Toni, A.M.; ALOthman, Z.A.; Badjah Hadj Ahmed, A.Y. Thermal Fabrication of Magnetic Fe3O4 (Nanoparticle)@Carbon Sheets from Waste Resources for the Adsorption of Dyes: Kinetic, Equilibrium, and UV–Visible Spectroscopy Investigations. Nanomaterials 2023, 13, 1266, doi:10.3390/NANO13071266.
8. Habila, M.A.; ALOthman, Z.A.; ALOthman, M.R.; Hassouna, M.S.E.D. Benzothiophene Adsorptive Desulfurization onto TrihexYl(Tetradecyl)Phosphonium Dicyanamide Ionic-Liquid-Modified Renewable Carbon: Kinetic, Equilibrium and UV Spectroscopy Investigations. Molecules 2023, 28, doi:10.3390/MOLECULES28010298.
9. Aqel, A.; Ghfar, A.A.; Yusuf, K.; Alotaibi, K.M.; Alafra’a, R.M.; Habila, M.A.; Badjah-Hadj-Ahmed, A.Y.; ALOthman, Z.A. Montmorillonite-Based Polymethacrylate Composite Monoliths as Stationary Phase Materials for Food and Pharmaceutical Analysis in Capillary Liquid and Gas Chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2023, 1690, 463695, doi:10.1016/J.CHROMA.2022.463695.
10. Sadaf, S.; Singh, A.K.; Iqbal, J.; Kumar, R.N.; Sulejmanović, J.; Habila, M.A.; Pinê Américo-Pinheiro, J.H.; Sher, F. Advancements of Sequencing Batch Biofilm Reactor for Slaughterhouse Wastewater Assisted with Response Surface Methodology. Chemosphere 2022, 307, 135952, doi:10.1016/J.CHEMOSPHERE.2022.135952.
11. Gnanasekaran, L.; Rajendran, S.; Senthil Kumar, P.; Priya, A.K.; Gracia, F.; Habila, M.A.; Saravanakumar, K. Visible Light Stimulated Binary Nanostructure and Defect Enriched TiO2-SnO2 for Photocatalysis and Antibacterial Activity. Mater Lett 2022, 316, 131998, doi:10.1016/J.MATLET.2022.131998.
12. Arularasu, M. V.; Sendhil, M.; Rajendran, T. V.; Mani, G.; Aljuwayid, A.M.; Habila, M.A. Recent Advantages of Zinc Oxide/Carbon Nanotubes/Reduced Graphene Oxide Based Nanocomposite for the Visible Light Photodegradation. Inorg Chem Commun 2022, 139, 109332, doi:10.1016/J.INOCHE.2022.109332.
13. Habila, M.A.; Alhenaki, B.; El-Marghany, A.; Sheikh, M.; Ghfar, A.A.; Alothman, Z.A.; Soylak, M.; Habila, M.A.; Alhenaki, B.; El-Marghany, A.; et al. Metal Organic Framework-Based Dispersive Solid-Phase Microextraction of Carbaryl from Food and Water Prior to Detection by Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Separations 2022, Vol. 9, Page: 32 2022, 9, 32, doi:10.3390/SEPARATIONS9020032.
14. Nehru, R.; Hsu, Y.F.; Wang, S.F.; Dong, C. Di; Govindasamy, M.; Habila, M.A.; AlMasoud, N. Graphene Oxide@Ce-Doped TiO2 Nanoparticles as Electrocatalyst Materials for Voltammetric Detection of Hazardous Methyl Parathion. Microchimica Acta 2021, 188, doi:10.1007/S00604-021-04847-5.
15. Ahmed, I.A.; Ragab, A.H.; Habila, M.A.; Alomar, T.S.; Aljuhani, E.H. Equilibrium and Kinetic Study of Anionic and Cationic Pollutants Remediation by Limestone–Chitosan–Alginate Nanocomposite from Aqueous Solution. Molecules 2021, Vol. 26, Page 2586 2021, 26, 2586, doi:10.3390/MOLECULES26092586.
16. Selvinsimpson, S.; Gnanamozhi, P.; Pandiyan, V.; Govindasamy, M.; Habila, M.A.; AlMasoud, N.; Chen, Y. Synergetic Effect of Sn Doped ZnO Nanoparticles Synthesized via Ultrasonication Technique and Its Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Activity. Environ Res 2021, 197, doi:10.1016/J.ENVRES.2021.111115.
17. Al-Marghany, A.; Badjah Hadj Ahmed, A.Y.; AlOthman, Z.A.; Sheikh, M.; Ghfar, A.A.; Habila, M. Fabrication of Schiff’s Base-Functionalized Porous Carbon Materials for the Effective Removal of Toxic Metals from Wastewater. Arabian Journal of Geosciences 2021, 14, 1–13, doi:10.1007/S12517-021-06667-6/TABLES/2.
18. Habila, M.A.; AlMasoud, N.; Alomar, T.S.; AlOthman, Z.A.; Yilmaz, E.; Soylak, M. Deep Eutectic Solvent-Based Microextraction of Lead(II) Traces from Water and Aqueous Extracts before FAAS Measurements. Molecules 2020, 25, 4794, doi:10.3390/molecules25204794.
19. Almasoud, N.; Habila, M.A.; Alothman, Z.A.; Alomar, T.S.; Alraqibah, N.; Sheikh, M.; Ghfar, A.A.; Soylak, M. Nano-Clay as a Solid Phase Microextractor of Copper, Cadmium and Lead for Ultra-Trace Quantification by ICP-MS. Analytical Methods 2020, 12, 4949–4955, doi:10.1039/D0AY01343A.
20. Habila, M.; Alhenaki, B.; El‐Marghany, A.; Sheikh, M.; Ghfar, A.; ALOthman, Z.; Soylak, M. Metal Organic Frameworks Enhanced Dispersive Solid Phase Microextraction of Malathion before Detection by UHPLC‐MS/MS. J Sep Sci 2020, 43, 3103–3109, doi:10.1002/jssc.202000033.
21. Habila, M.A.; Alabdullkarem, E.A.; ALOthman, Z.A.; Yilmaz, E.; Soylak, M. Thiomalic Acid/Ferric Chloride-Based Deep Eutectic Solvent for Microextraction of Chromium in Natural Water Samples Prior to FAAS Analysis. Int J Environ Anal Chem 2020, doi:10.1080/03067319.2020.1743831.
22. ALOthman, Z.A.; Yilmaz, E.; Habila, M.A.; Alhenaki, B.; Soylak, M.; Ahmed, A.Y.B.H.; Alabdullkarem, E.A. Development of Combined-Supramolecular Microextraction with Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Procedures for Ultra-Trace Analysis of Carbaryl in Water, Fruits and Vegetables. Int J Environ Anal Chem 2020, doi:10.1080/03067319.2020.1738419.
23. Alothman, Z.A.; Habila, M.A.; Moshab, M.S.; Al-Qahtani, K.M.; AlMasoud, N.; Al-Senani, G.M.; Al-Kadhi, N.S. Fabrication of Renewable Palm-Pruning Leaves Based Nano-Composite for Remediation of Heavy Metals Pollution. Arabian Journal of Chemistry 2020, 13, 4936–4944, doi:10.1016/J.ARABJC.2020.01.015.
24. Alomar, T.S.; Habila, M.A.; Alothman, Z.A.; AlMasoud, N.; Alqahtany, S.S. Evaluation of Groundwater and Grey Water Contamination with Heavy Metals and Their Adsorptive Remediation Using Renewable Carbon from a Mixed-Waste Source. Water (Basel) 2020, 12, 1802, doi:10.3390/w12061802.
25. ALOthman, Z.A.; Habila, M.A.; Yilmaz, E.; Alabdullkarem, E.A.; Soylak, M. A Novel Deep Eutectic Solvent Microextraction Procedure for Enrichment, Separation and Atomic Absorption Spectrometric Determination of Palladium at Ultra-Trace Levels in Environmental Samples. Measurement (Lond) 2020, 153, doi:10.1016/j.measurement.2019.107394.
26. Habila, M.A.; ALOthman, Z.A.; Sheikh, M.; Alaswad, S.O. Fabrication of Spiny-like Spherical Copper Metal–Organic Frameworks for the Microextraction of Arsenic(III) from Water and Food Samples before ICP-MS Detection. Applied Sciences 2023, Vol. 13, Page 10036 2023, 13, 10036, doi:10.3390/APP131810036.
27. Habila, M.A.; ALOthman, Z.A.; Yilmaz, E.; Alabdullkarem, E.A.; Soylak, M. A New Amine Based Microextraction of Lead (II)in Real Water Samples Using Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Microchemical Journal 2019, 148, 214–219, doi:10.1016/j.microc.2019.04.078.
28. Alomar, T.S.; Habila, M.A.; Almasoud, N.; Alothman, Z.A.; Sheikh, M.; Soylak, M. Biomass-Derived Adsorbent for Dispersive Solid-Phase Extraction of Cr(III), Fe(III), Co(II) and Ni(II) from Food Samples Prior to ICP-MS Detection. Applied Sciences (Switzerland) 2021, 11, 7792, doi:10.3390/APP11177792/S1.
29. Habila, M.A.; Ouladsmane, M.; Alothman, Z.A. Role of Artificial Intelligence in Environmental Sustainability. Visualization Techniques for Climate Change with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence 2023, 449–469, doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-99714-0.00009-1.
30. Abou Houran, M.; Habila, M.A.; Riaz, F.; Kumar Agrawal, M.; Shi, K. Process Development for a Novel Polygeneration Purpose Based on Tars Produced by a Biomass Gasification Unit; Feasibility Study from the Thermodynamic, Economic, and Environmental Viewpoints. J Clean Prod 2023, 422, 138636, doi:10.1016/J.JCLEPRO.2023.138636.
31. Z. ALOthman, E. Yilmaz, M. Habila, A. Abdelghfar, Bushra Alhanaki, M. Soylak, A. Yacine. Supramolecular Solvent Microextraction and Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Combination for the Pre-concentration and Determination of Malathion in Environmental Samples. Desalination and water Treatment 2019, 1-6.
32. Alothman, Z. A. Habila, M. A. Yilmaz, E. Soylak, M. Ultrasound-assisted Supramolecular Microextraction of Copper in Water, Food, Hair, and Tobacco Samples Prior to Microsampling Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry,ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY, 2018,39, 3,106-111.
33. Habila, M. A. ALOthman, Z. A. Yilmaz, E. Soylak, M., Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction of Lead(II) as Tropaeolin OOO Chelates From Environmental Samples Prior to Microsampling Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry,ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY,2018,39,3,112-117.
34. Habila MA, Yilmaz E, AlOthman ZA, Soylak M. Activated carbon cloth filled pipette tip for solid phaseextraction of nickel(II), lead(II), cadmium(II), copper(II) and cobalt(II) as 1,3,4-thiadiazole-2,5-dithiol chelates for ultra-trace detection by FAAS. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 2018; 98(2):171–181
35. Habila MA, Alothman ZA, El-Toni AM, Labis JP. Khan A, Al-Marghany A, Elafifi HE. One-Step Carbon Coating and Polyacrylamide Functionalization of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles for Enhancing Magnetic Adsorptive-Remediation of Heavy Metals. Molecules 2017, 22(12):2074.
36. Habila MA, Yilmaz E, AlOthman ZA, Soylak M. nitroso-2-naphthol impregnated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (NNMWCNTs) for the separation-enrichment and flame atomic absorption spectrometric detection of copper and lead in hair, water, and food samples. Desalin Water Treat 2017;87:285-291.
37. Alothman ZA, Habila MA, Yilmaz E, Soylak M, Alwarthan AA. Application of supramolecular microextraction and flame atomic absorption spectrometry for ultra-Trace determination of cadmium in food and water samples. At Spectrosc 2017;38(3):51-56.
38. Kenawy E-, Ghfar AA, Naushad M, Alothman ZA, Habila MA, Albadarin AB. Efficient removal of Co(II) metal ion from aqueous solution using cost-effective oxidized activated carbon: Kinetic and isotherm studies. Desalin Water Treat 2017;70:220-226.
39. Alothman ZA, Habila MA, Yilmaz E, Soylak M, Alfadul SM. Ultrasonic supramolecular microextration of nickel (II) as N,N′-Dihydroxy-1,2-cyclohexanediimine chelates from water, tobacco and fertilizer samples before FAAS determination. J Mol Liq 2016;221:773-777.
40. Alothman ZA, Habila MA, Yilmaz E, Soylak M, Alfadul SM. Supramolecular solvent-based microextraction of copper at trace levels before determination by microsampling flame atomic absorption spectrometry. At Spectrosc 2016;37(4):158-163.
41. Habila MA, Yilmaz E, ALOthman ZA, Soylak M. Combination of dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction and multivariate optimization for separation-enrichment of traces lead by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. J Ind Eng Chem 2016;37:306-311.
42. Alothman ZA, Habila MA, Alfadul SM, Yilmaz E, Soylak M. A green, novel and simple microprecipitation technique for separation and preconcentration of cadmium with 1-(2-thiazolylazo)-2-naphthol in food samples and determination by microsampling flame atomic absorption spectrometry. Anal Methods 2016;8(17):3545-3549.
43. ALOthman ZA, Habila MA, Al-Shalan NH, Alfadul SM, Ali R, Rashed IGA, et al. Adsorptive removal of Cu(II) and Pb(II) onto mixed-waste activated carbon: kinetic, thermodynamic, and competitive studies and application to real wastewater samples. Arab J Geosci 2016;9(4).
44. El-Toni AM, Habila MA, Labis JP, Alothman ZA, Alhoshan M, Elzatahry AA, et al. Design, synthesis and applications of core-shell, hollow core, and nanorattle multifunctional nanostructures. Nanoscale 2016;8(5):2510-2531.
45. Habila MA, ALOthman ZA, Al-Tamrah SA, Ghafar AA, Soylak M. Activated carbon from waste as an efficient adsorbent for malathion for detection and removal purposes. J Ind Eng Chem 2015;32:336-344.
46. Habila MA, ALOthman ZA, El-Toni AM, Labis JP, Li X, Zhang F, et al. Mercaptobenzothiazole-functionalized magnetic carbon nanospheres of type Fe3O4@SiO2@C for the preconcentration of nickel, copper and lead prior to their determination by ICP-MS. Microchim Acta 2016;183(8):2377-2384.
47. Habila MA, Alothman ZA, El-Toni AM, Labis JP, Soylak M. Synthesis and application of Fe3O4@SiO2@TiO2for photocatalytic decomposition of organic matrix simultaneously with magnetic solid phase extraction of heavy metals prior to ICP-MS analysis. Talanta 2016;154:539-547.
48. Habila MA, ALOthman ZA, El-Toni AM, Soylak M. Combination of Syringe–Solid Phase Extraction with Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry for Efficient Heavy Metals Detection. Clean Soil Air Water 2016;44(6):720-727.
49. El-Toni AM, Habila MA, Ibrahim MA, Labis JP, ALOthman ZA. Simple and facile synthesis of amino functionalized hollow core-mesoporous shell silica spheres using anionic surfactant for Pb(II), Cd(II), and Zn(II) adsorption and recovery. Chem Eng J 2014;251:441-451.
50. Al Othman, Z.A.; Ahmed, Y.B.H.; Habila, M.A.; Ghafar, A.A. Determination of Capsaicin and Dihydrocapsaicin in Capsicum Fruit Samples Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography. Molecules 2011, 16, doi:10.3390/molecules16108919.
51. ALOthman, Z.A.; Habila, M.; Yilmaz, E.; Soylak, M. Solid Phase Extraction of Cd(II), Pb(II), Zn(II) and Ni(II) from Food Samples Using Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Impregnated with 4-(2-Thiazolylazo)Resorcinol. Microchimica Acta 2012, 177, 397–403, doi:10.1007/s00604-012-0789-2.
52. AlOthman, Z.A.; Habila, M.A.; Ali, R.; Abdel Ghafar, A.; El-din Hassouna, M.S. Valorization of Two Waste Streams into Activated Carbon and Studying Its Adsorption Kinetics, Equilibrium Isotherms and Thermodynamics for Methylene Blue Removal. Arabian Journal of Chemistry 2014, 7, 1148–1158, doi:10.1016/j.arabjc.2013.05.007.
53. Habila, M.A.; ALOthman, Z.A.; Al-Tamrah, S.A.; Ghafar, A.A.; Soylak, M. Activated Carbon from Waste as an Efficient Adsorbent for Malathion for Detection and Removal Purposes. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 2015, 32, 336–344, doi:10.1016/j.jiec.2015.09.009.
54. Al-Othman, A.M.; Al-Othman, Z.A.; El-Desoky, G.E.; Aboul-Soud, M.A.M.; Habila, M.A.; Giesy, J.P. Daily Intake of Selenium and Concentrations in Blood of Residents of Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia. Environ Geochem Health 2012, 34, doi:10.1007/s10653-011-9448-5.
55. Alothman, Z.A.; Yilmaz, E.; Habila, M.; Shabaka, A.; Soylak, M. Ligandless Temperature-Controlled Ionic Liquid-Phase Microextraction of Lead(II) Ion Prior to Its Determination by FAAS. Microchimica Acta 2013, 180, doi:10.1007/s00604-013-0979-6.
56. El-Desoky, G.E.; Aboul-Soud, M.A.M.; Al-Othman, Z.A.; Habila, M.; Giesy, J.P. Seasonal Concentrations of Lead in Outdoor and Indoor Dust and Blood of Children in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Environ Geochem Health 2014, 36, doi:10.1007/s10653-013-9582-3.