Ayman Nafady

Professor Ayman Nafady is a leading research scientist of Nanomaterials/Inorganic electrochemistry and renewable energy at the Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He also holds a permanent position as a full professor of physical chemistry at Sohag University, Egypt & visiting professor at the Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC) and Ian Potter NanoBioSensing Facility at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He is also a Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM), Stockholm, Sweden; Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Nanomaterials and Chemistry and Associate Editor for King Saud University Science Journal. Prominently featured scientist among the world’s top 2% of the most influential and highly cited researchers by the Sanford University ranking since 2022.

Prof. Nafady did his Ph.D. (2000-2004) under the supervision of Prof. William Geiger at the University of Vermont, USA, and has been a Research Fellow at Monash University (2005-2011), Melbourne, Australia, working with Prof. Alan Bond. He has made significant contributions to the fields of inorganic/organometallic electrochemistry and nanomaterial science and has been a pioneer in the development of novel electrochemical and photochemical approaches for controlling the synthesis and fabrication of a wide range of metal-organic frameworks and nanostructured materials for applications in water splitting, supercapacitors, biosensors, catalysis, and other energy-related applications. He also participated in the development of flow cell technology for electrochemical applications using Synchrotron Radiation. He has published one book chapter, 12 review articles, one USA patent, and more than 400 papers in top peer-reviewed international journals. He has an h-index of 61, and the total number of citations for his publications exceeds 12,700. He also presented his work at many national and international conferences, and acted as an academic advisor and educational motivator for the College of Science’s students at KSU. Recipient of King’s Award for Excellence in Chemistry of Life (2024), London UK and IAAM Scientist Medal (2024) in functional materials, Stockholm, Sweden, and Distinguished Research Excellent Award (2025), College of Science, KSU.