Curriculum Vitae
Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf is a professor of physical chemistry at the chemistry department, King Saud University. He has more than 30 years of experience in research activities. His research interests mainly focus on porous and nanomaterials, electrochemical methods, electro- and photo-catalysts and surface modification. Currently, he is also the editor-in-chief for the Journal of Saudi chemical society and he is the founder and editor for the Arab Journal of Physical Chemistry. Presently, he is serving as head of Electrochemical Sciences Research Chair (ESRC) at the chemistry department, King Saud University. ESRC aims to establish, facilitate, train and deliver distinctive research and educational programs in all the aspects of electrochemistry. ESRC has active national and international collaborations with Sustainable Energy Technologies Center (SET) King Saud University, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Institute of Advanced Materials, INAM, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain. He supervised more than 18 Ph.D. and MSc students and participated in more than 13 projects as PI and CoI. He published more than 90 papers and 4 patents.
Address:
Department of Chemistry,                  Phone: +966 (1) 4675959;   mobile: 0504449597
College of Science,                              Fax: +966 (1) 4675992,
King Saud University,                           e-mail: amayouf@ksu.edu.sa
P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh-11451,  
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 

• Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, College of Science ( 7-2017-12-2020)
• Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Saudi Chemical Society
• Supervisor of Electrochemical Sciences Research Chair (ESRC)
• Member of the ethics committee of scientific research (7-2016- present)
• Head of sub-committee of violation of the ethics of scientific research (7-2016- present)
• Council of the master of renewable energy program (12-2014- present)
• Member of RSC Advances Reviewer Panel: https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/about-journals/rsc-advances/reviewer-panel/

Employment and Education
2006       Professor of physical chemistry, KSU
1998       Associate professor of physical chemistry, KSU
1990       Assistant Professor of physical chemistry, KSU
1985       Postgraduate Student (University of Manchester, UK)
1984       Teaching assistance                                           
 
Current Research Interests
Electrochemical behaviour of metal oxides, preparation of nano alloys, preparation and electrochemical characterization of novel nano-electrodes, photocatalysis for energy conversion.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=h9QYskUAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID number: 0000-0001-9246-7684
Web of science researcher Id: A-2584-2009
 
Recent publications
(For a complete list of publication please see my Google scholar account)
Recent advances in semiconductor metal oxides with enhanced methods for solar photocatalytic applications, C Karthikeyan, P Arunachalam, K Ramachandran, AM Al-Mayouf, 2020, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 828, 154281.          
Enriched active surface structure in nanosized tungsten-cobalt oxides electrocatalysts for efficient oxygen redox reactions, MS Amer, P Arunachalam, MA Ghanem, AM Al-Mayouf, MA Shar, 2020, Applied Surface Science 513, 14583.
Hydroxide ion oxidation using low-symmetry mesoporous titanium dioxide (lsm-TiO2) electrode, MS Amer, MA Ghanem, AM Al-Mayouf, 2020,  Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 114268.
Characterization of Gamma-Ray Irradiation Influence on the Corrosion Behaviour of Austenitic Stainless Steel, TA Aljohani, MH Geesi, A Kaiba, AM Al-Mayouf, F Khoshnaw, 2020, Materials Today Communications, 101242.         
Highly efficient Ni0. 5Fe0. 5Se2/MWCNT electrocatatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction in acid media, D Balaji, P Arunachalam, K Duraimurugan, J Madhavan, J Theerthagiri,  AM Al-Mayouf, Myong Yong Choi, 2020, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 45 (13), 7838-7847.
Fabrication of visible-light active BiFeWO6/ZnO nanocomposites with enhanced photocatalytic activity, A Priya, M Arumugam, P Arunachalam, AM Al-Mayouf, J Madhavan, 2020, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 586, 124294.               
A study of photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical activity of as-synthesized WO3/g-C3N4 composite photocatalysts for AO7 degradation, A Priya, RA Senthil, A Selvi, P Arunachalam, CKS Kumar, J Madhavan, Rajender Boddula, Ramyakrishna Pothu, AM Al-Mayouf, 2020, Materials Science for Energy Technologies 3, 43-50.
Low-loading of oxidized platinum nanoparticles into mesoporous titanium dioxide for effective and durable hydrogen evolution in acidic media, MS Amer, MA Ghanem, AM Al-Mayouf, P Arunachalam, NH Khdary, 2020,  Arabian Journal of Chemistry 13 (1), 2257-2270.
 
Patent:
1- Method of protecting metal from corrosion using plant-derived anti-corrosion agent
Hamad Z. Alkhathlan, Merajuddin Khan, Mahmood A., Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf, US Patent 9,988,726.
2-Electrochemical method for producing hydrogen peroxide using a titanium oxide nanotube catalyst, Mohamed Ghanem, Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf, Maged N. Shaddad, US9567677 B2
3- Steel Panel with integrated corrosion sensor, Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf, Matar N. Alshalwi, US Patent 10488323
4- Method of producing hydrogen peroxide using nanostructured bismuth oxide, Maged N. Shaddad, Prabhakarn Arunachalam, Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf, US Patent 10683577.
5- Method for hydroxide ion direct sensing using low-symmetry mesoporous titanium dioxide electrode”, Mohamed Ghanem, Mabrook Amer, Abdullah Al-Mayouf, US20200333283 A1
 
Current supervision on the following thesis:
 
1-Development of nanostructured transition electrocatalysts for energy production and storage, Saba Ameen, PhD thesis.
2- Surface State Modification and Metal Doping on Mesoporous Tin oxide for Enhancing Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Norah AlSaidan, MSc thesis.