زيد بن عبدالله بن محمد ال عثمان

Curriculum Vitae

Zeid A. ALOthman

Professor of Materials and Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

Supervisor of Advanced Materials Research Chair

President of Saudi Chemical Society (SCS)

E-mail: zaothman@ksu.edu.sa, zeid99@yahoo.com, Tel. 00966114675999, Cell. 00966500505570

 

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT                  

2021-Now    Dean, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

2021-Now    Head of the Permanent Committee for Chemical exporting, Ministry of Education

2020-2021    Vice Deanship of Graduate Studies & Academic Research, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

2017-2018    President of Gulf Union of Chemists

2016-Now    Editor in Chief, Alkemia Journal, Educational journal, biannual, Production and Hosting by Saudi Chemical Society (SCS), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2016-Now    President of Saudi Chemical Society (SCS), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2015-Now    Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2014-2021    Co-Director of the Permanent committee of Chemical and Biological Pollution, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2014-2018    Chairman of Chemistry Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2014-2015    Director of the Basic Sciences Committee, King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh (KSA)

2011-Now    Founder and supervisor of the Advanced Materials Research Chair (AMRC), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2011-Now    Vice-Editors-in-Chief, Arabian Journal of Chemistry (ISSN: 1878-5352), Production and Hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University (ISI Journal)

2011-2015    Associate Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2011-2013    Vice-Dean for administration affair, King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2010-Now    Co-Founder of the Experts Office “University Experts for Consultation and Environmental Studies”, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2009-2011    Co-Director of the International Scientific Twinship Program, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2008-2011    Member of the Research Center board committee, College of Science, King Saud University

2008-2012    Coordinator of the Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry Department, King Saud University

2008-2011    Consultant of the Vice-President for Knowledge Exchange and Technology Transfer, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2008-2009    Member of the board committee for “Establishment of College of Science” in Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia

2007-2008    Member of the Strategic Plan Committee for college of Science “KUS2030”, King Saud University

2006-2010    Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2000-2006    Ph.D.in Chemistry (GPA 3.92/4.00), Chemistry Department, College of Art & Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma State, USA

1997-1998    Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

1993-1997    B.Sc. in Chemistry (GPA 4.58/5.00 with honour degree), Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

2024              Malaysian Invention and Design Society, The Golden Medal ITEX 2024.

2024              The Golden Medal, the 49th Geneva Inventions 2024.

2023              The Arab Union of Chemists' Award "Person of the Year" 2023.

2023              Ranked among World top 2% Scientists as per Stanford University rankings, 2023

2022              Excellent Reviewer (1), Web of Science 2022

2022              Highly Cited Researcher -2022 Crossfield (Clarivate)

2022              Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers “Engineering Sciences”

2021              Excellent Reviewer (1), Web of Science 2021

2021              Highly Cited Researcher -2021 Crossfield (Web of Science)

2020              Ranked among World top 2% Scientists as per Stanford University rankings, 2020

2020              Highly Cited Researcher -2020 Crossfield (Web of Science)

2019              Ranked among World top 2% Scientists as per Stanford University rankings, 2019

2014              Awarded Al-Marai Prize for the "Best Research Unit" Advanced Materials Research Chair.

2014              Awarded Al-Marai Prize for the "Best Creative Research Work" (Co researcher).

2014              King Saud University Award of Excellence in Research quality (1st place).

2013              King Saud University Award of Excellence in Research density of publication (1st place).

2011              The American Ceramic Society Best Paper Award.

2010              King Saud University Award of Excellence in Research (Top 10)

2006              Prince Bandar Bin Sultan award for academic excellence in PhD.

1998              Scholarship offered by King Saud University to Study M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in USA.

1997              College of Science Award of Scientific Preeminence, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA

 

MENTORING, PROJECTS, PUBLICATIONS, PATENTS, CITATIONS AND PLENARY AND NAMED PRESENTATIONS

• Mentoring: Supervise seven Ph.D. students, 12 Master Students, two postdoctoral fellows, and four scholars at our Advanced Materials Research Chair, Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University.
• PROJECTS: Ten (10) International Projects (USA, Italy, Spain, Czechia, Korea, Japan, China, Australia, Malaysia, Belgium) and Eleven (11) national Research projects (RG, NPST, RDOI, RSP, ISPP, DSFP) the total budget of all project over (Seven million USD)
• Publications: Authored and Co-authored over 570 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals.
• Citations: Over 37,976 citations garnered for published articles. H-index of 98 (Google Scholar Data). 
• Patents: 23 U.S. and EU patents awarded and 3 published U.S. patent applications.
• Plenary and Named Lectureships:  19 invited presentations worldwide including plenary and keynote speeches.
• Conference, Workshops and Training: Organize three international Conferences, 18 workshops, 23 Training Programs.

 

CERTIFICATES

1. Quality University Instruction: A Teaching Effectiveness Program, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA, Jan.11 – May 6, 2000.
2. Safety in Laboratory, Chemistry Department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA, Aug. 24, 2001.
3. Research Methodology Course, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA, Jan.14 – May 9, 2003.
4. Techniques of Electron Microscopy: A Program Teaching and Training on Transmission Electron Microscope, Scanning Electron Microscope, and Confocal Microscope, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA, Aug. 23 – Dec. 15, 2004.
5. Safety in the Laboratory, Saudi Chemical Society, Chemistry Department, KSU, Riyadh, Oct. 20th –Dec. 12th, 2007.
6. Training program on safe management (OSHA), Deanship of Skills Development, King Saud University, KSA, Dec. 13-17, 2015.
7. Project Management Professional (PMP), Deanship of Skills Development, King Saud University, KSA, Nov. 19-23, 2017
8. ISO 17025:2017 “Lab Quality Management System (Lead Assessor Course)”, Business Excellence and Management Consortium and BEMCON Business Intelligence for Excellence, Riyadh, KSA, April 15-19, 2018 (40 Hours).
9. ACS Reviewer Certificate, American Chemical Society, April 22, 2020.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9970-2480

Web of Science Researcher ID:  E-7333-2014

Scopus Author Identifier ID: 35085715800

TOTAL TIMES CITED: (Over 37,976) as of Aug. 1st, 2024

h-Index: (98) as of Aug. 1st, 2024

PUBLICATIONS: (Selected with High Citation)

1. A Review: Fundamental Aspects of Silicate Mesoporous Materials, Zeid A ALOthman, 2012 in MATERIALS (Cited 1942)
2. Analytical techniques in pharmaceutical analysis: A review, Masoom Raza Siddiqui; Zeid A ALOthman; Nafisur Rahman, 2017 in ARABIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY (Cited 846)
3. Hexavalent chromium removal from aqueous medium by activated carbon prepared from peanut shell: Adsorption kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamic studies, Zeid A ALOthman; R. Ali; MU. NAUSHAD, Mar 2012 in CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL (Cited 790)
4. Novel development of nanoparticles to bimetallic nanoparticles and their composites: A review, Gaurav Sharma, Amit Kumar, Shweta Sharma, Mu. Naushad, Ram Dwivedi, Zeid A. ALOthman, Genene Mola, 2019 in Journal of King Saud University - Science (Cited 613)
5. Novel Metal–Organic Framework (MOF) Based Composite Material for the Sequestration of U(VI) and Th(IV) Metal Ions from Aqueous Environment, Ayoub Alqadami; Mu. Naushad; Zeid A ALOthman; A. A. Ghfar, Oct 2017, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (Cited 477)
6. Adsorption kinetics, isotherm and reusability studies for the removal of cationic dye from aqueous medium using arginine modified activated carbon, Mu. Naushad, Ayoub Alqadami, Zeid ALOthman, Ibrahim Alsohaimi, Mohammad Algamdi, Abdullah Aldawsari; 2019 in Journal of Molecular Liquids (Cited 409)
7. Determination of Capsaicin and Dihydrocapsaicin in Capsicum Fruit Samples using High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Zeid ALOthman, Yacine B. Ahmed, Mohamed Habila, Ayman Ghafar; 2011, Molecules (Cited 384)
8. Synthesis and characterization of a new starch/SnO2 nanocomposite for efficient adsorption of toxic Hg2+ metal ion, Mu. Naushad; Tansir Ahamed; Gaurav Sharma; Zeid A. ALOthman; Ayman A. Ghfar; Sep 2016 in CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL (Cited 378)
9. Photodegradation of toxic dye using Gum Arabic-crosslinked-poly(acrylamide)/Ni(OH)2/FeOOH nanocomposites hydrogel, Mu. Naushad, Gaurav Sharma, Zeid A. Alothman, 2019 in Journal of Cleaner Production (Cited 367)
10. Design, synthesis and applications of core–shell, hollow core, and nanorattle multifunctional nanostructures, Ahmed El-Toni, Mohamed A. Habila, Joselito Labis, Zeid A. ALOthman, Mansour Alhoshan, Ahmed A. Elzatahry, Fan Zhang, Dec 2016, Nanoscale (Cited 340)

Patents:

1. US 8,252,256B2           Synthesis of Zinc-oxide Nanoparticles and their use for Photo Catalytic Degradation of Cyanide (Aug. 28, 2012)
2. US 8,362,094B1           Zinc-oxide Nanoparticles and their use for Photo Catalytic Degradation of Cyanide (Jan. 29, 2013)
3. US 8,361,324B1           Zinc-oxide Nanoparticles and their use for Photo Catalytic Degradation of Cyanide — a process (Jan. 29, 2013)
4. US 8,623,220B2           Synthesis of Copper oxide-doped Zinc-oxide Nanoparticles and their use (Jan. 7, 2014)
5. US 8,871,171B2           Production of Graphene and Nanoparticle Catalysts Supported on Graphene Using Microwave Radiation (Oct. 28, 2014)
6. US 9,217,732 B2          Nanoflow Detector Cell (Dec. 22, 2015)
7. US 9,334,176 B1          Method for Removing Organic Dye from Wastewater (May 10, 2016)
8. US 9,624,335 B1          Functionalizable Monolithic Platforms (April 18, 2017)
9. US 9,624,114 B1          Method for Preparing Adsorbent for Removing Organic Pollutants from Water (Apr. 18,2017)
10. US 9,636,747 B1          Functionalized Silica for the Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles (May 2, 2017)
11. US 9,643,861 B1          Method for Preparing an Adsorbent for Removing Organic Dyes from Water (May 9, 2017)
12. US 9,768,355 B2          Production of Graphene and Nanoparticle Catalysts Supported on Graphene Using Laser Radiation (Sep. 19, 2017)
13. US 9,873,153 B1          Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles using Modified MPEG Polymer (Jan. 23, 2018)
14. US 9,987,617 B1          Carboxylic functionalized magnetic nanocomposite (Jun. 5, 2018)
15. EP 2626697 B1             Liquid chromatography device (Oct. 31, 2018)
16. US 10,245,576 B1        Magnetic Polymer Nanocomposite for Removal of Divalent Heavy Metal ions from water (Apr. 2, 2019)
17. US 10,557,098 B1        Synthesis of Hydrochar from Jackfruit (Feb. 11, 2020)
18. US 11,617,989 B1        Extraction of Benzene from Benzene/Cyclohexane Mixture (Apr. 4, 2023)
19. US 11,618,004 B1        Melamine-Formaldehyde Derived Porous Carbon Adsorbent (Apr. 4, 2023)
20. SA 13923 B1                 Montmorillonite-Based Liquid Chromatography Column (Oct. 22, 2023)
21. SA 14517 B1                 Natural clay minerals organic polymer composites as stationary phases for capillary liquid

and gas chromatography applications (Dec. 20, 2023)

22. US 11,998,892 B1        Method of Preparing A Capillary Column Including in Situ Formation of a Metal Organic Framework Stationary Phase (Jun 4, 2024)
23. US 12,037,318 B1        Method of Making A Wall-Coated Open Tubular Capillary Column with A Poly Benzyl Stationary Phase (July 16, 2024)

 

 

Books

1. ALOthman, Zeid A., Naushad, Mu., A Book on Ion Exchange, Adsorption and Solvent Extraction, Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York, 2012.
2. Zeid ALOthman and Kareem Youssif, Chromatography Basic Principles, Sample Preparations and Related Methods, Elsa Lundanes, Léon Reubsaet and Tyge Greibrokk, 2020, King Saud University Press.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Grace, T., Shearer, C., Tune, D., Yu, L., Batmunkh, M., Biggs, M.J., ALOthman, Zeid A., Shapter, J.G., Use of Carbon Nanotubes in Third-Generation Solar Cells, (2016) Industrial Applications of Carbon Nanotubes, Elsevier B.V., pp. 201-249.
2. Naushad, Mu., Khan, M.R., ALOthman, Zeid A., History and Introduction of UPLC/MS, (2014) Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry: Evaluation and Applications in Food Analysis, Taylor and Francis, pp. 1-16.
3. Yusuf, K., Aqel, A., Abdel Ghfar, A., ALOthman, Zeid A., UPLC-MS as an analytical tool for the determination of aflatoxins in food, (2014) Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry: Evaluation and Applications in Food Analysis, Taylor and Francis, pp. 279-306
4. Aqel, A., Yusuf, K., Al-Rifai, A., ALOthman, Zeid A., Vitamins Analysis in Food by UPLC-MS, (2014) Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry: Evaluation and Applications in Food Analysis, Taylor and Francis, pp. 243-287.
5. Wabaidur, S.M., Khan, M.R., Naushad, M., ALOthman, Zeid A., Applications of Solvent Extraction Method for the Removal of Metals, (2013) A Book on Ion Exchange, Adsorption and Solvent Extraction, Nova Science Publishers Inc., pp. 251-271.
6. Imran, A., ALOthman, Zeid A., Aboul-Enein, H.Y., Chiral Separations by HPLC on Immobilized Polysaccharide Chiral Stationary Phases, (2013) Chiral Separations Methods and Protocols, Springer, pp. 127-135.
7. Naushad, Mu., ALOthman, Zeid A., Ion Exchange Materials and Environmental Remediation, (2012) Ion Exchange Technology II: Applications, Springer, pp. 217-235.
8. ALOthman, Zeid A., Naushad, Mu., Polymers and Composites, (2012) Advanced Organic-Inorganic Composites: Materials, Devices and Allied Applications, Nova Science Publishers Inc, pp. 529-537.
9. Apblett, A.W., ALOthman, Zeid A., Mesoporous Materials for Sorption of Actinides, (2012) Advances in Materials Science for Environmental and Energy Technologies: Ceramic Transactions, Volume 236, Wiley, pp. 1-11.