KACST Members

Professors and Research Associates

Sultan A. Alshmimri
Co-Director

Dr. Sultan Alshmimri earned his M.Sc. from the University in Manchester in the UK in 2011 in polymer material science and engineering. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester in the UK in 2016 in chemistry, researching the behavior of β-Triketimine Nickel Complexes in olefin polymerization. He also worked on transferring and producing carbon fibers in collaboration with Clariant Inter Ltd Co. in Germany.

Prof. Omar M. Yaghi
Co-Director

James and Neeltje Tretter Chair Professor of Chemistry, UC Berkeley

yaghi@berkeley.edu

Saeed M. Alshihri
Assistant Research Professor

Dr. Saeed Al-Shihri received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London in the United Kingdom in 2016. His research area is in applied catalysis and catalytic reaction engineering. Key themes are the upgrading of Natural gas to fuels and chemicals, development of nanostructured materials for different reaction systems, CO2 utilization and catalytic conversion of heavy oil to olefins. He is the co-director of KACST-UC Berkeley Centre of Excellence for Clean Energy Applications (CENCEA). He is Also the manager of National Center for Petrochemical Technology.

Khalid Saaed Alghamdi
Scientific Researcher

KACST-UC Berkeley Center of Excellence on Nanomaterials for Clean Energy Applications
King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia

Muataz Albayari
Research Specialist

KACST-UC Berkeley Center of Excellence on Nanomaterials for Clean Energy Applications
King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia
M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, University of Dayton, US

malbayari@kacst.edu.sa

Majed A. Alharbi
Research Specialist

KACST-UC Berkeley Center of Excellence on Nanomaterials for Clean Energy Applications
King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia

mahsalharbi@kacst.edu.sa

Lana Abdullah Alghamdi
Research Specialist

KACST-UC Berkeley Center of Excellence on Nanomaterials for Clean Energy Applications
King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia

masalghamdi@kacst.edu.sa

Mohammed Abohaimed
Assistant Accountant 

KACST-UC Berkeley Center of Excellence on Nanomaterials for Clean Energy Applications
King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia

Alumni

Abdulrahman Aldossary

Ahmad S. Alshammari

Abdulaziz A. Bagabas

Rashid Altamimi

Naif Alarifi

Mohammed Altamimi

Nawal Alabbas

Emad Abdulrahman M Ashour

Huda Bader T Almutairi

Abdulaziz Alsayigh