Dr. Mahmoud Abdulhamid
Research Scientist II, CIPR
Dr. Abdulhamid is a research faculty and principal investigator of the “Sustainable and Resilient Materials Lab” in the Center for Integrative Petroleum Research, College of Petroleum Engineering & Geoscience, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. Dr. Abdulhamid has a background in organic and polymer chemistry, focusing mainly on polymer development for various applications, including gas and liquid separation, membranes, corrosion inhibition and enhanced oil recovery. Dr. Abdulhamid has obtained his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Science from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in 2019 under the supervision of Prof. Ingo Pinnau (Founded director of Advanced Membrane and Porous Materials Center). He joined Szekely’s group as a postdoc in KAUST in 2019, where he worked with Prof. Gyorgy Szekely on developing advanced polymeric membranes for energy-efficient separations. In 2021 he joined CPG to be a part of CIPR.
Educational Qualification
- Ph.D., Chemical Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KSA, 2019.
- M.S.II, Organic and Polymer Chemistry, Lebanese University, Lebanon, 2013.
- M.S.I, Molecular Chemistry, Lebanese University, Lebanon, 2012.
- B.S., General Chemistry Lebanese University, Lebanon, 2011
Research Interests
- Development of microporous polymers for membrane-based gas and liquid separations
- Structure-property relationship of polymers and their performance
- Development of green polymers for corrosion inhibition and enhanced oil recovery
- Water purification and desalination
- Oil spill removal and emulsion separation
Selected Publications
- Topuz, M.H. Abdellah, P.M. Budd, M.A. Abdulhamid, Advances in polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs)-based materials for membrane, environmental, catalysis, sensing and energy applications, Polym. Rev., 2023, 1-55. (IF:13.1).
- A. AlDawhi, I.I. BinSharfan, M.A. Abdulhamid, Carboxyl-functionalized polyimides for efficient bisphenol A removal: Influence of wettability and porosity on adsorption capacity. Chemosphere, 2023, 313, 137347. (IF:8.8)
- A. Abdulhamid, Tröger’s base-derived dianhydride as a promising contorted building block for polyimide-based membranes for gas separation. Separation and Purification Technology, 2023, 123208. (IF:8.6)
- TO Obidara, MA Azeem, DU Lawal, MA Alfaraj, MA Abdulhamid, TN Baroud, Novel hexa-fluorinated intrinsically porous polyimide membranes for the desalination of high saline water by air-gap membrane distillation, Desalination, 2023, 566, 116948. (IF: 9.9).
- Alqadhi, M.H. Abdellah, S. Nematulloev, O.F. Mohammed, M.A. Abdulhamid, G. Szekely, Solution-processable poly (ether-ether-ketone) membranes for organic solvent nanofiltration: from dye separation to pharmaceutical purification, Separation and Purification Technology, 2024, 328, 125072. (IF: 8.6)
- Sakthivel, Z.A. AlDhawi, M.A. Abdulhamid, Citric acid-based N-alkyl amides for enhanced oil recovery application in the carbonate reservoir: Sustainable laboratory-scale synthesis and recovery performance. Fuel, 2023, 338, 127362. (IF:7.4)
- M.A. Abdulhamid, S.-H. Park, H. Vovusha, F.H. Akhtar, K.C. Ng, U. Schwingenschlogl, G. Szekely, Molecular engineering of high-performance nanofiltration membranes from intrinsically microporous poly(ether-ether-ketone), Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, 8, 24445. (selected for front cover)– IF: 12.7.
- H. Akhtar‡, M.A. Abdulhamid‡, H. Vovusha, K.C. Ng, U. Schwingenschlogl, G. Szekely, Defining sulfonation limits of poly(ether-ether-ketone) for energy-efficient dehumidification, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9, 17740-17748. (Selected for front cover)– IF: 12.7.
- M.A. Abdulhamid, R. Hardian, G. Szekely, Waltzing around the stereochemistry of membrane crosslinkers for precise molecular sieving in organic solvents, Journal of Membrane Science, 2021, 638, 119724 – IF: 8.7
- M.A. Abdulhamid, S.-H. Park, Z. Zhou, D.A. Ladner, G. Szekely, Surface engineering of intrinsically microporous poly(ether-ether-ketone) membranes: From flat to honeycomb structures, Journal of Membrane Science, 2021, 621, 118997 – IF: 8.7.
- M.A. Abdulhamid, H.W.H. Lai, Y. Wang, Z. Jin, Y.C. Teo, X. Ma, I. Pinnau, Y. Xia, Microporous polyimides from ladder diamines synthesized by facile catalytic arene–norbornene annulation as high-performance membranes for gas separation, Chemistry of Materials, 2019, 31, 1767-1774– IF: 9.8.
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Awards & Honors
- KAUST Ph.D. scholarship, 2014-2019
- National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS) scholarship (Lebanon & France), 2013
- Irshad and Islah scholarship, 2011-2012
- Rafik Hariri Association scholarship, 2009-2011