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Zainah A. Al-Dhawi

Research Assistant, CIPR

Zainah is currently working as a Research Assistant in the Center for Integrated Petroleum Research, College of Petroleum Engineering & Geoscience, KFUPM.

Educational Qualification

  • M.S., Physical Chemistry, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University (IAU), KSA-Dammam
  • B.S., Chemistry, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University (IAU), KSA-Dammam

Research Interests

  • Catalysts designing and utilization.
  • Reaction kinetics modeling.
  • Harnessing renewable energy for water treatment and fine chemicals production.
  • Synthesis and characterizing of sustainable nanomaterials for chemical EOR.

Selected Publications

  • Sakthivel, S., AlDhawi, Z. A., & Abdulhamid, M. A. (2023). Citric acid-based N-alkyl amides for enhanced oil recovery application in the carbonate reservoir: Sustainable laboratory-scale synthesis and recovery performance. Fuel, 338, 127362.
  • AlDhawi, Z. A., BinSharfan, I. I., & Abdulhamid, M. A. (2023). Carboxyl-functionalized polyimides for efficient bisphenol A removal: Influence of wettability and porosity on adsorption capacity. Chemosphere, 313, 137347.
  • AlDhawi, Z. A., Alomair, N. A., Kochkar, H., & Revathy, C. G. (2022). One-pot Synthesis of Chromium Incorporated SBA-16 under acid medium-Application in the selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol derivatives. Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 103861.‏‏
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