Dr. Asma Abdullah M Alothman, PhD

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Chemistry Department, Science College, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Membership in the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Member of American Chemical Society

Member of Saudi Chemical Society

URL: http://fac.ksu.edu.sa/aaalothman

Email: aaalothman@ksu.edu.sa

Biography

Dr Alothman obtained her PhD (2010-2016) from Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United State of America, in field of the synthesis and applications of tungsten and vanadium oxides/oxyhydroxides in both bulk and nanoparticulate forms under supervision of Professor Allen Apblett. Her project has important applications in both the petrochemical industry and in homeland security. The work had culminated in new catalytic processes for production of useful petrochemicals, sensing devices for terrorist explosives, novel materials for laboratory safety, and discovery of a method for preparing electrically conductive gel and films of vanadium oxides that have been long sought after for electronic and battery applications.

Research interest:

catalysis
nanotechnology
water purification
sensors
electro- and photo-catalysis
explosive detection and neutralization
metallo-organic chemistry applied to development of new advanced materials

Scholarship and Awards:

SABIC Innovation Award, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2016
Award for the best posters in the third place at the 60th ACS Pentasectional Meeting, Pittsburg, KS, USA, April 11, 2015
Honor for outstanding student from Phi Kappa Phi from chemistry department, Chapter at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 2013
Honor from Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission to the USA for outstanding contribution to the Saudi Student Club served as a vice-president at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 2013
Scholarship offered by King Saud University to Study Ph.D. degree in United States of America, 2010
Award for the best posters in the first scientific Conference of higher education for female and male students, female student branch, 2010
Honor with Excellence from King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2009
Gold Medal with excellence in the preparatory meeting for the first scientific Conference of female and male students of higher education, 2009.
Honor for outstanding student from chemistry department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2003