Dr. Mohammad Nahid Siddiqui

Chemistry Department

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia

Associate Professor

Email: mnahid@kfupm.edu.sa

Research fields

Hazardous materials management
Solid waste management

New wastewater treatment technologies
New water purification technologies
Purification of drinking-water supplies
Treatment, disposal and discharge of wastewater

Qualifications

1997 Ph.D., Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

1985 M.S., KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

1981 M.Sc., Aligarh Muslim University, India

1979 B.Sc., Aligarh Muslim University, India

Publications

1. Siddiqui, M. N.; Achilias, D. S.; Redhwi, H. H.; Bikiaris, D.  N.; Katsogiannis, K. A. G. and Karayannidis, G. P.: “Hydrolytic Depolymerization of PET in a Microwave Reactor”, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, June 2010, Volume 295, Issue No. 6, pp. 575-584.
2. Gupta, V.K.; Jain, R.; Siddiqui, M. N.; Malathi, S. and Pathak, D.: Equilibrium and Thermodynamic studies on the Adsorption of the dye Rhodamine-B onto Mustard cake and Activated Carbon, Journal of Chemical Engineering Data, November 2010, Vol. 55, pp. 5225-5229.
3. Siddiqui, M. N.: “Catalytic Pyrolysis of Arab Heavy Residue and Effects on the Chemistry of Asphaltene”, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, November 2010, Vol. 89, Issue No. 2, pp. 278-285.
4. Achilias, D. S., Redhwi, H. H., Siddiqui, M. N., Nikolaidis, A. K., Bikiaris, D. N. and Karayannidis, G. P.: “Glycolytic Depolymerization of PET Waste in a Microwave Reactor”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, December 2010. Volume 118, Issue 5, pp. 3066-3073.
5. Gupta, V.K.; Jain, R.; Antonijevic, M. M.; Siddiqui, M. N.; Dwivedi, A. and Mishra, R.: “Assay of Nimodipine- an Anti Hypertensive drug in Pharmaceutical Formulations by Cathodic Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry”, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., January 2011, Vol. 6, pp. 37-51
6. Siddiqui, M. N. and Gondal, M. A.: “Laser based photo-oxidative degradation of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) using zinc oxide (ZnO) catalyst”, Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A, August 2011, Vol. 46(10), 1154-1159.
7. Gondal, M. A.; Alzahrani, A. J.; Randhawa, M. A. and Siddiqui, M. N.:                   “Morphology and antifungal effect of nano ZnO and nano Pd doped nano ZnO against Aspergillus and Candida”, Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A, May 2012, Vol. 47(10), 1413-1418.
8. Josef Pola, Mohammed A. Gondal, Markéta Urbanová, Dana Pokorná, Husain M. Masoudi, Snejana Bakardjieva, Zdeněk Bastl, Jan Šubrt and Mohammad N. Siddiqui: “Laser photodeposition of ambient and high-pressure magnetite nanograins in a-Fe/C/O composite: the high-pressure metal oxide polymorph surviving ambient conditions”, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, September 2012, Vol. 243, 33-40.
9. Siddiqui, M. N.; Redhwi, H. H.; Achilias, D. S.: “Recycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate) waste through methanolic pyrolysis in a microwave reactor”, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, November 2012, Vol. 98, 214–220.
10. Siddiqui, M. N.; Redhwi, H. H.; Gkinis, K. and Achilias, D. S.: “Synthesis and characterization of novel nanocomposite materials based on poly(styrene-cobutyl methacrylate) copolymers and organomodified clay”, European Polymer Journal, February 2013, 49(2), 353-365.
11. Gupta, V.K.; Ali, I.; Saleh, T.A.; Siddiqui, M.N. and Agarwal, S. “Chromium Removal from Water by Activated Carbon Developed from Waste Rubber Tires”, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, March 2013, 20 (3), 1261-1268.
12. Redhwi, H. H; Siddiqui, M. N.; Andrady, A. L. and Hussain, S. "Durability of LDPE Nanocomposites with Clay, Silica, and Zinc Oxide - Part I: Mechanical Properties of the Nanocomposite Materials," Journal of Nanomaterials, March 2013, Vol. 2013, Article ID 654716, 6 pages.
13. Gondal, M. A.; Siddiqui, M. N. and Alhooshani, K. R., “Removal of sulfur compounds from diesel using ArF laser and oxygen”, Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A, August, 2013, Vol. 49(13), 1663-1669.
14. Redhwi, H. H; Siddiqui, M. N.; Andrady, A. L. and Hussain, S. "Durability of LDPE Nanocomposites with Clay, Silica, and Zinc Oxide - Part II: Weatherability of the Nanocomposites, “Polymer Composites, November 2013, Vol 34(11), 1878-1883.
15. Siddiqui, M. N. and Gondal, M. A., “Nano-catalysts supported laser-induced photocatalytic degradation of MTBE”, Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A, January 2014, Vol 49(1-2), 52-58.
16. Siddiqui, M. N.; Redhwi, H. H.; Charitopoulou, D. and Achilias, D. S.: “Effect of organomodified clay on the reaction kinetics, properties and thermal degradation of nanocomposites based on poly(styrene-co-ethyl methacrylate)”, Polymer International, April, 2014, Vol 63(4), 766–777.
17. Siddiqui, M. N.; Redhwi, H. H.; Verros, G.D. and Achilias, D. S.: “Evaluating the role of nanomontmorillonite in bulk in situ radical polymerization kinetics of butyl methacrylate through a simulation model”, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, July 2014, Vol 53(28), 11303-11311.
18. Redhwi, H. H; Siddiqui, M. N.; Andrady, A. L. and Hussain, S. "Accelerated Weatherability of the Low-Density Polyethylene Nanocomposites with Silica, Clay, and Zinc Oxide" Journal of Nanomaterials, October 2014, Volume 2014, Article ID 516406, 5 pages
19. Saleh, T. A.; Siddiqui, M. N.; Al-Arfaj, A.A. "Synthesis of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes-Titania Nanomaterial for Desulfurization of Model Fuel", Journal of Nanomaterials, November 2014, Vol. 2014, Article ID 940639, 6 pages.
20. Siddiqui, M. N. and Kazi, I. W.: “Chlorination, Nitration and Amination Reactions of Asphaltene”, Petroleum Science & Technology, November 2014, Vol 32(24), 2987-2994
21. Ahammed, S.; Kundu, D.; Siddiqui, M. N. and Ranu, B. C.: “Metal and Solvent Free Selective Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfone Using Bifunctional Ionic Liquid [Pmim]IO4”, Tetrahedron Letters, January 2015, Vol 56 (2), 335–337
22. Al-Zahrani, I. M.; Mohammed, M. H. A.; Chanbasha, B.; Siddiqui, M. N. and Al-Arfaj, A. A.: “Membrane Assisted Simultaneous Extraction and Derivatization with Triphenylphosphine of Elemental Sulfur in Arabian Crude Samples by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry”, Journal of Chemistry, January 2015, Article ID 792914
23. Siddiqui, M. N.: “Studies of Different Properties of Polystyrene-Asphaltene Composites”, Macromolecular Symposia, August 2015, Issue number 354 (1), 184-190
24. Qamar, Mohammad; Abdalwadoud, M.; Ahmed, Muhammad; Azad, Abdul-Majeed; Merzougui, Belabbes; Bukola, Saheed; Yamani, Zain; Siddiqui, Mohammad: “Single-pot Synthesis of <001>-faceted N-doped Nb2O5/Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, August 2015, 7 (32), pp 17954–17962.
25. Fox, B. R.; Brinicha, B. L.; Maleb, J. L.; Hubbardc, R. L.; Siddiqui, M. N.; Saleh, T. A.; and Tyler, D. R.; “Enhanced Oxidative Desulfurization in a Film-Shear Reactor”; Fuel, Sept 2015, Vol 156, 142–147
26. Siddiqui, M. N.; Redhwi, H. H.; Vakalopoulou, E.; Tsagkalias, I.; Ioannidou, M. D.  and Achilias, D. S.: “Synthesis, characterization and reaction kinetics of PMMA/silver nanocomposites prepared via in situ radical polymerization”, European Polymer Journal, November 2015, 72, 256-269
27. Siddiqui, M. N.: “Using Asphaltenes as Filler in Methyl Methacrylate Polymer Composites”, Petroleum Science & Technology, March 2016, Vol 34(3), 253-259.
28. Mohammad N. Siddiqui, Tawfik A. Saleh, Munzir H. Aneel Mohammed, Chanbasha Basheer, Abdurrahman A. Al-Arfaj and David R. Tyler: “Desulfurization of Model Fuels with Carbon Nanotube/TiO2 Nanomaterial Adsorbents; Comparison of Batch and Film-shear Reactor Processes", Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, March 2016, 26(3), 572-578.
29. Siddiqui, M. N.; Redhwi, H. H; Al-Saadi, A. A.; Rajeh, M. and Saleh, T. A.:  “Kinetic and Computational Evaluation of Activated Carbon Produced from Rubber Tires toward the Adsorption of Nickel”, Desalination and Water Treatment, August 2016, Vol 57(37), 17570-17578.
30. Ahmed, M.I.; Adam, A.; Khan, A.; Siddiqui, M. N.; Yamani, Z. H.; Qamar, M.: “Synthesis of Mesoporous NiWO4 Nanocrystals for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation", Materials Letters, August 2016, Vol 177, 135-138.
31. N.; Qamar, M.: “Improved Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation Under Visible Light with Mesoporous CoWO4", Materials Letters, November 2016, Vol 183, 281-284.

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