Principal Investigator

Nikos Hadjichristidis, Ph.D

Distinguished Professor, Chemistry.

Research Interests: Complex Macromolecular Architectures, Living and Controlled/Living Polymerizations, Self-Assembly, Applications

Research Scientist

George Zapsas, Ph.D (2015-2021)

Senior Lab Scientist, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia

Konstantinos Ntetsikas, Ph.D

Research Interests: Anionic Polymerization, Polyhomologation, Complex Macromolecular Architectures

Naganatha Patil, Ph.D

Research Interests: Ring opening polymerization, Organic Synthesis, Complex Macromolecular Architecture, Living Polymerization

Panagiotis Bilalis, Ph.D (2015-2019)

Research Scientist, KCC, KAUST, Saudi Arabia

Prakash K. Alagi Ph.D

Research Interests: Living Polymerization, Complex Macromolecular Architectures, Organic Synthesis, Ring opening polymerization

Saibal Bhaumik, Ph.D

Research Interests: Anionic Polymerization, Vitrimers, Self-healing polymers via Dynamic Covalent  Bonding, Non-covalent H-bonding

Viko Ladelta, Ph.D

Research Interests: Anionic Polymerization, Living and Controlled/Living Polymerizations

Yogesh Patil, Ph.D (2018-2019)

Research Scientist, KAUST, Saudi Arabia

Postdoctoral Fellows

Bhagyashree Kulkarni, Ph.D

Marie Sklodowska Curie EUTOPIA-SIF Cofund Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, UK

David Pahovnik, Ph.D (2013-2014)

Research Associate; National Institute of Chemistry Slovenia, Laboratory for Polymer Chemistry and Technology

De Wang, Ph.D (2014-2017)

Associate Professor in Ocean University of China, Qingdao

George Polymeropoulos, Ph.D (2015-2019)

Johnson and Johnson, Great Britain

Hao Liu, Ph.D

Research Interests: Controlled/living polymerizations, Multiple H-bonding, Polymer-Oligopeptide Conjugates

Hefeng Zhang, Ph.D (2012-2015)

Professor, Head of Chemistry Department, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shantou University, China.

Jiaxi Xu, Ph.D

Research Interests: Living and Controlled/Living Polymerizations, Organic Synthesis

Jingjing Liu, Ph.D

Research Interests: Controlled/living polymerizations, Organocatalysis, Ring opening polymerization

Junpeng Zhao, Ph.D (2012- 2014)

Professor, South China University of Technology, China

Kedar Ratkanthwar, Ph.D (2014)

Manager-Plant Quality; Avery Dennison (India) Pvt. Ltd. Pune, India.

Leiming Guo, Ph.D (2020-2021)

Professor, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai, China

Nikolaos Patelis, Ph.D

Research Interests: Anionic Polymerization, Vitrimers

Pibo Liu, Ph.D (2019-2020)

Postdoctoral fellow, Chinese Academy of Sciences (DICP), China

Qing Liu, Ph.D (2021-2022)

Post-doctoral Fellow, KAUST

Sandeep Sharma, Ph.D (2018-2022)

Senior Polymer Chemist, Nayam innovations, Pune, India

Shrikant B. Nikam, Ph.D

Research Interests: RAFT Polymerization, functionalized polymer, membrane separation, PVDF

Thaksen Jadhav, Ph.D (2020-2021)

Post-doctoral Fellow, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Tunc Deniz, Ph.D (2015-2016)

​Research Specialist; Hayat Kimya

Wei Zhao, Ph.D (2013-2016)

Associate Professor at Shaanxi University of Science and Technology

Xin Wang, Ph.D (​2018-2021)

Associate Professor, College of Chemistry, Soochow University, China

Yang Yu-Ying, Ph.D (2021-2022)

Post-doctoral Fellow, Solar center, KAUST

Yu Jiang, Ph.D (2016-2019)

​Associate Professor, South-Central University for Nationalities, China

Yunlong Hou, Ph.D (2021)

Scientist I in Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

Zhen Zhang, Ph.D (2013-2017)

Associate Professor in Guangdong University of Technology

PhD Students

Ahlam Al-Sulami, (2012-2019)

​Assistant Professor, Jeddah University

Ameen Arkanji

Research Interests: Polyolefins, Anionic Polymerization

Ammar Ahmed Alamoudi

Research Interests: PVDF, RAFT Polymerization

Fatimah Abdullah Aldakheel, (2018-2023)

Researcher at Sipchem in Polymer New Product Development, Saudi Arabia

Fatimah M. Algarni, (2018-2022)

Assistant Professor, University of Jeddah

Guvanch Nuriyev

Research Interests: PVDF, RAFT Polymerization

Haleema Alamri, (2012-2016)

Director of the Energy Technology Foresight Department, Ministry of Energy, Saudi Arabia

Nazeeha Alkayal, (2012-2016)

Associate Professor, King Abdulaziz University (KAU)

Nedah S. Alkattan, (217-2022)

Assistant Research Professor, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology

Noor Albarbari

Research Interests: Living Polymerization, Polyolefins, Vitrimers

Reem Alghamdi, (2015-2022)

Assistant Professor, Al-Baha University

Reem Alshumrani, (2015-2018)

Senior Manager Center laboratory, Saudi Airlines Catering, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Shahad M. Sulaimani

Research Interests: Polymers, Polylactides stereo complex, Ring opening polymerization, Biodegradable polymers

Yahya Alzahrany, (2013-2020)

Assistant Professor, Head of the Chemistry Department and the Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Umm Al-Qura University

Masters Students

Abdulaziz Alsubhi, (2018-2020)

PhD student in KAUST, Saudi Arabia

Albaraa M. Kamal, (2019-2023)

Auditor with Aramco, Saudi arabia

Lujain Bashihab

Lab Scientist, Aramco, Saudi Arabia

Maryam Altaher

Lab Scientist II: Saudi Aramco

Mingyu Nie

Research Interests: Anionic Polymerization, GPC, NMR

Mram Alyami, (2014-2016)

Scientist at Saudi Aramco, Research and Development Center, KSA

Nasser Mohammed Sharahili, (2018-2020)

PhD student in KAUST, Saudi Arabia

Norah A. Aljeban, (2019-2020)

PhD student, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering program, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, KSA.

Peng-Fei Zhang, (2021-2023)

PhD student, Cornell University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, New York, USA

Safa Alkhamis

Research Interests: ATRP, RAFT Polymerization

Visting Professors

Professor Akira Hirao

Tokyo institute of Technology, Japan
Visit Lab: 14-19 October 2012; 11-16 January 2014

Professor Avgeropoulos Apostolos

University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Visit Lab: 1-15 February 2014; 17 September 2015 - 16 March 2016

Professor Christopher Kemper Ober

Cornell University, USA
Visit Lab: 9- 13 November

Professor Coates, Geoffrey W

Cornell University, USA
Visit Lab: 9- 13 November 2013

Professor Dave Haddleton

University of Warwick, UK
Visit Lab: 9- 13 November 2013

Professor Dimitris Vlassopoulos

University of Crete, Greece
Visit Lab: 9-13 November 2013

Professor E.W. (Bert) Meijer

Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Visit Lab: 9- 13 November 2013

Professor Frank Bates

University of Minnesota, USA
Visit Lab: 9-13 November 2013

Professor Georgios Sakellariou

University of Athens, Greece

Assistant Professor

Visit Lab: 6- 25 July 2013; 19 September- 10 October 2015

Professor Harald Pasch

University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Visit Lab: 19- 22 May 2015

Professor Jimmy W. Mays

University of Tennessee, USA
Visit Lab: 9- 13 November

Professor Julia A. Kornfield

California Institute of Technology , USA
Visit Lab: 1-10 March 2014; 10- 15 January 2015

Professor Junpo He

Fudan University, China
Visit Lab: 30 March 2014 to 5 April 2014

Professor Kakuchi Toyoji

Hokkaido University, Japan
Visit Lab: 11-16 January 2014

Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Visit Lab: 9- 13 November 2013

Professor Mark D. Foster

Associate Dean for Programs, Policy, and Engagement, University of Akron, USA
Visit Lab: 7-8 March 2015

Professor Martin Möller

​University of Aachen, Germany
Visit Lab: 9- 13 November 2013

Professor Mitsuo Sawamoto

Kyoto University, Japan
Visit Lab: 9- 13 November 2013

Professor Olli Ikkala

Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
Visit Lab: 9- 13 November 2013

Professor Redouane Borsali

Director of CERMAV, Grenoble, Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales, France
Visit Lab: 9- 13 November 2013

Professor Robert H. Grubbs

California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA
Visit Lab: 12 December 2013

Professor Ronald G. Larson

University of Michigan, USA
Visit Lab: 9- 13 November 2013

Professor Rudolf Faust

University of Massachusetts Lowell , USA
Visit Lab: 8 January- 21 March 2015

Professor Virgil Percec

University of Pennsylvania, USA
Visit Lab: 9- 13 November 2013

Visiting Scientists

Dr. Atieh Abu Raqabah

​SABIC Corporate Sustainability
General Manager
Visit Lab: 9-13 November 2013

Dr. Jean-Francois Lutz

CNRS, Paris ,Polymer Chemistry , Research Director
Visit Lab: 11-13 May 2014

Dr. Kedar Ratkanthwar

Ph.D. Student
Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, India
Visit Lab: 6- 25 July 2013

Dr.Nikolay Houbenov

Senior Research Associate
Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Visit Lab: 1 March- 31 May 2012

Shotaro Ito

​Ph.D. Student
Visit Lab: 11 January - 11 April 2014

Research Support

Yingying Yu

Technical Specialist

Research Interests: Organic Chemistry