Dr. Mohammad Nahid Siddiqui

Professor​

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Contact​​​​

  • PHONE: (966)-13-860-2529
  • Mobile: (966)-5-0846-0810
  • FAX: (966)-13-860-4277
  • E-MAIL: mnahid@kfupm.edu.sa
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Education​​

  • Ph.D. (1997) Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
  • M.S. (1985) KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
  • M.Sc. (1981) Aligarh Muslim University, India.
  • B.Sc. (1979) Aligarh Muslim University, India.
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Research​​

  • Recycling of Waste Plastics with Petroleum Residue and Catalysts
  • Polymer Degradations
  • Polymer Nano-composite Materials
  • Chemical Methods of Desulfurization
  • Crude oils, Asphalts and Fractions with Emphasis on the Chemistry of Asphaltenes
  • Whole Crude and Residue Upgrading: Thermal and Catalytic Cracking
  • NMR, FT-IR, and HP-GPC Techniques for the Characterization of Petrochemicals
  • Asphalt Aging and Polymer Modifications
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Representative Publications/Patents ​

  • Siddiqui, M. N.; and Ali, M. F.: "Studies on the Aging Behavior of Arabian Asphalts", Fuel, Volume 78, No. 9, July, 1999, p. 1005.
  • Ali, M. F.; Al-Malki, A.; El-Ali, B.; Martinie, G. and Siddiqui, M. N.: "Deep Desulphurization of Gasoline and Diesel Fuels Using Non-Hydrogen Consuming Techniques", Fuel, Volume 85, Issue No. 10-11, 2006, p. 1354.
  • Siddiqui, M. N.: "Conversion of Hazardous Plastic Wastes into Useful Chemical Products", Journal of Hazardous Materials,, Vol. 167, No. 1-3, July 2009, p. 735-742.
  • 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.
  • 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.​
  • 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.
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