Dr. Abdul Hameed Mohammad

Personal Details Name: Dr. Abdul Hameed Date of Birth: 15-3-1966 Nationality: Pakistani Current Position: Associate Professor Religion: Islam Civil Status: Married Languages known: English, Urdu, Panjabi Father’s name: Mr. Fateh Muhammad Passport No: AV6279343

Contact Details Correspondence Address: Center of Excellence in Environmental Studies,King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA. Mob# 0506406684 Email id: hameedch@yahoo.com Permanent address: House No. 497, Street No. 9, Sector G-10/1, 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Education

2008  2008 University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Post-Doc (One year) under HEC, Pakistan PDFP .
1999-2004 King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Chemistry

• Major in Physical Chemistry
• Minor in Inorganic Chemistry

• Major in Physical Chemistry

• Major in Physical Chemistry

Research titles

Post-Doc  Synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic activity of metal oxide semiconductors
Ph.D          Laser induced photocatalytic conversion of methane into methanol
M.Phil       Adsorption studies of dyes on alumina and silica gel
M.Sc         Preparation of MMSA-Sn-Tc99m complex by using SnSO4 and its polarographic studies

Research Interests

• Synthesis & Characterization of Sunlight Active Photocatalysts
• Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production from Cheap Sources
• Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 into Oxygenates
• Photocatalytic Conversion of Methane
• Photocatalytic Water decontamination in Sunlight

Professional capabilities

• UV/Visible spectroscopy/Atomic Absorption/ICP
• FT-IR spectroscopy
• Gas chromatography/HPLC
• Scanning electron microscopy
• XRD/XPS
• Thermal Analysis (TGA/DTA/DSC)

Memberships

• Associate Member of National Center for Physics (NCP)
• Member (Technical Committee), 36th International Nathiagali Summer College

Academic Activities

External Examiner for M.Phil/PhD Degree in Chemistry

• Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
• Allama Iqbbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan
• University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
• GC University, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Reviewer

• Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering (AJSE), KSA
• Journal of Science, Technology and Development, Published by Pakistan Council for Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• Food Chemistry, Elsevier
• Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies
• Journal of the chemical Society of Pakistan
• RSC Advances

Publications

Patent

1. A patent on the invention entitled “A Method for the Production of Hydrogen from Methanol using Laser Photocatalytic Process” has been prepared and submitted to US patent office. U.S. Patent Application No: 10/821,970.
2. A patent application entitled “Sunlight active Composite Photocatalyst for Water Purification” submitted to US patent office (In progress)

Journal Publications

1. Thermodynamics of adsorption of Rhodamine B and Nile blue sulfate on alumina from aqueous solutions J. Chem. Soc. Pak. Vol 2, 1994, pp 16-19. M. Saleem, M. Afzal, F. Mahmood and A. Hameed (Impact Factor 1.05)
2. Photo-catalytic conversion of methane into methanol using visible laser Applied Catalysis A: General, Volume 243, Issue 1, 31 March 2003, pp 165-174 M. A. Gondal, A. Hameed and A. Suwaiyan (Impact Factor 3.637)
3. Photocatalytic transformation of methane into methanol under UV laser irradiation over WO3, TiO2 and NiO catalysts Chemical Physics Letters, Volume 392, Issues 4-6, 11 July 2004, Pages 372-377 M. A. Gondal, A. Hameed, Z. H. Yamani and A. Arfaj (Impact Factor 2.280)
4. Laser induced photo-catalytic oxidation/splitting of water over -Fe2O3, WO3, TiO2 and NiO catalysts: activity comparison Chemical Physics Letters, Volume 385, Issues 1-2, 2 February 2004, Pages 111-115 Mohammed Ashraf Gondal, A. Hameed, Z. H. Yamani and A. Suwaiyan (Impact Factor 2.280)
5. Production of hydrogen and oxygen by water splitting using laser induced photo-catalysis over Fe2O3 Applied Catalysis A: General, Volume 268, Issues 1-2, 10 August 2004, Pages 159-167 M. A. Gondal, A. Hameed, Zain H. Yamani and A. Suwaiyan (Impact Factor 3.637)
6. Laser induced photocatalytic generation of hydrogen and oxygen over NiO and TiO2 Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, Volume 219, Issue 1, 1 September 2004, Pages 109-119 A. Hameed and M. A. Gondal (Impact Factor 3.160 )
7. Effect of transition metal doping on photocatalytic activity of WO3 for water splitting under laser illumination: role of 3d-orbitals Catalysis Communications, Volume 5, Issue 11, November 2004, Pages 715-719 A. Hameed, M.A. Gondal and Z.H. Yamani (Impact Factor 2.906)
8. Hydrogen generation by laser transformation of methanol using n-type WO3 semiconductor catalyst Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, Volume 222, Issues 1-2, 15 November 2004, Pages 259-264 M.A. Gondal, A. Hameed and Z.H. Yamani (Impact Factor 3.160)
9. Selective laser enhanced photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into methanol Chemical Physics Letters, Volume 400, Issues 1-3, 11 December 2004, Pages 206-212 A.H. Yahaya, M.A. Gondal and A. Hameed (Impact Factor 2.280)
10. Significance of pH measurements in photocatalytic splitting of water using 355 nm UV laser Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, Volume 227, Issues 1-2, 1 March 2005, Pages 241-246 A. Hameed, M.A. Gondal, Z.H. Yamani and A.H. Yahya (Impact Factor 3.160)
11. Production of hydrogen-rich syngas using p-type NiO catalyst: a laser-based photocatalytic approach Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, Volume 233, Issues 1-2, 24 May 2005, Pages 35-41 A. Hameed and M.A. Gondal (Impact Factor 3.160)
12. Effect Of Dissolved Metal Ions On Laser Induced Photocatalytic Splitting Of Water Over WO3 Energy Sources, Vol. 27, 2005, 1151 A. Hameed, M.A. Gondal and A. Al-Suwaiyan (Impact Factor 1.5)
13. Surface phases and photocatalytic activity correlation of Bi2O3/Bi2O4-x nanocomposite Journal of the American Chemical Society 130, 2008, 9658-9659 A. Hameed, T. Montini, V. Gombac and P. Fornasiero (Impact Factor 9.023)
14. Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and antimicrobial studies of mercury(II) complexes of thiolates Spectroscopy 23, 2009, 45-50 G. Rabbani, A. A. Isab, A. R. Al-Arfaj, S. Ahmad, M. Saleem, A. Hameed and Erum Akbar (Impact Factor 0.923)
15. Photocatalytic Production of Hydrogen over Tailored Cu-Embedded TiO2 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters 1, 2009, 1-6 V. Gombac, T. Montini, S. Polizzi, J. J. Delgado, A. Hameed and P. Fornasiero (Impact Factor 0.923)
16. Photocatalytic Decolourization of Dyes on NiO-ZnO Nano-composites Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 8(5), 2009, 677-682 A.Hameed, T. Montini, V. Gombac and P. Fornasiero (Impact Factor 2.378)
17. Synthesis, Characterization and Photocatalytic Activity of NiO-Bi2O3 Nano-composites Chemical Physics Letters, 472, 2009, 212-216 A. Hameed, V. Gombac, T. Montini, M. Graziani and P. Fornasiero (Impact Factor 2.280)
18. Photocatalytic Activity of Zn modified Bi2O3 Chemical Physics Letters, 483, 2009, 254-26 A. Hameed, V. Gombac, T. Montini, L. Felisari and P. Fornasiero (Impact Factor 2.280 2)
19. Synthesis, Characterization and Photocatalytic Performance of Transition Metal Tungstates Chemical Physics Letters, 498, 2010, 113-119 T. Montini, V. Gombac, A. Hameed, L. Felisari, G. Adami and P. Fornasiero (Impact Factor 2.280)
20. The suitability of ZnO as Photocatalyst for Water Purification 2013 (Submitted for publication) A. Hameed, V. Gombac, T. Montini and P. Fornasiero
21. Synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic activity of Al2O3-TiO2 based composites. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 49, 2014 , 1–11. Z. Ali, Mohd Aslam, Iqbal M. I. Ismail, A. Hameed, S. T. Hussain, M. N. Chaudhry and M. A. Gondal. (Impact Factor 1.6)
22. A Simple Electrochemical Approach for Determination and Direct Monitoring of Drug Degradation in Water. Curr World Environ 8(3), 2013, M. T. Soomro, I.M.I. Ismail , A. Hameed, M. Aslam
23. Photocatalytic Conversion of Methane into Methanol: Performance of silver impregnated WO3 Applied Catalysis A: General, Volume 470, 2014, Pages 327-335 A. Hameed, Iqbal M. I. Ismail, M. Aslam and M. A. Gondal (Impact Factor 3.95)

Conferences

1. 11th Saudi- Japanese Symposium on Catalysis in Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals, Dhahran (11-12 November 2001). M. A. Gondal, A. Hameed, and A. Al-Suwaiyan
2. Laser photocatalytic conversion of methane using WO3 and water, 5th International conference on Chemistry in Industry, Manama (Oct 14-16, 2002) Bahrain. M. A. Gondal, A. Hameed and A. Al-Suwaiyan
3. Photocatalytic Splitting of Water into Hydrogen and Oxygen Using Laser The 4th Middle East Refinery & Petrochemical Conference (Petrotech), Manama, Bahrain (30th September -1st October, 2003) M. A. Gondal, A. Hameed, Z. H Yamani and A. Al-Suwaiyan
4. Activity of WO3 , NiO and Fe2O3 Catalysts for Hydrogen Production under UV Laser Irradiation Chemistry in industry (CHEMINDIX 2004), Manama, Bhahrain, September 27-29, 2004. M. A. Gondal, A. Hameed, Z. H. Yamani, A. Suwaiyan and A. Arfaj
5. Laser photocatalytic conversion of methanol into hydrogen Second Saudi Science Conference, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). 2004. M. A. Gondal, A. Hameed, Z. H. Yamani, A. Suwaiyan and A. Arfaj
6. Attended “Joint ICTP-KFAS Workshop on Nanoscience for Solar Energy Conversion”, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, 27 - 29 October 2008, Miramare - Trieste, Italy.
7. Invited speaker at “Symposium on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells” held at Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, from 9-12 July, 2012.
8. Hydrogen generation by laser transformation of methanol using n-type WO3 semiconductor catalyst Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, Volume 222, Issues 1-2, 15 November 2004, Pages 259-264 M.A. Gondal, A. Hameed and Z.H. Yamani (Impact Factor 3.160 Citations 18) .