Dr. Iqbal Ismail

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Dr. Iqbal Mohammad Ibrahim Ismail
Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Faculty of Science
King Abdul Aziz University


Personal Information

Nationality: Saudi Arabian
Date of Birth: 22/07/1965
Place of Birth:Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Marital Status:Married

Contact Information

Mail: Saudi Arabia P.O. Box 80203 Jeddah, 21589
Tel: 0126402000 - Ex (64430)-(51243)-(52496)
Fax: 6952292 ، 6951282
Mob: +966-505644138
Website: http://iismail.kau.edu.sa
E-mail: iismail@kau.edu.sa


Education

  • PhD in 1997 from University of Southampton, U.K. in Electrochemistry, Title of Thesis: "Electrochemical Studies of Polymer Electrolytes"
  • Mphil in 1994 from University of Southampton, U.K. in Physical Chemistry.
  • BSc in 1987 from King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in Chemistry.

Work Experience

(2008)-  Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdul Aziz University.
(1997 – 2008)-  Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdul Aziz University.
(1989 – 1997)-  Demonstrator at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdul Aziz University.
(1987 – 1989)-  Demonstrator at Department of Chemistry, Makkah Teaching College.


Non-academic and administrative activities

(2012 – till now)-  Centre of Excellence in Environmental Studies, Deputy Director for Technical Affairs
(2012 – till now)-  Director of Intellectual Property Investment Unit.
(2005 – 2012)-  Vice-Dean for the Continuing Education at the Deanship of Community Service and Continuing Education.
(2003 – 2009)-  Director of Summer Training Program.
(2002 – 2005)-  Director of Short Courses at the Deanship of Community Service and Continuing Education, King Abdul University.
(1999 – 2004)-  Member of Academic Directing Committee at the Department of Chemistry.
(2002 – 2004)-  Department's Laboratories staff of demonstrators and technicians loads distribution in-charge.
(2001 – 2004)-  Coordinator for department core course, 101 Chem.
(2000 – 2001)-  Head of Islamic Enlightening Committee for the Faculty of Science.


Academic activities

Postgraduate Level

  • Advanced Electrochemistry course for PhD students at KAU.
  • Teaching Electrochemistry Ph.D. Course in Girls Education College, Jeddah.
  • Teaching Electrochemistry, Physical and Polymer master courses at Chemistry Department, King Abdul Aziz University.
  • Supervision of Master Student in Polymer Chemistry, 2004-2006.
  • Internal examiner of a Ph.D. student in the area of electrochemistry, thesis title: “Steel protection from corrosion by conductive polymers coating”, 2010.

Undergraduate Level

  • Teaching 101 General Chemistry Course to Science, Marine Science, Earth Science and Engineering Faculties Students.
  • Teaching 102 General Chemistry Course to Science and Engineering Faculties Students
  • Teaching 344 Kinetics Chemistry Course to Science Students.
  • Teaching and supervising 343 Physical Laboratory Course.
  • Supervising final year projects of chemistry department students (7 students).
  • Supervising chemistry department Training in Production Centers' Course.
  • Organizing and teaching Technical Writing Course within the Diploma of Chemical Lab Technician, under the supervision of Deanship of Community Service and Continuing Education.
  • Organizing and teaching Electrochemical Methods Course within the Diploma of Chemical Lab Technician, under the supervision of Deanship of Community Service and Continuing Education.
  • Organizing and teaching Practical of Electrochemical Methods within the Diploma of Chemical Lab Technician, under the supervision of Deanship of Community Service and Continuing Education.
  • Supervising Chemical Lab Technician Diploma students while training in public and public sectors for a semester (more than 55 students).

Research activities

Funded Projects (Principle Investigator)

  • 2003-2005: Funded by SABIC, "Sunlight effect on physical properties of commercial tires used in Saudi Arabia by thermal analysis"
  • 2006-2007: Funded by KAU, "PMMA degradation protection investigation using ultraviolet additive".
  • 2006-2007: Funded by KAU, "Fabrication of Nanostructured Materials for catalytic, batteries and molecular sensing applications".
  • 2007-2009: Funded by KAU, Preparation of of Strategic Plan for the Deanship of Community Service and Cintinuing Education at King Abdulaziz University.
  • 2007-2008: Funded by KAU Nano Center , "Fabrication of nanostructured materials for monitoring glucose and some gases in blood".
  • 2011-2012: Funded by KAU, “Protection of Polyethylene Degradation using Ultraviolet Additive”.
  • 2011-2013: Funded by CEES, “Removal of Organic Pollutants From Water Using Hetrogenous Photocatalysis Technique”.

Funded Projects (Co- Investigator)

  • 2002 – 2004: Funded by SABIC, "Investigation of elements migration from some plastic food containers used in Saudi Arabia by ICP"
  • 2004 – 2005: Funded by SABIC, "Determination of organic constituents migrated from some plastic food containers used in Saudi Arabia" .
  • 2007-2008: Funded by KAU Nano Center, "Effect of Alumina Incorporation on Restricting Grain Growth of Nanocrystalline Tin Oxide".
  • 2007-2008: Funded by KAU, "Measurement of 222Rn in some ground waters using solid state nuclear track detectors".
  • 2008-2009: Funded by KAU, "A Novel Method for Uranium Determination and its application on Selected Phosphate Fertilizer Samples".
  • 2008-2009: Funded by KACST, “Determination of lead in ambient air in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia”.

Unfunded Projects (Principle Investigator)

2009-2010: "Determination of Fluoride concentration in drinking water in desalination stations in the city of Jeddah".


Other Scientific Activities

  • Author of more than 20 scientific papers.
  • Referee of a Book in General Chemistry, and number of scientific articles and scientific projects.
  • Scientific attachment in Japan, Yokohama National University, within Scientific Cooperative Program for Visitor Researchers, promoted by Japan Petroleum Institute, 1999-2000 (for 12 months).

Membership

  • Electrochemical Society
  • Saudi Chemical Society
  • Saudi Society of Microscopes

Participations in Scientific Conferences, Workshops and Short Courses

  • Solid State Chemistry – Past, Present and Future (10th Anniversary Meeting), Poster, Abstract No.: 9, 8 December 1993, London, England, UK.
  • 7th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries, 15-20 May 1994, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Electrochem '94, 12-16 September 1994, Abstract No.: 70, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
  • The Electronic Conference on Solid Electrolytes '95, 1-30 June 1995, Internet, www.lrsm.upenn.edu/ecse/protected/group3.html
  • Electrochem '95, 10-14 September 1995, Poster Abstract No.: 2, Bangor, Wales, UK.
  • 10th International Conference on Solid State Ionics, 3-8 December 1995, Poster Abstract No.: 3-2P156, Singapore National University, Singapore.
  • 190th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, 6-11 October 1996, Oral Abstract No.: 63, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
  • 191st Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, 4-9 May 1997, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • IUPAC 8th International Symposium on Macromolecule-Metal Complexes (MMC-8 Tokyo), 5-8 September 1999, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
  • 196th of The Electrochemical Society, Joint International Meeting, 17-22 October 1999, Hawaii, USA.
  • 7th International Symposium on Polymer Electrolytes (ISPE-7), 6-11 August 2000, Poster, Noosa, Queensland, Australia.
  • The 1st Saudi Science Conference, 9-11 April 2001, Oral, KFUPM, Dahran, Saudi Arabia.
  • 2nd International Conference on Chemistry and its Applications, 6-9 December 2003, Poster, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
  • 2nd Saudi Science Conference, 15-17 March 2004, Poster Abstract No.: CHEM 191, KAU, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  • The first Sharjah International Conference on Nanotechnology and its Applications, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, 10-12 April 2007.
  • 3rd Saudi Science Conference, 10-13 March 2007, Oral Presentation, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Saudi Chemical Society Conference, Makkah Intercontinental, April 15-17, 2007.
  • Nanotechnology Workshop, King Saud University, Riyadh, 28-29/10/2007.
  • Nanobiotechnology course, Distance & International Studies Center, Zentrum für Fernstudien und Universitäre Weiterbildung, Germany, October 2007 – March 2008.
  • Summer Training Course funded by KACST, School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK, area of training; "Fabrication of Nanostructured Materials for catalytic and battery applications", Summer 2007.
  • Chairman for the registration committee of Environmental Pollution of Costal Areas Workshop, organized by Water Research Center, KAU, 30 January 2008.
  • "Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Tin Oxide Prepared by Wet Chemical Methods", Poster No. P-330. International Conference on Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Challenges, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, June 17-19, 2008.
  • Summer Training Course funded by KACST, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Xiamen, Xiamen, China, course title; "Electrochemical Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Nanostructures", Summer 2008.
  • 216th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, 4-9 October 2009, Vienna, Austria.
  • 15th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries, 27th June – 2nd July 2010, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • 1st Saudi Renewable Energy Conference & Exhibition (SAREC&E), 19-20 Feb 2012, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dahran, Saudi Arabia.
  • The Saudi International Environmental Technology Conference 2012, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, 13-15 May, 2012, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • 16th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries, 17-22 June 2012, Jeju, Korea.

Participations in Non-Scientific Conferences, Workshops and Short Courses

  • Managerial Aspects in Volunteer Activities, 2002, Al-Shatibi Institute, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  • Strategic Quality, 2004, Annokhba Center for Training and Development, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  • Workshop in Applied Education in Saudi Universities and the Priorities in Job Market, 28-29 September 2004, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • "Learning for Leadership" Short Course, 18-19/11/2006, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  • "Thinking Based Learning" Workshop, 4-6/12/2006, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  • Strategic Planning for the Deanship of Community Service & Continuing Education – Preparation Project, 26/5 – 19/6/2006, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  • Leadership of Change, Short Course, 9-12/12/2006, The Center of Building Generations, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  • Balance Scorecard Forum, R.S. Kaplan, Dubai, Feb 25-27, 2007.
  • Workshop on Web-based Learning; Designing and Teaching Online Courses, S. Al-Amoudi, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, March 3-4, 2007.
  • The 2nd Conference on Volunteer Work, 11-14 March 2007, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Managing Strategy and Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), 27 September – 1st October 2009, University of York, York, UK.
  • Balance Scorecard Forum, R.S. Kaplan, Riyadh, Dec 11-15, 2010.
  • Executive Team Training Program for Gifted Pupils, Organized by Mawhiba, 3-5 May 2011, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  • Intellectual Property Day, Visionary Innovators, 26th April 2012, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

List of Publications

  1. I.M. Ismail, N.D. Gray and J.R. Owen, Effect of Humidity on Polymer Electrolyte Processing, 10th International Conference on Solid State Ionics, 3-8 December 1995, Singapore, Paper No. 3-2P156, 236.
  2. I.M. Ismail and J.R. Owen, Microcell conductivity measurements of polymer electrolytes, Solid State Ionics 85 (1996) 163-171.
  3. I.M. Ismail, N.D. Gray and J.R. Owen, A QCM analysis of water absorption in lithium polymer electrolytes, J. Chem Soc., Faraday Trans., 92 (1996) 4115-4119.
  4. Iqbal M. Ismail, Umut Kadiroglu, Emmanuel Eweka and John R. Owen, The Effects of Water in Lithium-Polymer Cells, Proceedings of Electrochemical Society, Symposium: "Lithium Polymer Batteries" (1997).
  5. I.M. Ismail, Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries, 1st Saudi Conference in Science, held in KFUPM 9-11 April 2001, Paper No. 42 Chemistry Proceeding.
  6. Iqbal Ismail, Akihiro Noda, Atsushi Nishimoto and Masayoshi Watanabe, XPS study of lithium surface after contact with lithium-salt doped polymer electrolytes, Electrochemica Acta 46 (2001) 1595-1603.
  7. Abdullah M. Asiri, I.M.I. Ismail, Khalid A. Al-Amry, N.A. Fatani, Novel dyes derived from hydrazones: Part 2. synthesis and characterizations of N-methyl-4-tricyanovinylidenephenyl-hydrazones, Dyes and Pigments 67 (2005) 111-115.
  8. A.M. Asiri and I.M.I. Ismail, Synthesis of diethyl 2H-naphtho[2,1,b]pyran-2,3-dicarboxylate and some related compounds as UV absorbers, Pigments & Resin Technology 34/1 (2005) 33-36.
  9. Abdullah M. Asiri, Abood A. Bahajaj, I.M.I. Ismail, N.A. Fatani, Novel dyes derived from hydrazones: Part 3. Synthesis and characterizations of 2-[4-(1-phenylethylidene)hydrazino]phenylethylene-1,1,2-tricarbonitrile, Dyes and Pigments 71 (2006) 102-107.
  10. Iqbal M.I. Ismail, Effect of heating-cooling cycles on electrical behavior of polymer electrolytes, Journal of King Abdul Aziz University; Sci, 19 (2007) 3-9.
  11. Mohammad W. Kadi, Iqbal M. Ismail and Tariq R. Sobahi, Identification of Organic Migrants from Some Plastic Water as Food Simulant, Asian Journal of Chemistry, 19 (2007) 2744-2750.
  12. Iqbal M.I. Ismail, Property of interface at lithium anode in contact with network polymer electrolytes having polyether free-chain ends, Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 12 (2008) 95-106.
  13. Su'ad D. Al-Shehry and Iqbal M.I. Ismail, PMMA degradation protection investigation using ultraviolet additive, Oriental Journal of Chemistry, 24 (2008) 35-24.
  14. Mamdouh E. Abdelsalam, Iqbal M.I. Ismail, Phil N. Bartlett, Jeremy J. Baumberg, Nanostructured gold surfaces for monitoring the water quality using Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering techniques,Electronic Proceeding of The International Conference on Water Conservation in Arid Regions, 12-14 October 2009, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  15. Iqbal M.I. Ismail, Synthesis of nanostructured films from template electrodeposition technique, Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 14 (2010) 351-356.
  16. Y. M. Al-Angari1, M. W. Kadi1, I. M. Ismail1, Mohamed. A. Gabal, Effect of alumina incorporation on restricting grain growth of nanocrystalline tin(IV) oxide, Cent. Eur. J. Chem. 8 (2010) 331–340.
  17. Muhammad Muslim, Abu Jafar Mahmood, Tajmeri Selima Akhter Islam, Md. Ahsan Habib and Iqbal Mohmmad Ibrahim Ismail, Zinc oxide mediated photocatalytic decolorization of Ponceau S in aqueous suspension by visible light, submitted to Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2011.
  18. Md. Ahsan Habib a, Iqbal Mohmmad Ibrahim Ismail, Abu Jafar Mahmood and Md. Rafique Ullah, Photocatalytic decolorization of Brilliant Golden Yellow over TiO2 and ZnO suspensions, accepted in Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, March , 2011 .
  19. Ahsan Habib, Anarul Islam, Moninur Rab and Iqbal Mohmmad Ibrahim Ismail, Thermally Treated Local Sand is an Alternative of Fly ash in Production of Composite Cement, submitted to Cement & Concrete Composites, February 2011.
  20. Md. Ahsan Habib, Iqbal Mohmmad Ibrahim Ismail, Abu Jafar Mahmood1 and Md. Rafique Ullah, Decolorization and mineralization of brilliant golden yellow (BGY) by Fenton and photo-Fenton processes, accepted in African Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry Vol. 5(7), pp. xxx-xxx, July 2011.
  21. Mona A. El-Attar, Iqbal M. Ismail and Mohamed M. Ghoneim, Synthesis, Electrochemical, Spectrophotometric and Potentiometric Studies of Two Azo-Compounds Derived from 4-Amino-2-Methylquinoline in Ethanolic Aqueous Buffered Solutions, J. Braz. Chem. Soc., Vol. 23, (2012) 1523-1535.
  22. A. A. Abdel-Khalek, I. M. I. Ismail, M. A. Nagdyc, H. A. Ewais, Kinetics and Mechanism of Oxidation of N-(2-acetamido) iminodiacetatocobaltate(II) by Periodate in the Presence of Manganese(II) Catalyst in Acetate and Aqueous Micellar Media, Oxidation Communication, 35 (2012) 327–339.
  23. M.A. Gabal, A.M. Abdel-Daiem, Y.M. Al Angari, I.M. Ismail, Influence of Al-substitution on structural, electrical and magnetic properties of Mn–Zn ferrites nanopowders prepared via the sol–gel auto-combustion method, Polyhedron, 57 (2013) 105–111.
  24. Hanaa S. El-Desoky, Iqbal M. Ismail and Mohamed M. Ghoneim, Stripping voltammetry method for determination of manganese as complex with oxine at the carbon paste electrode with and without modification with montmorillonite clay, J Solid State Electrochem, August 2013.
  25. Md Ahsan Habib, Muhammad Muslim, Md Tusan Shahadat, Md Nazrul Islam, Iqbal Mohmmad Ibrahim Ismail,Tajmeri Selima Akhter Islam and Abu Jafar Mahmood, Photocatalytic decolorization of crystal violet in aqueous nano-ZnO suspension under visible light irradiation, Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry 2013, 3 :70.
  26. Amr M. Beltagi, Iqbal M. Ismail, Mohamed M. Ghoneim, Square-Wave Adsorptive Cathodic Stripping Voltammeteric Determination of Manganese (II) Using a Carbon Paste Electrode Modified with Montmorillonite Clay, American Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 4(2013) 197-206.
  27. Md Ahsan Habib, Md Tusan Shahadat, Newaz Mohammed Bahadur, Iqbal M I Ismail and Abu Jafar Mahmood, Synthesis and characterization of ZnO-TiO2 nanocomposites and their application as photocatalysts, International Nano Letters 2013, 3:5.
  28. H. A. Ewais, I. M. I. Ismail, S. A. K. Elroby, S. A. Ahmed, A. A. Abdel-Khalek, Kinetics and Mechanism of Peroxydisulphate Oxidation of a Ternary Nitrilotriacetatocobaltate(II) Complex Involving Glycine as Co-ligand in the Presence of Silver(I) as a Catalyst, Oxidation Communications, 36(2013)312-326.
  29. Zulfiqar Alia, M. Aslam, Iqbal M.I. Ismail, A. Hameed, Syed Tajammul Hussain, Muhammad Nawaz Chaudhry and M.A. Gondal, Synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic activity of Al2O3-TiO2 based composites, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering Volume 49, Issue 1, 2014
  30. Muhammad Tahir Soomro, Guenter Grampp, Truong Xuan Nguyen and Iqbal Mohammad Ismail, The Electrochemical Approach towards Proton Coupled Electron Transfer Pathways for Oxidation of Thymine in Water, ECS Transaction, 53(2013) 17-25.
  31. M. Tahir Soomro, Iqal M. I. Ismail, Abdul Hameed and Mohammad Aslam, A Simple Electrochemical Approach for Determination and Direct Monitoring of Drug Degradation in Water, Current World Environment, 8(2013), available on-line.
  32. A. Hameed, Iqbal M. I. Ismail, M. Aslam and M. A. Gondal, Photocatalytic Conversion of Methane into Methanol: Performance of silver impregnated WO3, Applied Catalysis A: General 470 (2014) 327– 335.
  33. ZULFIQAR ALI, M. ASLAM, IQBAL M.I. ISMAIL, A. HAMEED, SYED TAJAMMUL HUSSAIN, MUHAMMAD NAWAZ CHAUDHRY and M.A. GONDAL, Synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic activity of Al2O3-TiO2 based composites, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A 49 (2014) 125–134.

 

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