Physical Chemist-Electrochemist

Electrochemistry, Corrosion, Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to valuable chemicals, Surface Modification and Coatings, Nanofilms.

         Professor Mazen Khaled is currently Full Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Earth Sciences – Qatar University. He obtained his BSc in Chemistry (1987) from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Alabama in 1992.  He did his first post doctorate year 1992-1993 at Denver University studying fullerenes using Electrochemical and EPR techniques, and his second post doctorate year at North Carolina State University 1993-1994 developing very fast voltammetry. In 1994 he joined King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals until 2019 and then joined Qatar University in August 2019. In 2007, he was appointed as the first interim director to establish the first Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology at KFUPM. Dr. Khaled main interest is in surface modification and its application in corrosion, electrochemical conversion of CO₂, membrane coatings, dust repellent coatings for solar panels, etc. He published more than 100 papers and awarded twenty seven patents. He published many papers in the field of corrosion protection and membrane coatings utilizing different techniques. Dr. Khaled was the LPI/PI of 15 research projects, and supervised/participate in supervision of 25 MS/PhD students from the Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences. Currently he is a member of a 5M USD Cluster funded project by QNRF to develop electrodes for the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to formic acid.