Dr. Mohamed Infas Haja Mohideen
Dr. mohamed infas haja mohideen Assistant Professor Chemistry

Contact Information
mohamed.mohideen@ku.ac.ae 02 3124485

Biography

Dr. Mohamed Mohideen earned his PhD  in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of St. Andrews, UK in 2011. He then held a postdoctoral researcher position at the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, KSA. In 2014 he joined the Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon as a Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry. He held a Researcher position in the Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry at the Charles University in Prague prior to joining Khalifa University as a Senior Lecturer in 2020. His research interests mainly aim to design and synthesize functional solid-state materials with a special focus on Metal Organic Frameworks and MXenes.


Education
  • PhD in Inorganic Chemistry, University of St-Andrews, School of Chemistry, St-Andrews (United Kingdom), 2011
  • MRes in Chemistry, University of Bath, Department of Chemistry, Bath (United Kingdom), 2008
  • Graduateship in Chemistry, College of Chemical Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon. Rajagiriya (Sri Lanka), 2004

Teaching
  • General Chemistry II (CHEM116)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (CHEM251)
  • Inorganic Chemistry II (CHEM352)
  • Recent Developments in Inorganic Chemistry (CHEM716)

Affiliated Research Institutes/Centers
  • Advanced Materials Chemistry Center

Research
Research Interests
  • Industrial Chemistry: Construction of MOFs that can be used for heterogeneous catalysis, separation of gases and vapors.
  • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions: Judiciously design functional and cost effective MOFs that can sequester large amounts of CO2 and other greenhouse gases.
  • Design and synthesis Porous Materials for Energy Storage.


Research Staff and Graduate Students:

Staff
Dr. Upendar Reddy Gandra Research Scientist
Students
Ahamad Irfan Ph.D. Student (2024-2027)
Vacancies

PhD student applicants must show interest and right aptitude in working with high-tech, challenging projects and must be able to work independently. For graduate admission information, please refer to: https://www.ku.ac.ae/graduate-admissions.