Name: MOHAMED ABDULKADER DASTAGEER
Title: Lecturer/Scientist-I
Brief research interests: Synthesis, characterizations and applications of functional
Materials and functional surfaces.
Research Areas: Laser Molecular Spectroscopy, Renewable Energy, Heterogeneous
Photocatalysis, Surface wettability for oil water separation.
Office: 28/127
Tel: 966-1-860-4574
Email: makder@kfupm.edu.sa
Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=swcp8G0AAAAJ
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0183-5849
Lab(s): Laser Research Labs, Thin Film Lab
Affiliated Center(s): Team member of projects funded by IRC- Advanced Materials, and
IRC- Membranes and Water security
Research Interests:
• Heterogeneous photo-catalysis for energy, environmental and water purification applications.
• Renewable energy harvesting, and energy storage devices
• Oil-water separation.
• Energy saving applications & smart windows.
• Laser Molecular spectroscopy .Optical Characterization of Materials, Laser Induced Breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), and Photo acoustic spectroscopy (PAS).
Biographical Sketch:
• B. Sc (Physics-1987) and M.Sc (Solid State Physics-1989) from Madurai Kamaraj University, India. M.S (Physics-1993) KFUPM, Saudi Arabia.
• Jan. 2005 – Present: Lecturer/ Scientist -I, Physics Department, KFUPM.
• Dec. 1998 – Dec.2005: Scientist – I, RI KFUPM.
• Dec. 1993 – Dec.1998: Scientist – II, RI, KFUPM.
AWARDS & HONORS
• 9 US patents issued,
• 7 US patents Published,
• 1 book co-authored.
• National Oil Company (NOC), USA, Environmental Stewardship Award for the ARAMCO Project Laser –based Finger Printing of Crude Oils (2007).
• Member of the research team received "Prince Mohammed bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz Award for the excellence in research" (Saudi Arabia, 1995)
KEY PUBLICATIONS
118 research papers; 2300 citations; and h-index – 27 (Google Scholar Citations).
2022 Publications
1. Naif Ahmed Hadadi, Umair Baig, M.A. Gondal, M.J.S. Mohamed, and M.A. Dastageer , (2022) Synthesis of Graphitic Carbon Nitride-Cadmium Selenide nanocomposite by Pulsed Laser Post Processing for the Application as a Photo-catalyst in Organic Dye Degradation, and as an Electro-catalyst in Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects Volume 658, 5 February 2023, 130711
2. Saeed A. Baqraf, Mohammed A. Gondal, Mohamed. A. Dastageer , Muhammad Raashid , Abdulaziz Al-Aswad , Parametric optimization of unmanned three-phase electrodynamics dust shield for sustainable photovoltaic panels operation for dusty environment and space applications, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2022 XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXX, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c02712
3. Umair Baig, Rasha A. AbuMousa, Mohammad Azam Ansari, Muhammad A. Gondal, and Mohamed A. Dastageer (2022) Pulsed laser-assisted synthesis of nano nickel(II) oxide-anchored graphitic carbon nitride: Characterizations and their potential antibacterial/anti-biofilm applications, Nanotechnology Reviews 2022; 11: 3053–3062
4. U Baig, M Faizan, MA Dastageer, MA Gondal,(2022) Customization of surface wettability of nano-SiO2 by coating Trimethoxy (vinyl) silane modifier for oil-water separation: Fabrication of metal-based functional superwetting, Chemosphere 308, 136405
5. N Idris, MA Gondal, K Lahna, M Ramli, AM Sari, RK AlDakheel, R Mitaphonna, MA Dastageer, K Kurihara, KH Kurniawan, MA Almesserie (2022) Geochemistry study of soil affected catastrophically by tsunami disaster triggered by 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake using a fourth harmonics (λ= 266 nm) Nd: YAG laser induced, Arabian Journal of Chemistry 15 (7), 103847
6. M Younas, MA Gondal, MA Dastageer, A Helal (2022) Metal‐organic framework coordinated with cobalt ion as charge recombination retarder in dye‐sensitized solar cells, International Journal of Energy Research 46 (7), 9345-9357
7. U Baig, MA Gondal, MA Dastageer, M Sajid, (2022) Maghemite nanoparticles decorated semiconducting graphitic carbon nitride hetero-structured nanocomposite: Facile synthesis, characterizations and its visible light active, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 641, 128427.
8. U Baig, MA Gondal, MA Dastageer, (2022) Oil-water separation using surface engineered superhydrophobic and superoleophilic membrane for the production of clean water, Journal of Water Process Engineering 45, 102473.
Mr. Muhammad Dastageer Lecturer 28/134 966-1-860-4574 makader@kfupm.edu.sa Website