Principal Investigator

Niveen M. Khashab, Ph.D

Professor of Chemical Science​​

Senior Staff

Basem Moosa , Ph.D

Research Scientist

Postdoctoral Fellows

Bappa Maiti

Research Interests: Supramolecular Chemistry, synthetic lipids, gene and drug delivery

Fang Fang

Research Interests: Polymer composites, Porous materials

Gengwu Zhang, Ph.D
Jinrong Wang, PhD

Research Interests: Smart hydrogel actuators, Sensors, High strength membrane materials

Lukman Alimi, PhD

Research Interests: Crystallography, Smart materials, Bionanotechnology

Peiren Liu, PhD

Research Interests: Synthetic macrocycles, Functional polymer materials

Vivekanand Sharma, PhD

Research Interests: Supramolecular Chemistry, Nanomaterials, Crystallography, MOFs, Cages

Weibin Lin, PhD

Research Interests: Self-assembly, Functional materials

Xin Liu, PhD

Research Interests: Self-assembly, Porous materials

PhD Students

Aliyah Fakim

Research Interests: Drug discovery, Nanoparticles, Medicinal chemistry

Batoul Maatouk

Research Interests: Nanomedicine, Drug delivery systems

Dana Al Kelabi

Research Interests: Drug delivery, Nanotechnology

Katya Michelle Aguilar Pérez

Research Interests: Nanotechnology, Environmental applications, Drug delivery, Nanoencapsulation

Maryam Yaghmour

Research Interests: Organic chemistry, Molecular synthesis, Smart hybrid materials

Nouf BinSaleh

Research Interests: gene and drug delivery, metal-organic frameworks

Pei Yu

Research Interests: Biosensors, Bioengineering

Shahad Alotaiby

Research Interests: Drug delivery

Somayah Qutub

Research Interests: Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Immune therapy

Valeriia Nikolaeva

Research Interests: biomedicine, hydrogels, 3D-printing, stimuli-responsive

Walaa S. Baslyman

Research Interests: Catalysis, Nanomaterials

Xuanfu Zhu

Research Interests: Nanomaterials, Polymers

Masters Students

Rahaf Bashmail

Research Interests: Biomaterials, Nanomedicine