Dr. Lukman's research interests focus on the design, preparation and characterization of smart materials.

• ​Reversible thermosalience of 4-aminobenzonitrile
  L.O. Alimi, D.P. van Heerden, P. Lama, V.J. Smith and L.J. Barbour
  Chemical Communications, 54, 6208-6211, 2018
• Hand-twistable plastically deformable crystals of a rigid small organic molecule
  L.O. Alimi, P. Lama, V.J. Smith and L.J. Barbour
  Chemical Communications, 54, 2994-2997, 2018​
• Large volumetric thermal expansion of a novel organic cocrystal over a wide temperature range
  L.O. Alimi, P. Lama, V.J. Smith and L.J. Barbour
  Crystal Engineering Communication, 20, 631-635, 2018
• Hydration-dependent anomalous thermal expansion behavior in a coordination polymer
  P. Lama, L.O. Alimi, R.K. Das and L.J. Barbour
  Chemical Communications, 52, 3231-3234, 2016 ​

• ​Ph.D., Chemistry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2018​

• ​2019-Present: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia​

• ​Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), United Kingdom.
• South African Chemical Institute (SACI), South Africa.
• South African Crystallographic Society (SACrS), South Africa​

• ​Royal Society of Chemistry, Travel Grants, United Kingdom, 2015
• Newton Fund International Scholarship, United Kingdom, 2016​

• ​Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center (AMPMC)
• Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)​