Mohammed C. Al-Kinany holds Ph.D. in heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis from university of Manchester for science and technology (UK) since 1984. From 1988 till date he has been working as a Research Specialist in the National Center for Petrochemicals Technology, KACST. He has worked at the department of industrial polymer chemistry-Lancaster university (UK) between 1986-1988, in the field of thermoplastics, polycarbonate and antifouling organometallic polymers. He has also worked at UMIST (UK), between 1982-1986, in a joint research project with Imperial Chemical Industries (UK) in the field of alkylation, isomerization, transalkylation, disproportionation, and hexane cracking. He has also worked on transformer oils, biomass to oil, practical class lecturer. He has over 35 years of experience in the development and the use of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts (nano- and traditional) for the field petroleum and petrochemical industry, such as, alkylation, isomerization, transalkylation, oligomerization, oxidative dehydrogenation, cracking, hydrogenation, hydroxylation, clean fuel production, fuel additives, dehydrogenation, and hydrodesulphurization. He has extensive experience in design and operation bench scale pilot plant, feedstock, and product characterization; catalyst preparation and characterization, testing and evaluation. Dr. Al-Kinany is an author of more than (62) research articles, (6) patents, (12) books, translated (2) books; and he designed and constructed data base of toxic and hazardous chemicals used in Saudi Arabia.
Saud Aldrees was born in Riyadh-Saudi Arabia. He received his Bachelor in Chemical Engineering at King Saud University (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). After eight years of working as assistant-researcher at KACST he moved to the UK where he received his Master in Heterogeneous Catalysis from University of Oxford in 2011, he back to KACST in 2012 as Academic Researcher for 6 years. Now he is reading for DPhil in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Oxford. Eng. Saud is an author of more than (25) research articles and (3) patents.