Ahsan Ul Haq is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Founding Director of the Advanced Materials Chemistry Center (AMCC), Associate Chair of graduate studies in Chemistry at Khalifa University. He received his PhD in 2008 from Jeonbuk National University, South Korea, and completed post post-doctorate fellowship from Toyama University, Japan (2008-2010).  He served as faculty at KFUPM from 2010-2019. He also remains a visiting faculty in EPFL, Switzerland, Tokyo University, and Nagoya University, Japan. He is trained as a nanotechnologist and has published more than 150 articles in peer-reviewed SCI journals, presented over 80 papers in international conference proceedings, given various invited talks, and given keynote speeches worldwide. He contributed 7 book chapters and edited  a book on “Metal Chalcogenide Nanostructures for Renewable Energy Applications” and holds 6 patents (USPTO) as inventor and co-inventor on new materials for clean energy applications.  His research focus is on new functional nanomaterials development, investigating the structure-property relationship of new materials and their nanoarchitectures for energy conversion devices and systems, such as green hydrogen production, carbon dioxide conversion into clean fuels, and energy storage (electrodes and electrolytes) applications. He is a member of the Mohamed Bin Rashid Academy of Science (MBRAS) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). He is a Visiting Faculty at CALTECH and the president of the American Ceramic Society UAE Chapter. He is an Editorial board member of MRB, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Energy and Environmental Materials, and Communication Engineering. He has been affiliated with JKScientist for 9 years.  

Dr. Ahsan can be reached at ahsanulhaq06@gmail.com