Abdullah Mohammed Asiri
Abdullah Mohamed Asiri is a professor of organic photochemistry. He has been head of the Chemistry Department at King Abdul Aziz University since 2009 and is the founder and director of the Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR). He received his Ph.D. from the University College of Wales, Cardiff, UK in 1995. His research interests are color chemistry, synthesis of novel photochromics, thermochromic systems, synthesis of novel coloring matters and dyeing of textiles, materials chemistry, nano-chemistry, nanotechnology, polymers, and plastics. He is the editor-in-chief of King Abdulaziz University Journal of Science. He is also a member of the editorial boards of Pigments and Resin Technology (UK), Organic Chemistry in Sight (New Zealand), and Recent Patents on Materials Science (USA). He is the Vice-President of the Saudi Chemical Society (Western Province Branch).