Expert Alert: King Saud University Distinguished Scientist Fellowship Program

The First Clarke Law states, 'If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible he is almost certainly right, but if he says that it is impossible he is very probably wrong.' Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, most famous for the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, written in collaboration with director Stanley Kubrick (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke )

Despite the bad press that Saudi Arabia gets, the country actually has a number of interesting programs. One of them is the King Saud University Distinguished Scientist Fellowship Program (http://ksu.edu.sa/AboutKSU/HighlycitedResearchers/Pages/Researchers.aspx ). In the somewhat florid words of its Web …

“It is the vision of Professor Ali Al-Ghamdi and Prof. Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid that KSU’s significant reforms should be internationally visible and contribute to the university’s world recognition. Therefore, they proposed and are currently implementing a well structured, visionary and pragmatic work plan in order to achieve the University aim in becoming a research-led institution.

“Most of strategic reforms and plans that the KSU has already undertaken to improve its education, research and enterprise, may not be visible to the international community. These reformation and developmental plans should be published in order to give KSU the recognition and reputation it deserves and to highlight the huge efforts and resources committed to elevate standards of education, research and enterprise.

“To this end, the University has recruited and acquired the input of number of highly cited researchers who are specialist in various research fields with outstanding careers as part of Distinguished Scientist Fellowship Program.”
source: http://ksu.edu.sa/AboutKSU/HighlycitedResearchers/Pages/About.aspx

A list of DSPF Researchers, with contact information and bios, is located at http://ksu.edu.sa/AboutKSU/HighlycitedResearchers/Pages/Researchers.aspx

One of the DSFP Researchers …

Professor Avelino Corma
Instituto de Tecnología Química
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Avda. de los Naranjos s/n
46022 Valencia, Spain
E-mail: acorma@itq.upv.es

A Few of Dr. Corma's Publications

• Catalysis Club 2005 (Total), "High Throughout Experimentation (HTE)." Lyon (France)
• Instituto Universitario de Alicante, "Tamices Molculares." Alicante (Spain)
• ERA Chemistry Workshop, "Rationalizing the Synthesis and Functionalisation of Micro and Mesoporous Molecular Sieves." Frankfurt (Germany)
• SHELL, "Newe ITQ Materials with Catalytic Gas Separation Potential". Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
• Pacific Coast Catalysis Society, "Developments in Knowledge Based HTE and Application in Oil Refining, Petrochemistry, Chemicals and Materials Synthesis". Berkeley (USA)
• ACS, "Molecular Mechanism of Baeyer- Villiger Oxidations with H2O2 on a Solid Lewis Acid Catalyst". San Diego (USA)
• CHEVRON TEXACO, "High Throughput Experimentation (HTE)". San Francisco (USA)
• Seminarios Internacionales Complutense (SIC), "Rationalizing the Synthesis of Microporous Molecular Sieves and their Applications. Use of HT Synthesis Techniques". Madrid (Spain)
source: http://ksu.edu.sa/AboutKSU/HighlycitedResearchers/Pages/Avelino.aspx