People Biography

Dr. Mohammed Al-Hashimi is a Professor of Chemistry at the College of Science and Engineering with an extensive background in both academic and industrial settings. He earned his MSci Honors degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry in 2003 and a PhD in 2007 from Queen Mary University of London, UK. Following his doctoral studies, Dr. Al-Hashimi worked as a Senior Development Chemist at Evotec in Oxfordshire, UK, and later joined the Chemistry department at Imperial College London as a postdoctoral researcher. In 2012, he transitioned to Qatar University as an Assistant Professor before joining Texas A&M University at Qatar in 2013.

Dr. Al-Hashimi’s research focuses on the design and synthesis of organic semiconductor materials for optoelectronic applications, including field-effect transistors, photovoltaic devices, light-emitting diodes, and sensors. His expertise also extends to the synthesis of recoverable and reusable homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts. Currently, he supervises a research team of six postdoctoral research assistants and twelve undergraduate students, with funding from the Qatar National Research Fund.

With over 100 peer-reviewed publications, four patents, and an h-Index of 36, Dr. Al-Hashimi’s contributions have been widely recognized. He serves on the editorial boards of Current Organic Chemistry and Current Organocatalysis. Among his many accolades are the Donald C. Bradley Prize, ASPIC Prize, Lefevre Prize, ACMME Research Prize, and the TAMUQ Faculty Research Excellence Award. He was recently named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).