Heterocyclic Organic Corrosion Inhibitors

Dr. Mumtaz A. Quraishi is a Chair Professor at the Center of Research Excellence in Corrosion at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. He obtained Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry in 1986 from Kurukshetra University, and D.Sc. in corrosion inhibition in 2004 from Aligarh Muslim University. He has published more than 300 papers in reputed international journals and has been teaching for over 40 years. He is a fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. He has received several prestigious awards, including Life Time Achievement Award (International Science Congress Association, ISCA), Meritorious and Excellence in Corrosion Award (NACE, India), MASCOT award (ECI, India), Vigyan Ratna Award (CST, India) and is a member of Editorial Board of many International Journals. His current research area is designing of green corrosion inhibitors.

Dheeraj Singh Chauhan has received B.Sc. (Hons.) (2002), and M.Sc. (2004) degrees from the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India and Ph.D. (2012) degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT, BHU). Soon after, he joined Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (2013-2015). He was a Senior Research Fellow at IIT BHU during 2016-2017. Currently he is working on the development of corrosion inhibitors for oil and gas industry.

Dr. Viswanathan S. Saji is Research Scientist III / Assistant Professor at the Center of Research Excellence in Corrosion, at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), in Saudi Arabia. He previously held several research posts in the Republic of Korea. Dr. Saji’s research interests lie in electrochemistry, corrosion science, and nano/bio/energy materials, and he has authored 65 journal publications, edited or authored 6 books, and contributed 10 book chapters.