Zeid A. ALOthman, Professor of Chemistry, at Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He obtained his Ph.D. in chemistry at Oklahoma State University in 2006.  

He is working on a variety of topics ranging from the high surface area materials, Nanotechnology, Water treatment and production, Ion exchanger, separation and Environmental studies.

He is the group leader of Advanced Materials and Chromatography Group and the supervisor of the Advanced Materials Research Chair.

He supervised seven PhD students and more than 12 master students.

He is an author and co-author of more than 400 scientific publications, three books and eight patents.