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College / Department
Teaching areas
Physical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Catalysis
Research areas
Carbon Nanomaterials, Reaction Kinetics, Catalysis, Electrochemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry
Education
PhD, Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States, 2011
BS, Chemistry, HCC, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, 2005
Professional experience
Associate Professor, Chemistry And Materials Science, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2024 - Present
Associate Professor, Chemistry, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2022 - 2024
Assistant Professor, Chemistry, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2017 - 2021
Research Associate, Chemistry, Rice University, TX, United States, 2014 - 2016
Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry, Northwestern University, IL, United States, 2011 - 2013
Memberships
Materials Research Society, MRS, International, 2020
The Electrochemical Society, ECS, International, 2011
American Chemical Society, ACS, International, 2009
Contact
+971 6 515 4013
Dr. Almaz Jalilov
Associate Professor
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
Dr. Almaz Jalilov research focused on the application of physical chemistry principles in materials science, particularly in carbon nanotechnology and catalysis for sustainable energy and environment. One aspect of our work is to develop new carbon-based nanomaterials from molecular precursors or petroleum waste for applications that will result in more efficient and affordable industrial processes. He obtained his training at Russian Academy of Sciences (BS, 2005), the University of Wisconsin-Madison (PhD, 2011), Northwestern University (Postdoc, 2013), and Rice University (Research Associate, 2016).
Publications
Asha Raveendran, Abdullah Al-subaie And Almaz Jalilov. Unravelling the 2e– ORR Pathway through Kinetic Analysis for Sustainable Electrocatalytic Formation of H2O2 in Highly Microporous Carbon, Langmuir, 19 May 2026
Asha Raveendran And Almaz Jalilov. Harnessing Carbon-Rich Waste Resources for Next-Generation Metal−Air Batteries: Electrochemical Parameters, Performance Evaluation Techniques, and Battery Classification, Acs Sustainable Resource Management, 23 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2026
Shakeeba Cholikadam, Hamzeh Sabouni, Mohammed Fettouhi, Abdul Shaikh, Almaz Jalilov And Abdul Peedikakkal. Blue-light emitting cadmium-based 2D metal–organic frameworks derived from cis-5-norbornene-endo-2,3-dicarboxylic acid, Journal Of Molecular Structure, 5 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2026
Hamzeh Sabouni And Almaz Jalilov. Glucose-Derived Fluorescent Carbon Dots: Effect of Synthesis Temperature on Structural Evolution, Acs Omega, 17 February 2026
Ali Duman, Youcef Djoudi, Skyler Phillips And Almaz Jalilov. Predicting Carbon Dot Photoluminescence: A Comparative Machine Learning Study on Systematic Synthesis Data, Acs Omega, 17 February 2026
Wan Asri, Mohammad Siddiqui And Almaz Jalilov. Photoluminescent Quenching of Carbon Nanodots in the Presence of Tetracyanoethylene: Quenching Sphere of Action of Carbon Nanodots, Langmuir, 11 November 2025
Almaz Jalilov, Wan Ryan Asri And Asem Alenaizan. Structural Elucidation of Photoluminescent Carbon Nanodots through Quenching Kinetics with Molecular Electron Donors and Acceptors, Chemphyschem, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2025
Ahmed Alghamdi, Shakeeba Cholikadam, Mohammed Fettouhi, Abdul Kalanthoden, Almaz Jalilov And Abdul Peedikakkal. Blue- and white-light emitting 2D metal-organic frameworks of cis-5-norbornene-endo-2,3-dicarboxylic acid, Crystengcomm, 22 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2025
Ali Duman And Almaz Jalilov. Machine learning for carbon dot synthesis and applications, Materials Advances, 29 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2024
Maimuna Zarewa, Mohamed Javid And Almaz Jalilov. Porous Carbon from Vacuum Residue as an Effective Electrocatalyst for a 2e− Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media, Energy And Fuels, 7 December 2023
Hassan Almoalim, Malak Alkhaldi, Asem Alenaizan And Almaz Jalilov. Electron Donor, Acceptor, and Concentration-Dependent Quenching of Photoluminescent Carbon Nanodots, Journal Of Physical Chemistry C, 6 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2023
Abdualilah Albaiz, Muhammad Alsaidan, Abdullah Alzahrani, Hassan Almoalim, Ali Rinaldi And Almaz Jalilov. Active Carbon-Based Electrode Materials from Petroleum Waste for Supercapacitors, C Journal Of Carbon Research, 1 March 2023
Abdul Peedikakkal, Almaz Jalilov, Abdul Shaikh, Abdul Kalanthoden And Abdulaziz Al-saadi. Blue- And white-light-emitting 2D-coordination polymers and their solid-state photodimerization reaction, Crystengcomm, 21 November 2021
Almaz Jalilov. Photoluminescent Carbon Nanodots Integrated Polymeric Materials in One Step from Molecular Precursors, Chemistryselect, 6 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2021
Abdul Peedikakkal, Hasan Al-mohsin, Almaz Jalilov, Theis Sølling And Anders Skov. Design of Green-Emitting Salts from Substituted Pyridines: Understanding the Solid-State Photodimerization of trans-1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene, Chemphyschem, 4 June 2021
Chidera Nnadiekwe, Ismail Abdulazeez, Muhammad Haroon, Qing Peng, Almaz Jalilov And Abdulaziz Al-saadi. Impact of Polypyrrole Functionalization on the Anodic Performance of Boron Nitride Nanosheets: Insights From First-Principles Calculations, Frontiers In Chemistry, 28 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2021
Tristan Maxson, Almaz Jalilov, Matthias Zeller And Sergiy Rosokha. Halogen Bonding Between Anions: Association of Anion Radicals of Tetraiodo-p-benzoquinone with Iodide Anions, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 21 September 2020
Almaz Jalilov. Solvent effect on structural elucidation of photoluminescent graphitic carbon nanodots, Acs Omega, 18 August 2020
Almaz Jalilov, Spencer Deats, Muath Albukhari, Matthias Zeller And Sergiy Rosokha. Intermolecular Interactions between Halogen-Substituted p-Benzoquinones and Halide Anions: Anion-π Complexes versus Halogen Bonding, Chempluschem, 1 March 2020
Muqing Ren, Marta Sevilla, Antonio Fuertes, Robert Mokaya, James Tour And Almaz Jalilov. Pore Characteristics for Efficient CO2 Storage in Hydrated Carbons, Acs Applied Materials And Interfaces, 27 November 2019
Ragaverthini Chinnasamy, Amutha Arul, Ammar Almousa, Mangalampalli Kiran, Priyadip Das, Almaz Jalilov, Abdul Peedikakkal And Soumyajit Ghosh. Structure Property Correlation of a Series of Halogenated Schiff Base Crystals and Understanding of the Molecular Basis through Nanoindentation, Crystal Growth And Design, 6 November 2019
Hasan Al-mohsin, Ammar Almousa, Sulayman Oladepo, Almaz Jalilov, Mohammed Fettouhi And Abdul Peedikakkal. Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Transformation of Hydrogen-Bonded Triple-Stranded Ladder Coordination Polymer via Photodimerization Reaction, Inorganic Chemistry, 5 August 2019
Paul Derry, Lizanne Nilewski, William Sikkema, Kimberly Mendoza, Almaz Jalilov, Vladimir Berka, Emily Mchugh, Ah Tsai, James Tour And Thomas Kent. Catalytic oxidation and reduction reactions of hydrophilic carbon clusters with NADH and cytochrome C: Features of an electron transport nanozyme, Nanoscale, 14 June 2019
Lizanne Nilewski, Kimberly Mendoza, Almaz Jalilov, Vladimir Berka, Gang Wu, William Sikkema, Andrew Metzger, Ruquan Ye, Rui Zhang, Duy Luong, Tuo Wang, Emily Mchugh, Paul Derry, Errol Samuel, Thomas Kent, Ah Tsai And James Tour. Highly Oxidized Graphene Quantum Dots from Coal as Efficient Antioxidants, Acs Applied Materials And Interfaces, 8 May 2019
Rodrigo Salvatierra, Gladys López-silva, Almaz Jalilov, Jongwon Yoon, Gang Wu, Ah Tsai And James Tour. Suppressing Li Metal Dendrites Through a Solid Li-Ion Backup Layer, Advanced Materials, 13 December 2018
Almaz Jalilov, Abdulkadir Tanimu, Saheed Ganiyu And Khalid Alhooshani. Kinetic and Mechanistic Analysis of Dibenzothiophene Hydrodesulfurization on Ti-SBA-15-NiMo Catalysts, Energy And Fuels, 15 November 2018
Abdul Peedikakkal, Hong Quah, Stacey Chia, Almaz Jalilov, Abdul Shaikh, Hasan Al-mohsin, Khushboo Yadava, Wei Ji And Jagadese Vittal. Near-White Light Emission from Lead(II) Metal-Organic Frameworks, Inorganic Chemistry, 17 September 2018
Almaz Jalilov, Yilun Li, Carter Kittrell And James Tour. Increased CO2 selectivity of asphalt-derived porous carbon through introduction of water into pore space, Nature Energy, 1 December 2017
Tuo Wang, Rodrigo Villegas Salvatierra, Almaz Jalilov, Jian Tian And James Tour. Ultrafast Charging High Capacity Asphalt-Lithium Metal Batteries, Acs Nano, 28 November 2017
Peter Owuor, Ok Park, Cristiano Woellner, Almaz Jalilov, Sandhya Susarla, Jarin Joyner, Sehmus Ozden, Luongxuan Duy, Rodrigo Salvatierra, Robert Vajtai, James Tour, Jun Lou, Douglas Galvão, Chandra Tiwary And Pulickel Ajayan. Lightweight Hexagonal Boron Nitride Foam for CO2 Absorption, Acs Nano, 26 September 2017
Almaz Jalilov, Lizanne Nilewski, Vladimir Berka, Chenhao Zhang, Andrey Yakovenko, Gang Wu, Thomas Kent, Ah Tsai And James Tour. Perylene Diimide as a Precise Graphene-like Superoxide Dismutase Mimetic, Acs Nano, 28 February 2017
Almaz Jalilov, Yilun Li, Jian Tian And James Tour. Ultra-High Surface Area Activated Porous Asphalt for CO2 Capture through Competitive Adsorption at High Pressures, Advanced Energy Materials, 11 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2017
Yilun Li, Gedeng Ruan, Almaz Jalilov, Yash Tarkunde, Huilong Fei And James Tour. Biochar as a renewable source for high-performance CO2 sorbent, Carbon, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2016
Almaz Jalilov, Chenhao Zhang, Errol Samuel, William Sikkema, Gang Wu, Vladimir Berka, Thomas Kent, Ah Tsai And James Tour. Mechanistic Study of the Conversion of Superoxide to Oxygen and Hydrogen Peroxide in Carbon Nanoparticles, Acs Applied Materials And Interfaces, 22 June 2016
Almaz Jalilov, Jianjiang Lu And Jay Kochi. Charge-transfer complex formations of tetracyanoquinone (cyanil) and aromatic electron donors, Journal Of Physical Organic Chemistry, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2016
Almaz Jalilov, Gedeng Ruan, Chih Hwang, Desmond Schipper, Josiah Tour, Yilun Li, Huilong Fei, Errol Samuel And James Tour. Asphalt-derived high surface area activated porous carbons for carbon dioxide capture, Acs Applied Materials And Interfaces, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015
Zhengzheng Pan, Mahesh Hariharan, Joshua Arkin, Almaz Jalilov, Martin Mccullagh, George Schatz And Frederick Lewis. Electron donor-acceptor interactions with flanking purines influence the efficiency of thymine photodimerization, Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 28 December 2011
Almaz Jalilov, Stephen Nelsen, Ilia Guzei And Qin Wu. Intramolecular π-stacking interactions of bridged bis-p-phenylenediamine radical cations and diradical dications: Charge-transfer versus spin-coupling, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 18 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2011
Almaz Jalilov, Gaoquan Li, Stephen Nelsen, Ilia Guzei And Qin Wu. Solution and solid-state studies of doubly trimethylene-bridged tetraalkyl p -phenylenediamine diradical dication conformations, Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 5 May 2010
Sergiy Rosokha, Marshall Newton, Almaz Jalilov And Jay Kochi. The spectral elucidation versus the X-ray structure of the critical precursor complex in bimolecular electron transfers: Application of experimental/theoretical solvent probes to ion-radical (Redox) dyads, Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 13 February 2008
Conference Presentations
Activated Vacuum Residue for Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxidation Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media, Gordon Research Conference On Surface Chemistry And Reactivity, 9 March 2025
