Our congratulations to alumna Dr Nouf Al-Jabri on her selection as one of 15 Innovators Under 35 by the MIT Technology Review Arabia for her innovation of a process to convert plastics into clean fuels and renewable chemicals.  This prestigious award honors innovators from around the world to showcase and celebrate their solutions designed for solving significant global challenges.

Dr Al-Jabri, a geophysicist with the Reservoir Engineering Technology Division at Saudi Aramco’s EXPEC Advanced Research Center, studied Chemical Engineering at KAUST with Professor Kuo-Wei Huang. She graduated with PhD in 2017 and MS in 2011.

Looking to address the importance of sustainability, Dr Al-Jabri’s research focuses on customizing nanotechnology through her design disruptive materials called nanoalloys.

“These alloys are capable of converting the zero-value plastic waste into valuable fuel and renewable chemicals using a very sustainable and environmentally friendly approach. Contrary to current methods, the nanoalloy platforms convert the plastic waste into clean fuel at full conversion and high selectivity without generation emissions,” she recently told Arab News.