Dr. HADJICHRISTIDIS Nikos is the Ibn Alhaytham Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. The research of Professor Hadjichristidis focuses mainly on the synthesis of novel homopolymers and copolymers with well-defined complex macromolecular architecture (star, comb, dendritic, cyclic, etc.) by using anionic polymerization (AP), high vacuum techniques, as well as combinations of AP with other polymerizations (C1 and C3, ROP, ROMP, ATRP, etc.). He has published more than 600 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, has 35 patents, is the editor of four books, including the Macromolecular Engineering, 2nd Edition, 5-volume book (Wiley 2022), and is the author of one book on “Block Copolymers” (Wiley 2003). Professor Hadjichristidis is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK, 2022) and an Honorary Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society. He has received several awards, including the Hermann F. Mark Medal (Austria, 2020); the University of Athens, Chemistry Department Award of Excellence for Outstanding Contribution to Research, Teaching, Mentoring, and Administration in Chemistry (Greece, 2018); the Macro Group Medal for Outstanding Achievements (UK, 2016); the American Chemical Society National Award for Polymer Chemistry (USA, 2015)
Prof. Nikos Hadjichristidis was appointed as a visiting professor of our university on April 27th, 2026. The certificate was presented to him by the president of SCMU.
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