Rate My Professor Ahmad Tabish

Dr. Ahmad Tabish is a materials researcher at the Global Innovative Center for Advanced Nanomaterials (GICAN) within the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University, India (2014), a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from The Petroleum Institute Research Center of ADNOC, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2017), where he served as an ADNOC fellow developing self-healing anti-corrosion coatings based on nanomaterials for the oil and gas industry, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Material Sciences from the University of Newcastle (2020–2023). Earlier in his career, Tabish worked as a researcher at Khalifa University’s Research Center in the UAE (2017–2019) on projects involving metal recovery from wastes. As an undergraduate, he was a Winter Research Scholar at The Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland (2013), studying risks in the coal mining industry.

Tabish’s research focuses on the synthesis of porous materials, including novel pathways for mesoporous silica-based nanomaterials applied in heterogeneous catalysis, fine chemical synthesis such as isopropylation of naphthalene, carbon dioxide capture and conversion, perovskites for energy applications, corrosion engineering, and coatings. Supervised by Professor Ajayan Vinu, GICAN Director, his contributions advance nanomaterials for energy, environmental remediation, and health sectors. Key publications include “The Isopropylation of Naphthalene over H-MCM22 (MWW): The Formation of Triisopropylnaphthalenes” (Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2023), “The isopropylation of naphthalene over ordered mesoporous aluminosilicate AlSBA-1: The formation of diisopropylnaphthalene and triisopropylnaphthalene isomers” (2023), “Perovskites in the Energy Grid and CO₂ Conversion: Current Context and Future Directions” (Catalysts, 2020), and “Corrosion Behaviour of Biofuel” (2018). He has been honored with the Distinguished Talent Visa under Australia’s Global Talent Independent Program (2020, one of the youngest recipients), and the AusIMM Education Endowment Fund Postgraduate Research Scholarship (2021).