**Meet the editors**

Prof. Hamid A. Al-Megren received his PhD degree in Chemistry from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, in 2002. Presently, he is a professor and director of Materials Science Research Institute at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST). He is the director of KACST-Oxford University Petrochemicals Research Excellence Center (KOPRC). He is also a guest professor at

China University of Petroleum at Qingdao since 2011 and at Beijing University for Chemical Technology since 2013. He is the editor in chief for *Applied Petrochemical Research* journal, an open access KACST-Springer journal, since 2012. He has vast experience in the field of heterogeneous catalysis. He edited two scientific books and published more than eighty research papers in various scientific journals. He organized various national and international scientific conferences.

Dr. Rashid H. Altamimi is the deputy director for scientific affairs of the Materials Science Research Institute, at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST). He received his MSc degree from Syracuse University, USA, and PhD degree from the University of Akron, USA. He is leading a research group of some joint research projects run by KACST in cooperation with some

international universities. He is currently working on nanostructured catalyst for direct selective oxidation of light alkanes to oxygenates.
