Rola Al Soubaihi

Specialization

Physics, Material Science, Sustainability, Catalysis, Photo catalysis, Clean air and water.

Education

2022- 2023    Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden

Ph.D. candidate in Applied Physics (Material Engineering)

Thesis:Porous Silica Supported Catalysts for Carbon Monoxide (CO) Oxidation and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) absorption.

2002   Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan

M.S. in Physics (Solis state Physics)

1997   Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.

B.S. inScience (Physics)

Biography

Rola Al Soubaihi is an Adjunct Faculty of Science in the Liberal Arts and Sciences Program at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar). She received her BSc in Science and an MS in Solid State Physics from Yarmouk University, Jordan. She has over 20 years of research and teaching experience, including her positions as adjunct faculty in VCUarts Qatar, teaching and research assistant at Virginia Commonwealth University, and a high school teacher at the Ministry of Education, Jordan. Rola’s research objective is to create nanomaterials for environmental and medical applications by leveraging the novel properties found at the nano scale and developingmethodstobuildmaterials fromthenanoscaleuptothemacroworldtocapitalize ontheenhancedperformance characteristics demonstrated bythese materials. Rola’s previous research experience includes applying photocatalysis for water cleaning and anti-bacterial coating, carbon-activated nanosheets for medical applications, and catalysis for environmental applications. She was awarded the second place Environmental research posters at Materials Science and Engineering Symposium 2018, Qatar University, and thi^rd place Health research posters award at Qatar Annual Research Conference “ARC13”, Doha, Qatar.

Research Interests

Environmental and healthcare applications of heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis including reduction of toxic and greenhouse gases, CO2 adsorption, photocatalysis for anti-bacterial treatments, waste water treatment, porous materials for water harvesting.Current research focuses on producingporous materials for environmental catalysts for CO oxidation and CO2 absorption, anti-bacterial coating, and Nano textiles.

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Soubaihi, R. M. A., Saoud, K. M. and Dutta, J. 2022. “Comparative investigation of structure and operating parameters on the performance and reaction dynamic of CO conversion on silica aerogel and fumed-silica-supported Pd catalysts.” Surfaces and Interfaces 29: 101776.
2. Al Soubaihi, R.M., Saoud, K.M., Myint, M.T.Z, Göthelid, M.A., Dutta, J., 2021 “CO Oxidation Efficiency and Hysteresis Behavior over Mesoporous Pd/SiO2 Catalyst.” Catalysts 2021, 11, 131
3. Al Soubaihi, R. M., Saoud, K. M.,ZarMyint, F. Ye, M. T., Saeed, S. and Dutta, J. 2020. “Synthesis of hierarchically porous silica aerogel supported Palladium catalyst for low-temperature CO oxidation under ignition/extinction conditions.” Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 292: 109758.
4. Al Soubaihi, R.M, Saoud K.M. and Dutta, J. “Critical Review of Low-Temperature CO Oxidation and Hysteresis Phenomenon on Heterogeneous Catalysts.” Catalysts 8(12).
5. Al Soubaihi, Rola Mohammad, Furesi, Giulia, Saoud, Khaled, Al-Muhtaseb, Shaheen A., El Khatat, Ahmed, Delogu, Lucia Gemma and Dutta Joydeep. 2018. “Silica and carbon decorated silica nanosheet impact on primary human immune cells.” Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 172:779-789.
6. Saoud, Khaled M., Shaukat Saeed, Rola Al Soubaihi, Ayman Samara, ImenIbala, Dana El Ladki, and Omar Ezzeldeen. 2018. “Application of Mg(OH)2 Nano Sheets for Conservation and Restoration of Precious Documents and Cultural Archives.” Vol. 13, 2018.
7. Saoud, Khaled M., , Rola, Saeed, Shaukat, Bensalah, Nasr, Al-Fandi Mohamed, Singh Tejvir. 2018. “Heterogeneous Ag and ZnO Based Photocatalytic for Waste Water Treatment Under Different Irradiation Conditions.”, Journal of Materials and Environmental Sciences, 9 (2018), 2, 400-413.
8. Saeed, Shaukat, Rola M. Al Soubaihi, Lauren S. White, Bertino, Massimo F., and Saoud, Khaled M. 2016. “Rapid Fabrication of Cross-Linked Silica Aerogel by Laser-Induced Gelation.” Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 221:245-252. doi: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2015.09.012.

2015

9. Saeed, Shaukat, Al-Sobaihi, Rola M., Bertino, Massimo F., White, Lauren S., and Saoud, Khaled M.2015. “Laser-Induced Instantaneous Gelation: Aerogels for 3D Printing.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A 3 (34):17606-17611. doi: 0.1039/c5ta04215a
10. White, L. S., M. F. Bertino, G. Kitchen, J. Young, C. Newton, Al-Soubaihi, R., Saeed S., and Saoud, Khaled M.2015. “Shortened Aerogel Fabrication Times Using an Ethanol-Water Azeotrope as a Gelation and Drying Solvent.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A 3 (2):762-772. doi: 10.1039/c4ta04633a
11. Saoud, Khaled, Rola Alsoubaihi, Nasr Bensalah, Bora, Tanujjal, Bertino, Massimo and Dutta, Joydeep. 2015. “Synthesis of Supported Silver Nano-Spheres on Zinc Oxide Nano Rods for Visible Light Photocatalytic Applications.” Materials Research Bulletin 63:134-140. doi: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2014.12.001.

2014

• Saoud, Khaled M., Saeed, S., Al-Soubaihi, R.M., Bertino, M.F. 2014. “Microwave-Assisted Preparation of Magnesium Hydroxide Nano-sheets”, American Journal of Nanomaterials 2, 2, 21-25.2013

13. Saoud, K. M., Bensaleh, N. B.; Alsoubaihi, R. M.2013. “Synthesis and Characterization of Ag/ZnO Visible Light Photocatalyst”, Journal of International Scientific Publications: Materials, Methods & Technologies 7, 415–423.
14. Al-Soubaihi, R. M., Mahmood, Samy, Mossbour spectroscopy of Rare Earth iron alloys ‘ReFe2”, Master Thesis, Yarmouk University Library, Irbid, Jordan, 2002.

Peer-Reviewed and Regular Conference Proceedings Papers, abstract, or posters

1. Rola Al Soubaihi, Khaled M Saoud, Joydeep Dutta “Self-sustaining and hysteresis behavior of low-temperature CO oxidation on mesoporous Pd/SiO2 aerogels catalyst under dynamics conditions.”, paper presentedin the 256th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Boston, MA, August 19 – 23, 2018.
2. Rola Al Soubaihi, Khaled M Saoud, Joydeep Dutta, “Synthesis of mesoporous Pd/SiO2 aerogels catalyst for low-temperature CO oxidation” poster presented in the Materials Science and Engineering Symposium 2018, February 15, 2018. Qatar University, Doha, Qatar. (Awarded 2nd place)
3. Saoud, Khaled, Al Soubaihi, Rola, Saeed, Shaukat, Bensalah, Nasr, Al Muhtaseb, Shaheen, El khatat, Ahmed.” Novel Inorganic Synthesis Layered Mesoporous Silica Nano Sheets” abstract book of Global Graphene Forum 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.5185/ggf.2016
4. Saoud, Khaled, Massimo F Bertino, Rola M Al-Soubaihi, Lauren S White, and Shaukat Saeed. “Synthesis of Ultra-Light, Mechanically Strong and Thermally Insulating Aerogels.” Paper presented at the Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference Proceedings, 2014, Doha, Qatar

5.Rola Al Soubaihi, Khaled Saoud “Prevention of hospital infections using Ag-ZnO nanoparticle visible light photocatalyst” poster presented at the Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference Proceedings, 2013, Doha, Qatar. (Awarded 3^rd prize)

Presentations

Conference Presentations

1. Rola M Al-Soubaihi, “Nanomaterials Catalysis for pollution reduction”, Workshop about Nanotechnology applications in Arab countries, Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization, 13 July 2020.

Exhibitions

Funded Research Projects and Grants

Funded Proposals

2022   Colaborator, “Nanotechnology and Textile Research lab Fund” Sponsored by VCUArt Qatar and Qatar Foundation.