Dr. Mu. Naushad is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University (KSU), Saudi Arabia. Prior to coming to King Saud University, he was the Assistant Professor at SRM University, India. He obtained his Ph.D Degree in Analytical Chemistry, from A.M.U. Aligarh, India in 2007.

His research interests include Nanocomposite materials and wastewater treatment. He has over 200 refereed publications, with a Google Scholar H-Index of >33. He holds five US patents deriving from his research. He is the Editor/Editorial member of several reputed Journals like Scientific Report, Process Safety & Env.

Protection and J. Water Process Eng. He is also the Associate Editor for Env. Chem. Letters Journal, Springer. He has been awarded by the Scientist of the year award-2015 from National Environmental Science Academy, India and Almarai Award-2017 from Saudi Arabia.