Dr. Saidur Rahman
Chair ProfessorKing Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Energy from University of Malaya, Malaysia
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Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Energy from University of Malaya, Malaysia
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Dr. Saidur Rahman is currently a Chair Professor at the Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia. Prior to joining KFUPM, Dr. Saidur worked with University of Malaya for about 18 years on various capacities. In 2014, Thomson Reuters awarded him highly cited researcher for being among the top 1% researchers for most cited documents in his research field. Dr. Saidur also won highest accumulation citation award from the University of Malaya for the last four years (2011-2014). A number of his papers were listed among the top 25 articles in Science direct published by Elsevier Limited. Dr. Saidur published more than 300 journal papers and majority of them are in top ranking journals. He has total citations of 6800 with an h-index of 42 in Google Scholar. He has supervised more than 60 postgraduate students so far. He secured and managed more than 10 million research grants in Malaysia. He is working on energy efficiency, heat transfer, and renewable energy.