People

Director

Researchers

Dr. Billel Salhi

Research Scientist II

Dr. Umair Baig

Research Scientist II

Dr. Abdul Waheed

Research Scientist III

Dr. Dahiru Lawal

Research Scientist III

Dr. Ismail Abdulazeez

Research Scientist III

Dr. Mohammed Benaafi

Research Scientist III

Dr. Nadeem Baig

Research Scientist III

Dr. Niaz Ali Khan

Research Scientist: Covalent Organic Frameworks, Graphene Oxide, Polymers, Advanced Membrane Engineering, Proton-Exchange Membranes, Photocatalysis, and Critical Metal Recovery.

Dr. Shehzada M. Sajid Jillani

Research Scientist III

Affiliates

Dr. Wail Fallatah

Dean, Student Affairs and Assistant Professor

Dr. Mohammed A. Antar

Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department

Dr. Turki Baroud

Chairman, Material Science and Engineering Department

Dr. Alexis Nzila

Professor, Bioengineering Department

Dr. Mohammad Nahid Siddiqui

Professor, Chemistry Department

Dr. Shaikh Abdur Razzak

Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Dr. Bassam Tawabini

Associate Professor, Geoscience Department

Dr. Irshad Ahmad

Professor, Bioengineering Department

Dr. Umer Zahid

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering Department

Dr. Watheq Al-Basheer

Associate Professor, Physics Department

Dr. Jamal Husain Al-Smail

Assistant Professor

Dr. Marcos Estrada

Assistant Professor

Dr. Zaher Mundher Yaseen

Assistant Professor

Post Doctoral Fellow

Dr Faiz Ahmad Ansari

Postdoctoral Fellow: Microalgae upstream and downstream processing, Resource recovery, algae biomass application, CO2 sequestration, Aquaculture

Dr. Ahmad Hussaini Jagaba

Post Doctoral Fellow

Dr. Ayesha Rehman

Postdoctoral fellow: Porous and Layered Materials, Adsorption Mechanisms and Kinetics, Membrane Technology, Mixed-Matrix Membranes, Desalination, Oil-Water Separation, and Gas Separation.

Dr. Gheorghe Falca

Post Doctoral Fellow

Dr. Golden Nka Odey

Postdoctoral Fellow: Area(s) of expertise: Water Footprint and Virtual Water Analysis; Climate/Hydrological modelling; Food Security; Environmental & Socioeconomic Sustainability Assessment; Water Resources Management

Dr. Hilal Ahmad

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Jamilu Usman

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Dr. Lukka Thuyavan Yogarathinam

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Md Mahfuzur Rahman

Postdoctoral Fellow: Area (s) of Interest: Water Security (Flood, Drought, Groundwater), Hydrology, Climate Change, Natural Hazards, GIS & Remote Sensing, Machine Learning.

Dr. Md Rabiul Islam

Postdoctoral Fellow: Water Purification | Desalination | CDI | RO | Oil-Water | NF| Porous Carbon | Graphene Nanomaterials | Functional Membranes | Adsorptive Filtration | Resource Recovery | Electrochemical Engineering

Dr. Mohammad Shahnawaz Khan

Postdoctoral fellow: Membrane Technology, Desalination, Layered Materials, Selective Ion Removal, Porous Materials

Dr. Mohammad Tausif Ahmad

Membrane Technology, Wastewater treatment, Oil-Water separation, Polymeric membranes

Dr. Muhammad Saad Khan

Postdoctoral Fellow: Gas Hydrates; Multiphase Flow; Gas Hydrate based Technologies; Flow Assurance; Oil-Water Separation; Cavitation based Desalination and Water Treatment; Leak Detection

Dr. Muhammad Zeeshan Ali

Postdoctoral fellow: Groundwater modelling, Floods, Land subsidence, Natural Hazards, GIS, Remote sensing 

Dr. Mustapha Omenesa Idris

Postdoctoral Fellow: Microbial Fuel Cells, Microbial Desalination Cells, Electrode Materials, Wastewater Treatment, Bioenergy recovery, Biorefinery, Photocatalytic Degradation

Dr. Rahat Alam

Postdoctoral Fellow: Electrochemistry, Capacitive Deionization, Advanced Materials, Selective Ion Separation, Brine Valorization, Desalination, and Water Purification

Dr. Rajakumari Krishnamoorthi

Postdoctoral fellow: Advanced Membrane Materials, Membrane Surface Modification, Thin-Film Composite and Zwitterionic Membranes, 2D Lamellar Membranes, Porous MOF and COF Materials, Microfiltration, Nanofiltration, Desalination, and Oil–Water Separation.

Dr. Tauqir Ahmad

Postdoctoral fellow: Membrane Fabrication, Desalination, Oil-Water separation, Adsorptive Materials

Lab Scientists

Mr. Sohaib Abdelazem Abdullah

Lab Scientist