Research Areas
Research Areas
Fate and removal of emerging contaminants in natural and engineered systems.
Innovative biological nitrogen removal systems
Public acceptance of recycled wastewater
Fate of microplastics in the environment.
Removal / Management of microplastic contamination.
Biochar amended Anaerobic Bioreactor for treatment of Landfill Leachate (PhD WISE project)
Role :- Mentor
Funding Agency:- DST India
Deciphering the source contribution and characterization of emerging contaminants (microplastics and nanoplastics) in glaciers and alpine lakes of Kashmir Himalaya. (NPDF project)
Role :- Mentor
Funding Agency:- SERB, DST India
Sustainable and energy saving co-treatment of high strength wastewater and domestic wastewater with anaerobic moving bed biofilm reactor and Anammox.
Role :- PI
Funding Agency:- JKST&IC, DST India
Using learning's from sediment transport and river hydraulic to delineate aquatic fate of micro-plastic.
Role :- Co-PI
Funding Agency:- JKST&IC, DST India
Investigations on selective proliferation and transport of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (ARBs) by microplastics.
Role :- PI
Collaborator: - Professor Sudipta Sarkar (IIT Roorkee)
Funding Agency:- ICMR India
Low cost and sustainable approaches for solid and liquid waste management in Himalayan Region with an emphasis in Kashmir and Ladakh. (Internship)
Role :- PI
Funding Agency:- SERB, DST India
Emerging Contaminants in the Indian water environment - Challenges in their quantification, treatment and policy. (Workshop)
Role :- PI
Funding Agency:- SERB, DST India
SAMBio - An off-grid and integrated solution to generate value from solid and liquid waste in small communities.
Role :- Mentor / PI
Funding Agency:- BIRAC, DBT India
Year -2023
Owaes - Nominated as National Vice Lead of South African Young Water Professionals led by Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA).
Dr Khalid - Awarded PECFAR fellowship.
Year-2022
Mariha - WISE, DAAD scholarship for internship at TUHH Germany.
BTech project group (Muskan, Umair and Shiema) - E-YUVA fellowship by BIRAC, DBT India.
Year-2021
Mubashir - BTech thesis competition organized by NIUA and NMCG.
Farhat and Saheem - Selected for funded summer school at RWTH Aachen Germany.