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Research Interests

1. Conversion of waste/biowaste into functional materials and energy within a circular economy framework.

2. Developing advanced functional materials for environmental catalysis.

3. Novel chemical technologies for water and wastewater treatment.

Education

Ph.D., Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2013 - 2016)

MSc., Environmental Chemistry, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia (2009 - 2012)

BSc. (Hons), Chemistry, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia (2006 - 2009)

Academic Appointments

1. Visiting Professor, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (2020, 2022, 2023)

2. Senior Lecturer, School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (2018 - present)

3. Guest Lecturer, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2016-2018)

4. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Residues and Resources Reclamation Center, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2016-2018)

Professional Services

Editorial Services

1. Early Career Editorial Board: Catalysis Communication (now Applied Catalysis O: Open), Elsevier (2022 – present)

2. Early Career Editorial Board: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Elsevier (2021 – present)

3. Editorial Board: Journal of Applied Materials and Technologies - Universitas Riau (2019 – present)

4. Guest Editor (Special issue on "Recent Innovations in Advanced Reduction/Oxidation Processes") Desalination and Water Treatment, Elsevier (April 2024 - September 2024)

5. Managing Guest Editor (Special issue on “Advanced Functional Materials for Environmental Catalysis, 2nd Edition"): Catalysts, MDPI (April 2023 - Jan 2024)

6. Managing Guest Editor (Special issue on "Nanostructured functional materials for the mitigation of environmental pollutants") Catalysis Communication, Elsevier (June 2023 - December 2023)

7. Managing Guest Editor (Special Issue for 8th International Conference for Young Chemists): Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier (Dec 2022 - March 2023)

8. Guest Editor (Special issue on “Prevention and Control of Heavy Metal Water Pollution”): Sustainability, MDPI (July 2022 – Jun 2023)

9. Managing Guest Editor (Special issue on “Emerging catalytic materials for sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation processes”): Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Elsevier (Aug 2021 – Jan 2022)

10. Managing Guest Editor (Special issue on “Advanced Functional Materials for Environmental Catalysis"): Catalysts, MDPI (Sep 2021 - March 2023)

11. Review Editor: Frontiers in Nanotechnology: Environmental Nanotechnology (2020 – present)

12. Review Editor: Frontiers in Catalysis: Heterogeneous Catalysis (2020 – present)

13. Review Editor: Frontiers in Catalysis: Waste Management (2021 – present)

Reviewer

Reviewer for various journals including Water Research, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Journal of Colloid and Interface science, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Journal of Environmental Sciences, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Chemosphere, Materials letter, Environmental pollution, Applied Water Science, Water Resources and Industry, Water Conservation Science and Technology, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Journal of Water Process Engineering, Journal of Molecular Liquids, Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring and Management, Fuel Processing Technology, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Colloids and Surfaces A and Water Science and Technology.  

External proposal reviewer for National Research Funding Competition, National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT) Regular 2020, Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research.

Awarded the Certificate of Excellence and Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing by various international Journals. 

Consultation services

Over the past years, we provide consultation services and testing to various stakeholders including government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and industries. We are open to providing consultation services on topics related to environment, waste-to-resources, water quality monitoring, and water/wastewater treatment within the framework of circular economy.

Teaching

1. At Universiti Sains Malaysia: KFT233 - Physical Chemistry I; KAT442 - Environmental Pollution Chemistry; KFT332 - Physical Chemistry II; KUT304 - Physical Chemistry Practical; KAA510 - Quality System and Intellectual Property; KAA507 - Surface and Thermal Analysis

2. At Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia: KI504: Inorganic Structure Elucidation/Materials Characterization (2023)

3. At Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia: KI510 - Environmental Toxicology (2022)

4. At Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia: KI508 - Water Treatment (2020)

5. At Nanyang Technological University: EM9101 - Environmental Quality (2016-2018)

Recent collaborations

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; National University of Singapore, Singapore; Technical University of Crete, Greece; Taiyuan University of Technology, China; Shanghai Jiao Tong University China; Nanjing Forestry University, China; Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia; Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia; National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan; Sun Yat Sen University, China; Xi'an Jiao Tong-Liverpool University, China; University of Adelaide, Australia, Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic; University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka; Tampere University, Finland; Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia; Universitas Riau, Indonesia

Others

1. World’s top 2% scientist by citation impact Years 2019 – 2023 by Stanford University

2. Elected committee member and member of the Water Watch Penang (NGO) 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024

3. American Chemical Society (ACS) member 2021 - present

4. Attended the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2020-2021 by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia and Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings

5. Outstanding reviewer for various Elsevier journals including Water Research, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Chemical Engineering Journal, and Chemosphere

6. Travel Scholarship 2016 (invited) for DAAD workshop (20-26 November 2016) awarded by Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, under DAAD Project number 56268477