Research Grants and Scholarships

Selected Research Grants (2018 - Present)

1. USM Short Term Grant (University Grant). Removal of heavy metals by activated sludge-based biosorbents: Physicochemical and biological evaluations, and mechanisms. 2023 - 2024. As co-principal investigator.

2. Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (National Grant). Elucidating the mechanistic interaction of metal-heteroatom-carbon in engineered biochar for enhanced catalytic performance and antibiotics decontamination. 2023 – 2026. As principal investigator.

3. Research University (RUTeam) Grant Scheme (University Grant). Production of High-value Carbon Nanomaterials from Pyrolysis of Plastic Waste. 2022 - 2025. As Principal Investigator.

4. Research University (RUTeam) Grant Scheme (University Grant). Integrated Pyrolysis System for Sustainable Upcycling of Plastic Waste. 2022 - 2025. As Principal Investigator.

5. Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (National Grant). Molecular interaction and diffusion mechanism of magnetic-responsive nano-color sensor for heavy metal discrimination. 2021 – 2024 . As co-principal investigator.

6. Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (National Grant). Modelling environmental-friendly protocol for disposing formalin fixed pathological specimens. 2021 – 2024. As co-principal investigator.

7. Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (National Grant). Elucidating the mechanism and kinetics model of heterojunction formation between bismutite and molybdenum disulfide quantum dots for water treatment. 2021 – 2023. As co-principal investigator.

8. Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (National Grant). Understanding the doping mechanism of dual-heteroatom-doped biochar and role of dopants in activating persulfate for antibiotics removal. 2020 – 2023. As principal investigator. 

9. Kurita Water and Environment Foundation (International Grant). Magnetic siliceous nanocomposite as sustainable catalyst for antibiotics decontamination via peroxymonosulfate activation. 2020 – 2021. As principal investigator.  Proposal 

10. Research University Incentive Grant (Internal Grant). Combined Adsorption-Fenton Oxidation Method for the Efficient Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent. 2020 – 2022 . As co-principal investigator.

11. Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (National Grant). An insight into the morphogenesis of ZnO/TiO2 QDs and its influence on the phototransformation mechanisms and kinetics of fluoroquinolones under visible light irradiation. 2019 – 2021. As co-principal investigator.

12. Nippon Glass Sheet Research Grant (International Grant). Magnetic multivalent mixed metal oxide loaded on boron nitride as sustainable redox catalyst for environmental decontamination. 2019 – 2020. As principal investigator. Proposal 

13. USM Short Term Grant (University Grant). Metal-free catalyst derived from biomass waste for environmental remediation. 2018 - 2021. As principal investigator.