Dr. Aatif Ali Shah

Education 

• Ph.D. in Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon, South Korea 2021

Dissertation: Fabrication and application of high-performance thin-film nanocomposite membranes for desalination

• M.Sc. Chemical Engineering (Process Engineering), University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore, Pakistan 2014

Thesis: The removal of Zn from wastewater using immobilized almond shell (Biosorption)

• B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore, Pakistan 2011

Thesis: Production of Ethylbenzene

Research Interests

• Membrane synthesis and characterization, Membrane-based desalination (i.e., FO, NF)

• Wastewater treatment, Organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN)

• Nanotechnology and membrane separations, Oil/water separations

• Electrospinning, Electrospun nanofiber membranes (ENMs), Membrane distillation

• Electrospun nanofiber membranes, Membrane chromatography, Wound dressings

Work Experience

• Postdoctoral Research Associate at Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Daejeon, South Korea (March 2021 ~ June 2021) 

• Preparation and optimization of electrospun nanofiber membranes (ENMs) 

• Fabrication of ENMs for oil/water separation, and membrane chromatography 

• Training Ph.D./M.Sc. students and supervising their research activity

• Research Student at Green Carbon Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Daejeon, South Korea (September 2015 ~ February 2021)

• Synthesis and characterization of thin-film composite (TFC) membranes for seawater desalination

• Optimization and performance evaluation of phase inversion-based membranes for desalination

• Preparation of thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes with incorporation of different nanomaterials (i.e., GO, HNT, Bentonite)

• Development and optimization of electrospun nanofiber membranes (ENMs) for forward osmosis

Publications (Aatif A. Shah)

• SD Kim, GY Won, AA Shah, H Park. (2021). Reinforcing the polybenzimidazole membrane surface by an ultrathin co-crosslinked polydopamine layer for organic solvent nanofiltration applications. Journal of Membrane Science (JMS), MEMSCI-D-21-00954R1, Accepted. [IF: 8.742]

• AA Shah, Y Yoo, YI Park, YH Cho, H Park. (2021). Preparation of highly permeable nanofiltration membranes with interfacially polymerized biomonomers. Journal of Membrane Science 627, 119209. [IF: 8.742]

• AA Shah, Y Yoo, YI Park, YH Cho, H Park, EH Sohn, Jeong F Kim. (2020). Origin of Fluoropolymer Affinity toward Water and Its Impact on Membrane Performance. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2 (11), 5249-5258. [IF: 4.089]

• AA Shah, YH Cho, SE Nam, A Park, YI Park, H Park. (2020). High performance thin-film nanocomposite forward osmosis membrane based on PVDF/bentonite nanofiber support. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 86, 90-99. [IF: 6.064]

• AA Shah, YH Cho, H Choi, SE Nam, JF Kim, YI Park, H Park. (2019). Facile integration of halloysite nanotubes with bioadhesive as highly permeable interlayer in forward osmosis membranes. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 73, 276-285. [IF: 6.064]

• AA Shah, H Choi, SE Nam, YI Park, H Park. (2019). Thin-film composite membranes comprising ultrathin hydrophilic polydopamine interlayer with graphene oxide for forward osmosis. Desalination 449, 41-49. [IF: 9.501]

• AA Shah, H Choi, SE Nam, A Park, PS Lee, YI Park, H Park. (2017). Optimization of polysulfone support layer for thin-film composite forward osmosis membrane. Journal of Desalination and Water Treatment, 99 (2017), 155-161. [IF: 1.254]

Korean Patents

• HG Choi, SE Nam, YI Park, H Park, AA Shah. (2017). Forward osmosis thin-film composite membrane with improved water flux comprising supporting interlayer consisting of polydopamine and graphene oxide and method for preparing thereof, Patent No. 10-2017-0175246.

• HG Choi, SE Nam, YI Park, H Park, AA Shah. (2016). Forward osmosis thin-film composite membrane comprising supporting interlayer consisting of polydopamine and graphene oxide and method for preparing thereof, Patent No. 10-2016-0183349.

Selected International Conferences

• AA Shah, YH Cho, SE Nam, A Park, YI Park, H Park. (2020). Novel PVDF/nanoclay electrospun nanofibers for thin film nanocomposite FO membrane. Membrane Society of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

• AA Shah, YH Cho, SE Nam, A Park, YI Park, H Park. (2019). Novel electrospun nanofiber membrane for seawater desalination. The 4th International Conference on Desalination using Membrane Technology, Perth, Australia.

• AA Shah, YH Cho, SE Nam, A Park, YI Park, H Park. (2019). Novel PVDF/bentonite electrospun nanofibers for forward osmosis (FO) application. The 12th International Desalination Workshop (IDW), Jeju, Republic of Korea.

• AA Shah, YH Cho, SE Nam, A Park, YI Park, H Park. (2019). Fabrication of advanced TFC membrane comprising highly permeable intermediate layer for FO. The 12th Conference of the Aseanian Membrane Society (AMS12), Jeju, Republic of Korea.

• AA Shah, YH Cho, SE Nam, A Park, YI Park, H Park. (2018). Thin-film composite membrane with polydopamine/halloysite interlayer for forward. The 11th Conference of the Aseanian Membrane Society (AMS11), Brisbane, Australia.

• AA Shah, YH Cho, SE Nam, A Park, YI Park, H Park. (2017). Fabrication of advanced thin-film composite membrane comprising highly permeable intermediate layer for forward osmosis, Membrane Society of Korea (MSK), Seoul Republic of Korea.

Awards and Memberships

• Ph.D. Fellowship Scholarship, University of Science and Technology (UST), South Korea. (September 2015 ~ February 2021)

• Research Excellent Award, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), (2019).

• Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) Lifetime Membership

• Membrane Society of Korea (MSK), (September 2015 ~ June 2021)

Journal Review

• Desalination (1). [IF: 9.501–Elsevier]