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Dr. Kashif Rasool
Scientist
Dr. Kashif Rasool
Scientist
Educational Qualifications
PhD Environmental and Energy Engineering
MS Environmental Engineering & Biotechnology
Entity
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute
Biography
Dr. Kashif Rasool is a sustainability and environmental scientist at the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI). He earned his PhD in Environmental and Energy Engineering from the College of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Kyungpook National University, Korea.
His recent research focuses on the synthesis of novel green nanomaterials for water/wastewater purification and investigating microbial components of particulate matter in Qatar indoor and ambient air and its impact on public health. Dr. Rasool’s research efforts to date have been published in over 45 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals.
He is on review panels of several high-impact journals including ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Chemosphere, the Journal of Hazardous Material, the Chemical Engineering Journal, and Bioresource Technology.
PhD Environmental and Energy Engineering
Kyungpook National University; Daegu, Republic of Korea
2014
MS Environmental Engineering & Biotechnology
Myongji University; Yongin; Republic of Korea
2009
BSc Engineering
University of Agriculture; Faisalabad; Pakistan
2006
- Synthesis and application of advanced nanomaterials for environmental remediation, resource recovery, disinfection, antifouling desalination membrane fabrication, and emerging pollutants removal from wastewater streams
- Biological water/wastewater treatment of industrial, domestic effluents coupled with bioenergy production. Anaerobic, Aerobic/Anoxic activated sludge and bioeletrochemcial processes
- Fate, biotransformation and influence of nanomaterials and emerging contaminants in aquatic environment/wastewater treatment systems
- Bioaersole in indoor and ambient air and its impacts on public health
Scientist
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute
April 2019 - Present
Postdoctoral Researcher
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute; Hamad Bin Khalifa University; Qatar Foundation; Doha, Qatar
January 2015 - March 2019
Assistant Professor
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering; National University of Science and Technology (NUST); Pakistan.
Sep 2014 - Jan 2015
Graduate Research Assistant
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Kyungpook National University; Republic of Korea
Sep 2011 - Augast 2014
- Unprecedented environmental and energy impacts and challenges of COVID-19 pandemic Environmental Research 193 (110443)
- Water treatment and environmental remediation applications of two-dimensional metal carbides (MXenes) Materials Today, 30 (80-102)
- Two-dimensional metal carbide antimicrobial membrane and antimicrobial agent US Patent # 10399041
- Green” ZnO-Interlinked Chitosan Nanoparticles for the Efficient Inhibition of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Inject Seawater. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 6, 3896–3906
- Antibacterial Activity of Ti3C2Tx MXene. ACS Nano, 10, 3674–3684
- Efficient Antibacterial Membrane based on Two-Dimensional Ti3C2Tx (MXene) Nanosheets. Nature’s Scientific Reports 7:1598
- Exploring the potential of anaerobic sulfate reduction processes in treating sulfonated diazo dye: Microbial community analysis using bar-coded pyrosequencing Journal of Hazardous Materials, 318, 641–649
- Effect of ZnO nanoparticles on biodegradation and biotransformation of co-substrate and sulphonated azo dye in anaerobic biological sulfate reduction process. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 109, 150-156
- Influence of co-substrate on textile wastewater treatment and microbial community changes in the anaerobic biological sulfate reduction process. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 299, 453–461
- Simultaneous organic carbon and nitrogen removal in an anoxic-oxic activated sludge system under various operating conditions. Bioresource Technology. 162, 373-378
- Simultaneous removal of COD and Direct Red 80 in a mixed anaerobic sulfate-reducing bacteria culture. Chemical Engineering Journal. 223, 611–616
- Distinguished Young Scholars Award, XIAN Jiaotong University (XJTU, China) (2018)
- Green Talents Award 2017 for High Potentials in Sustainable Development by The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (2017)
- Chemosphere Excellence in Review Award (2017)
- Best Team Member Award of Water Division, Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute, Qatar(2015)
- Biographical profile published in Who's Who in the World® (32nd Edition) (2015)
- Kyungpook National University (KNU) Honor Scholarship for Ph.D. studies (2014)
- Myongji International Graduate Scholarship (MIGS) Excellence Student Award, Myongji University, Republic of Korea (2008)
- Myongji International Graduate Scholarship (MIGS) Excellence Student Award, Myongji University, Republic of Korea (2007)
- Fully Funded Scholarship By Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan, For MS Studies In Republic Of Korea (2007)