Sodium Alginate-Based Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment

Dr. Awais Ahmad is a Researcher at the Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Cordoba in Spain. He completed his graduation from Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan, and obtained his master's degree from the University of Lahore, Pakistan. Dr. Ahmad's research focuses on various areas including nanomaterials, composite materials, coated materials, heterogeneous catalysis, MOF, self-sacrifice MOF, single atom catalysis, photocatalysis, and electrochemical sensor formulations. He has applied these materials to address challenges in wastewater treatment, heavy metal removal, organic pollutant degradation, CO2 conversion, supercapacitors, dye-sensing solar cells, gel electrolytes, hazardous metal sensing in wastewater, conversion of hazardous gases, nitrogen fixation, catalysis for organic transformation, Li-S batteries, GCE nafion fiber, and water splitting.

Dr. Ikram Ahmad is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Sahiwal, Pakistan. His research interests are inorganic material chemistry, catalysis, nanomaterials and their application in organic synthesis, organic transformations, degradation, sensing, and photocatalysis.

Tahseen Kamal is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Sciences, King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia. His areas of research are polymer physics, polymer nanocomposites, structure development in semicrystalline polymers, small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering studies of polymers, small Angle Neutron Scattering from polymers, polymers and block copolymers synthesis, catalysis, and chemical sensor development.

Abdullah Mohammed Ahmed Asiri is a full Professor in the Chemistry Department, at the Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. His research interests include: color chemistry, synthesis of novel photochromic and thermochromic systems, synthesis of novel colorants and coloration of textiles and plastics, molecular modeling, applications of organic materials into optics such as OEDS, high performance organic dyes and pigments, new applications of organic photochromic compounds, organic synthesis of heterocyclic compounds as precursor for dyes, synthesis of polymers functionalized with organic dyes, preparation of some coating formulations for different applications.

Sobia Tabassum is Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Science at the International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Her research interests are in molecular biotechnology and pharmaceutical chemistry, focusing on efficient combinatorial therapies using combination analysis of natural epigenetic drugs and nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery system in cancer.