Functional Hybrid Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation

Ahmad Fauzi Ismail is Professor at Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering UTM. He is the Vice Deputy Chancellor (Research and Innovation) of UTM. His research interest are in development of polymeric, inorganic and novel mixed matrix membranes for water desalination, waste water treatment, gas separation processes, membrane for palm oil refining, photocatalytic membrane for removal of emerging contaminants, development of haemodialysis membrane and polymer electrolyte membrane for fuel cell applications. He obtained his PhD. in Chemical & Process Engineering in 1997 from University of Strathclyde and MSc. and BSc. from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 1992 and 1989 respectively. He has authored 6 books, 50 book chapters and 4 edited books, 6 Patents granted, 20 Patents pending. His current h-index is 83 with cumulative citations of over 31700.


Goh Pei Sean is an Associate Professor in the School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Her research interests focus on the synthesis of a wide range of nanostructured materials and their composites for membrane-based separation processes. One of the main focuses of her research is the applications of carbon-based nanomaterials and polymeric nanocomposite membranes for acidic gas removal as well as desalination and wastewater treatment. Pei Sean has authored or co-authored more than 150 research papers. She has also contributed 15 book chapters, 1 original book and 1 edited research book. Her research publication has received about 4000 citations and her current Scopus H-index is 32.