Summary
Dr. Sher Jamal Khan holds a PhD Environmental Engineering and Management from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand. He is currently working as a Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan. He has research and academic experience of more than 17 years. He has also been working as an engineering consultant for over 10 years. His research and professional interests include environmental engineering and management, supervised research and consulting projects covering physico-chemical water treatment processes, biological wastewater treatment processes, water quality monitoring and assessments, and membrane-based water and wastewater treatment technologies, WASH technologies and integrated solid waste management. He has experience of working with various National and International development agencies and consulting firms.
Academic Background
PhD
(Environmental Engineering And Management) Asian Institute of Technology
September 06, 2004 - January 31, 2008
Honours and Awards
Res. Productivity Award
Research Productivity Awarded 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 by Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST), Islamabad, Pakistan
Salimuzzaman Siddiqui Pri
Salimuzzaman Siddiqui Prize in Applied Science-Technology in Engineering Sciences for the year 2017 by Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS), Islamabad, Pakistan
November 01, 2017
Best Young Research Schol
Best Young Research Scholar Award 2015/16 for the year 2017 by Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad, Pakistan
March 01, 2018
Best Research Paper Award
Best Research Paper Award 2010-2011 by Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad, Pakistan
School / College Best Researcher Award -2022
Publications
Optimized degradation of emerging contaminants in hospital wastewater using novel Ti4O7 coated graphite anode in an electrochemical advanced oxidation process
November 20, 2025
Environmental Technology & Innovation - Volume:40, Article Number 104621
Harnessing machine learning for transmembrane pressure prediction in MBR systems during textile wastewater treatment
April 01, 2025
Desalination and Water Treatment - Volume:322, Article Number 101238
Recovery of lithium and cobalt from used lithium-ion cell phone batteries through a pyro-hydrometallurgical hybrid extraction process and chemical precipitation
December 19, 2024
Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management - Volume: 27, Pages:925–936
Performance evaluation of sponge anaerobic baffled reactor for municipal wastewater treatment
October 29, 2024
Sustainability - Volume 16(21), Article Number 9398
An integrated assessment of fecal sludge management (FSM) in Islamabad, Pakistan: challenges and treatment solutions
June 17, 2024
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology - Pages 1-14
Comparative performance of osmotic and thermal driven anaerobic membrane bioreactors for hazardous textile wastewater treatment
June 01, 2024
Journal of Water Process Engineering - Volume:63, Article Number: 105568
Relation of organic fractions in fresh and stored fecal sludge and foodwaste to biogas production
March 06, 2024
Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development - Volume 14, Issue 3
Efficient and simultaneous removal of four antibiotics with silicone polymer adsorbent from aqueous solution
December 01, 2023
Emerging Contaminants - Volume 9, Issue 4, Article Number 100258
Evaluating dye recovery and reusability potential from dyebath effluent using forward osmosis membranes for minimum liquid discharge
October 01, 2023
Chemosphere - Volume: 338, Article Number: 139433
Evaluating Metrics to Determine Levels of Stabilisation in Fecal Sludge
August 24, 2023
Sandec News - Volume 24, Pages 20-21
Performance Evaluation of UF Membranes Derived from Recycled RO Membrane, a Step towards Circular Economy in Desalination
June 28, 2023
Membranes - Volume 13, Issue 7, Article Number 628
Performance and cost-benefit analysis of anaerobic moving bed biofilm reactor for pretreatment of textile wastewater
March 10, 2023
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering - Pages 1-12
Recovering and reuse of textile dyes from dyebath effluent using surfactant driven forward osmosis to achieve zero hazardous chemical discharge
February 15, 2023
Water Research - Volume 230, Article Number 119524
Feasibility Study of Anaerobic Baffled Reactor Coupled with Anaerobic Filter Followed by Membrane Filtration for Wastewater Treatment
January 08, 2023
Membranes - Volume 13(1), Article Number 79
Not Measured, Not Managed: Faecal Sludge Management in Pakistan
October 22, 2022
Sandec Newsletter - Volume 23/2022, Page 20
Osmotic and filtration processes for the removal of emerging water pollutants
August 31, 2022
Book on Emerging Water Pollutants: Concerns and Remediation Technologies - Chapter 10, Pages 268-289
Situational assessment for fecal sludge management in major cities of Pakistan
August 09, 2022
Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Pages 1-12
Production of biodiesel and water conservation through conversion of free fatty acids from a domestic wastewater drain
July 28, 2022
Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects - Volume 44, Issue 3, Pages 7031-7045
Water Treatment Using High Performance Antifouling Ultrafiltration Polyether Sulfone Membranes Incorporated with Activated Carbon
June 01, 2022
Polymers - Volume 14, Issue 11, Article Number 2264
Woven-fiber microfiltration coupled with anaerobic forward osmosis membrane bioreactor treating textile wastewater: Use of fertilizer draw solutes for direct fertigation
April 04, 2022
Biochemical Engineering Journal - Volume 181, Article Number 108385
Assessment of anaerobic membrane distillation bioreactor hybrid system at mesophilic and thermophilic temperatures treating textile wastewater
April 01, 2022
Journal of Water Process Engineering - Volume 46, Article Number 102603
Targeting Acyl Homoserine Lactones (AHLs) by the quorum quenching bacterial strains to control biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
March 01, 2022
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences - Volume 29, Issue 3, Pages 1673-1682
An integrated investigation on anaerobic membrane-based thickening of fecal sludge and the role of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in solid-liquid separation
March 01, 2022
Journal of Environmental Management - Volume 305, Article Number 114350
Performance Evaluation of Integrated Anaerobic and Aerobic Reactors for Treatment of Real Textile Wastewater
January 07, 2022
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology - Pages 1-12
Performance evaluation and substrate removal kinetics in a thermophilic anaerobic moving bed biofilm reactor for starch degradation
January 01, 2022
Water Practice and Technology - Volume 17 (1), Pages 157-166
Anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs) for municipal wastewater treatment- potential benefits, constraints, and future perspectives: An updated review
January 01, 2022
Science of The Total Environment - Volume 802, Article Number 149612
Optimization of nutrient rich solution for direct fertigation using novel side stream anaerobic forward osmosis process to treat textile wastewater
December 15, 2021
Journal of Environmental Management - Volume 300, Article Number 113691
Evaluating the performance of anaerobic moving bed bioreactor and upflow anaerobic hybrid reactor for treating textile desizing wastewater
October 01, 2021
Biochemical Engineering Journal - Volume 174, Article Number 108123
Double-acting batch-RO system for desalination of brackish water with high efficiency and high recovery
June 01, 2021
Desalination and Water Treatment - Volume 224, Article Number 1-11
Treatment of high-strength synthetic textile wastewater through anaerobic osmotic membrane bioreactor and effect of sludge characteristics on flux
May 13, 2021
Environmental Quality Management - Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages 85-98
Enhancing methane production from dewatered waste activated sludge through alkaline and photocatalytic pretreatment
April 01, 2021
Bioresource Technology - Volume 325, Article Number 124677
Quorum quenching specific genes screening among indigenous bacteria from full-scale membrane bioreactor and its application for biofouling control in a laboratory-scale
January 01, 2021
Desalination and Water Treatment - Volume 211, Pages 399–410
Role of Biofilms in Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment Processes for Domestic and Industrial Effluents
August 16, 2020
Book on Microbial Biofilms - 1st Edition, Chapter 14, Pages 295-311
Biocidal potential of electrochemically activated solutions (ECAS) against Aeromonas sp. Enterobacter sp. and Escherichia coli in tap water
August 01, 2020
Journal of Water Process Engineering - Volume 36, Article Number 101328
Up-concentration of wastewater to maximize biogas potential: A step towards positive energy wastewater treatment
August 01, 2020
Journal of Water Process Engineering - Volume 36, Article Number 101246
Bi-Polymer Electrospun Nanofibers Embedding Ag3PO4/P25 Composite for Effcient Photocatalytic Degradation and Anti-Microbial Activity
July 14, 2020
Catalysts - Volume 10, Issue 7, Article Number 784
Quorum Sensing and Quorum Quenching Based Antifouling Mechanism: A Paradigm Shift for Biofouling Mitigation in a Membrane Bioreactor (MBR)
May 25, 2020
Book on Trends in Quorum Sensing and Quorum Quenching - 1st Edition, Chapter 26, Pages 343-361
Performance evaluation of anaerobic moving bed bioreactor (An-MBBR) for pretreatment of desizing wastewater
February 01, 2020
Desalination and Water Treatment - Volume 181, Pages 123-130
Impact of osmotic backwashing, particle size distribution and feed-side cross-flow velocity on flux in the forward osmosis membrane bioreactor (FOMBR)
October 01, 2019
Journal of Water Process Engineering - Volume 31, Article No. 100861
Quorum sensing control and wastewater treatment in quorum quenching/ submerged membrane electro-bioreactor (SMEBR(QQ)) hybrid system
September 01, 2019
Biomass & Bioenergy - Volume 128, Article Number UNSP 105329
Impact of sludge recirculation ratios on the performance of anaerobic membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment
September 01, 2019
Bioresource Technology - Volume 288, Article No. 121473
Evaluation of treatment performance of a full-scale membrane bioreactor (MBR) plant from unsteady to steady state condition
August 01, 2019
Journal of Water Process Engineering - Volume: 30, Special Issue: SI, Article Number: UNSP 100379
Draw solution recovery using direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) from osmotic membrane bioreactor (Os-MBR)
August 01, 2019
Journal of Water Process Engineering - Volume: 30, Special Issue: SI, Article Number: UNSP 100484
Performance evaluation of fertilizer draw solutions for forward osmosis membrane bioreactor treating domestic wastewater
July 01, 2019
Process Safety and Environmental Protection - Volume: 127, Pages: 133-140, Part: B
Antibacterial behaviour of surface modified composite polyamide nanofiltration (NF) membrane by immobilizing Ag-doped TiO2 nanoparticles
May 09, 2019
Environmental Technology - Pages 1-49
Hybrid anaerobic-aerobic biological treatment for real textile wastewater
March 14, 2019
Journal of Water Process Engineering - Volume 29, Article Number UNSP 100804
Effect of intermittent operation of lab-scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor on textile wastewater treatment
December 02, 2018
Desalination and Water Treatment - Volume 136, Pages 120–130
Esterification Reaction Kinetics of Acetic and Oleic Acids with Ethanol in the Presence of Amberlyst 15
November 08, 2018
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering - Volume 43, Issue 11, Pages 5701-5709
Performance evaluation of hybrid OMBR-MD using organic and inorganic draw solutions
September 25, 2018
Water Science and Technology - Vol.78, No.4, Pages 776-785, 25 Sep 2018
Strengthening calcium alginate microspheres using polysulfone and its performance evaluation: Preparation, characterization and application for enhanced biodegradation of chlorpyrifos
August 01, 2018
Science of The Total Environment, ISSN:0048-9697, Volumes 631–632, Pages 1046-1058, 1 August 2018 - NULL
Impact of quorum quenching bacteria on biofouling retardation in submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR)
July 01, 2018
Membrane Water Treatment - Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 279-284,
Wastewater Biological Treatment Technologies: An Eminent Hybrid Approach to Treat Textile Wastewater
May 15, 2018
Book on Organic Pollutants in Wastewater II: Methods of Analysis, Removal and Treatment - Chapter 8, Pages 1-27
Insight into the effect of organic and inorganic draw solutes on the flux stability and sludge characteristics in the osmotic membrane bioreactor
February 01, 2018
Bioresource Technology - Volume 249, Pages 758-766
High-performing antifouling bacterial consortium for submerged membrane bioreactor treating synthetic wastewater
February 01, 2018
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology - Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 395-404
Optimization of filtration to relaxation mode using woven fiber microfiltration system for water and wastewater treatment
November 01, 2017
Desalination and Water Treatment - Volume 96, Pages 69-75
Treatment of wastewater with a high C/N ratio in sequencing batch bioreactor (SBBR) containing biocarrier
November 01, 2017
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal - NULL
A comprehensive assessment of spatial interpolation methods for the groundwater quality evaluation of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
September 01, 2017
NUST Journal of Engineering Sciences - Vol. 10, No. 1, Pages 1-13
Performance Evaluation of Membrane-Based Septic Tank and Its Reuse Potential for Irrigating Crops
August 01, 2017
Water Environment Research - Volume: 89 Issue: 8 Pages: 744-751
Combined Impact of Quorum Quenching and Backwashing on Biofouling Control in a Semi-Pilot Scale MBR Treating Real Wastewater
April 01, 2017
Journal of The Chemical Society of Pakistan - Volume 39, Number 2, Pages 215-223
Performance evaluation of reverse osmosis (RO) pre-treatment technologies for in-land brackish water treatment
March 16, 2017
Desalination - Volume 406, Pages 44-50
Heavy metals removal by osmotic membrane bioreactor (OMBR) and their effect on sludge properties
February 01, 2017
Desalination - Volume: 403 Special Issue: SI Pages: 117-127
Heat extraction and brine management from salinity gradient solar pond and membrane distillation
February 01, 2017
Chemical Engineering Research and Design - Volume 118, Pages 226-237
Estimation of Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) at Construction Sites: A Statistical Regression-Based Model
January 04, 2017
Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan - Volume 39, No. 02, Pages 197-207
Performance and optimization of lab-scale membrane bioreactors for synthetic municipal wastewater
December 01, 2016
Desalination and Water Treatment - Volume 57, Issue 60, Pages 29193-29200
Microbial population dynamics and profiling of quorum sensing agents in membrane bioreactor
September 01, 2016
International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation - Volume 113, Pages 66-73
Optimization of hydraulic retention time (HRT) employing statistical tools of a lab-scale sequencing batch rector (SBR) treating real wastewater of a University campus
August 31, 2016
Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences - Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 129-141
Reverse solute transport, microbial toxicity, membrane cleaning and flux of regenerated draw in the FO-MBR using a micellar draw solution
August 01, 2016
Desalination - Volume 391, Pages 105-111
Effect of metal ions and petrochemicals on bioremediation of chlorpyrifos in aerobic sequencing batch bioreactor (ASBR)
July 28, 2016
Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Volume 23, Pages 20646–20660
Removal and recovery of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) from industrial wastewater by two-stage diffusion dialysis (DD) and electrodialysis (ED) processes
April 01, 2016
Desalination and Water Treatment - Volume 57, Issue 17, Pages 7926-7932
Desalination of brackish water using capacitive deionization (CDI) technology
April 01, 2016
Desalination and Water Treatment - Volume: 57 Issue: 17 Pages: 7659-7666
Bacterial assisted degradation of chlorpyrifos: The key role of environmental conditions, trace metals and organic solvents
March 01, 2016
Journal of Environmental Management - Volume 168, Pages 1-9
Chapter 11 - Submerged and Attached Growth Membrane Bioreactors and Forward Osmosis Membrane Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment
January 01, 2016
Emerging Membrane Technology for Sustainable Water Treatment - 1st Edition, Chapter 11, Pages 277-296
High strength domestic wastewater treatment with submerged forward osmosis membrane bioreactor
July 17, 2015
Water Science and Technology - Volume: 72, Issue: 1, Pages: 141-149
Membrane biofouling retardation and improved sludge characteristics using quorum quenching bacteria in submerged membrane bioreactor
June 01, 2015
Journal of Membrane Science - Volume 483, Pages 75-83
Influence of Temperature on the Performance of a Full-Scale Activated Sludge Process Operated at Varying Solids Retention Times Whilst Treating Municipal Sewage
March 02, 2015
Water - Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Pages: 855-867
Assessment of micellar solutions as draw solutions for forward osmosis
December 01, 2014
Desalination - Volume 354, Pages 97-106
Effects of filtration modes on membrane fouling behavior and treatment in submerged membrane bioreactor
November 01, 2014
Bioresource Technology - Volume 172, Pages 391-395
Membrane Fouling and Performance Evaluation of Conventional MBR, moving biofilm MBR and oxic/anoxic MBR
April 01, 2014
Water Science and Technology: A Journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research - Volume: 69, Issue: 7, Pages: 1403-1409
Molecular detection of microbial community composition in a nitrifying and denitrifying activated sludge system
November 01, 2013
International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation - Volume 85, Pages 527-532
Molecular detection of microbial community in a nitrifying–denitrifying activated sludge system
November 01, 2013
International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation - Volume 85, Pages 527-532
Membrane fouling characterization in membrane-based septic tank
September 01, 2013
Desalination and Water Treatment - Volume 51, Issue 31-33, Pages 6415-6419
Role of HRT in Biological Treatment of Combined Industrial and Municipal Wastewater
August 01, 2013
International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology - Volume 3, No. 3, 766-774
Performance Evaluation and Bacterial Characterization of Membrane Bioreactors
August 01, 2013
Bioresource Technology - Volume 141, Pages 2-7
Impact of nitrogen loading rates on treatment performance of domestic wastewater and fouling propensity in submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR)
August 01, 2013
Bioresource Technology - Volume 141, Pages 46-49
Effect of HRT on SBR Performance for Treatability of Combined Domestic and Textile Wastewaters
April 01, 2013
Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan - Volume:35, Issue:2, Pages 527-532
Microbial Toxicity Effects of Reverse Transported Draw Solute in the Forward Osmosis Membrane Bioreactor (FO-MBR)
February 15, 2013
Journal of Membrane Science, ISSN:0376-7388, Volume 429, Pages Pages 323-329, 15 February 2013 - NULL
Distribution, toxicity level, and concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface soil and groundwater of Rawalpindi, Pakistan
November 01, 2012
Desalination and Water Treatment, ISSN: 1944-3994, - Volume 49 Issue 1-3 Pages 240-247
Comparison of Soxhlet and Direct Ultrasonic Techniques for Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Agricultural and Urban Soils of Pakistan
October 01, 2012
Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, - Volume 34, Issue 5, Pages 1312-1316
Evaluating the treatment performance of a full scale Activated Sludge Plant in Islamabad, Pakistan
March 01, 2012
Water Practice and Technology, ISSN Online: 1751-231X, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2012 - NULL
Influence of biofilm carriers on membrane fouling propensity in moving biofilm membrane bioreactor
January 27, 2012
Bioresource Technology - Volume 113, Pages 161-164
Effect of powdered activated carbon (PAC) and cationic polymer on biofouling mitigation in hybrid MBRs
January 01, 2012
Bioresource Technology - Volume 113, Pages 165-168
Simulation of the impacts of land-use change on surface runoff of Lai Nullah Basin in Islamabad, Pakistan
September 30, 2011
Landscape and Urban Planning - Volume 102, Issue 4, Pages 271-279
Performance of suspended and attached growth MBR systems in treating high strength synthetic wastewater
May 01, 2011
Bioresource Technology - Volume 102, Issue 9, Pages 5331-5336
Prediction of membrane fouling in MBR systems using empirically estimated specific cake resistance
July 10, 2009
Bioresour Technology - ISSN: 0960-8524,Vol.100(23), Pages 6133-6,
Influence of mechanical mixing intensity on a biofilm structure and permeability in a membrane bioreactor
October 31, 2008
Desalination - Volume 231, Pages 253–267
Influence of Mechanical Mixing Rates on Sludge Characteristics and Membrane Fouling in MBRs
June 04, 2008
Separation Science and Technology - Volume 43, Pages 1826-1838
Conferences
Optimization Of Operational Parameters Using Response Surface Methodology For Electrochemical Degradation Of Antibiotics
July 28, 2025 - July 31, 2025
Muhammad Usman, Sher Jamal Khan,
17th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection (SEEP)
Enhancing Fecal Sludge Biodegradation through Anaerobic Co-Digestion: Investigating the Impact of Co-Substrate
September 09, 2024 - September 12, 2024
Nida Maqbool, Sher Jamal Khan, Kamran Manzoor, Rabia Liaquat, Zeshan,
16th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection SEEP 2024
Biomethane potential of fresh and stored fecal sludge, food waste and relation of organics to biogas production
October 15, 2023 - October 18, 2023
Nida Maqbool, Stanley Bortse Sam, Sher Jamal Khan, Linda Strande, Nabin Bogati,
1st IWA NSS Conference
Exploring the Resource Recovery Potential of Fecal sludge using Anaerobic Co-Digestion
October 03, 2023 - October 05, 2023
Nida Maqbool, Aiman Gul, Zukhruf Khalid, Abdul Wahab Akram, Asfand Yar, Dr. Sher Jamal Khan,
1st International Conference on Women Development in Engineering Science & Technology
Treatment of domestic wastewater with Anaerobic Fluidized Membrane Bioreactor (An-FMBR) and control of membrane fouling with addition of GAC
November 27, 2022 - December 01, 2022
Prof. Dr. Sher Jamal Khan, Sehrish Shoukat, Kamran Manzoor, Muhammad Ali,
15th International Conference on the Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering
Comparative performance of An-FOMBR and An-MDBR for the treatment of textile wastewater
November 27, 2022 - December 01, 2022
Kamran Manzoor, Sher Jamal Khan,
15th International Conference on the Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering
Situational Assessment for Fecal Sludge Management (FSM) in Pakistan
November 06, 2021 - November 07, 2021
Nida Maqbool, Ayesha Shafiq, Aiza Saqib, Muhammad Azaan Irshad, Sher Jamal Khan,
Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE-2021)
Performance and Kinetic Evaluation of Starch Degradation by Thermophilic Anaerobic Moving Bed Bioreactor
March 31, 2021 - April 02, 2021
Hafiz Muhammad Aamir Shahzad, Prof. Dr. Sher Jamal Khan, Zunaira Habib,
12th Eastern European IWA YWP Virtual Conference
Review on Aerobic Wastewater Treatment and Role of Biotechnology
December 25, 2019 - December 28, 2019
Nida Maqbool, Sher Jamal Khan,
75th annual Conference Pakistan Engineering Congress
Effect of substrates on phytoremediation of trace metals from solid waste leachate
February 22, 2017 - February 23, 2017
Ammara Batool, Zeshan, Muhammad Arshad, Sher Jamal Khan,
International Conference on Bio Approaches for Environment and sustainability, NUST, Islamabad
Iron oxide nano particle incorporated polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) microfiltration membrane for industrial waste water treatment
December 02, 2013 - December 04, 2013
Anum Imtiaz, Sher Jamal Khan, Erum Aamir, Ishtiaq A. Qazi, Nadeem Iqbal, Nasir M. Ahmed,
3rd International Conference on Nanotek & Expo
Professor
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
August 13, 2018 - February 23, 2023
Associate Professor
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
March 20, 2013 - August 12, 2018
Assistant Professor
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
February 01, 2008 - March 19, 2013
Lecturer
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
December 15, 2003 - January 31, 2008