Ongoing Researches

• Bio-electrochemical wastewater treatment
• Bio-electrochemical desalination 
• Anaerobic digestion
• Waste to resource (energy, valuables) nexus
• Drinking water quality monitoring and treatment 
• AI application on environmental remediation 

• Wireless Networks
  Wireless Communications and Networks

• Molecular Biology
• Microbial Biotechnology
• Oncology
• Epidemiology 
• Epigenetics

Molecular Biology

Microbial Biotechnology

Antibiotic resistance mechanisms of bacteria

Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

• Clinical Pharmacology
• Phytopharmacology
• Public health

Power Converters, Electric Vehicle Systems, Renewable Energy Systems

• Database Technology
• Data Streams
• Data Provenance
• Semantic Web
• Big Data

• Non-destructive Inspection
• Systems Modeling
• Pattern recognition
• Video Analysis
• Image processing
• Parallel Processing

• Non-destructive Inspection
• Pattern recognition
• Image processing
• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning

• Transport planning and engineering
• Travel behavior
• Transport and pollution
• Traffic safety
• Transport and society
• Transport in developing countries
• Safety and hazard management

Porous Materials for Environmental Remediation

-Synthesis of porous materials such as Metal-organic fameworks (MOFs), Zeolites, Nickle phosphate molecular sieves.

-Rapid synthesis of porous materials with microwave and ultrasound irradiation.

-Functionalization/modification of MOFs for targeted applications.

Adsorption/separation/Purification

–Adsorptive removal of hazardous materials, including Sulfur Containing Compound (SCC), Nitrogen Containing Compounds (NCC), Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs), Contaminants of Emrrging Concerns (CECs).

-Gas phase adsorption of arometics.

Heterogeneous Catalysis

-Acid catalysis with nano porous materials.

-Conversion of biomass into chemical intermediates via dehydration

-Reduction and photocatlysis of organic pollutants

• Wireless Communications and Networks

1. Highly porous materials

- Synthesis/Application of porous materials (MOFs, zeolites, carbons, AlPOs)

- MOF- or organic polymer-derived carbons (highly porous, ordered and having various functionalities) adsorption/storage, catalysis and electrical energy storage.

-Rapid/continuous synthesis of porous materials with microwave and ultrasonics

- Functionalization/Modification of MOFs for selective adsorption of hazardous compounds

2. Adsorption/separation

- CO₂ capture with porous adsorbents 

- Fuel purification (removal of S- and N- containing compounds)

- Water purification (removal of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, pesticides, dyes)

- Adsorption/separation of hydrocarbons

- Adsorption/storage of gases

3. Heterogeneous catalysis

- Acid catalysis with porous materials (dehydration, isomerization, alkylation)

- Conversion of biomass into chemical intermediates with dehydration

4. Electrochemistry

-Supercapacitor

-Sensor

• Synthetic chemistry
• Pharmacology
• Bioinformatics
• Public health

• Transportation Planning
• Urban Planning
• Econometric Modelling
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Land Use