Research Skills:

• Designing dead-end and cross-flow testing systems for both aqueous and organic solvents

• Fabrication of Ultrafiltration support via phase inversion technique

• Fabrication of thin-film composite and nano-composite membranes via interfacial polymerization and their performance evaluation in dead-end and cross-flow system

• Evaluation of the separation performance in nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN), and organic solvent reverse osmosis (OSRO) applications

• Thickness measurement from XPS attenuation of Au4f photoelectron intensity

• Pore-size distribution calculation using Hydrodynamic approach

• Morphological characterization of nanofilms using AFM, SEM, FT-IR, and TEM

• Determine the functional characterization of nanofilms using X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and data analysis software like CasaXps

• Measurement of the strength of the nanofilms via wrinkling method

• Measurement of nanofilm density and dry mass by using quartz crystal microbalance (QCM)

• Measurement of the cross-section of the nanofilms using TEM ultramicrotomy

• Proficiency in a wide range of characterization techniques (UV-Vis spectrophotometers, Zeta potential, contact angle, ICP, and IC)

• Experiences in Roll-to-Roll Large-scale fabrication of Reverse Osmosis (RO) and Nanofiltration (NF) module