DEPARTMENT.FACULTY

- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.QUALIFICATION
Ph.D.
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.DESIGNATION
Professor
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.THRUST_AREA
Environmental Chemistry
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.ADDRESS
101, Meenar-E-Syyed, Champion Market, Near Purani Chungi, Anoop Shahar Road, Aligarh - 202001
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.MOBILE
9415842475
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.EMAIL
abunasaramu@gmail.com
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.TIME_TABLE
Dr. Abu Nasar is a Professor in the Department of Applied Chemistry at Z.H. College of Engineering & Technology. He earned his doctoral and postdoctoral research credentials from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University.
Over his distinguished career, Dr. Nasar has authored OVER 80 research papers in internationally renowned journals, including Environmental Chemistry Letters, Journal of Power Sources, Journal of Environmental Management, Separation and Purification Technology, Environmental Research, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Fuel, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Journal of Molecular Liquids, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Cellulose, and Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. Additionally, he has contributed 7 book chapters and edited 2 books.
Dr. Nasar's research was notably recognized at the International Conference on Advanced Semiconductor Devices and Microsystems, held in Smolenice, Slovakia, from October 20-24, 1996, where his paper was selected as one of the best of the conference. His outstanding contributions to the field have earned him prestigious accolades, including the Young Scientists' Award from the Indian Science Congress Association and the Young Metallurgists' Award from the Ministry of Steel, Government of India.
Consistently ranked among the top 2% of scientists globally by Stanford University, USA, since 2021, Dr. Nasar’s contributions have been widely acknowledged. He was also recognized as a Top Scholar (2024) by ScholarGPS, the world's most comprehensive scholarly analytics platform, ranking as the top scholar at Aligarh Muslim University across all fields over the past five years. Furthermore, he has been honored as a Highly Ranked Scholar for his exceptional contributions in the specialty of Methylene Blue, earning distinctions for both the Prior Five Years (2022 and 2023) and Lifetime (2024) rankings, placing him in the top 0.05% of scholars worldwide in this specialty.
Dr. Nasar has also demonstrated leadership in academia, serving as Chairman of the Department of Applied Chemistry from January 3, 2021, to January 2, 2024. Additionally, he has been a member of key statutory bodies at Aligarh Muslim University, including the Academic Council (January 3, 2021 – January 2, 2024) and the Court (June 12, 2023 – January 2, 2024).
- Key Publications
Zeeshan Ahamad, Abu Nasar, “Conjugated polymers decorated lignocellulosic nanocomposites for malachite green contaminated water remediation”, Separation and Purification Technology, 354 (2025) 128688, (Impact Factor: 8.1)
- Zeeshan Ahamad, Abu Nasar, “Polypyrrole-decorated bentonite magnetic nanocomposite: a green approach for adsorption of anionic methyl orange and cationic crystal violet dyes from contaminated water”, Environmental Research, 247 (2024) 118193. (Impact Factor: 7.7)
- Abu Nasar, “Utilization of tea wastes for the removal of toxic dyes from polluted water – a review", Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 13 (2023) 1399–1415., (Impact Factor: 4.0)
Zeeshan Ahamad, Fouzia Mashkoor, Abu Nasar, Changyoon Jeong, “Multi-walled carbon nanotubes/TiO2/Chitosan nanocomposite for efficient removal of malachite green dye from aqueous system: A comprehensive experimental and theoretical investigation”, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 295 (2025) 139461, (Impact Factor: 7.7)
Mohsina Ahmed, Abu Nasar, “Advancements in water purification: green synthesis of pineapple peel-derived iron manganese binary oxide magnetic nanocomposites for efficient methylene blue adsorption”, Emergent Materials, (2024), https://doi.org/10.1007/s42247-024-00693-2, (Impact Factor: 4.8)
- Sadia Shakoor and Abu Nasar, Removal of methylene blue dye from artificially contaminated water using citrus limetta peel waste as a very low cost adsorbent, Journal of Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 66 (2016) 154–163., (Impact Factor: 5.5)