DEPARTMENT.FACULTY
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- 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 completed his doctoral and postdoctoral research at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University. Over his career, Dr. Nasar has authored 78 research papers in internationally renowned journals, including Environmental Chemistry Letters, J. Power Sources, J. Environmental Management, Separation and Purification Technology, Environmental Research, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Fuel, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, J. 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 published 7 book chapters and edited 2 books.
His 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 conference's best papers. Dr. Nasar's outstanding contributions have earned him the Young Scientists' and Young Metallurgists' Awards from the Indian Science Congress Association and the Ministry of Steel, Government of India, respectively.
He has been recognized among the world's top 2% of scientists by Stanford University, USA, for the last three consecutive years, highlighting his significant contributions to his field.
Dr. Nasar also served as the Chairman of the Department of Applied Chemistry from January 3, 2021, to January 2, 2024. He has also served as member of statutory bodies like the Academic Council (January 3, 2021, to January 2, 2024) and the Court (June 12, 2023 to January 2, 2024) of the Aligarh Muslim University.
- Key Publications
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: 8.3)
Fouzia Mashkoor, Abu Nasar, Changyoon Jeong, “Magnetized chitosan nanocomposite as an effective adsorbent for the removal of methylene blue and malachite green dyes”, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 14 (2024) 313–325. (Impact Factor: 4.0)
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)
Mohammad Kashif Uddin, Fouzia Mashkoor, Ibrahim M. AlArifi, Abu Nasar, “Simple one-step synthesis process of novel MoS2@bentonite magnetic nanocomposite for efficient adsorption of crystal violet from aqueous solution”, Materials Research Bulletin 139 (2021) 111279., (Impact Factor: 5.4)
Fouzia Mashkoor, Abu Nasar, “Facile synthesis of polypyrrole decorated chitosan-based magsorbent: characterizations, performance, and applications in removing cationic and anionic dyes from aqueous medium”, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 161 (2020) 88–100., (Impact Factor: 8.2)
Fouzia Mashkoor, Abu Nasar, “Magnetized Tectona grandis sawdust as a novel adsorbent: preparation, characterization, and utilization for the removal of methylene blue from aqueous solution”, Cellulose, 27 (2020) 2613–2635., (Impact Factor: 5.7)
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: 5.7)