DEPARTMENT.FACULTY
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.QUALIFICATION
Ph.D.
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.DESIGNATION
Professor
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.THRUST_AREA
Environmental Chemistry, Bio-inspired Materials
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.ADDRESS
A1 Umair Apartment,Greater Azad Enclave, West Dhorra, Civil line, Aligarh (UP)
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.MOBILE
9411491160
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.EMAIL
rais45@rediffmail.com
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.TIME_TABLE
Dr. Rais Ahmad is presently working as Professor in the Department of Applied Chemistry since 2016. Dr. Ahmad also worked as PDF fellow in South Korea and carried out his research in nanotechnology especially the synthesis of gold nano particles by using green chemistry. Dr. Ahmad is actively engaged in research and teaching. Dr. Ahmad was awarded a project under young scientist scheme by UPCST. Dr. Ahmad's area of research is water pollution, especially the removal of dyes and heavy metals from aqueous solution and industrial waste water by adsorption process with the help of non- conventional, low cost adsorbents and bio-nanocomposite materials. Dr. Ahmad has published Eighty two (82) research articles in the journal of international repute such as Journal of Hazardous Material, Journal of Environmental Management, Bioresource Technology, Journal of Chemical Engineering, Desalination, Biodegradation, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, Separation Science and Technology, Journal of Chemical Engineering Data (JACS). Dr. Ahmad has also reviewed more than Two hundred fiftyfive (255) research articles in (Elsevier, Nature, ACS, RSC, Springer, Taylor & Francis, Bentham Science). Dr. Ahmad's research article has been cited in the world top ten articles in the domain of adsorption. Dr. Ahmad has also supervised eleven (11) students for their Ph. D./M. Phil degrees . Dr. Ahmad has also guided thirty three (33) Post graduate students for their project thesis. Dr. Ahmad has also contributed four book chapters published by national and international publishers. Dr. Ahmad is also working as Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Board member & Advisory member in the journals of international repute. Total citations of Dr. Ahmad's research papers are 6044, h-index-38 and i10-index-66. Dr. Ahmad name has been continuously cited since 2019 in the world top 2% scientists, conducted by Stanford University, USA (2019-2022). Dr. Ahmad name has been cited in the world top 1 lac scientists and 4th rank in AMU by Elsevier B.V. (2021) Dr. Ahmad has also served the university administration in various capacities such as warden of the Halls, Asstt Exam supdtt., Departmental coordinator NBA, IQAC and NIRF.
Key Publications
1. Rais Ahmad, Mohammad Osama Ejaz (2023) Efficient adsorption of crystal violet (CV) dye onto benign Chitosan-modified L-cysteine/Bentonite (CS-Cys/Bent) bionanocomposite: synthesis, characterization and experimental studies. Dyes and Pigments. 216, (2023) 111305. (IF:4.5)
2. Rais Ahmad, Khalid Ansari (2023) Synthesis of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and its biomedical applications: a review, Biomedical Materials & Devices, https://doi.org/10.1007/s44174-023-00091-y
3. Rais Ahmad, Mohammad Osama Ejaz (2023) Synthesis of new Alginate-Silver nanoparticles/Mica (Alg-AgNPs/MC) bionanocomposite for enhanced adsorption of dyes (MB & BG) from aqueous solution. Journal of Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 197, 355-371. (IF:3.9) Rais Ahmad, Khalid Ansari (2022) Fabrication of Alginate /silver nanoparticles (Alg@AgNPs) bionanocomposite for the sequestration of crystal violet dye from aqueous solution, International Journal of Biological macromolecule, 218, 157-167. (IF:8.025)
4. Rais Ahmad, Khalid Ansari (2022) Novel in-situ fabrication of L-methionine functionalized bionanocomposite for adsorption of Amido Black 10B dye, Process Biochemistry, 119, 48-57. (IF:3.757)
5. Rais Ahmad, Khalid Ansari, Mohammad Osama Ejaz (2022) Enhanced sequesatration of heavy metals from aqueous solution on poly(acrylamide) grafted Cell@Fe3O4 nanocomposite, Emergent Materials, doi: 10.1007/s42247-021-00338-8
6. Jyoti Mittal, Rais Ahmad, Asna Maryam, V. K. Gupta, Alok Mittal (2021) Expeditious and enhanced removal of heavy metal from aqueous environment by carica papaya peel carbon (PPC): a green and low cost adsorbent, Desalination and Water Treatment, 210, 365-376. (IF: 1.631)
7. Rais Ahmad, Khalid Ansari (2021) Comparative study for the adsorption of congo red and methylene blue dye onto chitosan modified hybrid nanocomposite, Process Biochemistry, 108, 90-102. (IF: 3.757)
8. Mohd Zeeshan, Rais Ahmad, Asif Ali Khan, Aftab Aslam Parwaz Khan, Guilermo Bazan, Basma Ghaleb Alhogbi, Hadi Marwani, Sakshi Singh (2021) “Fabrication of lead ion selective membrane based on a polycarbazole Sn (IV) arsenotungstate nanocomposite and its ion exchange membrane (IEM) kinetic studies” RSC Advances, 11, 4210 . (IF:3.361)
9. Rais Ahmad, Alok Mittal, Jyoti Mittal ( 2021) Kahwa Tea (Camellia sinensis) Carbon - a Novel and Green Low Cost Adsorbent for the Sequestration of Titan Yellow Dye from its Aqueous Solutions , Desalination and Water Treatment, 227, 404-411. (IF: 1.631)
10. Jyoti Mittal, Rais Ahmad, Mohammad Osama Ejaz, Asna Mariyam, Alok Mittal (2021) An eco-friendly novel bionanocomposite (Alg-Cst/Kal) for the removal of crystal violet dye: isotherms, kinetics and thermodynamic studies. International Journal of Phytoremediation, doi.org/10.1080/15226514.2021.1977778 (IF:3.312)
11. Rais Ahmad, Khalid Ansari (2021) Enhanced sequestration of methylene blue and crystal violet dye onto pectin modified hybrid Azadirachta indica leaves powder with kaolin clay (Pect-AILP/Kal) nanocomposite, Process Biochemistry, 111, 132-143. (IF:3.757)