Nanomaterials for Healthcare, Energy and Environment

Dr. Aamir Hussain Bhat is currently a visiting faculty at Department of Chemistry, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman. He was born on 4th June 1980 in Baramulla, India. He received his highest degree of Doctorate from Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, which ranks among the prestigious institutes of India. He has four years' Postdoctoral experience at Universiti Sains Malaysia and around 5 years of teaching experience in the capacity of Assistant Professor in Chemistry at Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia. Dr. Aamir was awarded Prime Minsterial Postdoctoral fellowship by the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia for his excellence in the field of research. His research interests include Polymer Bio- Nano-composites and techniques to characterize them, Nanofluids for Oil well drilling applications, isolation and application of nanocellulosic materials, nanomaterial synthesis using Top-Down and Bottom-up approach Nanocoating using geopolymers and Waste Water Treatment using Bio-sorbent based die removal and Micro Algae for heavy metal adsorption. He has been Principal Investigator of many government funded projects The prominent among them are Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) entitled "New Malaysian Green Nano fluid for drilling at high temperature and pressure", YUTP grant on "Biopolymer blend of Poly (lactic acid) and Poly (hydroxybutyrate co- valerate) based nano bio-composites reinforced with nanocrystalline cellulose with potential application in packaging" and Graphene Oxide Additives in Water Based Drilling Fluid for Enhanced Performance of Fluid Loss Control again funded by YUTP. Dr. Aamir has also worked on joint industrial project with PRSB based on "Synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles for Enhanced Oil Recovery". His research group includes 4 PhD and 2 MS Students and has mentored 13 finalyear undergraduate students. He has served as an International/National examiner for many research dissertations. He is also member of various scientific chemical societies,prominent among them is American Nano Society. He has published 39 full-length research papers in highly reputed international scientific journals with a citation of more than 1350 and 23 Book chapters with highly reputed publishers. He is serving as a reviewer for several high impact ISI journals of Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Taylor and Francis, Sage, etc.