Faculty Member
- Qualification
Ph.D.
- Designation
Professor
- Thrust Area
Environmental Chemistry, Bio-inspired Materials
- Address
A1 Umair Apartment,Greater Azad Enclave, West Dhorra, Civil line, Aligarh (UP)
- Mobile
9411491160
- Email
rais45@rediffmail.com
- Time Table
Dr. Rais Ahmad has been serving as a Professor in the Department of Applied Chemistry since 2016. Dr. Ahmad joined the Department of Applied Chemistry in 2001 as Assistant Professor. He has twenty five years of teaching experiance at undergraguate and post graduate level. He has also worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in South Korea, where he conducted research in nanotechnology, particularly focusing on the green synthesis of gold nanoparticles.
Dr. Ahmad is actively engaged in both research and teaching. He was awarded a project under the Young Scientist Scheme by UPCST. His primary research interests include water pollution, with a special focus on the removal of dyes and heavy metals from aqueous solutions and industrial wastewater. His work emphasizes adsorption processes using non-conventional, low-cost adsorbents and bio-nanocomposite materials.
He has published eighty-four (84) research articles in internationally reputed journals such as Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal of Environmental Management, Bioresource Technology, Chemical Engineering Journal, Desalination, Biodegradation, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, Separation Science and Technology, and Journal of Chemical Engineering Data.
Dr. Ahmad has also reviewed more than 260 research articles for leading publishers, including Elsevier, Nature, ACS, RSC, Springer, Taylor & Francis, and Bentham Science. One of his research articles has been ranked among the top ten most cited papers in the field of adsorption.
He has successfully supervised twelve (12) Ph.D./M.Phil. students and guided thirty four (34) postgraduate students in their project theses. Additionally, he has contributed six book chapters published by national and international publishers.
Dr. Ahmad serves as Editor-in-Chief, as well as a member of editorial and advisory boards for several internationally reputed journals. His research work has received a total of 8,088 citations, with an h-index of 45 and an i10-index of 74.
Since 2019, Dr. Ahmad has been consistently listed among the world’s top 2% scientists in a study conducted by Stanford University (2019–2025). In 2021, he was also ranked among the top 100,000 scientists worldwide and secured 4th position at AMU, as reported by Elsevier B.V.
In addition to his academic contributions, Dr. Ahmad has served the university in various administrative roles, including Warden of Halls, Assistant Examination Superintendent, Departmental Coordinator for NBA, and roles associated with 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)
12. Ahmad Husain, Muthusamy Kandasamy, Dhiraj Mahajan, Manickam Selvaraj, Rais Ahmad, Mohammed A. Assiri, Niraj Kumar, Vigna K.Ramachandramurthy (2024) Attaining promising efficiency through a Quasi-Solid-State symmetrical supercapacitor and Dye-Sensitized solar cell counter electrode utilizing bifunctional Notrogen-Doped microporous activated carbon. Journal of Inorganic Chemistry Communications. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2024.112859 (IF: 4.4)Q2