Dr. Amjad Mumtaz Tahir Khan is a permanent faculty working as Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India since August 2011. He obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh specializing in Analytical Chemistry. Before joining the department of Chemistry, Dr. Khan also worked as Guest Faculty Member in the department of Applied Chemistry, Zakir Hussain College of Engineering &Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh from 2006-2009 and from 2009-2010 in the department of Chemistry. His current research interests include synthesis, characterization and application of composite materials, nanomaterials, drug delivery system, fabrication of chemical sensors for detection of environmental pollutants. His current teaching interest includes courses related to Advance methods of Chemical Analysis, Polymer, Electroanalytical methods and advances in Ion Exchange and Environmental Chemistry. Apart from teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in chemistry, he is also involved in undergraduate teaching of Industrial chemistry in Analytical Chemistry and supervised eight projects of B.Sc. (Hons.) F year students of Industrial Chemistry. Dr. Khan has published twenty six research articles in high impact refereed journals of International repute and coauthored book chapters in Handbook of Pesticides: Methods of Pesticide Residues Analysis CRC Press (Francis and Taylor Group), Amjad Mumtaz Khan and Sajad Ahmad Ganai in: Modern Age Waste Water Problems, “Removal and Recovery of Heavy Metals Ions Using Natural Adsorbents”, Springer Nature, Switzerland, 251-261, 2019, Sajad Ahmad Ganai and Amjad Mumtaz Khan in: Applied Food Sciences and Engineering with Industrial Applications, “Water Treatment: Applications of Adsorption and Ion Exchange in Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Industries”, CRC Press (Francis and Taylor Group), USA, 233-245,2019,
Amjad Mumtaz Khan and Yahiya Kadaf  Manea in: Research Methodologies and Practical Applications of Chemistry, “Synthesis and Properties of Gallic Acid Grafted Pholoroglucinol / Formaldehyde Composite” CRC Press (Francis and Taylor Group), USA, 193-209, 2019, Khan, AM & Manea, Y.K in: membrane Technology for water Treatment Technology Design, Development and Applications Chemistry and Industrial Techniques for Chemical Engineers, Apple Academic Press, New York, 175-207, 2020. Dr. Khan has acted as a referee to review the research papers submitted for the publication in international journals of repute viz. Ionics (Springer), Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects (Elsevier), Journal of Hazardous Materials (Elsevier), Journal of Analytical Chemists (JOAC International, USA), India. Dr. Khan was awarded the Start Up Grant under UGC- BSR programme in 2012 and the environmentalist of the year award by NESA, New Delhi in 2010. Dr Khan was also the member of Faculty of Science under Assistant Professor Category for two years since April 2014. Dr. Khan also served the university in the capacity of being warden of the residential hall for the last seven years.

Best Publications

1.      Yahiya Kadaf Manea, Amjad Mumtaz Khan^* and Syed Ashfaq Nabi, Facile Synthesis of  Mesoporous Sm@ POA/TP and POA/TP Nanocomposites with  Excellent Performance for the Photocatalytic Degradation of  MB and MG dyes, Journal of Compounds and Alloys, 791, 2019, 1042-1062 (Impact factor: 4.2)

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