ADVANCING SCIENCE

Scientific Contributions

Through research papers, patents, and PhD dissertations, we push the boundaries of knowledge, driving innovation in desalination and water treatment.

Natural products-based Janus hydrophilic/hydrophobic membrane for efficient scaling-resistance and photothermal membrane distillation
Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2025.124100
Authors: Min Li, Nan Shang, Jinheng Lei, Xun Zhou, Peiqing Zhang, Noreddine Ghaffour, Quan Feng, Zhenyu Li
  • Photothermal membrane distillation
  • Scaling resistance
  • Janus hydrophilic/hydrophobic
  • Melanin NPs
  • Sodium alginate
The potential of air micro-nano bubbles and nucleated CO2 bubbles as curative and preventive strategies for SWRO biofouling removal
Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2025.118865
Authors: Damaris S. Alvarez Sosa, Alla Alpatova, Doskhan Ybyraiymkul, Kim Choon Ng, Noreddine Ghaffour, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder, Nadia Farhat
  • Reverse osmosis desalination
  • Membrane autopsy
  • Micro-nano bubbles
  • Nucleated CO2 bubbles
  • biofouling
  • Membrane cleaning
  • Biofilm removal
Probing the potential of surface-engineered titanium filler membranes for produced water treatment
Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsamd.2025.100922
Authors: Nadia Hartini Suhaimi, Norwahyu Jusoh, Nur Asyraf Md Akhir, Boon Kar Yap, Muhammad Saqib Nawaz, Noreddine Ghaffour
  • Forward osmosis
  • Thin film composite membrane
  • MIL-125-NH2
  • Produced water recovery
Mitigating offshore oily wastewater pollution: Sustainable strategies for treatment, disposal, and reuse
Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118240
Authors: Rajab Abousnina, Noreddine Ghaffour, Long D. Nghiem
  • Petroleum oil and gas
  • Oily wastewater
  • Hybrid system technologies
  • Offshore
  • Membrane technologies
Pre-treatment optimization to reduce membrane fouling during produced water treatment with an integrated FO-MD system
Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sctalk.2025.100467
Authors: Muhammad Saqib Nawaz, Sofiane Soukane, Muhammad Bilal Asif, Veerabhadraiah Gudideni, Sultan Alrubaish, Noreddine Ghaffour
  • Pre-treatment
  • Real produced water
  • Ion-exchange resins
  • Ultrafiltration
  • Forward osmosis
  • Membrane distillation (MD)

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