ADVANCING SCIENCE

Scientific Contributions

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

Sustainable Antimicrobial Silver@MXene Nanofiber Membranes for Enhanced Photothermal Membrane Distillation Performance
Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c10788
Authors: Khalid Alhamdan, M. Obaid, Jehad K. El-Demellawi, Najat A Amin, Ananda Rao Hari, Yongjiu Lei, Pascal E. Saikaly, Husam N. Alshareef, Noreddine Ghaffour
  • MXene
  • Direct solar desalination
  • Photothermal Materials
  • Nanofiber
  • Electrospinning
Removal of antibiotics from a biologically nitrified human urine using granular activated carbon adsorption for a safe nutrient recovery in a circular economy
Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2025.107516
Authors: Abdulaziz Almuntashiri, Jiaxi Jiang, Ahmad Hosseinzadeh, Umakant Badeti, Amir H. Navidpour, Pema Dorji, Noreddine Ghaffour, Ho Kyong Shon, Sherub Phuntsho
  • Antibiotics
  • Nitrified urine
  • Granular activate carbon
  • Column adsorption
  • Artificial neural network
Thin-film composite membranes enhanced with Ti3C2Tx MXenes for highly selective desalination and water reuse
Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/inf2.70054
Authors: M. Obaid, Jehad K. El-Demellawi, Jaewon Lee, Muhammad Saqib Nawaz, Mrinal K. Hota, Valentina-Elena Musteata, Harun Elcik, Sofiane Soukane, Xiangming Xu, Husam N. Alshareef, Noreddine Ghaffour
  • Desalination
  • Electrospinning
  • Forward osmosis
  • Nanofibe
  • Spray coating
  • Ti 3 C 2 Tx MXene
In-situ heat-activated peroxymonosulfate pretreatment for effective biofouling mitigation strategies in seawater membrane distillation
Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2025.119148
Authors: Jaewon Lee, M. Obaid, Najat A Amin, Weilong Yang, Jieun Kim, Taegeun Park, Seonkyu Lee, Seunghwan Woo, Youngjin Kim, Min Zhan, Noreddine Ghaffour, Seungkwan Hong
  • Peroxymonosulfate
  • seawater desalination pretreatment
  • Membrane distillation
  • biofouling
  • Pretreatment
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