ADVANCING SCIENCE

Scientific Contributions

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

Engineering high environmental robustness in solar evaporation to bridge the lab-to-field performance gap
Year: 2026 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71004-y
Authors: Chang-ting Wang, Canjie Lin, Kai Xu, Yang Liu, Zhongtao Lao, Jianping Cao, Bei Liu,, Amal Baqais, Khaled Bin Bandar, Saud Aldrees, Mohammed A. Alhussaini, Shao-Yuan Leu, Noreddine Ghaffour, Qiaoqiang Gan, Wenbin Wang, Peng Wang
  • Solar thermal energy
  • Water resources
Balancing biofouling control in membrane distillation by “shock” chlorination
Year: 2026 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-026-00578-3
Authors: Daniel Dylewsk, Alla Alpatova, Graciela Gonzalez-Gil, Najat A Amin, Valentina-Elena Musteata, Stephen Ogg, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder, Noreddine Ghaffour
  • Membrane distillation (MD)
  • Biofouling Control
  • Shock Chlorination
  • Seawater Desalination
  • Direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD)
Advanced assessment of membrane fouling in seawater reverse osmosis plants using permeate quality degradation indicators
Year: 2026 DOI:https://doi.org/10.12912/27197050/219506
Authors: Fatma Alaoui, Amel Alioua Berrebah, Noreddine Ghaffour, Djillali Benouali, Fatma Belhoucine, Yamina Merzouk
  • conductivity
  • Membrane fouling
  • Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Membranes
  • permeate quality
  • salt rejection
  • cleaning-in-place
  • fouling diagnostics
Exploring the mechanism of tartrazine dye adsorption by Parthenium hysterophorus biochar for sustainable textile wastewater treatment
Year: 2026 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-025-06802-w
Authors: K. Younas, A. Jamil, M. Ahmad, Noreddine Ghaffour, Muhammad Saqib Nawaz
  • Parthenium hysterophorus
  • Dye wastewater treatment
  • Environmental remediation
  • Column adsorptionmodeling
  • Adsorption kinetics
Subnanoporous hydrophobic thin films for ultrahigh-efficiency seawater and brines desalination using membrane distillation
Year: 2026 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-68158-6
Authors: M. Obaid, Sofiane Soukane, Mohammed Rasool Qtaishat, Yaping Zhang, Vincent Guillerm, Hend Omar Mohamed, Maya Ayach, Venkatesh Singaravelu, Pedro Castaño, Guillaume Maurin, Mohamed Eddaoudi, Takeshi Matsuura, Noreddine Ghaffour