Noman Khalid Khanzada
Associate Research Scientist
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Education: BE (Chemical Engineering) NED University of Engineering and Technology; MS (Environmental Engineering) National University of Science and Technology (NUST); PhD (Energy & Environment) City University of Hong Kong;
Research Areas: Full-scale spiral wound membrane module (4040) Fabrication; Thin-film composite/nanocomposite reverse osmosis (RO) membrane fabrication/modification; Desalination Water/wastewater treatment using polymeric membranes such as microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF), forward osmosis (FO), and RO; Nutrient/resource recovery from industrial/domestic wastewater; Hybrid process operation and design, and material synthesis
Noman Khalid Khanzada is working as an Associate Research Scientist at the Water Research Center (WRC), New York University Abu Dhabi. He joined the WRC as a Postdoctoral Associate in February 2023. Before joining the WRC, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the City University of Hong Kong and at EPRO Advance Technology Limited, Hong Kong. Khanzada also joined the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA, as a visiting graduate researcher, and the Department of Environmental Science, Salim Habib University (formerly Barrett Hodgson University), Pakistan, as a Lecturer. He also worked as a Plant Engineer, research associate, and research assistant while working with several other international organizations at the National University of Science & Technology. In addition, he worked as an Engineer at Indus Dyeing & Manufacturing Limited and Pakistan Oil Mill Limited, Pakistan.
Current Research
Working on fabrication/modification of thin film composite/nanocomposite reverse osmosis (RO) membranes.