Usman Farooq

Email: usmanfarooq@henu.edu.cn

Research Directions: Heterogeneous Catalysis, Advanced Oxidation Process, Water Treatment, Pollutant Transport, and Clean Energy Production.

Qualifications

2015.08 ~ 2019.07: Ph.D. (Environmental Science and Engineering), East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.

2010.09 ~ 2013.12: M.Sc. (Chemical Engineering), University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.

2005.08 ~ 2009.07:  B.Sc. (Chemical Engineering), University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.

Work Experience

2024.07 ~ Present: Assistant Professor, School of Environmental Science, Miami College of Henan University, Kaifeng, China.

2019.12 ~ 2024.06: Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China.

2009.11 ~ 2015.08: Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Gujrat, Pakistan.

Selected Publications

F. Wang, J. Shang, Q. Zhang, T. Lu, Y. Li, X. Wang, U. Farooq*, Z. Qi, Influence of surfactant molecular features on tetracycline transport in saturated porous media of varied surface heterogeneities, Water Research 255 (2024) 121501.

M. Liu, L. Lu, Z. Chen, B. Wang, Y. Li, Q. Zhang, U. Farooq*, Z. Qi, Ferrihydrite colloid-mediated transport of sulfamerazine in saturated porous media: Combined roles of rhamnolipid and solution pH. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, (2024) 700, 134842.

U. Farooq, F. Wang, J. Shang, M. Zeeshan Shahid, W. Akram, X. Wang, Heightening effects of cysteine on degradation of trichloroethylene in Fe³⁺/SPC process, Chemical Engineering Journal 454 (2023) 139996.

U. Farooq, F. Wang, M.M.A. Aslam, X. Wang, How do CuO sheets (sh-CuO) enable efficient chlorinated hydrocarbon removal? Journal of Water Process Engineering 50 (2022) 103204.

U. Farooq, F. Wang, M.K. Shahzad, K.C. Carroll, S. Lyu, X. Wang, Study the activation mechanism of peroxymonosulfate in iron copper systems for trichloroethane degradation, Chemical Engineering Journal Advances 11 (2022) 100343.

U. Farooq, M. Sajid, A. Shan, X. Wang, S. Lyu, Role of Cysteine in Enhanced Degradation of Trichloroethane under Ferrous Percarbonate System, Chemical Engineering Journal 423 (2021) 130221.

U. Farooq, J. Zhuang, X. Wang, S. Lyu, A recyclable polydopamine-functionalized reduced graphene oxide/Fe nanocomposite (PDA@Fe/rGO) for the enhanced degradation of 1,1,1-trichloroethane, Chemical Engineering Journal 403 (2021) 126405.

U. Farooq, M. Danish, S. Lyu, M.L.M.L. Brusseau, M. Gu, W.Q. Zaman, Z. Qiu, Q. Sui, The impact of surface properties and dominant ions on the effectiveness of G-nZVI heterogeneous catalyst for environmental remediation, Science of The Total Environment 651 (2019) 1182–1188.

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