UTP Scholars: Ts. Dr Md Sohrab Hossain
Office Address
20-03-22
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
Bandar Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak
P: +60 5-368 7615
Email: sohrab.hossain@utp.edu.my
20-03-22
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
Bandar Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak
P: +60 5-368 7615
Email: sohrab.hossain@utp.edu.my
As at November 2023
Industrial Experience:
- 2010 (March) - 2013 (Feb) Post Graduate, Department of Environmental Technology, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia
- 2014 (Aug) - 2015 (Sep) Postdoctoral, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia
- 2015 (Oct) - 2018 (Jul) Senior Lecturer,Malaysian Institute Chemical & Bioengineering Technology, Universiti Kuala Lumpur
- 2018 (Aug) - 2022 (Jul) Senior Lecturer, Department of Environmental Technology, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia
- 2022 (Aug) - (Present) Senior Lecturer, Fundamental and Applied Sciences Department,Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
Courses Teaching:
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UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL
- Physical Chemistry I
- Separation Process
- Materials and Energy Balance
- Chemistry for Technologist
- Society and Environment Project
- Equipment Design for Water Treatment
- Mass Transfer and Separation Process
- Treatment and Management of Scheduled Waste
- Environmental TechnologyLaboratory
- Environmental Technology Research Project
- Chemodynamics
- Physical Chemistry
- Analytical and Organic Chemistry
- Chemical Process Principles
- Thermodynamics MSc
- Environmental Microbiology
- Aquatic Ecotoxicology
- Environmental Disaster Management
Title:
Senior Lecturer
Department:
Specialization:
- Supercritical fluids carbon dioxide technology utilization (Extraction & Sterilization)
- Industrial wastewater treatment (Physicochemical process)
- Hazardous waste management (Reduction, Reuse & Recycle)
- Biofuels production from agricultural biomass (Biochemical process)
Qualifications:
- 2014, PhD in Applied Chemistry (Research)
- 2010, Master in Materials Chemistry (Research)
- 2005, Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Chemistry
Other Information:
Short Biography:
Ts Dr. Md. Sohrab Hossain CChem MRSC is currently working as a Senior Lecturer in Fundamental and Applied SciencesDepartment, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.
Dr. Sohrab has obtained his PhD degree in Environmental Technology from Universiti Sains Malaysia. He has expertise in supercritical fluids technology, hazardous waste management, wastewater treatment and waste to biofuel production.
One of his core research areas is developing a method for producing biofuels from waste materials, including food waste and sewage sludge. Dr. Sohrab has published over 130 research articles in high impact indexed journals, patent, book chapters, and presentation at
international conferences. He has developed a method of sustainable solid waste management using supercritical fluid sterilization technology, which has worldwide recognized by the researchers. Dr. Sohrab has also served as an editor, editorial board member, or guest editor for a number of international academic journals. He has won several Gold and Silver Medals as the main and a Co-inventor in exhibitions at the national and international levels including the Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) and International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX).
Publication:
2023
Sobri, Mohamad Zulfadhli Ahmad and Khoo, Kuan Shiong and Sahrin, Nurul Tasnim and Ardo, Fatima Musa and Ansar, Sabah and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Kiatkittipong, Worapon and Lin, Chuxia and Ng, Hui-Suan and Zaini, Juliana and others (2023) Kinetic model derived from machine learning for accurate prediction of microalgal hydrogen production via conversion from low thermally pre-treated palm kernel expeller waste. Chemosphere, 338. p. 139526.Wahab, Dayangku Nurshahirah Awang and Siddique, Md Bazlul Mobin and Chew, Jiuan Jing and Su, Hieng Tiong and Khairuddin, Nozieana and Khaerudini, Deni Shidqi and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Sunarso, Jaka (2023) Characterization of starch biofilm reinforced with cellulose microfibers isolated from Musa Saba'midrib residue and its application as an active packaging film. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. e54720.
Noman, Efaq Ali and Al-Gheethi, Adel Ali and Sara, Spilimbergo and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Mohamed, Radin Maya Saphira Radin and Rahman, Nik Norulaini Nik Ab and Kadir, Mohd Omar Ab (2023) Waterless sterilization of clinical solid waste using supercritical carbon dioxide: fungal spores inactivation mechanisms, optimization and artificial neural network models. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 13 (15). pp. 13573-13589.
Banjar, Mohd Faizar and Abedin, Fatin Najwa Joynal and Fizal, Ahmad Noor Syimir and Sarih, Norazilawati Muhamad and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Osman, Hakimah and Khalil, Nor Afifah and Yahaya, Ahmad Naim Ahmad and Zulkifli, Muzafar (2023) Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Nanosized Polyaniline.
Noor, Nur Nabilah Mohd and Kamaruzaman, Nur Hazirah and Al-Gheethi, Adel and Mohamed, Radin Maya Saphira Radin and Hossain, Md Sohrab (2023) Degradation of antibiotics in aquaculture wastewater by bio-nanoparticles: A critical review. Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 14 (7). p. 101981.
Sohrab Hossain, Md and Mokarram Badsha, Md and Balakrishnan, Venugopal and Shaharun, Maizatul Shima (2023) A Review on Bio-hydrogen Production from Food Waste: Potential and Challenges. In: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of New Energy: ICNE 2022, 1-2 Dec, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Khalid, Aina Mardhia and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Khalil, Nor Afifah and Zulkifli, Muzafar and Arafath, Md Azharul and Shaharun, Maizatul Shima and Ayub, Rashid and Ahmad Yahaya, Ahmad Naim and Ismail, Norli (2023) Adsorptive Elimination of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solution Using Magnetic Chitosan/Cellulose-Fe (III) Composite as a Bio-Sorbent. Nanomaterials, 13 (10). p. 1595.
Rahman, ASA and Khalil, NA and Hossain, MS and Yahaya, ANA and Zulkifli, M (2023) A composite hydrogel beads bio-sorbent for removal of copper: Effect of pH of copper solution. Materials Today: Proceedings, 74. pp. 485-488.
Khalil, Nor Afifah and Rahman, Aida Syafiqah Abdul and Huraira, Alnazirul Mubin Abu and Janurin, Siti Nur Dalillah Fattin and Fizal, Ahmad Noor Syimir and Ahmad, Norkhairi and Zulkifli, Muzafar and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Yahaya, Ahmad Naim Ahmad (2023) Magnetic chitosan hydrogel beads as adsorbent for copper removal from aqueous solution. Materials Today: Proceedings, 74. pp. 499-503.
Nadarajah, Rekah and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Siddique, Md Bazlul Mobin and Arafath, Md Azharul and Naushad, Mu and Lim, Jun-Wei and Al-Gheethi, Adel and Ahmad, Harlina (2023) A review on environmental Chemodynamics, isothermal, kinetics, and thermodynamics modeling for the adsorptive removal of Cr (VI) from the industrial effluent using magnetic nanoparticles as a bio-sorbent. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.
Ilias, Muhammad Khalish Mohammad and Balakrishnan, Venugopal and Zuknik, Mark Harris and Al-Gheethi, Adel and Ghfar, Ayman A and Hossain, Md Sohrab (2023) Supercritical CO2 separation of lipids from chicken by-product waste for biodiesel production: Optimization, kinetics, and thermodynamics modeling. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 13 (15). pp. 13403-13417.
Ilias, Muhammad Khalish Mohammad and Balakrishnan, Venugopal and Zuknik, Mark Harris and Al-Gheethi, Adel and Ghfar, Ayman A and Hossain, Md Sohrab (2023) Supercritical CO2 separation of lipids from chicken by-product waste for biodiesel production: Optimization, kinetics, and thermodynamics modeling. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 13 (15). pp. 13403-13417.
Binhweel, Fozy and Pyar, Hassan and Senusi, Wardah and Shaah, Marwan Abdulhakim and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Ahmad, Mardiana Idayu (2023) Utilization of marine ulva lactuca seaweed and freshwater azolla filiculoides macroalgae feedstocks toward biodiesel production: Kinetics, thermodynamics, and optimization studies. Renewable Energy, 205. pp. 717-730.
Gayatri, Rianyza and Fizal, Ahmad Noor Syimir and Yuliwati, Erna and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Jaafar, Juhana and Zulkifli, Muzafar and Taweepreda, Wirach and Ahmad Yahaya, Ahmad Naim (2023) Preparation and Characterization of PVDF--TiO2 Mixed-Matrix Membrane with PVP and PEG as Pore-Forming Agents for BSA Rejection. Nanomaterials, 13 (6). p. 1023.
Woon, Jia Min and Khoo, Kuan Shiong and Al-Zahrani, Asla A and Alanazi, Meznah M and Lim, Jun Wei and Cheng, Chin Kui and Sahrin, Nurul Tasnim and Ardo, Fatima Musa and Yi-Ming, Sun and Lin, Kuen-Song and others (2023) Epitomizing biohydrogen production from microbes: Critical challenges vs opportunities. Environmental research. p. 115780.
Abdul Rahman, Aida Syafiqah and Fizal, Ahmad Noor Syimir and Khalil, Nor Afifah and Ahmad Yahaya, Ahmad Naim and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Zulkifli, Muzafar (2023) Fabrication and Characterization of Magnetic Cellulose--Chitosan--Alginate Composite Hydrogel Bead Bio-Sorbent. Polymers, 15 (11). p. 2494.
Binhweel, Fozy and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Ahmad, Mardiana Idayu (2023) Recent trends, potentials, and challenges of biodiesel production from discarded animal fats: a comprehensive review. BioEnergy Research, 16 (2). pp. 778-800.
Mohd Sabri, Muhammad Najib Ikmal and Shamsuddin, Nurul Atiqah and Tajarudin, Husnul Azan and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Mohd Zaini Makhtar, Muaz (2023) An Insight of Component and Typical Mechanism of Sludge Degrader Microbes in Dewatered Sludge. In: Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Applications for Sludge Valorization. Springer, pp. 43-57.
Kamaruddin, Nur Hafizah and Misman, Nuralia Akmal and Baharudin, Nurul Syuhada Haji and Ahmad, Harlina and Ismail, Norli and Hossain, Md Sohrab (2023) Adsorption and desorption of ametryn in paddy field and irrigation canal soil. In: AIP Conference Proceedings.
2022
Allafi, Faisal Aboelkasim and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Shaah, Marwan and Lalung, Japarang and Ab Kadir, Mohd Omar and Ahmad, Mardiana Idayu (2022) Optimizing supercritical carbon dioxide in the bacterial inactivation and cleaning of sheep wool fiber by using response surface methodology. Journal of Natural Fibers, 19 (14). pp. 8399-8414.Mohamed, Siti Hajar and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Kassim, Mohamad Haafiz Mohamad and Balakrishnan, Venugopal and Habila, Mohamed A and Zulkharnain, Azham and Zulkifli, Muzafar and Yahaya, Ahmad Naim Ahmad (2022) Biosorption of Cr (VI) using cellulose nanocrystals isolated from the waterless pulping of waste cotton cloths with supercritical CO2: isothermal, kinetics, and thermodynamics studies. Polymers, 14 (5). p. 887.
Shaah, Marwan Abdulhakim and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Allafi, Faisal and Ab Kadir, Mohd Omar and Ahmad, Mardiana Idayu (2022) Biodiesel production from candlenut oil using a non-catalytic supercritical methanol transesterification process: optimization, kinetics, and thermodynamic studies. RSC advances, 12 (16). pp. 9845-9861.
Noman, Efaq and Al-Gheethi, Adel and Mohamed, Radin Maya Saphira Radin and Talip, Balkis and Othman, Norzila and Hossain, Sohrab and Vo, Dai-Viet N and Alduais, Nayef (2022) Inactivation of fungal spores from clinical environment by silver bio-nanoparticles; optimization, artificial neural network model and mechanism. Environmental research, 204. p. 111926.
Nidzam, Mohammad Saiful and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Ismail, Norli and Abdul Latip, Razam and Mohammad Ilias, Muhammad Khalish and Mobin Siddique, Md Bazlul and Zulkifli, Muzafar (2022) Influence of the degumming process parameters on the formation of glyceryl esters and 3-MCPDE in refined palm oil: optimization and palm oil quality analyses. Foods, 11 (01). p. 124.
Syimir Fizal, Ahmad Noor and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Zulkifli, Muzafar and Khalil, Nor Afifah and Abd Hamid, Hamidah and Ahmad Yahaya, Ahmad Naim (2022) Implementation of the supercritical CO2 technology for the extraction of candlenut oil as a promising feedstock for biodiesel production: potential and limitations. International Journal of Green Energy, 19 (1). pp. 72-83.
Allafi, Faisal and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Lalung, Japareng and Shaah, Marwan and Salehabadi, Ali and Ahmad, Mardiana Idayu and Shadi, Abdulbaki (2022) Advancements in applications of natural wool fiber. Journal of Natural Fibers, 19 (2). pp. 497-512.
Ilias, Muhammad Khalish Mohammad and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Zuknik, Mark Harris and Balkakrishnan, Venugopal and Al-Gheethi, Adel and Ghfar, Ayman A and Zulkharnain, Azham and Yahaya, Ahmad Naim Ahmad (2022) Valorization of the chicken by-product waste with supercritical CO2 inactivation of microbes towards sustainable utilization. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. pp. 1-13.
Allafi, Faisal Aboelkasim and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Shaah, Marwan and Lalung, Japarang and Ab Kadir, Mohd Omar and Ahmad, Mardiana Idayu (2022) Waterless sterilization and cleaning of sheep wool fiber using supercritical carbon dioxide. Textile Research Journal, 92 (5-6). pp. 835-850.
Noman, Efaq and Al-Gheethi, Adel and Mohamed, Radin Maya Saphira Radin and Al-Sahari, Mohamed and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Vo, Dai-Viet N and Naushad, M (2022) Sustainable approaches for nickel removal from wastewater using bacterial biomass and nanocomposite adsorbents: A review. Chemosphere, 291. p. 132862.
Shadi, Abdubaki Mohamed Hussen and Kamaruddin, Mohammad Anuar and Niza, Noorzalila Muhammad and Omar, Fatehah Mohd and Hossain, Md Sohrab (2022) Facile isotherms of iron oxide nanoparticles for the effectively removing organic and inorganic pollutants from landfill leachate: Isotherms, kinetics, and thermodynamics modelling. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10 (3). p. 107753.
Alsaedi, Alyaa Abdulhussein and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Balakrishnan, Venugopal and Ahmad Yahaya, Ahmad Naim and Ismail, Norli and Naushad, Mu and Bathula, Chinna and Ahmad, Mardiana Idayu and others (2022) Extraction of Municipal Sewage Sludge Lipids Using Supercritical CO 2 for Biodiesel Production: Mathematical and Kinetics Modeling. Journal of Chemistry, 2022.
Alsaedi, Alyaa Abdulhussein and Hossain, Md Sohrab and Balakrishnan, Venugopal and Shaah, Marwan Abdul Hakim and Makhtar, Muaz Mohd Zaini and Ismail, Norli and Naushad, Mu and Bathula, Chinna (2022) Extraction and separation of lipids from municipal sewage sludge for biodiesel production: kinetics and thermodynamics modeling. Fuel, 325. p. 124946.
Hossain, Md Sohrab and Rashdi, Shabib Al and Hamed, Yaman and Al-Gheethi, Adel and Omar, Fatehah Mohd and Zulkifli, Muzafar and Ahmad Yahaya, Ahmad Naim (2022) Implementation of FeSO4· H2O as an Eco-Friendly Coagulant for the Elimination of Organic Pollutants from Tertiary Palm Oil Mill Effluent: Process Optimization, Kinetics, and Thermodynamics Studies. Water, 14 (22). p. 3602.
Binhweel, Fozy (2022) Biofuel in Yemen; an alternative energy resource toward sustainability. Progress in Engineering Application and Technology, 3 (2). pp. 945-955.