SAWAIRA ADIL

Sawaira Adil (Ph.D.) is postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson university. Prior to this position she was an assistant professor at Hanyang University. Previously, Sawaira worked as a doctoral research fellow in the Department of Materials and Environmental Technology, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia. Sawaira has Ph.D. in Energy and Environmental Engineering, and her research area broadly covers the investigation mechanism for the removal of micropollutants from wastewater by homogeneous and heterogeneous advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) and adsorption. Her additional responsibilities include provide technical and analytical assistance to other researchers and scientists, preparing research papers for presentations and peer review journals.

• Afridi, M. N., Adil, S., Byambaa, B., Sohail, M., Wang, J., & Li, C. (2024). Progress, challenges, and prospects of MOF-based adsorbents for phosphate recovery from wastewater. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 63, 105530
• Adil, S., & Kim, J. O. (2023). Enhanced adsorption performance of a Cu/Ni-MXene composite for phosphate recovery and removal of Cr (VI) from aqueous solutions, Separation and Purification Technology; 326, 124725.
• Adil, S., & Kim, J. O. (2023). The effectiveness and adsorption mechanism of iron-carbon nanotube composites for removing phosphate from aqueous environments, Chemosphere; 313, 137629.
• Nguyen, H.T., Adil, S., Cho K, Jeong S, Kim, E. J. (2022) Improvement of carbamazepine through biodegradation coupled with peroxymonosulfate-based Fenton oxidation, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering; 10 (4), 108150.
• Kim, E. J., Park, S., Adil, S., Lee, S., & Cho, K. (2021). Biogeochemical alteration of an aquifer soil during in situ chemical oxidation by hydrogen peroxide and peroxymonosulfate. Environmental Science & Technology, 55(8), 5301-5311.
• Adil, S., Kim, W. S., Kim, T. H., Lee, S., Hong, S. W., & Kim, E. J. (2020). Defective, oxygen-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes as an efficient peroxymonosulfate activator for degradation of organic pollutants, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 396, 122757.
• Adil, S., Maryam, B., Kim, E. J., & Dulova, N. (2020). Individual and simultaneous degradation of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim by ozone, ozone/hydrogen peroxide and ozone/persulfate processes: A comparative study, Environmental Research, 189.
• Adil, S., Mashiatullah, A., Asma, M., Ghaffar, A., Khan, S., & Abid, J. (2014). Adsorption of heavy metals by bio-chars produced from pyrolysis of paper mulberry from simulated industrial wastewater. Nucleus; 51(3), 323-327.
• Adil, S., Mashiatullah, A., Asma, M., Abid, J., & Ghaffar, A. (2014). Heavy metal removal efficiency of paper mulberry biochar and commercially available silica powder from simulated industrial wastewater. Iranica Journal of Energy and Environment; 5(4), 446-452.

• Adil, S., Mashiatullah, A., Asma, M., (2015). Comparison of Heavy Metals removal efficiency of some biochars (Remediation of Heavy metals). LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany
• Adil, S., Marwat, S., Khan, S., (2015). Determination of Pesticides in Fruits, and Vegetables: A Review Study for Determination of Pesticides in Different Fruits and Vegetables. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany.

• Oral presentation, (21–23 October 2019), Surface defective multi-Walled carbon nanotubes with enhanced catalytic activity in Fenton-like reactions, “11th Micropol & Ecohazard Conference Seoul, Republic of Korea
• Participation, (Nov 2017), International Environmental Engineering Conference & Annual Meeting of the Korean Society of Environmental Engineers (IEEC), Jeju, Republic of Korea.

• Doctoral Research Grant (Dora Plus program), Department of Materials and Environmental Technology in Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), funded by European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Estonia, (Feb 2019-May 2019).
• Doctorate Research Study, KIST-School, Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), funded by Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), Seoul, Republic of Korea, (Mar 2016-Feb 2021).
• Academic Excellence Award for outstanding performance and scholarly achievements by Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Republic of Korea.