Imran Ali, working as an 'Associate Professor' in the College of Ecology and Environment at the Nanjing Forestry University, and he is mainly engaged in teaching and research work in 'Environmental Pollution Control Engineering'. He has presided one (01) National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)-Research Fund for International Young Scientists (RFIS-I) project. Published ≥100 articles (including ≥30 first author, ≥15 corresponding author, ≥50 co-author SCI publications in leading journals such as Water Research, Environmental Science and Technology, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology, Environmental Pollution, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Cleaner Production, Separation and Purification Technology, Journal of Environmental Management, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Environmental Research, Materials Today Chemistry, so on). Importantly, he has published 10 papers as 1st/Co-corresponding author in Nature Index Journals (i.e., Water Research, Journal of Cleaner Production, Environmental Pollution, and Environmental Research). He has h-index 40 and i10-index 80 along-with more than 5000+ citations in SCI papers. His 6 papers have been selected as ESI highly cited papers and ≥10 papers have got citations more than 100 times. He has got several awards including "Jiangsu Outstanding Postdoctoral Award" from Jiangsu province, "Outstanding Postdoctoral Entrance Award" from Shenzhen University, "Foreign Experts Funding for Foreign Scholars" from MOST, China, and Award of Honor from “China Scholarship Council". Published four (04) book chapters in Springer Nature and Elsevier. ResearchGate GoogleScholar ORCID Scopus Author ID: 57225450006 ResearcherID: HOC-6956-2023 Office Location: E12-316 (NorthGate-1, NJFU Engineering Planning Design Institute Building) Work Experience: 2025.01—Present, Associate Professor, College of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, P R China. 2022.01—2024.12, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, P R China. 2020.01—2021.12, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, P R China. 2015.10—2016.06, Lab. Engineer (BPS-17) ‘On-Adhoc’, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan. 2011.09—2015.10, Part-Time Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan. Education 2016.09—2019.06, PhD in Environmental Engineering, Doctor of Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, P R China. 2011.09—2013.12, Agricultural Engineering, Master of Engineering, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan. 2007.09—2011.06, Agricultural Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan. Research Interests: 1. Development of Novel Water and Wastewater Remediation Technologies 2. Environmental Fate and Removal of Emerging Pollutants (Microplastics, Nanoplastics, PFAS, etc.) 3. Materials Fabrication (Membrane, Nanoparticles, MOFs-NPs, Biochar, etc.) for the Application of Environmental Pollution Control Awards and Honors: (1). Awarded “Jiangsu Outstanding Postdoctoral Award” of 0.3 million RMB (300,000 RMB) (Young Talent Support) from Jiangsu Province P R China, Batch: 2022; Grant Number: 2022ZB154, Time Period: 2022-01 to 2023-12. (2). Awarded “Foreign Experts Funding for Foreign Scholars” of 0.20 million RMB (200,000 RMB) from Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of China. Grant Number: Y20250032/011108063, Time Period: 01-01-2025 to 12-31-2026. (3) Awarded “Foreign Experts Funding for Foreign Scholars” of 0.20 million RMB (200,000 RMB) from Ministry of Science and Technology of China. Grant Number: 1061/424009, Time Period: 01-01-2023 to 12-31-2024. (4) Awarded “Outstanding Postdoctoral Entrance Award” of 48,000 RMB from Shenzhen University, Guangdong Province, P R China, Batch: 33rd; Time Period: 2020-01 to 2021-13. (5). Certificate/ Award of Honor from “China Scholarship Council” to represent the “Ocean University of China” (OUC) at the forum “The Fourth Experience China-Trip to Capital” owing to having highest academic/ research achievements at OUC, Session 2016-19, 12-15 June 2019, in Beijing, P R China. (6). Award of Honor in “Recognition of Services to the Departmental and Academic Excellence in Agricultural Engineering” from Department of Agricultural Engineering, BZU, MULTAN, Pakistan in 2013 (7). Award of Honor in “Recognition of Services to the Departmental and Academic Excellence in Agricultural Engineering” from Department of Agricultural Engineering, BZU, MULTAN, Pakistan in 2014 (8). Award of Honor to complete research project “Variation of Physico-Chemical and Isotopic Composition of Water Sample in and Around the Rawal Lake Islamabad” by using Stable Environmental Isotopic Techniques, in the Isotope Application Division (IAD), at PINSTECH, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), Nilore, Islamabad (9). Award of Honor in completing “Foreign Faculty Training-2020” from Shenzhen University, China in 2020. |
As First (1st)/Co-1st/Co-corresponding Author: 1. Ali I, Tan X, Xie Y, Peng C, Li J, Naz I, Duan Z, Wan P, Huang J, Liang J, Rui Z 2023. Recent Innovations in Microplastics and Nanoplastics Removal by Coagulation Technique: Implementations, Knowledge Gaps and Prospects. Water Research. 2023 Sep 10:120617. (Nature index journal, SCI, IF: 12.40; Q1, CAS Rank-1) WOS:001083354300001; citations: 33 2. Ali I, Tan X, Li J, Peng C, Wan P, Naz I, Duan Z, Ruan Y 2023. Innovations in the Development of Promising Adsorbents for the Remediation of Microplastics and Nanoplastics–A Critical Review. Water Research. 2023 Dec 22:119526. (Nature index journal, SCI, IF: 12.40; Q1, CAS Rank-1) WOS:000923200700001; citations: 73 3. Rui Zhu, Xiao Tan*, Ali I*, Zhipeng Duan, Jiang Huang, Jia Liang, Yijia Wei, Kai Sun 2025. Eco-corona Formation on Aminated Nanoplastics Interacted with Extracellular Polymeric Substances from Bloom-forming Cyanobacteria: Insightful Mechanisms with DFT Study. Water Research, Volume 278, 15 June 2025, 123394 (Nature index journal, SCI, IF: 12.40; Q1, CAS Rank-1) DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2025.123394; citations: 15 4. Ali I, Tan X, Li J, Peng C, Naz I, Duan Z, Ruan Y 2022. Interaction of microplastics and nanoplastics with natural organic matter (NOM) and the impact of NOM on the sorption behavior of anthropogenic contaminants–A critical review. Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 376, 20 November 2022, 134314. (Nature index journal, SCI, IF: 10.00, Q1, CAS Rank-1) WOS:000876702700002; citations: 85 5. Ali I, Wan P, Raza S, Peng C, Tan X, Sun H, Li J 2022. Development of novel MOF-mixed matrix three-dimensional membrane capsules for eradicating potentially toxic metals from water and real electroplating wastewater. Environmental Research. 2022 Dec 1;215:113945. (Nature index journal, SCI, IF: 7.70, Q1, CAS Rank-2) WOS:000869795000003; citations: 17 6. Ali I, Cheng Q, Ding T, Yiguang Q, Yuechao Z, Sun H, Peng C, Naz I, Li J, Liu J 2021. Micro-and nanoplastics in the environment: Occurrence, detection, characterization, and toxicity–A critical review. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2021 Sep 1;313:127863. (Nature index journal, SCI, IF: 10.00, Q1, CAS Rank-1) WOS:000683881400001; citations: 126 7. Ali I, Xiao Tan*, Ghulam Mustafa, Jian Gao, Changsheng Peng, Iffat Naz, Zhipeng Duan, Yinlan Ruan 2024. Removal of Microplastics and Nanoplastics by Filtration Technology: Performance and Barriers to Market Penetrations. Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 470, 10 September 2024, 143305 (Nature index journal, SCI, IF: 10.00, Q1, CAS Rank-1) WOS:001290260300001; citations: 7 8. Huang, J., Tan, X., Ali, I*., Ok, Y.S., Duan, Z., Liang, J. and Zhu, R., 2024. Efficient Removal of Nanoplastics by Iron-modified Biochar: Understanding the Removal Mechanisms. Environmental Pollution, Volume 363, Part 1, 15 December 2024, 125121, (Nature index journal, SCI, IF: 7.30, Q1, CAS Rank-2) WOS:001339959000001; citations: 0 9. Fang Y, Wu X, Dai M, Lopez-Valdivieso A, Raza S, Ali I*, Peng C, Li J, Naz I 2021. The sequestration of aqueous Cr (VI) by zero valent iron-based materials: from synthesis to practical application. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2021 Aug 20;312:127678. (Nature index journal, SCI, IF: 10.00, Q1, CAS Rank-1) WOS:000672815200004; citations: 75 10. Deng Y, Peng C, Dai M, Lin D, Ali I*, Alhewairini SS, Zheng X, Chen G, Li J, Naz I 2020. Recent development of super-wettable materials and their applications in oil-water separation. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020 Sep 1;266:121624. (Nature index journal, SCI, IF: 10.00, Q1, CAS Rank-1) WOS:000542698900011; citations: 239 11. Ali, I., Yue, W., Li, W., Han, J., Lu, H., Naz, I. and Wei, G., 2026. Highly Efficient and Biodegradable Alginate-Polydopamine-mixed Matrix Three-Dimensional Membrane Capsules for the Broad-Spectrum Removal of Diverse Nanoplastics in Complex Water Environments. Separation and Purification Technology, p.137617. (SCI; IF = 9.0, Q1, CAS Rank-1) 12. Ali, I., Yue, W., Han X., Li, W., Han, J., Ahmad N., Wei, G., and Ali A., 2026. Removal of emerging nanoplastics pollutants by mechanically robust and multifunctional montmorillonite-reinforced polyethyleneimine-functionalized sodium alginate-mixed matrix three-dimensional membrane capsules: Performance, mechanism insights, and feasibility assessment. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, p.151729. (SCI; IF = 8.5, Q1, CAS Rank-2) 13. Wang, Y.,1 Ali, I.,1 Li, W., Noman, M., Han, J., Naz, I., Wan, P., Han, X. and Ren, S., 2026. Unveiling the removal mechanism of nanoplastics by hydroxyethylene diphosphonic acid modified sodium alginate three-dimensional membrane capsules: A combined experimental and DFT study. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, p.152096. (SCI; IF = 8.5, Q1, CAS Rank-2) (1 Co-1st Author) 14. Ali I, Wang Yue, Wei Li, Jiangang Han, Haiying Lu, Iffat Naz, Gao Wei, 2025. Recent innovations in the developments of biopolymer-based materials for the removal of micro- and nanoplastics: A review of performance, critical factors, practicability and knowledge gaps. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 20 October 2025, 148446. (SCI; IF = 8.50, Q1, CAS Rank-2) 15. Ali, I., Wei, L., Jiangang, H., Saroj, D.P. and Naz, I., 2025. Remediation of micro-and nanoplastics by robotic technology: Performance, critical factors and marketing barriers. Journal of Environmental Management, 394, p.127257. (SCI, IF: 8.4, Q1, CAS Rank-2); citations: 3 16. Ali, I., Wei, L., Jiangang, H., Wei, G., Yue, W. and Naz, I., 2025. Robot-based materials for the remediation of plastic particles: Synthesis modulations, motion behaviors and influencing factors. Materials Today Chemistry, 48, p.103002. (SCI, IF: 6.70, Q1, CAS Rank-2); citations: 8 17. Liang, J., Tan, X., Ali, I*., Duan, Z., Huang, J. and Zhu, R., 2024. Polystyrene microplastics enhanced the photo-degradation and-ammonification of algae-derived dissolved organic matters. Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 480, 5 December 2024, 135991. (SCI; IF = 11.30, Q1, CAS Rank-1) WOS:001334819300001; citations: 0 18. Ali I, Peng Wan, Changsheng Peng, Xiao Tan, Huibin Sun, Juying Li* 2024. Integration of Metal Organic Framework Nanoparticles into Sodium Alginate Biopolymer-based Three-Dimensional Membrane Capsules for the Efficient Removal of Toxic Metal Cations from Water and Real Sewage. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Volume 266, Part 2, May 2024, 131312 (SCI, IF: 8.50, Q1, CAS Rank-2) WOS:001227093900001; citations: 5 19. Ali I, Xiao Tan*, Changsheng Peng, Iffat Naz, Alba Hernández, Ricard Marcos, Rashid Pervez, Zhipeng Duan, Yinlan Ruan 2024. Eco- and Bio-corona-based Microplastics and Nanoplastics Complex in the Environment: Modulations in the Toxicological Behavior of Plastic Particles and Factors Affecting. Process Safety and Environment Protection, 2024, 187: 356-375. (SCI, IF: 7.80, Q1, CAS Rank-2) WOS:001240553900001; citations: 8 20. Ali I, Li J, Peng C, Qasim M, Khan ZM, Naz I, Sultan M, Rauf M, Iqbal W, Sharif HM 2022. 3-Dimensional membrane capsules: Synthesis modulations for the remediation of environmental pollutants–A critical review. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 2022 Apr 3;52(7):1092-153. (SCI, IF: 13.30; Q1, CAS Rank-1) WOS:000597031800001; citations: 7 21. Ali I, Ding T, Peng C, Naz I, Sun H, Li J, Liu J 2021. Micro-and nanoplastics in wastewater treatment plants: occurrence, removal, fate, impacts and remediation technologies–a critical review. Chemical Engineering Journal. 2021 Nov 1;423:130205. (SCI, IF: 13.30; Q1, CAS Rank-1) WOS:000683028800001; citations: 192 22. Du Y, Dai M, Naz I, Hao X, Wei X, Rong R, Peng C, Ali I* 2021. Carbothermal reduction synthesis of zero-valent iron and its application as a persulfate activator for ciprofloxacin degradation. Separation and Purification Technology. 2021 Nov 15;275:119201. (SCI, IF: 9.00, Q1, CAS Rank-2) WOS:000694713900002; citations: 41 23. Ali I, Peng C, Lin D, Saroj DP, Naz I, Khan ZM, Sultan M, Ali M 2019. Encapsulated green magnetic nanoparticles for the removal of toxic Pb2+ and Cd2+ from water: Development, characterization, and application. Journal of environmental management. 2019 Mar 15;234:273-89. (SCI, IF: 8.4, Q1, CAS Rank-2) WOS:000460195000030; citations: 83 24. Ali I, Peng C, Khan ZM, Naz I, Sultan M, Ali M, Abbasi IA, Islam T, Ye T 2019. Overview of microbes based fabricated biogenic nanoparticles for water and wastewater treatment. Journal of environmental management. 2019 Jan 15;230:128-50. (SCI, IF: 8.4, Q1, CAS Rank-2) WOS:000452582600014; citations: 122
BOOK CHAPTER PUBLISHED ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ali I, Peng C, Naz I, Amjed MA. Water purification using magnetic nanomaterials: an overview. Magnetic Nanostructures: Environmental and Agricultural Applications. 2019:161-79. Published by Springer, Cham. WOS:000487211700010 2. Ali I, Naz I, Peng C, Abd-Elsalam KA, Khan ZM, Islam T, Pervez R, Amjed MA, Tehrim A, Perveen I, Sehar S. Sources, classifications, constituents, and available treatment technologies for various types of wastewater: An overview. Aquananotechnology. 2021 Jan 1:11-46. Published by Elsevier. 3. Islam T, Ali I, Naz I, Peng C, Khan ZM, Amjed MA. Bionanocomposites for wastewater treatment. Aquananotechnology 2021 Jan 1 (pp. 249-272). Published by Elsevier. 4. Islam T, Ali I, Naz I, Kayshar MS. Appraisal of nanotechnology for sustainable environmental remediation. In Sustainable Nanotechnology for Environmental Remediation 2022 Jan 1 (pp. 3-31). Published by Elsevier. |
