Bio

Dr. Farid received his Ph.D. degree from the City University of Hong Kong and currently working as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Water and Membrane Technologies Laboratory at CityU. Before this appointment, he worked as a Lecturer at Hong Kong Metropolitan University and as a Senior Research Associate at CityU, Hong Kong.

Research Interests

• Membranes separation processes for water desalination and wastewater treatment applications
• Nano-enabled membrane fabrication and characterization
• Photothermal membrane distillation
• Application of nanobubble technology in membrane separation processes
• Monitoring and control of fouling and scaling in membrane-based processes
• Adsorptive filtration for metal ions removal

Publication

Book Chapters:

• Jehad A. K., Farid, M.U., David, V.E., Gao, Y, and An, A. K (2019). Hybrid configurations of membrane distillation: Memsys Vacuum multi-effect membrane distillation (V-MEMD). Nova Science Publishers.

Peer-reviewed journal papers:

• Kharraz, A. J., Khan, N. K., Farid, M.U., Kim, J., Jeong, S., and An, A. K. (2022). Membrane Distillation Bioreactor (MDBR) for Wastewater Treatment, Water Reuse, and Resource Recovery: A Review. Journal of Water Processing Engineering
• Farid, M.U., Choi, P. J., Lao, J. Y ., Hilaire, S. S., An, A. K. (2022) Hybrid nanobubble-forward osmosis system for aquaculture wastewater treatment and reuse. Chemical Engineering Journal
• Farid, M.U., Kharraz. A. J., An, A. K. (2022) Nanobubble-assisted scaling inhibition in membrane distillation process for high salinity brine treatment. Water Research
• Kharraz. A. J., Farid, M.U., D Jassby., An, A. K. (2022) A systematic study on the impact of feed composition and substrate wettability on wetting and fouling of omniphobic and janus membranes in membrane distillation. Journal of Membrane Science
• Farid, M.U., Kharraz. A. J., An, A. K. (2021) Plasmonic titanium nitride nano-enabled membranes with high structural stability for efficient photothermal desalination. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
• Farid, M.U., Kharraz. A. J., An, A. K. (2020) High-efficiency solar-driven water desalination using a thermally isolated plasmonic membrane. Journal of Cleaner Production
• Kharraz. A. J., Farid, M.U., Khanzada. N. K., Deka. B. J., Arafat. A. H., An, A. K. (2020) Macro-corrugated and nano-patterned hierarchically structured superomniphobic membrane for treatment of low surface tension oily wastewater by membrane distillation. Water Research
• Khan, N. K., Farid, M.U., J. Choi. J, Kharraz. J, Tang. C, Nghiem. L.D, Jang. Am, and An, A. K. (2019). Removal of organic micropollutants using advanced membrane-based water and wastewater treatment: A review. Journal of Membrane Science
• Farid, M.U., Khanzada, N, K., & An, A. K. (2019). Understanding fouling dynamics on functionalized CNT-based membranes: Mechanisms and reversibility. Desalination
• Farid, M.U., Guo, J., & An, A. K. (2018). Bacterial inactivation and in situ monitoring of biofilm development on graphene oxide membrane using optical coherence tomography. Journal of Membrane Science
• Farid, M.U., Jeong, S., Seo, D. H., Ahmed, R., Lau, C., Gali, N. K., & An, A. K. (2018). Mechanistic insight into the in vitro toxicity of graphene oxide against biofilm forming bacteria using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Nanoscale
• Farid, M.U., Luan, H. Y., Wang, Y., Huang, H., An, A. K., & Khan, R. J. (2017). Increased adsorption of aqueous zinc species by Ar/O2 plasma-treated carbon nanotubes immobilized in hollow-fiber ultrafiltration membrane. Chemical Engineering Journal
• Ali, S., Rehman, S. A. U., Luan, H. Y., Farid, M.U., & Huang, H. (2018). Challenges and opportunities in functional carbon nanotubes for membrane-based water treatment and desalination. Science of the Total Environment
• Guo, J., Farid, M.U., Lee, E. J., Yan, D. Y. S., Jeong, S., & An, A. K. (2018). Fouling behavior of negatively charged PVDF membrane in membrane distillation for removal of antibiotics from wastewater. Journal of Membrane Science
• Wu, J., An, A. K., Guo, J., Lee, E. J., Farid, M.U., & Jeong, S. (2017). CNTs reinforced super-hydrophobic-oleophilic electrospun polystyrene oil sorbent for enhanced sorption capacity and reusability. Chemical Engineering Journal
• Ali, S., Rehman, S. A. U., Shah. I. A., Farid, M.U., & Huang, H. (2018). Efficient removal of zinc from synthetic solution and real wastewater effluents by functional carbon nanotube membranes: Behaviors and mechanisms of dynamic filtration. Journal of Hazardous Materials
• Ahmed, T., Farid, M.U., Faridullah, M., Naseem, K., Ali, S. A., Durrani, Y., & Muhammad, A. (2017). Toxic, vital elemental analysis and nutritional quality of wheat flour of Hazara division, Pakistan. Feb-Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Research Project Grants (PI/Co-I)

• Nanobubble-assisted forward osmosis system for aquaculture wastewater treatment and reuse (2021) (PACRD- HKMU Research Grant Council), Status: Approved, Role: Lead PI (Approved funding ~HK$ 200,000)
• Nanobubble floatation technology for microplastics removal from sewage effluents (2021). Environmental Conservation Fund, Hong Kong Government, Status: Approved, Role: Co-I (Approved funding ~HK $500,000)

Awards

• Hong Kong PhD. Fellowship (2016; Hong Kong Government)
• Research Tuition Scholarship (2017/18: City University of Hong Kong)
• Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies Entrance Scholarships (2016/2017)
• Fully funded Chinese Government Scholarship for Master's Degree Program.
• Outstanding Academic Performance Award, (2016/17; City University of Hong Kong)
• Partial Support Program for PhD Studies Abroad (US$ 8,200; 2019 HEC Pakistan)
• Gold Medal for excellent academic record in Bachelor's Degree (2013; Comsats University)
• Undergraduate Research Assistantship (2011/2012; Comsats University)