Dr Muhammad Bilal Asif

Dr. Muhammad Bilal Asif is an accomplished environmental engineer and membrane technologist, recognized as one of the top 2% of scientists worldwide by Stanford University in 2024. Currently a Specialist Research Technician at Southampton University, he specializes in sustainable water treatment solutions. Dr. Asif holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Wollongong, Australia, where his dissertation on high-retention enzymatic membrane bioreactors earned examiners’ commendation.

With a robust career spanning academia and industry, Dr. Asif has held positions such as Adjunct Researcher at RMIT University, Australia, and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Tsinghua University, China and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. His research, funded by over $450,000 in grants, focuses on designing advanced materials for water purification, micropollutant degradation, and resource recovery. He has authored numerous high-impact publications, with over 3550 citations and an h-index of 34. Dr. Asif is also a dedicated teacher, with experience across Pakistan, Australia, and Saudi Arabia, and a reviewer for over 20 prestigious journals. He has received several awards such as the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Fellowship, President’s Gold Medal, the Australian Commonwealth Government Research Training Program Scholarship.