Afrah Harafan

Student

PhD student

Current

Research Interests

My research interests aim in creating sustainable solutions to global challenges that can have a positive impact on the environment and society.

Selected Publications

  1. Abatement of pesticides using carbon nanomaterials, Elsevier, 2022

    Afrah Harafan, Reetesh K Gangwar, and Shihabudheen M. Maliyekkal 

    https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90763-7.00001-9

  2. Graphene modified photocatalysts for the removal of emerging contaminants, Springer 2021

    Afrah Harafan, Shibil Abdul Gafoor, Taitameidi Divya Kusuma, and Shihabudheen M. Maliyekkal https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8367-1_16

  3. Granular bimetal-oxide nanocomposite of tunable size and shape for the adsorptive removal of lead from water

    M. Naga Jyothi, Afrah Harafan, Soujith Sengupta, Neethu. N, Gaurav Singhal, B. J. Ramaiah, and Shihabudheen M. Maliyekkal  

    Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2022.107353

  4. Ciprofloxacin and metronidazole adsorption on chitosan modified graphene oxide as single compound and binary-mixtures: Kinetics, Isotherm and sorption mechanism,

    Dinkar Parashar, Afrah Harafan, Gopal Achari, and Mathava Kumar 

    Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000724

  5. The regime of constructed wetlands in greywater treatment, IWA Publishing, 2022                  , U Ushani, Vineeth Manthapuri, Afrah Harafan, Padmanaban Velayudhaperumal Chellam, and Tamilarasan Karuppiah

    https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2022.159

  6. PATENT

Shihabudheen M. Maliyekkal, Nithyadaran M, Abins Aziz, Shibil CK, Uthradevi Kannan, Afrah Harafan, and Sonali Srivastav 

“Method of preparing an environmental-friendly bio-inspired sealant composite and uses thereof”. Application No: 201941031281.         Indian Patent granted: 04.08.2022 

Education

M. Tech, Environmental Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), India, 2018

B. Tech, Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), India, 2013

Professional Profile

Junior Research Fellow, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupathi (IITTP), 2020

KAUST Affiliations

PSE Division

Research Interests Keywords

Sustainability, Nanomaterials, Solar evaporation, Water and Energy harvesting