Dr. Azmat Ali Khan

Assistant Professor

Biography

Dr. Azmat Ali Khan is a faculty member in Chemical and Energy Engineering with research expertise in photocatalysis, nanomaterials, and sustainable energy conversion. His academic interests include carbon capture and utilization, and renewable-energy-driven catalysis and wastewater treatment. He actively contributes to research, teaching, supervision, and international collaboration in environmental sustainability and clean energy technologies. He has authored more than 30 publications in leading international journals and has received several awards for innovations in sustainable energy technologies.

Experience

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Energy Engineering, PAF-IAST, (February 2026 till now)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department (CPE), UAE University, Alain, (June, 2024- January 2026)
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Arts (FOE&A), Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Quetta, Pakistan, (July, 2016—June 2024)

Education

Ph. D Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 2022
MS Petroleum Engineering, Politecnico Di Torino, Italy, 2013
BS Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan, 2009

Publications

Azmat Ali Khan and Muhammad Tahir, Recent advancements in engineering approach towards design of photo-reactors for selective photocatalytic CO2 reduction to renewable fuels. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2019. 29: p. 205-239. (I.F= 5.993)
Abdullah Bafaqeer, Muhammad Tahir, Azmat Ali khan, Nor Aishah Saidina Amin, Indirect Z-Scheme Assembly of 2D ZnV2O6/RGO/g-C3N4 Nanosheets with RGO/pCN as Solid-State Electron Mediators toward Visible-Light-Enhanced CO2 Reduction. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019. 58(20): p. 8612-8624. (I.F=3.573)
Azmat Ali Khan and Muhammad Tahir, Well-designed 2D/2D Ti3C2TA/R MXene coupled g-C3N4 heterojunction with in-situ growth of anatase/rutile TiO2 nucleates to boost photocatalytic dry-reforming of methane (DRM) for syngas production under visible light. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021. 285: p. 119777.(I.F=19.50)
Azmat Ali Khan, Muhammad Tahir, and Abdullah Bafaqeer, Constructing a Stable 2D Layered Ti3C2 MXene Cocatalyst-Assisted TiO2/g-C3N4/Ti3C2 Heterojunction for Tailoring Photocatalytic Bireforming of Methane under Visible Light. Energy & Fuels, 2020. 34(8): p. 9810-9828. (I.F=3.65)
Muhammad Tahir, Azmat Ali Khan, Sehar Tasleem, Rehan Mansoor, Wei Keen Fan., Titanium Carbide (Ti3C2) MXene as a Promising Co-catalyst for Photocatalytic CO2 Conversion to Energy-Efficient Fuels: A Review. Energy & Fuels, 2021. 35(13): p. 10374- 10404. (I.F= 3.65)