Dr. Danyal Naseer

Dr. Danyal Naseer earned his bachelor’s degree in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad. He was subsequently awarded fully funded scholarship for MS leading to PhD in Advanced Materials Engineering at the Korea National University of Science and Technology (UST), South Korea. In recognition of his outstanding academic and research performance, he was awarded with ‘Research Paper Award’ and ‘Outstanding Research Assistant Award’ in 2024 and received the ‘Research Excellence Award (Graduation Award)’ in 2025 postgraduate convocation of UST.

During his PhD, Dr. Danyal joined the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) as a researcher in September 2019, drawn by its state-of-the-art facilities and collaborative research environment. His research specialization is focused on the development of membrane technology for separation and filtration applications with particular emphasis on ceramic membranes

Dr. Danyal has published several research articles in well-reputed international journals and has been actively involved in multiple Korean National Research Projects. He was granted PKR 3 million in research funding under Young Scientist+ Research Program by Korea National University of Science and Technology (UST) as Pl for the project titled “Development of highly hydrophilic/oleophobic ceramic membrane for treatment of emulsified oily wastewater”.

He has presented his research work in several international conferences organized in France, Brazil and South Korea. He is also serving as a reviewer in several reputed international research journals. Dr. Danyal is an active member of The Korean Ceramic Society and The American Ceramic Society.

1. Naseer, D., Lucio, M. D. S., Ha, J.-H., Lee, J., Lee, H. J., & Song, I.-H. (2025). Controlling substrate surface roughness via co-sintering of MF/UF ceramic membranes for high-integrity mesoporous toplayer coatings. Journal of Membrane Science, 739(2025), 124915.
   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2025.124915.
2. Naseer, D., Ha, J.-H., Lee, J., Lee, H. J., & Song, I.-H. (2025). Aqueous sol-gel derived zirconia-based asymmetric loose nanofiltration membrane for enhanced dye/salt separation at low pressure levels. Desalination, 613(2025), 119054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2025.119054.
3. Naseer, D., Ha, J.-H., Lee, J., Lee, H. J., & Song, I.-H. (2024). A novel and simple fabrication method for a biomimetic-inspired lath-structured ceramic microfiltration membrane for the treatment of oil-inwater emulsions. Separation and Purification Technology, 334(December 2023), 126040. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2023.126040.
4. Naseer, D., Ha, J.-H., Lee, J., Lee, H. J., & Song, I.-H. (2023). High-Performance ϒ-Al2O3 Multichannel Tube-Type Tight Ultrafiltration Membrane Using a Modified Sol-Gel Method. Membranes 2023, Vol. 13, Page 405, 13(4), 405.  https://doi.org/10.3390/MEMBRANES13040405.
5. Naseer, D., Ha, J.-H., Lee, J., & Song, I.-H. (2022). Preparation of Al2O3 multichannel cylindrical-tubetype microfiltration membrane with surface modification. Applied Sciences, 12(16), 7993. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12167993.

1. Ceramic Nanofiltration Membrane for Selective Dye Rejection and Salt Permeation | Domestic (South Korea) | Application no. 2025-0112255 | August 13th, 2025
2. Co-sintering-based surface roughness-controlled ceramic separator and its manufacturing method |Domestic (South Korea) | Application no. 10-2025-0181794 | November 26th, 2025

1. Development of extruded ceramic membrane support, nanopore coating technology and hydrogen membrane module | funded by South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy | September 2024 – December 2028 | Principal Investigator: Dr. In-Hyuck Song
2. Development of environmental nanomaterial-based ceramic membranes for public safety and resource recovery from emerging industrial wastewater | funded by South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT | July 2024 – December 2028 | Principal Investigator: Dr. Hong-Joo Lee
3. Development of ceramic ultrafiltration membrane for simultaneous separation and degradation | funded by South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT | January 2024 – December 2026 | Principal Investigator: Dr. Jongman Lee
4. Development of highly hydrophilic/oleophobic ceramic membrane for treatment of emulsified oily wastewater | 3M+ PKR funded by Korea National University of Science and Technology (Young Scientist+ Research Program) | December 2022 – November 2023 | Principal Investigator: Danyal Naseer
5. Development of ceramic filter materials for the treatment of highly hazardous wastewater | funded by South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT | August 2020 – December 2024 | Principal Investigator: Dr. In-Hyuck Song

• Research Excellence Award, (Graduation Award)
  Korea National University of Science and Technology (UST), 2025
• UST Research Paper Award, Korea National University of Science and Technology (UST), 2024
• Outstanding Research Assistant Award, Korea National University of Science and Technology (UST), 2024
• Best Oral Presentation Award American Ceramic Society 2023,
• Project Grant at the UST Young  Scientist+ Research Program, Korea National University of
  Science and Technology (UST), 2022
• Best Poster Award Korean Ceramic Society 2021