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Dr. Muhammad Ali

Assistant Professor (Civil Struct & Env. Eng.)
CIVIL ENGINEERING BUILDING (NEW)

 MUHAMMAD.ALI@tcd.ie

 3531896 1743


Biography

Dr Ali joined Trinity College Dublin in Jan 2022 as an Assistant Professor. He, an environmental engineer by profession, holds an MS degree in Environmental Engineering from National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Pakistan. Furthermore, he earned a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Hokkaido University, Japan. With experience in both industry and academia, Dr Ali has made significant contributions to his field. In addition to his academic pursuits, he also co-founded a start-up company based at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia. His research primarily revolves around understanding microbial interactions within natural and engineered ecosystems. His aim is to deepen our understanding of these interactions and explore their broader implications. Moreover, his expertise lies in developing innovative environmental biotechnologies that effectively tackle and mitigate environmental pollution. Through his academic accomplishments, practical experience, and passion for environmental engineering, Dr Ali remains devoted to creating sustainable solutions that address the pressing environmental challenges of our time.

Research Projects

 Conversion of ammonium (NH4+) to green hydrogen using electroactive anammox bacteria
 Refined estimates of atmospheric emissions associated with wastewater treatment processes for Ireland
 Efficient and effective biofiltration of methane generated from on site waste water treatment system
 Investigating microbial community composition in cores of gas fields in Ireland
 Consultancy on a KAUST project - scaling up a wastewater treatment technology

Representations

Details Date
Serving on the editorial board as Associate Editor in Frontier Microbiology for Microbiotechnology section (speciality section of Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology and Frontiers in Environmental Science)
Serving as reviewer for Water Research, Frontier Microbiology, Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T), Environmental Science and Technology Water (ES&T Water) etc.

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
Members of Engineers Ireland 2022 2023
International Water Association (IWA)
Pakistan Council for Architects and Town Planners
Genomics Tools to Study Membrane-Based Systems in, editor(s)Sergio G. Salinas-Rodríguez; Loreen O. Villacorte , Experimental Methods for Membrane Applications in Desalination and Water Treatment, London UK, 2024, [Muhammad Ali, Lucia Ruiz Haddad, Mohamed Fauzi Haroon, Pascal E. Saikaly], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Lucia Ruiz-Haddad, Muhammad Ali, Mario Pronk, Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, Pascal E. Saikaly, Demystifying polyphosphate-accumulating organisms relevant to wastewater treatment: A review of their phylogeny, metabolism, and detection, Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Ali, Muhammad Singh, Yogesh Fortunato, Luca Rehman, Zahid Ur Manjunath, Sarvajith Vrouwenvelder, Johannes S. Pronk, Mario van Loosdrecht, Mark C. M. Saikaly, Pascal E., Performance Evaluation of a Pilot-Scale Aerobic Granular Sludge Integrated with Gravity-Driven Membrane System Treating Domestic Wastewater, ACS ES&T Water, 3, (8), 2023, p2681 - 2690, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Alshahri Abdullah H, Obaid M, Dehwah Abdullah H.A, Missimer Thomas M, Ali Muhamma, Ghaffour Noreddin, Combination of advanced coagulation Fe(VI) and UF membrane to effectively remove organic compounds and mitigate biofouling during harmful algal blooms, Desalination, 565, 2023, p116882-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Alejandro Javier Criado Monleon, Jan Knappe, Celia Somlai, Carolina Ospina Betancourth, Muhammad Ali, Thomas P. Curtis, Laurence William Gill, Spatial Variation of the Microbial Community Structure of On-Site Soil Treatment Units in a Temperate Climate, and the Role of Pre-treatment of Domestic Effluent in the Development of the Biomat Community, Front. Microbiol., 13, (915856), 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Muhammad Ali; Pei-Ying Hong; Himanshu Mishra; Johannes Vrouwenvelder; Pascal Saikaly, Adopting the circular model: opportunities and challenges of transforming wastewater treatment plants into resource recovery facilities in Saudi Arabia , Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination, 2022, Notes: [https://doi.org/10.2166/wrd.2022.038 ], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Manal F. Alqahtani and Suman Bajracharya and Krishna P. Katuri and Muhammad Ali and Jiajie Xu and Mohammed S. Alarawi and Pascal E. Saikaly, Enrichment of salt-tolerant CO2â€"fixing communities in microbial electrosynthesis systems using porous ceramic hollow tube wrapped with carbon cloth as cathode and for CO2 supply, Science of the Total Environment, 766, 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Veerraghavulu Sapireddy and Krishna P. Katuri and Ali Muhammad and Pascal E. Saikaly, Competition of two highly specialized and efficient acetoclastic electroactive bacteria for acetate in biofilm anode of microbial electrolysis cell, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 7, 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Gerald K. Matar and Muhammad Ali and Samik Bagchi and Suzana Nunes and Wen-Tso Liu and Pascal E. Saikaly, Relative Importance of Stochastic Assembly Process of Membrane Biofilm Increased as Biofilm Aged, Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Alqahtani, M.F., Bajracharya, S., Katuri, K.P., Ali, M., Xu, J., Alarawi, M.S., Saikaly, P.E., Enrichment of salt-tolerant CO2"fixing communities in microbial electrosynthesis systems using porous ceramic hollow tube wrapped with carbon cloth as cathode and for CO2 supply, Science of the Total Environment, 766, 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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Muhammad Ali, Sher Jamal Khan, Muhammad Ukasha , Simulation of the impacts of land-use change on surface runoff: Lai Nullah Basin in Islamabad, Pakistan, 1, Saarbrücken, Germany, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2011, Book, PUBLISHED

  

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

My research focuses on optimizing and developing sustainable environmental biotechnologies to fully harness the biochemical potential and metabolism of microbial communities for resource recovery (reclaimed water, energy, biochemicals) from waste streams. Environmental biotechnology and microbial ecology are naturally tied together. Understanding the microbial ecology of microbial communities is essential to harness their power for resource recovery fully. I work at the interface of microbiology, microbial ecology, and bioprocess engineering. My primary focus is to understand these water-related engineered ecosystems using advanced omics tools (metagenomics and metatranscriptomics, third-generation (long-read) sequencing), stable isotope analysis, molecular techniques, and mathematical modeling. A better understanding of these bioprocesses is used to optimize bioprocess to convert waste to resources (reclaimed water, energy, biochemicals) with minimum energy inputs, resources, and carbon footprint.