Prof. Dr. Abdul Ghaffar Memon

Publications

2026
  • Muhammad Khizar Hassan, Abdul Ghaffar Memon, Iftikhar Ahmed Channa, Anas Ahmed, Aiman Siddiqui. 2026. “Waste characterization as a pathway to circular resource management in Karachi’s district east”. Discover Sustainability 7 (1), 179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-025-02542-6.

2025
  • Asif Ahmed Shaikh, Abdul Ghaffar Memon, Iftikhar Ahmed Channa, Muhammad Sohaib Sheikh. 2025. “Integrated Spatial Mapping and Arsenic Remediation for Improved Groundwater Quality in Larkana.” ACS Omega 10(28) (July): 30587–30598. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.5c02473
  • Abdul Ghaffar Memon,  Abdulmoseen S. Giwa, Ahmad, Jabran. 2025. “Nanotechnology and Thin Films: Explores Nanoscale Thin Films, Nanocomposites, Nanoparticles, and Their Application.” In: Chandio, A.D., Channa, I.A. (eds) Thin Films and Coatings. Engineering Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-0005-2_8
  • Iftikhar Ahmed Channa, Jaweria Ashfaq, Maria Wasti, Abdul Ghaffar Memon, Muhammad Hasan, Muhammad Ali Shar, Abdulaziz AlHazaa, Athanasios Tiliakos. 2025. “pH-responsive halochromic films based on carboxymethyl cellulose infused with anthocyanin or curcumin dye extracts for smart packaging applications.” Hybrid Advances 10 (September): 100476 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hybadv.2025.100476. 
  • Abdulmoseen Segun Giwa, Ndungutse Jean Maurice, Wang Zelong, Mugabekazi Joie Claire, Mohammadtaghi Vakili, Awei Mabi, Bo Liu, Feifei Lv, Abdul Ghaffar Memon. 2025. “Advancing resource recovery from sewage sludge with IoT-based bioleaching and anaerobic digestion techniques.” Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 13(3) (June):116293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2025.116293.    

2024
  • Chen, Qian, Xingmin Fu, Jiawei Wang, Yawei Zhao, Wei Wang, Abdul Ghaffar Memon, Huihui Zhang, and Yang Wen. 2024. “Characteristics of Advanced Anaerobic Digestion Sludge-Based Biochar and Its Application for Sewage Sludge Conditioning.” Bioresource Technology 402 (June):130833. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.130833.
  • Chiang, Ping Fa, Teng Ling Zhang, Ndungutse Jean Maurice, Mugabekazi Joie Claire, Bigirimana Gentil, Abdul Ghaffar Memon, and Abdulmoseen Segun Giwa. 2024. "Impacts of Polyvinyl Alcohol and Chitosan-Modified Biochar on the Anaerobic Digestion of Sewage Sludge and Valuable Resource Recovery" Processes 12, no. 9: 1987. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12091987
  • Warner, Stuart, Sara Blanco Ramírez, Sandra de Vries, Nancy Marangu, Henriette Ateba Bessa, Carla Toranzo, Madina Imaralieva, Abdul Ghaffar Memon, Loiselle, S., Juanah, M.S.E. 2024. “Empowering Citizen Scientists to Improve Water Quality: From Monitoring to Action.” Frontiers in Water 6 (April). https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2024.1367198.

2023
  • Ashfaq, Jaweria, Iftikhar Ahmed Channa, Abdul Ghaffar Memon, Irfan Ali Chandio, Ali Dad Chandio, Muhammad Ali Shar, Mohamad S. Alsalhi, and Sandhanasamy Devanesan. 2023. “Enhancement of Thermal and Gas Barrier Properties of Graphene-Based Nanocomposite Films.” ACS Omega 8 (44): 41054–63. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c02885.

2022
  • Memon, Abdul Ghaffar, Iftikhar Ahmed Channa, Asif Ahmed Shaikh, Jabran Ahmad, Abdul Fatah Soomro, Abdulmoseen Segun Giwa, Zenab Tariq Baig, Wael A Mahdi, and Sultan Alshehri. 2022. “Citrate-Capped AuNP Fabrication, Characterization and Comparison with Commercially Produced Nanoparticles.” Crystals 12 (12): 1747. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12121747.
  • Giwa, A. S., A. G. Memon, M. Vakili, Y. Ge, and B. Wang. 2022. “The Resource Recovery Potential of Blackwater and Foodwaste: Anaerobic Co-Digestion in Serial Semi-Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors.” International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 19 (6): 5401–8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-021-03414-y.
  • Baig, Zenab Tariq, Sikandar Ali Abbasi, Abdul Ghaffar Memon, Alia Naz, and Abdul Fatah Soomro. 2022. “Assessment of Degradation Potential of Pseudomonas Species in Bioremediating Soils Contaminated with Petroleum Hydrocarbons.” Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology 97 (2): 455–65. https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.6820.
  • Giwa, Abdulmoseen Segun, Huiying Cai, Abdul Ghaffar Memon, Bamidele Segun, Gilbert Adie, Emmanuel Alepu Odey, Baozhen Wang, Alam Md. Shahin, Xinyi Xiong, and Ndungutse Jean Maurice. 2022. “characterization and environmental impacts of kitchen wastes from food-waste disposer device.” Environmental Engineering and Management Journal. https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:253280854.
  • Giwa, Abdulmoseen Segun, Jean Maurice Ndungutse, Yanfang Li, Ahwei Mabi, Xinxin Liu, Mohammadtaghi Vakili, Abdul Gaffar Memon, Luoyan Ai, Zhang Chenfeng, and Mingqiang Sheng. 2022. “Modification of Biochar with Fe3O4 and Humic Acid-Salt for Removal of Mercury from Aqueous Solutions: A Review.” Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability 34 (1): 352–64. doi:10.1080/26395940.2022.2115402.

2021
  • Abdul Ghaffar Memon, Atif Mustafa, Abdu Raheem, Jabran Ahmad, Abdulmoseen S Giwa. 2021. “Impact of effluent discharge on recreational beach water quality: a case study of Karachi-Pakistan”. Journal of Coastal Conservation 25, 37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11852-021-00824-5.
  • Jabran Ahmad, Abdul Ghaffar Memon, Asif Ahmed Shaikh, Tariq Ismail, Abdulmoseen S Giwa, Awais Mahmood. “Insight into single-element nobel metal anisotropic silver nanoparticle shape-dependent selective ROS generation and quantification”. RSC advances 11(14), 8314-8322 https://doi.org/10.1039/D0RA10616J 
  • Giwa, Abdulmoseen Segun, Abdul Ghaffar Memon, Asif Ahmed Shaikh, Rashid Korai, Ghulam Ullah Maitlo, Inamullah Maitlo, Safdar Ali, and Jabran Ahmad. 2021. “Microbiological Survey of Ready-to-Eat Foods and Associated Preparation Surfaces in Cafeterias of Public Sector Universities.” Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability 33 (1): 11–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395940.2021.1880973.
  • Giwa, Abdulmoseen Segun, Abdul Ghaffar Memon, Jabran Ahmad, Tariq Ismail, Sikandar Ali Abbasi, Kashif Kamran, Baozhen Wang, Bamidele Segun, and Hankouraou Seydou. 2021. “Assessment of High Fluoride in Water Sources and Endemic Fluorosis in the North-Eastern Communities of Gombe State, Nigeria.” Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability 33 (1): 31–40. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395940.2021.1908849.
  • Giwa, Abdulmoseen Segun, Xiaoqian Zhang, Abdul Ghaffar Memon, and Nasir Ali. 2021. “Co-Digestion of Household Black Water with Kitchen Waste for a Sustainable Decentralized Waste Management: Biochemical Methane Potential and Mixing Ratios Effects.” Environmental Engineering Science 38 (9): 877–85. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2020.0276.

2020
  • Memon, Abdul Ghaffar, Yunpeng Xing, Xiaohong Zhou, Ruoyu Wang, Lanhua Liu, Siyu Zeng, Miao He, and Mei Ma. 2020. “Ultrasensitive Colorimetric Aptasensor for Hg2+ Detection Using Exo-III Assisted Target Recycling Amplification and Unmodified AuNPs as Indicators.” Journal of Hazardous Materials 384 (February):120948. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.120948.
  • Weiming Sun, Lanhua Liu, Abdul Ghaffar Memon, Xiaohong Zhou, Hongwei Zhao. 2020. “Waveguide-based fluorescent immunosensor for the simultaneous detection of carbofuran and 3-hydroxy-carbofuran.” Biosensors 10 (12) 191 https://doi.org/10.3390/bios10120191.
  • Xiaohong Zhou, Abdul Ghaffar Memon, Weiming Sun, Fang Fang, Jinsong Guo. 2020. “Fluorescent Probe for Ag+ Detection Using SYBR GREEN I and C-C Mismatch”. Biosensors 11(1) 6 https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11010006.

2019
  • Memon, Abdul Ghaffar, Xiaohong Zhou, Yunpeng Xing, Ruoyu Wang, Lanhua Liu, Mohsin Khan, and Miao He. 2019. “Label-Free Colorimetric Nanosensor with Improved Sensitivity for Pb2 + in Water by Using a Truncated 8–17 DNAzyme.” Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering 13 (1): 12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-019-1094-7.
  • Wang, Ruoyu, Xiyu Zhu, Yunpeng Xing, Abdul Ghaffar Memon, Hanchang Shi, and Xiaohong Zhou. 2019. “Multitag-Regulated Cascade Reaction: A Generalizable Ultrasensitive MicroRNA Biosensing Approach for Cancer Prognosis.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11 (40): 36444–48. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b14452.

2017
  • Memon, Abdul Ghaffar, Xiaohong Zhou, Jinchuan Liu, Ruoyu Wang, Lanhua Liu, Bofan Yu, Miao He, and Hanchang Shi. 2017. “Utilization of Unmodified Gold Nanoparticles for Label-Free Detection of Mercury (II): Insight into Rational Design of Mercury-Specific Oligonucleotides.” Journal of Hazardous Materials 321 (January):417–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.09.025.
  • Wang, Ruoyu, Xiaohong Zhou, Bo Liedberg, Xiyu Zhu, Abdul Ghaffar Memon, and Hanchang Shi. 2017. “Screening Criteria for Qualified Antibiotic Targets in Unmodified Gold Nanoparticles-Based Aptasensing.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 9 (40): 35492–97. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b12796.
  • Liu, Lanhua, Xiaohong Zhou, Mifang Lu, Mingkai Zhang, Chao Yang, Ruiman Ma, Abdul Ghaffar Memon, Hanchang Shi, and Yi Qian. 2017. “An Array Fluorescent Biosensor Based on Planar Waveguide for Multi-Analyte Determination in Water Samples.” Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 240 (March):107–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2016.08.118.

2012
  • Zuhaib Siddiqui, Asif Ahmed Shaikh, Abdul Ghaffar. 2012. “Optimisation of Biomethane Production Admixing Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste and Sewage Sludge.” NED University Journal of Research Thematic I:73–80. http://www.neduet.edu.pk/NED-Journal/12enervolpaper8.html.

2011