MUHAMMAD USMAN

Chemical Engineer, PhD

+86 13018992279 usmanmuhammad@zju.edu.cn D.O.B. 1988.04.20 Bao’an, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

https://orcid.org/0000-000213487829 Researcher ID: ESP-2072-2022 www.linkedin.com/in/muhammad-usman-7757654b

CORE QUALIFICATIONS
2016-2019 Doctor of Philosophy
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Major: Chemical Engineering and Technology
Thesis: Study on synthesis of ferrocene-based esters, amides and methacrylate polymers and their anti-
migration and burning rate catalytic properties

2011-2013 Masters of Philosophy

Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan
Major: Polymer Technology
Thesis: Synthesis of wound dressing based on Chitosan-Polyvinyl alcohol hydrogels and study of their
wound healing properties

2007-2011 Bachelors of Science

COMSATS, institute of Information and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
Major: Chemical Engineering
Thesis: Production of Styrene monomer by reheat technology (SMART process)

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2021-2023 Postdoctoral Researcher at International Research Center for Functional Polymers, International
Campus, Zhejiang University, Haining, China
 Conducted research in the area of membrane technology focusing on the fabrication of high-
performance multifunctional ultrafiltration membranes for effective water treatment
 Duties included: Planning, modification, and executing procedures and performance evaluations
related to polymers confined ultrafiltration membranes
 Synthesized novel amphiphilic terpolymers for fabricating surface charged anionic and cationic
ultrafilteration membranes via NIPS technique.
 Investigated the filtration performance of the membranes against charged ionic solutes for
selective separation of organic and inoganic contaminants from water.

2013-2016 Production Engineer at United Detergents (3P Unilever Pakistan Limited)

Key roles
 Managing and ensuring steady operations of production lines in compliance with Unilever’s
standards (QMS, OHS, GMP and HACCP)
 Preparation of engineering packages for critical modifications under MOC protocols to enhance
productivity and reliability with special consideration to HSE
 Ensuring maximum and quality production through operational strategies and collaborating with
other stakeholders to improve process and engineering designs
PUBLICATIONS
1. Muhammad Usman, Haojie Yu, Li Wang, Jianguo Qian, Xuefeng Li, Amin Khan, Kaleem-ur-Rehman Naveed, Ahsan
Nazir, Tarig Elshaarani, Shah Fahad, “Synthesis of poly(2-(methacryloyloxy) ethyl ferrocene carboxylate-co-
methacrylic acid)s and their anti-migration and burning rate catalytic properties” Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
923 (2020) 121412.
2. Muhammad Usman, Haojie Yu, Li Wang, Pavel A. Zhizhko, Dmitry A. Lemenovskiy, Dmitry N. Zarubin, Amin
Khan, Kaleem-ur-Rehman Naveed, Ahsan Nazir, Shah Fahad, “Synthesis of ferrocenylated-aminopyridines and
ferrocenylated-aminothiazoles and their anti-migration and burning rate catalytic properties” Journal of Organometallic
Chemistry 920 (2020) 121336.
3. Muhammad Usman, Li Wang, Haojie Yu, Fazal Haq, Ruixue Liang, Raja Summe Ullah, Amin Khan, Ahsan Nazir,
Tarig Elshaarani, Kaleem-ur-Rehman Naveed, “Synthesis, anti-migration properties and burning rate catalytic
properties of ferrocene-based compounds” Inorganica Chimica Acta 495 (2019) 118958.
4. Muhammad Usman, Li Wang, Haojie Yu, Fazal Haq, Muhammad Haroon, Raja Summe Ullah, Amin Khan, Shah
Fahad, Ahsan Nazir, Tarig Elshaarani, “Recent progress on ferrocene-based burning rate catalysts for propellant
applications” Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 872 (2018) 40-53.
5. Muhammad Usman, Haojie Yu, Li Wang, Salam Titinchi, Amin Khan, Kaleem-ur-Rehman Naveed, Ahsan Nazir,
Tarig Elshaarani, Shah Fahad, Bilal ul Amin, “Synthesis of poly(2-(methacryloyloxy) ethyl ferrocene carboxylate-co-
glycidyl methacrylic acids) s and their anti-migration and burning rate catalytic properties” Journal of Thermal Analysis
and Calorimetry (2021) 1-18.
6. Munir Ullah Khan, Safir Ullah Khan, Xiaohan Cao, Muhammad Usman , Muhammad Naeem Shah, Abdul Ghaffar,
Muhammad Hassan, Chengjian Zhang and Xinghong Zhang, “Oxygen/Sulfur Atom Exchange Copolymerization of
Carbon Disulfide and Propylene Oxide by a Highly Effective Heterogeneous Berlin Green Catalyst” Chemical Research
in Chinese Universities 112 (2023) 1-7.
7. Munir Ullah Khan, Safir Ullah Khan, Xiaohan Cao, Muhammad Usman, Xinchen Yue, Abdul Ghaffar, Muhammad
Hassan, Chengjian Zhang, Xinghong Zhang “Copolymerization of Carbonyl Sulfide and Propylene Oxide via a
Heterogeneous Prussian Blue Analogue Catalyst with High Productivity and Selectivity” Chemistry–An Asian
Journal (2022): e202201050.
8. Abdul Ghaffar, Qaiser Imran, Muhammad Hassan, Muhammad Usman, Munir Ullah Khan “Simultaneous solar water
desalination and energy generation by high efficient graphene oxide-melanin photothermal membrane” Journal of
Environmental Chemical Engineering 10 (2022) 108424
9. Li Wang, Haojie Yu, Qian Zhang, Wei Xiong, Raja Summe Ullah, Ahsan Nazir, Muhammad Usman, Shah Fahad,
Amin Khan, Md Alim Uddin, Di Shen “Study on the synthesis of spin labeled poly (styrene-co-maleic acid) s and their
segmental motion” Magnetic Resonance Letters 2 (2022) 80-90.
10. Shah Fahad, Haojie Yu, Li Wang, Jinhua Liu, Songbiao Li, Junchao Fu, Bilal Ul Amin, Rizwan Ullah Khan, Sahid
Mehmood, Fazal Haq, Wang Nan, Muhammad Usman “Synthesis of AgNWs using copper bromides as stabilizing
agent and oxygen scavenger and their application in conductive thin films” Journal of Materials Chemistry and Physics
267 (2021) 124643.
11. Shah Fahad, Haojie Yu, Li Wang, Yang Wang, Tengfei Lin, Bilal Ul Amin, Kaleem-Ur-Rahman Naveed, Rizwan Ullah
Khan, Sahid Mehmood, Fazal Haq, Yusheng Xing & Muhammad Usman “Synthesis of AgNWs using high molecular
weight PVP as a capping agent and their application in conductive thin films” Journal of Electronic Materials 50 (2021):
2789-2799.
12. Ahsan Nazir, Haojie Yu, Li Wang, Yang He, Quan Chen, Bilal Ul Amin, Rizwan Ullah Khan, Amin Khan, Muhammad
Usman, Tarig Elshaarani, “Preparation and properties of ferrocene-based polyfuran/carbon material composites for
 electromagnetic interference shielding” Journal of Electronic Materials 49 (2020) 5647-5656.
13. Tarig Elshaarani, Haojie Yu, Li Wang, Jingyi Feng, Chengjiang Li, Weibin Zhou, Amin Khan, Muhammad Usman,
Bilal Ul Amin, Rizwan Khan, “Chitosan reinforced hydrogels with swelling-shrinking behaviors in response to glucose
concentration” International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 161 (2020) 109-121.
14. Shah Fahad, Haojie Yu, Li Wang, Yang Wang, Tarig Elshaarani, Bilal Ul Amin, Rizwan Ullah Khan, Sahid Mehmood,
Fazal Haq, Zheping Ni, Muhammad Usman “Synthesis of corrugated surface AgNWs and their applications in surface
enhanced Raman spectroscopy” CrystEngComm 22 (2020) 2183-2196.
15. Ahsan Nazir, Haojie Yu, Li Wang, Jinhua Liu, Songbiao Li, Bilal Ul Amin, Kaleem‐ur‐Rahman Naveed, Rizwan Ullah
Khan, Amin Khan, Muhammad Usman, “Electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness of ferrocene‐based
polyimidazole/carbon material composites” Polymer Composites 41 (2020) 2068-2081.
16. Kaleem-Ur-Rahman Naveed, Li Wang, Haojie Yu, Raja Summe Ullah, Ahsan Nazir, Shah Fahad, Tarig Elshaarani,
Muhammad Usman, Amin Khan, “Synthesis of spin-labelled poly(acrylic acid)s and their segmental motion study”
Molecular Physics (2019) 1-14.
17. Amin Khan, Haojie Yu, Yang Wang, Li Wang, Raja Summe Ullah, Fazal Haq, Tarig Elshaarani, Muhammad Usman,
Ahsan Nazir, Kaleem-ur-Rehman Naveed, “Synthesis of P(FHEMA-co-MAZO-co-MAA)s copolymers and their redox
and photo-responsive properties” Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 902 (2019) 120955.
18. Ahsan Nazir, Haojie Yu, Li Wang, Shah Fahad, Kaleem-ur-Rahman Naveed, Amin Khan, Bilal Ul Amin, Tengfei Lin,
Muhammad Usman, Tarig Elshaarani, Fazal Haq, “Electrical conductivity and electromagnetic interference shielding
properties of polymer/carbon composites” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 30 (2019) 16636-
16650.
19. Tarig Elshaarani, Haojie Yu, Li Wang, Raja Summe Ullah, Shah Fahad, Kaleem Ur Rahman, Amin Khan, Ahsan Nazir,
Muhammad Usman, Rizwan Ullah Khan, Glucose-responsive nanostructured hydrogels with enhanced elastic and
swelling properties” Journal of Materials Science 54 (2019) 10009-10023.
20. Amin Khan, Haojie Yu, Li Wang, Pavel A Zhizhko, Dmitry N Zarubin, Dmitry A Lemenovskiy, Fazal Haq,
Muhammad Usman, Ahsan Nazir, “Synthesis of ferrocene and azobenzene-based copolymers P (FHEMA-co-
MAZOHE)s and their redox and photo-responsive properties” Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 895 (2019) 37-47.
21. Amin Khan, Li Wang, Haojie Yu, Muhammad Haroon, Raja Summe Ullah, Ahsan Nazir, Tarig Elshaarani,
Muhammad Usman, Shah Fahad, “Synthesis and properties of stimuli-responsive ferrocene-and azobenzene-based
copolymers P (FHEMA-co-MAAT)s” Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 880 (2019) 124-133.
22. Amin Khan, Li Wang, Haojie Yu, Muhammad Haroon, Raja Summe Ullah, Ahsan Nazir, Tarig Elshaarani,
Muhammad Usman, Shah Fahad, Fazal Haq, “Research advances in the synthesis and applications of ferrocene-based
electro and photo responsive materials” Applied Organometallic Chemistry 32 (2018) e4575.
23. Tarig Elshaarani, Haojie Yu, Li Wang, Abdin Zain ul, Raja Summe Ullah, Muhammad Haroon, Rizwan Ullah Khan,
Shah Fahad, Amin Khan, Ahsan Nazir, Muhammad Usman, Kaleem-ur-Rahman Naveed, “Synthesis of hydrogel-
bearing phenylboronic acid moieties and their applications in glucose sensing and insulin delivery” Journal of Materials
Chemistry B 6 (2018) 3831-3854.
24. Ahsan Nazir, Haojie Yu, Li Wang, Muhammad Haroon, Raja Summe Ullah, Shah Fahad, Kaleem-ur-Rahman Naveed,
Tarig Elshaarani, Amin Khan, Muhammad Usman, “Recent progress in the modification of carbon materials and their
application in composites for electromagnetic interference shielding” Journal of Materials Science 53 (2018) 8699-
8719.

PUBLICATIONS / WORK (IN PROCESS)

1. Zihao Zhao, Baoku Zhu, Yunyun Xue, Yani Jiang, Qianwei Su, Chuyao Wang, Ronglu Cui, Zheng Huang, Wenhan
 Yu, Muhammad Usman, Lifeng Fang, “The effect of copolymer composition on structure and separation performance
of phase inversion membranes” Journal of Membrane Science (submitted).

2. Abdul Ghaffar, Muhammad Usman; Munir Ullah Khan, Muhammad Hassan, “Biomass derived hierarchically porous
carbon membrane as solar absorbers for simultaneous steam and energy generation” Journal of Cleaner Production
(submitted).

3. Muhammad Usman, Baoku Zhu, Abdul Ghaffar, Munir Ullah Khan, Muhammad Hassan, Zihao Zhao, “Amphiphilic
P(MA-EA-DMA) membranes for removing organic and inorganic pollutants from wastewater” Journal of Water
Process Engineering (submitted).

4. Muhammad Usman, Baoku Zhu, Munir Ullah Khan, Abdul Ghaffar, Muhammad Hassan, Zihao Zhao, “Application
of amphiphilic P(MA-EA-AA) terpolymers based ultrafiltration membranes for capturing micropollutant from aqueous
solutions” Chemosphere (submitted).

5. Muhammad Usman, Baoku Zhu, Abdul Ghaffar, Munir Ullah Khan, Muhammad Hassan, “Amphiphilic P(MA-EA-
DMA) membranes for removing metal cations from water through micellar enhanced ultrafiltration” Current Pollutio n
Reports (submitted).

6. Muhammad Usman, Baoku Zhu, Abdul Ghaffar, Munir Ullah Khan, Muhammad Hassan, “Application of P(MA-EA-
AA) ultrafiltration membranes for anion removal on micelles during ultrafiltration of water” Environmental Chemistry
Letters (submitted).

CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIUMS

1. Muhammad Usman, Li Wang, Haojie Yu, “Recent progress on ferrocene-based burning rate catalysts for rocket
propellant” Symposium on novel materials and technology, Hangzhou, PR China, 2017.
2. Muhammad Usman, Li Wang, Haojie Yu, “Synthesis, anti-migration properties and burning rate catalytic properties
of ferrocene-based hydroquinone compounds” Proceedings of the symposium on frontiers of chemistry and chemical
engineering, Hangzhou, PR China, 2018.
3. Muhammad Usman, Li Wang, Haojie Yu, “Synthesis of ferrocenylated-aminopyridines and ferrocenylated-
aminothiazoles and their anti-migration and burning rate catalytic properties” 2nd conference on novel materials and
technology, Hangzhou, PR China, 2019

SKILLS AND TRAININGS

Technical Skills: | Polymer synthesis | Inorganic synthesis | Membrane fabrication | Air and moisture -free Schlenk techniq ues |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy| Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy| Gel Permeation Chromatography |
Thermogravimetric Analysis | Ultraviolet/Visible Spectroscopy | Scanning Electron Microscope | X-ray Photoelect r o n
Spectroscopy | Project Management | Process Design | Product Development | Critical literature review

Soft Skills: | Presentations | Flexible | Independent & Collaboration |Team Leader

Software Skills: | Microsoft Office| Microsoft Visio | Origin | Chemdraw | MestReNova | SAP
Trainings: | Good Manufacturing Practices The principles of ISO22716 | Hazard Spotting & Risk Assessment | Kaizen |
HACCP | HAZOP | HACCP | Waste Management
ACHIEVEMENTS
2016: Chinese government scholarship for PhD in Chemical Engineering at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou China
2012: Chinese government scholarship for Masters in Chemical Engineering at Beijing University of Chemical Technology
2007: Punjab, Welfare Board Scholar (Fully funded Engineering Program: 2007-2011

REFERENCES
Boa-ku ZHU Professor at Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, China
Email: zhubk@zju.edu.cn

Li Wang Professor at College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, China
Email: opl_wl@zju.edu.cn

Yu Haojie Associate Professor at College of Chemical and Biological and Engineering, Zhejiang University,
China
Email: hjyu@zju.edu.cn