Professor

Bio

Dr. Munawwar Ali Khan is a Professor in the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences (LES), College of Natural and Health Sciences at Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He received Ph.D. in 2001 in Environmental Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan. His research interests are in environmental microbiology, microbial ecology, and biotechnology. His specific focus is on applying traditional and advanced molecular techniques to explore microbial communities in natural and engineered ecosystems such as wastewater treatment, anaerobic digesters, and marine and soil environments. He also applies molecular and metagenomics tools to monitor antibiotic-resistant bacteria in water, recycled wastewater, marine water, food, and soil ecosystems. 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

• Professor, (August 2021-present), Department of Life and Environmental Sciences (LES), College of Natural and Health Sciences, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

• Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, College of Natural and Health Sciences, Zayed University (August 2022 -present), Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

• Associate Professor, Zayed University (August 2009 – July 2021), Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

• Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, College of Natural and Health Sciences, Zayed University (August 2016 -, July 2019), Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

• Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, College of Sustainability Sciences and Humanities, Zayed University (August 2015 - July 2016), Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

• Environmental Science and Sustainability Division leader, Zayed University (August 2014 - June 2015), Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

• Associate Professor, Manipal University at Dubai (August 2005 - August 2009), Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

• Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), Roorkee, India (February 2005 - January 2006), Roorkee, India.

• Lecturer, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), Roorkee, India (January 2004 - January 2005), Roorkee, India.

• Research Fellow, Centre for Water Research, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore (October 2002 - December, 2003), Singapore, Singapore.

• Researcher, Institute of Environmental Studies, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (October 2001 - October 2002), Tokyo, Japan.

Office

Dubai Academic City, Dubai Campus, R-L1-046

Phone:

+971-4-4021825

Email:

Teaching Areas

Research and Professional Activities

Research Area: Applied and environmental microbiology, Environmental monitoring, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Waste Management, Food safety, Molecular biology, Soil and Water microbiology, Antimicrobial resistance

MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: 

• Life Member of the Microbiologists Society, India

Google Scholar

ORCID

SCOPUS

Publons

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

• Khan, S. T., & Khan, M. A. (2022). Strategies to Counter Zinc Deficiency, Current Status and Future Directions. Microbial Biofertilizers and Micronutrient Availability, 431-456.

• Khan, M. A., Khan, S. T., Sequeira, M. C., Faheem, S. M., & Rais, N. (2021). Illumina sequencing of 16S rRNA genes reveals a unique microbial community in three anaerobic sludge digesters of Dubai. PloS one, 16(4), e0249023.

• Khan, M. A., & Khan, S. T. (2020). Microbial communities and their predictive functional profiles in the arid soil of Saudi Arabia. Soil, 6(2), 513-521.

• Khan, M. A., Thurgood, N. E., Faheem, S. M., Rais, N., Ansari, M. Z., Kaleem, S. M., & Khan, S. T. (2020). Occurrence of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Gram-Negative Bacteria from Non-Clinical Sources in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Water, 12(9), 2562.

• Khan, M. A., Ashar, N. N., Ganesh, A. G., Rais, N., Faheem, S. M., & Khan, S. T. (2019). Bacterial Community Structure in Anaerobic Digesters of a Full Scale Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant‒Case Study of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 7(3), 385-398.

• Mandal, R. K., Khan, M. A., Hussain, A., Dar, S. A., Aloufi, S., Jawed, A., ... & Khan, S. (2019). Association of MBL2 gene polymorphisms with pulmonary tuberculosis susceptibility: trial sequence meta-analysis as evidence. Infection and drug resistance, 12, 185.

• Khan, M.A, Patel, P., Ganesh, A. G., Rais, N., & Faheem, S. M., Khan, S.T. (2018). "Assessing Methanogenic Archaeal Community in Full Scale Anaerobic Sludge Digester Systems in Dubai, UAE,". Open Microbiology, Vol. 12, 123-134.

• Almheiri, M. A., Terry, J. P., & Khan, M. A. (2018). " Assessment of recovered organic waste quality for application to sandy soils in the United Arab Emirates," Ecology, Environment and Conservation, 24(4):1671-1677.

• Dghaim, R., Al Sabbah, H., Al Zarooni, A. H., & Khan, M. A. (2017). Antibacterial effects and microbial quality of commonly consumed herbs in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. International Food Research Journal, 24(6), 2677-2684.

• Khan, M. & AlMadani, A. (2016). Assessment of microbial quality in household water tanks in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Environmental Engineering Research, 22 (1), 55-60.

• Vahora, H., Khan, M. A., Alalami, U., & Hussain, A. (2016). The Potential Role of Nitric Oxide in Halting Cancer Progression Through Chemoprevention. Journal of Cancer Prevention, 21 (1), 12, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15430/JCP .2016.21.1.1.

• Dghaim, R., AlKhantib, S., Rasool, H., & Khan, M. A. (2015). Determination of Heavy Metals Concentration in Traditional Herbs Commonly Consumed in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Environmental and Public Health.