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Hafiz Muhammad Saif Ullah Saleem is a competent chemical engineer with diverse academic, industrial, and cultural experience, looking forward to a Postdoc or a role in the Research and Development section in which he can fully exploit his potential and quench the thirst of curiosity. He has three years of experience as a process engineer in a South Korean petrochemical industry where he worked on cost optimization, water and energy conservation and plant reliability projects in close collaboration with different departments. In July 2019, he completed Erasmus Mundus Master in Membrane Engineering awarded by a consortium of three European universities and got hands-on experience in materials synthesis and membranes fabrication for different applications like food and water treatment. In October 2019, he was selected as a master research associate in the Laboratory of Membrane Sciences, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal, where he worked on the synthesis of lithium-selective membranes for its effective recovery from seawater to fulfil the exponential demand of lithium for battery application. In December 2020, he won a PhD scholarship funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and worked on the European project SEArcularMINE, focusing on the circular processing of seawater brines to extract valuable raw materials. In November 2024, he successfully defended his PhD thesis with five publications in Q1 journals.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Hafiz Muhammad Saif Ullah Saleem

Citation names

  • H.M.Saif

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
E710-0C77-F59C
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7659-8959
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=M3M6f94AAAAJ&hl=en

Email addresses

  • saif.icet@live.co.uk (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Urdu (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Punjabi Proficiency (C2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Hindi Advanced (C1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/12/01 - 2024/11/29
Concluded
Engenharia Química e Biológica - Especialidade em Engenharia Química (Doutoramento)
Major in Chemical Engineering
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2019/07/15
Concluded
Engenharia de Membranas (Erasmus Mundus) (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Synthesis and Characterization of Lithium Selective Membranes " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17.28/20.00
2009/09/07 - 2014/07/03
Concluded
Chemical engineering (Bachelor)
Major in Heat and mass transfer operations, Industrial management & process economics, Mass & energy balance, Separation process, Thermodynamics, Process dynamics and control, Process design
University of the Punjab Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Pakistan
"The Recovery of Elemental Sulphur (115 Tons/day) from Refinery Off Gases by Claus Process" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
19/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/10/01 - 2020/11/30 Research Assistant (Research) Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024/12/01 - Current Postdoc Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2020/12/01 - 2024/11/29 PhD Student Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2019/07/15 Master's student Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2014/07/10 - 2017/08/15 Process Engineer LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd, Pakistan
LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd, Pakistan
2009/12/07 - 2014/07/03 Bachelor's student University of the Punjab Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Pakistan
University of the Punjab Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Pakistan
2011/02/01 - 2013/02/28 High school Chemistry Teacher Iftikhar Academy, Pakistan
Iftikhar Academy, Pakistan
2012/06/01 - 2012/07/01 Industrial Internship National Refinery Limited, Pakistan
National Refinery Limited, Pakistan
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/10/01 - 2020/11/30 Synthesis and Characterization of Lithium Selective Membranes
Master Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31 To make necessary changes in the gas turbine inlet air filter house to enhance filters life.
Cogen-9397
Other
LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd, Pakistan
Concluded
2016/01/01 - 2016/06/30 The use of the sprint system nozzles of the gas turbine ( LM6000-PD Sprint) for effective water wash and to increase the operation time of the engine.
Cogen-9396
Other
LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd, Pakistan
Concluded
2015/07/01 - 2015/12/31 Modification of Natural Gas PD-compressor VVCP settings via software to conserve power
Cogen-9394
Other
LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd, Pakistan
Concluded
2015/01/01 - 2015/12/31 To find the optimal fuel gas inlet temperature to the gas turbine to enhance the reliability and the efficiency of gas turbine and to make the necessary modifications in the existing plant infrastructure to achieve this optimal temperature.
Cogen-9395
LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd, Pakistan
Concluded
2015/01/01 - 2015/06/30 Modification of the operating procedure of water wash system of gas turbine (48 MW LM6000-PD SPRINT)
Cogen-9393
Other
LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd, Pakistan
Concluded
2012/01/01 - 2012/06/01 Synthesis of Alumina Catalyst Support
PG09-10M01
Other
University of the Punjab Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Pakistan
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Saif, H.M.; Ferrández-Gómez, B.; Alves, V.D.; Huertas, R.M.; Alemany-Molina, G.; Viegas, A.; Morallón, E.; et al. "Activated carbons for flow electrode capacitive deionization (FCDI) – Morphological, electrochemical and rheological analysis". Desalination 602 (2025): 118638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2025.118638.
    Published • 10.1016/j.desal.2025.118638
  2. Saif, H.M.; Crespo, J.G.; Pawlowski, S.. "Can 3D-printed flow electrode gaskets replace CNC-milled graphite current collectors in flow capacitive deionization?". Desalination 597 (2025): 118362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2024.118362.
    Published • 10.1016/j.desal.2024.118362
  3. Saif, H.M.; Gebregeorgis, T.H.; Crespo, J.G.; Pawlowski, S.. "The influence of flow electrode channel design on flow capacitive deionization performance: Experimental and CFD modelling insights". Desalination 578 (2024): 117452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2024.117452.
    Published • 10.1016/j.desal.2024.117452
  4. Saif, H.M.; Crespo, J.G.; Pawlowski, S.. "Lithium recovery from brines by lithium membrane flow capacitive deionization (Li-MFCDI) – A proof of concept". Journal of Membrane Science Letters 3 2 (2023): 100059. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memlet.2023.100059.
    Published • 10.1016/j.memlet.2023.100059
  5. Saif, H.M.; Huertas, R.M.; Pawlowski, S.; Crespo, J.G.; Velizarov, S.. "Development of highly selective composite polymeric membranes for Li+/Mg2+ separation". Journal of Membrane Science 620 (2021): 118891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118891.
    Published • 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118891

Other

Other output
  1. Synthesis and Characterisation of Lithium selective membrane. Master's Thesis. 2019. Saleem, H.M.S.
  2. Planning, progress and implementation report (Plant overhaul-2015). In company's overhaul, I was assigned to monitor the progress of different tasks under the supervision of the Planning section head and presented the daily progress report to the top management of the company. After 15 days of the overhaul, I write a comprehensive report on the activities that were carried out during this period with safety-related incidents for future references.. 2015. Saleem, H.M.S. https://www.lottechem.pk/.
  3. The Recovery of Elemental Sulphur (115 Tons/day) from Refinery Off Gases by Claus Process. Bachelor's Thesis. 2014. Saleem, H.M.S.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/06/13 High performance composite lithium selective membranes (ICOM2020, London-Postponed due to COVID-19) International Congress on Membranes & Membrane Processes 2020
ExCel London (London, United Kingdom)
2016/09/01 Introduction of Co-Generation Power Plant to CEO of Lotte Chemical Pakistan Ltd. New CEO's welcome ceremony
LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd (Karachi, Pakistan)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2015/11/27 - Current One day training course on "Awareness session on control valves" organized by TTC LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd.
LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd, Pakistan
2015/08/18 - Current One day training course on "Behavior based safety - Basic" organized by TTC LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd.
LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd, Pakistan
2015/08/11 - Current One day workshop on "Change your lens, Transform your world"
LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd, Pakistan
2015/08/05 - Current One day workshop on "EHY902 Crude unit optimization - Debottlenecking options to increase throughput using Aspen HYSYS" organized by aspenTech.
Aspen Technology Inc, United States
2015/07/02 - Current One day workshop on "EHY901 Multi-stage compressors-conducting operational and safety studies using dynamic analysis" organized by aspenTech.
Aspen Technology Inc, United States
2015/06/16 - Current One day training course on "HSE awareness" organized by TTC LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd.
LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd, Pakistan
2014/11/27 - Current One day training course on " Introduction to ASPEN IP21" organized by TTC LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd.
LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd, Pakistan
2014/11/18 - Current One day training course on "Plant modification system" organized by TTC LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd.
LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd, Pakistan
2011/02/02 - Current One day workshop on "Inspirational leadership" organized by Institute of Business & Management, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore.
2019/05/21 - 2019/05/23 Three days course on " Paper writing " held at LAQV & UCIBIO - Professor Joe da Costa
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/01/01 - 2016/05/05 Municipal solid waste management in developing countries (Massive open online course offered by Sandec/Eawag)
Other
Eawag, Switzerland
2015/08/01 - 2015/10/17 PIPE02x: Introduction to running pipe in oil and gas wells offered by Tenaris University through edX platform.
Tenaris University, Mexico
2015/04/22 - 2015/04/23 Two days training course on " Accident Prevention, Investigation and Reporting" organized by TTC LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd.
LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd, Pakistan

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2017/02/04 - 2017/02/06 Two days of technical training session on brushless generator (60 MW) deliver to the Co-generation operation team. LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd, Pakistan
2017/01/06 - 2017/01/08 Two-days technical training session on the introduction of Co-generation powerplant for newly hired trainee engineers. LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd, Pakistan

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2016/03/10 - 2017/03/10 Complete training of Co-generation power plant of newly hired apprentice Ahsan Ali
Distinctions

Award

2020 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) PhD Scholarship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2017 Erasmus Mundus Master Scholarship
European Commission France, France
2016 Innovative solution reward
LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd, Pakistan
2016 TPM second position
LOTTE Chemical Pakistan Ltd, Pakistan
2012 Vice Chancellor's Merit Scholarship twice
University of the Punjab Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Pakistan
2012 Prime Minister Laptop Award
Government of Pakistan, Pakistan
2010 Second position in calligraphy
University of the Punjab Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Pakistan
2007 Full scholarship for high school studies
Punjab College of Science , Pakistan

Title

2014 Registered Engineer
Pakistan Engineering Council, Pakistan