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Chemical Engineer & Scientific Researcher | Wastewater, Catalysis, Hydrogen & Scientific Writing

Profile Summary

I am a Chemical Engineering PhD graduate from UNSW Sydney with research expertise in wastewater treatment, waste valorisation, heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemistry, and renewable hydrogen production. I have experience in hydrothermal processing, catalyst development, electrochemical systems, HPLC, UV-Vis, COD, TOC, ICP-OES, OriginPro, and scientific data analysis. I have published peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters. I provide scientific and technical support in literature reviews, manuscript preparation and editing, research abstracts, academic editing and proofreading, technical writing, research proposals, book chapters, scientific presentations, and scientific data visualisation.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Chemical Engineering
• ☆ Catalysis
• ☆ Materials Science & Engineering
• ☆ Biocatalysis
• ☆ Electrochemistry
• ☆ Nanotechnology
• ☆ Chemical Manufacturing
• ☆ Process Chemistry
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Work Experience

Research officer

University of New South Wales

March 2026 - July 2026

Graduate Research Assistant / Research Assistant

Universiti Malaysia Pahang

February 2020 - January 2021

Graduate Research Assistant / Research Assistant

Universiti Malaysia Pahang

May 2018 - October 2019

Education

PhD candidate (Chemical Engineering)

UNSW Sydney

August 2022 - July 2026

Master of Science (Chemical Engineering)

Universiti Malaysia Pahang

February 2018 - February 2020

Bachelor of Science (Chemical Engineering)

Jessore University of Science and Technology

April 2010 - April 2014

Certifications

• Leadership Foundations Program

  University of New South Wales

  September 2025 - Present

Publications

DISSERTATION THESIS

Sumaya Sarmin(2026). Valorisation of Simulated Beverage Wastewater for Renewable Hydrogen and Value-Added Chemicals Using a Coupled Catalytic-Electrolyser Array . UNSW Sydney

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Sumaya Sarmin, Qiyuan Li, Lixue Jiang, Gavesha Gunasekara, Jason Scott (2026). Influence of beverage wastewater components on 2,5-FDCA and hydrogen production in a coupled catalytic-electrolyser array . Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering.

Sumaya Sarmin, Qiyuan Li, Denny Gunawan, Lixue Jiang, Rehan Gunawan, Gavesha Gunasekara, Rachelle Doyle, Qiwen Lai, Rose Amal, Jason Scott (2025). Recent Advances in Electrochemical Organic Waste Reforming: Highlights on Anodic Chemistry, Materials Design, and System Integration . ACS Applied Engineering Materials.

Sumaya Sarmin, Mostafa Tarek, Chin Kui Cheng, Selvaraj Mohana Roopan, Md. Maksudur Rahman Khan (2021). Augmentation of microbial fuel cell and photocatalytic polishing technique for the treatment of hazardous dimethyl phthalate containing wastewater . Journal of Hazardous Materials.

Sumaya Sarmin, Mostafa Tarek, Selvaraj Mohana Roopan, Chin Kui Cheng, Md Maksudur Rahman Khan (2021). Significant improvement of power generation through effective substrate-inoculum interaction mechanism in microbial fuel cell . Journal of Power Sources.

Sumaya Sarmin, M. Amirul Islam, Ahasanul Karim, Puranjan Mishra, Jan J. Dubowski, Abu Yousuf, Md Maksudur Rahman Khan (2020). Microbial synergistic interactions enhanced power generation in co-culture driven microbial fuel cell . Science of The Total Environment.

(2020). PALM OIL DERIVED ALKYD RESIN SYNTHESIS CATALYZED BY SrO/Sr(OH)2 NANOPARTICLES . Journal of critical reviews.

(2020). EFFECTS OF METHYLENE BLUE AS SUBSTRATE AND MEDIATOR ON THE PERFORMANCE OF YEAST DRIVEN MICROBIAL FUEL CELL . Journal of critical reviews.

Sumaya Sarmin, Thurga Devi Munusamy, Huei Ruey Ong, Wei Teng Gan, Chi Shein Hong, Md. Maksudur Rahman Khan (2020). Catalytic performance and antimicrobial activity of Mg(OH)2/MgO colloidal nanoparticles in alkyd resin nanocomposite derived from palm oil . Polymer Bulletin.

Sumaya Sarmin, Mostafa Tarek, Kaykobad Md. Rezaul Karim, Huei Ruey Ong, Hamidah Abdullah, Chin Kui Cheng, Md. Maksudur Rahman Khan (2020). Photoelectrochemical activity of CuO-CdS heterostructured catalyst for CO₂ reduction . IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering.

Sumaya Sarmin, Asmida Binti Ideris, Baranitharan Ethiraj, M Amirul Islam, Chin Sim Yee, Md. Maksudur Rahman Khan (2020). Potentiality of petrochemical wastewater as substrate in microbial fuel cell . IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering.

Sumaya Sarmin, Baranitharan Ethiraj, M. Amirul Islam, Asmida Ideris, Chin Sim Yee, Md. Maksudur Rahman Khan (2019). Bio-electrochemical power generation in petrochemical wastewater fed microbial fuel cell . Science of The Total Environment.

Sumaya Sarmin, Asmida Ideris, Sim Yee Chin, Kui Cheng Chin, Md. Maksudur Rahman Khan (2018). PEFORMANCE EVALUATION OF PETROCHEMICAL WASTEWATER FED AIR-CATHODE MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS USING YEAST BIOCATALYST . Journal of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Biotechnology.

BOOK CHAPTER

Sumaya Sarmin, Baranitharan Ethiraj, Topu Raihan, Ahasanul Karim, Md. Maksudur Rahman Khan, Kirupa Sankar Muthuvelu, Shanmugaprakash Muthusamy, Abu Yousuf, M. Amirul Islam (2023). Strategies to Enhance Biobutanol Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass . Microbiology of Green Fuels.