Assistant Professor (Research Track) Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering
sheikabdul.gaffar@jaipur.manipal.edu
8897387318
Post Doctoral Fellow (PDF) The University of Biritish Columbia, Canada 2025
Ph.D. NIT Warangal 2022
M.Tech Nirma University 2016
B.Tech Jawaharlala Nehru Technological University Kakinada (JNTUK) 2014
Process Control
Environmental systems
Biomass and Bioenergy
Eminent Young Research Award by I2OR (2021).
International Water Association
Sheik, Abdul Gaffar, Arvind Kumar, Chandra Sainadh Srungavarapu, Mohammad Azari, Seshagiri Rao Ambati, Faizal Bux, and Ameer Khan Patan. "Insights into the application of explainable artificial intelligence for biological wastewater treatment plants: Updates and perspectives." Engineering applications of artificial intelligence 144 (2025): 110132.
Sheik, Abdul Gaffar, Muneer Ahmad Malla, Chandra Sainadh Srungavarapu, Ameer Khan Patan, Sheena Kumari, and Faizal Bux. "Prediction of wastewater quality parameters using adaptive and machine learning models: A South African case study." Journal of Water Process Engineering 67 (2024): 106185.
Sheik, Abdul Gaffar, Arvind Kumar, Reeza Patnaik, Sheena Kumari, and Faizal Bux. "Machine learning-based design and monitoring of algae blooms: Recent trends and future perspectives-A short review." CritiCal reviews in environmental sCienCe and teChnology 54, no. 7 (2024): 509-532.
Sheik, A. G., M. M. Seepana, and S. R. Ambati. "Model-based evaluation of three different A2O processes in the presence of carbon and metal dosages." International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 20, no. 6 (2023): 6575-6588.
Sheik, Abdul Gaffar, and Seshagiri Rao Ambati. "Design of supervisory controllers to reduce energy consumption in plant-wide biological wastewater treatment plants with feedback signals from non-ideal sensors." Chemical Engineering Communications 211, no. 1 (2024): 67-83.