Professor Numan Arshid

Professor Numan Arshid

Professor Numan Arshid

  • Head and Professor
  • ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Centre for Electrochemical Energy and Sustainable Technology
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
SDGs Focus

Biography

Dr Numan Arshid is Professor and Head of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Center for Electrochemical Energy and Sustainable Technology (SCEEST), School of Engineering and Technology, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University, Malaysia. He has 8 years of research and teaching experience. His research is focused on developing 2D heterostructure nanomaterials for electrochemical energy storage and sensor applications. Dr Numan has published over 180 high-impact research articles, edited 4 books and filed 8 patents. He was awarded the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University Early Career Researcher Award for his excellence in research. He is also listed in World’s Top 2% Scientist in Energy & Materials by Stanford University, USA - Elsevier from 2021-2025. He is honoured with Rising Star Award and recognized as Best Engineering and Technology Scientist in Malaysia by Research.com and is ranked among the top 1-2% of global researchers in Energy Storage and Material Sciences by ScholarGPS Ranking Analytics 2024. He is the editor of Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio), EcoMat (Wiley), and Eurasian Chemico Technological Journal.

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Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Fudan University Shanghai, China (2021)
  • PhD in Physics (Materials), University of Malaya, MalaysiaÌý(2018)
  • MS (Electrical Engineering), COMSATS University, Pakisan (2014)
  • MSc (Electronics), Sarhad University of Science & Technology, Pakistan (2011)

Research Interests

  • Electrochemical energy storage and conversion

Teaching Areas

  • Physics
  • Materials Science

Courses Taught

  • Engineering Materials
  • Physics

Notable Publications

  1. 2017 - Nadiah, N., Omar, F. S., Numan, A., Mahipal, Y., Ramesh, S., & Ramesh, K. (2017). Influence of acrylic acid on ethylene carbonate/dimethyl carbonate based liquid electrolyte and its supercapacitor application. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42(52), 30683-30690.
  2. 2017 - Numan, A., Shahid, M. M., Omar, F. S., Rafique, S., Bashir, S., Ramesh, K., & Ramesh, S. (2017). Binary nanocomposite based on Co3O4 nanocubes and multiwalled carbon nanotubes as an ultrasensitive platform for amperometric determination of dopamine. Microchimica Acta, 184(8), 2739-2748.
  3. 2017 - Lee, C. C., Omar, F. S., Numan, A., Duraisamy, N., Ramesh, K., & Ramesh, S. (2017). An enhanced performance of hybrid supercapacitor based on polyaniline-manganese phosphate binary composite. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 21(11), 3205-3213.
  4. 2017 - Shahid, M. M., Ismail, A. H., AL-Mokaram, A. M. A. A., Vikneswaran, R., Ahmad, S., Hamza, A., & Numan, A. (2017). A single-step synthesis of nitrogen-doped graphene sheets decorated with cobalt hydroxide nanoflakes for the determination of dopamine. Progress in Natural Science: Materials International, 27(5), 582-587.
  5. 2016 - Liew, C.-W, Ng, H. M., Numan A., & Ramesh, S. (2016). Poly(Acrylic acid)–Based Hybrid Inorganic–Organic Electrolytes Membrane for Electrical Double Layer Capacitors Application. Polymers, 8, 179.
  6. 2016 - Fattah, N., Ng, H. M., Mahipal, Y., Numan, A., Ramesh, S., & Ramesh, K. (2016). An approach to solid-state electrical double layer capacitors fabricated with graphene oxide-doped, ionic liquid-based solid copolymer electrolytes. Materials, 9(6), 450.
  7. 2016 - Omar, F. S., Numan, A., Duraisamy, N., Bashir, S., Ramesh, K., & Ramesh, S. (2016). Ultrahigh capacitance of amorphous nickel phosphate for asymmetric supercapacitor applications. RSC Advances, 6(80), 76298-76306.
  8. 2016 - Duraisamy, N., Numan, A., Omar, S. F., Ramesh, K., & Ramesh, S. (2016). Facile sonochemical synthesis of nanostructured NiO with different particle sizes and its electrochemical properties for supercapacitor application. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 471, 136–144.
  9. 2016 - Numan A., Duraisamy, N., Omar, F. S., Mahipal, Y. K., Ramesh, K., & Ramesh, S. (2016). Enhanced electrochemical performance of cobalt oxide nanocube intercalated reduced graphene oxide for supercapacitor application. RSC Advances, 6, 34894–34902.
  10. 2016 - Chong, M. Y., Liew, C.-W., Numan A., Yugal, K., Ramesh, K., Ng, H. M., Chong, T. V., Ramesh, S. (2016). Effects of ionic liquid on the hydroxylpropylmethyl cellulose (HPMC) solid polymer electrolyte. IONICS, 22(12), 2421-2430.
  11. 2016 - Nadiah, N. S., Mahipal, Y. K., Numan A., Ramesh, S., & Ramesh, K. (2016). Efficiency of supercapacitor using EC/DMC-based liquid electrolytes with methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer. IONICS, 22(1), 107-114.
  12. 2015 - Duraisamy, N., Numan A., Ramesh, K., Choi, K. H., Ramesh, S., & Ramesh, S. (2015). Investigation on structural and electrochemical properties of binder free nanostructured nickel oxide thin film. Materials Letters, 694–697.

Achievements & Accolades

Selected Research Projects (as Principal Investigator)

  1. Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices for Portable Electronics.
  2. ELASTI-CITIES: Humanizing the City for Greater Prosperity: Development of Electrochromic Devices for Smart Windows 
  3. Fabrication of Solid-State Electrochemical Energy Storage Device using Hydrogel.
  4. Investigating Thermoelectric Energy Harvester Based on Hybrid Graphene/ Bismuth Sulphide/Recycled Carbon Fiber Nanocomposite for Sub-watt IoT Applications.

 

Awards/ Recognition

  1. Listed in World’s Top 2% Scientists in Energy & Materials, by Stanford University, USA - Elsevier (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.
  2. Ranked among the top 1-2% of global researchers in Energy Storage and Material Sciences, by ScholarGPS Ranking Analytics 2024.
  3. Recognized as Best Scientist in the discipline of Engineering and Technolgy ranked by research.com (2024, 2025).
  4. Rising Stars Award by research.com (2025)
  5. Award for Excellence in Research for Early Career Researcher (2022), ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University Malaysia
  6. Honored to receive Satbayev Madel from Ministry of Science and Higher Education Republic of Kazakhstan. 
  7. Awarded a PhD with Distinction by the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

Notable Patents

  1. Arshid Numan, Mohammad Khalid, A Method of Synthesizing MXene, PI2021006539, Malaysia. (Granted).
  2. Zhan, Yiqiang, Arshid Numan, Qin, Yajie, Dopamine Detection Device and Method for Making Dopamine Detection Electrode, PT210309PCT, USA, (Filled) 
  3. Arshid Numan, Wong Weng Pin and Mohammad Khalid, Graphene/Bismuth Sulphide/Recycled Carbon Fibre Nanocomposite Based Thermoelectric Device for Sub-watt IoT Applications, (Filled)
  4. Arshid Numan, Elsa George and Mohammad Khalid, Thermoelectric Generator Based Remote Health Monitoring System, (Filled)
  5. Mohammad Khalid, Arshid Numan, Mohammad Norhaffis bin Mustafa, Electrochromic Supercapacitor Electrode Device and Method of Producing Thereof, PI202300178, Malaysia (Filled)
  6. Ramesh T. Subramaniam, Arshid Numan, Ong Gerard, Ramesh Kasi, Muhammad Khalid, A Method for Fabricating a Binder-Free Electrode, PI2025005026, Malaysia (Filled)

Professional Associations

  1. Editorial - Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio)
  2. Early Career Advisory Board Member - EcoMat (Wiley)
  3. Editorial - Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal.
  4. Conference Chair, Second International Conference on Emerging Materials for Sustainable Energy and Environment 2024 (EMSEE 2.0), ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University, Malaysia
  5. Conference Chair, Second International Conference on Emerging Materials for Sustainable Energy and Environment 2026 (EMSEE 3.0), ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University, Malaysia
  6. Organizer of Advanced Nano Materials for Biosensing, Bioimaging and Therapeutics, International Materials Research Congress 2025.