​​The research application area is catalytic aftertreatment systems in connection to internal combustion engines. The objective is to bridge these research areas to enable more environmental friendly vehicles. The focus is on reactor experiments and kinetic modeling. The application areas are Methane, diesel and blend fuel combustion, particulate matter capture and catalytic oxidation. Main areas of interest are Design of catalytic systems, Experiments (MoE), Multivariate data analysis (MVA) and Parameter estimation methods.​​

• Performance studies of Pt, Pd and PtPd supported on SBA-15 for wet CO and hydrocarbon oxidation.
  H. A. Khan, M. Abou-Daher, A.L. De Freitas, J. Subburaj, O. EI Tall, A. Farooq, Catalysis Today (2024)
• Yttrium stabilization and Pt addition to Pd/ZrO2 catalyst for the oxidation of methane in the presence of ethylene and water.
  H. A. Khan, J. Hao, O. El Tall, A. Farooq, RSC Advances (2022)
• Catalytic performance of Pd catalyst supported on Zr: Ce modified mesoporous silica for methane oxidation.H. A. Khan, J. Hao, A. Farooq, Chemical Engineering Journal (2021)

• ​2019: Ph.D., Clean Energy and Chemical Engineering, KIST School-UST, Seoul, South Korea.
• 2014: BE, Chemical Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro Pakistan.

• ​​2019-Present: Research Scientist, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia.
• 2019-2022: Postdoctoral Fellow, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia.

• ​KIST School Research Excellence Award-2019​

• Clean Energy Research Platform (CERP)

• Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE)