Professor Numan Arshid

Professor Numan Arshid

Professor Numan Arshid

  • Head and Professor
  • Sunway Centre for Electrochemical Energy and Sustainable Technology
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
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Good Health and Well Being
Clean Water and Sanitation
Affordable and Clean Energy
Sustainable Cities and Communities

Biography

Dr Numan Arshid is Professor and Head of Sunway Center for Electrochemical Energy and Sustainable Technology (SCEEST), School of Engineering and Technology, Sunway 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 Sunway 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.

 

Academic & Professional Qualifications

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

Research Interests

  • Advanced Materials for Sustainable Energy
  • Electrochemical energy storage and conversion
  • Green Hydrogen and Electrocatalysis
  • Rechargeable Batteries and Supercapacitors

Teaching Areas

  • Physics
  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology
  • Electrochemical Energy Storage
  • Renewable Energy Materials

Courses Taught

  • Engineering Materials
  • Advanced Energy Storage Technologies
  • Physics

Notable Publications

  1. 2018 - Chew, J., Khanmirzaei, M., Numan, A., Omar, F. S., Ramesh, K., & Ramesh, S. (2018). Performance studies of ZnO and multi walled carbon nanotubes-based counter electrodes with gel polymer electrolyte for dye-sensitized solar cell. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 83, 144-149.
  2. 2018 - Lim, J. Y., Mubarak, N. M., Khalid, M., Abdullah, E. C., & Numan, A. (2018). Novel fabrication of functionalized graphene oxide via magnetite and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate. Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 16 (2018) 403–411.
  3. 2018 - Kumaran, V. S., Ng, H., Ramesh, S., Ramesh, K., Vengadaesvaran, B., & Numan, A. (2018). The conductivity and dielectric studies of solid polymer electrolytes based on poly (acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) doped with sodium iodide. IONICS, 1-7.
  4. 2018 - Iqbal, J., Numan, A., Rafique, S., Jafer, R., Mohamad, S., Ramesh, K., & Ramesh, S. (2018). High performance supercapattery incorporating ternary nanocomposite of multiwalled carbon nanotubes decorated with Co3O4 nanograins and silver nanoparticles as electrode material. Electrochimica Acta, 278, 72-82.
  5. 2018 - Omar, F. S., Numan, A., Bashir, S., Duraisamy, N., Vikneswaran, R., Loo, Y.-L., . . . Ramesh, S. (2018). Enhancing rate capability of amorphous nickel phosphate supercapattery electrode via composition with crystalline silver phosphate. Electrochimica Acta, 273, 216-228.
  6. 2017 - Nady, A., Ahmed, M. H. M., Latiff, A. A., Numan A., Ooi, R. C. H., & Harun, S. W. (2017). Nickel oxide nanoparticles as a saturable absorber for an all-fiber passively Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser. Laser Physics, 65105-65110.
  7. 2017 - Numan, A., Shahid, M. M., Omar, F. S., Ramesh, K., & Ramesh, S. (2017). Facile fabrication of cobalt oxide nanograin-decorated reduced graphene oxide composite as ultrasensitive platform for dopamine detection. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 238, 1043-1051.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 2017 - Numan, A., Duraisamy, N., Omar, F. S., Gopi, D., Ramesh, K., & Ramesh, S. (2017). Sonochemical synthesis of nanostructured nickel hydroxide as an electrode material for improved electrochemical energy storage application. Progress in Natural Science: Materials International, 27(4), 416-423.

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), Sunway 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), Sunway University, Malaysia
  5. Conference Chair, Second International Conference on Emerging Materials for Sustainable Energy and Environment 2026 (EMSEE 3.0), Sunway University, Malaysia
  6. Organizer of Advanced Nano Materials for Biosensing, Bioimaging and Therapeutics, International Materials Research Congress 2025.