Imran Khan has been working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Sultan Qaboos University since 2016. Earlier, from 2012 to 2016 worked as FCT Postdoctoral Fellow in the research group of Prof João A.P. Coutinho who runs the group famed as Process and Product Applied Thermodynamics (PATh), Dept. of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

Dr. Khan is currently working on the project "Development of a Sustainable Technology for the Extraction of Pesticides from Contaminated Surface Water by using Surface Active Ionic Liquid". Also working on project "Design and Implications of a Sustainable Technology for Corrosion using Bio-based Ionic Liquids as Inhibitors for Different Metallic Materials".

Research work mostly focused on thermodynamic and physicochemical properties of a novel class of ionic liquids and liquid mixtures. And designing ionic liquids (IL) for, extraction of value-added components, separation, materials development, environmental remediation, micellization, enhanced oil recovery, and corrosion. Also, focus on polymer-Ionic Liquid Interaction for the application in drug delivery. We also perform systematic theoretical and computational studies to understand the interaction at the molecular level.

Also, Dr. Khan was the principal investigator of a Exploratory Research and Development Projects, Funded by FCT, Portugal (http://www.fct.pt/index.phtml.en), Development of a sustainable technology for the extraction and purification of chlorophylls from biomass in year 2014.

Dr. Khan published more than 50 scientific papers in international peer reviewed journals, one edited book, and nine book chapters, and has an h-index of 20. Dr Khan, also presented many scientific research paper in various International Conferences. Dr. Khan, is also member of various scientific chemical society.

Physical Chemistry

My research is focused on thermodynamic and physicochemical properties of novel class of ionic liquids and liquid mixture. Current research interests are designing ionic liquids (IL) for extraction of value added component, separation, materials development, environmental remediation, micellization, enhanced oil recovery, corrosion. Also focus on polymer-Ionic Liquid Interaction for the application in drug delivery. We also perform systematic theoretical and computational study to understand the interaction at the molecular level.