Fayaz A. Malla is a senior assistant professor in environmental science with academic and research expertise in sustainability, circular economy, environmental monitoring, and resource management. His work focuses on integrating scientific innovation with practical environmental solutions, particularly in the areas of sustainable development, waste-to-resource approaches, and environmentally responsible production systems. He has contributed to interdisciplinary research addressing environmental challenges through biotechnology, green economy frameworks, and community-oriented sustainability practices. He is actively engaged in academic writing, curriculum development, and the preparation of scholarly materials for higher education, including MOOCs and research publications. His academic interests extend to emerging themes such as biomimicry, sustainable agriculture, environmental microbiology, and regenerative development pathways.
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Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Pollution, Waste Management and Disposal
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Microalgae-based systems for bioremediation of conventional pollutants Fayaz A. Malla, Afaan A. Malla, Showkat Rashid, Nazir A. Sofi, Mukhtar Ahmed, Ferooze A. Rafiqi Handbook of Microalgae Based Processes and Products Fundamentals and Advances in Energy Food Feed Fertilizer and Bioactive Compounds, 2026
Role of AI Policy in Responding to Climate Change and Mitigating the Food and Energy Crisis Fayaz A. Malla, Afaan A. Malla, Showkat Rashid, Nazir A. Sofi, Mukhtar Ahmed, Javaid A. Tali, Imtiyaz Ahmad Gull Handbook of Digitalization and Big Data in the Water Sector Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Volume 1, 2026 This chapter examines the essential function of artificial intelligence (AI) policy in tackling the interrelated global challenges of climate change, food insecurity, and energy shortage. It emphasises how AI’s proficiency in data processing, predictive analytics, and automation can transform agriculture, optimise renewable energy, and improve disaster management. It underscores the imperative for strong regulatory frameworks to guarantee ethical development, reduce dangers, and foster fair access to AI technologies. The chapter analyses AI applications in several domains, such as precision agriculture, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and efficient energy systems. It illustrates AI’s capabilities through instances, such as DeepMind’s energy optimisation in data centres, IBM’s Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture, and AI-enhanced weather forecasting. It emphasises that inadequate legislation can intensify existing disparities, raise issues about data misuse and algorithmic prejudice, and may favour profit-driven solutions over fair access. The chapter emphasises the essential requirement for regulations that include data privacy, openness, accountability, and the encouragement of innovation in accordance with global sustainability goals. It references the European Union’s AI Act and the OECD’s AI Principles as exemplars of frameworks for the ethical development and application of AI. The abstract asserts that a policy-driven strategy is essential for guaranteeing that AI developments are effective, inclusive, and promote a sustainable future, highlighting the significance of international and intersectoral collaboration.
Preface Algal Biorefineries in Circular Economy for Climate Change Resilience, 2025
Role of Brown Algae in Climate Change Mitigation Fayaz A. Malla, Suhaib A. Bandh, Afaan A. Malla, Showkat Rashid Algal Biorefineries in Circular Economy for Climate Change Resilience, 2025 The incredible carbon sequestration, ocean pH regulation, and biodiversity support that brown algae (Phaeophyceae) provide are making them pivotal actors in the fight against climate change. This book chapter delves into the diverse ways brown algae can help with climate change. It emphasizes how they can act as carbon sinks, help reduce ocean acidification, and provide sustainable bioenergy and biomaterials. Some important points to cover are the biological processes that enable carbon fixation, how to include the growth of algae into global climate goals, and how these goals interact with carbon trading systems. Sustainable aquaculture practices are further explored in this chapter of the book, with an emphasis on scalable cultivation models that strike a balance between environmental advantages and socio-economic gains like food security and employment. The importance of brown algae programs in reaching net-zero emissions and improving the state of marine ecosystems is highlighted by their alignment with legislative frameworks such as the Paris Agreement. Incorporating brown algae into climate policies is mapped out in this book through specific policy suggestions and research advances. As a foundational resource for climate resiliency and sustainable development, brown algae demand concerted action from researchers, policymakers, and business leaders.
Algae-Based Carbon Credits Fayaz A. Malla, Afaan A. Malla, Suhaib A. Bandh, Showkat Rashid Algal Biorefineries in Circular Economy for Climate Change Resilience, 2025 This chapter examines the burgeoning importance of algae in carbon credit systems as an effective tool for addressing climate change. Algae, due to their superior photosynthetic efficiency and rapid development, present a viable avenue for carbon capture and sequestration, exceeding the CO2 absorption capabilities of numerous terrestrial plants. The adaptability of algae facilitates incorporation into various systems, including industrial flue gas collection and wastewater treatment, while concurrently generating useful byproducts such as biofuels, bioplastics, and fertilisers. This chapter analyses the mechanics of carbon capture by microalgae and macroalgae and assesses the different growing techniques, such as open pond systems and sophisticated photobioreactors. Advancements in genetic engineering are emphasised for their potential to improve carbon uptake and biomass yield. The chapter examines the economic and environmental advantages of algae-derived carbon credits, encompassing money collection from carbon markets and the ancillary benefits of biofuel production and ecosystem service improvement. The book chapter recognises substantial problems, including elevated start-up expenses, operational intricacies, resource requirements, and regulatory obstacles. Future perspectives highlight the importance of technology breakthroughs, including in genetic engineering and sophisticated bioreactor designs, alongside synergies with circular economy models. The utilisation of artificial intelligence and blockchain for the oversight and validation of carbon credits is examined. This chapter concludes that algae-based carbon credits present a transformative method for carbon sequestration; however, it is essential to surmount current technological, economic, and regulatory challenges for their effective deployment and broad acceptance.
Algal Biomass Production and Carbon Sequestration Afaan A. Malla, Fayaz A. Malla, Showkat Rashid, Suhaib A. Bandh Algal Biorefineries in Circular Economy for Climate Change Resilience, 2025 Energy, climate change, and resource management are three of the world’s most pressing problems, and producing biomass from algae is one long-term answer. Key participants in biofuel generation, bioplastics, and carbon sequestration are algae due to their fast growth rate, high photosynthetic efficiency, and capacity to live in varied settings. Modern advancements in technology, such as digital twins, and cutting-edge approaches to cultivation, such as photobioreactors and hybrid systems, are discussed in this chapter. The environmental benefits of algae, such as CO2 capture and nutrient recycling, are not yet widely used because of factors like high operational costs, limited resources, and inconsistent regulatory frameworks. When combined with waste management and carbon credit programs, algal systems become economically viable, according to a thorough cost–benefit analysis. To conquer these obstacles, the chapter stresses the significance of stakeholder cooperation, research funding, and enabling policy frameworks. Through the resolution of these obstacles, algae have the potential to propel game-changing advancements in carbon neutrality, sustainable energy generation, and the circular bioeconomy.
Track to reach net-zero: Progress and pitfalls Suhaib A Bandh, Fayaz A Malla, Tuan-Dung Hoang, Irteza Qayoom, Haika Mohi-Ud-Din, Shahnaz Bashir, Richard Betts, Thanh Tuan Le, Duc Trong Nguyen Le, Nguyen Viet Linh Le, Huu Cuong Le, Dao Nam Cao Energy and Environment, 2025 Over recent years, many companies and countries have established net-zero emission objectives for 2050 or sooner. Frankly, there will be fraught with challenges and dangers to some extent to attain net-zero. Therefore, we scrutinized the importance of net-zero strategies and plans/roadmap to attain these net-zero goals in this review. We found that overcoming the diverse obstacles including settling on a formal definition of the concept, increasing global financing and infrastructure investments, and ensuring that advancements in green technology occur while keeping their costs low or subsidizing them is very imperative to quickly transition away from carbon-emitting fossil fuels. Other challenges could include getting the net-zero ball moving on difficult-to-decarbonize sectors, choosing the correct carbon offsets, not relying solely on renewable energy credits, and striking the right balance between climate-related policies at various levels. Based on the review analysis, we suggested some solutions to achieving net-zero by 2050, as well as long-run scenarios. In short, all components of sustainable development, socioeconomic sustainability, or the pursuit of broad developing opportunities must be matched with a net-zero emission-based economy, this ensures stability and harmony in the balance between national targets and international benefits.
Sustainable transformation to carbon neutrality: Obstacles and solutions Diep Ngoc Long Huynh, Suhaib A Bandh, Fayaz A Malla, Xuan Phuong Nguyen, Shahid A Wani, Enrique Rodríguez-Castellón, Trong Nhan Truong, Dang Khoa Pham Nguyen, Hoang Phuong Nguyen, Anh Tuan Hoang Energy and Environment, 2025
Waste Management and Circular Economy Suhaib A. Bandh, Fayaz A. Malla, Shahid A. Wani, Anh Tuan Hoang Waste Management in the Circular Economy, 2024
Waste Management in Past, Present, and Future Fayaz A. Malla, Mukhtar Ahmed, Afaan A. Malla, Suhaib A. Bandh, Nazir A. Sofi Integrated Waste Management Trends Policies and Perspectives, 2024
Microalgae-based systems for bioremediation of conventional pollutants FA Malla, AA Malla, S Rashid, NA Sofi, M Ahmed, FA Rafiqi Handbook of Microalgae-Based Processes and Products, 311-327 , 2026 2026
Role of AI Policy in Responding to Climate Change and Mitigating the Food and Energy Crisis IAG Fayaz A. Malla, Afaan A. Malla, Showkat Rashid, Nazir A. Sofi, Mukhtar ... Role of AI Policy in Responding to Climate Change 1, 68-80 , 2026 2026
Soil pollution remediation strategies and their environmental impact FA Malla, AA Malla, S Rashid, NA Sofi, M Ahmed, JA Tali, IA Gull Nonpoint Source Nitrogen Pollution, 341-357 , 2026 2026
Soil pollution remediation strategies and their environmental impact IAG Fayaz A. Malla, Afaan A. Malla , Showkat Rashid, Nazir A. Sofi, Mukhtar ... Non-Point Source Nitrogen Pollution 1, 316 , 2026 2026
Algal Biomass Production and Carbon Sequestration AA Malla, FA Malla, S Rashid, SA Bandh Algal Biorefineries in Circular Economy for Climate Change Resilience, 172-181 , 2025 2025
Role of Brown Algae in Climate Change Mitigation FA Malla, SA Bandh, AA Malla, S Rashid Algal Biorefineries in Circular Economy for Climate Change Resilience, 81-90 , 2025 2025
Algae-Based Carbon Credits FA Malla, AA Malla, SA Bandh, S Rashid Algal Biorefineries in Circular Economy for Climate Change Resilience, 182-192 , 2025 2025
Algal Biorefineries in Circular Economy for Climate Change Resilience SAB Fayaz A. Malla CRC Press, Taylor & Francis 1, 250 , 2025 2025
Algae Based Carbon Credits SR Fayaz A. Malla, Afaan A. Malla, Suhaib A. Bandh Algal Biorefineries in Circular Economy for Climate Change Resilience 1, 250 , 2025 2025
Algal Biomass Production and Carbon Sequestration SAB Afaan A. Malla, Fayaz A. Malla, Showkat Rashid Algal Biorefineries in Circular Economy for Climate Change Resilience 1, 250 , 2025 2025
Role of Brown Algae in Climate Change Mitigation SR Fayaz A. Malla, Suhaib A. Bandh, Afaan A. Malla Algal Biorefineries in Circular Economy for Climate Change Resilience 1, 250 , 2025 2025
Hydrochemical analysis of surface water quality in South Chennai lakes: Enhancing water use efficiency and sustainability for irrigation and pollution management GKSZK Rama Lakshmi Devi, Javaid Ahmad Tali, Ferooze Ahmad Rafiqi, Showkat ... Water Use Efficiency, Sustainability and Circular Economy. 1, 345-362 , 2025 2025
Circular water economy: Developing sustainability and resilience UATAZ Showkat Rashid, Shakir Hussain Malik, Fayaz A. Malla, Javaid Ahmad Tali Water Use Efficiency, Sustainability and the Circular Economy. 1, 271-282 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Water Use Efficiency, Sustainability and the Circular Economy FAMAH Suhaib A. Bandh Elsevier 1, 402 , 2025 2025
Algal Biorefineries in Circular Economy for Climate Change Resilience SAB Fayaz A. Malla CRC Press, Taylor & Francis 1, 280 , 2025 2025
Zero-waste perspective for circular bioeconomy of phycoremediation and life cycle assessment: Essentialities, development and challenges KM Gulshan Kumar Sharma, Anwesha Khanrab, Fayaz Ahmad Malla, Shakeel A. Khan ... Biomass and Bioenergy 202, 20 , 2025 2025 Citations: 5
Track to reach net-zero: Progress and pitfalls SA Bandh, FA Malla, TD Hoang, I Qayoom, H Mohi-Ud-Din, S Bashir, ... Energy & Environment 36 (5), 2345-2370 , 2025 2025 Citations: 19
Sustainable transformation to carbon neutrality: Obstacles and solutions HPNATH Diep Ngoc Long Huynh, Suhaib A Bandh , Fayaz A Malla, Xuan Phuong ... Energy & Environment , 2025 2025 Citations: 15
Hydrochemical analysis of surface water quality in South Chennai lakes: Enhancing water use efficiency and sustainability for irrigation and pollution management GKSZK Rama Lakshmi Devi, Javaid Ahmad Tali, Ferooze Ahmad Rafiqi, Showkat ... Water Use Efficiency, Sustainability and Circular Economy. , 2025 2025
Circular water economy: Developing sustainability and resilience UATAZ Showkat Rashid, Shakir Hussain Malik, Fayaz A.Malla, Javaid Ahmad Tali Water Use Efficiency, Sustainability and Circular Economy. , 2025 2025
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Microalgae based biofertilizers: A biorefinery approach to phycoremediate wastewater and harvest biodiesel and manure NG Shakeel A.Khan, Gulshan K.Sharma, Fayaz A.Malla, Amit Kumar, Rashmi Journal of cleaner production , 2018 2018.0 Citations: 158
Phycoremediation potential of Chlorella minutissima on primary and tertiary treated wastewater for nutrient removal and biodiesel production FA Malla, SA Khan Ecol. Eng 75, 343-349 , 2015 2015.0 Citations: 104
Understanding Climate Change: Scientific Opinion and Public Perspective ATHSM Fayaz A. Malla, Aiman Mushtaq, Suhaib A. Bandh, Irteza Qayoom Climate Change, 1-20 , 2022 2022.0 Citations: 92
Importance of Blue Carbon in Mitigating Climate Change and Plastic/Microplastic Pollution and Promoting Circular Economy DNCSFA Suhaib A. Bandh, Fayaz A. Malla, Irteza Qayoom, Haika Mohi-Ud-Din ... Sustainability 15 (3), 1-29 , 2023 2023.0 Citations: 73
Biofuels: Potential Alternatives to Fossil Fuels ATHNAS Fayaz A. Malla, Suhaib A. Bandh, Shahid A. Wani Biofuels in Circular Economy, 1-15 , 2023 2023.0 Citations: 67
Potential of wastewater treating Chlorella minutissima for methane enrichment and CO2 sequestration of biogas and producing lipids SA Khan, FA Malla, LC Malav, N Gupta, A Kumar Energy 150, 153-163 , 2018 2018.0 Citations: 52
Carbon-Based Synthesized Materials for CO2 Adsorption and Conversion: Its Potential for Carbon Recycling SBPAH Tuan-Dung Hoang, Suhaib A. Bandh, Fayaz A. Malla, Irteza Qayoom ... recycling 8 (4) , 2023 2023.0 Citations: 40
Waste management and circular economy FM Suhaib Bandh Waste management in the Circular economy 1, 320 , 2024 2024.0 Citations: 39
Nutrient sequestration and phycoremediation of sewage waste water by selective microalgae FAMNG GULSHAN K. SHARMA , SHAKEEL A. KHAN International Journal of Applied Agricultural & Horticultural Sciences 5 … , 2014 2014.0 Citations: 27
Track to reach net-zero: Progress and pitfalls SA Bandh, FA Malla, TD Hoang, I Qayoom, H Mohi-Ud-Din, S Bashir, ... Energy & Environment 36 (5), 2345-2370 , 2025 2025.0 Citations: 19
Biofuels and sustainable development goals FA Malla, SA Bandh Environmental sustainability of biofuels, 13-26 , 2023 2023.0 Citations: 17
Sustainable transformation to carbon neutrality: Obstacles and solutions HPNATH Diep Ngoc Long Huynh, Suhaib A Bandh , Fayaz A Malla, Xuan Phuong ... Energy & Environment , 2025 2025.0 Citations: 15
Biofuels in Circular Economy FAM Suhaib A. Bandh 2023.0 Citations: 13
Importance of blue carbon in mitigating climate change and plastic/microplastic pollution and promoting cir-cular economy SA Bandh, FA Malla, I Qayoom, H Mohi-ud-Din, AK Butt, A Altaf, SA Wani, ... Sustainability 15 (3), 2682 , 0 Citations: 13
Circular Economy to Decarbonize Electricity AAMSAW Fayaz Ahmad Malla, Tuan Dung, Suhaib A. Bandh Renewable Energy in Circular Economy 1, 71–87 , 2023 2023.0 Citations: 12
Algal Biorefinery: A Synergetic Sustainable Solution to Wastewater Treatment and Biofuel Production FAMGLM Gulshan Kumar Sharma, Shakeel Ahmad Khan, Amit Kumar, Ittyamkandath ... Microalgae , 2022 2022.0 Citations: 12
Biorefinery potential of algal biomass grown in sewage wastewater for phycoremediation, biodiesel and manure production SA Khan, GK Sharma, FA Malla, A Kumar, GN Rashmi Journal of Cleaner Production 211, 1412-1419 , 2019 2019.0 Citations: 12
Biofuel Projects and Current Environmental Policies: Vietnam’s Case and Neighboring Asian Countries FAMSAB Tuan-Dung Hoang, Pham Thi Ha, Anthony B. Halog Biofuels in Circular Economy, 73-88 , 2023 2023.0 Citations: 10
Renewable energy in circular economy SA Bandh, FA Malla, AT Hoang Springer Nature Switzerland , 2023 2023.0 Citations: 9
Valorization of Microalgal Biomass and Wastewater Treatment SA Bandh, FA Malla Elsevier , 2022 2022.0 Citations: 8