Dr. Bhajan Lal, chartered chemist, is a senior lecturer (2013-conti..) in Chemical Engineering Department and a core research member of CO2 Research Centre in Institute of Contaminant Management (ICM) at the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS-Malaysia. After receiving M.Sc., Ph.D. degree (Physical Chemistry) in 2004 from JMI Central University, New Delhi, India, Dr. Lal worked as a postdoc fellow and research scientist in USA, Canada, South Africa, Turkey, and Malaysia (2004-2013). His main areas of research interests are CO2 hydrates and its application in CO2 capture and storage, desalination, and flow assurance. He graduated 6 M.Sc., 5 Ph.D., 2 postdocs, and more than 60 chemical engineering undergrads FYPI students since 2013. Dr. Lal has published 4 books related to oil and gas industry, 120 peer-reviewed journal papers, 50 conference papers, and 4 book chapters (H-index 36, i-10 index 93, no of being cited 3825). In addition, as a project leader, he has secured 18 gas hydrate-related research projects worth
