2026 Pascal E. Saikaly: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	47	4849	4667	34	34	135	8740

Overview

Pascal E. Saikaly is affiliated with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a significant contribution to environmental engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, pollution, water science and technology, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's work covers several critical topics within environmental science, notably:

Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
Membrane Separation Technologies
Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Electrochemical sensors and biosensors

Pascal E. Saikaly has published extensively in various peer-reviewed journals, with frequent publications in the following venues:

Water Research
Frontiers in Microbiology
Chemical Engineering Journal
Environmental Science and Ecotechnology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Some of the notable recent papers include:

"Extracellular electron transfer-dependent anaerobic oxidation of ammonium by anammox bacteria," published in 2020 in Nature Communications
"Microbial electrosynthesis from CO2: Challenges, opportunities and perspectives in the context of circular bioeconomy," published in 2020 in Bioresource Technology
"Pilot scale microbial fuel cells using air cathodes for producing electricity while treating wastewater," published in 2022 in Water Research
"Addition of a carbon fiber brush improves anaerobic digestion compared to external voltage application," published in 2020 in Water Research
"W2N-MXene composite anode catalyst for efficient microbial fuel cells using domestic wastewater," published in 2023 in Chemical Engineering Journal

Frequent collaborators in Pascal E. Saikaly's research include:

Krishna P. Katuri
Muhammad Ali
Dario Rangel Shaw
Bin Bian
Jiajie Xu

Best Publications

Electroactive microorganisms in bioelectrochemical systems

Bruce E. Logan;Ruggero Rossi;Ala’a Ragab;Pascal E. Saikaly

1413
Citations
Assessment of Microbial Fuel Cell Configurations and Power Densities

Bruce E. Logan;Maxwell J. Wallack;Kyoung Yeol Kim;Weihua He

544
Citations
Extracellular electron transfer-dependent anaerobic oxidation of ammonium by anammox bacteria

Dario R. Shaw;Muhammad Ali;Krishna P. Katuri;Jeffrey A. Gralnick

351
Citations
Microbial electrosynthesis from CO2: Challenges, opportunities and perspectives in the context of circular bioeconomy.

Bin Bian;Suman Bajracharya;Jiajie Xu;Deepak Pant

262
Citations
Microbial Community Composition Is Unaffected by Anode Potential

Xiuping Zhu;Matthew D. Yates;Marta C. Hatzell;Hari Ananda Rao

208
Citations
Do biological-based strategies hold promise to biofouling control in MBRs?

Lilian Malaeb;Pierre Le-Clech;Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder;Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder;George M. Ayoub

198
Citations
A Novel Anaerobic Electrochemical Membrane Bioreactor (AnEMBR) with Conductive Hollow-fiber Membrane for Treatment of Low-Organic Strength Solutions

Krishna P. Katuri;Craig M. Werner;Rodrigo J. Jimenez-Sandoval;Wei Chen

195
Citations
A Hybrid Microbial Fuel Cell Membrane Bioreactor with a Conductive Ultrafiltration Membrane Biocathode for Wastewater Treatment

Lilian Malaeb;Krishna Katuri;Bruce E. Logan;Husnul Maab

184
Citations
Wastewater treatment, energy recovery and desalination using a forward osmosis membrane in an air-cathode microbial osmotic fuel cell

Craig M. Werner;Bruce E. Logan;Pascal E. Saikaly;Gary L. Amy

174
Citations
Pilot scale microbial fuel cells using air cathodes for producing electricity while treating wastewater.

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174
Citations
Dissolved Organic Carbon Influences Microbial Community Composition and Diversity in Managed Aquifer Recharge Systems

Dong Li;Dong Li;Jonathan O. Sharp;Pascal E. Saikaly;Shahjahan Ali

162
Citations
Porous nickel hollow fiber cathodes coated with CNTs for efficient microbial electrosynthesis of acetate from CO2 using Sporomusa ovata

Bin Bian;Manal Faisal AlQahtani;Krishna Katuri;Defei Liu

147
Citations
Graphene-Coated Hollow Fiber Membrane as the Cathode in Anaerobic Electrochemical Membrane Bioreactors – Effect of Configuration and Applied Voltage on Performance and Membrane Fouling

Craig M. Werner;Krishna P. Katuri;Ananda Rao Hari;Wei Chen

140
Citations
Importance of Species Sorting and Immigration on the Bacterial Assembly of Different-Sized Aggregates in a Full-Scale Aerobic Granular Sludge Plant.

Muhammad Ali;Zhongwei Wang;Khaled W. Salam;Ananda Rao Hari

140
Citations
Dynamics of bacterial communities before and after distribution in a full-scale drinking water network.

Joline El-Chakhtoura;Joline El-Chakhtoura;Emmanuelle Prest;Pascal Saikaly;Mark van Loosdrecht

140
Citations
Vastly Enhanced BiVO4 Photocatalytic OER Performance by NiCoO2 as Cocatalyst

Thangavelu Palaniselvam;Le Shi;Gangaiah Mettela;Dalavar H. Anjum

136
Citations
Porous Hollow Fiber Nickel Electrodes for Effective Supply and Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Methane through Microbial Electrosynthesis

Manal F. Alqahtani;Krishna P. Katuri;Suman Bajracharya;Yuanlie Yu

134
Citations
Dual-Function Electrocatalytic and Macroporous Hollow-Fiber Cathode for Converting Waste Streams to Valuable Resources Using Microbial Electrochemical Systems.

Krishna Katuri;Shafeer Kalathil;Alaa I. Ragab;Bin Bian

133
Citations
The role of microbial electrolysis cell in urban wastewater treatment: integration options, challenges, and prospects.

Krishna P Katuri;Muhammad Ali;Pascal E Saikaly

132
Citations
Mixing effect on thermophilic anaerobic digestion of source-sorted organic fraction of municipal solid waste.

Sophia Ghanimeh;Mutasem El Fadel;Pascal Saikaly;Pascal Saikaly

131
Citations
The impact of new cathode materials relative to baseline performance of microbial fuel cells all with the same architecture and solution chemistry

Wulin Yang;Kyoung Yeol Kim;Pascal E. Saikaly;Bruce E. Logan

130
Citations
Bacterial community structure and variation in a full-scale seawater desalination plant for drinking water production

A. Belila;J. El-Chakhtoura;N. Otaibi;G. Muyzer

116
Citations