Dr. Abdul Wasif Shaikh is an Assistant Professor in School of Chemistry with research expertise in polymeric materials, emulsions, surfactants, porous polymeric monoliths, water soluble polymers, polymers for water treatment, pulp and paper and textile industries. At, NCL, Pune, involved in a project from Proctor & Gamble USA to develop porous polymers and its polymerization kinetics profile and was involved in a project from ONGC in polymer development for enhanced oil recovery. She had developed a porous monolithic bioreactor at University of Stuttgart, Germany.