1. Suresh K , Jenny Nambikkattu , Noel Jacob Kaleekkal*, Deepak Lawrence K Custom-designed 3D printed feed spacers and TFN membranes with MIL-101(Fe) for water recovery by forward osmosis (Environmental Technology doi:10.1080/09593330.2023.2231142)
2. Anoopa A, Jenny N, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal* Investigating the performance of novel thin-film nanocomposite membranes incorporating zinc anchored Mesoporous Cellular Foam (Zn-PDA-MCF-5) for efficient Nanofiltration Membranes 13 (5), 486.
3. Jenny N, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal* (2023) Fluoroalkylsilane grafted FeOOH nanorods impregnated PVDF-co-HFP membranes with enhanced wetting and fouling resistance for direct contact membrane distillation Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 11(3) 109624.
4. Jenny N, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal*(2023) Investigating the performance of surface-engineered membranes for direct contact membrane distillation Separation Science and Technology 58(6) 1145-1161.
5. M Afsari, MJ Park, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, MM Motsa, HK Shon, L Tijing (2023) Janus Distillation Membrane via Mussel-Inspired Inkjet Printing Modification for Anti-Oil Fouling Membrane Distillation Membranes 13 (2), 191.

6. 2022

   V Sangeetha, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal*, S Vigneswaran (2022) Coaxial Electrospun Nanofibrous Membranes for Enhanced Water Recovery by Direct Contact Membrane Distillation Polymers 14 (24), 5350.
7. N Gowriboy, R Kalaivizhi, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, MR Ganesh, KA Aswathy (2022) Fabrication and characterization of polymer nanocomposites membrane (Cu-MOF@ CA/PES) for water treatment Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 10 (6), 108668.
8. Sangeetha V, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal* (2022) Investigation of the performance of dual-layered omniphobic electrospun nanofibrous membranes for direct contact membrane distillation (Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10 (6), 108661.
9. Noel Jacob Kaleekkal*, Juliana J (2022) Grand Challenges in Membrane Distillation for Desalination and Wastewater recovery Journal of Applied Membrane Science & Technology 26 (3), 27-36.
10. Juliana J, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal* (2022) An integrated Nanofiltration-Membrane Distillation (NF-MD) process for the treatment of saline oily wastewater Separation Science and Technology 58(6), 1162-1177.
11. Noel Jacob Kaleekkal*, Jenny Nambikkattu, Ajmal Rasheeda Satheesh, Ralph Gonzales, Hokyong Shon and Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran (2022) Engineered Osmosis - sustainable technology for water recovery, product concentration, and energy generation Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 8, 1326-1358.
12. N. Santosh Srinivas, K. Kishore Ramanan, John Bosco Balaguru, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, Gautham B.Jegadeesan, (2022) Coumarin as a chemical probe to evaluate efficiency of vortex – based hydrodynamic cavitation process Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 10(1), 106940.
13. L Rameesha, D Rana, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, A Nagendran (2022) Efficacy of MOF-199 in improvement of permeation, morphological, antifouling and antibacterial characteristics of polyvinylidene fluoride membranes New Journal of Chemistry 46 (16), 7638-7649
14. Meenakshi. S, Trilokesh. C, Gayathri. G, Kiran Babu Uppuluri and Noel Jacob Kaleekkal*, (2022) Direct entrapment and statistical optimization of cellulolytic enzymes on PVDF membranes for the hydrolysis of corncob lignocelluloses Journal of Molecular Liquids 346, 117087.
15. Vishnu V Bhaskar, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal* (2022) Next-generation thin-film composite nanofiltration membranes for water remediation: a review Emergent Materials 5, 1373–1390

16. 2021

    Elangovan Erusappan, Sivakumar Thiripuranthagan, Ramakrishnan Radhakrishnan, Mani Durai, Sakthivel Kumaravel, Thanigaivel Vembuli and Noel Jacob Kaleekkal* (2021) Fabrication of mesoporous TiO2 /PVDF photocatalytic membranes for efficient photocatalytic degradation of synthetic dyes Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 9 (4), 105776.
17. Thanigaivelan Arumugham, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal*, Sruthi Gopal, Jenny Nambikkattu, Rambabu K, Ahmed Mamdouh Aboulella, S. Ranil Wickramasinghe, Fawzi Banat (2021) Recent developments in ceramic membranes for wastewater treatment and desalination: A review Journal of Environmental Management 293, 112925.
18. Jenny Nambikkattu, Josna Jose, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal*(2021) Tailoring the performance of thin-film composite membrane using ZIF-8 for wastewater treatment Materials Today: Proceedings 47, 1394-1399
19. Noel Jacob Kaleekkal*(2021), Heparin immobilized graphene oxide in polyetherimide membranes for hemodialysis with enhanced hemocompatibility and removal of uremic toxins Journal of Membrane Science- 632, 119068.

20. Older

    Yuvaraj Mutharasi, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal*, Thanigaivelan Arumugham, Fawzi Banat, MSR Sridhar Kapavarapu MSSA (2020) Antifouling and photocatalytic properties of 2-D Zn/Al Layered Double Hydroxide tailored low-pressure membranes Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification 158, 108191.
21. Saraswathi, D Rana, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, K Divya, A Nagendran (2020) Investigating the efficacy of PVDF membranes customized with sulfonated graphene oxide nanosheets for enhanced permeability and antifouling Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 8(5), 104426.
22. J.S. Beril Melbiah, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, D. Nithya Rabekkal, D. Rana, A. Nagendran and D. Mohan (2020) Improved permeation, separation and antifouling performance of customized polyacrylonitrile ultrafiltration membranes Chemical Engineering Research and Design 159, 157-169.
23. Athul Seshadri, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal *, Suresh Kumar P (2020) Preparation and characterization of proton exchange polyvinylidene fluoride membranes incorporated with sulfonated mesoporous carbon/SPEEK nanocomposite,SN Applied Sciences 2, 688.
24. Jenny N, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal*, Joel Parayil Jacob (2020) Metal Ferrite Incorporated Polysulfone Thin- Film Nanocomposite Membranes for Wastewater Treatment Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28, 11915–11927
25. Thanigaivelan Arumugham, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, Dipak Rana and Sathiyanarayanan Iyer (2019) PFOM fillers embedded PVDF/cellulose dual-layered membranes with hydrophobic–hydrophilic channels for desalination via direct contact membrane distillation process RSC Advances 9, 41462–41474.
26. Selvaraj Vetrivel, Dipak Rana, Meenakshi Sundaram, Sri Abirami Saraswathi, Kumar Divya, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal,  Alagumalai Nagendran (2019), Cellulose acetate nanocomposite ultrafiltration membranes tailored with hydrous manganese dioxide nanoparticles for water treatment applications, Polymers for Advanced Technologies 30(8), 1943-1950.
27. Thanigaivelan Arumugham, Dipak Rana, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, Reshika Gnanamoorthi Amimodu (2019), Nano CuO/g-C3N4 sheets based ultrafiltration membrane with enhanced interfacial affinity, antifouling and protein separation performances for water treatment application Journal of Environmental Sciences 82,57-69
28. Krishnan Muthukumar, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, D. Shanthana lakshmi, Showena Srivastava, H. C. Bajaj (2019), Tuning the morphology of PVDF membranes using inorganic clusters for oil/water separation, Journal of Applied Polymer Science 136, 47641(1-10).
29. S Neelakandan, A Muthumeenal, D Rana, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, A Nagendran (2019), Sulfonated poly(phenylene ether ether sulfone) membrane tailored with layer‐by‐layer self‐assembly of poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) and phosphotungstic acid for DMFC applications. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 136, 47344.
30. T Arumugham, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, D Rana (2018), Fabrication of novel aromatic amine functionalized nanofiltration (NF) membranes and testing its dye removal and desalting ability, Polymer Testing 72, 1-10.
31. Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, Ramakrishnan Radhakrishnan, Vishnu Sunil, Geethanzali Kamalanathan, Arijit Sengupta, Ranil Wickramasinghe (2018),  Performance evaluation of novel nanostructured modified mesoporous silica/polyetherimide composite membranes for the treatment of oil/water emulsion, Separation and Purification Technology 205,32-47.
32. AU Devi, K Divya, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, D Rana, A Nagendran (2018), Tailored SPVdF-co-HFP/SGO nanocomposite proton exchange membranes for direct methanol fuel cells, Polymer 140 (28) 22-32
33. Abirami Saraswathi, R Kausalia, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, Dipak Rana, Alagumalai Nagendran (2017), BSA and Humic Acid separation from aqueous streams using polydopamine coated PVDf ultrafiltration membranes, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 5(3) 2937-2943.
34. T.V. Padmakumari, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, D. Mohan, S. Velmurugan (2017), Removal of nitrogen containing reducing agents from water coolant systems using ion exchange resin and membranes, Journal of Applied Polymer Science 134 (11), 44588 (1-8).
35. Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, A. Thanigaivelan, Dipak Rana, D. Mohan (2017), Studies on carboxylated graphene oxide incorporated polyetherimide mixed matrix ultrafiltration membranes, Materials Chemistry and Physics 186, 146-158.
36. T Arumugham, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, D Rana, Mohan Doraiswamy (2016), Separation of oil/water emulsions using nano MgO anchored hybrid ultrafiltration membranes for environmental abatement, Journal of Applied Polymer Science 133 (1), 42848 (1-12).
37. Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, D Rana, D Mohan (2016), Functionalized MWCNTs in improving the performance and biocompatibility of potential hemodialysis membranes, RSC Advances 6 (68), 63156-63170.
38. S Neelakandan, K Noel Jacob, P Kanagaraj, RM Sabarathinam, A Muthumeenal, A Nagendran (2016), Effect of sulfonated graphene oxide on the performance enhancement of acid–base composite membranes for direct methanol fuel cells, RSC Advances 6 (57), 51599-51608.
39. Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, A Thanigaivelan, M Durga, R Girish, D Rana, Periasamy Soundararajan, D Mohan (2015), Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite Incorporated Poly (ether imide) Mixed Matrix Membranes for in Vitro Evaluation of Its Efficacy in Blood Purification Applications, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 54 (32), 7899-7913.
40. Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, A Thanigaivelan, M Tarun, D Mohan (2015), A functional PES membrane for hemodialysis—Preparation, Characterization and Biocompatibility, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering 23 (7), 1236-1244.
41. T Arumugham, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, M Doraiswamy (2015), Development of new hybrid ultrafiltration membranes by entanglement of macromolecular PPSU‐SO3H chains: Preparation, morphologies, mechanical strength, and fouling resistant properties, Journal of Applied Polymer Science 132 (20), 41986 (1-9).
42. A Thanigaivelan, K Noel  Jacob, J Rajkumar, E Thamayanthi (2015), Development of nano hybrid polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) ultrafiltration membranes: preparation, characterization and antifouling studies, International Journal of ChemTech Research [NCNER-2015] 8 (5), 77-84.
43. A Thanigaivelan, J Rajkumar, K Noel Jacob, D Mohan (2015), A novel hybrid PES nano-filtration membrane: Preparation, characterization and separation performance, International Journal of ChemTech Research [NCNER-2015] 8 (5), 138-143.
44. Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, SS Kumar, A Thanigaivelan, M Tarun, D Mohan (2014), Sulfonated polyethersulfone-based membranes for metal ion removal via a hybrid process, Journal of Materials Science 49 (1), 114-122.
45. P Nanda, PEJ Babu, S Tekalkote, BM Kunnummal, Noel Jacob (2012), Bio-Conjugation of Bacillus Fastidiosus-Uricase with Methoxy Polyethylene Glycol Derivative and Study Of Physiochemical Properties, International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 4(4), 290-295.

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• Indian National Academy of Engineering- Young Associate (2022)
• Indian Membrane Society (IMS)- Life Member #224
• Association of Separation Scientists and Technologists (ASSET)- Life Member #269
• Indian Desalination Association (IDA)- Life Member #527
• Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE)- Life Member #71293
• International Water Association (IWA)- Individual Membership #1624990 (up to 2023)

1. Project Implementation Group Member- “Sustainable Technologies for Water Recovery and Energy Harvesting” (2021). Funder: DST –FIST, India– 68.00 Lakh INR.
2. SERB International Travel Support – Oral Presentation:  “Evaluating the role of nanomaterials in tuning the performance of hydrophobic membranes for membrane distillation” at IMSTEC, Melbourne, 4-9 December 2022.
3. Lead PI- “Integrated hydrodynamic cavitation - membrane distillation technology for enhanced water recovery from industrial effluent” (2020-2023). Funder: DST Technology Mission Division (Energy & Water)'s  call for Optimal Water Use in Industrial Sector – 21.00 Lakhs INR- Ongoing
4. Lead PI- “Tuning the Performance of Thin-Film Composite Membranes on Electrospun Support for Engineered Osmosis in water remediation” (2019-2022). Funder:  MHRD-SPARC–– 44.00 Lakhs INR. International Collaborators:  Prof. Upal Ghosh (UMBC, USA) and Prof. Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran (UTS, Australia)- Completed
5. Lead PI- “Development of Electrospun Membranes with Graded Hydrophobicity for Membrane Distillation” (2019-2021). Funder: Start-up Research Grant, DST-SERB, India - 26.40 Lakhs INR. - Completed
6. Lead PI- “Development of Forward Osmosis Membranes for Desalination and Wastewater treatment” (2019-2021). Funder: Faculty Research Grant, NIT Calicut- 5.00 Lakhs INR.- Completed

1. Oral Presentation ‘Thin-film Nanocomposite Membranes for Water Recovery-Experimental and Machine Learning Approaches’ at Macromolecular Symposium (PACIFICHEM 2021) - Advanced Membranes and Membrane Processes for Global Separations Challenges – Hawaii, USA (Online) 22nd December 2021.
2. Oral Presentation ’Thin-film nanocomposite membranes- a versatile solution for water treatment and desalination’ at International Conference on Water Desalination, Treatment & Management & Annual Congress of InDA (InDACON-2021)- Online – 19-20 March 2021.
3. "Oral Presentation (Short Talk) ‘Tuning the Performance of Thin-Film Composite Membranes for Water Treatment and Desalination’ at the International Conference- Sustainable Technologies for Water Treatment and Desalination (STWTD-2020) conducted by NIT Calicut and Indian Membrane Society on 18-19th December 2020.
4. Oral Presentation "Thin-film nanocomposite membranes- a versatile solution for water treatment and desalination" at the International Conference on Water Desalination, Treatment & Management, InDACON-2021 held ONLINE on March 19 – 20, 2021; organized by Indian Desalination Association.
5. Oral presentation “Novel Proton Exchange Membranes for Direct-Alcohol Fuel Cell” at 6th International Water Association-Regional Membrane Technology Conference (IWA-RMTC) held MS University Baroda on 10^th -13^th December, 2018.
6. Best paper award for “Bio-templated titania nanoparticles incorporated PVDF electrospun membrane for wastewater treatment” at SESTEC 2018 organized by ASSET at BITS, Goa held on 23^rd -26^th May 2018.
7. Presented Poster at Indian Membrane Society international conference held on 21st -23rd March 2015 at M.S. University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
8. Presented paper titled ‘Separation Performance of Polysulfone Blend Sulfonated Polyethersulfone Ultrafiltration Membranes’ in IPACT-2013 (National Conference) at Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India.
9. Organized and Participated in the One-day Seminar by Indian Desalination Association (SbZ) on “Trends in Water Management” held at Anna University on World water day, (22nd March) 2013.

Method of Preparing Fouling Resistant Polyetherimide Mixed Matrix Membranes(Indian Patent applied- filing number-201741031660 Date of filing of Application: 07/09/2017)- Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, D. Mohan

Mixed Matrix Polymeric membrane catalytic reactor for the carbohydrate valorization/dehydration and separation of selective products (Indian Patent applied- filing number- Application No.201841027725 Date published: 27/07/2018)- Ramakrishnan R, Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, T. Sivakumar, D. Mohan.

Chapter titled “Polymeric Membranes for Hemodialysis Applications” in Encyclopedia of Polymer Applications published by Taylor and Francis (Accepted, in production- Ref.: Ms. No. 140000459)

Chapter titled “Polymeric Membranes Incorporated with Functionalized Graphene Materials for Water Treatment Applications” in Nanoscale Materials in Water Purificationpublished by Elsevier (In preparation)