Hanah Nasifa M. Ali, ChE, PhD
Assistant Professorial Lecturer
Educational Background
BS in Chemical Engineering
Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan
MS in Chemical Engineering
University of the Philippines Diliman
PhD in Chemical Engineering
University of the Philippines Diliman
Hanah Nasifa M. Ali is a lecturer in the Chemical Engineering Department of De La Salle University Manila. She earned her MS and PhD degree in the University of the Philippines Diliman. Her expertise is in molecular modeling of nano materials for biomedical applications. Currently, she has three (3) scopus-indexed publications.
Research Interest
- Nanofiber fabrication via solution blow spinning (SBS)
- Air filtration / respiratory protection materials, composite filter masks
- Rosette nanotubes and supramolecular self-assembly
- Nanocarriers for drug delivery, anticancer/chemotherapeutic drugs
- Computational/in silico molecular modeling, molecular dynamics for structural stability and molecular behavior of nanomaterials
Selected Publications
- “Solution blow spinning (SBS) nanofibers for composite air filter masks” ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2(4), 2475–2483, 2019.
- “In Silico Investigation on the Molecular Behavior and Structural Stability of the Rosette Nanotubes as the Drug Vehicles for Paclitaxel, an Anti-Cancer Drug” Molecules, 28(23), 7853, 2023.
- “Self-assembled xK1 rosette nanotube as a nanocarrier for chemotherapeutic drug molecules: a molecular dynamics study” RSC Advances, 15(55), 46856–46869, 2025.
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