Dr Aljafer is working in a smart-Ag which aims to develop the LED lighting and control systems to facilitate the development of multi-tier, environmentally autonomously controlled growing environments. It focuses specifically on prototyping lights delivering a colour spectrum matched to the photosynthetic needs of plants, the control systems and the software that manages the lights through the growing cycle of a target of many species of crop and pharmaceutical plants. The project will develop, test and modify the lights in a purpose built test facility in order to produce the right LED lighting solution that meets the technical and commercial needs of growers and propagators and enables manufacturers to produce the right products at the right price. The intention is to produce a standardised controlled LED light system that can be readily and easily adapted for the growing of specific and individual crops, to facilitate the development of a major new horticulture supply model in the market with emerging technology. Also, he worked with the FIND project to detect and diagnose plant diseases using imaging techniques: Chlorophyll Fluorescence (CF) Imaging and Normalised Difference Vegetative Index (NDVI). He is also aiming to optimise early detection methods of nutrient deficiency and disease symptoms for crops grown in open field, greenhouse, and plant factory systems.

2014 - now Society of the British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP), UK 2016 - now International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (Isber).
2019 - now New Phytologist Trust.