Advisory Board Member:

Name: Dr. Irshad Bibi

Designation: Assistant Professor

Email ID: irshad.niazi@uaf.edu.pk irshad.niazi81@gmail.com

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Detail:

Research Interest Examining dissolution of calcite, siderite, dolomite using atomic force microscopy, vertical scanning interferometry coupled with Raman spectroscopy. Dissolution/surface kinetics of minerals ( soil and pure clay, and carbonate minerals) in flowthrough reactor experiments and vertical scanning interferometry experiments. Mineralogical characterization of soil and sediments, using various techniques including: transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning TEM, STEM combined with energy dispersive electron microscope, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, geochemical modeling using PHREEQC and Visual MINTEQ. Metal and metalloid ions sorption (chromium, arsenic) and redox transformation on siderite, iron oxides and phyllosilicate minerals. Sorption of contaminants (chromium, arsenic) by biosorbents and organo-clays in aqueous environments. Immobilization and detoxification of chromium in tannery wastewater and soils. Examining potassium (K) release in K-bearing soil minerals under environmentally relevant conditions.

List of Publications
A.     Scholarly Book chapters with Peer Review (Published/In Press)
   1.    Javed, M.B., Shaheen, S.M., Niazi, N.K., Bibi, I., Shahid, M., Javed, M.T., Hassan, N.E.E., Rinklebe, J., Mehmood, T., Lüttge, A., 2019. Biogeochemical behavior of arsenic in biochar-amended soils, in: Rakhshit, A., Sarkar, B. (Eds.), Soil Amendments for Sustainability: Challenges and Perspectives. Taylor and Francis, NY, USA, pp. 87-109 (In press).
  2.  Bashir, S., Z.W. Hassan, N.K. Niazi, I. Bibi, N. Ahmad. 2017. Current approaches for the assessment of in situ remediation of xenobiotics. In: Xenobiotics in the Soil Environment, M. Z. Hashmi, V. Kumar, A. Varma (eds). Springer International Publishing (In Press; Chapter 13).
  3.  I. Bibi*, J. Icenhower, NK. Niazi, T. Naz, M. Shahid, S. Bashir. 2016. Clay minerals: Structure, chemistry, and significance in contaminated environments and geological CO2 sequestration. In Prasad and Shih eds, Environmental Materials and Waste: Resource Recovery and Pollution Prevention. Academic Press, USA, pp. 543-567. (Chapter 27).
  4.  Niazi, N.K., B. Murtaza, I. Bibi, M. Shahid, JC. White, MK. Nawaz, S. Bashir, G. Murtaza, H. Wang. 2016. Removal and recovery of metals by biosorbents and biochars derived from biowastes. In Prasad and Shih eds, Environmental Materials and Waste: Resource Recovery and Pollution Prevention. Academic Press, USA, pp. 149-177 (Chapter 7).
  5.   Niazi, N.K., Bashir, S., Bibi, I., Murtaza, B., Shahid, M., Javed, M.T., Shakoor, M.B., Saqib, Z.A., Nawaz, M.F., Aslam, Z., Wang, H., Murtaza, G. 2016. Phytoremediation of arsenic-contaminated soils using arsenic hyperaccumulating ferns, in: Ansari, A.A., Gill, S.S., Gill, R., Lanza, G.R., Newman, L. (Eds.), Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants. Springer International Switzerland, pp. 521-545.
  6.   S. Khalid, M. Shahid, N.K. Niazi, M. Rafiq, H.F. Bakhat, M. Imran, I. Bibi, C. Dumat. 2017. Arsenic behaviour in soil-plant system: Biogeochemical reactions and chemical speciation influences. 2016. Springer Berlin Heidelberg (In press).
  7.   Shahid, M., Ahmad, A., Khalid, S., Siddique, H.F., Saeed, M.F., Ashraf, M.R., Sabir, M., Niazi, N.K., Bilal, M., Naqvi, S.T.A., Bibi, I., Pinelli, E. 2016. Pesticides Pollution in Agricultural Soils of Pakistan, in: Hakeem, K.R., Akhtar, J., Sabir, M. (eds.), Soil Science: Agricultural and Environmental Prospectives. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 199-229.
  8.   Shakoor, M.B., Niazi, N.K., Bibi, I., Rahman, M.M., Naidu, R., Shahid, M., Nawaz, M.F., Arshad, M., 2016. Speciation and health risk assessment of arsenic in groundwater of Punjab, Pakistan, in: Bhattacharya, P., Vahter, M., Jarsjo, J., Kumpiene, J., Ahmad, A., Sparrenbom, C., Jacks, G., Donselaar, M.E., Bundschuh, J., Naidu, R. (eds.), Arsenic Research and Global Sustainability: Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment (As2016). CRC Press, The Netherlands, pp. 463-464.
  9.   Kunhikrishnan A., BibiI., Bolan N., SeshadriB., Choppala G., Niazi N.K., KimW-II., and Ok Y.S. 2015. Biochar for inorganic contaminant management in waste and wastewater. In: Biochar: Production, Characterization and Applications, Eds. Ok Y.S, Uchimiya S.M., Chang S., and Bolan N. CRC Press, FL, USA, pp. 167-219.

B.    Refereed Journal Articles (Published/Accepted)
  1.   Bibi, I.*, Arvidson, R., Fischer, C., Lüttge, A., 2018. Temporal Evolution of Calcite Surface Dissolution Kinetics. Minerals 8(6): 256. (IF: 1.835)
  2.   Bibi, I.*, Niazi N.K., Choppala, G., Burton, E. 2018. Chromium (VI) removal by siderite (FeCO3) in anoxic aqueous solutions: An X-ray absorption spectroscopy investigation Journal. Science of the Total Environment, 640-641, 1424-1431. (IF: 4.610)
  3.   Shahid, M., Niazi, N.K., Dumat, C., Naidu, R., Khalid, S., Rahman, M.M., Bibi, I., 2018. A metaanalysis of the distribution, sources and health risks of arsenic-contaminated groundwater in Pakistan. Environmental Pollution 242, 307-319. (IF: 4.358)
  4.   Shakoor, M.B., Niazi, N.K., Bibi, I.*, Shahid, M., Saqib, Z.A., Nawaz, M.F., Shaheen, S.M., Wang, H., Tsang, D.C.W., Bundschuh, J., Ok, Y.S., Rinklebe, J., 2019. Exploring the arsenic removal potential of various biosorbents from water. Environment International 123, 567-579. (IF: 7.23)
  5.   Shakoor, M.B., Niazi, N.K., Bibi, I.*, Shahid, M., Sharif, F., Bashir, S., Shaheen, S.M., Wang, H., Tsang, D.C.W., Ok, Y.S., Rinklebe, J., 2018. Arsenic removal by natural and chemically modified water melon rind in aqueous solutions and groundwater. Science of the Total Environment 645, 1444-1455. (IF: 4.610)
  6.   Khalid, S., Shahid, M., Natasha, Bibi, I., Sarwar, T., Shah, A., Niazi, N.K., 2018. A Review of Environmental Contamination and Health Risk Assessment of Wastewater Use for Crop Irrigation with a Focus on Low and High-Income Countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, 895. (IF: 2.035)
  7.   Niazi, N.K., Bibi, I., Shahid, M., Ok, Y.S., Burton, E.D., Wang, H., Shaheen, S.M., Rinklebe, J., Lüttge, A., 2018. Arsenic removal by perilla leaf biochar in aqueous solutions and groundwater: An integrated spectroscopic and microscopic examination. Environmental Pollution, 232: 31-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.09.051 (IF: 4.358)
  8.   Shakoor, M.B., Bibi, I., Niazi, N.K., Shahid, M., Nawaz, M.F., Farooqi, A., Naidu, R., Rahman, M.M., Murtaza, G., Lüttge, A., 2018. The evaluation of arsenic contamination potential, speciation and hydrogeochemical behaviour in aquifers of Punjab, Pakistan. Chemosphere DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.02.002. (IF: 4.208)
  9.   Natasha, Shahid, M., Niazi, N.K., Khalid, S., Murtaza, B., Bibi, I., Rashid, M.I., 2018. A critical review of selenium biogeochemical behavior in soil-plant system with an inference to human health. Environmental Pollution 234, 915-934. (IF: 4.358)
  10.   Abbas, G., Murtaza, B., Bibi, I., Shahid, M., Niazi, K.N., Khan, I.M., Amjad, M., Hussain, M., Natasha, 2018. Arsenic Uptake, Toxicity, Detoxification, and Speciation in Plants: Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Aspects. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, 59, doi: 10.3390/ijerph15010059. (IF: 2.035)