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Vulnerability Assessment of Swat, Dir and Chitral with respect to Earthquakes of Pamir-Hindu Kush Region Principle investigator: Dr. Khaista Rehman Sponsor/Funds:PSF (3 Million PKR) Duration: 3 years Efficacy of Clay minerals sorbent for toxic elements and antibiotic removal from industrial effluents Principle investigator: Dr. Shah Rukh Sponsor/Funds:NSLP- PSF (3.68 Million PKR) Duration: 3 years Production of biogas from organic waste using microbially triggered clay mineral as an accelerant Principle investigator: Dr. Shah Rukh Sponsor/Funds:NLSP-PSF (4.03 Million PKR) Duration: 3 years GIS & Space Applications in Geosciences (G-SAG) Principle investigator: Dr. Muhammad Shafique Sponsor/Funds:Higher Education Commission, Pakistan/ 96 Million PKR Duration: 3 years GSAG-Lab Climate change induced multi hazard risk mitigation for marginalized communities along the CPEC in northern Pakistan. (Project No. CPEC-130) Principle investigator: Dr Muhammad Shafique Sponsor/Funds:: CPEC Collaborative Research Grant (CPEC-CRG) HEC/ Rs. 18,495,093/- Duration: 3 years Petrographic and Petrologic studies in Kohistan magmatic arc (northern Pakistan) and Nagar Parkar igneous complex (southeastern Pakistan) Principle investigator: Prof Dr M Qasim Jan Sponsor/Funds:: Pakistan Academy of Science (PAS-HEC)/Rs. 3.00 million. Duration: 3 years Evaluation of Dynamic Soil Properties for the Seismic Ground Response Analysis of Islamabad and Peshawar Principle investigator: Dr Waqas Ahmad Sponsor/Funds:: NRPU, HEC/6517500 PKR Duration: 3 years Mineral based composite accelarations for enhancing anaerobic digestion of organic waters for improving biogas yield and digestate nutrients quality as an organic fertilizer Co Principle investigator: Dr Shah Rukh Sponsor/Funds:: NRPU, HEC/5505500 PKR Duration: 3 years Arsenic and heavy metals in poultry feed, meet and manure P.I. Principle investigator: Dr Said Muhammad (NCEG) Sponsor/Funds:NRPU-HEC/ 4.3 Million PKR. Duration: 3 years		Azeem Khan, Khaista Rehman, Asghar Ali Integrated Geophysical and Geochemical Characterization of Subsurface Sulfide Mineralization Over Parts of Gawuch Formation, Chitral, North Pakistan. Azeem Khan, Khaista Rehman, Asghar Ali Identification of subsurface sulfide ore deposits using ground magnetic exploration technique: a case study from drosh-kaldam gol, chitral, northern pakistan. Huma Shakoor, Fahad Alshehri, Muhammad Shahab, Faris A. Abanumay, Liaqat Ali Vulnerability and risk assessment of lead (Pb) concentrations in drinking water via statistical and geostatistical analyses. Butt, N. A., Khan, M. Y., Khattak, S. A., Jeffery, A. J., & Pringle, J. K. (2025) Multi-disciplinary investigation for detection, characterisation and monitoring of contamination from a solid waste illegal dumpsite, Peshawar, NW Pakistan. Muhammad Shahab, Liaqat Ali An Integrated Remote Sensing, Petrographic, and Mineralogical Techniques for Mapping of Marble Deposits in the Vicinity of the Ophiolite Sequence in North Pakistan. Tariq, M., Rashid, A., Khattak, S.A. et al Hydrogeochemical characteristics, source distribution, and health risk of high-fluoride groundwater in Swabi, Pakistan. Amjad, M. H., Mehmood, A., Abbas, Y., Rukh, S., Hussain, M., Hassan, A., Tariq, M., Ahmad, Z., Yun, S. (2025). The role of mineral bentonite and biochar in improving the performance of anaerobic Co-digestion under mesophilic conditions. Renewable Energy, 242, 122391. Ahmad, G., Shams, D. F., Khattak, S. A., Khan, W., & Nadhman, A. (2024) Decontamination of hexavalent chromium in aqueous systems through reduction with silver doped zinc oxide nanoparticles. Tanveer Ahmed, Khaista Rehman, Muhammad Iqbal Hajana, Sajjad Ahmed, Syed Haroon Ali and Qamar Yasin A reappraisal of Mesozoic-Cenozoic sequence stratigraphy in Offshore Indus Basin, Pakistan Journal: Kuwait Journal of Science Abid Sarwar & Muhammad Ali, (2024) GIS-DRASTIC Integrated approach for groundwater vulnerability assessment under soil erosion hot spot areas in Northern Pakistan. Environmental Earth Sciences, 83:532. DOI: 10.1007/s12665-024-11839-0 Jabir Nazir, Muhammad Ali, Abid Sarwar, Sarfraz Khan, Khaista Rehman, Beena Fahim & Benazeer Iqbal Delineation and validation of GIS-based groundwater potential zones under arid to semi-arid environment using multi-influence-factors approach Rukh, S., Akhtar, M.S., Alshehri, F., Mehmood, A., Malik, K.M., Almadani, S., Khan, A., and Shahab, M. (2024) Modeling the Transport of Inorganic Arsenic Species through Field Soils: Irrigation and Soil Structure Effect Abid Sarwar, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Israr, Shazia Gulzar, Muhammad Ismail Khan, Muhammad Akmal Sardar Ali, Abdul Majid & Shah Rukh Mapping annual soil loss in the southeast of Peshawar basin, Pakistan, using RUSLE model with geospatial approach. Journal: Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes Iqbal, B., Ali, M., Fahim, B., Nazir, J., Application of Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (SEBAL) for mapping spatiotemporal Evapotranspiration over various climatic zones of Pakistan. Advances in Space Research, (In Press), DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2024.03.064 Rashid, A., Ayub, M., Gao, X., Khattak, S. A., Ali, L., Li, C., et al Hydrogeochemical characteristics, stable isotopes, positive matrix factorization, source apportionment, and health risk of high fluoride groundwater in semiarid region. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2024 Vol. 469 Khan, S. A., Rehman, A., Ali, M., Alshehri, F., Shahab, M., Ullah, S., (2024) Pixel-based Spatio-statistical analysis of landslide probability in humid and seismically active areas of Himalaya and Hindukush regions, Pakistan. Sustainability, 16(9), 3556, DOI: 10.3390/su16093556. Jehan, S., Khattak, S.A., Waqas, M. et al. Evaluation Health Risks and Sorption of Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI) by Biochar and Iron Doped Zinc Oxide Modified Biochar (Fe-ZnO@BC) Using Trifolium: A Green Synthesis Technique. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 2024 Vol. 112 Issue 4 Pages 54 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-024-03880-3/a> Rashid, A., Ayub, M., Gao, X., Khattak, S. A., Ali, L., Li, C., et al. Hydrogeochemical characteristics, stable isotopes, positive matrix factorization, source apportionment, and health risk of high fluoride groundwater in semiarid region. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2024 Vol. 469 Pages 134023 DOI Tanveer Ahmed, Khaista Rehman, Muhammad Shafique, Wajid Ali and Nisar Ali Shah Proxy-based Vs30 modelling of the Muzaffarabad, northern Pakistan. Tanveer Ahmed, Khaista Rehman, Muhammad Shafique, Nisar Ali Shah & Muhammad Waqar Azeem Local-scale integrated seismic risk assessment using satellite data and field information in Northern Pakistan. Zahid Rahman, Khaista Rehman Seismic b value analysis of north Pakistan: an appraisal Tariq, Mohsin, Ayaz Mehmood, Yasir Abbas, Shah Rukh, Fayyaz Ali Shah, Ahmed Hassan, Ali Raza Gurmani, Zahoor Ahmed, and Sining Yun. 'Digestate quality and biogas enhancement with laterite mineral and biochar: Performance and mechanism in anaerobic digestion', Renewable Energy: 119703. Umair, Muhammad, Ayaz Mehmood, Shah Rukh, Ahmad Khan, Zahoor Ahmad, Mazhar Rafique, Kouser Majeed Malik, and Ali Raza Gurmani. 2023. 'Controlling Arsenic Contamination Through Bentonite Clays: a Batch Sorption Study', Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 23: 2381-91. Khaista Rehman, Wajid Ali, Muhammad Shafique, Aamir Ali, Adnan Barkat, Waqas Ahmed & Muhammad Waqar Azeem Variations of b-value and the ω-upper bound magnitude of GIII distribution of the Pamir–Hindu Kush region Journal: Arabian Journal of Geosciences Abrar Niaz, Umair Bin Nisar, Sarfraz Khan, Rashida Faiz, Asim Javed, Jawad Niaz, Muhammad Aaqib, Mohsin Raza & Bikram Bhusal Flood modelling and its impacts on groundwater vulnerability in sub-Himalayan region of Pakistan: integration between HEC-RAS and geophysical techniques. Journal: Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk Shah Jehan,Seema A. Khattak,Sardar Khan,Liaqat Ali,Muhammad Waqas & Asad Kamran Comparative efficacy of Parthenium hysterophorus (L.) derived biochar and iron doped zinc oxide nanoparticle on heavy metals (HMs) mobility and its uptake by Triticum aestivum (L.) in chromite mining contaminated soils. Umair Bin Nisar, Muhammad Farooq, Sarfraz Khan, Ramesh Raj Pant, Iftikhar A. Satti, Ali Wahid, Faizan ur Rehman Qaiser, Syed Amjad Ali Bukhari, and Furqan Mahmud Butt. Integrated Geophysical and Geotechnical Approaches for Evaluating Dam Seepage in Lesser Himalayan Region of Pakistan. Syed Ali Turab, Kurt Stüwe, Finlay M. Stuart, Nathan Cogne, David M. Chew, Jörg Robl A two phase escarpment evolution of the Red Sea margin of southwestern Saudi Arabia. Insights from low-temperature apatite thermochronology. Muhammad Bilal Adeel, Zubair Ahmed Nizamani, Muhammad Aaqib, Sarfraz Khan, Jawad Ur Rehman, Bikram Bhusal & Duhee Park Estimation of VS30 using shallow depth time-averaged shear wave velocity of Rawalpindi–Islamabad, Pakistan. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk (IF 3.49). For More Latest Research Click Here

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