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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		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). *Ambrin Rehman, Shah Rukh, Samha Al Ayoubi, Seema Anjum Khattak, Ayaz Mehmood, Liaqat Ali , Ahmad Khan, Kouser Majeed Malik, Abdul Qayyum and Hikmat Salam Natural Clay Minerals as Potential Arsenic Sorbents from Contaminated Groundwater: Equilibrium and Kinetic Studies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022, 19, 16292. Mohsin Tariq, Ayaz Mehmood, Yasir Abbas, Muzamal Ali, Zahoor Ahmad, Usman Saeed, Shah Rukh, Khuram Shahzad, Mazhar Rafique, Ali Raza Gurmani, Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Sining Yun Enhancement of Anaerobic Digestion of Cow Manure Through Inoculation Under Mesophilic Conditions. BioEnergy Research, (2022). Sarfraz Khan, Muhammad Waseem, Shahzad Khalid, Denise-Penelope N. Kontoni, Mahmood Ahmad and Suraparb Keawsawasvong Fuzzy Clustering Analysis of HVSR Data for Seismic Microzonation at Lahore City Sumbal Bahar Saba, Muhammad Ali, Syed Ali Turab, Muhammad Waseem & Shah Faisal Comparison of pixel, sub-pixel and object-based image analysis techniques for co-seismic landslides detection in seismically active area in Lesser Himalaya, Pakistan Muhammad Sarim, Tayyab Jan, Seema Anjum Khattak, Adil Mihoub, Aftab Jamal, Muhammad Farhan Saeed, Somayeh Soltani-Gerdefaramarzi, Saadia Rashid Tariq, Manuel Pulido Fernández, Roberto Mancinelli and Emanuele Radicetti Assessment of the Ecological and Health Risks of Potentially Toxic Metals in Agricultural Soils from the Drosh-Shishi Valley, Pakistan. Kurt Stüwe, Jörg Robl, Syed Ali Turab, Pietro Sternai & Finlay M. Stuart Feedbacks between sea-floor spreading, trade winds and precipitation in the Southern Red Sea Nature Communications, volume 13, (Impact Factor = 17.69) Mohibullah Khan, Sarfraz Khan, Liaqat Ali & Umair Bin Nisar Coal quality and occurrence in areas of western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, using GPR and electrical resistivity methods Benazeer Iqbal,Muhammad Ali Estimation of spatio-temporal air temperature from satellite based LST under semi-arid to arid environment in Peshawar Basin, Northwest Pakistan Shah Jehan, Seema Anjum Khattak, Sardar Khan, Lixin Wang, Liaqat Ali, Muhammad Waqas & Mian Luqman Hussain Spatial source apportionment of pollution and health risks in the agricultural soils of Shangla, Northern Pakistan: multistatistical approach. Mohibullah Khan, Liaqat Ali, Rahib Hussain, Sarfraz Khan, Seema Anjum Khattak and Sajid Rashid Ahmad Geochemical Investigation and modes of occurrence of critical elements and minerals in the coal of Akkakhel, Akhorwal, and Sheikhan, KP, Pakistan. Episodes - W category HJRS Shah Jehan, Seema Anjum Khattak, Sardar Khan, Liaqat Ali, Mian Luqman Hussain Hydrochemical evaluation of groundwater for drinking and irrigation purposes using multivariate indices along Indus Suture Zone, North Pakistan Rashid, Mehboob U., Waqas Ahmed, Muhammad Waseem, Bakht Zamin, Mahmood Ahmad, and Mohanad M.S. Sabri. 2022. Metallic-Mineral Prospecting Using Integrated Geophysical and Geochemical Techniques: A Case Study from the Bela Ophiolitic Complex, Baluchistan, Pakistan For More Latest Research Click Here**

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