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Dr. Iftikhar Zeb

Dr. Iftikhar Zeb

Tenured Associate Professor

Area of Interest: · Biofuels and Bioproducts, Circular Bioeconomy · HEC approved supervisor

Email: [email protected]

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

Academics / Degrees

  • PhD, Washington State University, USA, 2017
  • MS, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan, 2010
  • M.Sc., Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan, 2007
  • BSc. Chemistry, Zoology, Botany

Profile / Bio

PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • Research Assistant, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA., USA, Aug. 2012-May 2017.
  • Research Associate, Department of Environmental sciences, COMSATS IIT, Abbottabad, Pakistan, Sep. 2010- Aug 2012.

Research Interests

Biofuels,
Anaerobic treatment of organic wastes

Awards

  • Fulbright PhD Scholarship recipient for PhD studies at Washington
    State University,Pullman, WA. (Fall   2012-
    Spring 2017)
  • Fully funded M.S. Scholarship recipient from COMSATS IIT, Pakistan
    (Fall 2008- Spring 2010)
  • Outstanding Research Presentation Award, American Society of
    Biological and Agricultural Engineers conference, New Orleans, Louisiana (2015)
  • First Place in Environmental Challenges Competition arranged by
    U.S. department of State on “Global challenges and local solutions: climate
    change and environmental sustainability”,New Orleans, Louisiana (2012)

Students Supervised

Biological
pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for enhanced biomethanation in
anaerobic sequencing batch reactor, Sana Yousaf, MS BTY 2nd semester.

 

Journal Publications

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> A two-stage stripping treatment of anaerobic digestion effluent for ammonia recovery and scale prevention, Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2025
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Isolation, identification, andcharacterisation of the malachitegreen detoxifying bacterial strainBacillus pacificus ROC1 and theazoreductase AzrC, Scientific Reports, 2025
3. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=500" title="Dr. Abdul Rehman Khan">Abdul Rehman Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5852" title="Ghazal Khurshid">Khurshid.G</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Stimulatory effects of smoke solution and biogas digestate slurry application on photosynthesis, growth, and methylation profiling of solanum tuberosum, Plant Signaling & Behavior, 2024
4. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Recent advances on environmentally sustainable valorization of spent mushroom substrate: A review, Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 2024
5. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Cyclic guanosine monophosphate improves salt tolerance in Solanum lycopersicum, Journal of Plant Research, 2024
6. Kainat Saeed,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=717" title="Dr. Ayesha Baig">A. Baig</a>,SYED Kamarn ul Hassan Naqvi,Ismat Nawaz,Sania Riaz,Abdullah Adil Characterization of alkaline metalloprotease isolated from halophilic bacterium Bacillus cereus and its applications in various industrial processes, Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências | Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, 2023
7. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=641" title="Dr. Umer Rashid ">U. Rashid</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Prediction of Phytochemicals for Their Potential to Inhibit New Delhi Metallo β-Lactamase (NDM-1), Pharmaceuticals, 2023
8. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=716" title="Dr. Asim Yaqub">Asim Yaqub</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=644" title="Dr. Huma Ajab">H. Ajab</a> Effect of Climate Change and Human Activities on Surface andGround Water Quality in Major Cities of Pakistan, WATER, 2023
9. Guoning Qi ,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Identification of potassium transport proteins in algae and determination of their role under salt and saline-alkaline stress, Algal Research, 2023
10. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a>,Iftikhar Zeb,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=376" title="Dr. Arshad Mehmood Abbasi">Dr. AM Abbasi</a> In-situ microaeration of anaerobic digester treating buffalo manure for enhanced biogas yield. Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, 2022
11. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Quantification of rosmarinic acid from different plant species of lower Himalayan region and expression analysis of underlying L-Phenylalanine pathway, Physiologia Plantarum, 2022
12. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals from Irrigation Water – Case Study of Hayatabad Peshawar, Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research, 2022
13. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> In-situ microaeration of anaerobic digester treating buffalo manure for enhanced biogas yield, Renewable Energy, 2022
14. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Implication and evaluations of indoor soot particles from domestic fuel energy sources using characterization techniques in northern Pakistan, Microscopy Research and Technique, 2021
15. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=717" title="Dr. Ayesha Baig">A. Baig</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a> Expression of cyanobacterial genes enhanced CO2 assimilation and biomass production in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana, PeerJ, 2021
16. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Estimating Impact of Salinity on Soil Water Potential Dynamics using a Novel Approach, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2021
17. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=644" title="Dr. Huma Ajab">H. Ajab</a>,Irum Firdous,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a>,MH Isa Electrochemical oxidation of antibiotics in wastewater: A review, Current Topics in Electrochemistry, 2020
18. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Prevalence of diversified antibiotic resistant bacteria within sanitation related facilities of human populated workplaces in Abbottabad, PLOS ONE, 2020
19. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> The Impact of tourism on local communities and their environment in Gilgit Baltistan,Pakistan: a Local community perspectives., Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 2019
20. Najam us Saqib,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=716" title="Dr. Asim Yaqub">Asim Yaqub</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=113" title="Dr. Faridullah">Faridullah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=644" title="Dr. Huma Ajab">H. Ajab</a> The Impact of tourism on local communities and their environment in Gilgit Baltistan,Pakistan: a Local community perspectives, Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 2019
21. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=124" title="Dr. Bilal Zafar Amin">B.Amin</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=380" title="Dr. Rashid Nazir">R.Nazir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Kinetic and microbial analysis of methane production from dairy wastewater anaerobic digester under ammonia and salinity stresses, Journal of Cleaner Production, 10 May 2019, 2019
22. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Kinetic and microbial analysis of methane production from dairy wastewater anaerobic digester under ammonia and salinity stresses., Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019
23. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Enhanced treatment of flush-dairy manure in anaerobic sequencing batch reactors using a cationic polymer, Biosystems Engineering, 2019
24. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Recycling separated liquid-effluent to dilute feedstock in anaerobic digestion of dairy manure, Energy, 15 January 2017, 2017
25. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Ammonia recovery from anaerobic digester effluent through direct aeration, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2015

Books and Book Chapters

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=716" title="Dr. Asim Yaqub">Asim Yaqub</a>,Kamal Hussain, Kinza Irshad,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=380" title="Dr. Rashid Nazir">R.Nazir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=644" title="Dr. Huma Ajab">H. Ajab</a> Anaerobic Digestion (AD) of Organic Waste Is a Sustainable Waste Management Facility., , 2020
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=716" title="Dr. Asim Yaqub">Asim Yaqub</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=380" title="Dr. Rashid Nazir">R.Nazir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=644" title="Dr. Huma Ajab">H. Ajab</a>,Kinza Irshad Handbook of Research on Resource Management for Pollution and Waste Treatment , , 2019
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