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Dr Habiba Zaffar

Dr Habiba Zaffar

Assistant Professor

Area of Interest: Environmental Microbiology

Email: [email protected]

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

Academics / Degrees

  • PhD (Environmental Sciences ), 2019, COMSATS University Islamabad Abbottabad Campus
  • M. S (Environmental Sciences), 2012, COMSATS University Islamabad Abbottabad Campus

Profile / Bio

  • July 2012 till now: Department of Environmental Sciences, CUI, Abbottabad Campus     
SEMINAR/ WORKSHOPS DELIVERED

  • Computational Biology workshop  16-18th Jan, 2019
  • Certificate of capacity building of Biotechnologist four days training workshop 20-23rd April 2015
  • One day training workshop on climate change and me as under ADP project 30th April 2015
  • Research tools and techniques SPSS, 24-26thApril 2019

Research Interests

  • Bioremediation
  • Biodegradation
  • Microbiology

Research Projects

Principal Investigator: biodegradation of carfentrazone ethyl, 0.2 M, CIIT Research Grant

Journal Publications

1. Nimra Nisar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5852" title="Ghazal Khurshid">Khurshid.G</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,Maimoona Zafar,Hajira Haroon Response surface methodology (RSM) optimization of usede (PDF) Response surface methodology (RSM) optimization of used engine oil biodegradation by Enterobacter hormaechei NMD and their growth kinetics, Biodegradation , 2025
2. Tayyaba Sajjad,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a> Phytoremediation potential and relative treatment efficiency index (RTEI) of hydrocotyle umbelleta for the treatment of cadmium and lead in constructed wetland, International Journal of Energy and Water Resources, 2025
3. Tayyaba Sajjad,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,Tufail Shakeel Phytoremediation potential and relative treatment efficiency index (RTEI) of hydrocotyle umbelleta for the treatment of cadmium and lead in constructed wetland, International Journal of Energy and Water Resources, 2025
4. Shanza Bibi,Colin J. Jackson, ,Tatheer Alam Naqvi,Callum W. Breeze, Vusqa Jadoon,Anum Fareed, Alina Syed,Rebecca L. Frkic,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,Muhammad Ali,Iftikhar Zeb, Isolation, identification, and characterisation of the malachite green detoxifying bacterial strain Bacillus pacificus ROC1 and the azoreductase AzrC , scientific reports , 2025
5. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5852" title="Ghazal Khurshid">Khurshid.G</a> Biodegradation Study of Used Engine Oil by Free and Immobilized Cells of the Pseudomonas oleovorans Strain NMA and Their Growth Kinetics, ACS Omega, 2025
6. Nimra Nisar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5852" title="Ghazal Khurshid">Khurshid.G</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a> Biodegradation Study Used Engine Oil by Free and Immobilized Cells of the Pseudomonas oleovorans Strain NMA and Their Growth Kinetics, ACS Omega, 2024
7. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a> Decolorization of azo dyes by a novel aerobic bacterial strain Bacillus cereus strain ROC, PLOS ONE, 2022
8. Anum Fareed ,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,Colin Jackson ,Jamshaid Hussain Decolorization of azo dyes by a novel aerobic bacterial strain Bacillus cereus strain ROC. , PLOS ONE , 2022
9. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<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=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> Kinetic Modeling of Endosulfan Degradation by Mixed Bacterial Culture, Soil and Sediments Contamination, An international Journal, 2021
10. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,Mughees M,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</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>,Saadia Afsar morphophysiological response of hybrid maize (zea mays l.) to salt stress in combination with exogenous calcium applications, 6-5-2020, 2020
11. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=608" title="Dr. Nadia Riaz">N. Riaz</a>,• Aaima Iftikhar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=675" title="Dr. Muhammad Saqib Khan">M. S. Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=641" title="Dr. Umer Rashid ">U. Rashid</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a> Influence of metallic species for efficient photocatalytic water disinfection: bactericidal mechanism of in vitro results using docking simulation , Influence of metallic species for efficient photocatalytic water disinfection: bactericidal mechanism of in vitro results using docking simulation, 2020
12. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,Muhammad Shahid,Sana Khalid,Arshid Pervez,Muhammad Arif Ali,Ghulam Abbas,Wajid Nasim,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,Ashfaq Ahmad Residues of endosulfan in cotton growing area of Vehari, Pakistan: an assessment of knowledge and awareness of pesticide use and health risks, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019
13. Ghulam Abbas,Wajid Nasim,Sana Khalid,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,Muhammad Arif Ali Residues of endosulfan in cotton growing area of Vehari, Pakistan: an assessment of knowledge and awareness of pesticide use and health risks, 18 September, 2018
14. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=109" title="Dr. Arshid Pervez">A.Pervez</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a> A newly isolated Pseudomonas sp. can degrade endosulfan via hydrolytic pathway, 10-09-2018, 2018
15. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,Muhammad Shahid,Sana Khalid,Muhammad Arif Ali,Ghulam Abbas, ,Wajid Nasim,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=109" title="Dr. Arshid Pervez">A.Pervez</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,Ashfaq Ahmad Residues of endosulfan in cotton growing area of Vehari, Pakistan: an assessment of knowledge and awareness of pesticide use and health risks, 6-9-2018, 2018
16. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=109" title="Dr. Arshid Pervez">A.Pervez</a>,Syeda Raheel Sabir Kinetics of Endosulfan Biodegradation by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia EN-1 Isolated From Pesticide-Contaminated Soil, Soil and Sediment Contamination: An International Journal, 2018
17. Anum Fareed,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,Azhar Rashid,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a> Biodegradation of N-methylated carbamates by free and immobilized cells of newly isolated strain Enterobacter cloacae strain TA7., Bioremediation Journal, 2017
18. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=109" title="Dr. Arshid Pervez">A.Pervez</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a> Mode of action, toxicity and biodegradation of organochlorinated pesticides: A mini overview, Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences, 2016
19. Sara Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<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=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=492" title="Mazhar Iqbal">M. Iqbal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a> Biodegradation of malathion by Bacillus licheniformis strain ML-1, Archives of Biological Sciences, 2015

Conference Publications

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,Nimra Nisar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a> Enhanced Bio degradation of Diesel Oil using Immobilised Bacterial Cell, , 2025
2. Amna Javed,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a> Assessment of Public Health Affected by Inadequate Water and Poor Sanitation in  Selected Villages of Tehsil Tanawal, District Mansehra , , 2025
3. Aaima Iftikhar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,Momina Qaiser,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=641" title="Dr. Umer Rashid ">U. Rashid</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1754" title="Dr. Rizwana Sarwar">R. Sarwar</a> Metal Doped TiO2 Nanomaterials for water disinfection. Environmental Pollution: Water Pollution and Treatment (a-EP-WPT-32). , , 2019
4. A. Ahmad,M. Shahid, S. Khalid ,G. Abbas,W. Nasim,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,T. Naqvi, A. Pervez,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,M.S. Akhtar Assessment of endosulfan residues in cotton growing area of Vehari, Pakistan, , 2019

Books and Book Chapters

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,Iffat Newaz,Nimra Nisar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a>,Mehmoona Zafar An Overview of Bacterial Toxigenesis and a Potential Biological Weapon in Warfare. , , 2024
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