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Dr. Imran Hussain

  /  Dr. Imran Hussain
Assistant Professor, Biotechnology
Specialization:

Rhizogeochemistry and  Phytotechnologies


Email: imranhussain@cuiatd.edu.pk
Phone: +92-992-383591-5

Academics/ Degrees:

PhD, University of Vienna, Austria, 2019

MPhil, Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan, 2011

B.Sc. (Hons.), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad,
Pakistan, 2008

 
 
Profile/Bio
  • April 2022
    till now: Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, COMSATS
    University Islamabad, Pakistan (Abbottabad campus)
  • September 2021-April 2022: Assistant Professor,
    Department of Biotechnology, University of Sialkot, Pakistan
  • March 2021-June
    2021: Research Fellow Land Resources Research Institute (LRRI), National
    Agriculture Research Centre Islamabad, Pakistan
  • March 2021-August 2021:
    Visiting Faculty (Assistant Professor) at department of Botany, University
    of Central Punjab (UCP) Rawalpindi campus
  • June
    2020-Feb 2021: Thematic Coordinator/Indigenous Facilitator (Ayas
    Consulting), Department of  Environmental
    Engineering Department, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Turkey
  • June
    2019-June 2020: Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Quaid-I-Azam
    University Islamabad, Pakistan
  • September
    2018-December 2018: Department of Earth Resources and Environmental
    Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
  • September
    2017-July 2018: Visiting Faculty (Lecturer) at Department of Environmental
    Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan
  • August
    2018-May 2019: National Consultant for Persistent Organic Pollutants
    (POPs) at Ministry of Climate Change, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • March
    2013-April 2017; Business unit Environmental Resources and Technologies,
    Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Vienna, Austria
  • February
    2008-July 2008: Internee at Soil Chemistry and Fertility section, Ayyub
    Agriculture Research Centre Faisalabad, Pakistan
 
Associations
  • International
    Phytotechnology Society, USA
  • Biodegradation
    and Biodeterioration Society
  • European
    Geoscience Union (EGU)
  • Alumnus
    of University of Vienna, Austria
  • University
    College London Visiting Fellow
  • Hanyang
    University South Korea Visiting Fellow
 
Research Interests
  • Rhizosphere engineering
    for enhancing rhizospheric effects via selective soil amendments for
    removal of environmental pollutants (PCBs, TPHs, PAHs, Heavy metals)
    during phytoremediation trails
  • Monitoring, risk
    assessment and removal of environmental pollutants in selective
    environmental metrics typically in surface soils, sediments and riverine
    ecosystem of Pakistan
 
Awards
  • Awardee of Charles Wallence Trust,
    Pakistan Fellowship (2022-2023)
  • Awardee of Visiting Research Fellowship
    Hanyang University Seoul South Korea
  • HEC, Pakistan Overseas Scholarship for
    Selected Countries (2013-2017)
 
Research Projects

Type
of Grant

Role

Title
of the Project

Awarding
Body

Duration

Grant
Amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research

PI

Utilizing
the concept of metals foraging for better understanding of hyperaccumulation
in metals-impacted soils

HEC, Pakistan

06 Months

0.5 M PKR

Mid-career and Research

PI

Fate,
transport and risk assessment of emerging organic contaminants in the soil
environment and their management

Charles-Wallence Trust, UK

03 Months

4000 GBP

Research and Development

Co-PI

Bioremediation of POPs contaminated sites
through green and sustainable solutions in Pakistan

United Nations Development Programme

09 Months

3700 USD

 
Students Supervised

1.
Gentle Remediation Solutions for Immobilization of
Selective Heavy Metals in Soils of Sialkot, Pakistan, Maria Babar, 4th
Semester at department of Biotechnology, University of Sialkot, Pakistan

2.
Immobilization of Heavy Metals using Biochar and
Compost in Aged Contaminated Soils of Sialkot, Pakistan, Khadija Aslam ,4th
Semester at department of Biotechnology, University of Sialkot, Pakistan