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Dr Maria Siddique

Dr Maria Siddique

Tenured Professor

Area of Interest: Industrial Wastewater Treatment (Toxic Dyes, Pharmaceuticals and Metals)

Email: [email protected]

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

Academics / Degrees

PhD   2011   COMSATS
University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan

M.Sc 2004    University of Peshawar, Pakistan

B.Sc, 2002    Govt.
Girls Degree College, Haripur, Pakistan

Profile / Bio

  • Dec 2018 – date: Associate Professor, Department of Environmental
    Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
  • Dec 2011–December
    2018:
    Assistant
    Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University
    Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
  • March 2010 –to Dec 2011: Scientific Officer, Department
    of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus,
    Pakistan
  • April 2005 – Feb 2010: Research
    Associate, Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University
    Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan

Associations

2011      Lifetime member of “Journal of Chemical Society of Pakistan”.

2018       Member
“The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Chapter-Himalaya”, ES-CUI, Abbottabad.

Research Interests

  • Nanomaterial
    synthesis, characterization, and their application for environmental
    remediation
  • Green
    synthesis of metallic nanostructures (particles and composites) and their
    environmental applications
  • Water
    Pollution Control Technologies 

Awards

2016: Awarded “Research Productivity Award-2015”, CUI, Pakistan.  

2015:Awarded “Research Productivity Award-2014”, CUI, Pakistan.

2014: Awarded “Research
Productivity Award-2013
”, CUI, Pakistan.

2012:Awarded “Research Productivity Award-2011”, CUI, Pakistan.

2011:Awarded “Best Paper Award-2009”, HEC, Islamabad, Pakistan.

2010: Awarded six months HEC Scholarship under “International Research Support Initiative
Program
” at University of Bath, United Kingdom.

2009:Awarded research grants worth 4.25 million, as research scholar funded by HEC
under “University Industry Technology
Programme
”, Islamabad, Pakistan.

2008:
Awarded research grants worth
0.13 million,
funded by
CUI, Islamabad, Pakistan.

2003: M.Sc Merit Scholarship, Department of Environmental Sciences, Peshawar University, Pakistan.

Research Projects

Principal

Treatment
of Textile Reactive Dyes by combine UV-Ultrasound techniques.

0.13
M

CUI, Islamabad, 2008

Completed

Co-Principal

Treatment
of Textile Effluents by combination of ultrasonic cavitations and electrochemical
oxidation process

4.25
M

HEC,
2011

Completed

 

Principal

 

 

Sonophotocatalytic degradation
of Reactive dye (RB 19) by S-TiO2 particles in aqueous solutions

0.5 M

HEC,
2013

Completed

  

Principal

 

Study of different parameters
controlling ultrasound and Fenton promoted destruction of a non-biodegradable
dye (RB-19)

 0.17 M

CUI, Islamabad,

2018

Completed

 

Students Supervised

MS/PhD students supervised:

Name of Student

MS/PhD

                             Title of Synopsis

     Status

Amina
Jadoon

MS

Photocatalytic degradation of Reactive Drimarene Blue K2RL by modified TiO2 nanotubes under visible
light

 

Completed

Aug. 2012

Aniqa
Bano

MS

Photocatalytic degradation of Reactive Yellow 42

by modified TiO2 nanotubes under visible
light

Completed

Aug. 2012

M. Abdul
Nasir khan

MS

Sonophotocatalytic degradation of Reactive Blue19

Completed

July. 2013

Zubdah
Khalid

MS

Treatment of Congo Red Azo dyes in Reed beds

Treatments (Wetland)

 

Completed

July. 2013

Nazish
Rehmat

MS

Degradation of Aspirin in Pharmaceutical Wastewater

 

Completed August, 2014

 

Asmat
Ali

MS

Removal of industrial pollutants by different
adsorbents

Completed January, 2016

 

M.
Arsalan

MS

Identification of Mycotoxins in Chicken Meat of Abbottabad, Pakistan

 

Completed

Jan 2017

Ayesha
Iftikhar

MS

Efficient Removal of Selective Polychlorinated
Biphenyl by using Sono-fenton Process

Completed

 Jan 2018

 

Mujaddad
Sultan

MS

Ultrasound Assisted
Adsorptive Performance of

Green Synthesized AgNPs Using
Ligustrum lucidum and its Composites with Chitosan for Dye
Removal

Completed

 Aug, 2019

 

 

Muhammad
Naeem Khan

MS

Synthesis and Application
of Ag-Biochar Composite for Sono-adsorption of Phenol

Completed

Jan, 2020

Zahra
Nazir

MS

Microwave aided Green Synthesized
Silver Nano-adsorbent for the removal of emergent pollutant ‘Diclofenac’

 

 

Completed

Aug, 2020

Zainab Sultan

MS

Polyethyleneimine
(PEI)-Modified Wheat Straw Biochar For Enhanced Dye Adsorption

Completed,

Jan 2021

Fatima
Rehman

MS

Microwave-Assisted Green
Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and Chitosan Nanocomposites for the Removal
of Reactive Dye

Completed

Jan 2022

 

Yasir Malik

PhD

Syntheses and Efficiency Study of Bacterial
Cellulose Composites for CO2 Adsorption and Projection of CO2
Emissions from Energy Sector in Pakistan

Registered 2021

Bakhtawar Sultan

MS

Study of Hydroxyapatite
Nickel Ferrite Composite Adsorbent for the Removal of Methylene Blue Removal
from Aqueous Solution

Completed

2023

Asma Gul

MS

Efficient Removal of Trimethoprim antibiotic using
Hydroxyapatite (HAP) Synthesized from Fish Scales Biowaste

Registered

2022

Rasham Rashid

MS

Wastewater Treatment

Registered

2023

Journal Publications

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=151" title="Ms. Romana Jamshed">R.Jamshed</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=716" title="Dr. Asim Yaqub">Asim Yaqub</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a> Modeling and Forecasting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil Fuel Combustion in Pakistan Using ARIMA Model: Implications for Climate Change, Pollution , 2025
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=717" title="Dr. Ayesha Baig">A. Baig</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5855" title="Samina Khalid">Samina Khalid</a> Exploring Different Roles of StWRKY4 and StWRKY56 in Transgenic Potato Against Salt Stress, Life, 2025
3. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=717" title="Dr. Ayesha Baig">A. Baig</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=23" title="Dr. Bushra Ismail">Bushra Ismail</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=566" title="Dr. Shamyla Nawazish">S.Nawazish</a> Identification and green synthesis of potato dry rot Fusarium falciforme silver nanoparticles, characterization and antibacterial activity, BMC Plant Biology, 2025
4. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=116" title="Dr. Adnan Ahmad Tahir">A.Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a> Comparative Analysis of the Efficiencies of Two Low Cost Adsorbents for Carbon Dioxide Capture, International Journal of Environmental Research, 2025
5. Mahzaib Abbasi ,Maimoona Zahoor,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=608" title="Dr. Nadia Riaz">N. Riaz</a> Fruit Waste to Nano- Wonders: Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles for Microbial Application , Fusion Journal of Engineering and Sciences, 2025
6. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=717" title="Dr. Ayesha Baig">A. Baig</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=128" title="Dr. Mohammad Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=566" title="Dr. Shamyla Nawazish">S.Nawazish</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5855" title="Samina Khalid">Samina Khalid</a> Deciphering the role of SlWRKY36 and SlWRKY51 in salt stress tolerance via modulating ion homeostasis and proline biosynthesis, Current Plant Biology, 2024
7. Fatima Rehman,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=716" title="Dr. Asim Yaqub">Asim Yaqub</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a>,Asmat Ali,Ummara Waheed Microwave-Assisted Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and Chitosan Nanocomposites for the Removal of Reactive Blue-19, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-024-05674-w, 2024
8. Asmat Ali,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,Zahid Ullah,Abdur Rashid,Warda Khalid Integrated Approach to Hydrogeochemical Assessment of Groundwater Quality in Major Industrial Zone of Punjab, Pakistan, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-33402-x , 2024
9. Ummara Waheed,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=712" title="Dr. Mohammad Maroof Shah">M.M.Shah</a> Understanding the role of the fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase gene for enhancing the photosynthetic rate in Arabidopsis thaliana, Functional Plant Biology, 2024
10. Syed Haseeb Shah,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=717" title="Dr. Ayesha Baig">A. Baig</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=23" title="Dr. Bushra Ismail">Bushra Ismail</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=566" title="Dr. Shamyla Nawazish">S.Nawazish</a>,Xiaoliang Shan,Sofia Baig,Hongwei Zhao,Zahid Majeed First identification of potato tuber rot caused by Penicillium solitum, its silver nanoparticles synthesis, characterization and use against harmful pathogens, Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
11. Nosheen Kabir,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a> Identification and comparative analysis of Histidine phosphotransfer (HP) genes reveal their role in cotton development and stress tolerance, South African Journal of Botany, 2023
12. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a> UV/ Fenton based treatment of paper recycling industry wastewater, Desalination and Water Treatment, 2023
13. Asmat Ali,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,Zahid Ullah, Junaid Ghani,Abdur Rashid,Warda Khalid Geochemical Investigation of OCPs in the Rivers Along with Drains and Groundwater Sources of Eastern Punjab, Pakistan, Exposure and Health, 2023
14. Ummara Waheed,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=715" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad ">Dr. Raza Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=712" title="Dr. Mohammad Maroof Shah">M.M.Shah</a> Pakistani Wheat Cultivars Depict Genotype Dependent Callus and Regeneration Response, Journal of Agriculture and Food, 2023
15. Muhammad Zeshan Zafer , Shoaib Ur Rehman ,Maria Siddique, Muhammad Hammad Nadeem Tahir ,Zulqurnain Khan,Ummara Waheed ,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a> Genome-Wide Characterization and Sequence Polymorphism Analyses of Glycine max Fibrillin (FBN) Revealed Its Role in Response to Drought Condition, Genes, 2023
16. Aaima Iftikhar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=118" title="Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhatti">Z. A. Bhatti</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Anaerobic Biological Treatment Wastewater from Paper Recycling Industry by UASB Reactor, Sains Malaysiana, 2023
17. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=116" title="Dr. Adnan Ahmad Tahir">A.Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a> Layered Double Hydroxide and Graphitc Carbon Nitride Hybrid as Nanoadsorbent for Selected Azo-Dye Removal from Aqueous Solution, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2022
18. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=176" title="Dr. Tariq Ismail">T.Ismail</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=715" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad ">Dr. Raza Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=717" title="Dr. Ayesha Baig">A. Baig</a> Comparative Arsenic Tolerance and Accumulation Potential Between Wild Tagetes patula and Tagetes minuta, Sains Malaysiana, 2022
19. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a> Global Genetic Diversity and Evolutionary Patterns among Potato leafroll virus Populations, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
20. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=717" title="Dr. Ayesha Baig">A. Baig</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=176" title="Dr. Tariq Ismail">T.Ismail</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=361" title="NIGHAT FATIMA">Dr. Nighat Fatima</a>,Syed Munawar Aziz Shah Antioxidant, Cytotoxic, and Antimicrobial Potential of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized using Tradescantia pallida Extract, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022
21. Asmat Ali,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a>,Ummara Waheed,Wei Chen,Zhixin Han Promising Low-Cost Adsorbent from Waste Green Tea Leaves for Phenol Removal in Aqueous Solution, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
22. Shoaib Nawaz ,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=608" title="Dr. Nadia Riaz">N. Riaz</a>,Ummara Waheed,Irum Shahzadi, Asmat Ali Ultrasound-Assisted Hydrogen Peroxide and Iron Sulfate Mediated Fenton Process as an Efficient Advanced Oxidation Process for the Removal of Congo Red Dye, Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 2022
23. Mujaddad Sultan ,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,Ahmed M Fallatah,Nighat Fatima,Irum Shahzadi, Ummara Waheed,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>, Asmat Ali,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=376" title="Dr. Arshad Mehmood Abbasi">Dr. AM Abbasi</a> Ligustrum lucidum Leaf Extract-Assisted Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and Nano-Adsorbents Having Potential in Ultrasound-Assisted Adsorptive Removal of Methylene Blue Dye from Wastewater and Antimicrobial Activity, Materials-MDPI, 2022
24. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=376" title="Dr. Arshad Mehmood Abbasi">Dr. AM Abbasi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=361" title="NIGHAT FATIMA">Dr. Nighat Fatima</a> Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and Nano-Adsorbents Having Potential in Ultrasound-Assisted Adsorptive Removal of Methylene Blue Dye from Wastewater and Antimicrobial Activity, Materials, 2022
25. Muhammad Naeem Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=608" title="Dr. Nadia Riaz">N. Riaz</a>,Nosheen Mirza,Ummara Waheed,Asmat Ali,Ajmal Khan,Irum Shahzadi,Ahmed Al-Harrasi Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Ag-Biochar Composite for Sono-Adsorption of Phenol, Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
26. Ummara Waheed,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a> Fruit drop in cotton: some causes, Journal of Agriculture and Food, 2021, 2021
27. Umar Shahbaz,Ummara Waheed,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=608" title="Dr. Nadia Riaz">N. Riaz</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,Fahim Ali Jawad Phenotypic and genotypic diversity in some bread wheat genotypes exposed to heat stress, Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2021
28. Muhammad Arslan Khan,Hasan Riaz,Muhammad Raheel,Qaiser Shakeel, Ummara Waheed,Nadeem Ahmed,Muhammad Bashair,Waqas Ashraf,Maria Siddique,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,Ambreen Naz In-Vitro and in-vivo management of nematodes, Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood and Rhizoctonia bataticola (Taub.) Butler in cotton using organic’s, Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 2021
29. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=608" title="Dr. Nadia Riaz">N. Riaz</a>,Maryam Hassan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>, Umar Farooq,Rizwana Sarwar ,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=675" title="Dr. Muhammad Saqib Khan">M. S. Khan</a> Photocatalytic degradation and kinetic modeling of azo dye using bimetallic photocatalysts: effect of synthesis and operational parameters, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019
30. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=382" title="Dr. Fazli Wahid">F. Wahid</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=195" title="Mr. Naeem Riaz">N. Riaz</a> Titanium Oxide-Bacterial Cellulose nanocomposite for the removal of Lead from Wastewater, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2019
31. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=692" title="Rubina Farooq">R. Farooq</a> Removal of Congo Red from Aqueous Solutions by Spent Black Tea as Adsorbent, Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology, 2018, 2018
32. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,Asmat Ali,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,Robina Farooq Ultrasound-assisted adsorption of phenol from aqueous solution by using spent black tea leaves, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018
33. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a> An overview of the reaction conditions for an efficient photoconversion of CO2 , Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 2018
34. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=692" title="Rubina Farooq">R. Farooq</a> Ultrasound-assisted adsorption of phenol from aqueous solution, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018
35. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=692" title="Rubina Farooq">R. Farooq</a>,Gugan Jabeen,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,Saleem Farooq shokat,Saif ur Rehman Bioelectrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Organic Compounds, International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, 2016
36. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=382" title="Dr. Fazli Wahid">F. Wahid</a> Removal of reactive blue 19 dye by sono, photo and sonophotocatalytic oxidation using visible light, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2015
37. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a> Biological treatment of the dye Reactive Blue 19 by cattails and, Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, 2014
38. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,Ather Farooq,Dr Rubina Farooq Improved Photocatalytic Activity of TiO 2 Coupling Ultrasound for Reactive Blue 19 Degradation , JCSP, 2014
39. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,Dr Rubina Farooq,Gareth J Synergistic effects of combining ultrasound with the Fenton process in the degradation of Reactive Blue 19, Ultrasoic sonochemistry, 2014
40. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a> Electrolyte Assisted Sono-Electrochemical Decomposition of Reactive Red 195, The Journal of Chemical Society of Pakistan , 2013
41. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=692" title="Rubina Farooq">R. Farooq</a> Enhanced decomposition of reactive blue 19 dye in ultrasound assisted, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2011
42. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=692" title="Rubina Farooq">R. Farooq</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a> Removal of Reactive Blue 19 from Wastewaters by Physicochemical and, J.Chem.Soc.Pak, 2011
43. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,Rubina Farooq,Ather Farooq,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=2" title="Dr. Umar Farooq">U.Farooq</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=147" title="Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad Raja">I.Raja</a>,Saleem Farooq Shoaket Thermal-pressure-mediated hydrolysis of Reactive Blue 19 dye., Journal of hazardous materials, 2009
44. Robina Farooq,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a> Health risk assessment of heavy metals for population via consumption of vegetables, World Applied Sciences Journal, 2009
45. Robina Farooq,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a> The Effect of Ultrasonic Irradiation on the Anaerobic Digestion of Activated Sludge’, World Applied Sciences Journal, 2009
46. Robina Farooq,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a> Application of Ultrasound in Pharmaceutics, World Applied Sciences Journal, 2009
47. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=644" title="Dr. Huma Ajab">H. Ajab</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=716" title="Dr. Asim Yaqub">Asim Yaqub</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a> Evaluation of trace metals in tobacco of local and imported cigarette brands used in Pakistan by spectrophotometer through microwave digestion, J Toxicol Sci , 2008

Conference Publications

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a> PET-BASED ACTIVATED CARBON AND CHITOSAN COMPOSITES: AN EFFICIENT ADSORBENT FOR AQUEOUS DYE REMOVAL, , 2025
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a> Study on the Potential of Waste to Energy Technological Application at Selected Tourist Destination of KPK Pakistan, , 2021
3. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1776" title="Jehanzeb Ali Shah">J.A.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=675" title="Dr. Muhammad Saqib Khan">M. S. Khan</a>, M. Arshad ,S. Rehman,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=608" title="Dr. Nadia Riaz">N. Riaz</a>,T. A. Butt,S. H. Shah,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a> Removal of Reactive Dye from Aqueous Solution using Agricultural Waste Based Novel Adsorbent: Isotherms and kinetics studies. , , 2019
4. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=659" title="Dr. Sajid Shah">Dr. S. Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=608" title="Dr. Nadia Riaz">N. Riaz</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=675" title="Dr. Muhammad Saqib Khan">M. S. Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=9" title="Dr. Ahson Jabbar Shaikh">Ahson J. Shaikh</a> Nanoporous Zirconia Membrane for Water and Energy Applications., , 2019
5. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=659" title="Dr. Sajid Shah">Dr. S. Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=675" title="Dr. Muhammad Saqib Khan">M. S. Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=608" title="Dr. Nadia Riaz">N. Riaz</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=9" title="Dr. Ahson Jabbar Shaikh">Ahson J. Shaikh</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=717" title="Dr. Ayesha Baig">A. Baig</a> Nano-structured Hydrostable Silica Membranes for Water Desalination, , 2019
6. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1776" title="Jehanzeb Ali Shah">J.A.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=675" title="Dr. Muhammad Saqib Khan">M. S. Khan</a>, Laiba Javed ,Muhammad Arshad ,Muhammad Shahid,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a> Exploring the potential of agricultural waste based activated carbon for treatment of reactive orange 16 dye: isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic studies, , 2019
7. Asmat Ali,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,Robina Farooq,Irum Shahzadi,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=608" title="Dr. Nadia Riaz">N. Riaz</a>,Ummara Waheed Ultrasound enhanced removal of Phenol from wastewater using Bioadsorbent, , 2018
8. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a> Analysis of air pollution tolerance index of selected plant species around Karakuram highway, , 2018
9. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a> Removal of Amoxicillin from Aqueous Solution Using Magnetic Fe3o4 Nanoparticles, , 2017
10. Maryam Hassan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=608" title="Dr. Nadia Riaz">N. Riaz</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=109" title="Dr. Arshid Pervez">A.Pervez</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,Umar Farooq,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,Rizwana Sarwar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=675" title="Dr. Muhammad Saqib Khan">M. S. Khan</a> Photocatalytic Degradation Of Azo Dye Using TiO2 Doped Photocatalysts Under Visible Light Irradiation, , 2017
11. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,Robina Farooq,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=608" title="Dr. Nadia Riaz">N. Riaz</a>,Irum Shahzadi,Ummara Waheed,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a> Effect of pH and Particle Size on Removal of Reactive Dye Using Local Biomass, , 2017
12. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=115" title="Dr. Romana Khan">R.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a> SONOPHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF REACTIVE BLUE 19 DYE BY SULPHER-DOPED TiO2 NANOPARTICLES, , 2013

Books and Book Chapters

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a> Fundamentals of acoustic cavitation, ultrasound-assisted processes, and sonochemistry, , 2025