Prof. Safia  Ahmed
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Prof. Safia Ahmed

Tenured Professor
Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Imperial College London, England

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Area of Interest:

Biomedical Sciences
100%
Biotechnology
62%
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
90%
Biodegradation
75%
Bioremediation
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
0
Articles
130
Abstracts
1

Selected Publications

  1. Sehar, S., I. Naz, I. Perveen and S. Ahmed, 2019. Superior industrial dye degradation efficiencies in hybrid SnO2-ZnO heterostructure. Korean J. Chem. Eng., 36: 56-62.
  2. Rasool, T., A. Rehman, I. Naz, R. Ullah and S. Ahmed, 2018. Efficiency of a locally designed pilot-scale trickling biofilter (TBF) system in natural environment for the treatment of domestic wastewater. Environ. Technol., 39: 1295-1306.
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  3. Naz, I., D. Hodgson, A. Smith, J. Marchesi, S. Sehar, S. Ahmed and D.P. Saroj, 2018. Investigation of the active biofilm communities on polypropylene filter media in a fixed biofilm reactor for wastewater treatment. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol., 93: 3264-3275.
  4. Ali, M., D.P. Rousseau and S. Ahmed, 2018. A full-scale comparison of two hybrid constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater in Pakistan. J. Environ. Manage., 210: 349-358.
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  5. Naza, I., A. Rehmanb, S. Seharc, I. Perveenb and S. Ahmedb, 2017. Assessment of an integrated tire-derived rubber media-fixed biofilm reactor (TDR-FBR) and sand column filter (SCF) for wastewater treatment at low temperature. Desalination Water Treat., 99: 185-195.
  6. Sehar, S., I. Naz, T. Das and S. Ahmed, 2016. Evidence of microscopic correlation between biofilm kinetics and divalent cations for enhanced wastewater treatment efficiency. RSC Adv., 6: 15112-15120.
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  7. Sehar, S., I. Naz, S. Khan, S. Naeem, I. Perveen, N. Ali and S. Ahmed, 2016. Performance evaluation of integrated constructed wetland for domestic waste water treatment. Water Environ. Res., 88: 280-287.
  8. Naz, I., W. Ullah, S. Sehar, A. Rehman, Z.U. Khan, N. Ali and S. Ahmed, 2016. Performance evaluation of stone-media pro-type pilot-scale trickling biofilter system for municipal wastewater treatment. Desalination Water Treatm., 57: 15792-15805.
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  9. Naz, I., D. Hodgson, A. Smith, J. Marchesi, S. Ahmed, C. Avignone-Rossa and D.P. Saroj, 2016. Effect of the chemical composition of filter media on the microbial community in wastewater biofilms at different temperatures. RSC Adv., 6: 104345-104353.
  10. Sehar, S., S. Naeem, I. Perveen, N. Ali and S. Ahmed, 2015. A comparative study of macrophytes influence on wastewater treatment through subsurface flow hybrid constructed wetland. Ecol. Eng., 81: 62-69.
  11. Naz, I., S. Seher, I. Perveen, D.P. Saroj and S. Ahmed, 2015. Physiological activities associated with biofilm growth in attached and suspended growth bioreactors under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Environ. Technol., 36: 1657-1671.
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  12. Naz, I., D.P. Saroj, S. Mumtaz, N. Ali and S. Ahmed, 2015. Assessment of biological trickling filter systems with various packing materials for improved wastewater treatment. Environ. Technol., 36: 424-434.
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  13. Naz, I., N. Khatoon, M.I. Ali, D.P. Saroj, S.A.U. Batool, N. Ali and S. Ahmed, 2014. Appraisal of the tire derived rubber (TDR) medium for wastewater treatment under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol., 89: 587-596.
  14. Khatoon, N., I. Naz, M.I. Ali, N. Ali, A. Jamal, A. Hameed and S. Ahmed, 2014. Bacterial succession and degradative changes by biofilm on plastic medium for wastewater treatment. J. Basic Microbiol., 54: 739-749.
  15. Das, T., S. Sehar, L. Koop, Y.K. Wong, S. Ahmed, K.S. Siddiqui and M. Manefield, 2014. Influence of calcium in extracellular DNA mediated bacterial aggregation and biofilm formation. PloS One, Vol. 9. .
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