Abida Farooqi
Assistant Professor
Environmental Sciences
Quaid-i-Azam University
Pakistan
Biography
Abida Farooqi obtained Ph.D. from Osaka City Univeristy, Japan. She currently holds as an Assistant Professor in Department of Environmental Sciences at Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad. Her research of interest includes Environmental Hydro-geochemistry research group focuses on study of environmental factors on pollutants in hydrological cycle, monitoring and assessment of environmental ground and surface water pollution; heavy metals, arsenic and fluoride, soil and sediments studies, their relationship with the groundwater pollution, occurrence, spatial and temporal trends and source identification of groundwater and surface water pollution. Formulate the remediation techniques for removal of arsenic and fluoride in groundwater and assessment of health effects on human being.
Research Interest
Environmental Hydro-geochemistry research group focuses on study of environmental factors on pollutants in hydrological cycle, monitoring and assessment of environmental ground and surface water pollution; heavy metals, arsenic and fluoride, soil and sediments studies, their relationship with the groundwater pollution, occurrence, spatial and temporal trends and source identification of groundwater and surface water pollution. Formulate the remediation techniques for removal of arsenic and fluoride in groundwater and assessment of health effects on human being.
Publications
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Haroon Rashid, Jiro Takemura, Abida M. Farooqi, Soil Explorations And Groundwater Monitoring to Evaluate Subsurface Contamination due to Chromium in District Kasur Pakistan. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, 5 (2011) 835-843.
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Batool Q., Farooqi A. Ramzan M. Effect of organic and inorganic materials on bioavailability of arsenic in soils contaminated with irrigation water. Accepted in Journal of Chemical Society of Pakistan, (2012).
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Haroon Rashid, Abida M. Farooqi and Jiro Takemura, Seasonal variations and seepage identification of Chromium into Groundwater from Tanneries Effluent in District Kasur Pakistan, accepted in World Applied Sciences Journal, (2012).
