Riffat Naseem Malik
Assistant Professor
Environmental Sciences
Quaid-i-Azam University
Pakistan
Biography
Riffat Naseem Malik obtained Ph.D. from The Reading University, Reading, UK. She currently holds as an Assistant Professor in Department of Environmental Sciences at Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad. Her research of interest includes Environmental Biology and applied Ecotoxicology research group focuses on monitoring and assessment of environmental pollution; evaluation, occurrence, spatial and temporal trends and source identification of heavy metals and Persistent Organic Pollutant (POPs) in aquatic and terrestrial resources of Pakistan; their effects on form and functionality of biota, and ecological systems; identification and development of biological indicators/markers to assess the integrity and health conditions of an ecosystem.
Research Interest
Environmental Biology and applied Ecotoxicology research group focuses on monitoring and assessment of environmental pollution; evaluation, occurrence, spatial and temporal trends and source identification of heavy metals and Persistent Organic Pollutant (POPs) in aquatic and terrestrial resources of Pakistan; their effects on form and functionality of biota, and ecological systems; identification and development of biological indicators/markers to assess the integrity and health conditions of an ecosystem.
Publications
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Syed JH, Malik RN, Li J, Chaemfa C, Zhang G, Jones KC [2014]. Status, distribution and ecological risk of organochlorines (OCs) in the surface sediments from the Ravi River, Pakistan. Science of The Total Environment 472, 204–211.
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Alamdar A, Syed JH, Malik RN, Katsoyiannis A, Liu J, Li J, Zhang G, Jones KC [2014]. Organochlorine pesticides in surface soils from obsolete pesticide dumping ground in Hyderabad City, Pakistan: Contamination levels and their potential for air–soil exchange. Science of The Total Environment, 470–471, 733-741.
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Xu Y, Li J, Chakraborty P, Syed JH, Malik RN, Wang Y, Tian C, Luo C, Zhang G, Jones KC [2014]. Atmospheric polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in India and Pakistan. Science of the Total Environment, 466-467; 1030-1036.
