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Dr. Muhammad Rizwan

Assistant Professor

Postal Address

USPCAS-W Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan

Phone Number

0333-8892332

Email Address

[email protected]

My Ph.D. is in Environmental Engineering and Energy from Myongji University, South Korea. I am working on sustainable development goal 6.3. I had published 20 papers in International and national research Journals. My total impact factor is 42.072 and 320 citations. My research publications are mostly in the area of wastewater treatment and biofuel production. I won two research grants and two mobility grants. Two of my research proposals are under review. I successfully completed research at the University of Utah USA during an exchange program where I worked on the isolation of bacteriophages against anibiotic-resistant bacteria. Currently, I am supervising 11 MS students from Environmental Engineering and WASH department at USPCAS-W. Most of my students are working on the water-related issues at the national and international level

Curriculum Vitae Dr. Muhammad Rizwan

  1. Jamil Ahmed, Li Ping Wong, Yan Piaw Chua, Najeebullah Channa, Aneela Yasmin, Muhammad Rizwan, Naveed Ahmed, James A. VanDerslice. “Distribution And Health Risk Assessment Of Fluorosis In Children Of Primary Schools: An Undernourished Population Of Pakistan”. Fluoride (I.F:1.03) (Accepted).
  1. Rizwan, Muhammad, et al. “Influence of salinity and nitrogen in dark on Dunaliellatertiolecta’s lipid and carbohydrate productivity.” Biofuels(2020): 1-7 (I.F: 1.13).
  1. Rizwan, Muhammad, et al. “Role of Pretreatment in Adsorption of Cobalt, Mercury and Nickel by Native Algae.” Frontiers in Water-Energy-Nexus—Nature-Based Solutions, Advanced Technologies and Best Practices for Environmental Sustainability. Springer, Cham, 2020. 521-524.
  1. Mujtaba, Ghulam, Muhammad Rizwan, and Kisay Lee. “Biological Treatment of Municipal Wastewater Using Green Microalgae and Activated Sludge as Combined Culture.” Frontiers in Water-Energy-Nexus—Nature-Based Solutions, Advanced Technologies and Best Practices for Environmental Sustainability. Springer, Cham, 2020. 393-396.
  2. Kumbhar, Ali Nawaz, Meilin He, Abdul Razzaque Rajper, Khalil Ahmed Memon, Muhammad Rizwan, Mostafa Nagi, AbeselomGhirmaiWoldemicael, Dan Li, Chun Wang, and Changhai Wang. “The Use of Urea and Kelp Waste Extract is A Promising Strategy for Maximizing the Biomass Productivity and Lipid Content in Chlorella sorokiniana.” Plants9, no. 4 (2020): 463 (I.F: 2.762).
  1. Rizwan, Muhammad, et al. “Exploring the potential of microalgae for new biotechnology applications and beyond: a review.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews92 (2018): 394-404 (I.F: 10.556).
  1. Mujtaba, Ghulam, Muhammad Rizwan, Garam Kim, and Kisay Lee. “Removal of nutrients and COD through co-culturing activated sludge and immobilized Chlorella vulgaris.” Chemical Engineering Journal343 (2018): 155-162 (F: 8.355).
  1. Shah, Syed Hasnain, Iftikhar Ahmed Raja, Muhammad Rizwan, Naim Rashid, Qaisar Mahmood, Fayyaz Ali Shah, and Arshid Pervez. “Potential of microalgal biodiesel production and its sustainability perspectives in Pakistan.” Renewable and sustainable energy reviews81 (2018): 76-92 (I.F: 10.556).
  1. Rizwan,Muhammad, Ghulam Mujtaba, Naim Rashid, Kisay Lee. “Enhancing Lipid Production of Dunaliellatertiolecta by Manipulating the Interactive Effect of Salinity and Nitrogen”. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly31: (3) (2017): 199–207 (I.F: 0.859).
  1. Rizwan, Muhammad, Ghulam Mujtaba, and Kisay Lee. “Effects of iron sources on the growth and lipid/carbohydrate production of marine microalga Dunaliellatertiolecta.” Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering22, no. 1 (2017): 68-75 (I.F:1.438).
  1. Rizwan, Muhammad, Ghulam Mujtaba, and Kisay Lee. “Effects of Multiple Stress Factors Including Iron Supply on Cell Growth and Lipid Accumulation in Marine Microalga Dunaliellatertiolecta.” Applied Chemistry for Engineering28, no. 3 (2017): 306-312.
  1. Mujtaba, Ghulam, Muhammad Rizwan, and Kisay Lee. “Removal of nutrients and COD from wastewater using symbiotic co-culture of bacterium Pseudomonas putida and immobilized microalga Chlorella vulgaris.” Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry49 (2017): 145-151 (I.F: 4.978).
  1. Saima Saleem, Naureen  Aurangzeb, Aliya  Naz, Sobia  Nisa, Muhammad Rizwan, Khanzadi Nazneen Manzoor, Assad Zaib, FarakhJaved. “A physico-social analysis of terrestrial invasive plants species in sub-tropical sub-humid tract of district Haripur”. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences5: (2017): 46-50.
  1. Siddique, S., A. Khan, Rizwan, Oaj Khurshid, GM Mastoi, MA Qureshi, ZM Ali, S. Rahoojo, MW Junejo, and RA Malookani. Physico-Chemical and bacteriological, Environmental Study of District Muzaffarabad after Earthquake 2005: A Case Study. Sindh University Research Journal 49: (3) 635-638 (2017).
  1. Mujtaba, Ghulam, Muhammad Rizwan, and Kisay Lee. “Simultaneous removal of inorganic nutrients and organic carbon by symbiotic co-culture of Chlorella vulgaris and Pseudomonas putida.” Biotechnology and bioprocess engineering20, no. 6 (2015): 1114-1122 (IF: 1.438).
  1. Sajjad, Attia, Muhammad Rizwan, Ghulam Mujtaba, and Naim Rashid. “Chitosan as a flocculant: an approach to improve its solubility for efficient harvesting of microalgae.” Korean Chemical Engineering Research55, no. 4 (2017): 530-534.
  1. Rizwan, Muhammad, Ghulam Mujtaba and Kisay Lee. “Influence of organic carbon sources on growth and lipid content of marine green alga Dunaliellatertiolecta”. Journal of Marine Bioscience and Biotechnology; 6 (2014): 68-75.
  1. Kim, Garam, Ghulam Mujtaba, Muhammad Rizwan, and Kisay Lee. “Environmental stress strategies for stimulating lipid production from microalgae for biodiesel.”  Chem. Eng25, no. 6 (2014): 553-558 (IF: 0.366).
  1. Idrees Khan, Abdullah Khan, Alia Naz, Wisal Shah, Ayaz Khan, Muhammad Ziad and Muhammad Rizwan. “Assessment Of Drinking water Quality In Relation To Sanitaion In Haripur City Pakistan”. Journal of Science and Technology Peshawar, 40 (2) (2016): 46-58.
  1. Jamil, M. Bakhtiar, A. R. Khan, F. Rubina, R. Rehana, R. Wajid, M. Qaisar, A. F.Khan, A. K. Khan, M. Danish, M. Awais, Z.A.Bhatti, M. Rizwan, A.Naveed, M.Hussani and A. Pervez. Synthesis characterization and antimicrobial activities of noval organotin compounds. African Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry. 3 (4) (2009): 066-071.

I am working on sustainable development goal 6.3. Most of my students are working on water-related issues at the national and international levels. My field of expertise is biofuel production and wastewater treatment.

Teaching:

  1. Small Water System & Design
  2. Biostatistics and Epidemiology
  • National Research Program for Universities (NRPU) HEC 2017-2018. Use of Bacteriophage for controlling citrus canker disease caused by Xanthomonas axonopodispv. citri. Project # 10066 (4.377676 million PKR) (Accepted).
  • Startup Company in 2ndCohort of RINU project (Cost Effect Industrial Waste-Water Treatment) (0.6 million PKR).
  • Startup Company in 2ndCohort of RINU project (Simple & Affordable Solar Based Prototype of Drinking Water Purification) (0.6 million PKR).
  • HEC travel grant for WaterEnergyNEXUS Conference, Salerno, Italy. Awarded on 11th October, 2018 (Travel grant # 302.86/TG/R&D/HEC/2018/28198) (0.319 million PKR).
  • HEC travel grant for 7th International Conference on Clean and Green Energy (ICCGE 2018), Paris, France. Awarded on 5th December, 2017 (Travel grant # 74/TG/R&D/HEC/2017/24560) (0.265 million PKR).
  • Pakistan Science Foundation. Cost effective treatment of textile wastewater and biofuel production using microalgae (under review).
  • Pakistan Science Foundation. Rapid detection of antibiotics in surface water using ultra performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS)(under review).
  • HEC startup research grant. Microalgae as a tool for heavy metal remediation of Industrial wastewater. Project # 1102 (0.45 million PKR) (Completed).
  1. Zulaikha Saeed, MS, Microalgal based hydrochar for the removal of fluoride from drinking water.
  2. Biochar adsorbent characteristics for deduction of fluoride from water (Iram Ayaz).
  3. Use of algal-based hydro char for heavy metals and dyes removal (Ayesha Khan).
  4. Removal of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and Color from Sugarcane Distillery Effluent (SDE) by Using hybrid electrode in the electrochemical reactor (Waheed Ali).
  5. Novel Photosynthetic Microbial Desalination Cell for Enhancement of water Desalination (Ali HusnainKeerio).
  6. Biochar Reduce Fluoride Ions (F–) Concentration from Groundwater throughAdsorption Technique (Muhammad Aamir).
  7. Isolation of Polyvalent phages against antibiotic resistant Enterobacter faecalis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Fiza Mansoor).
  8. Disinfection of antibiotic resistant coli using single channel TiO2 cartridge reactor (Illahi Bakhsh).
  9. Characterization and Applications of TiO2 Nanotube Arrays (TNAs) Electro-catalyst Reactor as an Efficient Point-of-Use Disinfection Device (Muhammad Mikail Raza).
  10. Textile wastewater treatment using algae bacterial consortium (Nayab Raza).
  11. Green synthesis of Bismuth nanoparticles using native algae and their antibacterial activity (Shahida Khaskheli).
  12. Biological Treatment Of Amine Wastewater by using Algae Bacterial Consortium (Muhammad Tehseen).

HEC Approved Supervisor

  • HEC approved supervisor since 29/12/2017.

HEC Approved Reviewer

  • HEC reviewer since 14/03/2018.

Invited Speaker

  • International Conference on Green & Sustainable Chemical Sciences (ICGSCS-2018).
  • First International Conference on Modern Trends in Science, Engineering & Technology: Roadmap for Sustainable and Collaborative Development (MTSET-2017).
  • 1st National Conference on “Recent Trends in Microbiology”, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, 2016.

Session Chair/Session Sectary

  • Session Chair in International Conference on Green & Sustainable Chemical Sciences (ICGSCS-2018).
  • Session Sectary in First International Conference on Modern Trends in Science, Engineering & Technology: Roadmap for Sustainable and Collaborative Development (MTSET-2017).
  • Session Chair in 1st National Conference on “Recent Trends in Microbiology”, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, 2016.

Technical Committee Member

  • 5th International Water Conference 14-16 January 2019.
  • 5th International conference on Energy Environment and Sustainable Development-2018 (EESD-2018) 14-16 November 2018.
  • 7th International Conference on Clean and Green Energy (ICCGE 2018) 7-9 February France.
  • 4th International Water Conference 19-21 September 2017.
  • First International Conference on Modern Trends in Science, Engineering & Technology: Roadmap for Sustainable and Collaborative Development (MTSET-2017).
  • 3rd International Conference on Water Security & Sustainable Growth 23-25 August 2016.

Trainer

  • Workshop on exploring bacteriophages for phage therapy May 4th-5th, 2017