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Environmental Waste Management Group Established in 2017 Group Leader: Dr. Mahtab Ahmad Completed Research:
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Cumulative Impact Factor (2019): 240.084 Scopus h-index: 31
Google Scholar h-index: 39 1. Amin, M., Ahmad, M*., Farooqi, A., Hussain, Q., Ahmad, M., Al-Wabel, M. I., Saleem, H. (2020) Arsenic release in contaminated soil amended with unmodified and modified biochars derived from sawdust and rice husk. Journal of Soils and Sediments 20:3358-3367 (2019 Impact Factor: 2.763) 2. Batool, S., Idrees, M., Ahmad, M., Hussain, Q., Ahmad, M*., Iqbal, A., Kong, J. (2020) Design and characterization of biomass template/tin oxide nanocomposite for enhanced adsorption of 2,4-dichlorophenol. Environmental Research 181:108955 (2019 Impact Factor: 5.715) 3. Rashid, J., Azam, R., Kumar, R., Ahmad, M., Rehman, A., Barakat, M. A. (2019) Sulfonated polyether sulfone reinforced multiwall carbon nanotubes composite for the removal of lead in wastewater. Applied Nanoscience 9:1695-1705 (2019 Impact Factor: 2.880) 4. Ahmad, M., Ahmad, M., Usman, A.R.A., Al-Faraj, A.S., Abduljabbar, A., Ok, Y.S., Al-Wabel, M.I. (2019) Date palm waste-derived biochar composites with silica and zeolite: synthesis, characterization and implication for carbon stability and recalcitrant potential. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 41:1687-1704 (2019 Impact Factor: 3.472) 5. El-Naggar, A., Lee, S.S., Rinklebe, J., Farooq M., Song, H., Sarmah, A.K., Zimmerman, A.R., Ahmad, M., Shaheen, S.M., Ok, Y.S. (2019) Biochar application to low fertility soils: A review of current status, and future prospects. Geoderma 337:536-554 (2019 Impact Factor: 4.848) 6. Batool, S., Idrees, M., Al-Wabel, M.I., Ahmad, M., Hina, K., Ullah, H., Cui, L., Hussain, Q. (2019) Sorption of Cr(III) from aqueous media via naturally functionalized microporous biochar: Mechanistic study. Microchemical Journal 144:242-253 (2019 Impact Factor: 3.594) 7. Al-Wabel, M.I., Rafique, M.I., Ahmad, M., Ahmad, M., Usman, A.R.A. (2019) Pyrolytic and hydrothermal carbonization of date palm leaflets: Characteristics and ecotoxicological effects on seed germination of lettuce. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 26:665-672 (2019 Impact Factor: 2.802) 8. Idrees, M., Batool, S., Ullah, H., Hussain, Q., Al-Wabel, M.I., Ahmad, M., Hussain, A., Riaz, M., Ok, Y.S., Kong, J. (2018) Adsorption and thermodynamic mechanisms of manganese removal from aqueous media by biowaste-derived biochars. Journal of Molecular Liquids 266:373-380 (2019 Impact Factor: 5.065) 9. Vithanage, M., Bandara, T., Al-Wabel, M.I., Abduljabbar, A., Usman, A.R.A., Ahmad, M., Ok, Y.S. (2018) Soil enzyme activities in waste biochar amended multi-metal contaminated soil: Effect of different pyrolysis temperatures and application rates. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 49:635-643 (2019 Impact Factor: 0.767) 10. Kumarathilaka, P., Ahmad, M., Herath, I., Mahatantila, K., Athapattu, B.C.L., Rinklebe, J., Ok, Y.S., Usman, A., Al-Wabel, M.I., Abduljabbar, A., Vithanage, M. (2018) Influence of bioenergy waste biochar on proton- and ligand-promoted release of Pb and Cu in a shooting range soil. Science of the Total Environment 625:547-554 (2019 Impact Factor: 6.551) 11. Ahmad, M., Ahmad, M., Usman, A.R.A., Al-Faraj, A.S., Ok, Y.S., Hussain, Q., Abduljabbar, A., Al-Wabel, M.I. (2018) An efficient phosphorus scavenging from aqueous solution using magnesiothermally modified bio-calcite. Environmental Technology 39:1638-1649 (2019 Impact Factor: 2.213) 12. Ahmad, M., Usman, A.R.A., Al-Faraj, A.S., Ahmad, M., Sallam, A., Al-Wabel, M.I. (2018) Phosphorus-loaded biochar changes soil heavy metals availability and uptake potential of maize (Zea mays L.) plants. Chemosphere 194:327-339 (2019 Impact Factor: 5.778) 13. Al-Wabel, M., Hussain, Q., Usman, A.R.A., Ahmad, M., Abduljabbar, A., Abdulazeem, S., Ok, Y.S. (2018) Impact of biochar properties on soil conditions and agricultural sustainability: A review. Land Degradation & Development 29:2124-2161 (2019 Impact Factor: 3.775) 14. Ahmad, M., Ahmad, M., Usman, A.R.A., Al-Faraj, A.S., Abduljabbar, A.S., Al-Wabel, M.I. (2018) Biochar composites with nano zerovalent iron and eggshell powder for nitrate removal from aqueous solution with coexisting chloride ions. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 25:25757-25771 (2019 Impact Factor: 3.056) 15. Ahmad, M., Ahmad, M., El-Naggar, A.H., Usman, A.R.A., Abduljabbar, A., Vithanage, M., Elfaki, J., Al-Faraj, A. and Al-Wabel, M.I. (2018) Aging effect of organic and inorganic fertilizers on phosphorus fractionation in a calcareous sandy loam soil. Pedosphere 28:873-883 (2019 Impact Factor: 3.736) 16. Karunanithi, R., Ok, Y.S., Dharmarajan, R., Ahmad, M., Seshadri, B., Bolan, N., Naidu, R. (2017). Sorption, kinetics and thermodynamics of phosphate sorption onto soybean stover derived biochar. Environmental Technology & Innovation 8:113-125 (2019 Impact Factor: 3.356) 17. Hussain, A., Al-Barakah, F.N., Al-Sewailem, M., El-Saeid, M.H., Waqar, M., Ahmad, M. (2017) Oxidative photodegradation of pyrene and fluoranthene by Fe-based and Zn-based Fenton reagents. Sustainability 2017, 9, 870; DOI:10.3390/su9050870 (2019 Impact Factor: 2.576) 18. Vithanage, M., Seneviratne, M., Ahmad, M., Sarkar, B., Ok, Y.S. (2017) Contrasting effects of engineered carbon nanotubes on plants: a review. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 39:1421-1439 (2019 Impact Factor: 3.472) 19. Al-Wabel, M.I., Sallam, A.E.S., Usman, A.R.A., Ahmad, M., El-Naggar, A.H., El-Saeid, M.H., Al-Faraj, A., El-Enazi, K., Al-Romian, F.A. (2017) Trace metal levels, sources, and ecological risk assessment in a densely agricultural area from Saudi Arabia. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 189:252-272 (2019 Impact Factor: 1.903) 20. Ahmad, M., Lee S.S., Lee, S.E., Al-Wabel, M.I., Tsang, D.C.W., Ok, Y.S. (2017) Biochar-induced changes in soil properties affected immobilization/mobilization of metals/metalloids in contaminated soils. Journal of Soils and Sediments 17:717-730 (2019 Impact Factor: 2.763) 21. Herath, I., Iqbal, M.C.M., Al-Wabel, M.I., Abduljabbar, A., Ahmad, M., Usman, A.R.A., Ok, Y.S. and Vithanage, M. (2017) Bioenergy-derived waste biochar for reducing mobility, bioavailability, and phytotoxicity of chromium in anthropized tannery soil. Journal of Soils and Sediments 17:731-740 (2019 Impact Factor: 2.763) 22. Usman, A., Sallam, A., Zhang, M., Vithanage, M., Ahmad, M., Al-Faraj, A., Ok, Y.S., Abduljabbar, A., Al-Wabel, M. (2016) Sorption process of date palm biochar for aqueous Cd (II) removal: efficiency and mechanisms. Water Air and Soil Pollution 227:449-464 (2019 impact factor: 1.900) 23. Idrees, M., Batool, S., Hussain, Q., Ullah, H., Al-Wabel, M.I., Ahmad, M., Kong, J. (2016) High efficiency remediation of cadmium (Cd2+) from aqueous solution using poultry manure- and farmyard manure-derived biochars. Separation Science and Technology 51:2307-2317(2019 Impact Factor: 1.718) 24. Al-Wabel, M.I., El-Saeid, M.H., Usman, A.R.A., Al-Turki, A.M., Ahmad, M., Hassanin, A.S., El-Naggar, A.H., Al-Enazi, K.K.H. (2016) Identification, quantification and toxicity of PCDDs and PCDFs in soils from industrial areas in the central and eastern regions of Saudi Arabia. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 96:622-669 (2019 impact factor: 1.657) 25. Herath, I., Kumarathilaka, P., Al-Wabel, M.I., Abduljabbar, A., Ahmad, M., Usman, A.R.A. and Vithanage, M. (2016) Mechanistic modelling of glyphosate interaction with rice husk derived engineered biochar. Microporous & Mesoporous Materials 225:280-288 (2019 Impact Factor: 4.551) 26. El-Naggar, A.H., Alzhrani, A.K.R., Ahmad, M., Usman, A.R.A., Mohan, D., Ok, Y.S. and Al-Wabel, M.I. (2016) Preparation of activated and non-activated carbon from conocarpus pruning waste as low cost adsorbent for heavy metal ions removal from aqueous solution. BioResources 11:1092-1107 (2019 Impact Factor: 1.409) 27. Ahmad, M., Ok, Y.S., Kim, B.Y., Ahn, J.H., Lee, Y.H., Zhang, M., Moon, D.H., Al-Wabel, M.I., Lee, S.S. (2016) Impact of soybean stover- and pine needles-derived biochars on Pb and As mobility, microbial community, and carbon stability in a contaminated agricultural soil. Journal of Environmental Management 166:131-139 (2019 Impact Factor: 5.647) 28. Ahmad, M., Ok, Y.S., Rajapaksha, A.U., Lim, J.E., Kim, B.Y., Lee, Y.H., Al-Wabel, M.I., Lee, S.E., Lee, S.S. (2016). Lead and copper immobilization in a shooting range soil using soybean stover- and pineneedle-derived biochars: chemical, microbial and spectroscopic assessments. Journal of Hazardous Materials 301:179-186 (2019 Impact Factor: 9.038) 29. Mayakaduwa, S.S., Kumarathilaka, P., Herath, I., Ahmad, M., Al-Wabel, M.I., Ok, Y.S., Vithanage, M. (2016). Equilibrium and kinetic mechanisms of woody biochar on aqueous glyphosate removal. Chemosphere 144:2516-2521 (2019 Impact Factor: 5.778) 30. Usman, A.R.A., Al-Wabel, M.I., Ok, Y.S., Al-Harbi, A., Wahb-Allah, M.A., El-Naggar, A.H., Ahmad, M. and Al-Omran, A. (2016). Conocarpus biochar induced changes in soil nutrients availability and tomato growth under saline irrigation system. Pedosphere 26:27-38 (2019 Impact Factor: 3.736) 31. Usman, A.R.A., Ahmad, M., El-Mahrouky, M., Al-Omran, A., Ok, Y.S., Sallam, A.S., El-Naggar, A.H., Al-Wabel, M.I. (2015). Chemically modified biochar produced from Conocarpus waste increases NO3 removal from aqueous solutions. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 38:511-521 (2019 Impact Factor: 3.472) 32. Usman, A.R.A., Abduljabbar, A., Vithanage, M., Ok, Y.S., Ahmad, M., Ahmad, M., Elfaki, J., Abdulazeem, S.S., Al-Wabel, M.I. (2015). Biochar production from date palm waste: Charring temperature induced changes in carbon stability and surface chemistry. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 115:392-400 (2019 Impact Factor: 3.905) 33. Zhang, M., Ahmad, M., Al-Wabel, M.I., Vithanage, M., Rajapaksha, A.U., Kim, H.S., Lee, S.S. and Ok, Y.S. (2015) Adsorptive removal of trichloroethylene in water by crop residue biochars pyrolyzed at contrasting temperatures: Continuous fixed-bed experiments. Journal of Chemistry Article ID 647072 (2019 Impact Factor: 1.790) 34. El-Najjar, A.H., Usman, A.R.A., Al-Omran, A., Ok, Y.S., Ahmad, M., Al-Wabel, M.I. (2015) Carbon mineralization and nutrients availability in calcareous sandy soils amended with woody waste biochar. Chemosphere 138:67-73 (2019 Impact Factor: 5.778) 35. Rajapaksha, A.U., Ahmad, M., Vithanage, m., Kim, K.R., Chang, J.Y., Lee, S.S. and Ok, Y.S. (2015) The role of biochar, natural iron oxides, and nanomaterials as soil amendments for immobilizing metals in shooting range soil. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 37:931-942. (2019 Impact Factor: 3.472) 36. Rajapaksha, A.U., Vithanage, M., Ahmad, M., Seo, D.C., Cho, J.S., Lee, S.E., Lee, S.S. and Ok, Y.S. (2015) Enhanced sulfamethazine removal by steam activated invasive-plant-derived biochar. Journal of Hazardous Materials 290:43-50 (2019 Impact Factor: 9.038) 37. Vithanage, M., Rajapaksha, A.U., Ahmad, M., Uchimiya, M., Dou, X., Alessi, D.S. and Ok, Y.S. (2015) Mechanisms of antimony adsorption onto soybean stover-derived biochar in aqueous solutions. Journal of Environmental Management 151:443-449 (2019 Impact Factor: 5.647) 38. Rajapaksha, A.U., Vithanage, M., Zhang, M., Ahmad, M., Mohan, D., Chang, S.X. and Ok, Y.S. (2014) Pyrolysis conditions affected sulfamethazine sorption by tea waste biochars. Bioresource Technology 166:303-308 (2019 Impact Factor: 7.539) 39. Zhang, M., Ahmad, M., Lee, S.S., Xu, L.H., Ok, Y.S. (2014) Sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to lignin: effect of chemical hydrophobicity and temperature. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 93:84-88 (2019 Impact Factor: 1.657) 40. Ahmad, M., Vithanage, M., Kim, K., Cho, J.S., Lee, Y.H., Joo, Y.K., Lee, S.S. and Ok, Y.S. (2014) Inhibitory effect of veterinary antibiotics on denitrification in groundwater: A microcosm approach. The Scientific World Journal 2014:7 pages, article ID879831 41. Ahmad, M., Rajapaksha, A.U., Lim, J.E., Zhang, M., Bolan, N., Mohan, D., Vithanage, M., Lee, S.S. and Ok, Y.S. (2014) Biochar as a sorbent for contaminant management in soil and water: a review. Chemosphere 99:19-33 (2019 Impact Factor: 5.778) 42. Ahmad, M., Lee, S.S., Lim, J.E., Lee, S.E., Cho, J.S., Moon, D.H., Hashimoto, Y. and Ok, Y.S. (2014) Speciation and phytoavailability of lead and antimony in a small arms range soil amended with mussel shell, cow bone and biochar: EXAFS spectroscopy and chemical extractions. Chemosphere 95:433-441. (2019 Impact Factor: 5.778) 43. Ahmad, M., Moon, D.H., Lee, S.S., Vithanage, M., Koutsospyros, A. and Ok, Y.S. (2014) Production and use of biochar from buffalo-weed (Ambrosia trifida) for trichloroethylene removal from water. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 89:150-157 (2019 Impact Factor: 2.750) 44. Almaroi, Y.A., Usman, A.R.A., Ahmad, M., Lee, S.S., Moon, D.H., Ok, Y.S. (2014) Effects of biochar, cow bone and eggshell on Pb availability to maize in contaminated soil irrigated with saline water. Environmental Earth Sciences 71:1289-1296 (2019 Impact Factor: 2.180) 46. Ahmad, M., Lee, S.S., Rajapaksha, A.U., Vithanage, M., Zhang, M. and Ok, Y.S. (2013) Trichloroethylene adsorption by pine needle biochars produced at various pyrolytic temperatures. Bioresource Technology 143:615-622 (2019 Impact Factor: 7.539) 47. Moon, D.H., Park, J.W., Chang, Y.Y., Ok, Y.S., Lee, S.S., Ahmad, M., Koutsospyros, A., Park, J.H. and Baek, K. (2013) Immobilization of lead in contaminated firing range soil using biochar. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 20:8464-8471. (2019 Impact Factor: 3.056) 48. Ahmad, M., Lee, S.S., Oh, S.E., Mohan, D., Moon, D.H., Lee, Y.H. and Ok, Y.S. (2013) Modeling adsorption kinetics of trichloroethylene onto biochars derived from soyben stover and peanut shell wastes. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 20:8364-8373. (2019 Impact Factor: 3.056) 49. Yang, J.E., Skogley, E.O., Ahmad, M. and Ok, Y.S. (2013) Carbonaceous resin capsule for vapor-phase monitoring of volatile hydrocarbons in soil: partitioning and kinetic model verification. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 35:715-725. (2019 Impact Factor: 3.472) 50. Usman, A.R.A., Almaroai, Y., Ahmad, M., Vithanage, M. and Ok, Y.S. (2013) Toxicity of synthetic chelators and heavy metal availability in poultry manure amended Pb and As contaminated agricultural soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 262:1022-1030. (2019 Impact Factor: 9.038)
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Supervised Thesis Research: 1. MPhil; Synthesis of slow release fertilizer and its application in soil for plant productivity (2017 – 2019) 2. MPhil; Designing and optimization of a cost-effective pyrolyzer for biochar and bio-oil production from biowaste (2017 – 2019) 3. MPhil; Removal of lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) from water by modified biochars derived from peanut shells (2017 – 2019) 4. MPhil; Effect of orange peel derived biochar on herbicides mobility in agricultural soil (2017-2019) 5. MPhil; Enhanced removal of chromium(VI) from tannery industry wastewater and soil remediation with biochar (2017-2019) 6. MPhil; Adsorption of moxifloxacin and ofloxacin from water using biochars produced from different feedstock (2016-2019) 7. MPhil; Carbon negative potential of biochar derived from solid waste in saline soil (2016 – 2018) 8. MPhil; Potential of saw dust- and rice husk-derived biochars on leaching behavior of arsenic in contaminated soil (2016 – 2018) 9. MPhil; Nitrates and phosphates removal from water by biochar and its application to soil as fertilizer (2016 – 2018) 10. MPhil; Revitalization of saline soil with acidic biochar derived from municipal solid waste (2016 – 2018) 11. MPhil; Quality assessment of some raw eaten vegetables through study of associated microbial pathogens (2013 – 2014) 12. MPhil; Biosorption of metals by Saccharomyces cerevisiae (2006 – 2008) 13. MPhil; Biosorption of metals by Aspergillus orhizae (2006 – 2008) 14. MPhil; Synthesis of activated carbon from coal by thermal activation and its application on wastewater treatment (2007 – 2008) 15. MPhil; Production of activated carbon from saw dust and its application on wastewater treatment (2007 – 2008) 16. MSc; Evaluating PAHs emission during biochar production via pyrolysis of biomass and PAHs catalytic oxidation by Pd/Al2O3 catalyst (2015 – 2017) 17. MSc; Residuals of veterinary antibiotics in animal wastes and the effect of application of biochar for their retention onto soil (2015 – 2016) 18. MSc; Residuals of veterinary antibiotics in animal wastes and the effect of application of biochar for their retention onto soil (2015 – 2016) 19. MSc; Extraction of fatty material from sludge of food industry and its characterization (2005 – 2007) |