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Environmental Sciences
Pakistan
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
76
Citations
21190
World Ranking
1199
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Pakistan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Pakistan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Pakistan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Pakistan Leader Award

Overview

Nabeel Khan Niazi is affiliated with the University of Agriculture Faisalabad in Pakistan and primarily conducts research in the field of Environmental Science. Their work addresses multiple subfields including Pollution, Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, Plant Science, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's recent papers cover topics related to contamination, remediation, and pollutant removal, reflecting a broad engagement with environmental issues. Notable publications include:

  • A critical review on arsenic removal from water using biochar-based sorbents: The significance of modification and redox reactions (2020), Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Nano-zerovalent manganese/biochar composite for the adsorptive and oxidative removal of Congo-red dye from aqueous solutions (2020), Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Zinc in soil-plant-human system: A data-analysis review (2021), The Science of The Total Environment
  • Seven potential sources of arsenic pollution in Latin America and their environmental and health impacts (2021), The Science of The Total Environment
  • Enhanced sorption of trivalent antimony by chitosan-loaded biochar in aqueous solutions: Characterization, performance and mechanisms (2021), Journal of Hazardous Materials

Their frequent collaborators include Irshad Bibi, Muhammad Shahid, Natasha Natasha, Jörg Rinklebe, and Muhammad Mahroz Hussain.

Frequently used publication venues for their work are:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • International Journal of Phytoremediation
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental Geochemistry and Health
  • Chemosphere

Niazi's research interests focus on several key topics within environmental science. These include:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment

They have also contributed to book publications, with one recorded title: Global Arsenic Hazard, published by Springer Nature in 2022.

Best Publications

  • A comparison of technologies for remediation of heavy metal contaminated soils

    Sana Khalid;Muhammad Shahid;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Behzad Murtaza

  • Foliar heavy metal uptake, toxicity and detoxification in plants: A comparison of foliar and root metal uptake.

    Muhammad Shahid;Camille Dumat;Sana Khalid;Eva Schreck

  • Chromium speciation, bioavailability, uptake, toxicity and detoxification in soil-plant system: A review.

    Muhammad Shahid;Saliha Shamshad;Marina Rafiq;Sana Khalid

  • Arsenic uptake, toxicity, detoxification, and speciation in plants : physiological, biochemical, and molecular aspects

    Ghulam Abbas;Behzad Murtaza;Irshad Bibi;Irshad Bibi;Muhammad Shahid

  • Effect of bamboo and rice straw biochars on the mobility and redistribution of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn) in contaminated soil.

    Kouping Lu;Xing Yang;Gerty Gielen;Nanthi Bolan

  • Cadmium Bioavailability, Uptake, Toxicity and Detoxification in Soil-Plant System

    Muhammad Shahid;Camille Dumat;Sana Khalid;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi

  • Wood-based biochar for the removal of potentially toxic elements in water and wastewater: a critical review

    Sabry M. Shaheen;Sabry M. Shaheen;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Noha E. E. Hassan;Irshad Bibi;Irshad Bibi

  • A critical review of selenium biogeochemical behavior in soil-plant system with an inference to human health.

    Natasha;Muhammad Shahid;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Sana Khalid

  • A Review of Environmental Contamination and Health Risk Assessment of Wastewater Use for Crop Irrigation with a Focus on Low and High-Income Countries.

    Sana Khalid;Muhammad Shahid;Natasha;Irshad Bibi;Irshad Bibi

  • A critical prospective analysis of the potential toxicity of trace element regulation limits in soils worldwide: Are they protective concerning health risk assessment? - A review.

    Vasileios Antoniadis;Sabry M. Shaheen;Efi Levizou;Muhammad Shahid

  • Arsenic removal by perilla leaf biochar in aqueous solutions and groundwater: An integrated spectroscopic and microscopic examination.

    Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Irshad Bibi;Muhammad Shahid;Yong Sik Ok

  • A critical review on arsenic removal from water using biochar-based sorbents: The significance of modification and redox reactions

    Rabia Amen;Hamna Bashir;Irshad Bibi;Sabry M. Shaheen;Sabry M. Shaheen;Sabry M. Shaheen

  • Impact of sugarcane bagasse-derived biochar on heavy metal availability and microbial activity: A field study.

    Chengrong Nie;Xing Yang;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Xiaoya Xu

  • Advances and future directions of biochar characterization methods and applications

    Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana;Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana;Sanchita Mandal;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Meththika Vithanage

  • A critical review of mercury speciation, bioavailability, toxicity and detoxification in soil-plant environment: ecotoxicology and health risk assessment

    Natasha;Muhammad Shahid;Sana Khalid;Irshad Bibi

  • A meta-analysis of the distribution, sources and health risks of arsenic-contaminated groundwater in Pakistan.

    Muhammad Shahid;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Camille Dumat;Ravi Naidu

  • Arsenic removal by Japanese oak wood biochar in aqueous solutions and well water: Investigating arsenic fate using integrated spectroscopic and microscopic techniques

    Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Irshad Bibi;Irshad Bibi;Muhammad Shahid;Yong Sik Ok

  • A critical review of different factors governing the fate of pesticides in soil under biochar application

    Sana Khalid;Muhammad Shahid;Behzad Murtaza;Irshad Bibi

  • Remediation of arsenic-contaminated water using agricultural wastes as biosorbents

    Muhammad Bilal Shakoor;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Irshad Bibi;Irshad Bibi;Ghulam Murtaza

  • Unraveling Health Risk and Speciation of Arsenic from Groundwater in Rural Areas of Punjab, Pakistan.

    Muhammad Bilal Shakoor;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Irshad Bibi;Irshad Bibi;Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman;Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman;Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman

  • Nano-zerovalent manganese/biochar composite for the adsorptive and oxidative removal of Congo-red dye from aqueous solutions.

    Jibran Iqbal;Noor S. Shah;Murtaza Sayed;Nabeel Khan Niazi

  • Unraveling sorption of lead in aqueous solutions by chemically modified biochar derived from coconut fiber: A microscopic and spectroscopic investigation

    Weidong Wu;Weidong Wu;Jianhong Li;Tian Lan;Karin Müller

Frequent Co-Authors

Muhammad Shahid
Muhammad Shahid COMSATS University Islamabad
Irshad Bibi
Irshad Bibi University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe University of Wuppertal
Hailong Wang
Hailong Wang Foshan University
Sabry M. Shaheen
Sabry M. Shaheen Kafrelsheikh University
Yong Sik Ok
Yong Sik Ok Korea University
Behzad Murtaza
Behzad Murtaza COMSATS University Islamabad
Camille Dumat
Camille Dumat École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse
Balwant Singh
Balwant Singh University of Sydney
Jochen Bundschuh
Jochen Bundschuh University of Southern Queensland

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