Summary
Dr Hira Amjad has been serving as a faculty member at IESE, NUST since 2019. Research interests of Dr Hira include water quality analysis and treatment. Specific research areas include physical, chemical and biological parameters analysis of surface and ground water and treatment (Coagulation/flocculation and floc properties studies); toxicological effects of microplastics on plants and animals and their removal from water (chemical & organic/biological). She has been involved in project conceptualization, methodology development, investigation/execution, monitoring/supervision and administration. She has been part of different committees at department, university and national level to provide her technical inputs in the tasks related to academics and community related issues. She started her career in the academia in 2016 as a full time Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Salim Habib University, Karachi. She has been actively perusing NUST Environment Club (NEC) at SCEE (IESE) since 2020.
Academic Background
PhD
(Drinking Water Treatment) NUST, Islamabad
February 15, 2010 - August 29, 2016
Honours and Awards
NA
Publications
Evaluating synergistic toxicology effects of mixed microplastics on marine micro crustacean Artemia salina
January 01, 2026
Regional Studies in Marine Science - Volume:93, Article Number 104671
Investigating the influence of tank material and residual chlorine on the proliferation of bacterial biofilm growth in the drinking water storage systems
April 01, 2025
Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development - Volume:15, Issue:4, Pages 305-321
Highly efficient phosphate extraction from water using bio-composites of nano zero valent iron supported on orange peel powder (nZVI@OPP): performance evaluation and mechanistic insights
March 29, 2025
Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Volume 32, Pages 9809-9825
Enhanced hexavalent chromium (VI) removal from water using nano zero valent iron modified orange peel powder biochar
March 04, 2025
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology - Pages 1-14
Tracking Microplastics in the Air: Cutting-edge Methods for Indoor and Outdoor Environments
December 01, 2024
Aerosol and Air Quality Research - Volume: 24, Issue: 12, Pages:12
Highly efficient adsorptive removal of phosphate using novel perovskite lanthanum ferrite/graphene oxide (LaFeO3-GO) hybrids from water
November 01, 2024
Journal of Water Process Engineering - Volume 67 , Article number 106158
Performance Evaluation of UF Membranes Derived from Recycled RO Membrane, a Step towards Circular Economy in Desalination
June 28, 2023
Membranes - Volume 13, Issue 7, Article Number 628
Drinking water quality monitoring of centralized water storage reservoirs in various zones of the National University in semi-arid region of Pakistan
December 31, 2022
NUST Journal of Engineering Science (NJES) - Volume 15, No. 2, Pages 44-52
Fractal structure and permeability of membrane cake layers: Effect of coagulation?flocculation and settling as pretreatment steps
March 25, 2015
Separation and Purification Technology - Volume 143, Pages 40-51
Cancer and non-cancer risk assessment of trihalomethanes in urban drinking water supplies of Pakistan
May 01, 2013
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety - Volume 91, Pages 25-31
Conferences
Assessing the Removal Efficiency of Microplastics from Water Using Electrocoagulation
November 08, 2024 - November 09, 2024
Hira Amjad, Nida Maqbool, Sehrish Sarwar, Muhammad Ahmad, Mohtashim Noor,
14th International Civil Engineering Conference (ICEC-2023)
The invisible pollutant in water: Nanoplastics in seafood
May 14, 2024 - May 16, 2024
Dr. Yasmin Zameer Ahmed, Dr. Li Mengqi, Dr. YongXin Song, Dr. Hira Amjad, Mariam Ali,
7th International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering (MARTECH 2024)
Characterization of biofilms formed within the overhead and underground water storage tanks of a Residential University
February 21, 2022 - February 23, 2022
Dr. Hira Amjad,
International Conference on Recent Trends in Environmental Sustainability
Effect of mixing conditions and floc characteristics on filtration efficiency in drinking water treatment system
February 21, 2022 - February 23, 2022
Dr. Hira Amjad,
International Conference on Recent Trends in Environmental Sustainability
Design and Modelling of Water Filtration Assembly Incorporating Graphene Embedded Membrane
January 17, 2022 - January 19, 2022
Hira Amjad, Farhan Rafique Shah , Atif Ali, Mohib Ullah Satti, Muhammad Usman,
6th International Conference on Energy, Environment, and Sustainable Development 2022 (EESD2022)
Assistant Professor/KPT Chair
NCMPR, Bahria University, Karachi Campus
April 01, 2018 - March 30, 2019
Assistant Professor
Barrett Hodgson University
November 21, 2016 - March 30, 2018