Rab Nawaz

ORCID: 0000-0003-1120-0844
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Research Areas
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
  • Heavy Metals in Plants
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research
  • Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer
  • Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Bioenergy crop production and management
  • Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Innovative concrete reinforcement materials
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting

University of Lahore
2016-2025

INTI International University
2023-2025

University of Malaya
2024-2025

Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences
2025

Gulf University for Science & Technology
2023-2024

University of Sargodha
2013-2024

Mohi-ud-Din Islamic University
2023

Greenwich University
2023

National College of Business Administration and Economics
2022

Pakistan Army
2016-2021

Three-dimensional (3D) printing in the construction industry is growing rapidly due to its inherent advantages, including intricate geometries, reduced waste, accelerated construction, cost-effectiveness, eco-friendliness, and improved safety. However, optimizing mixture composition for 3D-printed concrete remains a formidable task, encompassing multiple variables requiring comprehensive trial-and-error experimentation process. Accordingly, this study used seven machine learning (ML)...

10.1016/j.cscm.2023.e02728 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Case Studies in Construction Materials 2023-11-30

The construction sector is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. Using recycled and waste materials in concrete practical solution address environmental challenges. Currently, agricultural widely used as substitute for cement the production of eco-friendly concrete. However, traditional methods assessing strength such are both expensive time-consuming. Therefore, this study uses machine learning techniques develop prediction models compressive (CS) rice husk ash (RHA) ML...

10.1016/j.cscm.2024.e02901 article EN cc-by Case Studies in Construction Materials 2024-01-19

This study focuses on the investigation of adsorptive behavior Cu, Ni, and Zn ions by Archontophoenix alexandrae in single metal system (SMS), bi-metal (BMS), tri-metal (TMS).This was done through a novel strategy combining factorial design (FD), response surface methodology (RSM), mixture (MD).The adsorption carried out as function pH, contact time, biomass dosage validated screening design.To improve capacities metallic ions, RSM MD involving central composite simplex lattice were used.The...

10.5004/dwt.2020.25937 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Desalination and Water Treatment 2020-10-01

Cadmium (Cd) accumulation in arable lands has become a serious matter for food security. Among various approaches, the application of nanoparticles (NPs) remediation contaminated water and soils is attaining more popularity worldwide. The current field experiment was executed to explore impacts single combined use ZnO NPs, Fe NPs Si on wheat growth Cd intake by plants Cd-contaminated field. Wheat sown which with irrigated raw-city-effluent while were applied as foliar spray alone all...

10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112139 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 2021-03-21

The present study was conducted to evaluate the quality of drinking water and assess potential health hazards due contaminants in selected urban areas Lahore, Pakistan. Water samples were collected from ten sites analyzed for different physico-chemical parameters including turbidity, color, pH, total dissolved solids (TDS), nitrates, fluoride, residual chlorine, hardness. Additionally, heavy metal (arsenic) microbial (E. coli) also determined samples. Drinking evaluation indices, index (WQI)...

10.3390/toxics11070577 article EN cc-by Toxics 2023-07-02

Abstract The aim of the present study was to assess drinking water quality in selected urban areas Lahore and comprehend public health status by addressing basic parameters. Total 50 tap samples were collected from groundwater two district i.e., Gulshan-e-Ravi (site 1) Samanabad 2). Water analyzed laboratory elucidate physico-chemical parameters including pH, turbidity, temperature, total dissolved solids (TDS), electrical conductivity (EC), oxygen (DO), hardness, magnesium calcium hardness....

10.1038/s41598-024-63296-1 article EN cc-by Scientific Reports 2024-06-11

The urgent need to address the severe environmental risk posed by chromium-contaminated industrial wastewater necessitates development of eco-friendly cleanup methodologies. Utilizing Ficus benghalensis plant extracts, present study aims develop green zinc oxide nanoparticles for removal Cr metal ions from wastewater. leaves benghalensis, often known as banyan tree, were used extract a solution synthesizing ZnO NPs. These developed with goal efficiently eliminating chromium (Cr) effluents....

10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116616 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 2024-06-24

Present study was conducted to evaluate the detrimental impacts of exposure Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNT-NP) on enzymatic activities and tissue structures in Swiss albino mice. The experimental groups mice received MWCNT-NP for specific time period (seven or fourteen days). Two distinct doses solution were given orally: 0.45 µg 0.90 µg, distilled water control group. Serum samples extracted at 7 14 days after experiment by centrifuging whole blood 15 min 3,000 rpm. An enzyme-linked...

10.1038/s41598-024-77526-z article EN cc-by-nc-nd Scientific Reports 2025-01-17

Maize (Zea mays L.) growth and yield are severely affected due to intraspecific competition agroclimatic conditions when cultivated with high plant densities. Field trials comprising four daily thinning patterns (0, 0.5, 1.0, &1.5% till silking) carried out in three consecutive years (2019-2021) using RCBD experimental design consisting of replicates. Growth variables, dry matter allocation rates maize were examined during five biweekly periods starting from the emergence (15, 30, 45, 60 75...

10.1186/s12870-025-06433-w article EN cc-by-nc-nd BMC Plant Biology 2025-04-04

The present study was conducted to estimate As concentration in groundwater and resulting human health risk terms of chronic daily intake, hazard quotient (HQ), index (HI), carcinogenic (CR) both for oral dermal exposure As. Groundwater samples (n = 100) were collected from ten different towns Lahore District (Pakistan). Arsenic ranged 2 111 µg L−1 the area, which significantly greater than safe limit (10 L−1) drinking water set by World Health Organization. assessment showed that HQ...

10.1080/10807039.2017.1288561 article EN Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal 2017-02-14
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