Environmental Nanoscience

Dr. Maria Siddique

Designation: Associate Professor
Email: maria@cuiatd.edu.pk
Phone No. : 92-992-383591-6
Role: Faculty
Research Interests:

Heterogeneous photocatalysis/Sonophotocatalysis,Fenton/ SonoFenton processes, Green synthesis of metallic nanomaterial/ composite, Biomass derived nano-adsorbents, Sono-adsorption, Biochar/composite synthesis and application for Industrial wastewater treatment and Environmental applications.

Academics/ Degrees

PhD   2011   COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan

M.Sc 2004    University of Peshawar, Pakistan

B.Sc, 2002    Govt. Girls Degree College, Haripur, Pakistan

Profile/Bio

  • Dec 2018 – date: Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
  • Dec 2011–December 2018: Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
  • March 2010 –to Dec 2011: Scientific Officer, Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
  • April 2005 – Feb 2010: Research Associate, Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan

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Associations/Memberships

2011      Lifetime member of “Journal of Chemical Society of Pakistan”.

2018       Member “The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Chapter-Himalaya”, ES-CUI, Abbottabad.

Awards/ Appreciations

2016: Awarded “Research Productivity Award-2015”, CUI, Pakistan.  

2015:Awarded “Research Productivity Award-2014”, CUI, Pakistan.

2014: Awarded “Research Productivity Award-2013”, CUI, Pakistan.

2012:Awarded “Research Productivity Award-2011”, CUI, Pakistan.

2011:Awarded “Best Paper Award-2009”, HEC, Islamabad, Pakistan.

2010: Awarded six months HEC Scholarship under “International Research Support Initiative Program” at University of Bath, United Kingdom.

2009:Awarded research grants worth 4.25 million, as research scholar funded by HEC under “University Industry Technology Programme”, Islamabad, Pakistan.

2008: Awarded research grants worth 0.13 million, funded by CUI, Islamabad, Pakistan.

2003: M.Sc Merit Scholarship, Department of Environmental Sciences, Peshawar University, Pakistan.