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Prof. (Dr.) Aliya Naz

Prof. (Dr.) Aliya Naz

Assistant Professor

B.Sc. (Purvanchal University, UP);

M.Sc. (Lucknow University);

Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad

:aliya.naz@jgu.edu.in

Prof. (Dr.) Aliya Naz is an Assistant Professor at ‘Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities’, O.P. Jindal Global University, India. She has completed her Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT) Dhanbad with MHRD fellowship after qualifying UGC-NET (with Junior Research Fellowship award) in Environmental Science. Her research topic focused on hexavalent Chromium pollution in water, soil and plants at Sukinda (the largest chromite mine of India) and its impact on human health in the mining belt. Along with Ph.D. research she was involved in enviro-social work project at Indian Sundarbans (the world’s largest delta), working towards achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s), primarily- SDG 1,2,3,6,7,8,10,13,15. She has extensively worked at Indian Sundarbans for different projects during 2017-2021 on the capacity of environmental consultant.

After PhD as a Project Scientist, she has worked at ‘Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology’ Bhuj, Gujarat, on different socio-environmental issues such as pollution assessment, health risk assessment, ethno-medicines along Kachchh biosphere Reserve, India. After that she has worked on investigating the status of water pollution along middle reach of Ganges river basin, and its impact on human health at IIT Kanpur.

Dr. Naz’s research focuses on environmental pollution, human health, and Sustainable developmental goals. She expertizes in environmental and human health risk assessment models with relevant peer reviewed publication in these domains of research. Dr. Naz has published more than 15 research articles between 2016 – 2022 in different national and international SCOPUS indexed journals. She also frequent writer in news dallies such as ‘The Statesman’, ‘Deccan Herald’ and ‘ABP News’. For more details about her research publications please visit ‘Google Scholar’ https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QzXkAIEAAAAJ&hl=en

Journal Articles

  • Yadav, A. K., Yadav, H. K., *Naz, A., Koul, M., Chowdhury, A., & Shekhar, S. (2022). Arsenic removal technologies for middle-and low-income countries to achieve the SDG-3 and SDG-6 targets: A review. Environmental Advances, 100262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envadv.2022.10026
  • *Naz, A., Chowdhury, A. (2021) Pollutant extraction from water and soil using Montmorillonite clay-polymer composite: a rapid review. Materials Today: Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.10.366
  • Chowdhury, , Naz, A., & Chowdhury, A. (2021) Waste to resource: Applicability of fly ash as landfill geoliner to control ground water pollution. Materials Today: Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.10.367
  • Chowdhury, A., Naz, A., Bhattacharryya S., & Sanyal, P. (2021) Impact of salinity rise due to Amphan super-cyclone on mangrove biodiversity of central Indo- Gangetic Delta: a case study from Indian Sundarbans. IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.
  • Naz, A., Chowdhury, A. & Mishra, B.K. (2021) Applications of Microbes in Bioremediation of Point Source Pollutants from Wastewater. IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 796 012039. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/796/1/012039
  • Chowdhury, A., Naz, A., Iyer, A.S., Bhattacharyya, S. (2021) Ecosystem Based Disaster Risk Reduction at Indian Sundarbans: A Lesson Learned from AMPHAN Supercyclone. IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 796 012042. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/796/1/012042
  • Chowdhury, A., Naz, A., & Maiti, S. K. (2021). Bioaccumulation of potentially toxic elements in three mangrove species and human health risk due to their ethnobotanical uses. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. doi: 1007/s11356-021-12566-w (IF:4.223)
  • Naz, A., Chowdhury, A, Chandra, R., & Mishra B. K. (2020). Potential human health hazard due to bioavailable heavy metal exposure via consumption of plants with ethnobotanical usage at the largest chromite mine of India. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 42(12):4213-4231. 10.1007/s10653-020-00603-5 (IF= 4.609)
  • Mohanta, V., Naz, A., & Mishra, B. K. (2019). Distribution of heavy metals in the water, sediments, and fishes from Damodar river basin at a steel city, India: A probabilistic risk assessment. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal. 26(2), 406-429 doi: 10.1080/10807039.2018.1511968 (IF=5.19).
  • Naz, A., Chowdhury, A., Mishra B. K., & Karthikeyan, K. (2018). Distribution of heavy metals and associated human health risk in mine, agricultural and roadside soils at the largest chromite mine of India. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 40(5): 2155-2175 10.1007/s10653-018-0090-3 (IF=4.609)
  • Chowdhury, A., Naz, A., Bhattacharryya S., & Sanyal, P. (2018). Cost -benefit analysis of ‘Blue Carbon’ sequestration by plantation of few key mangrove species at Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India. Carbon Management. 9(6): 575-586. doi:10.1080/17583004.2018.1518105 (IF= 3.182).
  • Chowdhury, A., Naz, A., & Maiti, S. K. (2017). Health Risk assessment of ‘Tiger prawn seed collectors’ exposed to heavy metal pollution in the conserved mangrove forest of Indian Sundarbans: A socio-environmental perspective. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal. 23(2): 203-224. doi: 1080/10807039.2016.1238300 (IF= 5.19)
  • Naz, A., Mishra, B. K., & Gupta, S. K. (2016). Human Health Risk Assessment of Chromium in Drinking Water: A Case Study of Sukinda Chromite Mine, Odisha, India. Exposure and Health. 8(2): 253-264. doi:1007/s12403-016-0199-5 (IF= 11.422)
  • Naz, A., Chowdhury, A., Mishra, B. K., & Gupta, S. K. (2016). Metal pollution in water environment and the associated human health risk from drinking water: A case study of Sukinda chromite mine, India. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal. 22(7): 1433-1455. doi:1080/10807039.2016.1185355 (IF= 5.19)
  • Rahul, J., Jain, M. K., Singh, S. P., Kamal, R. K., Naz, A., Gupta, A. K., & Mrityunjay, S. K. (2015). Adansonia digitata L.(baobab): a review of traditional information and taxonomic description. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. 5(1): 79-84 (IF=1.59).

 

Book Chapters

  • Naz, A., Chowdhury, A, & Mishra, B. K. (2021). Source, extent of pollution and techniques to remediate carcinogenic Cr+6 from industrial, mining effluents. Remediation of Heavy Metal, Springer Nature pp.305-320. DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-80334-6_12
  • Naz, A., Chowdhury, A., & Mishra, B. K. (2021). An Insight into Microbial Remediation of Hexavalent Chromium from Contaminated Water. In Contaminants in Drinking and Wastewater Sources (pp. 209-224). Springer, Singapore. Doi. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-981-15-4599-3_9
  • Chowdhury, A., Naz, A., & Sharma, D. (2020). Geochemistry, Extent of Pollution and Ecological Impact of Heavy Metal Pollutants in Soil. Chapter 5. Geochemistry: Concepts and Applications. pp.73 Wiley-Scrivener.
  • Chowdhury, A., Naz, A., & Bhattacharyya, S. (2019). Blue-Carbon sequestration by mangrove plantation through community based organizations: a novel approach of combating global warming. Chapter 7. Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 37 – Carbon Sequestration. Introduction and Biochemical Methods, Springer Nature. Vol. 37. ISBN: 978-3-030-29297-3.

Core courses:

  • Environmental Studies
  • Interdisciplinary-ID 3

Elective courses:

  • Environment Health and Society
  • Environmental changes and Mental Health in 21st Century
  • Environment Social Governance (ESG) Framework: Challenges and Prospects