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Bushra Khan, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Environmental Sciences,

University of Peshawar, 25000, KP, Pakistan

Phone: 00-92-91-9216742

Cell: 00-92-345- 9778838

Email:

Date of Birth: January 30, 1976

Education/ Qualifications

DEGREEYEARDIVISION INSTITUTE

Post Doctoral 2010-2012------Purdue University, IN, USA

Research Associate

Post Doctoral 2009-2010------Purdue University, IN, USA

Research Associate

Ph. D.2005-2009 3.67 Purdue University, IN, USA

Fulbright 2003-2004 ------Purdue University, IN, USA

Pre-Doctoral Fellow

M. Sc. 1997-1999First (Gold Medal) University of Peshawar, Pakistan

Environmental Science

BSc 1994-1996 First University of Peshawar, Pakistan

F. Sc. 1992-1994 First B.I.S.E. Peshawar

SSC 1992 First (Distinction) B.I.S.E. Peshawar

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Graduate Research Titles

PH.D. ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; Dissertation title: “The Environmental Fate Of Synthetic Anabolic Androgen Trenbolone Acetate And Its Metabolites”.

M.Sc. Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.

Thesis title: “Institutional Capacity For Environmental Management In NWFP”

Employment Record:Possess a total of 15 years of higher education research and teaching experience

Designation / Department / From / To
Coordinator
NRM / SUNGI Development Foundation, Islamabad / 1999 / 2001
Lecturer / Department of Environmental Sciences University of Peshawar / 2001 / 2012
Assistant Professor / Department of Environmental Sciences University of Peshawar / 2012 / 2013
Associate Professor / Department of Environmental Sciences University of Peshawar / 2013 / Current
Chairperson / Department of Environmental Sciences University of Peshawar / 2015 / 2016
Teaching Assistant / Purdue University, IN, USA / 2008 / 2010
Post Doctoral Research Scientist / Purdue University, IN, USA / 2009 / 2012

Administrative Experience

1-Coordinator(M.Sc Programme from 13/1/2015 to 5/11/2015)

2-Coordinator(BS & M.Sc Programme from 6/11/2015 till date)

3-Subject Specialist(Selection Board, University of Haripur from 1/12/2015 till date)

4-Chairperson(With effect from 1/12/2016 till date)

5-Convener(Departmental Technical Review Committee for TTS Employees

From 1/2/2016 till date)

6-Convener (Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar from 1/2/2016 till date)

7-Member(Scrutiny Committee for Environment Consultants on EIA of KP-Economic zone management and development corporation)

Professional Trainings/ Consultancy assignment

  1. Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) need assessment of small scale entrepreneurship in KP province (conducted for Human Resource Management and Development Centre HRMDC, Peshawar), 2001.
  2. Conducted EIA of Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project with special focus on Re-settlement at Barotha Model Village, Attock, Pakistan.
  3. EIA of strengthening and up gradation of university of Peshawar mega project 2016
  4. Training on Social and Environmental Impact Assessment procedures and protocols to marble mining personnel of KP province organized by the Planning and Development Department of KP government 2014
  5. Consultacy with International Rescue Committee (IRC) Pakistan on community led sanitation and training on environmental management 2015-2016
  6. Training Consultacy with International Rescue Committee (IRC) Pakistan on environmental impact assessment and water cleanup and management technologies, 2015-2016
  7. Memebr of Scrutiny Committee for Environment Consultants on EIA of KP-Economic zone management and development corporation Government of KP)
  8. Member of the KP-Biodiversity Action Plan Group
  9. Member Technical Committee of Billion tree Afforestation project Government of KP
  10. Nominated as Director/woman representative of the south Punjab Forest Company.

Academic and Scholarly Awards, Recognitions and Distinctions

  • 2009: Recipient of Joe L. White award for outstanding research in Environmental Soil Chemistry by Purdue University, USA.
  • 2003: Recipient of US Fulbright pre-doctoral scholarship for research in environmental chemistry by US Education Foundation
  • 1999: Recipient of “Gold Medal” award for academic excellence in graduate studies (Environmental Sciences) by University of Peshawar, Pakistan.
  • 1992: Recipient of Local Government distinction Award for securing top position in SSC examination in District Swabi, KP

Current/ CompletedResearch Projects Details

Sr. # / Title of Project (attach one page summary of each project) / Start date / Completion date / Remarks
1 / Environmental Fate of Endocrine disruptors anabolic hormones funded by US-EPA, US $ 700,000 / 2007 / 2009 / R A/ Co PI
2 / Environmental Fate and toxicity of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), funded by NIEH, USA, US $ 750,000 / 2009 / 2011 / R A/ Co PI
3 / Taxol Analysis In Taxus Wallichiana Species And Its Conservation Strategy, Funded by Higher Education Commission (HEC), of Pakistan, Pk. Rs. 9.00 million / 2016 / 2019 / PI
4 / The assessment of soil organic carbon loss and Trade-offs between climate change mitigation and delivering food security along CPEC route.Approved for funding by Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan, Pk. Rs. 3.78 million / 2017 / 2020 / PI

Membership in Professional Organizations

  • Sigma-Xi Purdue University Chapter, USA
  • US-Fulbright Alumni Association
  • Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), North America.
  • Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), North America.
  • Member Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Biodiversity Action Plan Group (KP-BASP)

Presentations and Published Work at National and International Conferences

Molecular spectroscopy and modeling of dioxin and polyaromatic Hydrocarbon interactions with clay minerals, Cliff T. Johnston, Kiran Rana, Bushra Khan , Hui Li , Cun Liu , Brian J. Teppen, and Stephen A. Boyd, 50th annual meeting of the Clay Mineral Society, October 6–10, 2013, university Of Illinois at Urbana –Champaign, USA

Spectroscopic, molecular dynamics and sorption studies of PCDDs and PAHs interactions with black carbon and contrasting geosorbents, Cliff T Johnston, Bushra Khan, Kamol Das, Cun Liu, Brian J. Teppen, Stephen A. Boyd, Edwin F Barth, Sandip Chattopadhyay. 246th ACS annual meeting on Environmental Fate and Reactivity of Highly Condensed Aromatic Carbon, September 2013, at Indianapolis, IN, USA.

Cliff T. Johnston, Kiran Rana, Bushra Khan (Purdue University), Stephen A. Boyd, Brian J. Teppen, Thomas J. Pinnavaia (Michigan State University, Role of clay minerals in controlling the fate of exceptionanlly toxic organic contaminants in the environment, Presented at 19th World Congress of Soil Science Soil solutions for a changing world Brisbane Australia 1-6 August 2010

Tariq Khan, Said Muhammad, Bushra Khan, Hizbullah Khan, Investigating the levels of selected heavy metals in surface water of Shah Alam River of KP, Presented at the NCE geology international confrence, held at Baragali in 2010

Bushra Khan, Linda S. Lee. Soil Temperature and Moisture Effects on Persistence of 17α-trenbolone and Trendione: presented at SETAC North America 29th Annual Meeting, 16-20 November 2008 at Tampa, FL, USA.

Linda S. Lee, M. Sepúlveda, C. Jafvert, H. Gall, B. Khan, B. Jenkinson, S. Sassman, Persistence and Discharge of Hormones From Tile-Drained Fields Receiving Animal Wastes and Their Impact to Aquatic Organisms: In proceedings of the endocrine disruptors in the environment, A US EPA Science to achieve Results (STAR) progress review, Novermber 16, 2008, Tampa, Florida

Linda S. Lee, Bushra Khan, Stereo selective sorption of trenbolone and estradiol in agricultural soils (No. 61-5): 2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM, Houston, TX, USA.

Bushra Khan, Linda S. Lee. Persistence of synthetic androgens17β-trenbolone, 17α-trenbolone and Trendione in agricultural soils: Presented at SETAC North America 28th Annual Meeting, November 16-20, 2007 at Milwaukee, WI, USA.

Bushra Khan, Linda S. Lee, U.S. EPA Workshop on “Fate and Effects of Hormones inWaste From Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations U.S. EPA Region 5 Conference Facility Chicago, IL. August 20-22, 2007.

Bushra Khan, Linda S. Lee. Degradation of 17β-trenbolone and trendione in agricultural soils: Presented at theSoil Science Society of America (SSSA) International conference, Indianapolis, IN, USA, November 16-20, 2006.

Bushra Khan, Linda S. Lee. Degradation Pathways of 17β-trenbolone and trendione insoils: Presented at thePurdue Discover Park’s Centre for the Environment annual graduate research showcase, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, 6 April, 2006.

Bushra Khan, Linda S. Lee and Stephen A. Sassman, Sorption of trenbolone in soils: Presented at SETAC North America 26th Annual Meeting to be held 14-18 November 2005 at Baltimore, MD, USA.

Conferences /Seminars Organized

Chief Organizer and Focal Person: South Asia Network on Food Ecology and Culture (SANFEC’s) 3-day regional conference on Food Security. April 2001 in Islamabad

Coordinator and Focal Person: Environmental Science – from Pollution to Remediation, 3 day- International Environmental Science Conference, June 3-5, 2013.

Coordinator and Focal Person: Environment and climate change- Local perspectives 2014, 3 day- International Environmental Science conference June 4-6, 2014, funded by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.

Chief Organizer: Seven billion dreams-one planet-consume with care, 2 day- National Environmental Science Symposium August 14-16, 2015, funded by Australian Aid.

Organizer: Seminar on the occasion of world wetland day in collaboration with Pakistan Forest Institute, April 2014

Publications

Total Impact Factor (ISI indexing)= 37.0

  1. Khan, B., Lee, L.S., and Sassman, S.A., Degradation of Synthetic Androgens 17α- and 17β-Trenbolone and Trendione in Agricultural Soils, Environmental Science and Technology, 42 (10), 3570–3574, 2008.
  1. Khan B, Qiao X, Lee L S. 2009. Stereoselective Sorption by Agricultural Soils and Liquid−Liquid Partitioning of Trenbolone (17α and 17β) and Trendione. Environmental Science and Technology 43 (23), 8827–8833.
  1. Khan, B.;Lee, L.S.2010.Soil Temperature and Moisture Effects on the Persistence of Synthetic Androgen 17α-Trenbolone, 17β-Trenbolone and Trendione. Chemosphere 79 (2010) 873–879.
  1. Khan, T.; Muhammad, S.; Khan, H.; Khan, B. 2010,Investigating the levels of heavy metal in surface water of Kabul River, NWFP, Pakistan. Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences (JHES), 43, 48-49.
  1. Mashtare, M.; Khan, B.; Lee, L.S. 2011, Evaluating stereoselective sorption by soils of 17α-estradiol and 17β-estradiol, Chemosphere, 82 (6), 847-852.
  1. Boyd, S.A., C.T. Johnston, T.J. Pinnavaia, N.E. Kaminski, B.J. Teppen, H. Li, B. Khan, R. Crawford, N. Kovalova, S.S. Kim, H. Shao, and B.L.F. Kaplan. 2011. Suppression of Humoral Immune Responses by 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin Intercalated in Smectite Clay. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol. 30, No. 12, pp. 2748–2755, 2011.
  1. Card, M. L., Chin, Yu-P., Lee, L. S., Khan, B. 2011. Prediction and Experimental Evaluation of Soil Sorption by Natural Hormones and Hormone Mimics. Journal of Agirculture and Food Chemistry, 15; 60(6):1480-7.
  1. Ali, Z. Khan, B. Khan, A.N., Rehman, S.I., 2011, Evaluating Impacts of Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project on Re-settlers at Barotha Model Village, Attock, Pakistan, Journal of Science and Technology, 35 (1-2), 39-49.
  1. Khan, B.;Khan, H.; Muhammad, S.; Khan, T. 2012, Heavy Metals Concentration Trends In Three Fish Species From Shah Alam River (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan), Journal of Natural & Environmental Sciences, 3(1): 1-8
  1. Khan, B.; Lee, L.S. 2012, Estrogens and synthetic androgens in manure slurry from their metabolites in trenbolone acetate/estradiol Implanted Cattle and in Receiving Lagoons used for irrigation, Chemosphere, 89, 1443-1449.
  1. Johnston, C.T., Khan, B.; Barth, E.F.; Chattopadhyay, S.; and Boyd, S.A. 2012, Nature of the Interlayer Environment in an Organoclay Optimized for the Sequestration of Dibenzo-p-dioxin. Environmental Science & Technology, 46(17):9584-91
  1. Ali, Z., Khan, B., Ghani, F. and Rahman, A. 2012, Environmental Tribunal: Evaluating Its Status And Performance In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, J. Sc. & Tech. Uni. Peshawar, Vol. 36 (1-2), 17-24
  1. Nafees, M., Khan, B., Naz, R. 2013, Study of Occupational Health Safety in Steel Re-rolling Mill with Special reference to high Noise level and Temperature, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 32 (1), 32-40
  1. Arif, M., Jalal, F., Munsif, F., Ali, K., and Khan, B. Integration Of Biochar And Legumes In Summer Gap For Enhancing Productivity Of Cereal Based Cropping System, Pakistan Journal of Botany,48(6): 2281-2288, 2016.
  1. Hussain, Z., M. Ilyas, Luqman, F. Shehzad, I. Khan, M.I. Khan and B. Khan. 2016. Effect of sowing direction, plant spacing and weed control treatments on tomato yield and its weeds. Pak. J. Weed Sci. Res. 22(1): 49-62.
  1. Bushra Khan, Habib Ullah, Sardar Khan, Muhammad Aamir, AnwarzebKhan & Wajid Khan (2016), Sources and Contamination of Heavy Metals in Sediments of KabulRiver: The Role of Organic Matter in Metals Retention and Accumulation, Soil and SedimentContamination: An International Journal, 25:8, 891-904, DOI: 10.1080/15320383.2016.1224226
  2. Naseem Khan, Zahir Shah, Muhammad Adnan, Murad Ali, Bushra Khan, Ishaq Ahmad Mian,Azaz Ali, Muhammad Zahoor, Muhammad Roman, Lesen Ullah, Abdul Khaliq, Waqas Ali Khanand Aftab Alam, Evaluation Of Soil For Important Properties And Chromium Concentration In The Basin Of Chromite Hills In Lower Malakand, Advances in Environmental Biology, 2016, 10 (7), 141-147
  1. Muhammad Adnan, Zahir Shah, Hidayat Ullah, Bushra khan, Muhammd Arshad, Ishaq Ahmad Mian, Gohar Ali khan, Mukhtar Alam, Abdul Basir, Inayat-Ur- Rahman, Murad Ali and Wasif Ullah khan. Yield response of wheat to nitrogen and potassium fertilization. Pure and Applied Biology. 2016, 5(4): 868-875 ,
  1. Khalil, S., Khan, S., Khan, B., Muhammad, S., and Bakht, S. Bacteriological contamination in drinking water of urban Peshawar: A comparative study at the sources and user points of tube wells, accepted in Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: International Journal of Environmental Research

Current Supervisor/Co-Supervisor Responsibility

Ph.D. Students

  1. Ms. Nida Gul- (supervisor)
  2. Mr. Zia–ur-Rahman- (supervisor)
  3. Mr. Iqbal Ahmad- (supervisor)
  4. Ms. Nasreen Ghaffar- (supervisor)
  5. Ms. Maria Shahnaz- (supervisor)
  6. Mr. Nowsher Yousaf- (supervisor)
  7. Mr. Javaid Iqbal- (supervisor)

M. Phil. / MS students

  1. Mr. Shahid Ali - (Co-supervisor)-graduated
  2. Mr. Habibullah - (supervisor)- graduated
  3. Ms. Shazia Marwat - (supervisor)- graduated
  4. Ms. Saeeda Khattak - (supervisor)- graduated

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