Qumber Abbas

PhD

Address:

Environmental Biotechnology Department
Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering
Silesian University of Technology

2 Akademicka St., room 714c
44-100 Gliwice
phone + 48 32 237 26 94

Email: ----

ResearchGate Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Qumber-Abbas
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2954-279X
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sZl6HegAAAAJ&hl=en

Research Interest:

Environmental Transformation of Contaminants
Carbon Capture and Utilization through Biological Route
Thermochemical Conversion of Biowaste
Carbon Sequestration
Environmental and Agricultural Chemistry
Environmental Remediation

Research work summary:

Dr. Qumber Abbas from Pakistan, is an expert in Environmental geochemistry and Biotechnology. He earned Doctoral of Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China (a Top 100 University).

He is mainly engaged in developing strategies to clean up contaminated soil and water, aiming for sustainable environment. His key research interest involved the biological utilization of captured carbon through conversion into valued added chemical and fuels. As the biological pathway has a tremendous potential of carbon sequestration to mitigate the issue of global warming and climate change.

Before joining SUT, Dr. Abbas worked as Research Fellow at the Department of Environmental Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey and as an Assistant Professor on tenure track basis at the Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, KFUEIT, Pakistan. He has hands-on experience to synthesis carbon rich material-biochar from waste biomass through pyrolysis route for the remediation of contaminated soil and water.

Main topic of his work during stay in Poland is: "Biological utilization pathway of carbon through conversion into value added biomaterials for sustainable environment”.

Representative publications:

Abbas, Q., Yousaf, B., El-Naggar, A., Liu, G., Ubaid Ali, M., Han, J. (January 2024) Nanomaterials in environment: release, compartmental transformation, and nanotoxicity. In book: Handbook of Nanomaterials, Volume 2: Biomedicine, Environment, Food, and Agriculture Publisher: Elsevier. January 2024. DOI:10.1016/B978-0-323-95513-3.00010-1
Abbas, Q., Yousaf, B., Fahad, A., Ubaid Ali, M., Munir, M., El-Naggar, A., Rinklebe, J., & Naushad, M. (2020). Transformation pathways and fate of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in distinct interactive environmental compartments: A review. Environment International, 138, 105646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105646
Abbas, Q., Yousaf, B., Ullah, H., Ubaid Ali, M., Zia-ur-Rehman, M., Rizwan, M., & Rinklebe, J. (2020). Biochar-induced immobilization and transformation of silver-nanoparticles affect growth, intracellular-radicles generation and nutrients assimilation by reducing oxidative stress in maize. Journal of Hazardous Materials. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121976
Abbas, Q., Liu, G., Yousaf, B., M., Ubaid Ali, Ullah, H., M, Munir, M., Liu, R. (2018) Contrasting effects of operating conditions and biomass particle size on bulk characteristics and surface chemistry of rice husk derived-biochars. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 134:281-292. DOI:10.1016/j.jaap.2018.06.018
Abbas, Q., Yousaf, B., Liu, G., Zia-ur-Rehman, M., Ubaid Ali, M., Munir, M., & Hussain, S. (2017). Evaluating the health risks of potentially toxic elements through wheat consumption in multi-industrial metropolis of Faisalabad, Pakistan. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0311-9