Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, PhD

Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, PhD

Email: [email protected]; [email protected] 

Co-Founder: Virtual Green Innovation Hub (https://greeninnovationhub.com) 

CURRENT RESEARCH

The current research falls into 2 categories. First, investigations are addressing the application of fabricated nano objects in self-healing concrete, including the use and selection of suitable anaerobic bacteria which perform deep inside the concrete in harsh environments. Visualization of self-healing potential and measuring calcium carbonate production. 

In addition, parallel work is being conducted on the fate and effects of nano/micro plastics on soil biota and food crops. Active research collaborations are underway with colleagues at the Beijing Normal University (BNU), China Agricultural University (CAU), Swedish University of Agriculture Sciences (SLU) and China Medical University (CMU).

PAST RESEARCH

The focus was largely on the application of fabricated nanomaterials in medicinal plants and their secondary metabolites production to overcome artificial sugar consumptions. 

In addition, past work also focused on safety assessment regarding application of nanomaterials in soil environments and unveiling the co relation between macroporosity and hydraulic conductivity using tomography of soil columns.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Ph.D., Environmental Science & Engineering, Shenyang University, Shenyang, China
  • M.Sc., Environment Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
  • B.Sc., Soil Science, Pir Mehar Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Pakistan.

 

Experience

  • September 2021– Current: Research Associate at Shenzhen University, Shenzhen China.
  • March 2019– July 2021: Research Assistant at China medical University, Shenyang China.
  • Sep 2016 – March17: Application Reviewer at United States Agency for International Development, USA. Project: Securing Water for Food Grand Challenge for Development. Supervisor: Ku McMahan, PhD
  • Jan 2016 – June16 SoilSpace project NIBIO in Norway. Project: Quantifying soil structure to Augment the Relevance of laboratory- based soil hydraulic properties for environment modeling. Supervisor: Dr. Nicholas Jarvis.
  • June 2015 – Sep15 Swedish agriculture university, Dept. of Soil and Environment Project: Use of X-ray Tomography for predicting the effect of freezing on soil structure. Supervisor: Dr. Mats Larsbo
  • Aug 2013 – Aug14 National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan Master Course: Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (geodatabases and programming).
  • Aug 2012 – Oct12 National Agricultural Research Centre Islamabad, Pakistan Project: Effect of crop residue incorporation on Phosphorous uptake under naturally salt-affected soil. Supervisor: Dr. Arshad Ali

 

AWARDS

  •  Liaoning Government Scholarship Award for PhD.
  •  Swedish University Scholarship Award for Master.
  •  Deputy International Secretary for international committee at Västmanland- Dala Nation Uppsala, Sweden.
  • Best Representative of Youth Leader Award at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.

 

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

  • Guest Editor, Environmental Pollution, 12.2021-07.2022
  • Guest Editor, Nano Impact, 01.2022-06.2022
  • Guest Editor, International journal of Environmental research and public health, 10.2021-11.2022
  • Guest Editor, Plant stress, 01.2022-07.2022

 

JOURNAL REVIEW ACTIVITIES

  • Reviewer for journals: Chemosphere; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry; Environmental Research; Nanomaterials; Environmental Science and Pollution Research etc.

SELECTED PUBLICATONS 

  1. Azeem I, Adeel M, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Shakoor N, Zain M, Yousef N, Yinghai Z, Azeem K, Zhou P, White JC, et al. Micro and Nanoplastics Interactions with Plant Species: Trends, Meta-Analysis, and Perspectives. (2022)2022.02.11.480069. doi: 10.1101/2022.02.11.480069
  2. Zhao W, Adeel M, Zhang P, Zhou P, Huang L, Zhao Y, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Shakoor N, Lou B, Jiang Y, et al. A critical review on surface-modified nano-catalyst application for the photocatalytic degradation of volatile organic compounds. Environmental Science: Nano (2022) 9:61–80. doi: 10.1039/D1EN00955A
  3. Shakoor N, Adeel M, Zain M, Zhang P, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Farooq T, Zhou P, Azeem I, Rizwan M, Guo K, et al. Exposure of cherry radish (Raphanus sativus L. var. Radculus Pers) to iron-based nanoparticles enhances its nutritional quality by trigging the essential elements. NanoImpact (2022) 25:100388. doi: 10.1016/j.impact.2022.100388
  4. Pang, Lin-Jiang, Muhammed Adeel, Noman Shakoor, Ke-Rui Guo, Dai-Fu Ma, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Guo-Quan Lu, Mei-Hui Zhao, Sheng-E Li, and Yu-Kui Rui. 2021. “Engineered Nanomaterials Suppress the Soft Rot Disease (Rhizopus stolonifer) and Slow Down the Loss of Nutrient in Sweet Potato” Nanomaterials 11, no. 10: 2572. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11102572.
  5. Wang Y,Tao M, Wei H, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Ma Y, Mao X, Hao L, Ao Q. PLCL vascular external sheath carrying prednisone for improving patency rate of the vein graft. Tissue Eng Part A. 2021 Oct 4. doi: 10.1089/ten.TEA.2021.0118. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34605672.
  6. Azeem, I.; Adeel, M.; Muhammad Arslan Ahmad.; Shakoor, N.; Jiangcuo, G.D.; Azeem, K.; Ishfaq, M.; Shakoor, A.; Ayaz, M.; Xu, M.; Rui, Y. Uptake and Accumulation of Nano/Microplastics in Plants: A Critical Review. Nanomaterials2021, 11, 2935. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11112935
  7. Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Xu Ding, Muhammad Adeel, Muhammad Rizwan, Noman Shakoor, Yuesuo Yang, Rabia Javed. 2021. Influence of Calcium and Magnesium Elimination on Plant Biomass and Secondary Metabolites of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry. DOI: 10.1002/bab.2263.
  8. Muhammad Adeel, Noman Shakoor, Muhammad Shafiq, Anna Pavlicek, Florian Part, Christian Zafiu, Ali Raza, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Ghulam Jilani, Jason C White, Eva-Kathrin Ehmoser, Iseult Lynch, Xu Ming, Yukui Rui. 2021. A critical review of the environmental impacts of manufactured nano-objects on earthworm species. Environmental Pollution. 290: 118041.
  9. Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Rabia Javed, Muhammad Adeel, Muhammad Rizwan, Qiang Ao, Yuesuo Yang. 2020. Engineered ZnO and CuO Nanoparticles Ameliorate Morphological and Biochemical Response in Tissue Culture Regenerants of Candyleaf (Stevia rebaudiana). Molecules. 25 (6): 1356.
  10. Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Rabia Javed, Muhammad Adeel, Muhammad Rizwan, Yuesuo Yang. 2020. PEG 6000-Stimulated Drought Stress Improves the Attributes of In Vitro Growth, Steviol Glycosides Production, and Antioxidant Activities in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. Plants. 9 (11): 1552.
  11. Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Yang Yuesuo, Qiang Ao, Muhammad Adeel, Zhang Yan Hui, Rabia Javed. 2019. Appraisal of Comparative Therapeutic Potential of Undoped and Nitrogen-Doped Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles. Molecules. 24 (21): 3916.
  12. Muhammad Adeel, Noman Shakoor, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Jason C. White, Ghulam Jilani, Yukui Rui. 2021. Bioavailability and biological response of nanoscale/bulk rare earth oxides in soil: Physiological and ultrastructural alterations in Eisenia fetida. Environmental Science: Nano.
  13. Tianhao Yu, Yingxi Xu , Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Rabia Javed, Haruo Hagiwara , Xiaohong Tian . 2021. Exosomes as a promising therapeutic strategy for peripheral nerve injury. Current Neuropharmacology. doi: 10.2174/1570159X19666210203161559.
  14. Rabia Javed, Farwa Rais, Muhammad Kaleem, Bushra Jamil, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Tianhao Yu, Saba Waqar Qureshi, Qiang Ao. 2020. Chitosan capping of CuO nanoparticles: Facile chemical preparation, biological analysis, and application in dentistry. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.11.099.
  15. Tianhao Yu, Lili Wen, Jing He, Yingxi Xu, Ting Li, Weizuo Wang, Yizhan Ma, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, XiaohongTian, JunFan, XiaohongWang, HaruoHagiwara, Qiang Ao. 2020. Fabrication and evaluation of an optimized acellular nerve allograft with multiple axial channels. Acta Biomaterialia. 115:235-249.
  16. Muhammad Adeel, Jin Tingting, Tariq Hussain, Xiao He, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Muhammad Kashif Irshad, Noman Shakoor, Peng Zhang, Xie Changjian, Yi Hao, Zhang Zhiyong, Rabia Javed, Yukui Rui. 2020. Bioaccumulation of Ytterbium Oxide Nanoparticles Insinuate Oxidative Stress, Inflammatory, and Pathological Lesions in ICR Mice. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27: 32944-32953.
  17. Muhammad Adeel, Jie Yinn Lee, Muhammad Zain, Muhammad Rizwan, Aamir Nawab, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Muhammad Shafiq, Hao Yi, Ghulam Jilani, Rabia Javed, Robert Horton, Yukui Rui, Daniel CW Tsang, Baoshan Xing. 2019. Cryptic Footprints of Rare Earth Elements on Natural Resources and Living Organisms. Environment International. 127: 785-800.
  18. Muhammad Rizwan, Mohammad Golam Mostofa, Muhammad Zulfiqar Ahmad, Yaoyu Zhou, Muhammad Adeel, Sajid Mehmood, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Rabia Javed, Muhammad Imtiaz, Omar Aziz, Muhammad Ikram, Shuxin Tu, Yongxian Liu. 2019. Hydrogen Sulfide Enhances Rice Tolerence to Nickel though the Prevention of Chloroplast Damage and the Improvement of Nitrogen Metabolism under Excessive Nickel. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 138: 100-111.
  19. Muhammad Adeel, Y.S. Yang, Y.Y. Wang, X.M. Song, M. Arslan Ahmad, Hilary Rogers. 2018. Uptake and transformation of steroid estrogens as emerging contaminants influence plant development. Environmental Pollution. 243: 1487-1497.
  20. John Koestel, Annette Dathe, Todd H. Skaggs, Ove Klakegg, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Maryia Babko, Daniel Gimenez, Csilla Farkas, Matthew Patterson, Attila Nemes, Nicholas Jarvis. 2018. Estimating the permeability of naturally-structured soil from percolation theory and pore space characteristics imaged by X-ray. Water Resources Research. 54:9255–9263.
  21. Muhammad Adeel, Muhammad Zain, Jamil Shafi, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Shafiq, Yukui Rui. 2018. Conservation Agriculture, A way to conserve soil carbon for sustainable agriculture productivity and mitigating climate change: A review. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin. 27 (9): 6297-6308.  

 

Book Chapters:

  1. Rabia Javed, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Ayesha Gul, Taswar Ahsan, Mumtaz Cheema. 2021. Comparison of Chemically and Biologically Synthesized Nanoparticles for the Production of Secondary Metabolites, and Growth and Development of Plants. In book: Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry, Elsevier (DOI: 10.1016/bs.coac.2021.02.002)
  2. Rabia Javed, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Qiang Ao. 2019. Theranostic Applications of Nanobiotechnology in Cancer. In book: Nanotheranostics: Applications and Limitations, Springer. 277-295.
  3. Zain, M., Adeel, M., Shakoor, N., Muhammad Arslan Ahmad., Maqbool, S., Ur-Rahman, S., Malik, W.A., and Duan, A. Organics phosphorous as an alternative to commercial phosphatic fertilizer. In: Phosphorus Use Efficiency for Sustainable Agriculture. Springer Nature. (Under Review)
  4. Adeel, M., Muhammad Arslan Ahmad et al. Assessment of Manufactured Nano Objects on Earthworms Species. Nano-enabled Sustainable and Precision Agriculture. Elsevier. (Under Review)

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Researcher

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