Professor and Chair LES

Bio

• Professor, Chair, Dept. of Life & Environmental Sciences, College of Natural & Health Sciences, Zayed University, UAE. Sept. 2016- Present.

• Chairman, Professor of Environmental Sciences, Dept. of Applied Mathematics & Sciences, Abu Dhabi University, UAE. Feb.2015- Sept. 2016

• Adviser, National Plan for Science and Technology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2013-January/2015

• Professor, Environmental Management, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia , Nov.2011 - January/2015

• Visiting Professor- Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario, L1H 7K4, Canada , Feb.2010-Nov.2011

• Seneca Collage- Member of the Advisory Committee to MCI Bridging to Green Careers Faculty of Workforce Skills Development in the program “Exploring careers in the environmental sector July 2009- 2016

• Professor of Environmental Management, Dept. of Earth Sciences , Yarmouk University (Jordon)1991-2009

• Head, Department of Social Studies 2003–2007&Vice Dean Salalah Education College (Sultanate of Oman)

Office

Abu Dhabi - Khalifa City

Phone:

+971 2 599 3173

Email:

Teaching Areas

• Environmental impact assessment
• Natural resources development
• Environmental management
• Water and soil management/ Integrated water resources management,
• Land use and city planning

Research and Professional Activities

• (PI) Environmental Impacts and Modelling of Dust Storms Pathway in UAE using Field and Remote sensing Techniques. budget AED 500,000, Funded by ZU. (Active)

• (PI) Hydrogeological vulnerability and risk mapping of ground water resources of the aquifer in the Liwa area, United Arab Emirates, using GIS and DRASTIC techniques. budget AED 300,000, Funded by ZU.

• (PI) Hydrogeological vulnerability and risk mapping of ground water resources of the Saq and overlying aquifers, Saudi Arabia, using GIS and DRASTIC techniques. ( SR 2000000, Funded by NPST (2013).

• (PI) Characteristics and Environmental Impacts of Dust Storms in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia "With budget SR 1888550, Funded by NPST (2015).

CONSULTANCY AND INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

• Environmental impact assessment

• Natural resources development

• Environmental management

• Water and soil management/ Integrated water resources management,

• Land use and city planning

MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

• Vice Chair, Committees of Learning Resources and Research & Higher Education, Academic. Accreditation, King Saud University. 2011- Present

• Member, Scientific Research Committee, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University-Jordan, 2008 – 2009

• Member, Committee of Students Extracurricular Activities (college level), Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University-Jordan. 2008 – 2009

• Member, Committee of Students Extracurricular Activities (college level). 2008 - 2009

• Member, Committee of Text Books and Periodicals, Department of Earth sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University-Jordan. 2007 – 2008

• Member, Committee of Students Evaluations and Examination, Department of Earth sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University-Jordan. 2007 – 2008

• Member, Improving Educational and Teaching Techniques, Department of Earth sciences, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University-Jordan. 2007 – 2008

Google Scholar Profile

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

• Yousef Nazzal, Fares M. Howari, Aya Yaslam, Jibran Iqbal, Lina Maloukh, Lakshmi Kesari Ambika, Ahmed A. Al-Taani, Ijaz Ali, Eman M. Othman, Arshad Jamal and Muhammad Naseem (2022):Methodological Review of Tools That Assess Dust Microbiomes, Met transcriptomes and the Particulate Chemistry of Indoor Dust. Atmosphere 2022, 13, 1276. 

• Jibran Iqbala, Noor S. Shahb, Zia Ul Haq Khanb, Muhammad Rizwanc, Behzad Murtazab, Farrukh Jamild, Afzal Shahe, Aman Ullahf, Yousef Nazzala, Fares Howaria (2022) Visible light driven doped CeO2 for the treatment of pharmaceuticals in wastewater: A review. Journal of Water Process Engineering 49(2022)103130.

• Jibran Iqbal, Kashif Rasool , Fares Howari , Yousef Nazzal , Tapati Sarkar and Asif Shahzad (2022). A Hydrofluoric Acid-Free Green Synthesis of Magnetic M.Ti2CTx Nanostructures for the Sequestration of Cesium and Strontium Radionuclide. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 3253. 

• IB Salem, Y Nazzal, FM Howari, M Sharma, JK Mogaraju, CM Xavier, (2022), Geospatial Assessment of Groundwater Quality with the Distinctive Portrayal of Heavy Metals in the United Arab Emirates, Water 14 (6), 879, 2022/3/11.

• FM Howari, M Sharma, Y Nazzal, A El-Keblawy, S Mir, CM Xavier, I.B Salem, A. A Al-Taani, F. Alaydaroos, (2022), Changes in the Invasion Rate of Prosopis juliflora and Its Impact on Depletion of Groundwater in the Northern Part of the United Arab Emirates, Plants 11 (5), 682, 2022/3/2.

• IB Salem, M Sharma, PR Kumaresan, A Karthi, FM Howari, Y Nazzal, CM Xavier, (2022) Remote Sensing 14 (4), 814.

• J Iqbal, B Mohamed Al Hajeri, NS Shah, K Wilson, C Xavier, J Shaalan, AAA Taani, F Howari, Y. Nazzal, (2022) Preparation of H3PO4 modified Sidr biochar for the enhanced removal of ciprofloxacin from water, International Journal of Phytoremediation, 1-12.

• FM Howari, M Sharma, CM Xavier, Y Nazzal, F Alaydaroos, (2022), Atmospheric, Geomorphological, and Compositional Analysis of Martian Asimov and Hale Craters: Implications for Recurring Slope Lineae, Front. Astron. Space Sci. 8: 781166.

• J Iqbal, NS Shah, M Sayed, JA Khan, M Imran, ZUH Khan, NK Niazi, (2021), Exploring the potential of nano-zerovalent copper modified biochar for the removal of ciprofloxacin from water, Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management 16, 100604.

• Y Nazzal, NB Orm, A Barbulescu, F Howari, M Sharma, AE Badawi, (2021), Study of Atmospheric Pollution and Health Risk Assessment: A Case Study for the Sharjah and Ajman Emirates (UAE), Atmosphere 12 (11), 1442, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12111442.

• FM Howari, M Sharma, CM Xavier, Y Nazzal, IB Salem, F Al Aydaroos, (2021), Remote sensing and GIS based approaches to estimate evapotranspiration in the arid and semi-arid regions, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XXIII 11856, 85-92.

• D Parthasarathi, M Padusha, S Suganya, P Kumaradhas, F M Howari, Y Nazzal, CM Xavier, AM Moydeen, AM Sajith, (2021), Synthesis, Crystal structure, DFT calculations and Antimicrobial activity of 4-(4-Fluoro-phenyl)-2, 6-dimethyl-1, 4-dihydro-pyridine-3, 5-dicarboxylic acid diethyl ester, Egyptian J. Chem.

• MA Rajendra, M Naseem, MN Joy, K Sunil, AM Sajith, F Howari, Y Nazzal, (2021), Application of NMI-TfCl-mediated amide bond formation in the synthesis of biologically relevant oxadiazole derivatives employing less basic (hetero) aryl amines, Molecular Diversity.

• Y Nazzal, A Bărbulescu, F Howari, AA Al-Taani, J Iqbal, CM Xavier, (2021), Assessment of metals concentrations in soils of Abu Dhabi Emirate using pollution indices and multivariate statistics, Toxics, 9(5), 95.