Manar Bani Mfarrej
PhD, University of Jordan, 2010
Discipline: Sustainability and Environmental Studies
- Environmental Sustainability
- Environmental Remediation
- Climate Change, Food Securty and Waste Management
- Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, College of Natural and Health Sciences, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE (August 2020- Present).
- Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Safety, College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, UAE (September 2019- July 2020).
- Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Safety, Applied Sciences program, College of Arts and Sciences, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, UAE (Feb 2012- September 2019).
- Lecturer and Research Fellow, The University of Jordan, Jordan (October 2002- May 2009).
- Participated in the collaborative Indoor Air Quality Project between Zayed University and Abu Dhabi Public Health Center which is contributing to public health and environmental research (2023).
- Participated in the review of the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi for their Strategic Plan 2021-2025 (2022).
- Contributed in the Abu Dhabi Biodiversity Policy Draft review (2022).
- Contributed to the accreditation several postgraduate and undergraduate and postgraduate programs at Zayed University and Abu Dhabi University (2016-2023).
- One of the founding members of the Environmental Health and Safety program at Abu Dhabi University.
- Biocontrol and Sustainable Management Division Supervisor, Ministry of Agriculture and Env, Jordan (August 2009- July 2011).
- A Fellow and Mentor of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK (2023).
- Global Ambassador of Sustainability (GAoS): an international initiative of members from 130 countries (September 2022 till now).
- Environmental Ambassador- UAE Representative (January 2021 till now).
- Editorial Board Member of the “International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy (IJEPP)”, Science Publishing Group- USA (March 2022 till now).
- Editorial Board Member, Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources- Web of Science. The Grassroots Institute, Montreal, Canada (August 2021).
- Editorial Board Member, LC International Journal of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Computational Mathematics) (August 2020).
- Editorial Board Member of the proceedings of the conference “International
Conference on Advances in Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Biomedicine”
(ICABBB 2020). - Editorial Board Member of the “Ecology and Evolutionary Biology”, Science Publishing Group- USA (June 2019- June 202).
- Editorial Board Member of the “Archives of Applied Science Research”, Gavin Publishers- USA (July 2018 till June 2020)
- The Regional Editor in the American Journal of Plant and Animal Sciences (AJPAS) (August 2015- July 2017).
- Reviewer: Bioresource Technology (Elsevier), Environmental Pollution (Elsevier), Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (Elsevier) Chemosphere (Elsevier), Springer Nature, Indoor and Built Environment (SAGE Publications Inc.), SAGE Open (SAGE Publications Inc.), Global Environment (White Horse Press), Air, Soil and Water Research (Springer, Nature), Sustainability (MDPI), Transactions of Civil Engineering (Springer, Nature), Iranian Journal of Science (Springer, Nature).
- Technical Reviewer for the “Graduate Students Research Conference” On 24th March 2022.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=h4Lpq9gAAAAJ&hl=en
- Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Manar Fawzi Bani Mfarrej, Khalid Ali Khan, Saif A. Alharthy. (2024). Emerging trends in wastewater treatment: Addressing microorganic pollutants and environmental impacts, Science of The Total Environment, Elsevier. 169755, ISSN 0048-9697, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169755.
- Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Manar Fawzi Bani Mfarrej, Muhammad Usman, Sidra Anayatullah, Muhammad Rizwan, Hesham F. Alharby, Isam M. Abu Zeid, Nadiyah M. Alabdallah, Shafaqat Ali. (2023). Effect of iron nanoparticles and conventional sources of Fe on growth, physiology and nutrient accumulation in wheat plants grown on normal and salt-affected soils, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Elsevier. Volume 458, 131861, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131861
- Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Manar Fawzi Bani Mfarrej, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Azhar, Muhammad Rizwan, Hesham F. Alharby, Atif A. Bamagoos, Rahma Alshamrani, Zahoor Ahmad. (2023). Exogenous application of low and high molecular weight organic acids differentially affected the uptake of cadmium in wheat-rice cropping system in alkaline calcareous soil, Environmental Pollution, Elsevier. Volume 329,2023,121682, ISSN 0269-7491, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121682.
- Yan Sun, Manar Fawzi Bani Mfarrej, Xiaojun Song, Jing Ma, Bolin Min, Fu Chen. (2023). New insights in to the ameliorative effects of zinc and iron oxide nanoparticles to arsenic stressed spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.). Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Elsevier. Volume 199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.107715
- Iqra Mubeen, Manar Fawzi Bani Mfarrej, Zarafshan Razaq, Shehzad Iqbal, Syed Atif Hasan Naqvi, Fahad Hakim, Walid F.A. Mosa, Mahmoud Moustafa, Yuan Fang, Bin Lia. (2023). Nanopesticides in comparison with agrochemicals: Outlook and future prospects for sustainable agriculture. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Elsevier. Volume 198, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.107670
- Manar Fawzi Bani Mfarrej, Xiukang Wang, Muhammad Fahid, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Aishah Alatawi, Shafaqat Ali, Ghulam Shabir, Rehman Zafar, Muhammad Afzal, Shah Fahad. Floating Treatment Wetlands (FTWs) is an Innovative Approach for the Remediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons-Contaminated Water. (2022). Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, Springer Nature.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-022-10674-6
- Shafaqat Ali, Manar Fawzi Bani Mfarrej, Muhammad Rizwan, Afzal Hussain, Munazzam Jawad Shahid, Xiukang Wang, Muhammad Nafees, Muhammad Waseem, Hesham F. Alharby. (2022). Microbe-citric acid assisted phytoremediation of chromium by castor bean (Ricinus communis L.), Chemosphere, Elsevier. Volume 296, 134065, ISSN 0045-6535, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134065.
- Riti Thapar Kapoor, Manar Fawzi Bani Mfarrej, Pravej Alam, Jörg Rinklebe, Parvaiz Ahmad. (2022). Accumulation of chromium in plants and its repercussion in animals and humans, Environmental Pollution, Elsevier. Volume 301, 119044, ISSN 0269-7491, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119044.
- Shafaqat Ali, Manar Fawzi Bani Mfarrej, Afzal Hussain, Nudrat Aisha Akram, Muhammad Rizwan, Xiukang Wang, Arosha Maqbool, Muhammad Nafees, Basharat Ali. (2022). Zinc fortification and alleviation of cadmium stress by application of lysine chelated zinc on different varieties of wheat and rice in cadmium stressed soil, Chemosphere, Elsevier.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133829.
- Shoaib Ahmad, Manar Fawzi Bani Mfarrej, Mohamed A. El-Esawi, Muhammad Waseem, Aishah Alatawi, Muhammad Nafees, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Muhammad Rizwan, Tahira Yasmeen, Alia Anayat, and Shafaqat Ali. (2022). Chromium-resistant Staphylococcus aureus alleviates chromium toxicity by developing synergistic relationships with zinc oxide nanoparticles in wheat, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety,Elsevier. Volume 230, 2022, 113142, SSN 0147-6513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.113142
- Manar Fawzi Bani Mfarrej, Wang, X., Hamzah Saleem, M., Hussain, I., Rasheed, R., Arslan Ashraf, M., Iqbal, M., Sohaib Chattha, and Nasser Alyemeni, M. (2021), Hydrogen sulphide and nitric oxide mitigate the negative impacts of waterlogging stress on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Plant Biology J., Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13358
- Best Presentation Award - Experienced Researcher Award. International Online Conference on Innovative Science, Engineering, and Technology (IOCISET-2020). London, United Kingdom (2020).
- A reward of for effectively supervising the winning project, second place- in the category of Uni-Energy, Environment, and Applied Sciences- 2019 Think Science Competition) (May, 2019).
- Hisham Hijjawi Award for Applied Sciences in the field of Agriculture, Water and Environment (1st Place) (2006).
- Research Award, the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan (2007).
- 2019-2020 Chancellor’s Award for Student Experience. Abu Dhabi University, UAE (2020).
1. Innovation tackles plant pollutants with nanoparticles. 2023. Al Bayan Newspaper. United Arab Emirates.
https://www.albayan.ae/uae/news/2023-04-25-1.4652896
2. Experts and academics to Al Bayan: “Ghaf” is an environmental pillar for a sustainable future. 2023. Al Bayan Newspaper. United Arab Emirates.
https://www.albayan.ae/sustainability/cop28/2023-12-02-1.4775188
3. A distinguished UAE record in protecting and enhancing global food security. 2023. Al Bayan Newspaper. United Arab Emirates.
https://www.albayan.ae/uae/news/2023-11-05-1.4757965
4. Innovation combats agricultural pests with sustainable pesticides. 2023. Al Bayan Newspaper. United Arab Emirates.
https://www.albayan.ae/ramadan/news-and-reports/2023-04-18-1.4649380
5. Mangrove trees, an effective environmental shield against climate change. 2023. Al Bayan Newspaper. United Arab Emirates.
https://www.albayan.ae/sustainability/cop28/2023-12-17-1.4785310
6. Solutions to support the development of local agriculture. 2022. Al Bayan Newspaper. United Arab Emirates.
https://www.albayan.ae/uae/news/2022-10-20-1.4540607
7. The UAE is preparing with a comprehensive national program for the risks of climate change. 2020. 999 Culture, Social and Security Magazine, Ministry of Interior, United Arab Emirates.
https://moi.gov.ae/DataFolder/2020magazine999/arfeb2020.pdf
ENV610 Sustainability Planning and Management
ENV 699 Thesis in Environmental Science and Sustainability
