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Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Zeshan

Department of Environmental Sciences Quaid-i-Azam University (45320) Islamabad, Pakistan

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Contact Information

Phone: +92 332 742 4488

E-mail: [email protected]

Other Biodata

Gender: Male Marital status: Single

Nationality: Pakistani Date of birth: May 12, 1985

ACADEMIC DATA Duration Subjects/Major Division/ %age / Qualificatio (Month/Year) Fields of Board/University/ CGPA out of 4.00 n From To Specialization Institute/Country Environmental Asian institute of 12/201 PhD 08/2008 3.56 Engineering and Technology (AIT), 2 Management Thailand Soil and University of 07/200 MSc (Hons.) 09/2005 3.83 Environmental Agriculture, Faisalabad, 7 Sciences Pakistan University of 07/200 BSc (Hons.) 08/2001 4.00 Soil Science Agriculture, Faisalabad, 5 Pakistan

PROJECT/SPECIALITY/RESEARCH INTEREST/THESIS DETAILS

Degree Project/Thesis Topic/Specialty

1 Topic: Dry anaerobic digestion of municipal solid waste and digestate management strategies Speciality: - Bio-energy (biogas) production through dry anaerobic digestion – a PhD source of renewable energy, - Biogas production and waste treatment (Energy and environment), - Climate change mitigation through biogas production, - Design and operation of a pilot-scale reactor system for biogas production Topic: Comparative effect of encapsulated and coated calcium carbide on growth and yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.) Speciality: - Reduction of nitrogenous pollution to water and air environments by use MSc (Hons.) of calcium carbide which produces acetylene (a nitrification inhibitor) upon its reaction with water - Increase in rice yield by a plant hormone ethylene produced by microbial reduction of acetylene

EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND

Feb 2013 – Present Assistant Professor, (24 months) for teaching and research in Department of Environmental Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad.

Jul 2012 – Sep 2012 Lab activity Teacher (3 months) for the course "Environmental Studies" Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT), Thailand.

Jan 2012 – Mar 2012 Lab activity Teacher (3 months) for the course "Environmental Studies" Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT), Thailand.

Jun 2011 – Sep 2011 Lab activity Teacher (4 months) for the course "Environmental Studies" Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT), Thailand.

2008-2012 Doctoral Fellow at Environmental Engineering and Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand. (Supported by HEC-Pakistan Overseas Scholarship Program)

2006-2007 Research Officer (6 months). ISES, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan (Supported by PARC under the program ALP)

DISTINCTIONS, HONORS AND AWARDS

a. Best Oral Presentation Award, Challenges in Environmental Science & Engineering (CESE 2014), 12-16 October, 2014, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

2 b. Best Young Scientist Oral Presentation Award, Challenges in Environmental Science & Engineering (CESE 2013), 29 October-2 November, 2013, Daegu, Korea c. HEC Pakistan's fully funded Overseas Scholar for PhD 2008-2012 d. Silver Medal awarded by University of Agriculture, Faisalabad for 2nd highest percentage in BSc. (Hons.) session 2001-2005 e. Highest GPA Shield awarded by University of Agriculture, Faisalabad for securing the highest CGPA in BSc. (Hons.) i.e. 4.00/4.00, in session 2001-2005 f. Recipient of annual Government Internal Merit Scholarship during the session 2001- 2005 of BSc. (Hons.) continuously for 4 years

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Publications

Zeshan, Karthikeyan, O.P. and Visvanathan C. (2012). Effect of C/N ratio and ammonia-N accumulation in a pilot-scale thermophilic dry anaerobic digester. Bioresource Technology, 113: 294-302. (IF: 5.039)

Zeshan and Visvanathan, C. (2014). Evaluation of anaerobic digestate for greenhouse gas emissions at various stages of its management. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 95: 167-175. (IF: 2.235)

Haider, M.R., Zeshan, Yousaf, S., Malik, R.N. and Visvanathan, C. (2015). Anaerobic Co- Digestion of Food Waste and Rice Husk: Effect of Different Co-Substrate Mixtures and Substrate to Inoculum Ratio on Biogas Production. Accepted for Publication in Bioresource Technology. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech. 2015.02.105 (IF: 5.039)

Jabeen, M., Zeshan, Yousaf, S., Haider, M.R. and Malik, R.N. (2015). High-solids anaerobic co- digestion of food waste and rice husk at different organic loading rates. Accepted for Publication in International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2015.03.023. (IF: 2.235)

Conferences Abroad

Haider, M.R., Zeshan and Yousaf, S. (2014). "Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Food Waste and Rice Husk: Effect of Co-Substrate Mixing Ratios and Substrate to Inoculum Ratio on Biogas Production", 7th Annual Conference on the Challenges in Environmental Science & Engineering (CESE 2014), 12-16 October, 2014, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Jabeen, M., Zeshan and Yousaf, S. (2014). "Continuous high solids co-digestion of food waste and rice husk under mesophilic conditions at pilot scale", 7th Annual Conference on the Challenges in Environmental Science & Engineering (CESE 2014), 12-16 October, 2014, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Zeshan and Visvanathan, C. (2013). "Digestate management from perspectives of GHG emissions", 6th Annual Conference on the Challenges in Environmental Science & Engineering (CESE 2013), 29 October-2 November, 2013, Daegu, Korea. Zeshan and Visvanathan, C. (2013). "Effect of organic loading rate on the performance of a

3 pilot-scale thermophilic dry anaerobic digester under high recirculation rate", 6th Annual Conference on the Challenges in Environmental Science & Engineering (CESE 2013), 29 October - 2 November 2013, Daegu, Korea. Zeshan and Visvanathan C. (2012). Dry anaerobic digestion of municipal solid waste: Potentials and problems. Presented in 2nd International Conference on Anaerobic Digestion for Waste and Wastewater Treatment, 26 April 2012, Bangkok, Thailand. Zeshan and Visvanathan C. (2011). Ammonia inhibition in dry thermophilic anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste. Presented in 4th International Conference on Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE 2011), 25-30 September, 2011, Tainan, Taiwan. Zeshan and Shakya, S. (2010). CSR activities in Thailand. Young environmental leaders summit 2010. 19-23 August, Hokkaido, Japan.

Newspaper Articles

Khurram, S. and Zeshan. (2007). Biofertilisers’ use for raising output. News article published in “Dawn” July, 02, 2007, Karachi, Pakistan. Available on the link: http://www.pakissan.com/english/advisory/organic.farming/biofertilisers.use.for.raising.outp ut.shtml

Zeshan, A., Zia-ul-Hassan and Arshad, M. (2006). Calcium carbide improves crop yields. News article published in “Dawn” December, 18, 2006, Karachi, Pakistan. Available on the link: http://www.pakissan.com/english/news/newsDetail.php?newsid=12482

Zeshan, A., Zia-ul-Hassan and Arshad, M. (2006). Promoting healthy environment through enhanced nitrogen use efficiency and improved crop yields by using calcium carbide. Research article posted on the web: www.eco-web.com.

REVIEWER/REFEREE FOR RESEARCH PAPERS

Waste Management, a journal of Elsevier.

MASTERS THESIS PRODUCED UNDER MY SUPERVISION

Muhammad Rizwan Haider (2014). Anaerobic digestion of municipal and industrial organic solid waste for bioenergy recovery. Department of Environmental Sciences, QAU, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Maliha Jabeen (2015). Biogas production through anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and rice husk under high-solids continuous mesophilic conditions at pilot scale. Department of Environmental Sciences, QAU, Islamabad, Pakistan.

RESEARCH GRANTS

Start-up Research Grant for Fresh PhDs worth PKR 0.5 millions AWARDED by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (Status: Received but project not started yet)

4 TRAVEL GRANTS

a. Travel Grant worth PKR 250,650/- AWARDED by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan in 2013 b. Travel Grant worth PKR 211,747/- AWARDED by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan in 2014

TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS

IPoS-2008 Attended a 10-days workshop under “Intensive Program on Sustainability” on theme of “Food, energy and environment” held in Rayong, Thailand sponsored by Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and University of Tokyo (UT).

IPoS-2008 Participated in a week long workshop under “Intensive Program on Sustainability” on theme of “Cities and sustainable transport” held in Tokyo, Japan.

APIEL-2009 Attended a week long workshop under “Asian Program for Incubation of Environmental Leaders” on theme “Sustainable solid waste management in Asian developing countries” held in Bangkok, jointly organized by AIT, Kasetsart University and Tokyo University.

APIEL-2010 Participated in a week long workshop under “Asian Program for Incubation of Environmental Leaders” with the name “Young Environmental Leaders Summit 2010” on theme “Corporate social responsibility in terms of environmental protection” held in Hokkaido, Japan. EIA-2012 Conducted a two-days training on EIA with the title “Environmental Impact Assessment for a Gas Pipeline Project” for professionals of “Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Ltd., Bangladesh” organized by AIT Extension program of AIT, Thailand.

REFERENCES S No. Name Designation Address/Phone/ Email Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand a Dr. C. Visvanathan Professor +66 89 206 5044 [email protected], [email protected] Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand b Dr. Abdul Salam Associate Professor [email protected] , +66 2 524 5420 NUST Campus, H-12, Islamabad, c Dr. Sher Jamal Khan Associate Professor Pakistan. +92 51 9085 4353, [email protected] Emeritus Prof. INSA of Toulouse, France d Dr. Roger Ben Aim Roger Ben Aim [email protected]