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    Fozia Parveen

    Assistant Professor

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    Introduction

    Hailing from Gilgit Baltistan, Dr Fozia is an environmental scientist. She has a strong passion for scientific research and community outreach. She believes in the application of the scientific and indigenous scholarship available in order to build communities of change for a sustainable planet. At AKU-IED, she plans on re-strengthening sustainability education to create that impact by educating educators.

    Education

    • DPhil in Engineering Science, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, Oct 2013- Nov 2018 
    • Master of Science Degree in Environmental Science National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan, Sep 2010- Oct 2012 
    • Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Science, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan, Sep 2006- June 2010 

    Current areas of teaching

    • Environmental science education
    • Climate change education 

    Research interests

    • Water and wastewater treatment
    • Microplastic pollution
    • Behavior change towards sustainability

    Experience

    • Post-Doctoral Fellow and Adjunct Faculty, Centre for Water Informatics and Technology (WIT), Lahore University of Management Science (LUMS), Jul 2019-Apr 15, 2022 
    • Intern- UNICEF WASH section, Amman Jordan, Jul-Aug 2017 
    • Researcher, University of Oxford, UK, Jan-Apr 2017 
    • Freelance Editor, Arcler Education Inc., Canada, Nov 2016- Dec 2017 
    • Research Assistant, National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan, Feb 2012-Apr 2013 
    • Intern, Environmental Protection Agency, Pakistan, Jul-Aug 2009

    Professional associations

    • Founder, Meer-e-Karwan - an Online blog and podcast for environment and women’s rights etc., 2017 to date 
    • Volunteer Oxford University Pakistan Society, Oct 2013- Mar 2014 
    • President NUST Environment Club, Islamabad, Pakistan, Jul 2012- Oct 2012 
    • Chairperson, Local Education Board for Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Jun 2011-Oct 2013 

    Awards and honours

    • HEC partial scholarship for PhD, final year at Oxford, 2016 
    • Singapore Peking Oxford Research Expertise Scholarship for DPhil at Oxford, 2013 
    • NUST indigenous scholarship for MS leading to PhD at NUST University, Pakistan, 2010 
    • Merit cum need scholarship for undergraduate studies at FJWU, 2006 

    Publications

    • Parveen, F. Hankins, N. P. 2021. Integration of Forward Osmosis Membrane Bioreactor (FO-MBR) and Membrane Distillation (MD) Units for Water Reclamation and Regeneration of Draw Solutions. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 40: 102045. (2021) 
    • Parveen, F. Hankins, N. P. 2019. Comparative performance of nanofiltration and forward osmosis membranes in a lab-scale forward osmosis membrane bioreactor, Journal of Water Process Engineering, 28:1-9. (2019) 
    • Nawaz, M.S., Parveen, F., Khan, S. J., Hankins, N. P. 2019. Impact of osmotic backwashing, particle size distribution and feed-side cross-flow velocity on flux in the forward osmosis membrane bioreactor (FO- MBR), Journal of Water Process Engineering, 31: 10086. (2019) 
    • Nawaz, M.S., Parveen, F., Gadelha, G., Khan, S. J., Wang, R. & Hankins, N.P. 2016. Reverse solute transport, microbial toxicity, membrane cleaning and flux of regenerated draw in the FOMBR using a micellar draw solution. Desalination. 391:105-111. (2016) 
    • Khan, S. J., Parveen, F., Ahmad, A., Hashmi, I. & Hankins, N. P. 2013. Performance Evaluation and Bacterial Characterization of Membrane Bioreactors. Bioresource Technology, 141: 2-7. (2013)

    Created on:04/07/2022 Last modified:06/13/2022

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