This group mainly focus on the spatial diffusion, ecological effects and management policy of persistent toxic substances, the methodologies of ecological risk assessment and control strategies, the environmental policies for the innovation and commercialization of environmentally sound technologies, and the theories and methods of environmental management to meet the requirement of Pakistan.

Scientific collaborations

The group scientific collaborations are extensive and include those within the department and those with other departments at University of Swat, other national and international universities, industrial partners, and international research groups.

Books: 

1. Khan, K., Khan, H., Lu, Y., (2014). Environmental Concentrations of Heavy Metals and Their Health Impacts, ISBN 978-3-659-58998-0, Saarbrücken, Germany; LAP LAMBERT.

1. Banila, Y., Lu, Y., Qian, Z., Zhange, M., Yuan, J., Zhou, Y., Khan, K., Material use and resource efficiency of African sub-regions. Journal of Cleaner Production 247, 1190-92.
2. Zhang, M., Lu, Y., Lu, X., Zhang, A., Zhang, Y., Khan, K., Sarvajayakesavalu, S., 2020. Bioaccumulation and human exposure of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in vegetables from the largest vegetable production base of China. Environment International 135, 105347.
3. Cao, X.,Lu, Y., Wang, C., Zhang, M., Yuan, J., Zhang, A., Song, S.,Baninla, Y., Khan, K., Wang, Y., 2019. Hydrogeochemistry and quality of surface water and groundwater in the drinking water source area of an urbanizing region. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety186, 109628. 
4. Ahmad, R., Liu, G., Santagata, R., Casazza, M., Xue, J., Khan, K., Nawab, J., Ulgiati, S. and Lega, M., 2019. LCA of Hospital Solid Waste Treatment Alternatives in a Developing Country: The Case of District Swat, Pakistan. Sustainability, 11(13),3501.
5. Cao, X., Wanga, C., Lua, Y., Zhanga, M., Khan, K., Songa, S., Wang, P., Wang, C., (2019). Occurrence, sources and health risk of polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in soil, water and sediment from a drinking water source area. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 174, 208–217.
6. Sharif, H.M.A., Cheng, H.Yi., Haider, M.R., Khan, K., Yang, L., and Wang, A., 2019. NO removal with efficient recovery of N2O by using recyclable Fe3O4@EDTA@Fe(II) complex: a novel approach towards resource recovery from flue gas. Accepted in the Environmental Science & Technology 10-12.
7. Wang, C., Li, Q., Lu, Y., Wang, T., Khan, K., Wang, P., Meng, J., Zhou, Y., Yvette, B., Suriyanarayanan, S., 2019. Simulating transport, flux, and ecological risk of perfluorooctanoate 2 in a river affected by a major fluorochemical manufacturer in 3 northern China, Science of the Total Environment 657; 792–803.
8. Baninla, Y., Zhang, M., Lu, Y., Lianga, R., Zhang, Q., Zhou, Y., Khan, K., A transitional perspective of global and regional mineral material flows. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 140, 91-101.
9. Lu, X., Lu, Y., Chen, D.L., Su, C., Song, S., Wang, T., Tian, H., Liang, R., Zhang, M., Khan, K., Climate change induced eutrophication of cold-water lake in an ecologically fragile nature reserve. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 75, 359-369.
10. Ilyas, M., Ahmad, W., Khan, H., Yousaf, S., Khan, K., & Nazir, S. (2018). Plastic waste as a significant threat to environment–a systematic literature review. Reviews on environmental health. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2017-0035.
11. Su, C., Song, S., Lu, Y., Wang, P., Meng, J., Lu, X., Jürgens, M., Khan, K., Baninla, Y., Liang, R., Multimedia fate and transport simulation of Perfluorooctanoic Acid/Perfluorooctanoate in an urbanizing area. Science of the Total Environment, 643, 90–97.
12. Shuai, S., Fadong., L., Yonglong, L., Khan, K., Jianfang, X., Peifang, L., 2018. Spatio-temporal Characteristics of the Extreme Climate Events and Their Potential Effects on Crop Yield in Ethiopia. Journal of Resources and Ecology, 9(3) 290-301.
13. Liang, R., Chen, J., Shi, Y., Lu, Y., Sarvajayakesavalu, S., Xu, X., Zheng, X., Khan, K., Su, C., 2018. Toxicological effects on earthworms (Eisenia fetida) exposed to sub-lethal concentrations of BDE-47 and BDE-209 from a metabolic point. Environmental Pollution 240, 653-660.
14. Li, Q., Zhang, Y., Lu, Y., Wang, P., Suriyanarayanan, S., Meng, J., Zhou, Y., Liang, R., Khan, K., Risk ranking of environmental contaminants in Xiaoqing River, a heavily polluted river along urbanizing Bohai Rim. Chemosphere, 204, 28-35
15. Li, Q., Lu, Y., Wang, P., Wang, T., Suriyanarayanan, S., Liang, R., Baninla, Y., Khan, K., Distribution, source, and risk of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in urban and rural soils around the Yellow and Bohai Seas, China. Environmental Pollution, 239, 233-241.
16. Zhou, Y., Wang, T., Li, Q., Wang, P., Li, L., Chen, S., Zhang, Y., Khan, K., Meng, J., 2018. Spatial and vertical variations of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in the Bohai and Yellow Seas: Bridging the gap between riverine sources and marine sinks. Environmental Pollution, 238,111–120.
17. Cao, X., Lu, Y., Zhang, Y., Khan, K., Wang, C., Baninla, Y., 2018. An overview of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDs) in environmental media with focus on their potential risk and management in China. Environmental Pollution, 236, 283-295.
18. Su, C., Lu, Y., Wang, T., Lu, X., Song, S., Li, L., Khan, K., Wang, C. and Liang, R., 2018. Dynamic multimedia fate simulation of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) from 1981 to 2050 in the urbanizing Bohai Rim of China.Environmental Pollution, 235, 235-244.
19. Khan, K., Lu, Y., Saeed, M.A., Bilal, H., Sher, H., Khan, H., Ali, J., Wang, P., Uwizeyimana, H., Baninla, Y. and Li, Q., 2017. Prevalent fecal contamination in drinking water resources and potential health risks in Swat, Pakistan.Journal of Environmental Sciences, 72,1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2017.12.008.
20. Uwizeyimana, H., Wang,M., Chen, W., Khan, K., 2018. Ecotoxicological effects of binary mixtures of siduron and Cd on mRNA expression in the earthworm Eisenia fetida. Science of The Total Environment, 610–611, 657–665.
21. Uwizeyimana, H., Wang, M., Chen, W., Khan, K., 2017.The eco-toxic effects of pesticide and heavy metal mixtures towards earthworms in soil. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 55, 20-29.
22. Liu, Z., Lu, Y., Shia, Y., Wang, P., Jones, K., Sweetman, A.J., Johnson, A.C., Zhang, M., Zhou, Y., Lu, X., Su, C., Sarvajayakesavaluc, S., Khan, K., Crop bioaccumulation and human exposure of perfluoroalkyl acids through multi-media transport from a mega fluorochemical industrial park, China. Environment International 106, 37–47.
23. Ali J, Ali N, Jamil S U U., Hassan Waseem, H., Khan, K., Pan, G., 2017. Insight into ecofriendly fabrication of silver nanoparticles by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its potential impacts. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 5(4):3266-3272.
24. Nawab, J., Khan, Ali, S., Sher, H., Rahman, Z., Khan, K., Tang, J., Ahmad, A., 2016. Health risk assessment of heavy metals and bacterial contamination in drinking water sources: a case study of malakand Agency, Pakistan. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 188 (5):1-12. DOI 10.1007/s10661-016-5296-1.
25. Maryam, A., & Khan, S. (2017). Effects of Climate Change on Temperature Precipitation and Season’s Pattern as Perceived by the Locals in District Swat Pakistan. SF J Global Warming, 1(4).
26. Nawab, J., Shah, MT., Khan, S., Qing, H., Khan, K., Ali, R., 2016. Heavy metals bioaccumulation in native plants in chromite impacted sites: A search for effective remediating plant species. Clean–Soil, Air, Water, 44(1): 37–46. DOI: 10.1002/clen.201400605.
27. Noor S. Shah, Khan,J.A., Nawaz, S., M. Ismail, Khan, K., Khan, H.M., Kinetic and mechanism investigation on the gamma irradiation induced degradation of endosulfan sulfate. Chemosphere, 121, 18–25. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.10.046.
28. Shamshad, I., Khan, S., Waqas, M., Ahmad, N., -Ur-Rehman, K., Khan, K., 2015. Removal and bioaccumulation of heavy metals from aqueous solutions using freshwater algae. Water Science and Technology, 71(1): 38-44. DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.458.
29. Nawab, J., Khan, S., Shah, M.T., Khan, K., Huang, Q., Ali, R., 2015. Quantification of Heavy Metals in Mining Affected Soil and Their Bioaccumulation in Native Plant Species, International Journal of Phytoremediation, 17(9): 801-813. DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2014.981246.
30. Khan, K., Lu, Y., Khan, H., Ihsanullah, Khan, S., Nawab, J., Shamshad, I., 2014. Evaluation of toxicological risk of foodstuffs contaminated with heavy metals in Swat, Pakistan. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 108(1): 224–232. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.05.014.
31. Maryam, A., Khan, S., Khan, M.A., Khan, K., Rabbi, F., Ali, S., 2015. The Perception of Local Community about the Effects of Climate Change in Upper Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Earth Science & Climatic Change. 5 (3): 1-4. DOI:10.4172/2157-7617.1000183.
32. Ishtiaq, M., Rabnawaz, Khan, K., Khan, H., Zakir, S., Sarwar, G., Jehan, N., 2014. Prevalence of Pneumoconiosis among coal miners of Cherat, district Nowshera – Pakistan. Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute, 28(2):139-44.
33. Waqas, M., Khan, S., Chao, C., Shamshad, I., Qamar, Z., Khan, K., 2014. Quantification of PAHs and health risk via ingestion of vegetable in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Science of the Total Environment, 497–498: 448–458.
34. Naz, R., Maryam, A., Shabnam, A. M. (2014). Population dynamics of mosquitoes in various breeding habitats at university of Peshawar campus, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Pakistan. J Entomol Zool Stud, 2(2), 189-195.
35. Khan, K., Lu, Y., Khan, H., Ishtiaq, M., Khan, S., Waqas, M., Wei, L., Wang, T., 2013a. Heavy metals in agricultural soils and crops and their health risks in Swat District, northern Pakistan. Food and Chemical Toxicology 58(7): 449–458. DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.05.014.
36. Khan, K., Lu, Y., Khan, H., Zakir, S., Ihsanullah, Khan, S., Khan, A. A., Wei, L., Wang, T., 2013b. Health risks associated with heavy metals in the drinking water of Swat, northern Pakistan. Journal of Environmental sciences 25(10): 2003–2013. DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(12) 60275-7