ALIYA NAZ
OP Jindal Global University, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Indian School of Mines, University of Lucknow, Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology
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About
I am an Assistant Professor at the Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities. I teach Environmental studies and related electives to undergraduate students. I am an environmentalist with a keen interest in understanding the subtle gap that exists between the two diverse disciplines of natural sciences and human ecology. In my PhD thesis, I ask a question.; what is the effect of Chromium pollution on the resident, marginalized, socially ostracized population of Sukinda Chromite mine (The largest Chromite mine of India) and biodiversity of the region? Hence, I studied the health risk on the population exposed to Cr-pollution. I tried to assess the metal speciation and tried to answer the question, how metal behaves in a polluted environment which is of foremost importance for evaluating the toxicity of these pollutants on biota.
As a mitigation measure of Cr- pollution, I tried to device a microbial bio-remediation process by acclimatizing the native sludge of the area at varying Cr(VI) dose. I have worked on the metal pollution from assessment to bioremediation including microbial bioremediation and phytoremediation.
Parallely, I also worked to understand the effect of metal pollution on the poverty stricken, socially marginalized populace of Indian Sunderbans in a team endevour. I tried to pre-tune the already existing USEPA risk model by incorporating human component through social survey using PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal) tools like WRT (Wealth Ranking Tool) and FGD (Focus group discussion).
In future work, I envision to address the complex problems of pollution and sustainability in an interdisciplinary light interpreting the diverse disciplines of environment science and sociology.
Employment
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OP Jindal Global University Assistant Professor2022 - Present
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Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Project Scientist2018 - 2019
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Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology Project Scientist2017 - 2018
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Indian Institute of Technology Research Scholar2013 - 2017
Education
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Indian School of Mines PhD2013 - Present
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University of Lucknow MSc2009 - 2011
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (38)
- Geochemistry Meets Community: Multispecies Mangrove Restoration Driving Blue Carbon Sequestration in the Indian Sundarbans Save
- Fluctuations in sediment blue carbon density associated with land use changes and mangrove distribution along the semiarid, rapidly industrializing coastline of India Save
- Phosphorus transitions driven by cyclone biparjoy linked middle east North Africa (MENA) and Indian Thar Desert dust storm pathways in Asia’s largest grassland Save
- Oral Health and Hygiene Practices from Baramulla District, Jammu and Kashmir, India: A Questionnaire-Based Cross-Sectional Observational Survey Save
- A critical review on the active anti-viral metabolites of bioprospecting traditionally used plant species from semi-arid regions of the subcontinent Save
- Potentially toxic elements in fly ash bricks and associated ecological health risk: An opinionated review Save
- Potential toxic elements in groundwater: a health risk in parts of northern Delhi Save
- Community-based, cost-effective multispecies mangrove restoration innovation to maximize soil blue carbon pool and humic acid and fulvic acid concentrations at Indian Sundarbans Save
- Fate, source apportionment and fractionation of potentially toxic elements in agricultural soil around a densely populated, semiarid urban center of India: baseline study and ecological risk assessment Save
- Changes in Salinity, Mangrove Community Ecology, and Organic Blue Carbon Stock in Response to Cyclones at Indian Sundarbans Save