Department of Environmental Sciences
Extension Number: 546
Office Number: S-326

Brief profile:
Dr. Shazia Ilyas is Assistant Professor at the Forman Christian College (A Chartered University)’s Department of Environmental Sciences. She has vast experience of over 10 years in the field of Environment especially water and wastewater treatment. Her research interests include Water and Wastewater Treatment and Management, Membrane Technology, Development and Application of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Based Membranes, Nano and Ultrafiltration Polymeric Membranes, Membrane Bioreactors (MBRs), Water Quality, Waste Management. She is also HEC Approved PhD Supervisor. ORCID: 0000-0002-3241-0384.
Education:

• Ph.D. ‘Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate in Membrane Engineering (EUDIME)’ (University of Twente, The Netherlands; KU Leuven, Belgium; Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, France.
• MS in Environmental Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST).
• BS in Environmental Sciences, University of the Punjab.

Research and Publications:

1. Sadiq, M., Eqani, S.A.M.A.S., Podgorski, J., Ilyas, S., Abbas, S.S., Shafqat, M.N., Nawaz, I. and Berg, M. (2024). Geochemical insights of arsenic mobilization into the aquifers of Punjab, Pakistan. Science of The Total Environment, 935,173452.
2. Abtahi, S. M., Ilyas, S., Cassan, C. J., de Vos, W. M. and Albasi, C. (2018). Micropollutant removal from secondary-treated municipal wastewater using weak polyelectrolyte multilayer based nanofiltration membranes. Journal of Membrane Science, 548: 654-666.
3. Sohail, M., Eqani, S. A. M. A. S., Ilyas, S., Bokhari, H., Ali, N., Podgorski, J.E., Muhammad, S., Adelman, D. and Lohmann, R. (2023). Gaseous and Soil OCPs and PCBs along the Indus River Pakistan: Spatial Pattern and Air Soil Gradients. Journal of Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts, 25: 531-541.
4. Ilyas, S., Abtahi, S. M., Akkilic, N. and de Vos, W. M. (2017). Weak polyelectrolyte multilayers as tunable separation layers for micro-pollutant removal by hollow fiber nanofiltration membranes. Journal of Membrane Science, 537: 220-228.
5. Ilyas, S., Joseph, N Szymczyk, A., Volodin, A., Nijmeijer, K., de Vos, W. M. and Vankelecom, Ivo F. J. (2016). Weak polyelectrolyte multilayers as tunable membranes for solvent resistant nanofiltration. Journal of Membrane Science, 514: 322-331.
6. Ilyas, S., de Grooth, J., Nijmeijer, K., de Vos, W. M. (2015). Multifunctional polyelectrolyte multilayers as nanofiltration membranes and as sacrificial layers for easy membrane cleaning. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 446: 386-393.
7. Marbeliaa, L., Hernalsteensa, M.A., Ilyas, S., Ozturkb, B., Szymczykc, A., Springaelb, D. and Vankelecom, Ivo F. J. (2018). Biofouling in membrane bioreactors: nexus between polyacrylonitrile surface charge and community composition. Biofouling, 34: 1-15.
8. Ilyas, S., English, R., Aimar, P., Lahitte, J. F. and. de Vos, W. M (2017). Preparation of multifunctional hollow fiber NF membranes by dynamic LbL assembly of weak polyelectrolyte multilayers. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 533: 286-295.
9. Khan, S.J., Ilyas, S. and Javid, S. (2011). Performance of suspended and attached growth MBR systems in treating high strength synthetic wastewater. Bioresource Technology, 102: 5331-5336.
10. Khan, S.J., Ilyas, S. and Rehman, Z. U. (2013). Impact of nitrogen loading rates on treatment performance of domestic wastewater and fouling propensity in submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR). Bioresource Technology, 141: 46-49.
11. Lateef, A., Ilyas, S. and Chaudhry, M. N. (2013). Biological treatment of dairy wastewater using activated sludge process. ScienceAsia, 39: 179-185. 
12. Khattak, M. A., Ahmed, N., Qazi, M. A., Izhar, A., Ilyas, S. Chaudhary, M. N., Khan, M. S. A., Iqbal, N., and Waheed, T. (2012). Evaluation of ground water quality for irrigation and drinking purposes of the areas adjacent to Hudiara Industrial Drain, Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 49(4): 549-556.
13. Qazi, M. A., Khattak, M. A., Khan, M. S. A., Chaudhry, M. N., Mahmood, K., Akhter, B., Iqbal, N., Ilyas, S. and Ali, U. A. (2014). Spatial distribution of heavy metals in ground water of Sheikhupura district Punjab, Pakistan. Journal of Agriculture Research, 52(1): 99-110.
14. Khattak, M. A., Ahmed, N., Qazi, M. A., Chaudhary, M. N., Naseem, U., Lateef, S., Khan, M. S. A., Iqbal, N. and Ilyas, S. (2012) Quality comparison of different composts registered by government of the punjab under FCO 1973. Journal of Agriculture Research, 51(2): 161-168.
15. Ilyas, H., Ilyas, S., Ahmad, S. R. and Chaudhry, M.N. (2018). Situation Analysis of Waste Recycling by Waste Pickers in Gujranwala City, Pakistan. Interciencia Journal, 43:2.