Department of Environmental Sciences
Extension Number: 536
Office Number: S-037, Armacost Science Building

Brief Profile:
Dr. Sohaib Aslam is an environmental science academician and practitioner who is very active in advocating the community about human-driven environmental issues. He is working as an associate professor at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore’ Department of Environmental Sciences. He has a vast experience of 10 years in teaching, research and advocacy. He has also been working with environmental protection department as an environmental expert to review environmental impact assessment reports. He is also very prominent in community service with his active role in local non-profits. He is the founder of Greenstep Foundation, a local NGO working on environmental conservation. His areas of research interests include Environmental Pollution & Monitoring, Chemical Risk Assessment, Carbon Markets, Circular economy, Environmental & Sustainability Management.
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8390-4766
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sohaib-aslam-57b58156/

Education:

• Ph.D in Environmental Sciences, AgroParisTech, Paris, Franc
• MPhil in Earth Environmental Sciences, Aix-Marseille University, France
• B.Sc. (Hons) in Soil Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
  

Research and Publications:

1. Aslam, S., Nowak, K., 2024. Nitrogen-fertilizer addition to an agricultural soil enhances biogenic non-extractable residue formation from 2-13C,15N-glyphosate. Science of the Total Environment. 918: 170643. 
2. Aslam, S., Amin, A., Nowak, K., 2023. Microbial activity, community composition and degraders in the glyphosate-spiked soil are driven by glycine formation. Science of the Total Environment. 907: 168206.
3. Rizwan, S., Aslam, S., 2023. Study of maize residue decomposition in a silty loam soil of Pakistan: A comparison of mulched versus incorporated residue management practice. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, 39: 923-930.
4. Khan, K., Rafiq, M.T., Bacha, A., Nabi, I., Irshad, M., Faridullah, F., Younas, M., Khan, M.D., Aziz, R., Amin, M., Arifeen, A., Aslam, S., Ahmad, S., Iqbal, A., 2023. Assessment of Heavy Metals and Associated Oxidative Stress in Occupationally Exposed Workers from Bannu and Karak Districts in Pakistan. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 45, 5915–5925.
5. Aslam, S., Jing, Y., Nowak, K., 2023. Fate of glyphosate and its degradation products AMPA, glycine and sarcosine in an agricultural soil: implications for environmental risk assessment. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 447, 130847.
6. Akhtar, M.S., Aslam, S., Ditta, A., Albalawi, B.F.A., Oki, Y., Nakashima, Y., 2023. Interspecific Variability in Growth Characteristics and Phytoremediation of Cu by Free-Floating Azolla Macrophytes. Sustainability, 15(1):497.
7. Akhtar, M.S., Hameed, A., Aslam, S., Ullah, R., Kashif, A., 2022. Phytoremediation of Metal-Contaminated Soils and Water in Pakistan: a Review. Water Air & Soil Pollution, 234, 11.
8. Dean, S., Akhtar, M.S., Ditta, A., Valipour, M., Aslam, S., 2022. Microcosm Study on the Potential of Aquatic Macrophytes for Phytoremediation of Phosphorus-Induced Eutrophication. Sustainability, 14(24):16415. 
9. Masood, S., Ahmed, D., Machado, S., Aslam, S., 2022. Impact of land uses on drinking water quality in selected areas of Lahore city. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, 38(5): 53-59.
10. Aslam, S., Iqbal, A., Lafolie, F., Recous, S., Benoit, P., & Garnier, P., 2018. Mulch of plant residues at the soil surface impact the leaching and persistence of pesticides: A modelling study from soil columns. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 214, 54-64. 
11. Iqbal, A., Aslam, S., Recous, S., Garnier, P., Benoit, P., 2015. Rain regime and soil type affect the C and N dynamics in soil columns that are covered with mixed-species mulche. Plant and Soil, 393 (1), 319-334. 
12. Aslam, S., Iqbal, A., Deschamps, M., Recous, S., Garnier, P., Benoit, P., 2015. Effect of rain regimes and mulch decomposition on the dissipation and leaching of S-metolachlor and glyphosate: a soil column experiment. Pest management science, 71 (2), 278-291.
13. Aslam, S., Benoit, P., Chabauty, F., Bergheaud, V., Geng, C., Vieublé, L., Garnier, P., 2014. Modelling the impacts of maize decomposition on glyphosate dynamics in mulch. European Journal of Soil Science, 65, 231-247. 
14. Aslam, S., Garnier, P., Rumpel, C., Parent, S.E., Benoit, P., 2013. Adsorption and desorption behavior of selected pesticides as influenced by decomposition of maize mulch. Chemosphere 91, 1447-1455.
15. Iqbal, M.F., Sufyan, M.A., Aziz, M.M., Zahid, I.A., Ghani, Q., Aslam, S., 2009. Efficacy of Nitrogen on green fodder yield and quality of Oat (Avena sativa L.). JAPS, Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 19, 82-84.
16. Iqbal, M.F., Maqbool, U., Asi, M.R., Aslam, S., 2007. Determination of pesticide residues in brinjal fruit at supervised trial. JAPS, Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 17, 21-23.