APID Academic Profile Identity
Muhammad Shafiq

Muhammad Shafiq

Principal Investigator · Environmental Biotechnology Research Laboratory (F40
Editor
APID
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Location
University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan, Not Applicable, Pakistan
Expertise
Sustainable Services in Built Environment
Areas of interest
Several areas related to the Sustainable Services in Built Environment
Member since
November 2022

Biography

I mainly do research related to Sustainable services in Built Environment. The detailed research interests include:
• Biological approaches for pollution abatement and control
o synchronized soil pollution remediation and safer edible crop production in untreated wastewater irrigated agricultural fields
o assisted phytoremediation in co-cultivated crop fields i.e., Pollutants-Soil-Nutrients Nexus
o biodegradation of organic pollutants esp. POPs and OPs with short half life
• Atmospheric carbon harvest through hydrophytes cultivated in wastewater
• Carbon sequestration through composting and biochar
• Recycling through composting, biochar, syngas, and biogas production from wasted lignocellulosic and animal biomass such as:
o kitchen waste/biodegradable components of municipal solid waste
o hydrophyte biomass harvested from natural and constructed wetlands
o crop residue
o biomass of invasive weeds
o waste wood arising from different sources
o animal carcass and offal produced during mass slaughtering rituals
o whole animal and its carcass
• Application of compost and biochar for promoting:
o comprehensive soil health improvement
o regenerative agriculture in rice-wheat crop system
o conventional and organic vertical farming of safer and sufficient vegetables at consumer level

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