Dr. Nadeem Ali

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Personal Details

Name: Dr. Nadeem Ali
Date of Birth: 10-1-1982
Nationality: Pakistani
Religion: Islam
Civil Status: Married
Passport No: RU1798162


Contact Details

Correspondence Address:
Center of Excellence in Environmental Studies,King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA.
Email id: Chakrian2010@yahoo.co.uk  
            nbahadar@kau.edu.sa

Permanent address:
Muizenstraat 15: Bus 2, 2060 Antwerpen, Belgium

Summary

I have 10 years of research experience in ecotoxicology. I have already published 20 peer reviewed journal papers (cumulative impact factor of 80), 16 international refereed conference papers, and 1 book chapters with world leading publishers. My work has been cited ~900 times in the peer review press (H factor of 13). My aim is to gain commendable experience, skill and knowledge in a vibrant and multicultural institute, where it’s flexible environment allow me to gain good knowledge and utilize my skills and efforts effectively and where its culture let me to employ my knowledge as well.

Education

University of Antwerp, Belgium
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toxicology centre
PhD Candidate: Human Exposure to Indoor Organic Contaminants, with Emphasis on Novel Brominated Flame Retardants (May 2009 to March 2013) (Thesis submitted) .
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden 
Division of Pathology, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Master of Science in Veterinary Medicine (2005-2007) (Specialization in Pathology and Toxicology) 
University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (2000-2004)

Professional Experience

Master’s thesis: 40 credit hours research thesis titled; “Teratology in Zebrafish embryos : A new tool for the risk assessment in public health”, was completed and presented at the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Division of Pathology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.

  • I worked as a “Research Assistant” for 2 years at the Division of Pathology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden (01-01-2007 to 31-12-2008).

    • Worked as volunteer researcher at Toxicology centre, University of Antwerp (01-06-2013 to 01-08-2013). Participated in different ongoing research projects.

  • Since November 2013, I am working as a researcher at the Center of Excellence in Environmental Studies, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Six months secondment at Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, USA (March-September 2015) 

    • Computer and Statistical Skills

    • Good command in using MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Front Page, MS PowerPoint)
    • Adobe Photoshop
    • Minitab
    • SPSS
    • Stat view
    • GraphPad
    • Vassar stat

    Ongoing Projects

    • Levels and profile of organohalogenated compounds (OHCs)in the household environment of Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Implication on human health (January - December 2015) at Centre of Excellence in Environmental Studies, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA and Toxicology centre, University of Antwerp, Belgium. (Principle investigator)(Completed).
    • Emerging and persistent organic pollutants in the different microenvironment (household, humans) of Jeddah and their impact on human health (Principle investigator) (In collaboration with New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY) (October 2014-2015)
    • Impact of particulate matter PM 2.5 and 10 on human health, case study from Jeddah. (January 2014 - December 2015) (Co-investigator)
    • Sorptive Bioaccessibility Extraction for Determining New Exposure Parameters of Current used Organohalogenated Flame Retardants in Dust. (December 2015-16) at Centre of Excellence in Environmental Studies, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA, DTU Environment, DTU, Denmark, Toxicology centre, University of Antwerp, Belgium. (Principle investigator)
    • Development of multi-residue analytical technology for emerging organic contaminants and its application on selected occupational settings. (January 2016 – 2018) at Centre of Excellence in Environmental Studies, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA, in collaboration with Toxicology centre, University of Antwerp, Belgium. (Principle investigator)

    Research Interest

    • Air pollution
    • Environmental analytical chemistry
    • Environmental organic chemistry
    • Environmental pollution
    • Environmental toxicology
    • Exposure studies

     

    Publications in peer-reviewed journals

    1. Nadeem Ali, Stuart Harrad, Dudsadee Muenhor, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Analytical characteristics and determination of major novel brominated flame retardants in indoor dust. Anal Bioanal Chem 400 (2011) 3073-83.
    2. Nadeem Ali, Stuart Harrad, Emma Goosey, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. “Novel” brominated flame retardants in Belgian and UK indoor dust: Implications for human exposure. Chemosphere 83 (2011) 1360-65.
    3. Tinne Geens,Nadeem Ali, Laurence Roosens, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Analytical characteristics of several new brominated flame retardants. Talanta 81 (2010) 1865-1869.
    4. Dudsadee Muenhor, Stuart Harrad,Nadeem Ali, Adrian Covaci. Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in air and dust from electronic waste storage facilities in Thailand. Environ Int 36 (2010) 690-698.
    5. Adrian Covaci, Stuart Harrad, Mohamed A.-E Abdallah, Nadeem Ali, Robin J Law, Dorte Herzke, Cynthia de Wit. Novel brominated flame retardants: a review of their analysis, environmental fate and behavior. Environ Int 37 (2011) 532- 56.
    6. Nadeem Ali, Stuart Harrad, Alin C, Dirtu, Nele Van den Eede, Andrea T’ Mannetje, Jonathan Coakley, Jeroen Douwes, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Assessment of human exposure to alternative flame retardants in New Zealand via indoor dust ingestion. Chemosphere 88 (2012) 1276-82.
    7. Nele Van den Eede, Alin C Dirtu, Nadeem Ali, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Multiresidue method for the determination of flame retardants in indoor dust. Talanta 89 (2012) 292-300. 
    8. Nadeem Ali, Nele Van den Eede, Alin C Dirtu, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Assessment of human exposure to indoor organic contaminants in Pakistan. Indoor Air 22 (2012) 200-211.
    9. Alin C Dirtu, Nadeem Ali, Nele Van den Eede, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Country specific comparison of profile of chlorinated, brominated and phosphate organic contaminants in indoor dust. Case study for Eastern Romania, 2010. Environ Int 49 (2012) 1-8. 
    10. Nadeem Ali, Lulwa Ali, Alin C Dirtu, Toufeer Mehdi, Abdual Nabi Al-Ghadban, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Levels and Profiles of Organic Contaminants in Car and House Dust from Kuwait and Pakistan: Implication for Human exposure via Dust Ingestion. Environ Int 55 (2013) 62-70.
    11. Nadeem Ali, Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah Eqani, Riffat Naseem Malik, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Organohalogenated Contaminants (OHCs) in Human Serum of Mothers and Children from Pakistan with Urban and Rural Residential Settings. Sci Total Environ 461-462 (2013) 655-62.
    12. Nadeem Ali, Syed AMAS Eqani, Riffat N Malik, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Organohalogenated Contaminants (OHCs) in the serum and hair of household cats and dogs: Biosentinels to indoor pollution. Sci Total Environ 449 (2013) 29-36.
    13. Jonathan Coakley, Stuart Harrad, Emma Goosey, Nadeem Ali, Alin C Dirtu, Nele Van den Eede, Adrian Covaci, Jeroen Douwes, Andrea T’ Mannetje. Concentration of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in matched samples of indoor dust and breast milk from New Zealand. Environ Int 56 (2013) 255–261.
    14. Nadeem Ali, Toufeer Mehdi, Riffat N Malik, Atif Kamal, Syed AMAS Eqani, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Levels and profile of several classes of organic contaminants in matched indoor dust and serum samples from occupational settings of Pakistan. Environ Pollut 193 (2014) 269–276.
    15. Muhammad Abdullah, Mauro Fasola, Ashiq Muhammad, Salman A Malik, Nazish Boston, Habib Bokhari, Muhammad A Kamran, Mustafa N Shafaqat, Ambreen Alamdar, Nadeem Ali, Mudassar Khan, Syed AMAS Eqani. Avian feathers as a non-destructive bio-monitoring tool of trace metals signatures: A case study from severally contaminated areas of Pakistan. Chemosphere 119C (2014) 553–561.
    16. Marghoob Subhani, Irfan Mustafa, Syed AMAS Eqani, Ambreen Alamdar, Ioannis A Katsoyiannis, Nadeem Ali, Qingyu Huang, Siyuan Peng, Heqing Shen. Arsenic levels from different land-use settings in Pakistan: bio-accumulation and estimation of potential human health risk via dust exposure. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 115 (2015) 187-194
    17. Jawad Mohmand, Ambreen  Alamdar, Nadeem Ali, Habib  Bokhari, Syed AMAS Eqani. Human Exposures to Toxic Metals via Contaminated Dust: Bio-accumulation trends and their Potential Risk Assessment. Chemosphere 132 (2015) 142-151.
    18. Avit K Bhowmik, Ambreen Alamdar, Ioannis Katsoyiannis, Heqing Shen, Nadeem Ali, Maria Ali, Habib Bokhari, Ralf B Schäfer, Syed AMAS Eqani. Mapping human risks from exposure to trace metal contamination of drinking water sources in Pakistan. Sci Total Environ 538 (2015) 306-316.
    19. Nadeem Ali, Lulwa Naseer Ali, Syed AMAS Eqani, Iqbal Mohammad Ibrahim Ismail, Govindan Malarvannan, Mohammad W Kadi, Jalal Mohammed Al-badry Basahi, Adrian Covaci. Organohalogenated Contaminants in Sediments and Bivalves from the Northern Arabian Gulf. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 122 (2015) 432-439.

    Under Review

    1. SAMAS Eqani , Ali SW , Sohail M, Bhowmik AK, Subhani M, Alamdar A, Nadeem Ali ,  Cincinelli A, Shen H . Arsenic exposure via dust across different ecological zones throughout the Pakistan. Ecotoxicology.
    2. N Bostan, Khalid R, Nadeem Ali , Tanveer ZI, Amen N, SAMAS Eqani, H Bokhari.. Human Pb-exposure via dust from different land use settings from Pakistan. Chemistry and Ecology.
    3. SAMAS Eqani , Qamar S, Sohail M, Bhowmik AK, Alamdar A, Nadeem Ali , Cincinelli A, Shen H. Mercury exposure via dust and its bioaccumulation trends throughout Pakistan. Environ Geochem Health.
    4. Hanif N, SAMAS Eqani*, SM Ali, IA Katsoyiannis, Nadeem Ali, ZI Tanveer, H Bokhari. Geo-accumulation and enrichment of trace metals in the sediments and their associated risks in the River Chenab, Pakistan. Geo Exploration.
    5. Hanif N, Ali SM, Fasola M, Nadeem Ali , , Mustafa Nawaz Shafqat, Tanveer ZI, Bokhari H, SAMAS Eqani*. Dietary Exposures of Toxic Metals via River Water Fish Consumption and Assosiated Human Health Risks. Environ Sci Pollut  Res.
    6. Nadeem Ali, Iqbal M.I. Ismail, Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah Eqani, Govindan Malarvannan, Mohammad W. Kadi, Mohammad Rehan, Adrian Covaci. Brominated and Organophosphate Flame Retardants in Indoor Dust of Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Implications for Human Exposure. Environ Sci Technol.
    7. Nadeem Ali, Nisreen Rajeh, Wei Wang, Khalid O. Abualnaja, Taha A. Kumosani, Syed AMAS Eqani, Iqbal M.I. Ismail1. Levels and profile of organohalogenated contaminants in human serum from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Environ Pollut.
    8. Syed AMAS Eqani, Ayesha Kanwa, Mohammad Sohail, Syeda Maria Ali, Avit Kumar Bhowmik, Mauro Fasola, Nadeem Ali, Ambreen Alamdar, Heqing Shen. Spatial distribution of dust–bound trace elements in Pakistan and their implications for human exposure. Environ Pollut.

    Posters and Presentations

    1. Adrian Covaci, Nadeem Ali, Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah, Stuart Harrad, Robin J. Law, Dorte Herzke. Human Exposure to Novel Brominated Flame Retardants. BFR (2010). 
    2. Adrian Covaci, Nadeem Ali, Mohamed A-E Abdallah, Stuart Harrad, Robin J. Law, Dorte Herzke. Knowledge gaps in the analysis of “novel” Brominated Flame Retardants. BFR (2010). 
    3. Robin J. Law, Adrian Covaci, Stuart Harrad, Dorte Herzke, Nadeem Ali, Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah, Cynthia de Wit. Novel” Brominated Flame Retardants in the Environment: a Review. BFR (2010).
    4. Adrian Covaci, Nele Van den Eede, Nadeem Ali, Alin C Dirtu, Laurence Roosens, Hugo Neels. Preliminary human exposure assessment to alternative flame retardants from indoor dust in Belgium. Dioxin 2010. Organohalogen Compounds, 72, 846-849. 
    5. Nadeem Ali, Stuart Harrad, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Analysis of alternative flame retardants in indoor dust samples. Dioxin 2010. Organohalogen Compounds, 72, 209-212.
    6. Nadeem Ali, Stuart Harrad, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Exposure assessment of novel brominated flame retardants in Belgian homes and office dust. Dioxin 2010. Organohalogen Compounds, 72, 213-215.
    7. Nadeem Ali, Stuart Harrad, Alin C Dirtu, Nele Van den Eede, Andrea T’ Mannetje, Jonathan Coakley, Jeroen Douwes, Neels Hugo, Covaci Adrian. Assessment of human exposure to alternative flame retardants in New Zealand via indoor dust ingestion. Dioxin 2011. Organohalogen Compd 73, 1124-1127.
    8. Nele Van den Eede, Alin C Dirtu, Nadeem Ali, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Multi-residue method for the determination of flame retardants in indoor dust; Case Study for Iasi, Eastern Romania. Dioxin 2011. Organohalogen Compd 73, 649-652
    9. Alin C Dirtu , Nele Van den Eede, Nadeem Ali, Adrian Covaci . Profile for chlorinated and brominated organic contaminants in indoor dust. Dioxin 2011. Organohalogen Compd 73, 9-12.
    10. Lulwa N Ali, Nadeem Ali, Fatima Al-Shammari, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Occurrence of legacy and emerging Organohalogenated contaminants in car and house dust from Kuwait: preliminary human exposure assessment via dust ingestion. Dioxin 2013. Organohalogen Compd 75, 459-463.
    11. Nadeem Ali, Lulwa N Ali, Syed AMAS Eqani, Riffat N Malik, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Profiling of Organohalogenated contaminants in the serum of mothers and their children from Pakistan with different residential settings. Dioxin 2013. Organohalogen Compd 75, 265-268.
    12. Nadeem Ali, Toufeer Mehdi, Riffat N Malik, Syed AMAS Eqani, Iqbal M.I. Ismail, Atif Kamal, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Legacy and emerging organohalogenated contaminants in matched serum and floor dust samples of various work places. Dioxin 2014. Organohalogen Compd 76, 653-656.
    13. Nadeem Ali, Iqbal M.I. Ismail, Syed AMAS Eqani, Mohammad W. Kadi, Adrian Covaci. Environmental exposure of emerging brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in developing countries: their significance for human exposure. Dioxin 2014. Organohalogen Compd 76, 788-791.
    14. Nadeem Ali, Iqbal M.I. Ismail, Mohammad W. Kadi, Syed AMAS Eqani, Govindan Malarvannan, Adrian Covaci. Levels of organohalogenated flame retardants in floor and air conditioner filter dust from Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Dioxin 2014. Organohalogen Compd 76, 657-660.
    15. Nadeem Ali, Lulwa N Ali, Iqbal M.I. Ismail, Malarvannan Govindan, Adrian Covaci. Distribution of organohalogenated contaminants in sediments and bivalves from the coast of Kuwait. Dioxin 2014. Organohalogen Compd 76, 709-712.
    16. Syed A.M.A.S. Eqani, Nadeem Ali, R.N. Malik, A. Katsoyiannis, G. Zhang, Habib Bokhari, Nida Hanif , Mohammad Sohail, Ambreen Alamdar, Maria Ali, A. Mohammad. Organochlorine residue in the riverine ecosystem of Pakistan: distribution and risk assessment. Dioxin 2014. Organohalogen Compd 76, 1082-1084.
    17. A.K. Bhowmik, A Alamdar, I Katsoyiannis, H Shen, Nadeem Ali, SM Ali, H Bokhari, R.B. Schäfer, SAMAS Eqani."Mapping human risk from contamination of drinking water sources in developing countries", reference number: O2.24, abstract sequel: SPAT2015_0024. Spatial Statistics: Emerging Patterns, 2015 conference, in Avignon, France on June 12, 2015.

    None Refereed proceedinds 

    1. Nadeem Ali, Stuart Harrad, Dudsadee Muenhor, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Analytical characteristics and determination of major novel brominated flame retardants in indoor dust. YES 2011- Aachen, Germany.
    2. Nadeem Ali, Stuart Harrad, Alin C Dirtu, Nele Van den Eede, Andrea T’ Mannetje, Jonathan Coakley, Jeroen Douwes, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Investigation of NBFRs in indoor dust from New Zealand: Implication for human exposure. SETAC North America 2011.
    3. Nadeem Ali, Nele Van den Eede, Alin C Dirtu, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. First assessment of human exposure to indoor organic contaminants in Pakistan. SETAC North America 2011.
    4. Nadeem Ali, Lulwa Ali, Toufeer Mehdi, Alin C. Dirtu, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Analysis of Brominated and Organophosphate Flame Retardants in Indoor Environment from Pakistan and Kuwait. SETAC World, Berlin 2012.
    5. Nadeem Ali, Toufeer Mehdi, Alin C. Dirtu, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci. Human Exposure to FRs in Different Occupational Settings from Pakistan. SETAC World, Berlin 2012.

    Book Chapter

    1. Adrian Covaci, Tinne Geens, Laurence Roosens, Nadeem Ali , Nele Van den Eede, Alin C Ionas, Govindan Malarvannan, Alin C Dirtu. Human exposure and health risks to emerging organic contaminants. Springer Verlag, The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry 20 (2012) 243-305.

    References

    1. Prof Dr Adrian Covaci (PhD Supervisor) Adrian.covaci@ua.ac.be +32-32652498 Toxicology Centre, University of Antwerp, Belgium
    2. Prof Dr Hugo Neels (PhD Supervisor) Hugo.neels@ua.ac.be +32-32652730 Toxicology Centre, University of Antwerp, Belgium
    3. Dr Alin Dirtu (Lecturer) (Research Collaborator) Alindirtu@yahoo.com +32-32652743 Toxicology Centre, University of Antwerp, Belgium
    4. Prof Dr Leif Norrgren (MSc Supervisor) Leif.Norrgren@bvf.slu.se +46-18671206 Division of Pathology, Pharmacology and Toxicology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
    		 
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