Dr Sardar Khan
  • Professor

Dr Sardar Khan

Ph.D in Environmental science
Research Interest:  Dr. Sardar Khan is working as full Professor in this Department and had completed his PhD from Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing China. He has specialty in the field of Environmental and Food Chain Contamination and Health Risk, Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Water, Biochar Application and its Environmental Benefits, Pesticide Bioaccessibility and Bioaccumulation, and Pollution Bioassay. He has done three Post docs (organic waste resourcing, soil remediation and biochar application for environmental and agronomic benefits). He has published 93 research papers in the refereed international journals with total impact factor more than 250 and supervised 15 PhD and 23 MPhil/MS scholars' dissertations. In recognition to his research, academic and professional achievements, Dr. Khan has been awarded with several international and national awards/honors by various organizations including Young International Scientist award-China, Best University Teacher Award, Productive Scientists of Pakistan (second in the field of earth and environmental sciences) award by the Pakistan Council of Science and Technology; seven times Research Productivity awards (2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 of B, B, C, C, D, E and F categories, respectively) by the Pakistan Council of Science and Technology and High citation award by the Elsevier Publisher on the basis of high citation of the paper published in Environmental Pollution.
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

 

  1. Zahir Qamar, Sardar Khana, Anwarzeb Khan, Muhammad Aamir, Javed Nawab, Muhammad Waqas (2017) Appraisement, source apportionment and health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in vehicle-wash wastewater, Pakistan. Science of the Total Environment. 605-606, 106–113.  IF 4.90
  2. Sardar Khan, Muhammad Waqas, Fenghua Ding,  Isha Shamshad, Hans Peter H. Arpd, Gang Li (2015) The influence of various biochars on the bioaccessibility and bioaccumulation of PAHs and potentially toxic elements to turnips (Brassica rapa L). Journal of Hazardous Materials, 300:243-253. IF 6.065
  3. Khan, Sardar., Q. Cao, Y.M. Zheng, Y.Z. Huang, Y.G. Zhu. Health risks of heavy metals in contaminated soils and food crops irrigated with wastewater in Beijing, China. Environmental Pollution. 152 (2008) 686-692. IF 6.099
  4. Sardar Khan, Isha Shamshad, Muhammad Waqas, Javed Nawab, Lie Ming (2017)  Remediating industrial wastewater containing potentially toxic elements with four freshwater algae. Ecological Engineering, 102, 536-541. IF 2.914
  5. Sardar Khan, Sadaf Munir, Muhammad Sajjad, Gang Li (2016) Urban park soil contamination by potentially harmful elements and human health risk in Peshawar City, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. DOI 10.1016/j.gexplo.2016.03.007 IF 2.464
  6. Muhammad Amjad Khan, Sardar Khan, Anwarzeb Khan, Mehboob Alam (2017) Soil contamination with cadmium, consequences and remediation using organic amendments. Science of the Total Environment 601–602, 1591–1605. IF 4.90
  7. Zahir Ur Rehman, Sardar Khan, Mark L Brusseau, Mohammad Tahir Shah (2017) Lead and cadmium contamination and exposure risk assessment via consumption of vegetables grown in agricultural soils of five-selected regions of Pakistan. Chemosphere, 168, 1589-1596. IF 4.208
  8. Sardar Khan, Brian J. Reid, Gang Li, Yong-Guan Zhu (2014) Application of biochar to soil reduces cancer risk via rice consumption: A case study in Miaoqian village, Longyan, China. Environment International 68 (2014) 154-161. IF 7.038
  9. M. Tahir Shah, Shazia Jabeen, Sardar Khan (2014) Physico-chemical parameters of surface and ground water and their environmental impact assessment in the Haripur Basin, Pakistan. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 138:1-7.  IF 2.747
  10. Muhammad Waqas, Sardar Khan, Huang Qing, Brian J. Reid, Cai Chao (2014) The effects of sewage sludge and sewage sludge biochar on PAHs and potentially toxic element bioaccumulation in Cucumis sativa L. Chemosphere 105:53-61. IF 4.208
  11. Sardar Khan, Cai Chao, Muhammad Waqas, Hans Peter H. Arp,Yong-Guan Zhu. (2013). Sewage sludge biochar influence upon rice (Oryza sativa L) yield, metal bioaccumulation and greenhouse gas emissions from acidic paddy soil. Environmental Science & Technology, 47:8624-8632. IF 6.198
  12. Muhammad Aamir, Sardar Khan, Lili Niu, Siyu Zhu and Anwarzeb Khan (2017) Occurrence, enantiomeric signature and ecotoxicological risk assessment of HCH isomers and DDT metabolites in the sediments of Kabul River, Pakistan. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 39; 779-790. DOI 10.1007/s10653-016-9847-8 IF 2.616
  13. Fuxia Pan, Yaying Li, Stephen James Chapman, Sardar Khan, Huaiying Yao, (2016). Microbial utilization of rice straw and its derived biochar in a paddy soil. Science of the Total Environment. 559, 15-23. IF 4.90
  14. Javed Nawab, Gang Li, Sardar Khan, Hassan Sher, Muhammad Aamir, Isha Shamshad, Anwarzeb Khan, Muhammad Amjad Khan (2016) Health risk assessment from contaminated foodstuffs: A field study in chromite mining affected areas northern Pakistan. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. doi:10.1007/s11356-016-6379-9 IF 2.741
  15. Jianfeng Tang, Xinhu Li, Yan Luo, Gang Li, Sardar Khan (2016) Spectroscopic characterization of dissolved organic matter derived from different biochars and their polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) binding affinity. Chemosphere, 152, 399-406. 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.03.016 IF 4.208.
  16. Jianfeng Tang, Xinhu Li, Yan Luo, Gang Li, Sardar Khan (2016) Spectroscopic characterization of dissolved organic matter derived from different biochars and their polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) binding affinity. Chemophere, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.03.016 IF 4.208.
  17. Zahir Ur Rehman, Sardar Khan, Kun Qin, Mark L. Brusseau, Mohammad Tahir Shah, Islamud Din (2016) Quantification of inorganic arsenic exposure and cancer risk via consumption of vegetables in southern selected districts of Pakistan. Science of the Total Environment 550, 321-329. IF 4.90
  18. Anwarzeb Khan, Sardar Khan, Mehboob Alam, Muhammad Amjad Khan, Muhammad Aamir, Zahir Qamar, Zahir Ur Rehman, Sajida Perveen (2016) Toxic metal interactions affect the bioaccumulation and dietary intake of macro-and micro-nutrients. Chemopshere 146, 121-128. IF 4.208.
  19. Muhammad Aamir, Sardar Khan, Javed Nawab, Zahir  Qamar, Anwarzeb Khan (2016) Tissue distribution of HCH and DDT congeners and human health risk associated with consumption of fish collected from Kabul River, Pakistan. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 125,128-134. IF 3.743
  20. Nayab Gul, Sardar Khan, Abbas Khan, Sheikh Saeed Ahmad (2015) Mercury health effects among the workers extracting gold from carpets and dusted-clays through amalgamation and roasting processes. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4952-2 IF 2.741
  21. Sardar Khan, Ning Wang, Brian J. Reid, Alessia Freddo, Chao Cai (2013) Reduced bioaccumulation of PAHs by Lactuca satuva L. grown in contaminated soil amended with sewage sludge and sewage sludge derived biochar. Environmental Pollution. 175:64-68. IF 6.099
  22. Anwarzeb Khan, Sardar Khan, Muhammad Amjad Khan, Zahir Qamar, (2015) The uptake and bioaccumulation of heavy metals by food plants, their effects on plants nutrients and associated health risk: A review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research.22:13772-13799. IF 2.741
  23. Muhammad Waqas, Gang Li, Sardar Khan, Isha Shamshad, Brian J. Reid, Zahir Qamar & Cai Chao (2015) Application of sewage sludge and sewage sludge biochar to reduce polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and potentially toxic elements (PTE) accumulation in tomato. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 22:7071-7081. IF 2.741
  24. Sardar Khan, Irfan Ali Shah, Said Muhammad, M. Tahir Shah, Riffat Naseem Malik (2015) Arsenic and Heavy Metal Concentrations in Drinking Water in Pakistan and Risk Assessment; A Case Study. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. 21,1020-1031. IF 1.096
  25. Muhammad Waqas, Sardar Khan, Cai Chao, Isha Shamshad, Zahir Qamar, Kifayatullah Khan (2014) Quantification of PAHs and health risk via ingestion of vegetable in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Science of the Total Environment 497-498, 448-458. IF 4.90
  26. Kifayatullah Khan, Hizbullah Khan, Yonglong Lu, Ihsanullah, Javed Nawab, Sardar Khan, Noor S Shah, Isha Shamshad, Afsheen Maryam, (2014). Evaluation of toxicological risk of foodstuffs contaminated with heavy metals in Swat, Pakistan. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 108, 224-232. IF 3.743
  27. Kifayatullah Khan, Yonglong Lu, Hizbullah Khan, Muhammad Ishtiaq, Sardar Khan, Muhammad Waqas, Luo Wei, Tieyu Wang. 2013. Heavy metals in agricultural soils and crops and their health risks in Swat District, northern Pakistan. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 58, 449-458. IF 3.778
  28. Sardar Khan, Maria Shahnaz, Noor Jehan, Shafiqur Rehman, M. Tahir Shah (2013). Drinking water quality and human health risks in Charsadda District, Pakistan. Journal of Cleaner Production, 60, 93-101. IF 5.715
  29. Shah, M.T., Ara, J., Muhammad, S., Khan, S., Tariq, S. (2012) Health risk assessment via surface water and sub-surface water consumption in the mafic and ultramafic terrain, Mohmand agency, northern Pakistan. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 118: 60–67. IF. 2.747
  30. Sardar Khan, Cao Qing (2012) Human health risk due to consumption of vegetables contaminated with carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 12(2):178-184. IF 2.139
  31. F. Akbar Jan, M. Ishaq, S. Khan, M. Shakirullah, S. M. Asim, I. Ahmad (2011) Bioaccumulation of metals in human blood in industrially contaminated area. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 23(12) 2069–2077. IF 2.937
  32. Said Muhammad, M. Tahir Shah, Sardar Khan, ?2011?Heavy metal concentrations in soil and wild plants growing around Pb–Zn sul?de terrain in the Kohistan region, northern Pakistan. Microchemical Journal 99:67-75. IF 3.034
  33. Said Muhammad, M. Tahir Shah, Sardar Khan "Health risk assessment of heavy metals and their source apportionment in drinking water of Kohistan region, northern Pakistan. " (2011) Microchemical Journal Vol:98 pp:334-343 IF 3.034
  34. S. Khan, M. A. Khan and S. Rehman (2011) Lead and Cadmium Contamination of Different Roadside Soils. and Plants in Peshawar City, Pakistan. Pedosphere 21(3): 351–357, 2011 IF 1.734
  35. Muhammad, S., Tahir Shah, M., Khan, S., (2010) Arsenic health risk assessment in drinking water and source apportionment using multivariate statistical techniques in Kohistan region, northern Pakistan. Food and Chemical Toxicology 48:2855-2864. IF 3.778
  36. Sardar Khan, Shafiqur Rehman, Anwar Zeb Khan, M. Amjad Khan, M.Tahir Shah (2010) Soil and vegetables enrichment with heavy  metals from geological sources in Gilgit, northern Pakistan. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 73:1820-1827. IF 3.743
  37. Sardar Khan, Abd El-Latif Hesham, Min Qiao, Shafiqur Rehman and Jizheng He. (2010) Effects of Cd and Pb on soil microbial community structure and activities. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 17:288-296. IF 2.741
  38. F. Akbar Jan, M. Ishaq, S. Khan, I. Ihsanullah, I. Ahmad, M. Shakirullah (2010) A comparative study of human health risks via consumption of food crops grown on wastewater irrigated soil (Peshawar) and relatively clean water irrigated soil (lower Dir). Journal of Hazardous Materials 179 (2010) 612-621. IF 6.065
  39. Sardar Khan, Abd El-Latif Hesham, Jizheng He and Yong-Guan Zhu.  Biodegradation of pyrene and catabolic genes in contaminated soils cultivated with Lolium multiflorum L. Journal of Soils and Sediments (2009) 9:482-491. IF 2.139
  40. Qing Cao, (Max) Qin-Hong Hu, Cristoph Baisch, Sardar Khan, and Yong-Guan Zhu. (2009) Arsenate Toxicity for Wheat and Lettuce in Six Chinese Soils with Different Properties. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 28;(9):1946-1950. DOI: 10.1897/08-660.1 IF 3.225
  41. Khan Sardar, Ahmad I, Shah MT, Rehman S, Khaliq A. 2009. Use of constructed wetland for the removal of heavy metals from industrial wastewater. Journal of Environmental Management 90 (2009) 3451-3457. IF 4.010
  42. Khan Sardar, Cao Q, Lin AJ, Zhu YG. Concentrations and Bioaccessibility of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Wastewater-Irrigated Soil Using in Vitro Gastro-intestinal Test. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 15 (2008) 344-353. IF 2.741
  43. Khan, Sardar., Lin Aijun, Shuzhen Zhang, Qinhong Hu, and Yong-Guan Zhu. Accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals in lettuce grown in the soils contaminated with long-term wastewater irrigation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 152 (2008) 506-515. IF 6.065
  44. Sardar Khan, Qing Cao, Ai-Jun Lin, Yong-Guan Zhu (2008) Concentrations and bioaccessibility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in wastewater-irrigated soil using in vitro gastrointestinal test. Environ Sci Pollut Res 15:344–353 IF 2.741
  45. Khan, S., Qing Cao, Abd El-Latif Hesham, Yue Xia and Jizheng He. Soil enzymatic activities and microbial community structure with different application rates of Cd and Pb. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 19 (2007) 834-840 F 2.937
  46. Qing Cao, Qin-Hong Hu, Sardar Khan, Zi-Jian Wang, Ai-Jun Lin, Xin Du, Yong-Guan Zhu (2007). Wheat phytotoxicity from arsenic and cadmium separately and together in solution culture and in a calcareous soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 148 (2007) 377-382. IF 6.065
  47. Khan, S., Qing Cao, Bao-Dong Chen and Yong-Guan Zhu. Humic Acids Increase the Phytoavailability of Cd and Pb to Wheat Plants Cultivated in Freshly Spiked, Contaminated Soil. Journal of Soils and Sediments 6 (4) (2006) 236-242. IF 2.139
  48. Abd El-Latif Hesham, Sardar Khan, XinChun Liu, Yu Zhang, Zhenyu Wang and Min Yang.  Application of PCR–DGGE to analyse the yeast population dynamics in slurry reactors during degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in weathered oil. Yeast 23 (2006) 879-887. IF 1.99