Dr Shohreh Azizi

Qualifications

• PhD PhD in Environmental Sciences, Pune University, India (2012)
  Thesis: Comparative Evaluation of Various Available Technologies and Selection of the Most Appropriate Technology to Treat Sewage Wastewater Generated in a Small Community

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Fields of academic interests

• Biological Wastewater Treatment, with expertise in the Activated Sludge Process (ASP), Moving Bed Biofilm Reactors (MBBR), Fixed Film Bioreactors, and both aerobic and anaerobic digestion technologies.
• Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Treatment and Heavy Metal Removal
• Photocatalysis and Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles
• Water Pollution Monitoring and Treatment

Journal articles

• Evaluation of heavy metal removal from wastewater in a modified packed bed biofilm reactor, PLOS ONE, 11(5): e0155462. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155462 
• Green synthesis of reduced graphene oxide using Persea americana mill. extract: Characterization, oxygen reduction reaction and antibacterial application, Diamond and Related Materials, 144, 111560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2024.111560 
• Two-step chromium photo-precipitation in the sequential UV/sulfite/manganese dioxide processes: Efficiency, kinetic, energy-economic evaluation, and sludge survey, Journal of King Saud University – Science, 34(5), 101894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksus.2022.101894 
• Degradation of ofloxacin using the UV/ZnO/iodide process in an integrated photocatalytic-biological reactor containing baffles, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59(52), December 2020. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c04431 
• UV-induced simultaneous oxidation/reduction of cefixime and chromium, Emerging Contaminants, 9, 100299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emcon.2023.100299 

Paper presentations

• Biofabrication of CuO Nanoparticles Using Citrus Peel, ICEAN 2024, Newcastle, Australia
• Evaluation of Fluidized Bed Bioreactor, Green & Sustainable Chemistry, 2018, Berlin
• Domestic Sewage in Small Urban Communities, Ecological and Environmental Engineering Conference, 2016, Miami — Best Presentation Award

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

• Sasol-NRF Collaborative Research Grant (2022–2025)
• Project: Microbial Desalination Cell Coupled with Reverse Osmosis for Cost-Effective and Efficient Water Treatment
• NRF Knowledge Interchange and Collaboration (KIC) Grant, 2017
• Invited Participant, TWAS Science Diplomacy Workshop on Sustainable Water Management, Trieste, Italy (2015)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa (2015–2018)

Projects

• Assessment of riparian stressors on physico-chemical and microbial water quality and utilization of the Nubui River (Ghana)
• Development of an innovative microbial desalination cell as a pretreatment for cost-effective reverse osmosis and efficient desalination
• Simultaneous removal of chromate and dexamethasone phosphate using UV/sulfite-based advanced reduction processes
• Biofouling mitigation and enhanced desalination in reverse osmosis membranes modified with Ag/CuO nanocomposites
• Evaluating impact of agriculture runoff on water quality of Klipplaat River, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Other

• Patent: Waste Treatment Plant and Method Thereof, Granted 2012
• Editorial Board Member: Archives of Advanced Engineering Science
• International Water Association (IWA) – Member
• Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) – Member
• Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) – Member
• World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET) – Member

Online Profiles :

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=O0LR6jkAAAAJ&hl=en

Scopus Author ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55959993500