University of Haripur (October 2020 – todate)；

Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Peshawar (2019 – 2020)；Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2017 – 2019)；

Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Peshawar (2010 – 2017)；

Nuclear Institute for Agriculture (NIA), Tandojam (2001 – 2004)；

National Agricultural Research Centre, PARC, Islamabad (2000 – 2001)

Method Development; Pesticide Residues; Ecotoxicology; Risk Assessment; Chromatography; Environmental Monitoring and Hazard Assessment

Research project “Development and Validation of Technologies for Pesticide Residue Management in Fruit and Vegetable Produce” worth Rs. 2.84M approved by Pakistan Science Foundation (2012 - 2016).

1. Peter, P.O., Rashid, A., Nkinahamira, F., Wang, H., Sun, Q., Gad, M., Yu, C., Hu, A., 2021. Integrated assessment of major and trace elements in surface and core sediments from an urban lagoon, China: Potential ecological risks and influencing factors. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 170, 112651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112651 5.553

2. Zaffar, H., Fareed, A., Riaz, S., Ali, M., Ahmed, R., Rashid, A., Kamran-ui-Hassan Naqvi, S., Alam Naqvi, T., 2021. Kinetic Modeling of Endosulfan Degradation by Mixed Bacterial Culture. Soil Sediment Contam. 00, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15320383.2021.1897082 1.350

3. Mazhar, S.H., Li, X., Rashid, A., Su, J., Xu, J., Brejnrod, A.D., Su, J.-Q., Wu, Y., Zhu, Y.-G., Zhou, S.G., Feng, R., Rensing, C., 2021. Co-selection of antibiotic resistance genes, and mobile genetic elements in the presence of heavy metals in poultry farm environments. Sci. Total Environ. 755, 142702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142702 6.551

4. Wang, H., Hou, L., Liu, Y., Liu, K., Zhang, L., Huang, F., Wang, L., Rashid, A., Hu, A., Yu, C., 2021. Horizontal and vertical gene transfer drive sediment antibiotic resistome in an urban lagoon system. J. Environ. Sci. 102, 11–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2020.09.004 4.302

5. Gad, M., Hou, L., Li, J., Wu, Y., Rashid, A., Chen, N., Hu, A., 2020. Distinct mechanisms underlying the assembly of microeukaryotic generalists and specialists in an anthropogenically impacted river. Sci. Total Environ. 748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141434 6.551

6. Hu, A., Wang, H., Li, J., Mulla, S.I., Qiu, Q., Tang, L., Rashid, A., Wu, Y., Sun, Q., Yu, C., 2020. Homogeneous selection drives antibiotic resistome in two adjacent sub-watersheds, China. J. Hazard. Mater. 398, 122820. 9.038

7. Peter, P.O., Rashid, A., Hou, L., Nkinahamira, F., Kiki, C., Sun, Q., Yu, C., Hu, A., 2020. Elemental Contaminants in Surface Sediments from Jiulong River Estuary, China: Pollution Level and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment. Water 12, 1640. https://doi.org/10.3390/w1206164 2.544

8. Rashid, A., Mazhar, S.H., Zeng, Q., Kiki, C., Yu, C., Sun, Q. 2020. Simultaneous analysis of multiclass antibiotic residues in complex environmental matrices by liquid chromatography with tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry, J. Chromatogr. B. 1145. 122103. doi:10.1016/j.jchromb.2020.122103. 3.004

9. Adyari, B., Shen, D., Li, S., Zhang, L., Rashid, A., Sun, Q., Hu, A., Chen, N., Yu, C.-P., 2020. Strong impact of micropollutants on prokaryotic communities at the horizontal but not vertical scales in a 6.551 AZHAR RASHID PAGE 8 OF 10 subtropical reservoir, China. Sci. Total Environ. 721, 137767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137767.

10. Kiki, C., Rashid, A., Wang, Y., Li, Y., Zeng, Q., Yu, C., Sun, Q., 2020. Dissipation of antibiotics by microalgae: Kinetics, identification of transformation products and pathways. J. Hazard. Mater. 387, 121985. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121985 9.038

11. Wang, H., Yang, X., Chen, Q., Su, J.-Q., Mulla, S.I., Rashid, A., Hu, A., Yu, C.-P., 2020. Response of prokaryotic communities to extreme precipitation events in an urban coastal lagoon: A case study of Yundang lagoon, China. Sci. Total Environ. 706, 135937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135937 6.551

12. Li, Y., Zhang, H., Rashid, A., Hu, A., Xin, K., Li, H., Adyari, B., Wang, Y., Yu, C.-P., Sun, Q., 2020. Bisphenol A attenuation in natural microcosm: Contribution of ecological components and identification of transformation pathways through stable isotope tracing. J. Hazard. Mater. 385, 121584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121584 9.038

13. Hu, A., Wang, H., Cao, M., Rashid, A., Li, M., Yu, C.-P., 2019. Environmental Filtering Drives the Assembly of Habitat Generalists and Specialists in the Coastal Sand Microbial Communities of Southern China. c 7, 598. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7120598 4.152

14. Fareed, A., Riaz, S., Nawaz, I., Iqbal, M., Ahmed, R., Hussain, J., Hussain, A., Rashid, A., Naqvi, T.A., 2019. Immobilized cells of a novel bacterium increased the degradation of N-methylated carbamates under low temperature conditions. Heliyon 5, e02740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02740 1.65

15. Hou, L., S.I. Mulla, J.P. Niño-Garcia, D. Ning, A. Rashid, A. Hu, C.- P. Yu. 2019. Deterministic and stochastic processes driving the shift in the prokaryotic community composition in wastewater treatment plants of a coastal Chinese city, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. doi:10.1007/s00253-019-10177-7. 3.53

16. Rashid, A., Y. Wang, Y. Li, C. Yu, Q. Sun. 2019 Simultaneous Analysis of Multiclass Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Sediments by Liquid Chromatography with Tandem Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry, Environ. Toxicol. Chem. doi:10.1002/etc.4450. 3.152

17. Hou, L., A. Hu, S. Chen, K. Zhang, S. Orlić, A. Rashid, C.P. Yu. 2019. Deciphering the Assembly Processes of the Key Ecological Assemblages of Microbial Communities in Thirteen Full-Scale Wastewater Treatment Plants, Microbes Environ. 00. doi:10.1264/jsme2.ME18107 2.575

18. Ashfaq, M., Sun, Q., Ma, C., Rashid, A. Li, Y., Mulla, S.I. Occurrence, seasonal variation and risk evaluation of selected endocrine disrupting compounds and their transformation products in Jiulong river and estuary , China, Mar. Pollut. Bull. 145 (2019) 370– 376. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.05.016. 4.049 AZHAR RASHID PAGE 9 OF 10 19. Suanon, F., Q. Chi, X. Yang, H. Wang, A. Rashid, B. Asefi, D. Mama, C.P. Yu, Q. Sun. 2018. Diagnosis and ecotoxicological risk assessment of 49 elements in sludge from wastewater treatment plants of Chongqing and Xiamen cities, China, Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. doi:10.1007/s11356-018-2888-z. 3.056

20. Hu, A., S. Li, L. Zhang, H. Wang, J. Yang, Z. Luo, A. Rashid, S. Chen, W. Huang, C.-P. Yu. 2018. Prokaryotic footprints in urban water ecosystems: A case study of urban landscape ponds in a coastal city, China, Environ. Pollut. 1–11. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2018.07.097. 6.792

21. Wang, Y., Y. Li, A. Hu, A. Rashid, M. Ashfaq, Y. Wang, H. Wang, H. Luo, C.P. Yu, Q. Sun. 2018. Monitoring, mass balance and fate of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in seven wastewater treatment plants in Xiamen City, China, J. Hazard. Mater. 354: 81–90. doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.04.064. 9.038

22. Li, Y., A. Rashid, H. Wang, A. Hu, L. Lin, C.-P. Yu, M. Chen, Q. Sun. 2018. Contribution of biotic and abiotic factors in the natural attenuation of sulfamethoxazole: A path analysis approach, Sci. Total Environ. 633:1217–1226. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.232. 6.551

23. Ashfaq, M., Y. Li, Y. Wang, D. Qin, M.S.U. Rehman, A. Rashid, C.- P. Yu, Q. Sun. 2018. Monitoring and mass balance analysis of endocrine disrupting compounds and their transformation products in an anaerobic-anoxic-oxic wastewater treatment system in Xiamen, China, Chemosphere. 204: 170–177. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.04.028. 5.778 24. Fareed A., H. Zaffar, A. Rashid, M.M. Shah, T.A. Naqvi. 2017. Biodegradation of N-methylated carbamates by free and immobilized cells of newly isolated strain Enterobacter cloacae strain TA7. Bioremediation Journal, 1-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10889868.2017.1404964. 1.724

25. Ihsanullah I., A. Rashid. 2016. Current Activities in Food Irradiation as a Sanitary and Phytosanitary Treatment in the Asia and the Pacific Region and a Comparison with Advanced Countries, Food Control, doi: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.03.011. 4.258

26. Sarwar, M., N. Ahmad, A. Rashid, S.M.M. Shah. 2015. Valuation of gamma irradiation for proficient production of parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae & Eucoilidae) in the management of the peach fruit-fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders). International Journal of Pest Management, 1-9. DOI:10.1080/09670874.2015.1018854. 1.091

27. Sadiq, S., H.M. Inam, I. Ahmad, K. Ahad, A. Rashid, N. Rafiq. 2015. Bioremediation Potential of White Rot Fungi, Pleurotus Spp against Organochlorines. J Bioremed Biodeg 6:308. doi:10.4172/2155- 6199.1000308.

28. Khan, M, Mohammad A, Ahad K, Katsoyiannis A, Malik S, Abdullaha M, Rashid A, Fasola M, Hussain A, Bokhari H, Eqani S. 2014. Cattle egrets as a biosentinels of persistent organic pollutants 3.472 AZHAR RASHID PAGE 10 OF 10 exposure. Environmental Geochemistry and Health:1-10. doi:10.1007/s10653-013-9556-5.

29. Eqani, S.A.M.A.S, R.N. Malik, A. Cincinelli, G. Zhang, A. Mohammad, A. Qadir, A. Rashid, H. Bokhari, K.C. Jones and A. Katsoyiannis. 2013. Uptake of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by river water fish: the case of River Chenab. Science of the Total Environment 450-451: 83–91. 6.551

30. Rashid, A., S. Nawaz, H. Barker, I. Ahmad and M. Ashraf. 2010. Development of a simple extraction and clean-up procedure for determination of organochlorine pesticides in soil using gas chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. J. Chromatogr. A, 1217: 2933–2939. 4.049

31. Rashid A., I. Ahmad, S. Iram, J.I. Mirza and C.A. Rauf. 2004. Efficacy of different Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) products against Various Life Stages of Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary. Pak.J.Bot. 36(4): 881-886.