Riffat Naseem Malik

Ph.D. (Environmental Biology), University of Reading, United Kingdom (1998–2003); M.Phil. (Environmental Biology), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan (1995–1997); M.Sc. and M.Phil (Plant Sciences), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan (1993–1995; 1996-1998)

March 2016 – Present: Tenured Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan; March 2016 – 2018: Chairperson & Tenured Professor (TTS), Department of Environmental Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University; Visiting Professor, Kozybayev University, Kazakhstan (2025); Fulbright Visiting Research Professor, University of Rhode Island, USA (2024–2025); Visiting Research Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (2018–2019); Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Lancaster University, United Kingdom (2010); Visiting Research Fellow, University of Turku, Finland (2001–2002).

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (T.I.), Government of Pakistan (2016); Gold Medal, Pakistan Academy of Sciences (2015); Fulbright Visiting Scholar/Professor & Fulbright Outreach Lecturing Fund Awardee, USA (2024-2025); Research Productivity, PCST (2011-2016) & Best Research Paper Awards HEC, Pakistan (2014,2016); Visiting Scientist Award (PIFI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (2019).

Fulbright Fellow, USEFP, USA; Lifetime Fellow, Pakistan Academy of Sciences; Lifetime Member, Pakistan Botanical Society

Environmental toxicology and risk assessment of persistent and emerging contaminants (POPs, heavy metals, PFASs, microplastics); environmental health and sustainability science informing policy and regulation; advanced environmental monitoring, contaminant fate and exposure assessment; multi-omics approaches in environmental and crop sciences with applications to arsenic stress and food safety.