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Dr. Azhar Siddique
Scientist
Dr. Azhar Siddique
Scientist
Educational Qualifications
Postdoctorate
PhD
Entity
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute
Biography
Dr. Azhar Siddique has more than 20 years’ experience in the field of evaluation of environmental stressors affecting receptor ecology through contaminant exposure in urban areas of developing countries. Additionally, he has comprehensive experience in supervising and conducting ambient air quality monitoring, managing projects, setting goals, and interpreting data for regulation/abetment purposes.
In the early stages of his career, he dealt mostly with biophysical interactions in aquatic systems. Later, his work shifted towards the current air quality studies of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and associated health risks in urban areas of the Middle East region. His work has been associated with similar studies in Pakistan and the USA, partners with the US National Academy of Sciences.
Additionally, he had conducted studies on non-methane hydrocarbons (VOCs) profiling during the holy pilgrimage in western Saudi Arabia with the University of California, Irvine.
Over the years, his training as a laboratory-based chemistry graduate shifted more towards field-based environmental studies involving an interdisciplinary perspective of health and well-being. This was drawn from a variety of academic areas, including epidemiology, hazard identification, risk assessment, management and communication, which are critical subfields of public health.
Postdoctorate
State University of New York at Albany, NY, USA
2009
PhD
University of Karachi, Pakistan
2007
- Exposure and health impacts related to indoor and outdoor air pollution including allergens, vehicle emissions, black carbon, volatile organic compounds, and other air toxins.
- Presence and dynamics of health significant bioaerosols in the outdoor and indoor environment.
- Source apportionment, risk characterization, and chemical characteristics of fine particles responsible for the observed health outcome.
- Fine particles and cardio-pulmonary morbidity and mortality in urban areas.
- Water and human health issues, such as drinking water quality and human health risks associated with water contaminants.
Air Quality Specialist
Ministry of Public Health Qatar
2017 - 2019
Consultant
Canalytic Inc., Toronto, Canada
2016 - 2017
Research Associate
QEERI, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
2015 - 2016
Research Assistant Professor
KAU, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2010 - 2015
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
SUNY- Albany, NY. USA
2007 - 2009
- Unprecedented environmental and energy impacts and challenges of COVID-19 pandemic. Environmental Research 193(489):110443
- Assessing the association between fine particulate matter (PM2.5) constituents and cardiovascular diseases in a mega-city of Pakistan. Environmental Pollution 252(2019)1412-1422.
- Fine particles exposure and cardiopulmonary morbidity in Jeddah: A time-series analysis. Science of the Total Environment 647 (2019) 1314–1322
- Influence of household water filters on bacteria growth and trace metals in tap water of Doha, Qatar. Nature, Scientific Reports. (8):8268.
- Climate change and water scarcity: the case of Saudi Arabia. Annals of Global Health. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2015.08.005
- Multipathways Human Health Risk Assessment of Trihalomethane Exposure through Drinking Water. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 116: 129–136
- Air quality in Mecca and surrounding holy places in Saudi Arabia during Hajj: Initial survey. Environmental Science & Technology. 48(15):8529-37. doi: 10.1021/es5017476.
- Heavy metal toxicity levels in the coastal sediments of the Arabian Sea along the urban Karachi (Pakistan) region. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 58(9): 1406-1414
- 2007 HEC Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Islamabad, Pakistan