PROFILE
UPM's Staff Profile
YBHG. PROFESOR DR. AHMAD ZAHARIN BIN ARIS
DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AQUACULTURE AND AQUATIC SCIENCES
zaharin@upm.edu.my
PROFESSIONAL
NAME :
(Ybhg. Profesor Dr.) AHMAD ZAHARIN BIN ARIS
MANAGERIAL POSITION :
DIRECTOR
ENTITY :
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AQUACULTURE AND AQUATIC SCIENCES
PERMANENT POST :
PROFESSOR
ENTITY :
FIELD OF SUPERVISION
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY / ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH / ENVIRONMENTAL HYDROLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY / ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY / MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM
PUBLICATION
2025
Environmental risk of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in freshwater ecosystems: Integrating predictive and empirical toxicity models
2024
Simultaneous adsorption of selected endocrine-disrupting compounds at trace level of concentration by using novel calcium-based metal-organic framework
2024
Mechanistic synthesis of a sequential calcium-carboxylate-based linker (Ca-MOFs) and rapid assessment of chemical stability through XRD analysis
2024
Optimisation of selected plasticiser compounds adsorption on calcium-carboxylate-based linker (Ca-H2BDC) using response surface methodology
2024
Process variables optimization for synthesizing novel calcium-based metal-organic frameworks for feasible synthetic estrogen adsorption
2024
Zooplankton-based adverse outcome pathways: A tool for assessing endocrine disrupting compounds in aquatic environments
2024
Myocardial fibrosis induced by nonylphenol and its regulatory effect on the TGF-?1/LIMK1 signaling pathway
2024
Phenological and life-history responses of a tropical cladoceran Moina micrura to multiple environmental drivers
2024
Fixed-bed adsorption studies of endocrine-disrupting compounds from water by using novel calcium-based metal-organic frameworks
2024
Public perception on human exposure risk: A case study on endocrine disrupting compounds in the environment
2023
Development of a single-run liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis for the detection of 11 multiclass contaminants of emerging concern using a direct filtration method
2023
Environmental impacts, exposure pathways, and health effects of PFOA and PFOS
2023
Acute toxicity and risk assessment of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) in tropical cladocerans Moina micrura
2023
Response surface optimisation for highly efficient removal of 17?-ethinylestradiol by novel kenaf core modification in aqueous solution
2023
Groundwater pollutants characterization by geochemometric technique and geochemical modeling in tropical savanna watershed
2023
A systematic review and meta-analysis of radon risk exposure from drinking water resources in Nigeria
2023
Review: Removal of endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) from water bodies using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with diverse linkers incorporating periodic elements and demonstrating high adsorption efficiency
2023
De Novo Transcriptomic and Life-History Responses of Moina Micrura Under Stress Environment Conditions
2023
Risk assessment of bisphenol analogues towards mortality, heart rate and stress-mediated gene expression in cladocerans Moina micrura
2023
Occurrence, origin, and risk assessment of metals in drinking water from a tropical suburban area (Jengka, Malaysia)
2023
Revisiting the “forever chemicals”, PFOA and PFOS exposure in drinking water
2023
Microplastic Pollution in Freshwater Sediments: Abundance and Distribution in Selangor River Basin, Malaysia
2023
Occurrence, distribution, and ecological risk of bisphenol analogues in marine ecosystem of urbanized coast and estuary
2022
Drinking water consumption and association between actual and perceived risks of endocrine disrupting compounds
2022
Potential of biocompatible calcium-based metal-organic frameworks for the removal of endocrine-disrupting compounds in aqueous environments
2022
Pharmaceutical pollution of the world's rivers
2022
Occurrence, potential sources and ecological risk estimation of microplastic towards coastal and estuarine zones in Malaysia
2022
Pharmaceuticals, hormones, plasticizers, and pesticides in drinking water
2022
Processing of natural fibre and method improvement for removal of endocrine-disrupting compounds
2022
An overview of the effects of nanoplastics on marine organisms
2022
Assessment of RNA extraction protocols from cladocerans
2021
Accumulation and risk assessment of heavy metals employing species sensitivity distributions in Linggi River, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
2021
Occurrence and distribution of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in mariculture fish and the human health implications
2021
Microplastic pollution in tropical estuary gastropods: Abundance, distribution and potential sources of Klang River estuary, Malaysia
2021
Occurrence, abundance, and distribution of microplastics pollution: an evidence in surface tropical water of Klang River estuary, Malaysia
2021
Facile fabrication and characterization of kenaf core as natural biochar for the highly efficient removal of selected endocrine-disrupting compounds
2021
Multiclass analysis of emerging organic contaminants in tropical marine biota using improved QuEChERS extraction followed by LC MS/MS
2020
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for the adsorptive removal of selected endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) from aqueous solution: A review
2020
Active pharmaceutical ingredients in Malaysian drinking water: consumption, exposure, and human health risk
2020
Fingerprinting Techniques Investigation to Detect Petroleum Hydrocarbon Origin in Coastal Sediments of Persian Gulf
2020
Organophosphorus Pesticide Multiresidues in Commercialized Asian Rice
2020
Occurrence and potential risk of organophosphorus pesticides in urbanised Linggi River, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
2020
Occurrence of multiclass endocrine disrupting compounds in a drinking water supply system and associated risks
2020
Highly efficient removal of diazinon pesticide from aqueous solutions by using coconut shell-modified biochar
2020
The accumulation of metals and methylmercury in Nerita lineata and the relation to intertidal surface sediment concentrations
2020
Occurrence of endocrine disrupting compounds in mariculture sediment of Pulau Kukup, Johor, Malaysia
2020
Tap water contamination: Multiclass endocrine disrupting compounds in different housing types in an urban settlement
2019
Efficient forecasting model technique for river stream flow in tropical environment
2019
Quantification of multi-classes of endocrine-disrupting compounds in estuarine water
2019
Occurrence and level of emerging organic contaminant in fish and mollusk from Klang River estuary, Malaysia and assessment on human health risk
2019
Risk assessment of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in the Klang River estuary, Malaysia
2019
Occurrence and risk assessment of multiclass endocrine disrupting compounds in an urban tropical river and a proposed risk management and monitoring framework
2018
Tape seagrass (Enhalus acoroides) as a bioindicator of trace metal contamination in Merambong shoal, Johor Strait, Malaysia
2018
The long-term impacts of anthropogenic and natural processes on groundwater deterioration in a multilayered aquifer
2018
Hydrogeochemistry and groundwater quality assessment of the multilayered aquifer in Lower Kelantan Basin, Kelantan, Malaysia
2018
Occurrence, distribution, and sources of emerging organic contaminants in tropical coastal sediments of anthropogenically impacted Klang River estuary, Malaysia
2018
Temporal flood incidence forecasting for Segamat River (Malaysia) using autoregressive integrated moving average modelling
2018
Greener approaches to the measurement of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in unused and used crankcase motor oils from Malaysia
2018
Bisphenol A and alkylphenols concentrations in selected mariculture fish species from Pulau Kukup, Johor, Malaysia
2018
Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in maricultured fish, Lates calcarifer (Barramudi), Lutjanus campechanus (red snapper) and Lutjanus griseus (grey snapper)
2017
Groundwater quality assessment using integrated geochemical methods, multivariate statistical analysis, and geostatistical technique in shallow coastal aquifer of Terengganu, Malaysia
2017
Multi-class of endocrine disrupting compounds in aquaculture ecosystems and health impacts in exposed biota
2017
Endocrine disrupting compounds in drinking water supply system and human health risk implication
2017
An improved SPE-LC-MS/MS method for multiclass endocrine disrupting compound determination in tropical estuarine sediments
2017
Geo-accumulation index and contamination factors of heavy metals (Zn and Pb) in urban river sediment
2017
Mercury and methylmercury distribution in the intertidal surface sediment of a heavily anthrophogenically impacted saltwater-mangrove-sediment interplay zone
2017
Detecting and predicting the impact of land use changes on groundwater quality, a case study in Northern Kelantan, Malaysia
2017
Prediction of sand mass and organic matter distribution via in situ measured wet sediment bulk density profile
2017
Ecological risk estimation of organophosphorus pesticides in riverine ecosystems
2016
Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) in environmental matrices: Review of analytical strategies for pharmaceuticals, estrogenic hormones, and alkylphenol compounds
2016
Discriminant analysis for the prediction of sand mass distribution in an urban stormwater holding pond using simulated depth average flow velocity data
2016
The levels of mercury, methylmercury and selenium and the selenium health benefit value in grey-eel catfish (Plotosus canius) and giant mudskipper (Periophthalmodon schlosseri) from the Strait of Mala
2016
Effective removal of lead (II) ions by dead calcareous skeletons: Sorption performance and influencing factors
2016
Discriminant analysis for the prediction of sand mass distribution in a holding pond using deposition thickness model of a single grain-sized particle
2016
Surface Water Organophosphorus Pesticides Concentration and Distribution in the Langat River, Selangor, Malaysia
2015
Factors Controlling the Suspended Sediment Yield During Rainfall Events of Dry and Wet Weather Conditions in A Tropical Urban Catchment
2015
Using particle tracking as a tool sustainable bank infiltration techniques: a case study in an alluvial area
2015
Spatial variation assessment of Malacca River water quality using multivariate statistical analysis
2015
Mercury contamination in the estuaries and coastal sediments of the Strait of Malacca
2014
A novel approach for the adsorption of cadmium ions in aqueous solution by dead calcareous skeletons
2014
Dynamic behaviour of Cd2+ adsorption in equilibrium batch studies by CaCO3 -rich Corbicula fluminea shell
2014
The chemometric approach as a useful tool in the identification of metal pollution sources of Riverine-mangrove sediment of Kota Marudu, Sabha, Malaysia
2014
An Experimental and Modelling Study of Selected Heavy Metals Removal from Aqueous Solution Using Scylla serrata as Biosorbent
2014
Comparison of monsoon variations over groundwater hydrochemistry changes in small Tropical Island and its repercussion on quality
2014
Continuous fixed-bed column study and adsorption modeling: Removal of cadmium (II) and lead (II) ions in aqueous solution by dead calcareous skeletons
2014
Bioconcentration and translocation efficiency of metals in paddy (Oryza sativa): A case study from Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
2014
Occurrence of 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE2) in the environment and effect on exposed biota: A review
2014
Seasonal Variations and Yearly Trend Evaluations of Sedimentation Loads: A Case Study at Chalok River, Terengganu, Malaysia
2014
A review on economically adsorbents on heavy metals removal in water and wastewater
2014
Statistical Approach in Determining the Spatial Changes of Surface Water Quality at the Upper Course of Kano River, Nigeria
2014
Water Quality Status of Selected Rivers in Kota Marudu, Sabah, Malaysia and its Suitability for Usage
2014
Geoaccumulation and distribution of heavy metals in the urban river sediment
2013
Surface water quality contamination source apportionment and physicochemical characterization at the upper section of the Jakara Basin, Nigeria
2013
River water quality assessment using environmentric techniques: Case study of Jakara River Basin
2013
Application of Environmetric Methods to Surface Water Quality Assessment of Langkawi Geopark (Malaysia)
2013
The geoaccumulation index and enrichment factor of mercury in mangrove sediment of Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia
2013
Elemental hydrochemistry assessment on its variation and quality status in Langat River, Western Peninsular Malaysia
2013
Irrigation water quality assessment of a trans-state river basin in western part of Malaysia by integration of hydrochemical and chemometric analysis
2013
Assessment of Tidal and Anthropogenic Impacts on Coastal Waters by Exploratory Data Analysis: An Example from Port Dickson, Strait of Malacca, Malaysia
2013
A baseline study of tropical coastal water quality in Port Dickson, Strait of Malacca, Malaysia
2013
Baseline metals pollution profile of tropical estuaries and coastal waters of the Straits of Malacca
2013
Influential factors on the levels of cation exchange capacity in sediment at Langat river
2013
Experimental determination of Cd2+ adsorption mechanism on low-cost biological waste
2013
Spatial Geochemical Distribution and Sources of Heavy Metals in the Sediment of Langat River, Western Peninsular Malaysia
2013
Application of the chemometric approach to evaluate the spatial variation of water chemistry and the identification of the sources of pollution in Langat River, Malaysia
2013
Application of geoaccumulation index and enrichment factors on the assessment of heavy metal pollution in the sediments
2012
Trace metal (Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni and Zn) accumulation in Scleractinian corals: A record for Sabah, Borneo
2012
Spatial-temporal variation of surface water quality in the downstream region of the Jakara River, north-western Nigeria: A statistical approach
2012
Multivariate statistical analysis and environmental modeling of heavy metals pollution by industries
2012
Temporal Aspects of Surface Water Quality Variation Using Robust Statistical Tools
2012
Characterization of spatial patterns in river water quality using chemometric pattern recognition techniques
2012
Spatial aspects of surface water quality in the Jakara Basin, Nigeria using chemometric analysis
2012
Spatial variability of metals in surface water and sediment in the Langat River and geochemical factors that influence their water-sediment interactios
2012
The Influence of Seawater on the Chemical Composition of Groundwater in a Small Island: The Example of Manukan Island, East Malaysia
2012
Extent and severity of groundwater contamination based on hydrochemistry mechanism of sandy tropical coastal aquifer
2012
Cation Dependence, pH Tolerance, and Dosage Requirement of a Bioflocculant Produced by Bacillus spp. UPMB13: Flocculation Performance Optimization through Kaolin Assays
2012
Artificial neural network modeling of the water quality index for Kinta River (Malaysia) using water quality variables as predictors
2012
Preliminary Assessment on the Hydrogeochemistry of Kapas Island, Terengganu
2012
Statistical approaches and hydrochemical modelling of groundwater system in small tropical island
2011
Stability Behavior and Thermodynamic States of Iron and Manganese in Sandy Soil Aquifer, Manukan Island, Malaysia
2011
Application of water quality index method in water quality assessment
2011
A Brief Groundwater Studies in Malaysia
2011
Numerical Modelling of Seawater Intrusion in Manukan Island's Aquifer
2011
Spatial Aspect of Surface Water Quality Using Chemometric Analysis
2011
Understanding of groundwater salinity using statistical modeling in a small tropical island, East Malaysia
2011
Numerical simulation of seawater intrusion in Manukan Island, East Malaysia
2010
A Numerical Modelling of Seawater Intrusion into an Oceanic Island Aquifer, Sipadan Island, Malaysia
2010
Groundwater Challenges in Small Islands: A Review and Examples from Malaysia
2010
Heavy Metals Dynamics and Source in Intertidal Mangrove Sediment of Sabah, Borneo Island
2010
A Brief Review on Groundwater Studies in Malaysia
2010
Saturation states of carbonate minerals in a freshwater-seawater mixing zone of small tropical island?s aquifer
2010
Groundwater Assessment at Manukan Island, Sabah: Multidisplinary Approaches
2010
Groundwater Resources Assessment Using Numerical Model: A Case Study in Low-lying Coastal Area
2010
Determination of Trace Metals in Lichens Under Different Ecological Conditions in Malaysia - Urban Proximity and Pristine Environment
2010
Modeling for Equitable Groundwater Management
2010
Recharge and Aquifer Response: Manukan Island?s aquifer, Sabah, Malaysia
2010
Assessment of Selective Chemical and Microbial Parameters in Groundwater of Pulau Tiga, Sabah
2009
Hydrochemical changes in a small tropical island?s aquifer: Manukan Island, Sabah, Malaysia
2009
Evolution of Groundwater Chemistry in the Shallow Aquifer of a Small Tropical Island in Sabah, Malaysia
2009
A review of groundwater in islands using SWOT
2009
A Baseline Study on Groundwater Quality of the Tourist Island, Pulau Tiga, Sabah, Malaysia
2009
A pristine environment and water quality in perspective: Maliau Basin, Borneo?s mysterious world