Dr. Syed Aziz Ur Rehman

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences (University of Peshawar, Pakistan)
Master of Science in Soil Science (Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia)
PhD in Environmental Sciences (Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China)
Assistant Professor

HEC Approved Supervisor

Telephone: +92-42-99211449-50 ext 336
Email: syed.aziz@uvas.edu.pk

Biography

Dr. Syed Aziz Ur Rehman is working as an Assistant Professor at the department of Environmental Sciences, UVAS since April 29, 2019. Dr. Aziz started his teaching carrier in 2011 from the Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Swat, Pakistan, where he served as a Lecturer and incharge DES for more than one year. Before joining UVAS, he briefly served as an Assistant Professor at Center for Climate Research and Development, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad. His research interests revolve around topics such as Ecological Modelling (Environmental Optimization, Simulation and Accountings) particularly energy modelling and climate change impact assessments.

Research Interests

  • Energy Modelling (Simulation and Optimization)
  • Ecological Modelling (Environmental Accountings and Simulation)
  • Climate Change Impact Assessment
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus
  • Energy-Environment-Economy Nexus
  • Land Use Change Impacts Dynamics and Assessment
  • Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration (Soil GHGs emissions and accounting)
  • Natural Resource Management (Conservation Ecology and Ecological Surveys)
  • Membrane Water Treatment (Nano-membrane filtration, desalination and pollution control)

Journal Articles

  1. Bibi, S.D., Liu, G., Rehman, S.A.U., Ni, R., Xue, N., Ahmad, R., Burgio, M.S., Ulgiati, S., 2026. Bridging the biophysical gap of Water-Energy-Carbon nexus in agricultural systems: A unified emergy-based framework for evaluating regenerative and demand-side interventions. Journal of Cleaner Production 569, 148728. (IF = 10.7)
  2. Zhang, P., Chen, Y., Xiao, Z., Tan, H., Nie, S., Li, H., Cai, Y., Rehman, S.A.U., Zhong, W., Zhang, W., 2026. Predicting microalgae recovery and pollutant removal in membrane filtration systems for microalgae using machine learning. Journal of Membrane Science 753, 125685. (IF = 9.0)
  3. Shazad, M., Ali, M.M., Rehman, S.A.U., Javed, M., Syed, J.H., Ullah, A., 2026. Assessment of Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Induced Cyto-Genotoxicity in a Highly Polluted Urban Environment: Evidence from Lahore, Pakistan. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 237. (IF = 3.0)
  4. Rani, T., Rehman, S.A.U., Prisca, K., 2025. Assessing South Asia's environmental‐economic nexus: Green investments, green electricity and green technology innovation through combined quantile regression. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy. (IF = 2.3)
  5. Ahmad, R., Liu, G., Ur Rehman, S.A., Hu, J., Fazal, R., Bibi, S.D., Ye, Y., Zhou, X., He, J., Gao, H., 2025. Decarbonizing Pakistan’s Transport Sector: Insights From Water-Energy Nexus Simulation by LEAP-WEAP Integrated Model. Water-Energy Nexus.
  6. Akram, S., Khan, S.A., Gul, H.K., Syed, J.H., Kazim, M., Rehman, S.A.U., Odabasi, M., Kurt-Karakus, P., 2025. Using hair as a non-invasive matrix to assess the exposure of e-waste workers to selected heavy metals in Pakistan. Environ Geochem Health 47, 226. (IF = 3.8)
  7. Rani, T., Wang, F., Ur Rehman, S.A., Amjad, M.A., 2025. Shaping sustainable futures in BRICS-T economies: The role of digitalization with moderating effects of green technology innovation and financial inclusion. Technology in Society, 102879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102879. (IF = 10.1)
  8. Ahmad, R., Liu, G., Ur Rehman, S.A., Gao, Y., Meng, F., Zhou, X., Liu, B., Cristiano, S., 2025. Integrated Systems Modeling for Assessing the Water–Energy Nexus in Pakistan: Lessons Learned From Coupling LEAP–WEAP Planning Approaches. Engineering. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2025.02.013 (IF = 10.1)
  9. Mushtaq, K.; Arooj, F.; Iftikhar, A.; Luqman, M.; Rehman, S.A.U.; Naseer, R.; Safdar, S. Comparative assessment of ambient air quality in large and small ruminant farms: Insights from Lahore and Pattoki. Journal of Wildlife and Biodiversity 2025, 9, 314-331, doi:10.5281/zenodo.14635192.
  10. Ahmad, R.; Liu, G.; Rehman, S.A.U.; Fazal, R.; Gao, Y.; Xu, D.; Agostinho, F.; Almeida, C.M.V.B.; Giannetti, B.F. Pakistan Road Towards Paris Agreement: Potential Decarbonization Pathways and Future Emissions Reduction by A Developing Country. Energy 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2024.134075, 134075 (IF = 9.0)
  11. Xu, Y., Jordán, F., Zhou, M., Huo, X., Cai, Y., Rehman, S.A.U., Sun, J., 2024. Global Variability of Degree Distribution in Marine Food Webs. Diversity and Distributions. 10.1111/ddi.13927, doi:10.1111/ddi.13927. (IF = 4.6)
  12. Huang, C., Wang, C., Rani, T., Rehman, S.A.U., 2024. Digitalization's role in shaping climate change, renewable energy, and technological innovation for achieving sustainable development in top Asian countries. Energy & Environment. (IF = 4.0)
  13. Nawab, J., Ghani, J., Ullah, S., Ahmad, I., Akbar Jadoon, S., Ali, S., Hamidova, E., Muhammad, A., Waqas, M., Din, Z.U., Khan, S., Khan, A., Ur Rehman, S.A., Javed, T., Luqman, M., Ullah, Z., 2024. Influence of agro-wastes derived biochar and their composite on reducing the mobility of toxic heavy metals and their bioavailability in industrial contaminated soils. Int J Phytoremediation, 1-15. (IF = 3.7)
  14. Luqman, M.; Niazi, A.; Kashif, S.U.R.; Arooj, F.; Aziz Ur Rehman, S.; Awan, M.U.F.; Wasim, M.; Raza, F. Metal pollution in the topsoil of lands adjacent to Sahiwal Coal Fired Power Plant (SCFPP) in Sahiwal, Pakistan. PLoS One 2024, 19, e0298433, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0298433 (IF = 3.7)
  15. Salam, M., Zheng, H., Liu, Y., Zaib, A., Rehman, S.A.U., Riaz, N., Eliw, M., Hayat, F., Li, H., Wang, F., 2023. Effects of micro(nano)plastics on soil nutrient cycling: State of the knowledge. Journal of Environmental Management 344, 118437 (IF = 8.91)
  16. Pervaiz, A., Zhong, Q., Rehman, S.A.U., Ma, C., Jiao, Y., He, M., 2022. Immobilization and phytoavailability of antimony (Sb) in contaminated agricultural soils amended with composted manure. Sci Total Environ, 159213. (IF = 10.754)
  17. Nawab, J., Ghani, J., Rehman, S.A.U., Idress, M., Luqman, M., Khan, S., Asghar, A., Rahman, Z., 2022. Biomonitoring of mercury in water, sediments, and fish (brown and rainbow trout) from remote alpine lakes located in the Himalayas, Pakistan. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int., DOI. 10.1007/s11356-022-21340-5 (IF = 5.190)
  18. Lee, J.E., Azam, M., Rehman, S.U., Waseem, M., Anjum, M.N., Afzal, A., Cheema, M.J.M., Mehtab, M., Latif, M., Ahmed, R., Umar, M., Sarwar, A., Rehman, S.A.U., 2022. Spatio-temporal variability of drought characteristics across Pakistan. Paddy and Water Environment. 20, 117–135 (IF = 1.554)
  19. Ghani, J., Nawab, J., Faiq, M.E., Ullah, S., Alam, A., Ahmad, I., Ali, S.W., Khan, S., Ahmad, I., Muhammad, A., Rahman, S.A.U, Abbas, M., Rashid, A., Hasan, S.Z., Hamza, A., 2022. Multi-geostatistical analyses of the spatial distribution and source apportionment of potentially toxic elements in urban children's park soils in Pakistan: A risk assessment study. Environ Pollut 311, 119961. (IF = 9.998)
  20. Hameed, A., Arooj, F., Luqman, M., Kashif, S.u.R., Iftikhar, A., Rehman, S.A.U., Najeeb, I., Ahmed Somroo, Z., 2022. Assessment of Filtration System Efficiency of Artificial Groundwater Recharge wells in Lahore. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 31, 2625-2636. (IF = 1.871)
  21. Fazal, R., Rehman, S.A.U*., Bhatti, M.I., 2022. Graph theoretic approach to expose the energy-induced crisis in Pakistan. Energy Policy 169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113174 (Corresponding Author; IF = 7.576)
  22. Sardar, S.W., Rehman, S.A.U., Nawab, J., Khan, S., Ali, A., Rahman, Z.U., Baig, S.A., Khan, M.Q., 2021. Quantification of potentially toxic elements in degraded mining soils and medicinal plants: a case study of Indus Kohistan region Northern Pakistan. Environmental Earth Sciences 80, 641. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-021-09927-6 (IF = 3.119)
  23. Fazal, R., Rehman, S.A.U., Bhatti, M.I., Rehman, A.U., Arooj, F., Hayat, U., 2021. A cross-sectoral investigation of the Energy–Environment–Economy causal nexus in Pakistan: Policy suggestions for improved energy management. Energies 14, 5495. (IF = 3.252)
  24. Fazal, R., Rehman, S. A. U.*, Rehman, A.U., Bhatti, M.I., Hussain, A., 2020. Energy-Environment-Economy causal nexus in Pakistan: A Graph Theoretic Approach. Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.118934 (Corresponding Author; IF = 8.857)
  25. Fayiah, M., Dong, S., Khomera, S.W., Rehman, S.A.U., Yang, M., Xiao, J., 2020. Status and Challenges of Qinghai–Tibet Plateau’s Grasslands: An Analysis of Causes, Mitigation Measures, and Way Forward. Sustainability 12, 21, 1099; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12031099 (IF = 3.889)
  26. Soomro, M. I., Mengal, A., Shafiq, Q. N., Rehman, S. A. U., Soomro, S. A., & Harijan, K., 2019. Performance Improvement and Energy Cost Reduction under Different Scenarios for a Parabolic Trough Solar Power Plant in the Middle-East Region. Processes, 7(7), 429. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr7070429 (IF = 3.352)
  27. Rehman, S., Cai, Y., Siyal, Z.A., Mirjat, N.H., Fazal, R., Kashif, S.U.R., 2019. Cleaner and Sustainable Energy Production in Pakistan: Lessons Learnt from the Pak-TIMES Model. Energies 13(1), 108. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13010108 (First Author; IF = 3.252)
  28. Rehman, S., Cai, Y., Mirjat, N., Walasai, G., & Nafees, M., 2019. Energy-Environment-Economy Nexus in Pakistan: Lessons learnt from a PAK-TIMES Model. Energy Policy, 126, 200-211. (First Author; IF = IF = 7.576)
  29. Ali, S., Rehman, S. A. U., Shah, I. A., Farid, M. U., Alicia, KA., Huang, H., (2018). Efficient removal of zinc from water and wastewater effluents by hydroxylated and carboxylated carbon nanotube membranes: Behaviors and mechanisms of dynamic filtration, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 365, 64-73, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.10.089. (IF = 14.224)
  30. Ali, S,. Rehman, S. A. U., Luan, HY., Farid, MU., & Huang, H. (2018). Challenges and opportunities in functional carbon nanotubes for membrane-based water treatment and desalination. Science of the Total Environment, 646, 1126-1139. (IF = 10.754)
  31. Rehman, S. A. U., Cai, Y., Nafees, M., Das Walasai, G., Mirjat, N., & Rashid, W. (2017). Overcoming Electricity Crisis in Pakistan: An Overview of the Renewable Energy Status and Development in Pakistan. Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management, 5(4), 350-376. doi:DOI:10.5890/JEAM.2017.12.007 (First Author)
  32. Rehman, S. A. U., Cai, Y., Mirjat, N., Walasai, G., Shah, I., & Ali, S. (2017). The Future of Sustainable Energy Production in Pakistan: A System Dynamics-Based Approach for Estimating Hubbert Peaks. Energies, 10(11), 1858. doi:10.3390/en10111858 (First Author; IF = 3.252)
  33. Rehman, S. A. U., Cai, Y., Fazal, R., Das Walasai, G., & Mirjat, N. (2017). An Integrated Modeling Approach for Forecasting Long-Term Energy Demand in Pakistan. Energies, 10(11), 1868. doi:10.3390/en10111868 (First Author; IF = 3.252)

Conference Papers Published

  1. Rehman. Syed Aziz Ur. 2012; From REDD+ Principles to Pro-Poor Alpine Pasture Management in Pakistan In Syed Iqmail Shah, Inam -ur-Rahim, Henri Rueff and Daniel Maselli (Eds) Workshop Proceedings; Landless Mobile Pastoralists securing there role as custodians of Northern Pakistan Mountains, Islamabad, 24–26 April 2012, Centre for Development and Environment pp.12
  2. Henri RUEFF, Syed-ur REHMAN, Inam-ur RAHIM, Daniel Maselli MASELLI Sustainable land management and carbon finance: a case study on landless mobile pastoralists in the Hindu Kush Himalaya Mountains of northern Pakistan; https://boris.unibe.ch/17626/