Dr. Adnan Ahmad Qazi

Adnan Ahmad Qazi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Zoology at the Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, a post he has held since November 2018. He previously taught biology at Government College University Faisalabad and began his career with the School Education Department, Government of Punjab. He holds a PhD in Ecotoxicology from Government College University Faisalabad, an MPhil from the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, and a BS (Hons) from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan.

His research examines how heavy metals and microplastics move through freshwater food chains in the Indus Basin barrage corridor, and what that movement does to the fish that carry it. Fieldwork spans Head Islam, Head Panjnad, Head Sulemanki and Taunsa. The approach pairs instrumental measurement — AAS, GC-MS, ATR-FTIR, SEM-EDX, and BCR sequential extraction for sediment fractionation — with oxidative stress biomarkers, histopathology and microplastic density separation, so that contaminant concentration is read alongside its biological consequence. Datasets from this work have been published as open, DOI-registered records with PANGAEA and Zenodo, including the first such records covering all four barrages.

He has 26 peer-reviewed publications, nine in Web of Science journals with a current impact factor, and reviews for international journals under the Web of Science Reviewer Recognition Service. As principal supervisor he has guided 36 postgraduate students, 28 of whom have graduated, and he has served on a further 20 supervisory committees. He is a member of the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication, the Climate Action Commission, and the World Commission on Protected Areas for the 2026–2029 quadrennium.

ORCID: 0000-0002-8446-8342