University
of Toronto
Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
Dept. of Chemical Eng. & Applied Chemistry
Dept. of Civil Engineering
Dr. Abdul-Sattar Nizami
200 College Street
Toronto, ON M5S 3E5
T: +1- 416-617-0341
E: abdulsattar.nizami@utoronto.ca, nizami_pk@yahoo.com
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http://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=G53xs9YAAAAJ&hl=en
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Biography
Dr. Abdul-Sattar Nizami has a
PhD in green grass:
developing grass for sustainable gaseous biofuel (2008-2011). He
has published 39 papers (20 peer reviewed journal papers with total impact
factor of 73.1, 9 international conference papers, 5 book chapters with world
leading publishers and a further 2 invited lectures). His work has been cited
over 303 times in the peer review press (H factor of 9). He is the reviewer for
high impact journals like Biotechnology
for biofuels, Biofuels, bioproducts and biorefineries, Bioresource
technology, Applied Energy, Energy, Bioprocess and biosystems engineering, International journal of life cycle assessment & Clean
technologies and environmental policy. He was the reviewer for world renewable
energy congress 2011, Sweden bioenergy technology (BE),
8-11 May 2011, Linköping, Sweden. He has completed
many national and international research projects. He is currently working
in the the Dept. of Chemical Eng. & Applied Chemistry and Civil Engineering
as Post-Doctoral Fellow, Course Builder and Teaching Assistant.
Research Interests
§ Interdisciplinary research integrated into the environmental systems
analysis
§ Indicators and assessments related to ecosystem, environment and sustainability
§ Generation of bioenergy from high solid content feedstocks
§ Designing anaerobic digestion systems for biofuel and value added
products
§ Biomass and bioproducts: integrated biorefineries
§ Life cycle and policy analysis of bioproducts and biofuels
Education
§ PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering in Green Grass: Developing Grass for Sustainable Gaseous Biofuel. University
College of Cork (UCC), Ireland. 2008-2011.
§ Master of Science in
Engineering (MScEng.)
in Applied Environmental Measurement Techniques, Chalmers University of
Technology, Sweden. 2005-2007.
§ Bachelor of Science B.Sc.
(Hons.) in Environmental
Sciences, University of the Punjab, Pakistan. 2001-2004.
Current Jobs
§ Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioproducts and Biofuels. Dept. of Chemical Eng. & Applied
Chemistry and Civil Eng., University of Toronto, Canada, 2011- 2013. The research
in postdoctoral fellowship was focused on the life cycle, economic, and policy
analysis of bioproducts and biofuels, generation of bioenergy from high solid
content feedstocks, and designing of bioenergy systems for biofuels and value
added products.
§ Course Builder &
Teaching Assistant for course – “CHE
430Y1-F-LEC0101: Chemical plant design”. Dept. of Chemical Eng. & Applied
Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada, 2012.
§ Teaching Assistant for course - “JNC2503H-S-LEC0101: Environment. Pathway”. Dept. of
Chemical Eng. & Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada, 2013.
Affiliation with Scientific Journals
§ Reviewer for Bioresource Technology (Elsevier)
§ Reviewer for Biotechnology
for Biofuels (BioMed Central)
§ Reviewer for Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefineries (Wiley)
§ Reviewer for Applied energy (Elsevier)
§ Reviewer for Energy (Elsevier)
§ Reviewer for Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (Elsevier)
§ Reviewer for Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering (Springer)
§ Reviewer for International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (Springer)
§ Reviewer for Journal Environmental Management (Elsevier)
§ Reviewer for Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (Springer)
§ Reviewer for Environmental Impact Assessment Review (Elsevier)
§ Reviewer for Journal of Green Energy (Taylor & Francis)
§ Reviewer for International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (Elsevier)
§ Reviewer for Environmental Technology (Taylor & Francis)
§ Reviewer for Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
(Elsevier)
§ Reviewer for Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy (Wiley)
§ Reviewer for African Journal of Biotechnology (Academic Journals)
§ Reviewer for Environmental Engineering and Management Journal (Institutul Politehnic
din Iasi)
§ Reviewer for African Journal of Microbiology Research (Academic
Journals)
§ Reviewer for Scientific Research and Essays (Academic Journals)
§ Reviewer for Journal of Bioprocessing and Biotechnology
(OMICS Publishing)
Peer Reviewed Journal Papers
1.
Y Hong, AS Nizami, M Pourbafrani, BA Saville, HL MacLean. 2013. Impact of cellulase production
on environmental and financial metrics for lignocellulosic ethanol. Biofuels, Bioproducts, Biorefinery, DOI:
10.1002/bbb (SCI
impact factor 4.738)
2.
A Orozcoc, AS Nizami,
JD Murphy, E Groom. 2013. Optimizing the thermophilic hydrolysis of grass
silage in a two-phase anaerobic digestion system. Bioresource Technology, in press (SCI impact factor 4.980)
3.
T Thamsiriroj, AS Nizami, JD Murphy. 2012. Why does mono-digestion of grass silage
fail in long term operation? Appl Energy,
95, 64-76 (SCI impact factor 5.106)
4.
T Thamsiriroj, AS Nizami, JD Murphy. 2012. Use of modeling to aid design of
a two-phase grass digestion system, Bioresource Technology, 110 379–389. (SCI impact factor 4.980)
5.
AS Nizami, A Orozcoc, E Groom, B Dieterich, JD
Murphy. 2012. How much gas can we get from grass? Applied Energy. 92,
783–790 (SCI impact factor 5.106)
6.
AS Nizami, JD Murphy.
2011. Optimizing the operation of a two-phase anaerobic digestion system
digesting grass silage. Environ. Sci.
& Technol. 45 (17),
7561–7569 (SCI impact factor 5.228)
7.
AS Nizami, A Singh, JD Murphy. 2011. Design, commissioning, and
start-up of a sequentially fed leach bed reactor complete with an upflow
anaerobic sludge blanket digesting grass silage. Energy and Fuels, 25 (2),
823–834. (SCI impact factor 2.721)
8.
A Singh, AS
Nizami, NE Korres, JD Murphy. 2011. The effect of
reactor design on the sustainability of grass biomethane. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 15 (3), 1567-1574. (SCI
impact factor 6.018)
9.
AS Nizami, Molander S, Asam ZZ, Rafique R, Korres NE, Kiely G, Murphy JD. 2011. Comparative Analysis of the
EIA system of Developed and Developing Countries: Cases of Hydroelectric Power
Plants in Pakistan, Norway and Sweden. International
Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 18 (2), 134-142.
(SCI impact factor 0.965)
10.
J Brown, AS
Nizami, JD Murphy. 2011. Assessing the cost of biofuel production with
increasing penetration of the transport fuel market: a case study of gaseous
biomethane in Ireland. Renewable and
Sustainable Energy Reviews, 15 (9), 4537-4547. (SCI impact
factor 6.018)
11.
Z Asam, TG Poulsen, AS Nizami, R Rafique,
G Kiely, JD
Murphy. 2011. How can we improve biomethane production per unit
of feedstock in biogas plants? Applied
Energy, 88 (6), 2013-2018. (SCI impact factor 5.106)
12.
AS Nizami, T Thamsiriroj,
A Singh, JD
Murphy. 2010. The role of leaching and hydrolysis in a two phase grass
digestion system. Energy and Fuels,
24 (8), 4549–4559. (SCI impact factor 2.721)
13.
NE Korres, A Singh, AS Nizami,
JD Murphy. 2010. Is grass
biomethane a sustainable transport biofuel? Biofuels, Bioproducts,
Biorefinery, 4:310–325. (SCI
impact factor 4.738)
14.
AS Nizami, JD Murphy. 2010. What type of digester
configurations should be employed to produce biomethane from grass silage? Renewable
and Sustainable Energy Reviews,
14:1558–1568. (SCI impact factor 6.018)
15.
A Singh, D Pant, NE Korres,
AS Nizami, S Prasad and JD Murphy. 2010. Key issues in life
cycle assessment of ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass: Challenges
and perspectives. Bioresource Technology, 101:5003–5012. (SCI impact factor 4.980)
16.
R Rafique, TG Poulsen, AS Nizami,
ZZ Asam, JD Murphy, G Kiely. 2010. Effect of thermal,
chemical and thermo-chemical pre-treatments to enhance methane production. Energy, 35:4556-4561. (SCI impact factor
3.487)
17.
AS Nizami, NE Korres, JD Murphy. 2009.
A review of the integrated process for the production of grass biomethane. Environmental
Science and Technology, 43(22),
8496–8508. (SCI impact factor 5.228)
18.
M Pourbafrani, AS Nizami, BA Saville, HL MacLean. 2013. Can
Corn Stover-derived Ethanol meet EISA’s Cellulosic Biofuel Requirement? In preparation,
Possible Journal, Biofuels, Bioproducts,
Biorefinery (SCI impact factor 4.738)
19.
AS
Nizami. 2013. Valuing cultural ecosystem services with
indigenous knowledge. In press, Journal
of Indigenous Social Development.
20.
J Brown, AS Nizami, JD Murphy. 2013. Characteristics of digestate for value
added products from high solid contents feedstocks digestion. In preparation for Applied Energy, (SCI
impact factor 5.106)
Peer
Reviewed Conference Papers
21.
A Orozcob, AS Nizami,
JD Murphy, E Groom. Evaluation of a pretreatment process for improved methane production from
grass silage. Progress in Biogas II. Biogas production from agricultural
biomass and organic waste. International Congress, March 30-April 1, 2011.
University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
22.
JD Murphy, B Smyth, AS
Nizami, T Thamsiriroj, A Singh, N Korres. The potential for biomethane as a transport fuel in
Ireland. In, Biofuels Directive to
bio based Transport Systems in 2020. IEA Bioenergy Task 39 Subtask Policy and
Implementation Workshop, Dresden, Germany, June 2-5, 2009.
23.
A Singh,
NE Korres, AS
Nizami, JD Murphy. Biomethane from agricultural waste: A clean vehicular
biofuel. International Conference on Environment Energy and Development from Johensberg to Kopenhagen
ICEED-2010, Sambalpur University, Orissa, India.
December 10-12, 2010.
24.
NE Korres, CO’Brien,
B Smyth, AS Nizami, T Thamisirioj, R Schulte, JD Murphy. A preliminary analysis
of energy balance and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of biomethane production
as a transport fuel from grass/silage. A case study for Ireland. Society of
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Conference, Goteborg, Sweden, 31
May – 4 June, 2009.
25.
R Rafique, TG Poulsen,
AS Nizami and ZZ Asam. 2009.
Pre-treatment of de-watered pig manure to enhance methane yield in anaerobic
digestion plants. The 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and
Environmental Protection (SEEP 2009). Dublin, Ireland. Volume 2, pp 70-75.
26.
AS Nizami, S Molander,
ZZ Asam and R Rafique. 2009. The differences between EIA systems ‘In
paper’ and ‘In practice’ in developed and developing
countries for hydroelectric power plants. The 3rd International Conference on
Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection. Dublin, Ireland. Volume 2, pp
314-318.
27.
ZZ Asam, TG Poulsen, AS Nizami, Rafique
R. 2009. Optimization of biogas plants using energy crops and manure separation
technologies. The 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and
Environmental Protection. Dublin, Ireland. Volume 2, pp 108-114.
28.
K Shahzad, I Ulfat, AS Nizami. The Issues of Sustainable
Solid Waste Management System in Developing Countries. International seminar on
‘Societies of Tomorrow’, held in Regina-Saskatchewan, Canada on 12-16 May,
2008.
29.
T Mahmood, ZZ Asam, AS
Nizami. Co-digestion of biodegradable municipal waste with agricultural
residues - a developing concept and market. NUI Galway Energy Night, 28th
February 2013.
Book Chapters
30.
NE Korres, T Thamsiriroj, BM Smyth,
AS Nizami, A
Singh, JD Murphy. 2011. Grass biomethane for agriculture and energy. Chapter
in, ‘Sustainable Agriculture Reviews’. Volume 7, 5-49, DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-1521-9_2. Springer-Verlag London
Ltd.
31.
AS Nizami. Anaerobic digestion:
processes, products, and applications. Chapter in ‘Potential of Activated
Sludge Utilization’. ISBN: 978-1-61324-420-3. Nova Science, Commack, New York.
32.
AS Nizami. Life cycle assessment of biomethane
from lignocellulosic biomass. Chapter in ‘Renewable energy sources: A life cycle
assessment perspective’. Green Energy and Technology book series. In preparation,
Publisher: Springer-Verlag London Ltd.
33.
AS Nizami. Digesters
design/configuration. Chapter in ‘Biomethane production and related technology:
Issues and concerns’. In preparation, Publisher: Earthscan,
UK.
34.
Paul Stack, AS Nizami,
NE Korres. Variability in anaerobic digestion: The
need for process monitoring. Chapter in ‘Biomethane production and related
technology: Issues and concerns’. In press, Publisher: Routledge,
Taylor and Francis, US.
Published Reports
35.
JD Murphy, NE Korres,
A Singh, B Smyth, AS
Nizami, T Thamsiriroj. 2010. Grass Biomethane. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), Ireland. EPA Climate Change Research Programme 2007-2013.
(2007-CCRP-1.7), Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, Ireland. http://www.epa.ie/downloads/pubs/research/climate/
Invited Lectures
36.
AS Nizami. 2010. Potential digester configuration for
Grass Biomethane. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conference on ’Grass as a source of renewable gaseous
fuel’. EPA Grass
Biomethane, University Collge Cork (UCC), Cork, Ireland. 15 April. 2010.
37.
A Singh, NE Korres, AS Nizami, JD Murphy. 2010. Biomethane from agricultural waste: A clean
vehicular biofuel. International Conference on Environment Energy and
Development from Johensberg to Kopenhagen
ICEED-2010, Sambalpur University, Orissa, India.
December 10-12, 2010.
Poster Presentations
38.
AS Nizami, JD Murphy.
Anaerobic digestion of grass using a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR). International Energy Agency
Biofuels Symposium, University College Cork (UCC), Cork, Ireland. September 14,
2008.
39.
AS Nizami, JD Murphy. Leach Beds coupled with
UASB digester for optimal biogas production from Grass. In: Biofuels Directive to bio based
Transport Systems in 2020, IEA Bioenergy Task 39, Subtask Policy and
Implementation Workshop, Dresden, Germany, June 2-5, 2009.
Conference Organized
1.
Grass as a source of renewable gaseous fuel.
Environmental Protection Agency funded Conference. University College Cork,
Cork, Ireland, April 15, 2010.
2.
Commercializing 1st and 2nd Generation Liquid
Biofuels from Biomass. International Energy Agency Biofuels Symposium, IEA
Bioenergy Task 39. University College Cork (UCC), Cork, Ireland. September 14,
2008.