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Rahul, Jitin, Jain, Manish Kumar, Raj, Beenu, Sharma, Mansi, Shankar, Shiv, Naz, Aliya ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4798-7933 and Chowdhury, Abhiroop ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6985-0722 (2026) Heavy Metal Accumulation on the Roadside Plant Species with Ethnobotanical Significance and Human Health Risk Assessment: A Case Study of a Major Highway Near the Coal Capital of India. International Journal of Environmental Research, 20 (1): 77. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH . ISSN 2008-2304 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41742-025-01040-x

Dey, Rupak, Vaidya, Khayali, Solanki, Manish, Naz, Aliya, Jadeja, Mayurdhvajsinh, Jadeja, Vandanaba, Sharma, Seema B. and Chowdhury, Abhiroop (2025) Fluctuations in sediment blue carbon density associated with land use changes and mangrove distribution along the semiarid, rapidly industrializing coastline of India. Marine Environmental Research, 210: 107295. pp. 1-12. Elsevier . ISSN 0141-1136 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107295

Kango, Hafsa, Jha, Neelu Anand, Masoodi, Parvaiz, Naz, Aliya and Chowdhury, Abhiroop (2025) Oral health and hygiene practices from Baramulla district, Jammu and Kashmir, India: A questionnaire-based cross-sectional observational survey. Healthcare, 13 (5). p. 458. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) . ISSN 2227-9032 Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13050458

Dey, Rupak, Sharma, Seema B., Thakkar, Mahesh G., Sarangi, Ranjit Kumar, Chowdhury, Abhiroop and Naz, Aliya (2025) Phosphorus transitions driven by cyclone biparjoy linked middle east North Africa (MENA) and Indian Thar Desert dust storm pathways in Asia’s largest grassland. Scientific Reports, 15 (4321). Nature Publishing Group . ISSN 2045-2322 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-84634-3

Naz, Aliya and Chowdhury, Abhiroop (2024) Potentially toxic elements in fly ash bricks and associated ecological health risk: An opinionated review. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1409 (1). pp. 1-9. IOP Publishing . ISSN 1755-1307 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315%2F1409%2F1%2F012...

Yadav, Akhilesh Kumar, Shekhar, Shashank, Naz, Aliya, Koul, Monika, Yadav, Harish Kumar, Kumar, Pankaj and Chowdhury, Abhiroop (2024) Potential toxic elements in groundwater: A health risk in parts of northern Delhi. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy. Springer . ISSN 0370-0046 (In Press) Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43538-024-00358-y

Naz, Aliya, Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Pareek, Shubhra, Kumar, Pushpendr and Poddar, Nitesh Kumar (2024) A critical review on the active anti-viral metabolites of bioprospecting traditionally used plant species from semi-arid regions of the subcontinent. Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine. De Gruyter . ISSN 1553-3840 (In Press) Available at: https://doi.org/10.1515/jcim-2024-0186

Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Naz, Aliya and Maiti, Subodh Kumar (2024) Community-based, cost-effective multispecies mangrove restoration innovation to maximize soil blue carbon pool and humic acid and fulvic acid concentrations at Indian Sundarbans. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Springer . ISSN 1614-7499 (In Press) Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-33918-2

Sharma, Diksha, Inbaraj, Michel Prabhu, Naz, Aliya and Chowdhury, Abhiroop (2024) Fate, source apportionment and fractionation of potentially toxic elements in agricultural soil around a densely populated, semiarid urban center of India: baseline study and ecological risk assessment. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 46 (6). Springer . ISSN 0269-4042 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-024-01997-2

Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Naz, Aliya, Sharma, Seema and Dasgupta, Rajarshi (2023) Changes in salinity, mangrove community ecology, and organic blue carbon stock in response to cyclones at Indian Sundarbans. Life, 13 (07): 1539. pp. 1-18. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) . ISSN 2075-1729 Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/life13071539

Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Naz, Aliya and Maiti, Subodh Kumar (2023) Distribution, speciation, and bioaccumulation of potentially toxic elements in the grey mangroves at Indian Sundarbans, in relation to vessel movements. Marine Environmental Research, 189: 106042. Elsevier . ISSN 1879-0291 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106042

Chowdhury, Abhiroop and Naz, Aliya (2023) Reducing energy poverty, carbon footprint, human health risk and achieving the sustainable development goals, by use of solar lamps at Indian Sundarbans. Materials Today: Proceedings. Elsevier . ISSN 2214-7853 (In Press) Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.06.032

Naz, Aliya (2023) Status of potentially toxic metal pollution in the agricultural soils near to India’s largest chromite mine. Materials Today: Proceedings. Elsevier Ltd . ISSN 2214-7853 (In Press) Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.05.015

Mosallaei, Shamim, Hashemi, Hassan, Hoseini, Mohammad, Dehghani, Mansooreh and Naz, Aliya (2023) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in household dust: The association between PAHs and sick building syndrome. Building and Environment, 229: 109966. Elsevier . ISSN 0360-1323 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109966

Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Naz, Aliya and Maiti, Subodh Kumar (2023) Variations in soil blue carbon sequestration between natural mangrove metapopulations and a mixed mangrove plantation: a case study from the world’s largest contiguous mangrove forest. Life, 13 (2): 271. pp. 1-11. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) . ISSN 2075-1729 Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/life13020271

Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Naz, Aliya, Dasgupta, Rajarshi and Maiti, Subodh Kumar (2023) Blue carbon: Comparison of Chronosequences from Avicennia marina plantation and proteresia coarctata dominated mudflat at the world’s largest Mangrove Wetland. Sustainability, 15 (1): 368. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) . ISSN 2071-1050 Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15010368

Yadav, Akhilesh Kumar, Yadav, Harish Kumar, Naz, Aliya, Koul, Monika, Chowdhury, Abhiroop and Shekhar, Shashanka (2022) Arsenic removal technologies for middle- and low-income countries to achieve the SDG-3 and SDG-6 targets: A review. Environmental Advances, 9: 100262. Elsevier Ltd . ISSN 26667657 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envadv.2022.100262

Chowdhury, Aditya, Naz, Aliya and Chowdhury, Abhiroop (2021) Waste to resource: Applicability of fly ash as landfill geoliner to control ground water pollution. Materials Today: Proceedings, 60. pp. 8-13. Elsevier Ltd. . ISSN 22147853 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.10.367

Naz, Aliya and Chowdhury, Abhiroop (2021) Pollutant extraction from water and soil using montmorillonite clay-polymer composite: A rapid review. Materials Today: Proceedings, 60. pp. 1-7. Elsevier Ltd. . ISSN 22147853 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.10.366

Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Naz, Aliya and Maiti, Subodh Kumar (2021) Bioaccumulation of potentially toxic elements in three mangrove species and human health risk due to their ethnobotanical uses. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28 (25). pp. 33042-33059. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH . ISSN 9441344 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-12566-w

Naz, Aliya, Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Chandra, Rachna and Mishra, Brijesh Kumar (2020) Potential human health hazard due to bioavailable heavy metal exposure via consumption of plants with ethnobotanical usage at the largest chromite mine of India. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 42 (12). pp. 4213-4231. Springer Science and Business Media B.V. . ISSN 2694042 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-020-00603-5

Article in Newspapers and Magazine

Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Naz, Aliya and Rosencranz, Armin (2022) Perils of unsustainable rice production. The Statesman. Available at: https://epaper.thestatesman.com/c/59483364

Naz, Aliya, Chowdhury, Abhiroop and Rosencranz, Armin (2022) India must revisit its forestry goals. The Statesman. Available at: https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/india-must-re...

Naz, Aliya and Rosencranz, Armin (2022) Steps necessary to ensure Haryana doesn’t run dry. The Statesman. Available at: https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/steps-necessa...

Naz, Aliya, Chowdhury, Abhiroop and Rosencranz, Armin (2021) India must step up efforts to reduce deforestation. The Statesman. Available at: https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/india-must-st...

Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Naz, Aliya and Rosencranz, Armin (2021) Taliban takeover will have environmental impacts. The Statesman. p. 1. Available at: https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/taliban-takeo...

Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Naz, Aliya and Rosencranz, Armin (2021) Hydrocarbon conflicts behind environmental degradation. The Statesman. p. 1.

Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Naz, Aliya and Rosencranz, Armin (2021) Arctic squabbles must end to ensure eco-balance Arctic squabbles must end to ensure eco-balance. The Statesman. p. 1.

Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Naz, Aliya and Rosencranz, Armin (2021) The conservation crisis. The Statesman, Bhubneswar. Available at: https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/the-conservat...

Chowdhury, Abhiroop and Naz, Aliya (2021) How nuclear energy can provide solution to India’s power demand. ABP Live. Available at: https://news.abplive.com/business/how-nuclear-ener...

Naz, Aliya, Chowdhury, Abhiroop and Rosencranz, Armin (2021) Corn cultivation disrupts the global ecosystem. The Statesman. Available at: https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/corn-cultivat...

Naz, Aliya, Chowdhury, Abhiroop and Rosencranz, Armin (2021) The dangers of packaged food. The Statesman. Available at: https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/the-dangers-o...

Book Section

Prakash, Raghav, Naz, Aliya and Chowdhury, Abhiroop (2024) Educating the local population about the need of environmental protection through participatory educational theatre (PET) with a focus on Sundarbans. In: Fostering an ecological shift through effective environmental education. IGI Global Publishing. pp. 290-306. ISBN 9798369325773 Available at: https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-2577-3.ch016

Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Prakash, Raghav, Bhattacharyya, Santanu and Naz, Aliya (2023) Role of ponds as a local practice in Mitigating salinity intrusion threats at coastal aquifer: A case study from Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India. In: Indigenous and Local Water Knowledge, Values and Practices. Springer, Singapore. pp. 287-306. ISBN 9789811994067 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9406-7_17

Naz, Aliya and Chowdhury, Abhiroop (2022) Eco-Engineering and mangrove restoration methods to stabilize earthen embankments and establishing bio-shield against natural disasters: A case study from Sundarban Ramsar Wetland, India. In: Assessing, Mapping and Modelling of Mangrove Ecosystem Services in the Asia-Pacific Region. Springer, Singapore. pp. 183-198. ISBN 9789811927386 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2738-6_10

Naz, Aliya and Chowdhury, Abhiroop (2022) Nano clay-polymer composite for water treatment. In: Advanced Applications of Micro and Nano Clay II. Materials Research Forum, Millersville. pp. 129-152. ISBN 978-1-64490-203-5 Available at: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644902035-6

Naz, Aliya, Chowdhury, Abhiroop and Mishra, Brijesh Kumar (2021) Source, pollution and remediation of carcinogenic hexavalent chromium from industrial, mining effluents. In: Remediation of Heavy Metals. Environmental chemistry for a sustainable world, no. 70. Springer, Cham. pp. 305-320. ISBN 9783030803360 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80334-6_12

Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Naz, Aliya and Sharma, Diksha (2021) Geochemistry, extent of pollution, and ecological impact of heavy metal pollutants in soil. In: Geochemistry: Concepts and applications. Scrivener Publishing, Boston. pp. 73-91. ISBN 9781119710134 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119710134.ch5

Conference or Workshop Item

Chowdhury, Abhiroop ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6985-0722, Naz, Aliya ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4798-7933 and Bhattacharyya, Santanu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2600-890X (2026) Geochemistry Meets Community: Multispecies Mangrove Restoration Driving Blue Carbon Sequestration in the Indian Sundarbans. In: EGU General Assembly 2026, 3–8 May 2026, Vienna, Austria. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-1867

Chowdhury, Abhiroop and Naz, Aliya (2023) Mangrove model park: Communicating the geochemistry of ‘blue carbon’ to disaster vulnerable population of Indian Sundarbans. In: Goldschmidt 2023 Conference |, 9-14 July, Lyon,France. Available at: https://conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/2023/mee...

Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Iyer, Aparna Shankar, Bhattacharryya, Shantanu, Khan, SU and Naz, Aliya (2022) Organic farming in the tropical, disaster-prone coasts: Interventions, major challenges and a success story from Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India. In: Second International Conference on Sustainable Energy, Environment and Green Technologies (ICSEEGT 2022), 24-06-2022 to 25-06-2022, Jaipur,Rajasthan. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1084/1/012052

Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Dawar, Aman, Bhattacharyya, Santanu and Naz, Aliya (2022) Alternative green livelihood initiatives: An effective way to achieve the sustainable development goals at disaster vulnerable, Indian Sundarbans. In: Global Sustainability Conference 2022, 17/04/2022 - 05/05/2022, Virtual, Online. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1077/1/012007

Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Naz, Aliya, Bhattacharyya, Santanu and Sanyal, Pranabes (2021) Dynamics of salinity intrusion in the surface and ground water of Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India. In: 4th International Conference Marine Sciences, ICMS 2021, 24-25 August 2021, Bogor, Indonesia. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/944/1/012061

Naz, Aliya, Chowdhury, Abhiroop and Mishra, Brijesh Kumar (2021) Applications of microbes in bioremediation of point source pollutants from wastewater. In: IOP conference series: Earth and environmental science, volume 796, community based research and innovations in civil engineering, 18-19 March 2021, Jaipur, India. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/796/1/012039

Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Naz, Aliya, Iyer, Aparna Shankar and Bhattacharyya, Santanu (2021) Ecosystem based disaster risk reduction at Indian Sundarbans: A lesson learned from AMPHAN supercyclone. In: IOP conference series: Earth and environmental science, volume 796, community based research and innovations in civil engineering, 18-19 March 2021, Jaipur, India. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/796/1/012042