Dr. Naseer Hussain

Educational Background

• Ph.D.: Pondicherry University, 2016
• M.Phil.: Pondicherry University, 2012
• M.Sc.: Barkatullah University, 2010
• B.Sc.: Jammu University, 2007

Teaching and Research Experience

• Assistant Professor: B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India (March 2022- Present)
• Lecturer: Government College for Women, Parade Ground Jammu, India (Feb. 2021 -March 2022)
• Postdoctoral Fellow: McGill University, Canada, (January 2018 – Dec. 2019)
• Postdoctoral Fellow: Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India (June 2018 – Dec.2018)

Research areas

• Waste recycling (vermicomposting / composting / microbial degradation, biochar, etc.)
• Biological promoters of plant growth and soil microbiome under climate change.
• Soil nutrient management and greenhouse gas emission mitigation strategies.
• Microplastics in plant soil systems.

Research outcomes

a. Research grants: Applied

b. Publications

• Number of Research Publications: 21
• International journals: 21
• National journals: 0
• Conference presentations: 20

List of publications

• Bao, M., Cui, H., Lv, Y., Wang, L., Ou, Y., & Hussain, N. Greenhouse gas emission during swine manure aerobic composting: Insight from the dissolved organic matter associated microbial community succession. Bioresource Technology, 373, 128729, 2023, DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128729 (Scopus/Wos indexed) (Impact factor 11.88)
• Tabassum-Abbasi, Hussain, N., Khamrang, C., Patnaik, P., Abbasi, T., &Abbasi, S. A. Different species of epigeic and anecic earthworms cause similarly effective and beneficial biocomposting—a case study involving the pernicious aquatic weed salvinia(Salviniamolesta, Mitchell). Life, 13(3), 720, 2023, DOI:10.3390/life13030720 (Wos indexed) (Impact factor 3.25)

c. Research guidance:

M.Sc.

Completed projects: (05)