Shakeel Ahmed Talpur

Research Project: ACTION - Increasing Coastal Ecosystem Resilience to Climate Change Key Responsibilities: • Collect and analyze historical hydrogeological and hydrological data for the designated pilot area (Lamone River mouth, Municipality of Ravenna, Po Delta Regional Park). • Conduct monitoring and geochemical characterization of water, sediments, and soils, including sample preparation and analytical instrumentation for environmental matrices from the Po Delta pilot case. • Perform monitoring and asses

Research Project: Environmental matrix analysis in surface and subsurface water and sediments along the Pescara River using novel total x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (TXRF) in Abruzzo, Italy. Key Responsibilities: • Collecting water and sediment samples from strategic locations of the Pescara River and implementing optimized pre-treatment methods to prepare samples for total X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (TXRF) analysis. • Performing quantitative TXRF analysis to reveal levels of potentially toxic el

Project: Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Freshwater Bivalves: Mechanism, Trends, and Consequences. Key Responsibilities: • Focused on heavy metal contamination in freshwater bivalves as a visiting research scholar. • Emphasized methodological advancements and species-specific responses. • Collected, prepared, and analyzed data to quantify metal concentrations. • Examined accumulation patterns and their correlation with environmental factors. • Advanced understanding of metal uptake mechanisms and their eco

Project: MultiTex RCT - Multifaceted intervention package for protection against cotton dust exposure among textile workers – a cluster randomized controlled trial funded by Welcome Trust U.K. Key Responsibilities: • I led the implementation of an intervention package, delivering 64 training sessions to management and workers at textile mills in Karachi for the MultiTex RCT project funded by Wellcome Trust U.K. • Engaged stakeholders, including the textile association and labor department, to facilitate ac

Major: Hydrogeochemistry & Hydrogeology Thesis: Quantifying mobilization of PTEs into the surface and subsurface water and sediments along the Pescara River using Total X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (TXRF) in Abruzzo region, Italy.

Major: Hydrogeochemistry Thesis: Arsenic removal from the groundwater using iron oxyhydroxide with the effects of calcium carbonate.

Major: Environmental Sciences Thesis: Physicochemical analysis of groundwater quality at Morga Rawalpindi, Pakistan.