Imran Salim

PhD, Myongji University, Yongin Campus, Republic of Korea

Date of Birth: April 20, 1988
Mobile: 0318-2925156
E-mail: imransaleem26@gmail.com

CURRENT RESEARCH
 Water quality monitoring and analysis
 Non-point source pollution management and monitoring strategies
 Urban runoff modeling in relation to land use and hydro-meteorological variability
 Development of advanced technologies for assessing non-point pollution in the watershed
 Source identification and apportionment of runoff pollutants
 Climate change and its impact on water resources, urban stormwater runoff
 Urban water management, and flood studies, including low impact development (LIDs)

RESEARCH INTERESTS
 Physico-chemical/ or biological wastewater treatment
 Advanced technologies in wastewater treatment
 Wastewater treatment with microalgae and renewable resources
 Climate change assessment and its impacts on water resources
 Urban flood management
 Surface water quality and management
 Metagenomic (Next generation sequencing of 16S rRNA) analysis of water quality and characterization

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
2014-2019 Ph.D. Environmental Engineering and Energy
Myongji University, Yongin Campus, Republic of Korea
2012-2014 Mphil (MS). Sustainable Water, Sanitation Health and Development
COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
2006-2010 Bachelors (BS). Environmental Sciences
COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sept 2014-Aug 2019 Research Associate, Department of Environmental Engineering and Energy,
Myongji University, Yongin Campus, Republic of Korea

Responsibilities: Working as a research member in watershed system engineering

laboratory for developing non-point source management program at the watershed
level. Responsible for stormwater monitoring and analysis using using field and in-situ
techniques. Prepare long term runoff monitoring database and management. Utilize
both statistical and modeling techniques for stormwater characterization and analysis.
Writing reports and publications.

Sept 2012- Jan 2014 Research Assistant, Sustainable Water, Sanitation, Health and Development
Program, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan, Abbottabad Campus,
Pakistan
 Responsibilities: Worked on developing sustainable water, sanitation, health and
development program in Pakistan. This program was a mutual initiative of Norway and
Pakistan and is funded by the Norwegian Government. The other job duties include;
 Lab assistance-ship
 Field data collection
 Report writing, etc
Sept 2006-Aug 2010 Research Assistant, Department of Environmental Sciences
COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
Responsibilities: Worked as a researcher in the project entitled “Optimizing key
parameters in dark fermentation to enhance bio-hydrogen production by industrial
wastewater ” The job duties include;
 Design lab scale bio-hydrogen production system
 Industrial wastewater collection and analysis
 Development of treatment strategies
RESEARCH THESIS/TITLES
PhD Research Project Research Title: Identification of pollution sources and assessment of rainfall variability
on stormwater runoff using receptor and hydrological modeling approaches
Mphil Research Project Research Title: Quality assessment of heavy metals impact on soil and community
health by the use of industrial waste and tube well water for irrigation
BS Research Project Research Title: Optimizing key parameters in dark fermentation to enhance bio
hydrogen production by industrial wastewater
TECHNICAL SKILS AND ABILITIES
Sr. Skills &Abilities Proficiency Last Used/Practiced
1 MS word, Excel, PowerPoint Excellent Currently Using
2 Receptor and linear regression Excellent Currently Using
models (PCA-MLR and PMF)
3 Statistical software and techniques Excellent Currently Using
(univariate and multivariate)
4 PCSWMM runoff model for urban Good Currently Using
flow simulations
5 XLSTAT, SPSS, Sigmaplot Good Currently Using
6 ArcGIS version (10, 10.2.2, 10.3) Average Basic /learning
CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS
 Seminar on “Rain Water Harvesting” with reference to World Water Day, 22nd March, 2011 at
the COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan, Abbottabad Campus, organized by Earthquake
Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Authority Pakistan.
 World Water Day, 22nd March, 2010 at the COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan, Abbottabad
Campus, arranged by Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources and United Nation
Development Program.
 Active participant in Invent Workshop on ‘Entrepreneurialship challenge; organized by Institute
of Business Administration & Center for Entrepreneurial Development in National University of
Science and Technology, 2012.
 Fifth International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development organized by
COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan on August 25-27, 2013.
 Conference on Environmental and industry development for Non-Point Source Pollution Reduction
Technology, Policy Trends And Industry Development Plan (15 years). Jollanam-do Environmental
Industries Promotion Institute. Kimdaejung Convention Center, Gwangju, South Korea (Sept. 2015).
 Joint Conference: Korean Society of Water and Wastewater and Korean Society on Water and
Environment, Korea International Exhibition Center, Goyang, Ilsan, South Korea (26 – 28, August
2015).
 12th Total Pollution Load Management System Workshop, Jeju, South Korea (26 – 27 February
 2015).
 Estuaries Management Workshop, Gunsan, South Korea (9 – 10 February 2015).
 Korean Society of Water and Wastewater & Korean Society of Water Environment joint
conference, WATER KOREA, 23-24, 2016 March, Busan, South Korea.
 Korean Society of Water and Wastewater & Korean Society of Water Environment joint
conference, 23-24, 2017 March, Gwangju, South Korea.
 Total pollution load management conference (16-17 March), Jeju Island, South Korea.
 Joint conference on Oceanography and Integrated Esturain Management System, (2-3November
2017), Gyeongju, South Korea.
 Korean Society of Water and Wastewater & Korean Society of Water Environment joint
conference, 22-23, 2018 March, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang, South Korea.
 5th International Conference on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (EESD-
2018), November. 14- 16, 2018, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.

PUBLICATIONS
 Imran Salim., Raja Umer Sajjad., Ma. Cristina Paule-Mercado., Sheeraz Ahmed Memon., Bum-Yeon Lee.,
Chinzorig Sukhbaatar and Chang-Hee Lee (2019). Comparison of two receptor models PCA-MLR and PMF
for source identification and apportionment of pollution carried by runoff from catchment and sub-watershed
areas with mixed land cover in South Korea. Science of the Total Environment, (29), 663:764-775.
 Imran Salim., Ma. Cristina Paule-Mercado., Raja Umer Sajjad., Sheeraz Ahmed Memon., Bum-Yeon Lee.,
Chinzorig Sukhbaatar and Chang-Hee Lee (2019). Trend analysis of rainfall characteristics and its impact on
stormwater runoff quality from urban and agricultural catchment. Membrane and Water Treatment, (10), 047-
057.
 Ma. Cristina A. Paule-Mercado., Imran Salim., Bum-Yeon Lee., Chang-Hee Lee and Deokjin Jahng. (2019).
Intra-event variability of bacterial composition in stormwater runoff from mixed land use and land cover
catchment. Membrane and Water Treatment, (10), 029-038.
 Raja Umer Sajjad, Ma. Cristina Paule-Mercado, Imran Salim, Sheeraz Ahmed Memon, Bum-Yeon Lee,
Chinzorig Sukhbaatar, Chang-Hee Lee (2019). Temporal variability of suspended solids in construction runoff
and evaluation of time-paced sampling strategies. Journal of environmental monitoring & assessment,
191:110.
 Ma. Cristina A.Paule-Mercado, Imran Salim, Bum-Yeon Lee, Sheeraz Memon, Raja Umer Sajjad,Chinzorig
Sukhbaatar and Chang-Hee Lee (2018). Monitoring and quantification of stormwater runoff from mixed land
use and land cover catchment in response to land development. Ecological Indicators, (93), 1112-1125.
 M. A. Paule-Mercado, B.Y. Lee, S.A. Memon, S.R. Umer, Imran Salim, and C-H. Lee. (2017). “Influence of
land development on stormwater runoff from a mixed land use and land cover catchment”, Science of the Total
Environment. 599-600, 2142-2155.
 M.A. Paule Mercado, Bum Yeon Lee, Chinzorig Sukhbaatar, Umar Raja, Imran Salim, Seung Hoon Yu,
Chang Hee Lee.(2016). Using PCSWMM to predict the hydrological response to land use and land cover
change development in a mixed catchment. Korean Society of Water and Environment, (0), 31-32.
REFERENCE

 Professor Dr. Lee Chang Hee

Supervisor, Myongji University, Department of Environmental Engineering and Energy.
Email: changhee@mju.ac.kr. Phone: 031-330-6698.
 Dr. Usman Irshad
Assistant Professor, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
Email: usmanirshad@ciit.net.pk. Phone: (92)992-383591-5.
 Professor Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad Raja
Advisor, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
Email: iaraja@ciit.net.pk. Phone: (92)992-383591-6.
 Dr. Naim Rashid
Assistant Professor, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Pakistan
Email: raonaim@ciit.net.pk. Phone: +92 (42) 111-001-007.