Dr. Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi is Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University, Pakistan. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology from Zhejiang University, China. Dr. Hashmi’s research interests are analytical chemistry and the development of treatment technologies to control environmental and industrial pollution. He also has expertise in developing environmentally sustainable and feasible technologies including bioremediation, using innovative microbes and genes, plants, and microcosms. He has edited seven books, 14 book chapters, 80 original research articles and is currently series editor of two environmental contaminant book series. Dr. Hashmi is also an Associate Editor of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences. Dr. Hashmi is Member of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, International Toxicology Society, HEC and PSF Research Grants Committee, and has been awarded a KANS Prize in OIC countries by MUSTAFA Science and Technology Foundation.

• 1. Microorganism and antibiotic production2. Antibiotics and Antimicrobial resistance: temporal and global trends in the environment3. Antibiotics presence in hospitals and associated wastes4. Current Trends of Antimicrobials Used in Food Animals and Aquaculture5. Major Natural Sinks for Harboring microorganisms with Altered Antibiotic Resistance Vs Major Human Contributing Sources of Antibiotic Resistance: A Detailed Insight6. Dissemination of Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment7. Long Range Transport of Antibiotics and AMR/ARGs8. Antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance mechanism of entry in the environment9. Antibiotics, AMR, and ARGs fate in the environment10. Bio-monitoring of antibiotics, AMR, and ARGs11. Antibiotics uptake in Plants12. Modeling the Spread of Antibiotics and AMR/ARGs in Soil13. Metagenomics and methods development for determination of antibiotics and AMR/ARGS14. Global trends in ARGs measured by HT-qPCR platforms15. Databases, multiplexed PCR, and next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies for tracking AMR genes in the environment16. Toxicity of antibiotics17. Carbapenems and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Mechanisms and epidemiology18. Environmental and Public Health Effects of Antibiotics and AMR/ARGs19. Antibiotics Resistance Mechanism20. Microbial Risk Assessment and Antimicrobial Resistance21. Environmental risk assessment of antibiotics and AMR/ARGs22. Nanobiotechnology based drug delivery strategy as a potential weapon against multiple drug-resistant pathogens23. Treatment Technologies and Management options of Antibiotics and AMR/ARG

Dr. Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi is Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University, Pakistan. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology from Zhejiang University, China. Dr. Hashmi’s research interests are analytical chemistry and the development of treatment technologies to control environmental and industrial pollution. He also has expertise in developing environmentally sustainable and feasible technologies including bioremediation, using innovative microbes and genes, plants, and microcosms. He has edited seven books, 14 book chapters, 80 original research articles and is currently series editor of two environmental contaminant book series. Dr. Hashmi is also an Associate Editor of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences. Dr. Hashmi is Member of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, International Toxicology Society, HEC and PSF Research Grants Committee, and has been awarded a KANS Prize in OIC countries by MUSTAFA Science and Technology Foundation.

• 1. Microorganism and antibiotic production2. Antibiotics and Antimicrobial resistance: temporal and global trends in the environment3. Antibiotics presence in hospitals and associated wastes4. Current Trends of Antimicrobials Used in Food Animals and Aquaculture5. Major Natural Sinks for Harboring microorganisms with Altered Antibiotic Resistance Vs Major Human Contributing Sources of Antibiotic Resistance: A Detailed Insight6. Dissemination of Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment7. Long Range Transport of Antibiotics and AMR/ARGs8. Antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance mechanism of entry in the environment9. Antibiotics, AMR, and ARGs fate in the environment10. Bio-monitoring of antibiotics, AMR, and ARGs11. Antibiotics uptake in Plants12. Modeling the Spread of Antibiotics and AMR/ARGs in Soil13. Metagenomics and methods development for determination of antibiotics and AMR/ARGS14. Global trends in ARGs measured by HT-qPCR platforms15. Databases, multiplexed PCR, and next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies for tracking AMR genes in the environment16. Toxicity of antibiotics17. Carbapenems and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Mechanisms and epidemiology18. Environmental and Public Health Effects of Antibiotics and AMR/ARGs19. Antibiotics Resistance Mechanism20. Microbial Risk Assessment and Antimicrobial Resistance21. Environmental risk assessment of antibiotics and AMR/ARGs22. Nanobiotechnology based drug delivery strategy as a potential weapon against multiple drug-resistant pathogens23. Treatment Technologies and Management options of Antibiotics and AMR/ARG

Dr. Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi is Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University, Pakistan. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology from Zhejiang University, China. Dr. Hashmi’s research interests are analytical chemistry and the development of treatment technologies to control environmental and industrial pollution. He also has expertise in developing environmentally sustainable and feasible technologies including bioremediation, using innovative microbes and genes, plants, and microcosms. He has edited seven books, 14 book chapters, 80 original research articles and is currently series editor of two environmental contaminant book series. Dr. Hashmi is also an Associate Editor of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences. Dr. Hashmi is Member of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, International Toxicology Society, HEC and PSF Research Grants Committee, and has been awarded a KANS Prize in OIC countries by MUSTAFA Science and Technology Foundation.

• 1. Microorganism and antibiotic production2. Antibiotics and Antimicrobial resistance: temporal and global trends in the environment3. Antibiotics presence in hospitals and associated wastes4. Current Trends of Antimicrobials Used in Food Animals and Aquaculture5. Major Natural Sinks for Harboring microorganisms with Altered Antibiotic Resistance Vs Major Human Contributing Sources of Antibiotic Resistance: A Detailed Insight6. Dissemination of Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment7. Long Range Transport of Antibiotics and AMR/ARGs8. Antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance mechanism of entry in the environment9. Antibiotics, AMR, and ARGs fate in the environment10. Bio-monitoring of antibiotics, AMR, and ARGs11. Antibiotics uptake in Plants12. Modeling the Spread of Antibiotics and AMR/ARGs in Soil13. Metagenomics and methods development for determination of antibiotics and AMR/ARGS14. Global trends in ARGs measured by HT-qPCR platforms15. Databases, multiplexed PCR, and next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies for tracking AMR genes in the environment16. Toxicity of antibiotics17. Carbapenems and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Mechanisms and epidemiology18. Environmental and Public Health Effects of Antibiotics and AMR/ARGs19. Antibiotics Resistance Mechanism20. Microbial Risk Assessment and Antimicrobial Resistance21. Environmental risk assessment of antibiotics and AMR/ARGs22. Nanobiotechnology based drug delivery strategy as a potential weapon against multiple drug-resistant pathogens23. Treatment Technologies and Management options of Antibiotics and AMR/ARG