Management Engineering

RASHID RAFIQUE, PhD.

University of Oklahoma – Norman E mail: accivr@r.postjobfree.com, accivr@r.postjobfree.com

Department of Microbiology and Lab Phone: 405-***-****

Plant Biology Lab Fax: 405-***-****

101 David L Boren Blvd Home Phone: +1-608-***-****

Website: http://rashidrafique.yolasite.com

Norman, OK, USA, 73019

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Carbon, nitrogen and water cycle at regional and global level

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Soil greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) emissions measurements and modeling

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Watershed modeling (SWAT) to simulate runoff, sediments and chemical transport

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Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems and their relationship with hydrologic processes

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Soil and water conservations

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Renewable energy production from agricultural wastes

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Environmental risk assessment

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Environmental modeling and data analysis

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EDUCATION

Python computer language semester course (Fall, 2012)

University of Wisconsin –Madison, USA

PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (Feb, 2008 July 2011)

National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland

M.Sc Environmental Engineering (Aug 2005 Sep 2007)

Denmark Technical University

Aalborg University Denmark

B.Sc (Hon) Environnemental Sciences (2001 2005)

University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan

WORK EXPERIENCE

Post Doc Fellow (Jan 2013 – Present)

Oklahoma University (OU) Norman, USA

Visiting Scientist (Feb 2013 – Mar 2013)

National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, USA

Visiting Scientist (Sep 2011)

Department of Crop and Soil Science, Michigan State University, Lansing, USA

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Post Doc Research Associate (Aug 2011 – Dec 2012)

Department of Biological System Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison

Graduate Research Assistant (Feb 2008 – July 2011)

National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC), Ireland

Research Assistant (Oct 2007 – Feb 2008)

Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, Denmark

TEACHING/INSTRUCTING EXPERIENCE

Supervising graduate students: Biogeochemical modeling and parameterization of

DAYCENT and DNDC models. 2011 2012. University Wisconsin Madison, USA

Teaching and lab assistant: Environmental engineering and soil science courses. 2008

2011. National University of Ireland, Cork.

Research demonstrator: Renewable energy sources. 2007. Nordic Folkecentre for

Renewable Energy, Denmark.

Lab demonstrator: Soil and water course. 2004. University of the Punjab Lahore,

Pakistan.

Class tutor: Elementary level. 1999. Rahman Public School Ban Bajwa, Sialkot,

Pakistan.

PROPOSAL SUBMITTED

“Integration of Metagenomic, Transcriptomics, and Biogeochemistry to Improve Model

Prediction of Peatland CH4 Fluxes in Response to Climate Change”. Submitted to US

Department of Energy under funding opportunity FOA number DE FOA 0000866.

Collaboraotrs: Oklahoma University, University of Oregon and Livermore National Lab.

Leading PI: Lee Krumholz.

AFFILIATION WITH SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS

Contributing editor for American Journal of engineering and applied sciences

Reviewer for International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Reviewer for International Journal of Biogeosciences

Reviewer for International Journal of Bioresource Technology

Reviewer for International Journal of Agriculture and Forest Meteorology

Reviewer for International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review

Reviewer for Agricultrual Science Research Journal

Reviewer for Scientific Reports

Reviewer for Environmental and Chemical Engineering

Reviewer for Australian Soil Research

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Reviewer for Geomicrobiology

PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL PAPERS

(* Corresponding author)

1. W Zhang, X Zhu, Y Luow, R Rafique et al., 2014. Response of N2O emissions to N

and P additions in two tropical plantations in Southern China. Biogeosciences

Discussion (Accepted).

2. R Rafique, et al.,. 2014. Traceability analysis of carbon cycle to identify sources of

uncertainties among three global land models. Global Change Biology (In review).

3. R Rafique, M Finnen, Y Luo, R Anex. 2014. Manual Parameterization of

biogeochemical models may leads to wrong interpretation of results. Journal of

Environmental Quality (In review).

4. R Rafique et al., 2014. Estimation of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, CO2) from

agroecosystem under increased temperature and precipitation redistribution: A

DAYCENT model approach. Global and Planetary Change (In revision).

5. G Han, R Xing, Y Luo, R Rafique et al., 2014. Vegetation patchiness regulates soil

respiration and its temperature sensitivity at the field scale in an estuary wetland.

PlosOne (In revision).

6. L Lai, S Kumar, E Mbonimpa, R Chintala, R Rafique, A Glen. 2014. Coupling PEST

and DAYCENT for Improved Simulation of N2O Emissions Monitored from a Poorly

Drained Soil using High Frequency Measurements. Global Change Biology (Inreview).

7. Wang C, Wang G, Wang Y, Rafique R, Ma L, Hu L, Luo Y. 2014. Fire alters

characteristics and soil microbial community in alpine meadow in Qinghai Tibetan

plateau, China. Oecologia, (In review).

8. C Wang, G Wang, R Rafique, Y Wang, W Liu, YZheng, L Hu. 2014. Effects of

nitrogen input on soil characterises of alpine meadow. Soil biology and biochemistry (In

review).

9. S Kumar, Toru N, Gentil EM, Sagar G, Upender SR, Ataunobu K, R Lal, RAJESH

C, R Rafique, Norman F. Long term Tillage and Drainage Influences on Soil Organic

Carbon Dynamics, Aggregate Stability, and Corn Yield. Soil Science and Plant

Nutrition (In press).

10. DG Kim, R Rafique, P Leahy, G Kiely. 2014. Predicting the impact of changing

fertilizer use, land use and climate on nitrous oxide emission in Irish agricultural lands.

Plant and Soil, doi:10.1007/s11104 013 1862 2.

11. C Lewis, R Rafique*, N Foley, G Morgan, J Albertson, G Kiely. 2013. Seasonal exports

of phosphorus from intensively fertilised nested grassland catchment, Journal of

Environmental Sciences 23, 280 296.

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12. M L Wellock; R Rafique*; C M LaPerle; M Peichl; G Kiely. 2013. Changes in

ecosystem carbon stocks in a grassland ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.)

afforestation chronosequence in Ireland. Journal of Plant Ecology, doi:

10.1093/jpe/rtt060

13. S Kumar, R Lal, D Liu and R Rafique. 2013. Estimating the spatial distribution

of organic carbon density for the soils of Ohio, USA, Journal of Geographical Sciences

23, 280 296.

14. D Li, CJ Watson, R Rafique, MJ Yan, S Lalor, KG Richard. 2013. A review of nitrous

oxide mitigation by farm management in temperate graslsand based agriculture.

Journal of Env. Management 128, 893 903.

15. R Rafique, M Finnen, T B Parkin, R Anex. 2013. Greenhouse gases emissions from

cropland: A procedure for calibration of the biogeochemical model DayCent using

PEST an inverse modeling technique. Water, Air and Soil, DOI 10.1007/s11270 013

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16. X Xu, W Liu, R Rafique, K Wang. 2013. Revisiting the continental U.S. hydrologic

change in the latter half of the 20th Century. Water Resource Management. (In Press).

17. R Rafique, R Anex, D Henessy, G Kiely. 2012. What are the Impacts of grazing and

cutting events on the N2O dynamics in humid temperate grasslands? Geoderma 181,

36 44.

18. R Rafique, D Henessy, G Kiely. 2011. Evaluating management effects on nitrous oxide

emissions from grasslands using the process based model DNDC. Atmospheric

Environment, 45, 6029 6039.

19. R Rafique, D Henessy, G Kiely. 2011. Nitrous Oxide Emission from grazed grasslands

under different management systems. Ecosystems, 14, 563 582.

20. AS Nizami, R Rafique, Molander S, ZZ Asam, NE Korres, G Kiely and JD Murphy.

2011. Comparative Analysis of the EIA system of Developed and Developing Countries:

Cases of Hydroelectric Power Plants in Pakistan, Norway and Sweden. International

Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 18, 134 142.

21. ZZ Asam, TG Poulsen, R Rafique, AS Nizami, G Kiely and JD Murphy. 2011. How

can we improve biomethane production per unit of feedstock in biogas plants? Applied

Energy 88, 2013–2018.

22. R Rafique, TG Poulsen, AS Nizami, ZZ Asam, JD Murphy, G Kiely. 2010. Effect of

Thermal, Chemical and Thermo Chemical Pretreatments to Enhance Methane

Production. Energy 35, 4556 4561.

MANUSRIPTS TO BE SUBMITTED SOON

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23. R Rafique, X Yang, Y Lou et al., 2013. Application of traceability framework in global

land models to quantify the carbon cycling differences in tropical, temperate and boreal

regions. To be submitted in Geoscientific Model Development.

24. ZZ Asam, A Kalia, M Nieminen, R Rafique, C Driscoll, S Sarkola, L Xiao. 2013.

Assessing the role of second vegetation to mitigate nitrogen leaching from peatland. To

be submitted in Ecological Engineering.

25. Z Shi, S Hararuk, J Xia, J Li, B Cremeans, M Stacy, N Mikle, J Duckles, F Montane, R

Rafique, Y Luo, P Stacy. 2014. EcoPAD to facilitate data model integration in

ecological research. (To be submitted soon).

26. Lei H, C Wang, G Wang, R Rafique, W Liu, Z Xiang. Changes in soil microbial

community structure and diversity along elevation gradients in the Betula platyphylla

and Picea crassifolia forests of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau in China. (To be submitted

soon).

CONFERENCE ORAL/POSTER PRESENTATIONS

1. E Mbonimpa, S Kumar, L Lai, R Chintala, R Rafique, A Glen. 2014. Simulating

Climate Change Impacts on N2O fluxes in Corn Grown under a Poorly Drained Soil.

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ASABE) Conference,

28 29 March, 2014, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA.

2. R Rafique, X Jianyang, O Hararuk, Y Luo. 2013. Carbon Structural Analysis of Global

Land Models (C SALM). American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 8 13 December,

2013, San Francisco, California, USA

3. R Rafique, M Finnen, R Anex. 2012. Use of PEST an inverse modeling technique for

calibration of the biogeochemical models e.g. DayCent. International annual meeting of

ASA, CSSA and SSSA on Vision for a Sustainable Planet, 21 24 October, 2012,

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

4. R Rafique, R Anex, S Kravchenko. 2011. Power Analysis of Soil Measurements: Soil

carbon and greenhouse gases. National conference on Climate and Corn based

Cropping Systems (CSCAP), 8 10 November, 2011, Chicago USA.

5. R Rafique, M Michael, S Yamulki, G Kiely. 2011. Inter comparison of field methods

for measurement of nitrous oxide emissions. International conference on Nitrogen and

Global Change. April 11 14, 2011, Edinburg, UK.

6. R Rafique, G Kiely. Quantification of N2O fluxes from Irish grasslands. 2010. The 5th

Internation Conceference of American Academy of Sciences on Environmental Science

and Technology. 12–16 July, 2010, Houston, Texas, USA.

7. R Rafique, TG Poulsen, AS Nizami and ZZ Asam. 2009. Pre treatment of de watered

pig manure to enhance methane yield in anaerobic digestion plants. Proceedings of 3 rd

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International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection. Dublin,

Ireland. Volume 2, pp 70 75.

8. AS Nizami, ZZ Asam and R Rafique, S Molander. 2009. The differences between EIA

systems “In paper” and “In practice” in developed and developing countries for

hydroelectric power plants .Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Sustainable

Energy and Environmental Protection. Dublin, Ireland. Volume 2, pp 314 318.

9. ZZ Asam, TG Poulsen, AS Nizami, R Rafique. 2009. Optimization of biogas plants

using energy crops and manure separation technologies. The 3rd International

Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection. Dublin, Ireland.

Volume 2, pp 108 114.

10. R Rafique, DG Kim, P Leahy, Kiely G. 2009. Relationship of N 2O fluxes with its

important parameters. .British Society of Soil Science Conference on Predicting the

Future for Highly Organic Soils, 12 14 November, 2009. Edinburgh, UK.

11. G Kiely, M Mischurow, R Rafique. 2009. N2O form Irish agricultural grasslands:

current emissions and future trends. Seminar on Climate Change. 24th June 2009.

Celbridge Co. Kildare, Ireland.

INVITED/ATTENDED PRESENTATIONS

1. R Rafique, et al., 2014. Applications of traceability framework in biogeochemical

models for improve understanding of carbon and nitrogen cycles. Department of Plant

Sciences, South Dakota State University, USA, February, 2014.

2. R Rafique. 2013. 4th North American Carbon Project (NACP) All Investigators

Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Feb. 04 07.

3. Kiely G, R Rafique, Michael Mischurow. 2010. Greenhouse gases modelling workshop

held by Irish Environmental Protection Agency. Dublin, Ireland, 24th November 2010.

4. R Rafique, Kim DG, J Casey, P Leahy, Kiely G. 2008. Methodology of Nitrous Oxide

flux measurements. Chamber calibration workshop ESF NinE project, Copenhagen,

Denmark, December 15 17, 2008.

OFFICIAL PUBLISHED REPORTS

1. G Kiely, R Rafique, M. Mishrov. Nitrous oxide from Irish agricultural grasslands:

current emissions and future trends (Project Reference no. RSF 06372). Submitted to

Irish Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in Febraury 2012.

WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED

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Semi Analytical Spin Up (SASU) solution for land models. Stephenson Research and

Technology Centre, Norman, Oklahoma, October, 2013.

Nitrous Oxide measurements techniques for temporal and spatial scales, Department of

Civil and Environmental Engineering, University College Cork, Ireland, March, 2009.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Aug 2013. Community Earth System Modelling (CESM) Workshop sponsored by

National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Co, USA.

2001 2004. Graduate scholarship. College of environmental sciences Punjab University

Lahore, Pakistan

1998 College scholarship. Government College Sialkot. Ministry of Education,

Pakistan

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

2013 present, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

2006 2008, Denmark Engineering Council

COMPLETED INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

1 Nitrous oxide emissions measurements and modeling from Irish grassland ecosystem

(National University of Ireland, Cork)

2 Effect of pre treatment on enhancing the biogas production from agricultural waste

products (Aalborg University Denmark)

3 Water and Sanitation development in developing countries A case study of Guatemala

(Denmark Technical University)

4 Planning the soil waste management and energy production plan for Westby

Municipality –Denmark (Denmark Technical University)

5 Life Cycle Assessment of Products and System at Fritz’s Hansen Danish Furniture

Products (Denmark Technical University)

6 Design of an alternate activated sludge treatment system with secondary settling at

Aabybro (Aalborg University Denmark)

7 Environmental Assessment of manure management through biogas production (Aalborg

University Denmark)

8 Environmental Risk Assessment of Raerup Landfill site – Denmark (Aalborg University

Denmark)

9 Urban water management system (Aalborg University Denmark)

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10 An Integrated Approach to Occupational Health and Safety System in Tannery

Industries: A Case Study of East Pakistan Chrome Tannery (EPCT) Limited (University

of Punjab, Pakistan)

11 Environmental Risk Assessment of Agro vision Fertilizer Industry, Lahore (University

of Punjab, Pakistan)

12 Analysis of Physical Properties of Solid Waste in Lahore City (University of Punjab,

Pakistan)

13 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report of Thar Coal Deserts (University of

Punjab, Pakistan)

14 Field Survey of Northern Areas of Pakistan with Natural Hazards and Ecosystem

Perspective (University of Punjab, Pakistan)

SALIENT FEATURES REGARDING ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

(A) M.S. Eng.

The Master's programme contains seven major themes described below. Parallel to the themes

other topics are included such as environmental databases, statistics and validation

Waste water treatment processes and plant designing

Soil and ground water contamination assessment and their treatment processes

Life cycle assessment of products and systems for better usage of resources and

sustainable development

Designing solid waste management and landfill system as well energy recovery through

incineration processes

Biotechnology in using contaminated soils remediation

Developing water and sanitation system in developing countries using local resources

Management of agricultural waste through producing biogas and composts

(B) B.S. (Hon). Environmental Sciences

Environmental Chemistry Biodiversity and Conservation

Hydrologic System and Environment Ecosystem, Meteorology

Noise Pollution Environmental Impact on Industrial

Minerals

Environmental Risk Analysis Human Activity and Environment

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Environmental Molecular Biology Environmental Policy

Environmental Law Waste Management

Essentials of Microbiology and Natural Hazards

Bioremediation

Physical Methods used in Environmental Evaluation

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Computing Skills

Programming skills: Python, MATLAB, Fortran (basic level), NetCDF Operators (NCDO) and

NCAR Command Language (NCL)

Operating systems: UNIX/LINUS and WINDOWS

Global land models: CABLE, CLM4 and CLM3.5

Inverse Modleing Software: PEST –Parameter ESTimation

Other process based models: DNDC, CENTURY, DAYCENT and SWAT

Graphic and plotting: Sigma plot and Origin

Statistical analysis: SAS, SPSS, SigmaPlot

Groundwater Modeling Tool: GMS supported by ArcGIS

Life Cycle Assesment Tool: GABI

Land Fill Designing Tool: Visual HELP

Documenting and presentation: Various programs

Web design: Various programs

Analysis of soil, water and vegetation (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Organic matter)

TOC analyzer, Spectrophotometer, Ion chromatograph,

Measurements and analysis of soil gas

Gas flux measurements (CO2, CH4, N2O), Gas chromatography, Gas Chambers, Eddy

Covariance

Others

LAI measurement, data logger and sensors, Automatic weather station.

REFERENCES

Prof, Yiqi Luo, Oklahoma University Norman, USA.

Email: accivr@r.postjobfree.com

Rashid Rafique, PhD 9

Phone: 405-***-****

Web: http://ecolab.ou.edu/

Prof, Gerard Kiely, National University of Ireland Cork

Email: accivr@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: +353-**-*******

Web: www.hydromet.org

Prof, Steve Frolking, University of New Hamphshire Durham, USA

Email: accivr@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: +1-603-***-****

Web: http://www.eos.unh.edu/Faculty/Frolking

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