Riffat Naseem Malik obtained Ph.D. from The Reading University, Reading, UK. She currently holds as an Assistant Professor in Department of Environmental Sciences at Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad. Her research of interest includes Environmental Biology and applied Ecotoxicology research group focuses on monitoring and assessment of environmental pollution; evaluation, occurrence, spatial and temporal trends and source identification of heavy metals and Persistent Organic Pollutant (POPs) in aquatic and terrestrial resources of Pakistan; their effects on form and functionality of biota, and ecological systems; identification and development of biological indicators/markers to assess the integrity and health conditions of an ecosystem.

Environmental Biology and applied Ecotoxicology research group focuses on monitoring and assessment of environmental pollution; evaluation, occurrence, spatial and temporal trends and source identification of heavy metals and Persistent Organic Pollutant (POPs) in aquatic and terrestrial resources of Pakistan; their effects on form and functionality of biota, and ecological systems; identification and development of biological indicators/markers to assess the integrity and health conditions of an ecosystem.