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Dr Narottam Saha

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
CMLR
+61 7 3346 4414
n.saha@uq.edu.au
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Narottam Saha

Publications

Book Chapter (1)
Journal Articles (50)
Thesis (1)

Book Chapter

Saha, Narottam, Zaman, M. R. and Rahman, M. Safiur (2013). Heavy metals in fish, fruits and vegetables from Rajshahi, Bangladesh: a statistical approach. Nature Science. (pp. 237-253) Hauppauge, NY USA: Nova Science Publishers.

Journal Articles

Saha, Narottam, Bu, Hao, Yang, Sam, Thomsen, Lars and Huang, Longbin (2025). Chemically activated cementation of sulfidic waste rocks for preventing acid and metalliferous drainage pollution at mine sites. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 13 (5) 118101, 118101. doi: 10.1016/j.jece.2025.118101
Saha, Narottam, Ren, Chengyao, Parry, David and Huang, Longbin (2025). Geochemical factors governing Vanadium speciation and mobilisation in technosol eco-engineered from bauxite residue under field conditions. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 495 138920, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.138920
Liu, Yunjia, Wu, Songlin, You, Fang, Saha, Narottam, Chan, Ting-Shan and Huang, Longbin (2025). Attenuation of pollution risks in sulfidic lead‑zinc tailings through accelerating weathering of sulfides by indigenous Acidithiobacillus consortia. Chemical Geology, 683 122765, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.122765
Lu, Chenglong, Wu, Songlin, Ma, Long, You, Fang, Saha, Narottam, Bu, Hao, Fernando, Joseph, Parry, David, Thomsen, Lars, Chan, Ting-Shan and Huang, Longbin (2025). Haloalkalitolerant plants drive alkaline mineral weathering and dealkalization of seawater-treated bauxite residue. Plant and Soil, 1-19. doi: 10.1007/s11104-025-07501-8
Basir, Md. Samium, Khan, Rahat, Akhi, Sayma Zahan, Ullah, A.K.M. Atique, Islam, Mohammad Amirul, Naher, Kamrun, Idris, Abubakr M., Khan, Md. Harunor Rashid, Aldawood, Saad and Saha, Narottam (2024). Source specific sedimentary response towards the differential anthropogenic impacts in terms of potentially toxic elements in an urban river. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 203 116425, 116425. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116425
Kumar, Sazal, Saha, Narottam, Mohana, Anika Amir, Hasan, Md. Sabbir, Rahman, M. Safiur, Elmes, Michele and MacFarlane, Geoff R. (2024). Atmospheric particulate matter and associated trace elements pollution in Bangladesh: a comparative study with global megacities. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 235 (4) 222, 1-29. doi: 10.1007/s11270-024-07021-8
Li, Zhen, Wu, Songlin, Liu, Yunjia, Yi, Qing, Hall, Merinda, Saha, Narottam, Wang, Junjian, Huang, Yuanfang and Huang, Longbin (2024). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi regulate plant mineral nutrient uptake and partitioning in iron ore tailings undergoing eco-engineered pedogenesis. Pedosphere, 34 (2), 385-398. doi: 10.1016/j.pedsph.2023.04.004
Islam, Md. Nazrul, Ganguli, Sumon, Mamun Huda, M., Saha, Narottam, Hoque, Md. Ashraful, Peng, Cheng and Ng, Jack C. (2024). Uncovering the impact of mega-scale shipbreaking yards on soil and crop quality in Bangladesh: a spatiotemporal dynamics and associated health risks of metal/loid contamination. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 464 132931, 132931. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132931
Khan, Rahat, Anik, Amit Hasan, Hossain, Shabiha, Phoungthong, Khamphe, Islam, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul, Saha, Narottam, Idris, Abubakr M., Khan, Md. Harunor Rashid, Aldawood, Saad and Alam, Mahbub (2023). Receptor model-based source tracing and risk assessment of elements in sediment of a transboundary Himalayan River. Chemosphere, 339 139733, 139733. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139733
Wu, Songlin, Liu, Yunjia, Southam, Gordon, Nguyen, Tuan A.H., Konhauser, Kurt O., You, Fang, Bougoure, Jeremy J., Paterson, David, Chan, Ting-Shan, Lu, Ying-Rui, Haw, Shu-Chih, Yi, Qing, Li, Zhen, Robertson, Lachlan M., Hall, Merinda, Saha, Narottam, Ok, Yong Sik and Huang, Longbin (2023). Ecological engineering of iron ore tailings into useable soils for sustainable rehabilitation. iScience, 26 (7) 107102, 1-26. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107102
Khan, Rahat, Hossain, Shabiha, Anik, Amit Hasan, Phoungthong, Khamphe, Islam, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul, Saha, Narottam, Idris, Abubakr M. and Alam, Mahbub (2023). Indexical and statistical approaches to investigate the integrated origins of elements in the sediment of Teesta River, Bangladesh: sediment quality and ecological risk assessment. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 25 (4), 832-849. doi: 10.1039/d2em00475e
Cabral-Pinto, Marina Ms, Saha, Narottam, Ordens, C. M., Pitta-GrĂłs, Denise, Carlos, Gelson, Dinis, Pedro, Marques, Rosa, PrudĂŞncio, Isabel, Rocha, Fernando and Ferreira da Silva, Eduardo A (2023). Integrated geochemical and mineralogical investigation of soil from the volcanic Fogo Island (Cape Verde): implications for ecological and probabilistic human health risks. Exposure and Health, 15 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.1007/s12403-022-00472-6
Yi, Qing, Wu, Songlin, Liu, Yunjia, Chan, Ting-Shan, Lu, Ying-Rui, Saha, Narottam, Southam, Gordon and Huang, Longbin (2023). Mineral weathering of iron ore tailings primed by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and elemental sulfur under contrasting pH conditions. Science of the Total Environment, 856 (Pt 1) 159078, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159078
Islam, Md. Nazrul, Ganguli, Sumon, Saha, Narottam, Khatun, Feroza, Karim, Rezaul, Tanvir, E.M., Howlader, Sabbir, Siddique, Md. Abu Bakar, Peng, Cheng and Ng, Jack C. (2022). Effects of shipwrecks on spatiotemporal dynamics of metal/loids in sediments and seafood safety in the Bay of Bengal. Environmental Pollution, 315 120452, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120452
Rahman, M. Safiur, Akther, Sharmin, Ahmed, A. S. Shafiuddin, Saha, Narottam, Rahman, Lamisa S., Ahmed, Md. Kawser, Arai, Takaomi and Idris, Abubakr M. (2022). Distribution and source apportionment of toxic and trace elements in some benthic and pelagic coastal fish species in Karnaphuli River Estuary, Bangladesh: risk to human health. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 183 114044, 114044. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114044
Islam, Md. Nazrul, Ganguli, Sumon, Tanvir, E. M., Rifat, Md. Akter Hosen, Saha, Narottam, Peng, Cheng and Ng, Jack C. (2022). Human exposure assessment of mixed metal/loids at and near mega-scale open beaching shipwrecking activities in Bangladesh. Exposure and Health, 15 (1), 1-16. doi: 10.1007/s12403-022-00477-1
Li, Zhen, Wu, Songlin, Liu, Yunjia, Yi, Qing, You, Fang, Ma, Yuanying, Thomsen, Lars, Chan, Ting-Shan, Lu, Ying-Rui, Hall, Merinda, Saha, Narottam, Huang, Yuanfang and Huang, Longbin (2022). Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis enhances water stable aggregate formation and organic matter stabilization in Fe ore tailings. Geoderma, 406 115528, 115528. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115528
Nguyen, Tuan A. H., Guo, Xingyun, You, Fang, Saha, Narottam, Wu, Songlin, Scheuermann, Alexander, Ren, Chengyao and Huang, Longbin (2022). Co-solidification of bauxite residue and coal ash into indurated monolith via ambient geopolymerisation for in situ environmental application. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 422 126925, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126925
Hossain, Shabiha, Anik, Amit Hasan, Khan, Rahat, Ahmed, Farah Tasneem, Siddique, Md. Abu Bakar, Khan, Abdul Hadi Al Nafi, Saha, Narottam, Idris, Abubakr M. and Alam, Mahbub (2022). Public health vulnerability due to the exposure of dissolved metal(oid)s in tap water from a mega city (Dhaka, Bangladesh): source and quality appraisals. Exposure and Health, 14 (3), 713-732. doi: 10.1007/s12403-021-00446-0
Rahman, M. Safiur, Saha, Narottam, Kumar, Sazal, Khan, M. Dulal Hossain, Islam, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul and Khan, M. Nazrul Islam (2022). Coupling of redundancy analysis with geochemistry and mineralogy to assess the behavior of dust arsenic as a base of risk estimation in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Chemosphere, 287 (Pt 1) 132048, 132048. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132048
Rahman, M. Safiur, Saha, Narottam, Ahmed, A.S. Shafiuddin, Babu, S.M. Omar Faruque, Islam, Abu Reza Md Towfiqul, Begum, Bilkis A., Jolly, Yeasmin N., Akhter, Shrin and Choudhury, Tasrina R. (2021). Depth-related dynamics of physicochemical characteristics and heavy metal accumulation in mangrove sediment and plant: Acanthus ilicifolius as a potential phytoextractor. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 173 (Pt B) 113160, 113160. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113160
Wu, Songlin, You, Fang, Boughton, Berin, Liu, Yunjia, Nguyen, Tuan A. H., Wykes, Jeremy, Southam, Gordon, Robertson, Lachlan M., Chan, Ting-Shan, Lu, Ying-Rui, Lutz, Adrian, Yu, Dingyi, Yi, Qing, Saha, Narottam and Huang, Longbin (2021). Chemodiversity of Dissolved Organic Matter and Its Molecular Changes Driven by Rhizosphere Activities in Fe Ore Tailings Undergoing Eco-Engineered Pedogenesis. Environmental Science & Technology, 55 (19) acs.est.1c04527, 13045-13060. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c04527
Saha, Narottam, Webb, Gregory E., Zhao, Jian-Xin, Lewis, Stephen E., Duc Nguyen, Ai and Feng, Yuexing (2021). Spatiotemporal variation of rare earth elements from river to reef continuum aids monitoring of terrigenous sources in the Great Barrier Reef. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 299, 85-112. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2021.02.014
Rahman, M. Safiur, Kumar, Sazal, Nasiruddin, Md and Saha, Narottam (2021). Deciphering the origin of Cu, Pb and Zn contamination in school dust and soil of Dhaka, a megacity in Bangladesh. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28 (30), 40808-40823. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-13565-7
Rahman, M. Safiur, Bhuiyan, Sadman S., Ahmed, Zia, Saha, Narottam and Begum, Bilkis A. (2021). Characterization and source apportionment of elemental species in PM2.5 with especial emphasis on seasonal variation in the capital city “Dhaka”, Bangladesh. Urban Climate, 36 100804, 100804. doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100804
Wu, Songlin, Liu, Yunjia, Southam, Gordon, Robertson, Lachlan M., Wykes, Jeremy, Yi, Qing, Hall, Merinda, Li, Zhen, Sun, Qiang, Saha, Narottam, Chan, Ting-Shan, Lu, Ying-Rui and Huang, Longbin (2021). Rhizosphere drives biotite-like mineral weathering and secondary Fe–Si mineral formation in Fe Ore tailings. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 5 (3) acsearthspacechem.0c00331, 618-631. doi: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.0c00331
Yi, Qing, Wu, Songlin, Southam, Gordon, Robertson, Lachlan, You, Fang, Liu, Yunjia, Wang, Sicheng, Saha, Narottam, Webb, Richard, Wykes, Jeremy, Chan, Ting-Shan, Lu, Ying-Rui and Huang, Longbin (2021). Acidophilic iron- and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, drives alkaline pH neutralization and mineral weathering in Fe ore tailings. Environmental Science and Technology, 55 (12), 8020-8034. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c00848
Saha, Narottam and Rahman, M. Safiur (2020). Groundwater hydrogeochemistry and probabilistic health risk assessment through exposure to arsenic-contaminated groundwater of Meghna floodplain, central-east Bangladesh. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 206 111349, 111349. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111349
Sohrabi, Nassim, Kalantari, Nasrollah, Amiri, Vahab, Saha, Narottam, Berndtsson, Ronny, Bhattacharya, Prosun and Ahmad, Arslan (2020). A probabilistic-deterministic analysis of human health risk related to the exposure to potentially toxic elements in groundwater of Urmia coastal aquifer (NW of Iran) with a special focus on arsenic speciation and temporal variation. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 35 (7), 1509-1528. doi: 10.1007/s00477-020-01934-6
Saha, Narottam, Bodrud-Doza, Md., Islam, A. R. M. Towfiqul, Begum, Bilkis A. and Rahman, M. Safiur (2020). Hydrogeochemical evolution of shallow and deeper aquifers in central Bangladesh: arsenic mobilization process and health risk implications from the potable use of groundwater. Environmental Earth Sciences, 79 (20) 477. doi: 10.1007/s12665-020-09228-4
Saha, Narottam, Webb, Gregory E., Christy, Andrew G. and Zhao, Jian-xin (2019). Vanadium in the massive coral Porites: a potential proxy for historical wood clearing and burning. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 527 115793, 115793. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115793
Safabakhsh, Tahereh, Daraei, Hasti, Saha, Narottam and Khodakarim, Soheila (2019). Degradation of Bisphenol A from aqueous solutions using Fe3O4 as a persulfate activator. Desalination and Water Treatment, 166, 115-121. doi: 10.5004/dwt.2019.24608
Saha, Narottam, Webb, Gregory E., Zhao, Jian-Xin, Nguyen, Ai Duc, Lewis, Stephen E. and Lough, Janice M. (2019). Coral-based high-resolution rare earth element proxy for terrestrial sediment discharge affecting coastal seawater quality, Great Barrier Reef. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 254, 173-191. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2019.04.004
Saha, Narottam and Rahman, M. Safiur (2018). Multivariate statistical analysis of metal contamination in surface water around Dhaka export processing industrial zone, Bangladesh. Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring and Management, 10, 206-211. doi: 10.1016/j.enmm.2018.07.007
Saha, Narottam, Webb, Gregory E., Zhao, Jian-Xin, Leonard, Nicole D. and Nguyen, Ai Duc (2018). Influence of marine biochemical cycles on seasonal variation of Ba/Ca in the near-shore coral Cyphastrea, Rat Island, southern Great Barrier Reef. Chemical Geology, 499, 71-83. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.09.005
Saha, Narottam, Rodriguez-Ramirez, Alberto, Nguyen, Ai Duc, Clark, Tara R., Zhao, Jian-xin and Webb, Gregory E. (2018). Seasonal to decadal scale influence of environmental drivers on Ba/Ca and Y/Ca in coral aragonite from the southern Great Barrier Reef. Science of the Total Environment, 639, 1099-1109. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.156
Fakhri, Yadolah, Saha, Narottam, Sheikhmohammadi, Amir, Rasouli, Milad, Avazpour, Moayed, Rahimizadeh, Aziz, Riahi, Seyed-Mohammad, Ghaderpoori, Mansour, Keramati, Hassan, Moradi, Bigard, Amanidaz, Nazak, Baninameh, Zahra and Khaneghah, Amin Mousavi (2018). Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risks of metal(oid)s in tap water from Ilam city, Iran. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 118, 204-211. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.04.039
Fakhri, Yadolah, Saha, Narottam, Miri, Ali, Rahimizadeh, Aziz, Roomiani, Laleh, Ghaderpoori, Mansour, Taghavi, Mahmoud, Keramati, Hassan, Bahmani, Zohreh, Moradi, Bigard and Amanidaz, Nazak (2018). Metal concentrations in fillet and gill of parrotfish (Scarus ghobban) from the Persian Gulf and implications for human health. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 118, 348-354. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.05.041
Safiur, Rahman M., Saha, Narottam, Islam, A. R. M. Towfiqul, Shen, Shuanghe and Bodrud-Doza, Md. (2017). Evaluation of Water Quality for Sustainable Agriculture in Bangladesh. Water Air And Soil Pollution, 228 (10) 385, 385-400. doi: 10.1007/s11270-017-3543-x
Saha, Narottam, Rahman, M. Safiur, Ahmed, Mohammad Boshir, Zhou, John L., Ngo, Huu Hao and Guo, Wenshan (2017). Industrial metal pollution in water and probabilistic assessment of human health risk. Journal of Environmental Management, 185, 70-78. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.10.023
Saha, Narottam, Mollah, M. Z. I., Alam, M. F. and Rahman, M. Safiur (2016). Seasonal investigation of heavy metals in marine fishes captured from the Bay of Bengal and the implications for human health risk assessment. Food Control, 70, 110-118. doi: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.05.040
Saha, Narottam, Webb, Gregory E. and Zhao, Jian-Xin (2016). Coral skeletal geochemistry as a monitor of inshore water quality. Science of the Total Environment, 566-567, 652-684. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.066
Bodrud-Doza, Md., Islam, A.R.M. Towfiqul, Ahmed, Fahad, Das, Samiran, Saha, Narottam and Rahman, M. Safiur (2016). Characterization of groundwater quality using water evaluation indices, multivariate statistics and geostatistics in central Bangladesh. Water Science, 30 (1), 19-40. doi: 10.1016/j.wsj.2016.05.001
Saha, Narottam, Rahman, M.Safiur, Jolly, Yeasmin Nahar, Rahman, Atiqur, Sattar, M.Abdus and Hai, M.Abdul (2015). Spatial distribution and contamination assessment of six heavy metals in soils and their transfer into mature tobacco plants in Kushtia District, Bangladesh. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23 (4), 3414-3426. doi: 10.1007/s11356-015-5575-3
Saha, Narottam, Salam, Sayed MohiuddinAbdus, Rakib-uz-Zaman, Md. and Molla, Md. MahtabAli (2015). Surface and groundwater quality assessment based on multivariate statistical techniques in the vicinity of Mohanpur, Bangladesh. International Journal of Environmental Health Engineering, 4 (1), 18. doi: 10.4103/2277-9183.157717
Rahman, M. Safiur, Saha, Narottam, Molla, A. Hossain and Al-Reza, Sharif M. (2014). Assessment of anthropogenic influence on heavy metals contamination in the aquatic ecosystem components: water, sediment, and fish. Soil & Sediment Contamination, 23 (4), 353-373. doi: 10.1080/15320383.2014.829025
Rahman, M. Safiur, Saha, Narottam and Molla, A. Hossain (2014). Potential ecological risk assessment of heavy metal contamination in sediment and water body around Dhaka export processing zone, Bangladesh. Environmental Earth Sciences, 71 (5), 2293-2308. doi: 10.1007/s12665-013-2631-5
Saha, Narottam and Zaman, M. R. (2013). Evaluation of possible health risks of heavy metals by consumption of foodstuffs available in the central market of Rajshahi City, Bangladesh. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 185 (5), 3867-3878. doi: 10.1007/s10661-012-2835-2
Rahman, M. Safiur, Molla, A. Hossain, Saha, Narottam and Rahman, Atiqur (2012). Study on heavy metals levels and its risk assessment in some edible fishes from Bangshi River, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Food Chemistry, 134 (4), 1847-1854. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.03.099
Saha, Narottam and Zaman, M. R. (2011). Concentration of selected toxic metals in groundwater and some cereals grown in Shibganj area of Chapai Nawabganj, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Current Science, 101 (3), 427-431.

Thesis

Saha, Narottam (2018). Tracking inshore water quality using coral-based trace elements geochemistry from the Great Barrier Reef. PhD Thesis, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.373
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