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Zahra Khodaparast is a Post-doctoral Researcher at the Department of Environment and Planning and CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies within TRUESOIL, True SOC sequestration: understanding trade-offs and dynamic interactions between SOC stocks and GHG emissions for climate-smart agri-soil management. She was awarded a PhD in Biology from the University of Aveiro (UA) in 2022, specializing in ecotoxicology and environmental biology, which she granted through the Nanofase project. She received a master¿s degree in applied biology, specialising in Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, in 2015 from UA and a Bachelor's in Marine Biology in 2003 from Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran. She worked as a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering and CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, UA, within the project NATURAL-Nano-clays for removal/capture of phosphates and its reuse as fertiliser. During her PhD studies, her primary focus was studying the toxicokinetics of silver nanoparticles in various soil organisms, including soil invertebrates and plants. As a result of her research, she has published four papers based on her PhD thesis. She has also collaborated with various research groups, contributing articles on different fields such as toxicity, wastewater treatment, and decision-making approaches using the analytical hierarchy process. She has been the first author of four papers and one book chapter. She has contributed to 16 ISI articles (887 citations and an H-Index of 12 in SCOPUS) and 23 communications, including eight oral presentations. Furthermore, she has supervised one MSc dissertation and attended seven advanced courses, mainly in data analysis and curation. Keywords: Bioaccumulation, toxicokinetics, terrestrial ecosystem, biochar effects on soil functions, soil and water ecotoxicology, and ecological risk assessment.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Zahra Khodaparast

Citation names

  • Khodaparast, Zahra

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A31E-FB9B-283A
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5682-4533
Scopus Author Id
56201791800

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Plant sciences
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Soil Science
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Persian (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/10/30 - 2022/03/25
Concluded
 Biology (Specialization in ecotoxicology and environmental biology) (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Toxicokinetics of silver nanoparticles in soil organisms" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with distinction and merit
2012/09/15 - 2015/02/27
Concluded
 Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (Biology) (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Toxicity of silver nanoparticles and silver nitrate on Nassarius reticulatus veliger" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17/20
1999/02/01 - 2003/07/22
Concluded
 Marine Biology (Biology) (Bachelor)
Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran
 16.43/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/10/01 - 2025/03/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/10/01 - 2025/03/31 truesoil – true soc sequestration: understanding trade-offs and dynamic interactions between soc stocks and ghg emissions for climate-smart agri-soil management
EJPSoils/0001/2021
10.54499/EJPSoils/0001/2021
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/06/16 - 2023/06/16 NATURAL-Nano-clays for removel/capture of phosphates and its reuse as fertilizer
CENTRO-01-0247-FEDER-047080
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Concluded
2015/10 - 2019/08 NanoFASE- Nanomaterial FAte and Speciation in the Environment
BD/UI88/7260/2015
 European Commission

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar
UID/AMB/50017/2019
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Khodaparast, Zahra; Jahanshahi, Akram; Khalaj, Mohammadreza. Corresponding author: Khalaj, Mohammadreza. "Antibacterial Aspects of Nanomaterials in Textiles: From Origin to Release". In Advanced Textile Engineering Materials, 87-123. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018.
    Published • 10.1002/9781119488101.ch4
Conference abstract
  1. Peixoto, Sara; OLIVEIRA, JMM; Henriques, Isabel; Rui G. Morgado (3616-6DF6-2BEC; Soares, AMVM; Loureiro, Susana; Khodaparast, Zahra; et al. "Long-term effects of pristine AgNPs on soil bacterial communities: a single species microcosm approach". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 31st Annual Meeting, 2021.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Ana Catarina Bastos; Simões, Liliana; Jelincic, Antun; Jongen, Marjan; Marta I.S. Veríssimo; González-Pelayo, Oscar; Campos, Isabel; et al. "Can soil engineering with biochar promote plant productivity and functional biodiversity in sown pastures?". Paper presented in Workshop Growing Greener: Exploring Sustainable Agricultural Approaches, 29-30 Nov 2023, Foundation Dr António Cupertino de Miranda, Porto, PT., 2023.
  2. Khodaparast, Zahra; Joao Caires; Silva, Patrícia V.; Ana Lopes; Joana Matos; Fábio Yu Chen; Frederico Maia; Tedim, João; Loureiro, Susana. Corresponding author: Khodaparast, Zahra. "Efficacy assessment of Layered double hydroxides (LDH) as a nutrient source in soil". Paper presented in Conference on Tools and Tests for Safer-by-Design Nanomaterials, 2023.
  3. Khodaparast, Zahra; Loureiro, Susana; Verweij, Rudo A.; Van Gestel, C.A.M.. "The effect of sulfidation and soil type on the uptake of silver nanoparticles in Enchytraeus crypticus.". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 32th Annual Meeting, 15-19 May 2022, Copenhagen, 2022.
  4. Prodana, Marija; Morgado R.G. ; Cardoso, D.N.; Malheiro, C. ; Monteiro, P. ; Peixoto, Sara; Neves, J.; et al. "Triticum aestivum bioaccumulation and physiological responses to copper nano-formulations and ionic copper: an indoor mesocosms approach". Paper presented in SETAC Europe, 32nd Annual Meeting, 15-19 May 2022, Copenhagen., 2022.
  5. Peixoto, Sara; Morgado, R. G.; Prodana, Marija; Cardoso, D.N.; Malheiro, C. ; Neves, J.; Santos, C.; et al. "Copper-based nanomaterials alter the soil microbiome at the functional and structural level – a mesocosm study". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 31 st annual meeting - virtual meeting , 3-6 May 2021, 2021.
  6. Morgado, R.G. ; Prodana, M.; Cardoso, D.N.; Malheiro, C. ; Peixoto, Sara; Neves, J.; Santos, C.; et al. "Effects of nano and non-nano copper formulations to soil organisms: a mesocosm approach.". Paper presented in SETAC Europe, 31st Annual Meeting, 3-6 May 2021, Virtual conference., 2021.
  7. Peixoto, S.; Khodaparast, Zahra; Henriques, I.; Loureiro, Susana. "The impact of Ag2S-NP exposure in soil microbiome: a 16S rRNA gene-based metagenomic analysis". Paper presented in 4th Thünen Symposium on Soil Metagenomics, 11 - 13 December , Braunschweig, Germany., 2019.
  8. Peixoto, Sara; Khodaparast, Zahra; Henriques, I.; Loureiro, Susana. "Impact of Ag2SNPs on soil bacterial community – terrestrial mesocosm approach.". Paper presented in 1st PhD student Meeting -Biology and Ecology of Global changes, 25th October 2019, FCUL - Lisbon., 2019.
  9. Khodaparast, Zahra; Van Gestel, C.A.M.; Verweij, Rudo A.; Loureiro, Susana. "Ag2S-NP uptake in the mealworm Tenebrio molitor: validation of single species tests with indoor mesocosms experiments.". Paper presented in NanoFASE Concluding Conference, 5-6 September, 2019, Vienna, Austria., 2019.
  10. Khodaparast, Zahra; Van Gestel, C.A.M.; Verweij, Rudo A.; Loureiro, Susana. Corresponding author: Khodaparast, Zahra. "Toxicokinetics of Ag in the mealworm Tenebrio molitor exposed to different AgNP forms via food". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting in Helsinki, Finland from 26-30 May 2019, 2019.
  11. Peixoto, Sara; Khodaparast, Zahra; Henriques, I.; Loureiro, Susana. Corresponding author: Peixoto, Sara. "Impact of Ag2S NPs on soil bacterial community – a terrestrial mesocosm approach.". Paper presented in Bageco (15th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology) 26-30 May, 2019, Lisbon, Portugal., 2019.
  12. Khodaparast, Zahra; Van Gestel, C.A.M.; Verweij, Rudo A.; Loureiro, Susana. Corresponding author: Khodaparast, Zahra. "The toxicokinetics of Ag NPs in the mealworm (Tenebrio molitor)". Paper presented in Final conference of the COST Action ES1205 Engineered Nanomaterials from Wastewater Treatment & Stormwater to Rivers, 7 – 8 February 2017 University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal., 2017.
Journal article
  1. Peixoto, S.; Morgado, R.G.; Prodana, M.; Cardoso, D.N.; Malheiro, C.; Neves, J.; Santos, C.; et al. "Responses of soil microbiome to copper-based materials (nano and bulk) for agricultural applications: An indoor-mesocosm experiment". NanoImpact (2024): 100506. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2024.100506.
    10.1016/j.impact.2024.100506
  2. Khodaparast, Zahra; van Gestel, Cornelis A.M.; Silva, Ana Rita R.; Cornelis, Geert; Lahive, Elma; Etxabe, Amaia Green; Svendsen, Claus; et al. "Toxicokinetics of Ag from Ag2S NP exposure in Tenebrio molitor and Porcellio scaber: Comparing single-species tests to indoor mesocosm experiments". NanoImpact 29 (2023): 100454. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2023.100454.
    10.1016/j.impact.2023.100454
  3. Marolt, Gregor; Novak, Sara; Kokalj, Anita Jemec; Talaber, Iva; Kononenko, Veno; Loureiro, Susana; Khodaparast, Zahra; et al. "High throughput laser ablation ICP-MS bioimaging of silver distribution in animal organisms and plant tissue after exposure to silver sulfide nanoparticles". Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3ja00223c.
    Published • 10.1039/d3ja00223c
  4. Khodaparast, Zahra; Susana Loureiro; Cornelis A.M. van Gestel. Corresponding author: Khodaparast, Zahra. "The effect of sulfidation and soil type on the uptake of silver nanoparticles in annelid Enchytraeus crypticus". NanoImpact 28 (2022): 100433-100433. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2022.100433.
    10.1016/j.impact.2022.100433
  5. Khodaparast, Zahra; van Gestel, Cornelis A.M.; Verweij, Rudo A.; Papadiamantis, Anastasios G.; Gonçalves, Sandra F.; Lynch, Iseult; Loureiro, Susana. Corresponding author: Khodaparast, Zahra. "Effects of sulfidation of silver nanoparticles on the Ag uptake kinetics in Brassica rapa plants". Journal of Hazardous Materials 435 (2022): 128880. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128880.
    10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128880
  6. Khodaparast, Zahra; van Gestel, Cornelis A.M.; Papadiamantis, Anastasios G.; Gonçalves, Sandra F.; Lynch, Iseult; Loureiro, Susana. Corresponding author: Loureiro, Susana. "Toxicokinetics of silver nanoparticles in the mealworm Tenebrio molitor exposed via soil or food". Science of The Total Environment 777 (2021): 146071. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146071.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146071
  7. Peixoto, S.; Khodaparast, Z.; Cornelis, G.; Lahive, E.; Green Etxabe, A.; Baccaro, M.; Papadiamantis, A.G.; et al. Corresponding author: Loureiro, S.. "Impact of Ag2S NPs on soil bacterial community – A terrestrial mesocosm approach". Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 206 (2020): 111405. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111405.
    10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111405
  8. van der Zande, Meike; Jemec Kokalj, Anita; Spurgeon, David J.; Loureiro, Susana; Silva, Patrícia V.; Khodaparast, Zahra; Drobne, Damjana; et al. Corresponding author: van der Zande, Meike. "The gut barrier and the fate of engineered nanomaterials: a view from comparative physiology". Environmental Science: Nano 7 7 (2020): 1874-1898. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0en00174k.
    DOI: 10.1039/d0en00174k
  9. Kamali, Mohammadreza; Alavi-Borazjani, Seyedeh Azadeh; Khodaparast, Zahra; Khalaj, Mohammadreza; Jahanshahi, Akram; Costa, Elisabete; Capela, Isabel. Corresponding author: Khalaj, Mohammadreza. "Additive and additive-free treatment technologies for pulp and paper mill effluents: Advances, challenges and opportunities". Water Resources and Industry 21 (2019): 100109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wri.2019.100109.
    10.1016/j.wri.2019.100109
  10. Jahanshahi, Akram; Kamali, Mohammadreza; Khalaj, Mohammadreza; Khodaparast, Zahra. "Delphi-based prioritization of economic criteria for development of wave and tidal energy technologies". Energy 167 (2019): 819-827. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.11.040.
    10.1016/j.energy.2018.11.040
  11. van den Brink, Nico W.; Jemec Kokalj, Anita; Silva, Patricia V.; Lahive, Elma; Norrfors, Karin; Baccaro, Marta; Khodaparast, Zahra; et al. Corresponding author: van den Brink, Nico W.. "Tools and rules for modelling uptake and bioaccumulation of nanomaterials in invertebrate organisms". Environmental Science: Nano 6 7 (2019): 1985-2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8en01122b.
    10.1039/c8en01122b
  12. Khalaj, Mohammadreza; Kamali, Mohammadreza; Khodaparast, Zahra; Jahanshahi, Akram. Corresponding author: Kamali, Mohammadreza. "Copper-based nanomaterials for environmental decontamination – An overview on technical and toxicological aspects". Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 148 (2018): 813-824. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.11.060.
    10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.11.060
  13. Kamali, Mohammadreza; Alesheikh, Ali Asghar; Alavi Borazjani, Seyedeh Azadeh; Jahanshahi, Akram; Khodaparast, Zahra; Khalaj, Mohammadreza. "Delphi-AHP and Weighted Index Overlay-GIS Approaches for Industrial Site Selection. Case Study: Large Extractive Industrial Units in Iran". Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning 8 2 (2017): 99-105. http://dx.doi.org/10.24193/jssp.2017.2.03.
    10.24193/jssp.2017.2.03
  14. Kamali, Mohammadreza; Gomes, Ana Paula Duarte; Khodaparast, Zahra; Seifi, Tahereh. Corresponding author: Kamali, Mohammadreza. "REVIEW ON RECENT ADVANCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND RELATED TOXICITY OF ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES". Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 15 4 (2016): 923-934. http://dx.doi.org/10.30638/eemj.2016.100.
    10.30638/eemj.2016.100
  15. Martin A. Hubbe; Jeremy R. Metts; Daphne Hermosilla; M. Angeles Blanco; Laleh Yerushalmi; Fariborz Haghighat; Petra Lindholm-Lehto; et al. Corresponding author: Martin A. Hubbe. "Wastewater Treatment and Reclamation: A Review of Pulp and Paper Industry Practices and Opportunities". BioResources 11 3 (2016): 7953-8091.
    Published
  16. Kamali, Mohammadreza; Khodaparast, Zahra. Corresponding author: Khodaparast, Zahra. "Review on recent developments on pulp and paper mill wastewater treatment". Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 114 (2015): 326-342. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.05.005.
    10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.05.005
  17. Kamali, Mohammadreza; Alesheikh, Ali Asghar; Khodaparast, Zahra; Hosseinniakani, Seyed Mahmoud; Borazjani, Seyedeh Azadeh Alavi. "Application of Delphi-AHP and Fuzzy-GIS Approaches for Site Selection of Large Extractive Industrial Units in Iran". Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning 6 1 (2015): 9-17.
    Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Toxicokinetics of silver nanoparticles in soil organisms". PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/33986.
  2. "Toxicity of silver nanoparticles and silver nitrate on Nassarius reticulatus veliger". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/15327.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/29 Opportunities and challenges of using biochar for improving soil functions: a case study in biodiverse pastures Workshop Growing Greener: Exploring Sustainable Agricultural Approaches, 29-30 Nov 2023
Foundation Dr António Cupertino de Miranda, Porto, PT (Porto, Portugal)
2023/11/29 Applying biochar to sustainably improve the soil-water regulation functions of Portuguese pasture soils Workshop Growing Greener: Exploring Sustainable Agricultural Approaches, 29-30 Nov 2023
Foundation Dr António Cupertino de Miranda (Porto, Portugal)
2023/09/18 Uptake of Ag2S NPs in different terrestrial organisms and their toxicokinetics Conference on Tools and Tests for Safer-by-Design Nanomaterials
INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (Braga, Portugal)
2023/04/23 Ag2S NP accumulation in the mealworm Tenebrio molitor and the woodlouse Porcellio scaber: are single-species tests a good predictor of indoor mesocosm experiments? SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting
SETAC (Dublin, Ireland)
2019/09/05 Nanomaterial fate and speciation in the terrestrial environment NanoFASE Concluding Conference
University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria)
2019/09/01 Ag2S-NP uptake in the mealworm Tenebrio molitor: validation of single species tests with indoor mesocosm experiments ICEENN
(Vienna, Austria)
2019/07/02 Nanomaterial fate and speciation in the terrestrial environment Research Summit
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2019/05/26 Toxicokinetics of silver nanoparticles in the plant Brassica rapa. (Awarded a registration grant) SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting
(Helsinki, Finland)
2017/05/07 Toxicokinetics of silver nanoparticles in the mealworm Tenebrio monitor. SETAC Europe 27th Annual Meeting
(Brussels, Belgium)
2017/02/07 From wastewaters to estuaries and coastal waters - entry pathways and effects of engineered nanoparticles on brackish and marine organisms. COST Action ES1205 Final conference - Engineered Nanomaterials from Wastewater Treatment & Stormwater to Rivers
(Aveiro, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/09/23 - Current The effects of phosphate-laden LDHs as a fertilizer on the growth and life cycle of Brassica rapa
Supervisor
 Biologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/03/22 - 2023/03/24 Soft Transferable Skills Training Program workshops on grant writing, career development, science communication, and scientific writing & publishing.
Workshop
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/06/03 - 2020/06/03 The NanoCommons Online Jaqpot Hackathon "Take your research from the bench to the community by making your models available as a web service"
Workshop
University of Birmingham School of Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences, United Kingdom
2019/08/05 - 2019/08/09 The development of data templates and curation of datasets for depositing the data in NIKC - CEINT NanoInformatics Knowledge Commons
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/02 - 2019/03 Advanced Course "How to work with ecotoxicology data - hands on course"
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/02/27 - 2018/02/27 Sustainable agriculture and the re-thinking of fertilisers regulations in a context of circular economy.
Workshop
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/02/12 - 2018/02/14 Advanced Course "INTERNANO Spring School on Engineered nanoparticles in environmental systems - Data handling and interdisciplinary data evaluation"
Universität Koblenz - Landau - Campus Landau, Germany
2017/01/30 - 2017/02/03 Advanced Course "Experimental Design and Analysis of Multivariate Data"
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016/06/27 - 2016/07/01 Advanced Course "Integrative approaches to perceive responses of organisms to environmental challenges"
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/06/30 - Current Journal of water process engineering
2023 - Current Environmental Science: Nano The Royal Society of Chemistry
2023 - Current Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Distinctions

Other distinction

2019 Meeting attendance grant to Congress, SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting (Helsinki, Finland).