Postdoctor in marine pollution (2019.07.15-). I received my PhD from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) under supervision of Professor Dr. Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria in October 2015. I have started my career as a postdoctoral researcher in Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES), University of Malaya since June 2016.

My research interests are persistent organic pollutants (POPs), their bioavailability and bioaccumulation by benthos and source type evaluation of pollutants using biomarkers. I am particularly interested in biomarkers of petroleum pollution such as n-alkanes and hopanes and biomarkers of sewage pollution such as linear alkylbenzenes (LABs) and faecal sterols. I am currently working on black carbon (BC) and petroleum hydrocarbons in coastal environment of Malaysia and tracing their input pathways by stable carbon isotope (13C) and radiocarbon (14C) analysis.

Recent publications:

1. Masood, N., Halimoon, N., Vaezzadeh, V., and Bong, C.W. Seasonal Variability of Anthropogenic Indices of PAHs in Sediment from the Kuala Selangor River, West Coast Peninsular Malaysia. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. Advance online publication.
2. Vaezzadeh, V., Zakaria, M.P., Bong, C.W., Masood, N., Magam, S.M., and Alkhadher, S.A.A. 2017. Mangrove Oyster (Crassostrea belcheri) as a Sentinel Species for Bioavailability of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) from Sediment of the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, Advance online publication.
3. Vaezzadeh, V., Zakaria, M.P., and Bong, C.W. 2017. Aliphatic Hydrocarbons and Triterpane Biomarkers in Mangrove Oyster (Crassostrea belcheri) from the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 124, 33-42.
4. Magam, S. M., Zakaria, M. P., Halimoon, N., Aris, A. Z., Kannan, N., Mustafa, S., Masood, N., Alkhadher, S., Keshavarzifard,  M., Vaezzadeh, V., and Sani M.S.A. 2016. Evaluation of Distribution and Sources of Sewage Molecular Marker (LABs) in Selected Rivers and Estuaries of Peninsular Malaysia. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23, 5693-5704.
5. Vaezzadeh, V., Zakaria, M.P., Shau-Hwai, A.T., Ibrahim, Z.Z., Mustafa, S., Abootalebi-Jahromi, F., Masood, N., Magam, S.M., and Alkhadher, S.A.A. 2015. Forensic Investigation of Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in the Sediments from Selected Mangrove Ecosystems in the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 100, 311-320.
6. Vaezzadeh, V., Zakaria, M.P., Mustafa, S., Ibrahim, Z.Z., Shau-Hwai, A.T., Keshavarzifard, M., Magam, S.M., and Alkhadher, S.A.A. 2015. Source Type Evaluation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Surface Sediments from the Muar River and Pulau Merambong, Peninsular Malaysia. Environmental Forensics. 16, 135 – 142.
7. Keshavarzifard,  M., Zakaria, M. P., Shau Hwai, T., Mustafa, S., Vaezzadeh, V., Magam, S. M., Masood, N., Alkhadher, S. A. and Abootalebi-Jahromi, F. 2014. Baseline Distributions and Sources of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Surface Sediments from the Prai and Malacca Rivers, Peninsular Malaysia. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 88, 366-372.