1. College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
2. Sustainable Development Study Centre, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan
3. Geosciences Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
4. Environmental Biotechnology Department, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
5. Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar