PhD, University of Vienna, Austria, 2019

MPhil, Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan, 2011

B.Sc. (Hons.), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, 2008

• April 2022 till now: Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan (Abbottabad campus)
• September 2021-April 2022: Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, University of Sialkot, Pakistan
• March 2021-June 2021: Research Fellow Land Resources Research Institute (LRRI), National Agriculture Research Centre Islamabad, Pakistan
• March 2021-August 2021: Visiting Faculty (Assistant Professor) at department of Botany, University of Central Punjab (UCP) Rawalpindi campus
• June 2020-Feb 2021: Thematic Coordinator/Indigenous Facilitator (Ayas Consulting), Department of  Environmental Engineering Department, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Turkey
• June 2019-June 2020: Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan
• September 2018-December 2018: Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
• September 2017-July 2018: Visiting Faculty (Lecturer) at Department of Environmental Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan
• August 2018-May 2019: National Consultant for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) at Ministry of Climate Change, Islamabad, Pakistan
• March 2013-April 2017; Business unit Environmental Resources and Technologies, Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Vienna, Austria
• February 2008-July 2008: Internee at Soil Chemistry and Fertility section, Ayyub Agriculture Research Centre Faisalabad, Pakistan  

• International Phytotechnology Society, USA
• Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Society
• European Geoscience Union (EGU)
• Alumnus of University of Vienna, Austria
• University College London Visiting Fellow
• Hanyang University South Korea Visiting Fellow

• Rhizosphere engineering for enhancing rhizospheric effects via selective soil amendments for removal of environmental pollutants (PCBs, TPHs, PAHs, Heavy metals) during phytoremediation trails
• Monitoring, risk assessment and removal of environmental pollutants in selective environmental metrics typically in surface soils, sediments and riverine ecosystem of Pakistan

• Awardee of Charles Wallence Trust, Pakistan Fellowship (2022-2023)
• Awardee of Visiting Research Fellowship Hanyang University Seoul South Korea
• HEC, Pakistan Overseas Scholarship for Selected Countries (2013-2017)

1.      Gentle Remediation Solutions for Immobilization of Selective Heavy Metals in Soils of Sialkot, Pakistan, Maria Babar, 4^th Semester at department of Biotechnology, University of Sialkot, Pakistan

2.      Immobilization of Heavy Metals using Biochar and Compost in Aged Contaminated Soils of Sialkot, Pakistan, Khadija Aslam ,4th Semester at department of Biotechnology, University of Sialkot, Pakistan