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Dr Muhammad Azeem

Tenured Associate Professor
Area of Interest: Analytical Organic and Bio-Chemistry/ Chemical Ecology
Email: muhazeem@cuiatd.edu.pk
Phone: +92-992-383591-6
 
Academics/ Degrees
ACADEMIC PROFILE:
  • Post Dc: University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA, 2018
  • Post Doc: Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 2014
  • Ph.D: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, 2013
  • M.Sc: University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, 2003
 
Journal Publications
1. Muhammad Ghazanfar Abbas,Raimondas Mozuratis,Muhammad Binyameen,M. Azeem,Muhammad Umar Bashir,Fawad Ali Chemical Composition, Repellent, and Oviposition Deterrent Potential of Wild Plant Essential Oils against Three Mosquito Species, Molecules, 2024
2. Amna Parveen,M. Azeem,Muhammad Ghazanfar Abbas,Ken Keefover-Ring,Muhammad Binyameen,Raimondas Moz¯ uraitis Chemical Composition of Essential Oils from Natural Populations of Artemisia scoparia Collected at Different Altitudes: Antibacterial, Mosquito Repellent, and Larvicidal Effects, Molecules, 2024
3. Palwasha Khan,S.Naqvi,M.Ali,.JamshedIqbal,M. Azeem,Dr. M. Arfat Yameen,Amara Waheed,Awal Noor,Sadaf Qayuum,Amna Parveen,Shiwei Wang Essential Oil from Tagetes minuta Has Antiquorum Sensing and Antibiofilm Potential against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain PAO1, ACS Omega, 2023
4. Saddaf Rashid,R.Ahmad,Dr. AM Abbasi,M. Azeem,Dunia A. Al Farraj,S.A.Khan,Mohamed Soliman Elshikh Synthesis of Rumex hastatus-based silver nanoparticles induced the inhibition of human pathogenic bacterial strains, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2023
5. Abdullah Haris,M. Azeem,Muhammad Binyameen,Muhammad Ghazanfar Abbas,Muhammad Mumtaz,Raimondas Mozuratis Prolonged Repellent Activity of Plant Essential Oils against Dengue Vector, Aedes aegypti, Molecules, 2023
6. Muhammad Ghazanfar Abbas,M. Azeem,Abdullah Haris,Muhammad Binyameen,A.Nazir,Raimondas Mozuratis Chemical Composition, Larvicidal and Repellent Activities of Wild Plant Essential Oils against Aedes aegypti, Biology, 2023
7. Sajid Iqbal,M. Azeem,Fawad Ahmed Khan,Abdullah Haris,Raimondas Mozuratis,Muhammad Binyameen Essential oils of four wild plants inhibit the blood seeking behaviour of female Aedes aegypti. , Experimental Parasitology, 2023
8. Hafiz Rehan Nadeem,Tuba Esatbeyoglu,M. Azeem,Saeed Akhtar,Tariq Ismail,Muhammad Qamar,Piero Sestili,Wisha Saeed Antioxidant Effect of Ocimum basilicum Essential Oil and Its Effect on Cooking Qualities of Supplemented Chicken Nuggets, Antioxidants, 2022
9. Ken Keefover-Ring,M. Azeem,Craig H. Carlson,Brennan Hyden,Lawrence B. Smart Genetic Mapping of Sexually Dimorphic Volatile and Non-volatile Floral Secondary Chemistry of a Dioecious Willow, Journal of experimental botany, 2022
10. Sunjeet Kumar,M. Azeem,Guopeng Zhu,Dr. Raza Ahmad,Sidra Saeed,Raimondas Mozuraitis,Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson Chemical Composition of Fresh Leaves Headspace Aroma and Essential Oils of Four Coriander Cultivars, Frontiers of Plant Science, 2022
11. Abdullah Haris,M. Azeem,Muhammad Binyameen Mosquito repellent potential of Carpesium abrotanoides essential oil and its main compositions against a dengue vector, Aedes aegypti, Journal of Medical Entomology, 2022
12. Joham Sarfraz Ali,Muhammad Zia,M. Azeem,A. Mannan Chemical composition, antibacterial and antioxidative activities of Monotheca buxifolia (Falc.) A. DC leaves essential oil, Natural Product Research, 2021
13. M. Azeem,Dr. AM Abbasi,Tariq Zaman,Muhammad Abid,Raimondas Mozuratis,Mona S. Alwahibi,Mohamed Soliman Elshikh Pesticidal potential of some wild plant essential oils against grain pests Tribolium castaneum (Herbst, 1797) and Aspergillus flavus (Link, 1809), Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2021
14. Iqra Saeed,M. Azeem,Xinbo Guo,Mohamed Soliman Elshikh,Bibi Zainab,Zainab Ayaz,Lijun You,Mona S. Alwahibi,Dr. AM Abbasi Comparative assessment of polyphenolics’ content, free radicals’ scavenging and cellular antioxidant potential in apricot fruit, Journal of King Saud University – Science, 2021
15. Muhammad Binyameen,Abdul Hamid,Imran Afzal,Muhammad Sajjad,M. Azeem,Syed Muhammad Zaka,Zahid Mehmood Sarwar,Sarfraz Ali Shad,Thomas C. Baker,Fredrik Schlyter Role of fruit volatiles of different guava varieties in attraction and oviposition behaviors of peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata Saunders, Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2021
16. B.Amin,F.Hafeez,Hina Aman,M. Azeem,Dr. Akhtar Iqbal,U.Irshad,R.Nazir Characterization and Cellulolytic Enzyme Potential of P Solubilizers from Pine Forests of Lower Himalaya, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE & BIOLOGY, 2020
17. Sandra J. Simon,Timothy J. Tschaplinski,Jared M. LeBoldus,Ken Keefover-Ring,M. Azeem,Jin-Gui Chen,David Macaya-Sanz,William L. MacDonald,Wellington Muchero,Stephen P. DiFazio Host plant genetic control of associated fungal and insect species in a Populus hybrid cross, Ecology and Evolution, 2020
18. M. Azeem,Zafar Iqbal,S. Noushin Emami,Göran Nordlander,Henrik Nordenhem,Raimondas Mozuratis,Hesham R. El-Seedi,Anna Karin Borg-Karlson Chemical composition and antifeedant activity of some aromatic plants against pine weevil (Hylobius abietis), Annals of Applied Biology, 2020
19. M. Azeem,Tariq Zaman,Muhammad Tahir,Abdullah Haris,Z. Iqbal,Muhammad Binyameen,A.Nazir,Sarfraz Ali Shad,Shahid Majeed,Raimondas Mozuraitis Chemical composition and repellent activity of native plants essential oils against dengue mosquito, Aedes aegypti, Journal of Industrial Crops and Products, 2019
20. Sobia Chohan,Rashida Perveen,Muhammad Anees,M. Azeem,Muhammad Abid Estimation of secondary metabolites of indigenous medicinal plant extracts and their in vitro and in vivo efficacy against tomato early blight disease in Pakistan, Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, 2019
21. M. Azeem,Marina Barba-Aliaga,Anna Karin Borg-Karlson,Olle Terenius,Anders Broberg,Gunaratna Kuttuva Rajarao Heterobasidion-growth inhibiting Bacillus subtilis A18 exhibits medium- and age-dependent production of lipopeptides, Microbiological Research, 2019
22. Saddaf Rashid,M. Azeem,S.A.Khan,M.Shah,R.Ahmad Characterization and synergistic antibacterial potential of green synthesized silver nanoparticles using aqueous root extracts of important medicinal plants of Pakistan, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, April, 2019
23. M. Azeem,A.Nazir Cystatin Genes Identification and Antibacterial Activity in Medicinal Plants Used Against Clinical Pathogens, SYLWAN journal, 2018
24. Astrid Kannaste,Lauri Laanisto,Leila Pazouki,Lucian Copolovici,Marina Suhorutsenko,M. Azeem,Lauri Toom,Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson,Ülo Niinemets Diterpenoid fingerprints in pine foliage across an environmental and chemotypic matrix: Isoabienol content is a key trait differentiating chemotypes, Phytochemistry, 2018
25. Tariq Khan,Bilal Haider Abbasi,Mubarak Ali Khan,M. Azeem Production of biomass and useful compounds through elicitation in adventitious root cultures of Fagonia indica, Industrial Crops & Products, 2017
26. Prof. Dr. M. Gulfraz,Muntazir Shah,Hina gul,S. M. Bukhari,Kashif Ashraf,M. Azeem,Farhan Khan Anti-tuberculosis potential, pharmacological and phytochemical studies of methanolic extracts from selected plant species , Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica-Drug Research, 2017
27. Hesham R. El-Seedi,M. Azeem,Nasr S. Khalil,Hanem H. Sakr Essential oils of aromatic Egyptian plants repel nymphs of the tick Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) , Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2017
28. Reham Albabtain,M. Azeem,Zenebech Wondimu,Tulay Lindberg,Anna Karin Borg-Karlson,Anders Gustafsson Investigations of a possible chemical effect of Salvadora persica chewing sticks , Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2017
29. Waseem Hayat,Hina Aman,R.Nazir,U.Irshad,M. Azeem,Dr. Akhtar Iqbal Analysis of ecological attributes of bacterial phosphorus solubilizers, native to pine forests of Lower Himalaya, Applied Soil Ecology, 2017
30. Rizwan Mustafa Shah,Faheem Azhar,Sarfraz Ali Shad,William B. Walker III,M. Azeem,Muhammad Binyameen Effects of different animal manures on attraction and reproductive behaviors of common house fly, Musca domestica L, Parasitology Research, 2016
31. Francis Ocheng,Freddie Bwanga,Moses Joloba,Abier Softrata,M. Azeem,Katrin Pütsep,Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson,Celestino Obua,Anders Gustafsson Essential Oils from Ugandan Aromatic Medicinal Plants: Chemical Composition and Growth Inhibitory Effects on Oral Pathogens, Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2015
32. M. Azeem,Olle TERENIUS,Gunaratna Kuttuva RAJARAO,Kazuhiro NAGAHAMA,Henrik NORDENHEM,Göran NORDLANDER,Anna-Karin BORG-KARLSON Chemodiversity and biodiversity of fungi associated with the pine weevil Hylobius abietis, Fungal Biology, 2015
33. M. Azeem,Gunaratna Kuttuva RAJARAO,Olle TERENIUS,Göran NORDLANDER,Henrik NORDENHEM,Kazuhiro NAGAHAMA,Emil NORIN,Anna Karin BORG-KARLSON A fungal metabolite masks the host plant odor for the pine weevil (Hylobius abietis), Fungal Ecology, 2015
34. Savina Asiimwe,Anna-Karin Borg- Karlsson,Kamatenesi Maud Mugisha,M. Azeem,Agnes Namutebi,Ndukui James Gakunga Chemical composition and Toxicological evaluation of the aqueous leaf extracts of Plectranthus amboinicus Lour. Spreng, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Science Invention, 2014
35. M. Azeem,Anna Karin Borg-Karlson,Gunaratna Kuttuva Rajarao Sustainable bio-production of styrene from forest waste, Bioresource Technology, 2013
36. M. Azeem,Gunaratna Kuttuva Rajarao,Henrik Nordenhem,Göran Nordlander,Anna Karin Borg-Karlson Penicillium expansum Volatiles Reduce Pine Weevil Attraction to Host Plants, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2013
37. Hesham R. El-Seedi,Nasr S. Khalil,M. Azeem,Eman A. Taher,Ulf Göransson,Katinka Pålsson,Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson Chemical Composition and Repellency of Essential Oils from Four Medicinal Plants Against Ixodes ricinus Nymphs (Acari: Ixodidae), Journal of Medical Entomology, 2012
38. Hesham R. El-Seedi,Rehan El-Shabasy,Hanem Sakr,Mervat Zayed,Asmaa M. A. El-Said,Khalid M. H. Helmy,Ahmed H. M. Gaara,Zaki Turki,M. Azeem,Ahmed M. Ahmed,Loutfy Boulos,Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson,Ulf Göransson Anti-schistosomiasis triterpene glycoside from the Egyptian medicinal plant Asparagus stipularis, Brazilian Journal of Pharmacognosy, 2012
39. Abier Sofrata,Ellen M. Santangelo,M. Azeem,Anna Karin Borg-Karlson ,Anders Gustafsson ,KatrinPutsep Benzyl Isothiocyanate, a Major Component from the Roots of SalvadoraPersica Is Highly Active against Gram-Negative Bacteria. , PLoS ONE, 2011, 2011
40. Abier Sofrata,Ellen M. Santangelo,M. Azeem,Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson,Anders Gustafsson,Katrin Pütsep Benzyl Isothiocyanate, a Major Component from the Roots of Salvadora Persica Is Highly Active against Gram- Negative Bacteria, Plos One, 2011
 
Conference Publications
1. M. Azeem,Muhammad Mumtaz,Abdullah Haris,A.Nazir,Muhammad Binyameen Essential Oils of Himalaya Region Plants Repel Dengue Vector Mosquito (Aedes aegypti) , , 2019
2. Muhammad Mumtaz,Abdullah Haris,Muhammad Binyameen,Fawad Ali,M. Azeem,Dr. AM Abbasi Chemical Composition and Larvicidal Activity of two Lamiaceae Plants of Northern Pakistan against Dengue Vector (Aedes aegypti), , 2019
3. M. Azeem,Muhammad Mumtaz,Abdullah Haris,A.Nazir,Muhammad Binyameen Repellent Activity of Plants Essential Oils against Dengue Vector Mosquito (Aedes aegypti) from Lower Himalaya Region of Pakistan , , 2019
4. Uzma Khan,Nabeela Daud,Muhammad Mumtaz,M. Azeem,A.Nazir Chemical Analysis and Anti-bacterial Activity of Some Mentha Species from Lower Himalaya Region of Pakistan, , 2019
5. Nabeela Daud,M. Azeem,R.Nazir,Muhammad Binyameen Production of Aroma Compounds by Using Soil Borne Microbiota of Abbottabad Region, , 2019
6. Iqra Saeed,M. Azeem,Dr. AM Abbasi Phytochemical Screening and Antioxidant Activity of Citrus sinensis L. Fruit, , 2019
7. M. Azeem,Muhammad Abid,Sobia Chohan Essential Oils Of Hazara Division Plants Inhibit The Growth Of Post-Harvest Pathogenic Fungus, Aspergillus Flavus, , 2019
8. Muhammad Binyameen,Abdul Hamid,Imran Ifzal,M. Azeem,Muhammad Sajjad,Syed Muhammad Zaka Identification Of Guava Fruit Volatiles And Their Role In Attraction And Oviposition Behaviors Of Peach Fruit Fly, Bactrocera Zonata (Saunders), , 2019
9. Muhammad Binyameen,M. Azeem,Thomas C Baker Evaluation Of Different Plant Essential Oils As Repellent Against Dengue Vector, Aedes Aegypti, , 2019
10. M. Azeem,Muhammad Tahir,A.Nazir,Muhammad Binyameen,Tariq Zaman Chemical Composition Of Essential Oils Of Native Plants And Evaluation Of Their Potential Against Aedes Aegypti, , 2019
11. R.Ahmad,M.Shah,Dr. AM Abbasi,M. Azeem Evaluation of Antibacterial Activity of Bergenia ciliata, , 2017
12. Tariq Zaman,M. Azeem,Dr. AM Abbasi,Muhammad Binyameen Insecticidal activity and chemical composition of essential oils of plants collected from Hazara division against red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, , 2016
13. Faizan Ali Khan,M. Azeem,M.Shah,R.Ahmad Molecular and phytochemical characterization of Justacia adhatoda and Dodonaea viscosa and their bioactivities, , 2016
14. M. Azeem,Anna Karin Borg-Karlson,Olle Terenius,Anders Broberg,Gunaratna Kuttuva Rajarao Antagonistic activity of Bacillus subtilis A18–A19 strains against Heterobasidion species, , 2015
15. Kazuhiro Nagahama,Miwa Tanaka,Masayoshi Matsuoka,M. Azeem,Gunaratna Kuttuva Rajarao,Olle Terenius,Göran Nordlander,Henrik Nordenhem,Anna Karin Borg-Karlson Ecological role of Ewingella sp. KTH G3-2 with pine weevil, , 2015
16. Muhammad Binyameen,Rizwan Mustafa Shah,Sarfraz A Shad,Faheem Azhar,William B Walker III,M. Azeem Effect of different animal manures on attraction and reproductive behaviors of common house fly, Musca domestica L, , 2015
17. Reham Albabtain,M. Azeem,Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson,Anders Gustafsson Optimizing Scientific Method of Utilizing Miswak in Cleaning Oral Cavity, , 2014
18. Francis Ocheng,Freddie Bwanga,Moses Joloba,Abier Softrata,M. Azeem,Anna Karin Borg-Karlson,Celestino Obua,Anders Gustafsson Effects of Essential Oils from Ugandan Plants on Oral Pathogens, , 2014
19. M. Azeem,Gunaratna Kuttuva Rajarao,Emil Norin,Kazuhiro Nagahama,Henrik Nordenhem,Göran Nordlander,Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson Effect of microbially produced methyl salicylate on pine weevil, Hylobius abietis, behavior, , 2012
20. KAZUHIRO NAGAHAMA,MATSUOKA M,M. Azeem,KUTTUVA RAJARAO G,TERENIUS O,NORDENHEM H,NORDLANDER G,BORG-KARLSON A-K Ammonia production by intestinal microbes in the large pine weevil (Hylobius abietis) , , 2012
21. Lina LUNDBORG,M. Azeem,Karolin AXELSSON ,Tao ZHAO,Anna Karin BORG-KARLSON A new multi-dimensional GC-MS system (MD-GC-MS) aimed to facilitate the identification of complex mixtures including chiral volatiles in plant-insectmicrobe interactions, , 2012
22. M. Azeem,Gunaratna Kuttuva Rajarao,Kazuhiro Nagahama,Henrik Nordenhem,Göran Nordlander,Anna Karin Borg Karlson Sustainable green styrene from forest waste , , 2012
23. M. Azeem,Gunaratna Kuttuva Rajarao,Henrik Nordenhem,Göran Nordlander,Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson Pine weevil (Hylobius abietis) repelled by 3-octanol, a volatile secondary metabolite of Penicillium species isolated from frass, , 2011
24. M. Azeem,Kazuhiro Nagahama,Gunaranta Kuttuva Rajarao,Anna Karin Borg-Karlson Microbes associated with pine weevil (Hylobius abietis), , 2011
25. M. Azeem,Gunaratna Kuttuva Rajarao,Henrik Nordenhem,Göran Nordlander,Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson Styrene produced by a fungus isolated from pine weevil frass is repellent to the large pine weevil, Hylobius Abietis, , 2010
 
Profile/Bio

PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

  • Jul. 2014 till present: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad campus Pakistan.
  • Sep. 2017 to Jun. 2018: Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA.
  • Jun. 2013 to Mar. 2014: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Apr. 2008 to May 2013: Ph.D Research Scholar, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Jan. 2009 to Mar. 2014: Teacher/Mentor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Jun. 2004 to Aug. 2005: R&D Chemist, Sitara Chemical Industries Ltd. Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • Aug. 2005 to Aug. 2007: Production Supervisor, Nishat Dyeing & Finishing, Lahore, Pakistan.
 
Associations

·       International Society of Chemical Ecology.

·       Swedish Chemical Society.

·       Asia and Pacific Association of Chemical Ecologists.

·       Chemical Society of Pakistan.

·       Pakistan Agricultural Scientist Forum
 
Research Interests

  • Chromatography-Mass spectrometry
  • Biological activities of secondary metabolites of plant and microbes,
  • Essential oils and aroma compounds from plant and microbes
  • Environmental friendly control of pest insects, plant pathogens and human pathogens
  • Production of industrial chemicals by using microbes
  • Bio-degradation and bio-conversion of waste materials to valuable products
  • Plant metabolomics  
 
Awards
  • Merit scholarship from the Ministry of Education, Government of the Punjab, Pakistan (1997–1998). 
  • Awarded HEC Indigenous Scholarship (2005, not availed) for PhD Studies. 
  • Awarded HEC Overseas Scholarship (2007-2011) for PhD Studies in Sweden. Travel grant from Linders Foundation (KTH) to attend ISCE annual meeting, Tours, France (2010). 
  • Travel grant from Hugo och Emma Björkmans mines fond. (Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry) to attend BES annual symposium, Brighton, UK (2010). 
  • Travel grant from Aulin-Erdtman foundation (KTH) to attend APACE annual meeting, Beijing, China (2011). 
  • Travel grant from Hugo och Emma Björkmans mines foundation (Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry) to attend ISCE annual meeting, Vilnius, Lithuania (2012). 
  • Student travel grant from International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE) to attend annual meeting, Vilnius, Lithuania (2012).
 
Students Supervised
  • Molecular, Antibacterial and Phytochemical Characterization of Justacia adhatoda and Dodonaea viscosa, Faizan Ali Khan, SP 2016.
  • Chemical Composition and Mosquito Repelling Potential of Essential Oils of Selected Plants, Tariq Zaman, SP 2017.
  • Production of Aroma Compounds by Using Soil Borne Microbiota of Abbottabad Region, Nabeela Daud, SP 2019.
  • Identification of Insecticidal Compounds from Selected Artemisia Species Growing in Hazara Division, Fawad Ali, SP 2019.
  • Chemical Composition and Larvicidal Activity of Isodon rugosus and Perovskia atriplicifolia Against Dengue Vector (Aedes aegypti), Muhammad Mumtaz, SP 2019.
  • Phenolics Profiling and Anti-oxidant Potential of Apricot Fruit. Iqra Saeed, SP 2019.
  • Chemical Variability in Volatile Constituents of Dodonaea viscosa and Antimicrobial Activity. Sania Bibi, FA 2019.