PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1.      Life
time member of “Society for Conservation Biology of Pakistan” since Nov. 2014.

2.      Life
time member of “Pakistan Botanical Society” since Feb. 2013.

• Identification and characterization of
  lead (Pb) responsive genes in Wheat (Triticum
  aestivum L.). 2015. HEC Start-up
  Research Grant Proposal: 0.5 million PKR.
• Investigating
  the symbiotic relationship of ectomycorrhizal and pine trees grown on
  different soils under elevated O₃ and high nitrogen load. 2017.
  HEC-NRPU: 6.051 M PKR.
• Metabolic and Genetic Profiling of Pea (Pisum
  sativum L.) Under Salinity and Drought Stress. 2018. CRGP: 0.297
  Million PKR.
• The impact of drought stress on endoproteases
  genes expression in maize. 2017. CRGP: 3.0 Million PKR.
• Post Doc Project: Genome wide
  association studies for nutrients genes in tomato fruits.
• PhD Project: Genetical metabolomics in
  apples (Malus x domestica Borkh.).
• M.
  Phil Project: Thesis: Studies on Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated
  genetic transformation in Sugarcane (Saccharum
  officinarum L.).

  Muhammad Farooq, CIIT/SP15-R62-001/ATD, PhD, Metabolic and Genetic Profiling of Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Under Salinity and Drought Stress Supervisor,2022

 Basit Ali,CIIT/SP20-RBT-003/ATD,MS, Biochemical
Assays and Selected Genes Expression Analysis Under Phosphorus and Salt Stress
in Wheat Crop,Supervisor 2021

Sobia, CIIT/FA19-RBT-027/ATD, MS, Evaluation
of Individual and Combine Effects of Phosphorous Deficiency and Salt Stress on
Wheat Through Proline and Their Related Genes Expression Supervisor 2021

Sidra Rasool,
CIIT/SP19-RBT-007/ATD,MS, Evaluation of Fe and Zn Deficiency Stress Response in
Wheat Through Phyto siderophores and Their Related  Genes Expression Supervisor 2020

Javeria Tariq,CIIT/FA18-RBT-019/ATD,
MS, Evaluation of Ambient Temperature and Soil pH on Underlying Genes
Expression in Kiwifruit Supervisor,2020

Bibi Kalsoom ,CIIT/SP18-R02-015/ATD, MS, Evaluation of Important Metabolites
and Their Responsive Genes in Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Plant Under Drought Stress                   Supervisor 2019

Bibi Mariyam ,CIIT/FA17-R02-003/ATD,MS, Studies
on Health Beneficial Metabolites and their Genes Expression Analysis in –Actinidia
delicosa  Supervisor 2019

Saba Naz,CIIT/SP17-R02-004/ATD ,MS,Molecular
Study of Metabolites and Genes Responsive to Salt Stress in Pea (Pisum sativm L.),Supervisor
2019

Sehrish Zaman,
CIIT/FA15-R02-009/ATD, MS, Unraveling Genetic Diversity and Metabolic Profiling
of Polyphenols in Prunus armeniaca L.    Supervisor,2017

Javaria Chand, CIIT/SP15-R02-002/ATD, MS,Gene
Expression Study for Cold Resistance in Tomato Crop.        Supervisor,2017

Muhammad Awais,CIIT/FA14-R02-006/ATD, MS,Agrobacterium
Mediated Transformation of Tomato with Drought Resistant ATAF1 Gene, Supervisor,
2016

Muhammad Awais, CIIT/FA13-R02-006/ATD, MS, Prevalence and Detection of
Drug-resistant Tuberculosis in Hazara Division, Supervisor 2015

 Muhammad Ayaz,CIIT/FA12-R02-011/ATD,MS, Analysis
of Drought Stress Related Genes in Tomato, Supervisor  2014

  Saman Jamil ,CIIT/FA11-R02-011/ATD, MS, Metabolic
Profiling in Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Under Salt Stress, Supervisor  2013

Sameera Safdar, Co-supervisor,2021

Asma Jaffar, Co-Supervisor     2021

 Hana Mukhtar, MS, Co-supervisor, 2021

Maryum
Qazi CIIT/SP19-R02-002/ATD,MS ,Interaction of Bifenthrin with Pioea smithiana
and some Selected Fungi for its Biodegradation, Co-supervisor 2020

Umama
Khatoon,CIIT/SP18-R02-007/ATD,MS, Investigating the Role of Human Protease
Inhibitors in HCV and Pathogenic Bacterial Strains,Co-supervisor,2019