Professor, Department of Microbiology, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
18 years of experience
With 18 years (Post-PhD 10 years) of teaching and research experience at University level, I have supervised 62 M.Phil, 6 PhD theses and published 63 research papers (37 in last five years) in reputed international journals (Total Impact Factor: 260; Citation 2058) and 9 book chapters. Currently, my group is working on various aspects of applied and environmental microbiology specifically soil microbial ecology, biocontrol of plant pathogens using biosurfactants, environmental remediation and bioprocess design. In the year 2017, I have won three competitive grants from Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (15 million PKR) and 3.7 Million developmental grant for Affiliated Colleges. I have been associated with curriculum development/revision team for improving BS/MPhil/PhD courses at par with international standards. I have been assigned diverse management tasks both within and off-campus. These includes; member admission committees (MSc/MPhil/PhD), BS program coordinator, Member student advisory committee, senior resident warden for boy’s hostel; Member University sports committee, Deputy Director, Quality Enhancement Cell, In- charge, Quality Enhancement Cell of Affiliated colleges, Director of Affiliated Colleges and M.Phil/PhD programs review c
Soil, Water and Environmental Microbiology
QC testing for Microbiology analysis
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