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Environmental Biotechnology
Dr. Rafiq Ahmad
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Designation:
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Associate Professor
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Email:
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drrafiq@cuiatd.edu.pk
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Phone No. :
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92-992-383591-6
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Role:
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Faculty
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Research Interests:
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1. Identification and characterization of virulence factors / genes/ proteins and proteases in plants.
2. Monitoring and assessment of air pollutants such as tropospheric ozone and green house gases in atmosphere
3. Study of developmental and defense related gene expression regulation, epigenetic mechanisms like methylation, RNA interference etc.
4. Production of high resistance transgenic plants against insect pests and pathogens.
5. Production and purification of useful recombinant proteins in E. coli.
6.Transcriptional and translational study in different plants against biotic and abiotic stresses.
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Academics/ Degrees
- PhD, Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), France, 2012
- MS, Université Paris-Est Créteil, France, 2008
- M.Sc. (Hons.), University of agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan, 2006
- B.Sc. (Hons.), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, 2004
Profile/Bio
· August 2012 till now: Assistant
Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences (Biotechnology program),
COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus.
· 24th May
till 24th August 2012: Assistant Professor in
the Department of Environmental Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad.
· September 2008-March 2012- PhD student, University of Paris-Est Creteil,
Paris, France.
September 2007-March 2008- M.S. student in University of Paris12, Paris, France
Publications/Papers
2023
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Journal
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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"
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Arabian Journal of Chemistry
,Volume 16
,Page 104710
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2023
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2019
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H.Haroon,J.A.Shah,Nadeem Iqbal ,R.Khan,R.Ahmad,Saeed Asad ,Tatheer Alam,Aziz Ullah Sayal,M.Bilal
"Thermochemically development of activated carbon from a specific plant precursor biomass for efficient sequestration of hazardous Cr(VI): equilibrium kinetic and isotherm modelling studies"
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International Conference on Environmental Toxicology and Health (ESCON) February 25-27, 2019 organized by Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Vehari Campus
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2019
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2017
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Journal
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M. Shahzad,Abdul Qadir,S.A.Khan,R.Ahmad,Sajid Masood,M.Irshad,Fawad Kaleem,Sunjeet Kumar
"Exogenous Ca2SiO4 enrichment reduces the leaf apoplastic Na+ and increases the growth of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) under salt stress"
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Scientia Horticulturae
,Volume 214
,Page 1–8
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2017
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R.Ahmad,S.A.Khan,M. Shahzad,U.Irshad
"Metabolic profiling to elucidate genetic elements due to salt stress "
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CLEAN, Soil, Air, Water
,Volume 45
,Issue 12
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2017
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2015
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Muhammad Ayaz,,R.Ahmad,M. Shahzad,Noorullah Khan,M.Shah,S.A.Khan
"Drought stress stunt tomato plant growth and up-regulate expressionof SlAREB, SlNCED3, and SlERF024 genes"
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Scientia Horticulturae 2015
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2015
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2014
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Awards/ Appreciations
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Won a best researcher award 2019 of Department
of Biotechnology, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad campus on outstanding contribution in
research
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Won seven research projects as a PI and Co-PI
having total worth of more than 10.21 million Pak rupees
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Established a lab from my research projects and appointed 2 fully funded Research
Associates as a MS and PhD students under my supervision
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Won a best young researcher Award of 2018 of
COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad
campus on outstanding contribution in research
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Published more than 54 research articles (27
Published as a first and corresponding
author) having more than 145 cumulative impact factor
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Appreciation letters and cash prize received from the Director of COMSATS
University Islamabad for the academic years 2015, 2016 and 2021 for
extraordinary performance in research and teaching
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Won the Research Productivity Awards (RPA) and increments
letters from COMSATS University Islamabad for consecutive 8 years from
2013-2020 for good performance in research work and teaching
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Won a silver medal (2nd Position) on
the oral presentation in an international conference held in QAU, Islamabad,
Pakistan
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Supervised an international PhD student from
Nigeria for six months on TWAS-CIIT sandwich International scholarship program
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Appointed as an editorial board member of three
international research Journals
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Supervised 13 BS, 19 MS and 2 PhD students as well as 3 PhDs and 5 MS students are
currently under my supervision
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