Environmental Biotechnology

Imran Hussain

Designation: Assistant Professor
Email: imranhussain@cuiatd.edu.pk
Phone No. : N/A
Role: Faculty
Research Interests: N/A

Academics/ Degrees

PhD, University of Vienna, Austria, 2019

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

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

Profile/Bio

  • 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  

Associations/Memberships

  • 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

Awards/ Appreciations

  • 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)