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Employee's Directory
Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences
Dr. Ghulam Murtaza, Ph.D.

Position & Department: Director/Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: Soil salinity/sodicity, reclamation of salt-affected soils, water quality, Nitrogen use Efficiency in normal and salt-affected soils, sewage water, fractionation of metals in different parts of vegetables and environment

 
Dr. Zahir Ahmad Zahir

Position & Department: Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: Microbial biosynthesis of plant growth regulating substances Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria Soil Enzymes Plant microbe interactions for improving crop yields Bioconversion of organic wastes into useful biofertilizers Bioremediation of contaminated soils

 
Dr. Muhammad Yaseen

Position & Department: Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: Develop and formulate crop, soil and fertilizer management technologies that conserve or enhance soil nutrient reserves and utilize nutrients within soil-plant systems effectively and efficiently, maintain optimum economic sustainable crop productivity and minimize damage to the environment. This is achieved by hunting projects and graduate and postgraduate research studies whereby ultimate goals of efficient nutrient use are obtained by using integrated nutrient management strategies to maximize nutrient use efficiency and economic benefits with minimum nutrient loss and pollution to the environment. Develop novel techniques/management practices and products to improve yield and quality of agronomic, vegetables, fruits and ornamental crops. • Provide consultancy services at national and international level to design and develop techniques for efficient use of nutrients, water, soil and other waste resources.

 
Dr. Javed Akhtar

Position & Department: Associate Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: Saline agriculture, Selection of field crops, trees, shrubs and grasses for salt affected soils and use of saline ground water. Testing of Saline Agriculture technology in the salt affected areas.

 
Dr. Hafiz Naeem Asghar, Ph.D.

Position & Department: Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: Isolation, characterization and manipulation of microbes, which are involved in microbial stimulation of plant growth. Phytoremediation of petroleum contaminated soils in association with bacteria having ACC-deaminase enzyme. Plant-microbe-growth regulator interactions to improve the plant growth and remediation process in metal contaminated soils.

 
Dr. Muhammad Javed Akhtar

Position & Department: Associate Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: Integrated use of organic manures, plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and mineral fertilizers

 
Dr. Muhammad Saqib

Position & Department: Associate Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: The main focus of his research work has been the selection and characterization of crop genotypes against salinity, sodicity, drought and waterlogging. He has explored genetic variation in different plant species including wheat, maize, cotton, barley, brassica, and different trees and grasses.

 
Dr. Muhammad Anwar-ul-Haq

Position & Department: Associate Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: Saline agriculture and plant nutrition, selection of genotypes for the usage of saline land with saline under ground water.

 
Dr. Muhammad Iqbal

Position & Department: Associate Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: 1.Carbon sequestration under different tillage systems. 2.Tillage systems and their application for better crop growth and production 3.Farm manure and its application in improving soil physical health. 4.Relative effectiveness of farm manure compared to chemical fertilizers. 5.Mulch and its utility in moisture conservation. 6.Fertilizer application under different tillage systems 7.Compaction and its role in crop growth 8.Soil compaction and its impact of plant roots proliferation. 9.NO3 leaching and its impact on human health 10.Role of farm manure in NO3 leaching 11.Soil health Iniative

 
Dr. Hamaad Raza Ahmad

Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: Soil salinity/sodicity, reclamation of salt-affected soils, water quality, Nitrogen use Efficiency in normal and salt-affected soils, sewage water, fractionation of metals in different parts of vegetables and environment, sewage sludge

 
Dr. Saif Ullah

Position & Department: Associate Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: Identification, characterization, management and reclamation of salt-affected soils, waters, and heavy metal contaminated soils.

 
Dr. M. Zia-ur-Rehman

Position & Department: Associate Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: Soil salinity/sodicity, reclamation of salt-affected soils, water quality, Nitrogen use Efficiency in normal and salt-affected soils, sewage water, fractionation of metals in different parts of vegetables and environment

 
Dr. Abdul Wakeel

Position & Department: Associate Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: Plant Nutrition,Salt Tolerance in Plants,Plant Proteomics,Nutritional Physiology,Opportunities and scope of sugar Beet cultivation in Pakistan,Role of Root Architecture in P-acquisition by Wheat and Maize genotypes

 
Dr. Muhammad Sana Ullah

Position & Department: Associate Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: Soil biochemistry and fertility by characterizing biochemical composition by analyzing soluble sugars, lignin phenols, Non-cellulosic polysaccharides with gas chromatography; Soil organic carbon and nitrogen determination along with their stable isotopes by CHN auto-analyser coupled with isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Soil microbial biomass and extracellular enzyme activities by using fluorogenically labeled substrates; Environmental impacts on plant C allocation and soil respiration in the rhizosphere by pulse labeling with radioactive C isotopes (14C); Soil organic matter mineralization by laboratory incubations

 
Dr. Nabeel Khan Niazi

Position & Department: Associate Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: • The environmental geochemistry of arsenic and heavy metals – Exploring the previously unresolved coupling interactions and sorption mechanisms of arsenic with iron monosulfide minerals (mackinawite; FeS); how phosphate and other competing ions influence the sorption behavior of arsenic on the surface FeS? • Speciation and bioavailability of arsenic and heavy metals in soils, sediments, plant and water • Phytoremediation of arsenic and heavy metal contaminated soils – exploiting the potential of local plant species for the phytoextraction of arsenic and heavy metals • Low-cost and environmental friendly solution for the remediation of arsenic and heavy metals from contaminated water, using biosorbents and biochar • Environmental monitoring of heavy metal(loid)s in soil and water using geostatistics • Chemometrics and mid-infrared spectroscopy for predicting arsenic and heavy metals in soil

 
Dr. Shamsa Kanwal

Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: My area of interest is mineral nutrition of plants especially focusing on increasing Zinc content in crop plants to combat micronutrient malnutrition in human beings. Moreover, I am also interested in the identification of mechanisms responsible for differential nutrient use efficiencies in crop plants. Besides this I also work on the role of mineral nutrients in alleviating drought stress in plants.

 
Dr. Muhammad Sabir

Position & Department: Associate Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: Soil salinity/sodicity, reclamation of salt-affected soils, water quality, Contamination, reclamation and management of metal contaminated soils.

 
Dr. Muhammad Aamer Maqsood

Position & Department: Associate Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: •Mineral nutrition of agronomic and horticultural crops •Genotypic variation in crop species for nutrient uptake and utilization •Assessment of the impact of heavy metal toxicity of soils on vegetables quality

 
Dr. Irshad Bibi

Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: - Dissolution mechanisms and kinetics of soil minerals in natural and pure mineral samples< /br> - Mineralogical characterization of soil and sediments using various techniques including: transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning TEM, STEM combined with energy dispersive electron microscope, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction - Geochemical modeling using PHREEQC and Visual MINTEQ - Investigating metal and metalloid ions sorption and redox transformation on iron oxides and phyllosilicate minerals; sorption potential of biosorbents and organo-clays for removal of metal ions from water - Examining potassium (K) release in K-bearing soil minerals under environmentally relevant conditions

 
Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Dasti

Position & Department: Associate Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: Soil Salinity, Saline Agriculture, Environmental Stress Physiology

 
Dr. Muhammad Naveed

Position & Department: Associate Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: • Recycling of organic wastes. • Formulation of bio-organo-fertilizer. • Biochar production and utilization. • Rehabilitation of Salt-affected soil. • Bacterial seed endophyte. • Impregnation of fertilizers with endophyte. • Microbial ecology/diversity . • Plant growth under stress conditions . • Micronutrient fertilization.

 
Dr. Muhammad Imran Khan, Ph.D.

Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: Soil and water pollution; Environmental microbiology; Pollutants degrading microbes and their functions; Microbial community analysis and next generation sequencing; Microbial biodegradation, biotransformation, bioremediation, rhizo-remediation of organic pollutants; Nitrogen fixation and pollutants degradation; Eco-toxicity and bioavailability of organic pollutants

 
Dr. M. Nadeem Ashraf

Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition, Soil Bio-geochemistry, SOC Sequestration, SOC fractions, Nutrients Cycling, Soil Microbial Biomass, Microbial C: N: P Stoichiometry, Long-term fertilization, C and N cycling, Soil Extracellular Enzymes, Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency, Nitrogen Use Efficiency.

 
Dr. Sadia Bibi

Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: Role of tillage practices, irrigation and organic matter in improvement of physical and chemical properties of soils and leaching of pesticides and fertilizers in ground waters.

 
Dr. Tayyab Naz

Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts:

 
Dr. Tayyaba Samreen

Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts:

 
Dr. M. Tahir Shehzad

Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

Research Intersts: Environmental and Soil Pollution Reclamation and Rehabilitation of contaminated soil and water resources

 
Mukhtar Ahmad

Position & Department: Administrative Officer, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture

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