SMB - TEAM
- Email: zazahir@uaf.edu.pk,
- zazahir@yahoo.com
- Address: Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry Laboratory
- Institute of Soil and Environmental Science
- University of Agriculture, Faisalabad – 38040
- Research Interest
- 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. Hafiz Naeem Asghar
(Professor)
Email: hnaeemasghar@uaf.edu.pk,
Address: Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry Laboratory
Institute of Soil and Environmental Science
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad – 38040
- Research Interest
- Plant-Microbe interactions to improve the crop yield on normal soils and under stress conditions. Microbial-assisted Phytoremediation/ rhizoremediation of organic and inorganic pollutants
Dr. Muhammad Naveed
(Associate Professor)
Email: muhammad.naveed@uaf.edu.pk,
Address: Environmental Microbiology Laboratory
Institute of Soil and Environmental Science
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad – 38040
- Research Interest
- Bacterial seed endophyte, Impregnation of fertilizers with endophyte, Metabolic potential of endophyte, Microbial ecology/diversity, Recycling of organic wastes, Formulation of Bio Available Phosphate Fertilizer, Biochar production and utilization, Plant growth under stress conditions, Recycling of Phosphorus from wastewater
Dr. Muhammad Imran Khan
(Associate Professor)
Email: khanimran1173@yahoo.com, khanimran@uaf.edu.pk
Address: Environmental Microbiology Laboratory
Institute of Soil and Environmental Science
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad – 38040
- Research Interest
- Microbial biotransformation and biodegradation of organic (i.e. TPHs, PAHs, RDX, TNT, HCHs, and glyphosate) and inorganic pollutants (i.e. heavy metals). Isolation/screening, identification, and characterization of pollutant-degrading and plant growth-promoting microbes and their functional genes. Bioavailability, eco-toxicity, bioremediation, and phytoremediation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Impacts of soil-microbe-plant interactions in improving the plant productivity and rhizoremediation process under pollutant stress.
Dr. Tayyaba Samreen
(Lecturer)
Research Interest:
• Enhancing the efficiency of fertilizers. • Studying the microbial mechanisms for soil, plant, and environmental concerns
- Zahoor Mujdded Choudary
(Research Associate)
Email: z.mujdded@uaf.edu.pk
Ph #: +92-309-4242002
Address: Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry Laboratory
Institute of Soil and Environmental Science
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad – 38040