Education
Post-Doctorate: University of Sydney, Australia.
Post-Doctorate: University of Malaya, Malaysia
PhD: Oklahoma State University, USA.
M.S: Oklahoma State University, USA.
Area of Specialization
Wheat Breeding
Professional Responsibilities
Teaching, Research and Administration.
Research Projects
RESEARCH PROJECTS COMPLETED: 2
Project No. 1
Title: Developing Forage-plus-Grain Winter Wheat Production System for Northern Area (2004-07)
Duration: 3-Years (2004 to 2007)
Total Amt: Rs. 1.458 million
PI: Dr. Iftikhar Hussain Khalil
Funding Agency: Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), Islamabad, Pakistan under the Agricultural Linkages Program of USAID.
Project No. 2
Title: Evaluation and Identification of High Yielding Winter Wheat Genotypes
Duration: 2-Years (Oct. 2017 to Nov. 2019)
Total Amt: Rs. 3.00 million
PI: Dr. Iftikhar Hussain Khalil
Co-PI: Meri. Prof. Dr. Fida Muhammad
Funding Agency: USAID-CIMMYT/PARC, Islamabad under Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP).
Awards
- HEC-Focal Person, Uni. of Agric., Peshawar, Aug. 2013 to Date.
- Director of Research Farms, Uni. of Agric., Peshawar, Jul. 2014 to Jul. 2015.
- Recipient of ‘Research Productivity Award’ for year 2011-12 & 2003-04 from Ministry of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
- Organized National Seminar on ‘Technological Interventions for Food & Environment Security’.
- Member of Board of Studies in Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Protection.
- Subject Expert at the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Service Commission, Pakistan.
- Secretary & Member of HEC National Curriculum Revision Committee on PBG.
- Member of HEC National Curriculum Revision Committee on PBG.
- Visiting Outstanding Researcher’ at the Uni. of Tsukuba, Japan, Feb. 23-Mar. 28, 2014.
- Member of International Advisory Committee for 2nd(2014) and 3rd(2016) International Plant Breeding Conf. organized by Genetics Society of Malaysia.
- Invited Speaker in 2nd International Plant Breeding Conf. 2014, Malaysia.
- Training on “Standardization of stem rust note-taking and evaluation of germplasm” of CIMMYT at Kenya, Oct., 2015.
- Invited Speaker on ‘Field Plot Techniques’ in CIMMYT training course at Faisalabad, Pakistan (Mar-May, 2015).
- General Secretary of Ag. Uni. Teachers Assoc. during 2009-10 & 2010-11 and GS of Federation of All Pakistan Uni. Acad. Staff Assoc. (FAPUASA) during 2009-10.
- Recipient of ‘Sitlington Scholar Award (1998-00)’, ‘Jerry Grant Graduate Award (1999-2000)’ & ‘Dale Weibel Graduate Award (1998-99)’, OSU, USA.
- Recipient of ‘Certificate of Achievement’ from USAID for highest TOEFL score in 1990.
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Mailing Address
Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Agricultural University Peshawar, 25130, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan