Prof. Dr. Mehboob Alam

Education

1. Ph.D. (2009-2014)
   Microbial Horticulture Laboratory, Department of Biosystems and Technology,
   Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden.
   Title: Microbial status of irrigation water as affected by cultural practices: Agronomic aspects.
   (ISSN 1652-6880), ISBN (print) 978-91-576-7932-1, ISBN (Electronic) 978-91-576-7933-8
   Advisor: Prof. Beatrix Alsanius,
   
   
2. M.Sc. (Hons) (2005-2007)
   Department of Horticulture, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan.
   Title: Influence of budding dates and rootstocks on growth of Almond.
   Advisor: Prof. Abdur rab.
   
   
3. B.Sc. (Hons) (2001-2005)
   Department of Horticulture, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan.
   Title: Response of different plum varieties budded on Peach rootstocks.
   Advisor: Prof. Faridullah Wazir.
   
   
4. B.Sc. (Hons) Internship project (2004)
   Laboratory of Micropropagation, Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture,
   Peshawar, Pakistan. Micropropagation of woody plants.
   Advisor: Dr. Roshan Zameer.

Area of Specialization

Food safety in Horticulture, Environmental Horticulture

Professional Responsibilities

Teaching and Research.

Research Projects

1. Principal investigator:
   HEC, startup research grant for Assistant Professors under IPFP/TTS
   Project Title: Microbial status of vegetables irrigated from local irrigation water sources.
   
   
2. Principal investigator:
   HEC, National Research Program for Universities
   Project Title: Employing plant growth promoting bacteria in phytoremediation of foodborne pathogens and toxic metals from wastewater.

Awards

1. Overseas PhD scholarship from Higher Education Commission, Pakistan under Strengthening and development of Agriculture University Peshawar, Pakistan.
2. Best poster award at 2nd symposium on horticulture in Europe, SHE2012, at Angers (France).
3. Postdoc fellowship under PIFI, Chinese Academy of Sciences, December 2017 on “The endophytic community diversity of wheat in Sichuan-Tibetan-Pakistan plateau and their antagonistic potential against stripe rust”
   Note: I won the fellowship award but couldn't join the fellowship.

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&tzom=-300&user=bsRFkFsAAAAJ

ORCID ID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6663-6261

CV

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Publications

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