Research Interest:    Plant Stress Physiology, Plant Molecular Biology, Identification of Physio-biochemical Markers of stress tolerance, Thermal adaptation of plants for studying molecular and genetic mechanisms, QTLs study and Photochemistry

  Education:

PhD (2004-2009): Botany (Plant Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (a part of thesis research was completed under International Research Support Initiative Program (IRSIP) of HEC, Pakistan, under the supervision of Dr. Tadashi Sato, Department of Environmental Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

Dissertation: “Seasonal variations in some physiological and molecular responses of   maize (Zea   mays   L.)  under glass house conditions”. Supervisor:  Prof. Dr.  Abdul Wahid, Dept. of Botany, University of Agriculture Faisalabad.

Post-Doc (2016-2017): Foreign Fellowship Program of PHEC awarded for one year from Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Atsushi Higashitani Tadashi (Dean), Department of Environmental Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.