Not only working for over twenty years in three continents with diverse background in teaching and research has equipped me with up to date knowledge and research skills but also has provided an opportunity to excel my leadership qualities. Additionally, my managerial skills got more polished and tuned to home ground by working in KUST, Pakistan. I have been chairing various statutory bodies/committees for over thirteen years in KUST. The years of work in Pakistan and overseas, an excellent blend of various cultures and systems had equipped me with unique leadership qualities. Moreover, I have served/am serving as a Vice Chancellor, Pro-Vice Chancellor, KUST, Dean, Faculty of Biological Science, Dean, Faculty of Social Science, Director Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC), Director ORIC, Chairman Department of Botany, Member of Senate, Syndicate, Finance & Planning Committee, Academic Council, Advance Studies & Research Board (ASRB), I am also convener and member of several other Standing and Ad’hoc committees. Keeping in view all that valuable experience accumulated over twenty years, I can shoulder the responsibilities in best possible manner at any kind of academic/administrator position.

Plant Physiologist/Botanist

1. Amana Khatoon 2014 Completed Functional Analysis of Flooding Responsive Proteins in Soybean (Glycine max L. Cultivar Enrei) using Proteomics Approach

2. Shazia Sakhi 2015 Completed Evaluation of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) Germplasm at Developmental Stages and Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) Underlying Drought Stress

3. M. MudasarAslam 2018 Completed “Proteomic Responses of Maize (Zea maysL. ) Seed & seedling to the Plant Derived Smoke Solution.”

4. ShakirUllah Khan 2018 Completed Effects of Pesticides on Physiological, Anatomical, Biochemical & Molecular Characteristics of Tomato (LecopersiconeseulentumMill)

5. IjazMalook 2019 Completed Biochemical & Molecular Response of Spinach Associated with Microbes in Remediation of Heavy Metals Contaminated Soil

6. Ali Rehman 2019 Completed Effect of plant derived smoke solution on nodulation and proteomics of chickpea.

7. M. Abdul Waheed Shah 2019 Completed Effect of Plants-Derived Smoke Solution of Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular characterization of Maize (Zea mays L) under Slat Stress

8. ZafarIqbal In Progress Studying Genetic Biodiversity of the Date-Palm (Phoenix dactyliferous L) genotypes in Pakistan using various molecular markers

9.Botinical, Chemical and Pharmacological Studies of Important Medicinal Plants by Establishment of Medicinal Plant Farm at KUST, HEC Funded. (PI)Rs 4.771 millions

10. Research Project with Korea Research Institute of Biosciences & Biotechnology (KRIBB, South Korea) worth USD30,000 

11- Development of Biological Control of Fungal Diseases in Vegetables using Chitinolytic Bacteria (Co-PI) (2016) Rs, 8.737 Millions.

12. International linkages of Pakistani Universities with foreign Universities (ILPUFC), Link Coordinator (15.41 Millions)

1- Aslam, M. M., Jamil, M., Malook, I., Khatoon, A., Rehman, A., Rahim, A., Khan, P., Shakir S. K., Irfan, S., Ullah, F., Bashar, K.U., Afridi, M. and Rehman, S. (2016). Phytotoxic effects of Calotropisprocera, Tamarixaphylla and Peganumharmalaon plant 8 growth of wheat and mustard. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research, 29: 43-52.

2- Shah, S., Jan, M., Afreen, M., Anees, M.,Rehman, S., and Jamil, M. (2016). Halophilic bacteria mediated phytoremediation of salt-affected soilscultivated with rice. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 174: 59-65.

3- Waheed, M. A,Jamil, M., Daud, M.K., Shakir, S.K and Rehman, S. (2016). Effect of plant derived smoke solution on physiological and biochemical characterization of maize. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 48: 1763-1774.

4-Elhindi, K.M., El-Hendawy, S., Abdel-Salam, E., Schmidhalter, Urs.,Rehman,S.U. and AlAdl Hassan. (2016). Foliar application of potassium nitrate affects the growth and photosynthesis in coriander (Coriander sativum L.) plants under salinity. Progress in Nutrition, 18: 63-73.

5-Khan, A.R., Ullah, I., Waqas, M., Park, G.-S., Khan, A.L., Hong, S.-J., Jung, B.- K., Park, C.- E., Lee, I.-J., Rehman, SU., Lee, I.-J., Shin, J.-H. (2017). Host plant growth promotion and cadmium detoxification in Solanumnigrum, mediated by endophytic fungi. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety136: 180-188.

6- Malook, I., Shah, G., Jan, M., Iqbal, K., Shinwari, · M.,Aslam, M. M.,·Rehman,S.U. and Jamil, M. (2017).Smoke Priming Regulates Growth and the Expression ofMyeloblastosis and Zinc-Finger Genes in Rice under Salt Stress.Arab Journal for Scienceand Engineering,42: 2207-15.

7-Akhtar, N., Khan, S., Malook, I., Rehman, S.U. and Jamil, M. (2017). Pb-induced changes in roots of two cultivated rice cultivars grown in lead-contaminated soil mediated by smoke. Environmental Science and Pollution Research24: 21298-21310.

8-Aslam, MM.,Jamil, M., Khatoon, A., El-Hendawy, S.E., Al-Suhaibani, N., Malook, I., and Rehman, S.U. (2017). Physiological and biochemical responses of maize (Zea mays L.) to plant derived smoke solution. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 49: 435-443.

9-Malook, I., Rehman, S., Khan, MK., El-Hendawy,S., Al-Suhaibani, NA., Aslam, MM. and Jamil, M. (2017). Heavy Metals Induced Lipid Peroxidation In Spinach Mediated With Microbes. Pakistan Journal of Botany 49:2301-2308.

10-Shakir, S.K., Irfan, S., Akhtar, B., Rehman,SDaud, M.K., Taimur, N. and Azizullah, A. (2018). Pesticide-induced oxidative stress and antioxidant responses in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) seedlings. Ecotoxicology, 27, 919-935.

11-Rehman, A., Rehman, S.U., Khatoon A, Qasim, M., Itoh, T., Iwasaki, Y., Wang, X., Sunohara, Y., Matsumoto, H and Komatsu, S. (2018). Proteomic analysis of the promotive effect of plant-derived smoke on plant growth of chickpea. Journal of Proteomics, 176: 56- 70.

12-Li, X., Rehman, SU., Yamaguchi, Y., Hitachi, K., Tsuchida, K., Yamaguchi, T., Sunohara, Y., Matsumoto, H. and Komatsu, S. (2018). Proteomic analysis of the effect of plant-derived smoke on soybean during recovery from flooding stress. Journal of Proteomics, 181: 238- 248.

13-Anees, M., Azim, R., Rehman, S.U., Jamil. M., El-Hendawy, S. and Al-Shuhaibani, N.A. (2018). Antifungal potential of Trichoderma strains originated from North western regions of Pakistan against the plant pathogens. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 50: 2031-2040.

14-Munir, M., Ahmed, N., Abid, M., Rehman, SU., Ashraf, M., Zhang, L., and Anees, M. (2019). Chinolytic activity of the indigenous Trichoderma app. From the Norther West of Pakistan against the fungal phytopathogens. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 51(2): 711-716.

15-Haq, IU., Khurshid, G., Abbasi, AZ., Nawaz, I., Nawaz, I., Naqvi, T., Arfan, M., Shah, MM., Amin, BAZ., Hussain, Alvi, MA., Rehman, SU. and Ahmad, R.(2019). Successful callogenesis from leaf and petiole of Bergenia ciliate (Haw.) Sternband antibacterial activity of callus extracts. Pakistan Journal of Botany 51(5): 1847-1852.

16-Anees, M., Abid, M., Rehman, SU., Nadeem, A., Ashraf, M., Zhang, L., and Kim, KY. 9 (2019).Antifungal activity of various chitinolytic bacteria against Colletotrichum in pepper. Plant Protection Science, 59: 109-115.

17-Aslam, MM., Rehman,SU., Khatoon, A., Jamil, M., Yamaguchi, H., Hitachi, K., Tsuchida, K., Sunohara, Y., Matsumoto, H. and Komatsu, K. (2019). Proteomic analysis of the effect of plant-derived smokeonmaize growth. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20: 1319.

18-Jamil, M., Jahangir, M. and Rehman, SU. (2020). Smoke induced physiological, biochemical and molecular changes in germinating rice seeds. Pakistan Journal of Botany 52(3): 865- 871.

19-Nisa, I., Rehman, SU., Ahmed, I., Shah, SA., Mudassar and Anees, M. (2020). Effect of aqueous smoke solution extracted from Peganum harmala and the bacteria isolated from the rhizoshere of Ipomoea aquatica on wheat growth. Pak. J. Agri. Sci., Vol. 57(3), 893-899.