Lecturer: Department of Botany, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat (December 2007 – July 2012)

Assistant Professor: Department of Botany, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat (July 2012 – July 2018)

Associate Professor: Department of Botanical & Environmental Sciences, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat (July 2018 – October 28, 2020)

Chairman: Department of Botanical & Environmental Sciences, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat (April 2, 2019 – to October 28, 2020)

Associate Professor: Department of Biology, The University of Haripur, Haripur (October 29, 2020 – September 10, 2023)

Professor: Department of Biology, The University of Haripur, Haripur (September 11, 2023 – to date)

Chairman: Department of Biology, The University of Haripur, Haripur (June 3, 2022 – to date)

Dean: Faculty of Biological & Biomedical Sciences, The University of Haripur, Haripur (February 1, 2024 – to date)

Plant Ecophysiology, Environmental Biology, Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Environmental Pollution

1. Atrazine-induced oxidative stress and genotoxicity in maize seedlings. Funded by HEC Pakistan (PKR 0.5 million) (As PI) 2. An integrated approach to improve water quality in war affected areas of southern Khyber Pakhtukhwa and adjacent tribal agencies, Pakistan. Funded by International Foundation for Science (USD 11800) (As PI) 3. Use of biotechnological approaches for remediation of heavy metal pollutted soils of southern areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (NR 107). Funded by Pakistan Agricultural Research Coucil (PKR 5.85 million) (As Co-PI) 4. Assessment of water-soluble derivatives of chlorophyll as potential photosensitizers for drinking water disinfection. Funded by HEC, Pakistan (PKR 10.39 million) (As PI) 5. Molecular Cloning and Biochemical Characterization of UDP-MurNAc-L-alanyl-D-glutamate: LLysine Ligase (MurE) from pathogenic bacteria for Inhibitors Development. Funded by HEC, Pakistan (PKR 1.0 million) (As Co-PI) 6. Phylogenetic relationships based on whole chloroplast genome of gymnosperm species. Funded by HEC, Pakistan (PKR 1.0 million) (As Co-PI)

2020 55 Lei M, Raza I, Deeba F, Jamil M, Naeem R, Azizullah A, Khattak B, Shah A, Ali I, Jin ZS, Khan MD (2020). Pesticide-induced physiological, metabolic and ultramorphological alterations in leaves of young maize seedlings. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 29(3):2247-2258. (IF 1.871) 56 Fan Y, Zhang Y, Tariq A, Jiang X, Ahamd Z, Zhihao Z, Idrees M, Azizullah A, Adnan M, Bussmann RW (2020) Food as medicine: a possible preventive measure against coronavirus disease (COVID‐19). Phytotherapy Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.6770. (IF 6.388) 57 Samrana S, Ali A, Muhammad U, Azizullah A, Ali H, Khan M, Naz S, Khan MD, Zhu S, Chen J (2020) Physiological, ultrastructural, biochemical, and molecular responses of glandless cotton to hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) exposure. Environmental Pollution. 266:115394. (IF 9.988) 2021 58 Hassan M, Israr M, Mansoor S, Hussain SA, Basheer F, Azizullah A, Ur Rehman S (2021) Acclimation of cadmium-induced genotoxicity and oxidative stress in mung bean seedlings by priming effect of phytohormones and proline. Plos One. 16(9):e0257924. (IF 3.752) 59 Ahmad B, Rehman SU, Azizullah A, Khan MF, Din SR, Ahmad M, Ali A, Tahir N, Azam N, Gamallat Y, Rahman KU (2021) Molecular mechanisms of anticancer activities of Polyphyllin VII. Chemical Biology & Drug Design, 97(4):914-29. (IF 2.873) 60 Israr M, Ali F, Nawaz A, Idrees M, Khattak A, Ur Rehman S, Azizullah A, Ahmad B, Bano SA, Iqbal R (2021) Seroepidemiology and associated risk factors of hepatitis B and C virus infections among pregnant women attending maternity wards at two hospitals in Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. PloS One, 16(8):e0255189. (IF 3.752) 2022 61 Zeb U, Wang X, Azizullah A, Fiaz S, Khan H, Ullah S, Ali H, Shahzad K (2022) Comparative genome sequence and phylogenetic analysis of chloroplast for evolutionary relationship among Pinus species. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 29 (3) 1618 - 1627(IF 4.052) 62 Zeb U, Wang X, Fiaz S, Azizullah A, Shah AA, Ali S, Rahim F, Ullah H, Leghari UA, Wang W, Nawaz T. Novel insights into Pinus species plastids genome through phylogenetic relationships and repeat sequence analysis. PloS One. 2022 Jan 19

17(1):e0262040. (IF 3.752) 63 Tariq M, Israr M, Raza M, Ahmad B, Azizullah A, Ur Rehman S, Faheem M, Sun X, Yuan Q. Engineering of phenylalanine dehydrogenase from Thermoactinomyces intermedius for the production of a novel homoglutamate. PloS One. 2022 Mar 30

17(3):e0263784. (IF 3.752) 64 Bokhari SH, Nawaz G, Azizullah A, Mahmood-Ul-Hassan M, Ali Z. Heavy metals phytofiltration potential of Hydrocotyle umbellata from Nullah Lai wastewater and its environmental risk. International Journal of Phytoremediation. 2022 Feb 10:1-0. (IF 3.212) 65 Azizullah A, Khan S, Gao G, Gao K. The interplay between bisphenol A and algae–a review. Journal of King Saud University-Science. 2022 Apr 26:102050 (IF 4.011) 2023 66 Khan H, Ullah I, Woeste K, Fiaz S, Zeb U, Ghazy AI, Azizullah A, Shad S, Malvolti ME, Yue M, Attia KA. Population genetics informs new insights into the phytogeographic history of Juglans regia L. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 2023 May 19:1-6. (IF 1.876) 67 Shah SA, Rauf M, Ali S, Ullah S, Ullah K, Anjum SI, Azizullah A, Dawar FU. Variations in the Behaviour, Survival, Haematology, and Biochemistry of Ctenopharyngodon idella (Grass Carp) After Exposure to Commercial Grade Atrazine. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 2023 Jul

111(1):14. (IF 2.87) 68 Ishaq M, Numan M, Zeb U, Cui F, Shad S, Hayat SA, Azizullah A, Uddin I, Iqbal M, Rahim F, Khan N. Facile one-step synthesis of gold nanoparticles using Viscum album and evaluation of their antibacterial potential. Functional Plant Biology. 2023 May 10. (IF 2.812) 69 Noor M, Ullah A, Khan MI, Raza I, Iqbal M, Aziz A, Kim GW, Taimur N, Azizullah A, Ali I, Kim PJ. Elucidating growth and biochemical characteristics of rice seedlings under stress from chromium VI salt and nanoparticles. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2023 Nov

30(55):117562-76. (IF 5.8) 2024 70 Shahzad K, Li ZH, Khan H, Aziullah A, Zeb U, Cui F, Dai J, Ashfaq S, Fiaz S, Mahmoud EA, Moussa IM. Novel structures and evolution of tRNA genes: insight into the chloroplast tRNAs of family Sapindaceae. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 2024 Feb

71(2):893-914. (IF 2.0) 71 Muhammad U, Zhang Y, Ali A, Li H, Han Y, Sun Y, Wang J, Wang W, Samrana S, Khan S, Azizullah A. Melatonin reduces cadmium accumulation through cell wall fraction fixation capacity in cotton seedlings. Plant Stress. 2024 Mar 16:100444. (IF 5(IF 2.0)