Research Areas Fisheries and Aquatic Science；Limnological studies of Lakes and Ponds, Fish Culture Development, Coastal Fisheries Management；Hazard Risk and Impact Analysis of Rains, Flash Flood, Riverine Flood, Cyclone, Drought, Heatwaves, Freshwater Scarcity, Early Warning System (EWS) and Preparedness Research Grounds

1. BIODIVERSITY OF INLAND WATERS IN SINDH PAKISTAN Principal Investigator NATIONAL September, 01 2011 May, 30 2013 2. DEVELOPING A NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR KEENJHAR LAKE, SINDH PAKISTAN Principal Investigator NATIONAL January, 01 2009 December, 18 2009 3. RAZOR CLAM FISHERY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF FISHING COMMUNITY IN COASTAL AREAS OF SINDH PAKISTAN Principal Investigator NATIONAL December, 08 2016 December, 30 2016 4. REVIEW OF SINDH COASTAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT 1994 AND SINDH COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN Principal Investigator NATIONAL November, 01 2016 December, 31 2018 5. DEVELOPING A NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR KEENJHAR LAKE, SINDH PAKISTAN. FUNDED BY WWF-PAKISTAN Principal Investigator NATIONAL November, 26 2009 December, 18 2009 6. BIODIVERSITY OF INLAND WATERS IN SINDH PAKISTAN. FUNDED BY LIVESTOCK AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF SINDH Principal Investigator NATIONAL September, 01 2011 May, 30 2013 7. RAZOR CLAM FISHERY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF FISHING COMMUNITY IN COASTAL AREAS OF SINDH PAKISTAN FOR MSC CERTIFICATION. FUNDED BY WWF-PAKISTAN Principal Investigator INTERNATIONAL December, 08 2016 December, 30 2016 8. REVIEW OF SINDH COASTAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT 1994 AND SINDH COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. FUNDED BY MALTESER INTERNATIONAL - PAKISTAN Principal Investigator NATIONAL November, 01 2016 December, 30 2018 9. INCREASING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO NATURAL DISASTERS BY REDUCING VULNERABILITIES TO RISKS AT JATI, SUJAWAL SINDH PAKISTAN Principal Investigator NATIONAL November, 01 2017 October, 31 2018 10. CLIMATE CHANGE INDUCED MIGRATION IN MARGINALIZED COASTAL COMMUNITIES OF SINDH, PAKISTAN: A GOVERNANCE PERSPECTIVE. FUNDED BY ISLAMIC RELIEF- PAKISTAN Principal Investigator NATIONAL November, 01 2019 August, 30 2020 11. ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF AQUATIC FAUNA AND FLORA IN INDUS RIVER FROM KOTRI DOWNSTREAM UP TO KHOBAR CREEK OUTFALL INTO ARABIAN SEA FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY OF SINDH BARRAGE PROJECT. FUNDED BY WAPD HYDRO PLANNING, LAHORE PAKISTAN.W Principal Investigator NATIONAL September, 29 2020 December, 30 2020 12. BASELINE SURVEY FOR THE CLIMATE SENSITIVE LIVELIHOOD MODELING IN UC KHULDABAD MALIR KARACHI AND UC KAKRAND, KHAGHAN AND DUBBO THATTA. FUNDED BY ISLAMIC RELIEF - PAKISTAN. Principal Investigator NATIONAL October, 28 2021 December, 30 2021 13. ESTABLISHMENT OF OCEANOGRAPHIC SURVEY UNIT: CLIMATE CHANGE, FRESHWATER SCARCITY AND POLLUTION IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON GEOMORPHOLOGY, MANGROVE, FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE OCCURRING IN COASTAL AND MARINE WATERS OF DISTRICT THATTA?. FUNDED BY PMDC THATTA. Principal Investigator NATIONAL July, 23 2021 June, 30 2025 14. 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORY AND SURVEY UNIT: POPULATION DYNAMICS, POLLUTION IMPACT ASSESSMENTS, AND WAY-FORWARD OF COASTAL AND MARINE BIODIVERSITY IN CREEKS OF SUJAWAL. FUNDED BY PMDC SUJAWAL Principal Investigator NATIONAL January, 03 2022 June, 30 2025 15. HAZARD RISK AND IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR ENHANCING FLASH FLOOD EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (EWS) AND PREPAREDNESS IN DISTRICT DADU. FUNDED BY FRDP- PAKISTAN Principal Investigator NATIONAL April, 02 2024 July, 20 2024

25.Eco-Biological Status Of Chotiari Reservoir (Distt. Sanghar) Sindh, Pakistan Authors: Mahar M. A., S.M. Leghari, M.Y. Khuhawar, S. A. Shaikh and G.M. Mastoi, Journal Name: Sindh Univ. Res. J. (Sci. Ser.) Volume-39 Issue2 26.Diversity And Seasonal Variation Of Copepod Zooplankton In Manchar Lake (Distt: Dadu) Sindh, Pakistan Authors: Mahar M. A., S.I.H. Jafri and Q.B. Kazmi, Journal Name: Pakistan Journal of Zoology Volume-39 Issue5 27.Seasonal Variation And Species Composition Of Crustacean Zooplankton (Order: Cladocera) In Manchhar Lake, Sindh, Pakistan Authors: Mahar M. A., S.I.H. Jafri and W.A. Baloch, Journal Name: Pakistan Journal of Zoology Volume-40 Issue2 28.Occurrence Of Epizoic Algae Stigeoclonium Tenue (Ag) Kuetz On Lernaea Cyprinacea (Parasitic Copepod) From A Cyprinid Fish Catla Catla Of Sindh, Pakistan Authors: Mahar M.A., S.M. Leghari, A. M. Mastoi and M. H. Chandio, Journal Name: Sindh Univ. Res. J. (Sci. Ser.) Volume-40 Issue1 29.New Record Of Some Planktonic Cladocerans From Fish Ponds Of Jamshoro Thermal Power Plant, Sindh, Pakistan Authors: Mahar, M.A., Journal Name: Pakistan Journal of Zoology Volume-40 Issue2 30.New Record Of Two Copepod Parasites From Freshwater Fishes Of Sindh, Pakistan Authors: S.I.H. Jafri and M.A. Mahar, Journal Name: Sindh Univ. Res. J. (Sci. Ser.) Volume-41 Issue1 31.Seasonal Periodicity Of Phytoplankton And Chlorophyll Content In Lake Manchhar Authors: Mahar, M.A., S.I. H. Jafri, S.M. Leghari and M. Y. Khuhawar, Journal Name: Pakistan J. Bot., Volume-41 Issue2 32.New Record Of Free Swimming Copepod Zooplankton Tropocyclops Prasinus From Water Discharging Jamshoro Thermal Power Plant Sindh, Pakistan Authors: Mahar, M.A., Journal Name: Pakistan Journal of Zoology Volume-41 Issue3 33.Limnological Study Of Fishponds And Kalribaghar Lower Canal At Chilya Fish Hatchery Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan Authors: Mahar, M.A., Z.A. Larik, N.T. Narejo and S.I.H. Jafri, Journal Name: Pakistan Journal of Zoology Volume-42 Issue4 34.New Ectoparasitic Crustacean, Argulus Sindhensis Sp. Nov. (Branchiura: Argulidae) From Pakistan Authors: Mahar M.A. and S.I.H. Jafri, Journal Name: Sindh Univ. Res. J. (Sci. Ser.) Volume-43 Issue2 35.Cultivation Of Oyster Crassostreesa Gryphoid (Schlotheim) Through Rafts At Ambra Creek Coastal Belt Of Arabian Sea, Sindh Pakistan Authors: Mahar M.A. and K.P. Awan, Journal Name: Sindh Univ. Res. J. (Sci. Ser.) Volume-44 Issue1 36.Growth Performance Of Green Mussels (Perna Viridis Linnaeus, 1758) Culturing Artificially On Rafts At Ambra Creek Coastal Belt Of Arabian Sea In Sindh, Pakistan Authors: Awan, K.P., M.A. Mahar and Z.A. larik, Journal Name: Sindh Univ. Res. J. (Sci. Ser.) Volume-44 Issue2 37.Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS) In Freshwater Fishes Infected By Fungal Genera Aphanomyces And Alternaria Sindh, Pakistan Authors: G.M. Wadahar, M.H. Chandio and M.A. Mahar, Journal Name: Sindh Univ. Res. J. (Sci. Ser.) Volume-44 Issue4 38.Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS) In Freshwater Fishes Infected By Fungal Genera Aphanomyces And Alternaria Sindh, Pakistan Authors: G.M. Wadahar, M.H. Chandio and M.A. Mahar, Journal Name: Sindh Univ. Res. J. (Sci. Ser.) Volume-44 Issue4 39.New Record Of Some Freshwater Seed Shrimps (Ostracoda: Podocopida) From Lakes Of Sindh, Pakistan Authors: Mahar M.A. and S. I. H. Jafri, Journal Name: Pakistan Journal of Zoology Volume-44 Issue5 40.Water Quality Assessment Of Haleji Lake (Sindh, Pakistan) A Ramsar Recognized Site Authors: Jahangir T. M., M.Y. Khuhawar, S.M. Leghari, M. A. Mahar and M.S. Baluch, Journal Name: J. Chem. Soc. Pakistan Volume-35 Issue3 41.Biodiversity And Fisheries Potential Of Lake Gahot Matiary Sindh Pakistan Authors: Mahar M.A., G.M. Wadahar, N.T. Narejo and A.R. Abbasi, Journal Name: Pakistan Journal of Zoology Volume-34 Issue1 42.Biochemical Composition And Nutrient Contents Of Tilapia Zilli From Barechi Lake, District Badin, Sindh, Pakistan Authors: M. Y. Laghari, N. T. Narejo, A. R. Abbasi, S. Jalbani, P. Khan, H. Kalhoro and M. A. MAHAR, Journal Name: Sindh Univ. Res. J. (Sci. Ser.) Volume-51 Issue1 43.Cytotoxic Potential Of Fertility Booster Medicinal Plant As Evident Through Brine Shrimp Toxicity Assay Authors: A.N. Saddar, A. N. Soomro, S.T. Qureshi, S.S. Hassaney and M. A. Mahar, Journal Name: Pakistan Journal of Zoology Volume-53 Issue5 44.Growth And Dispersal Of Razor Clam Solen Dactylus In The Mudflats Of Indus Delta, Sindh Coast (Northern Arabian Sea). Authors: Pirzado A.A and M. A. Mahar, Journal Name: Pakistan J. Marine. Sciences Volume-30 Issue1