HEC Approved Supervisors

Qualification: Ph.D
Area of Interest: Stress physiology and dry land agro management to combat the drought in economic profile. , Crop production and technology Specially oil seed crops , Seed production technology
Department: Department of Agronomy
Qualification: Ph. D (PMAS, Arid Agriculture University/The Sydney University)

Post Doc Washington State University USA under USDA-NIFA funded project "Regional Approaches for Climate Change" (REACCH) (2014-16).
Area of Interest: Climate Change impact assessment, Agro-ecosystem Modeling and Remote sensing/GIS, Whole farm modeling, Cropping systems Agronomy, Crop Physiology, Climate Change/Climate extremes Adaptation, Uncertainty analysis/LCA/C-Footprint, Risk management analysis, Modelling biomass flows at landscape level and the dynamics of organic matter in soil, Biogeochemical cycling
Department: Department of Agronomy
Qualification: Ph.D. (Wageningen University, the Netherlands)
Area of Interest: Agro-nanotechnology, Organic Farming Systems, Composting and Organic Waste management, System analysis; simulation and system management, Soil Plant Interactions/ Feed back, Measurement of Ammonia and Greenhouse Gases, Biochar and coated fertilizers
Department: Department of Agronomy
Qualification: PhD (Agronomy)
Area of Interest: Rice Agronomy, Crop Growth Modeling, Climate Change and Agriculture, Plant Nutrition, Crop Water Management
Department: Department of Agronomy
Qualification: Ph.D
Area of Interest: Breeding for yield and quality in cereal crops, Marker assisted selection
Department: Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics
Qualification: Ph.D
Area of Interest: Breeding of cereals especially wheat for drought and yield through conventional cum modern approaches
Department: Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics
Qualification: Ph.D
Area of Interest: Cereal breeding and genetics for abiotic stress tolerance and quality improvement.
Department: Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics
Qualification: Ph.D. (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Area of Interest: Identification and characterization of genes involved in plant stress tolerance and plant-microbe interactions, Understandingstress signaling mechanisms and genetic networksand post-translational modifications of proteins orchestrating plant adaptation to adverse environments
Department: Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics
Qualification: PhD, Plant Breeding & Genetics
Area of Interest: Crop improvement for abiotic stresses, Development of high yielding hybrids through conventional and molecular approaches, Molecular and physiological dissection of plants for abiotic stress tolerance
Department: Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics
Qualification: Ph.D
Area of Interest: Functional analysis of abiotic and biotic stress related genes using transgenic and mutants, Protein-Protein interaction studies using Yeast-two-hybrid assay, Bioinformatic analysis of novel gene families, Breeding for biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, Functional genomics, genetic diversity and QTL analysis, Marker assisted selection
Department: Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics
Qualification: M. Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture-Plant Pathology (UAF, Pakistan) Ph. D. Plant Pathology (NWSUAF, China)
Area of Interest: Plant Virology, Plant Protection, Molecular Plant Pathology, Fungal Plant Pathology, Plant-Microbe Interaction, Agricultural Information Technology, Mycotoxins, Post-Harvest Pathology
Department: Department of Plant Pathology
Qualification: Ph.D, Zhejiang University, China; Post-doc, University of Kassel, Germany; Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
Area of Interest: Studying soil microbial biomass and biochemical parameters as an indicator of changes in soil ecosystem, Role of soil microbial biomass and its associated pool of nutrients in plant nutrition, Improving phosphorus use efficiency in soil-plant system through stimulation of soil microbial activity, Recycling of organic wastes and nutrients release to crop plants
Department: Department of Soil Science
Qualification: Ph D (Soil Science), Zhejiang University, China, Post-doctorate, Colorado University, USA
Area of Interest: Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry , Soil and Water Pollution , Environmental Soil Chemistry
Department: Department of Soil Science
Qualification: Post Doc, Ph. D (Soil Science)
Area of Interest: Soil Molecular Microbiology, Bacterial systematic, Soil Metagenomics & Transcriptomics
Department: Department of Soil Science
Qualification: Postdoc (Australia), PhD (Soil Science, Pakistan)
Area of Interest: Soil and water conservation & management, Soil organic carbon sequestration and modeling, Soil physical properties and processes
Department: Department of Soil Science
Qualification: Ph.D. (NJAU, China), Postdoc (KSU, KSA)
Area of Interest: Use of biochar technology for improving soil health for climate-smart rainfed agriculture, Greenhouse gases (GHGs)-CO2 CH4 & N2O- emission mitigation strategies for agro-ecosystem, Development of carbon based fertilizers for efficient nutrient use efficiency, Soil carbon sequestration and soil management in changing climate.
Department: Department of Soil Science
Qualification: PhD (Soil Science), PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi
Area of Interest: Waste Management of Food and Animals , Organic Waste Recycling , Composting of organic wastes
Department: Department of Soil Science
Qualification: PhD (Leeds: England), Post-Doc. (England)
Area of Interest: Insect Biosystematics, Ecology
Department: Department of Entomology
Qualification: PhD (Imperial College London), MBA, DIT (Advanced)
Area of Interest: Nanoencapsulation and vector control, Climate change and Insect Ecology, Entomotoxicology (GC-MS; LC-MS; TLC; GPC), Insect-Plant Interactions and Induced Plant Defence
Department: Department of Entomology
Qualification: Ph.D, Post-Doc. (University of Sussex, UK), Commonwealth Fellow (UK)
Area of Interest: Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Stored Product Entomology, Use of Ethno-botanicals against Insect Pests, Insect Ecology, Insect Pathology
Department: Department of Entomology
Qualification: PhD (Imperial College London)
Area of Interest: Insecticide resistance management, Bio control of insects, Insect toxicology
Department: Department of Entomology
Qualification: Ph. D. (BZU)
Area of Interest: Insecticide Resistance Management, Entomological Industries Development, Controlled Environment Pest and Pollination Management
Department: Department of Entomology
Qualification: Ph. D. Entomology (PMAS-AAUR)
Area of Interest: Insect Biosystematics and Biology
Department: Department of Entomology
Qualification: Ph.D (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)
Area of Interest: IPM, Life table studies, Modern Beekeeping, Varroa mite Management and Royal Jelly Production, Entomological Entrepreneurship
Department: Department of Entomology
Qualification: Ph.D
Area of Interest: Pomology , Postharvest Fruit Physiology
Department: Department of Horticulture
Qualification: Ph.D, Post-Doc
Area of Interest: Vegetable Physiology & Ecology , Greenhouse Vegetable Production, Molecular Ecology, Organic Cultivation, Establishment of Soil less culture for Horticulture Crops
Department: Department of Horticulture
Qualification: PhD Huazhong Agricultural University P. R. China
Area of Interest: Genetic Transformation, Protoplast Transformation, Plant Tissue Culture
Department: Department of Horticulture
Qualification: PhD Agri-Extension
Area of Interest: Agricultural Extension , Monitoring and Evaluation , Communication and Trainings
Department: Department of Agricultural Extension
Qualification: Ph.D
Area of Interest: Forest Microbiology and Biotechnology, Abiotic stress( salt and drought), Plant hormones,Plant ecology, Range Management, Forest growing stock.
Department: Department of Forestry & Range Management
Qualification: Ph.D. (Animal Nutrition), Post Doc. (Canada)
Area of Interest: Amino acid and electrolytes in poultry nutrition, Poultry nutrition for improved gut health, Indigenous phytogenic feed additives; probiotic and enzyme production and application in poultry and dairy
Department: Department of Livestock Production & Management
Qualification: PhD Livestock Management (UVAS), Post Doc (South Korea)
Area of Interest: Innovative livestock management for optimum production performance in dairy animals and small ruminants and food safety through traceable and hygienic livestock production.
Department: Department of Livestock Production & Management
Qualification: PhD, DVM, OJT (SNU, South Korea)
Area of Interest: Quality meat production from goats under high input feeding system
  • Small ruminants production in the Rangelands
  • Production systems of small ruminantsMilk adulteration screening
    Department: Department of Livestock Production & Management
  • Qualification: PhD (UAF), Post Doctorate (Royal School of Vet Studies & Roslin Institute Uni. Of Edinburgh Scotland)
    Area of Interest: Investigating the interplay between nutrition; microbiome; and metabolic; bone; brain and gut; for enhanced animal productivity and welfare in hot environments, Exploring alternative feed resources to diversify and optimize nutritional strategies for promoting sustainable and efficient animal production
    Department: Department of Livestock Production & Management
    Qualification: Ph.D. (Animal Production and Quality, Brazil)
    Area of Interest: Animal welfare and behaviour, Animal toxicity / heterogeneous Photo-sensitization, Dairy value chain, Mitigating greenhouse gases and methane emission by SF technique
    Department: Department of Livestock Production & Management
    Qualification: PhD (With Distinction), M.Sc. (Hons) (Silver Medalist), B.Sc. (Hons)
    Area of Interest: Host-pathogen interactions, Molecular epidemiology of viral diseases of poultry particularly Newcastle disease, Cellular signaling pathways associated with reproductive endocrinology, Metabolism, Gut health in diseased birds
    Department: Department of Poultry Science
    Qualification: Ph.D (Histology)
    Area of Interest: Reproductive anatomy & endocrinology, Developmental anatomy (Macro & Micromorphometry of age related changes in blood pressure regulating organs of different domestic animals)
    Department: Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences
    Qualification: PhD, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    Area of Interest: Molecular Biology, Veterinary Virology, Gene expression analysis, Functional analysis of viral MicroRNAs; Crosslinking and Hybridization of RNA-RNA complex, Epidemiology; Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of DNA viruses (Hepesvirus; Poxvirus; Polyomavirus).
    Department: Department of Parasitology & Microbiology
    Qualification: PhD (Turkey), M.Phil (UVAS), DVM (SAU)
    Area of Interest: Semen biology, Environment and Reproductive Physiology, Improved Reproductive Management
    Department: Department of Clinical Studies
    Qualification: Ph.D
    Area of Interest: Plant Taxonomy & Systematics, Phytosociology/Biodiversity & Conservation, Ethnobotany and Medicinal Plants, Nutraceutics and Bioactivity guided assessment of plants
    Department: Department of Botany
    Qualification: Ph.D, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
    Area of Interest: Plant microbe interaction under abiotic stress, Physiological, Biochemical and molecular mechanism of abiotic stress tolerance in plants.
    Department: Department of Botany
    Qualification: Ph.D, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
    Area of Interest: Plant Biotechnology , Transgenic Crop Production , Phytochemical Analysis of Medicinal Plants.
    Department: Department of Botany
    Qualification: M.Phil., PhD (Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad)
    Area of Interest: Medicinal Plants biodiversity , Green Nanotechnology, Improvement of Oilseed crops through nanoagrobiotechnology.
    Department: Department of Botany
    Qualification: M.Sc, Mphill, PhD (Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad)
    Area of Interest: Plant Biodiversity & Conservation, Plant Biosystematic,Bio Sciences, Neutraceuticals & Pramaceutics Products, Applied Ethnobotany & Applied Palynology
    Department: Department of Botany
    Qualification: Ph.D. University of the Punjab
    Area of Interest: Field Zoology/Ornithology / Ecology/Conservation
    Department: Department of Zoology, Wildlife & Fisheries
    Qualification: Ph.D. PMAS-AAUR
    Area of Interest: Ecology of vertebrates, integrated pest management, Biology and diversity of rodents, Termites in urban and rural communities
    Department: Department of Zoology, Wildlife & Fisheries
    Qualification: Ph.D. The University of Reading, UK
    Area of Interest: Ecology, Behaviour and reproductive biology
    Department: Department of Zoology, Wildlife & Fisheries
    Qualification: Ph. D. (BOKU, Vienna, Austria)
    Area of Interest: Fisheries and Aquaculture / Ecology and Ecophysiology of Animals
    Department: Department of Zoology, Wildlife & Fisheries
    Qualification: M.Phil. Ph.D. (PMAS-UAAR)
    Area of Interest: Endocrinology/Molecular Endocrinology
    Department: Department of Zoology, Wildlife & Fisheries
    Qualification: PhD / Post Doc (Malaysia)
    Area of Interest: Wildlife Ecology, Conservation Biology, Wildlife Physiology, Toxicology
    Department: Department of Zoology, Wildlife & Fisheries
    Qualification: PhD
    Area of Interest: Reproductive Biology, Conservation Biology, Cryobiology, Avian Biology
    Department: Department of Zoology, Wildlife & Fisheries
    Qualification: Ph. D, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing, China
    Area of Interest: Human Genetics, Neurological Disorders
    Department: Department of Zoology, Wildlife & Fisheries
    Qualification: M.S, Ph.D. (Mathematics)
    Area of Interest: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Mathematical modeling, Neural Networks, Optimization techniques.
    Department: Department of Mathematics
    Qualification: Ph.D. (Mathematics), M.S
    Area of Interest: Mathematical Modeling & Simulation, Mathematical Biology, Analytical Dynamical Systems, Computational Fluid Dynamics.
    Department: Department of Mathematics
    Qualification: Ph.D Economics
    Area of Interest: Poverty, Rural Development, Economics of Crop Production, Macroeconomic Issues
    Department: Department of Economics
    Qualification: PhD, Post-Doc
    Area of Interest: Marketing and Trade, Consumer Behavior, Human Computer Interaction
    Department: Department of Economics
    Qualification: PhD (Economics)
    Area of Interest: Macroeconomics, Health Economics, Impact Assessment, Efficiency Analysis
    Department: Department of Economics
    Qualification: Ph.D (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany), M.Phil. Statistics, M.Sc Statistics
    Area of Interest: Long memory models, Econometrics
    Department: Department of Economics
    Qualification: PhD (CS)
    Area of Interest: Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Modelling
    Department: University Institute of Information Technology
    Qualification: Ph.D, MS(CS), BSC(Hons) Computer Science
    Area of Interest: Situational Method Engineering, Requirement Prioritization, Component Based System Using A.I. Techniques, Highly Configurable Systems, Learning Contents of knowledge Management,Agile Practices,Feature Modeling
    Department: University Institute of Information Technology
    Qualification: Ph.D, MS, MCS (Gold Medalist)
    Area of Interest: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Graph Mining, Social Network Analysis
    Department: University Institute of Information Technology
    Qualification: Ph.D(Abasyn), MS (MAJU), BSIT (Gomal)
    Area of Interest: Machine Learning, Data Mining, Semantic Computing, Databases
    Department: University Institute of Information Technology
    Qualification: Ph.D (International Islamic University, Islamabad), MS (Computer Science)
    Area of Interest: Social Media Analysis, Text Mining, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Prediction and Decision Support Systems
    Department: University Institute of Information Technology
    Qualification: Ph.D, National University of Sciences and Technology
    Area of Interest: Routing, Topology Control, Channel Assignment and Capacity optimization in MRMC-WMNs, Cognitive Networks, Sensor and IoT Networks, Escape Routing in PCBs, Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis, Precision Agriculture
    Department: University Institute of Information Technology
    Qualification: PhD (Computer Science)
    Area of Interest: Deep Learning, Big Data, In-Memory Computing, GPU-Computing,Access Control Policies
    Department: University Institute of Information Technology
    Qualification: PhD (Computer Science)
    Area of Interest: Internet of Things, Blockchain; Security, Trust-based security techniques, Networks and Routing; Cloud Computing and Edge Computing, Cybersecurity, Machine Learning
    Department: University Institute of Information Technology
    Qualification: PhD (CS)
    Area of Interest: Software Engineering, Component Based Systems, Data Mining, Text Mining, Software Regression Testing, Aspects Based Requirements Analysis, Machine Learning, Software Product lines
    Department: University Institute of Information Technology
    Qualification: PhD
    Area of Interest: Web, Image Processing, Computer Vision, Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL) and Generative AI (GenAI)
    Department: University Institute of Information Technology
    Qualification: Ph.D. (Economics) , MBA
    Area of Interest: Organizational Behaviour, Marketing Management, Gender Mainstreaming
    Department: University Institute of Management Sciences
    Qualification: PhD (HRM)
    Area of Interest: Employability Traits, Poverty Allevation, Organizational Development, Trade Cycle, Employee Performance, Effects of Motivation.
    Department: University Institute of Management Sciences
    Qualification: PhD-Finance, MS- (Finance)
    Area of Interest: Behavioral Finance, Corporate Finance, Dividend Policy, Capital Markets, Mutual Funds Performance Analysis
    Department: University Institute of Management Sciences
    Qualification: PhD (Marketing), MS (Management Sciences),MBA
    Area of Interest: Relationship Marketing , CRM
    Department: University Institute of Management Sciences
    Qualification: PhD (Human Resource Management), MS (Human Resource Management), MBA
    Area of Interest: Human Resources Management, Organizational Behaviors, Industrial Organizational Psychology
    Department: University Institute of Management Sciences
    Qualification: Ph.D. Management, MBA/MS Project Management, Master of Banking and Finance, Master of Commerce (Finance)
    Area of Interest: Marketing, Consumer Behavior, CRM, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Marketing
    Department: University Institute of Management Sciences
    Qualification: Ph.D. Education, Post Doc (UK)
    Area of Interest: Peace Education and Joyful Learning , Teacher Education, Continuing Education
    Department: Department of Education
    Qualification: Ph. D, Post Doct Australia
    Area of Interest: Experimental Research, Philosophy of Education, Early Childhood Education (ECE)
    Department: Department of Education
    Qualification: Ph. D Education
    Area of Interest: Administration and Management in Education, Research Methods and Statistics in Education, Economics and Financing of Education, Educational Psychology, Technology Education
    Department: Department of Education
    Qualification: Ph.D. (Education)
    Area of Interest: Instrumentation & Scale Development, Mentoring Research in Higher Education, Educational Planning, Policy Studies & Leadership, Educational Psychology, Special Education
    Department: Department of Education
    Qualification: Ph.D
    Area of Interest: Teacher Education, Curriculum Development
    Department: Department of Education
    Qualification: Ph.D, North China Electric Power University, Beijing China, MSc (Hons.) Agricultural Engineering from University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
    Area of Interest: Farm Mechanization, Precision Agriculture, Automation in Agriculture, Energy Use Efficiency in Agriculture, Renewable Energy and Clean Power Technologies, Biomass Resource Conservation
    Department: Department of Farm Machinery and Precision Engineering
    Qualification: M.Sc Anthropology, M.Sc. Political Science, M.Sc. International Relations, PhD Anthropology from Quaid-i-Azam University
    Area of Interest: Agricultural Anthropology, Political Anthropology, Development Anthropology, Indigenous Knowledge System & Rural Development, Human Rights including (Women; Minorities; Ageing; Children; Patients), Political Science, International Relations
    Department: Department of Anthropology
    Qualification: Ph.D
    Area of Interest: Clinical Genetics, Genetic Association Studies
    Department: University Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Qualification: Ph.D
    Area of Interest: Industrial Biotechnology , Fermentation Biotechnology , Enzymology
    Department: University Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Qualification: Ph.D
    Area of Interest: Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Nanobiotechnology
    Department: University Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Qualification: Ph.D. Post Doc (USA)
    Area of Interest: Agricultural Biochemistry (Food and Nutritional Chemistry), Clinical & Environmental Biochemistry, Bionanotechnology & Bioinorganic Chemistry, Biophysics & Biophotonics
    Department: University Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Qualification: Ph.D (PMAS-AAUR)
    Area of Interest: Human molecular genetics
    Department: University Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Qualification: Ph.D. (Netherlands)
    Area of Interest: Molecular Biology, Epigenetics, Human Immune System
    Department: University Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Qualification: Ph.D. (Kings College London, UK)
    Area of Interest: Molecular Genetics, Genome Editing with special focus on CRISPR-based and OTNE- based editing, DNA Fingerprinting
    Department: University Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Qualification: Ph.D
    Area of Interest: Plant Biotechnology, Downstream Processing, Natural Products, Bioactive Polysaccharides, Micropropagation
    Department: University Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Qualification: Ph.D (Biotechnology) National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE)- School of Biotechnology. Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS). Pakistan
    Area of Interest: Human Molecular Genetics, Mendelian disorders
    Department: University Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Qualification: Post-Doc: School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK
    Ph.D.: University of Agriculture Faisalabad
    Area of Interest: Nanobiotechnology, Nanomedicine, Cancer, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Diagnostics, Certification & Accreditation
    Department: University Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Qualification: Ph.D. Animal Genetics, Breeding & Reproduction Science (Huazhong Agricultural University, PR China), Post Doc. Epigenetics (Nanjing Agricultural University, China), Post Doc. Nano-biotechnology(Southeast University, China)
    Area of Interest: Functional genomics and DNA vaccination to improve growth & fertility in farm animals, Genomic selection and Bioinformatics application to improve farm animals production , Epigenetic control of farm animals production traits
    Department: Department of Animal Breeding & Genetics
    Qualification: Ph.D (Food Technology), Postdoc (USA)
    Area of Interest: Food Science and Technology, Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods, Cereal Technology
    Department: Department of Food Technology
    Qualification: Ph.D Food Science (The University Of Queensland, Australia)
    Area of Interest: Bio-encapsulation, Probiotics, Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods
    Department: Department of Food Technology
    Qualification: Ph.D (Food Technology) PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi-Pakistan.
    Area of Interest: Food Technology, Postharvest Technology, Functional foods and Nutraceuticals
    Department: Department of Food Technology
    Qualification: Ph.D (Food Technology)
    Area of Interest: Food Safety and Toxicology, Food Technology, Value Addition, Cereal Technology, Nutrition
    Department: Department of Food Technology
    Qualification: Ph. D, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
    Area of Interest: Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics, Cancer genetics, Cell Biology
    Department: Department of Biology
    Qualification: Ph.D, (Quaid-i-azam University), Post Doc
    Area of Interest: Organic Synthesis, Medicinal Chemistry, Computational chemistry, Drug Designing, Natural product chemistry
    Department: Department of Chemistry
    Qualification: Ph.D
    Area of Interest: Electrochemistry, Electrocatalysis, Electrochemical reduction of CO2, Electrochemical sensors, Computational Chemistry
    Department: Department of Chemistry
    Qualification: Postdoc. Ewha Womans University South Korea. PhD. University of Science and Technology of China. M.Phil. University of the Punjab, Lahore. M.Sc. University of Engineering and Technology Lahore.
    Area of Interest: Scanning tunneling microscopic based study of a single molecule, Raman spectroscopy and electroluminescence, Surface Physics, Fabrication/deposition of a organic/inorganic materials, Thin film technology.
    Department: Department of Physics