Faculty & Staff
Dr. Marina Sajid
Assistant Professor (TTS)


Complete profile
Ph.D. (Food Science), China
Department of Food Technology
Phone : +92-51-9292148
Mobile : +92-311-6604598
Fax : +92-51-9292148
Email : [email protected]; [email protected]
Address : Institute of Food and Nutritional Sciences, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Work Experience : 5 Year(s)
Research Interest :
  • Food Science
  • Food Microbiology
  • Mycotoxins
  • Molecular Biological Techniques
  • Cell Culture Techniques
  • Food Safety and Toxicology
  • Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods
  • Post-Harvest Pathology
  • Total Publications : 7
    Publications (Latest Ten)
    1. Mehmood S, Sajid M, Husnain S K, Zhao J, Huang L, Kang Z. 2020. Study of Inheritance and Linkage of Virulence Genes in a Selfing Population of a Pakistani Dominant Race of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(5):1685. https://www.mdpi.com/1422- 0067/21/5/1685 (IF=4.556)

    2. Sajid M, Mehmood S, Zhao J, Huang L, Kang, Z. 2020. Alternate Hosts of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici and Their Role. Pathogens. 9(6):434. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9060434 (IF= 3.018)

    3. Sajid M, Mehmood S, Yuan Y, Yue T. 2019. Mycotoxin Patulin in Food Matrices: Occurrence and its Biological Degradation Strategies. Drug Metabolism Reviews, 51(1): 105-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/03602532.2019.1589493 (IF=3.956)

    4. Mehmood S, Sajid M, Zhao J, Khan T, Zhan G, Huang L, Kang, Z. 2019. Identification of Berberis species Collected from the Himalayan Region of Pakistan Susceptible to Puccini striiformis f. sp. tritici. Plant Disease, 103:461-467. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-18-0154-RE (IF=3.809)

    5. Sajid M, Mehmood S, Niu C, Yuan Y, Yue T. 2018. Effective Adsorption of Patulin from Apple Juice by Using Non-Cytotoxic Heat-Inactivated Cells and Spores of Alicyclobacillus Strains. Toxins, 10: 344. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins10090344 (IF=3.531)

    6. Niu C, Guo H, Wei J, Sajid M, Yuan Y, Yue T. 2018. Fourier Transform Near- Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometrics to Predict Zygosacchromyces rouxii in Apple and Kiwi Fruit Juices. Journal of Food Protection, 81(8):1379-1385. https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-17-512 (IF=1.581)

    7. Sajid M, Butt MS, Shehzad A, Tanweer S. 2014. Chemical and Mineral Analysis of Garlic: a Golden Herb. Pakistan Journal of Food Sciences, 24(2):108-110. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304284739_Chemical_and_mineral _analysis_of_garlic_a_golden_herb (IF=0.00)

    Awards & Honors
    1. Chinese Government Scholarship (CSC) for Ph.D. 2014-2019

    2. Chinese Language Diploma, International School Northwest A&F University, China, 2014-2015

    3. Chinese Proficiency Certificate (HSK-4), Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) China, 2015

    4. Merit Award of Laptop by the Government of Punjab, Pakistan, 2013

    5. 2nd Position; Certificate of participation and completion of 15 days course on "FOOD PRESERVATION" organized by Food Technology Section, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute (AARI) Faisalabad, Pakistan, 2009