Name: Prof. Dr. Shazia Iftikhar
Designation: Professor
Department: Environmental Sciences
Qualification: Ph. D
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad,Pakistan University and Kaiserslautern, Germany (under DAAD Sandwitch Programme)
M. Phil.
Quaid-i- Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan
M.Sc.
Bahauddin Zakariya Uuniversity, Multan, Pakistan
B.Sc
Bahauddin Zakariya Uuniversity, Multan, Pakistan
Phone: +92-51-9292900 (2083)
Email: shaziairam@fjwu.edu.pk
Status: On Job
Dr. Shazia Iftikhar

Professional Experience

May 2006 - To Date
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
Assistant Professor

PUBLICATIONS/CONFERENCES

  • Iram, S., Meer, H. and Ahmad, I. 2013. Major Post Harvest Diseases of Mango and their Management. International Journal of Agronomy and Plant Production. 4 (12): 3470-3484.
  • Meer, H., Iram, S., Ahmad, I., Fateh, F.S. and Kazmi. M. R. 2013. Identification and characterization of post harvest fungal pathogens of mango from domestic markets of Punjab. International Journal of Agronomy and Plant Production. 4(4) 650-658.
  • Iram S., Zaman, A., Iqbal, Z. and Shabbir. R. 2013. Heavy metal tolerance of fungus isolated from the soil contaminated with sewage and industrial wastewater. Polish Journal of Environmental Sciences. 22(3):691-697.
  • Iram, S., Basharat. K. and Ahmad. I. 2013. Tolerable Analysis of the Fungi of the Peri-Urban Agricultural Area. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 45(S1): 475-480.
  • Iram, S., Kanwal, S., Ahmad, I., Tabassam., T., Das. V. Hassan. M. 2013. Assessment of physico-chemical parameters of wastewater samples. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 185(3) 2503-2515.
  • Iram, S., Perveen, K., Shuja, N., Waqar, K., Akhtar, I. and Ahmad.I. 2012. Tolerance potential of different species of Aspergillus as bioremediation tool - comparative analysis. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences. 3(4) 1-10.
  • Iram, S., Firdous, S., Nadeem, W and Erum. S. 2012. Fungal diversity analysis in wastewater and agricultural soils irrigated with wastewater of Nullah Lai. Elixir Agriculture. 52:11614-11620.
  • IramS., Arooj. A. and Parveen. K. 2012. Tolerance Potential of Fungi Isolated from Polluted Soil of Multan, Pakistan. Journal of biodiversity and environmental sciences. 2(10) 27-34.
  • Iram, S., Ahmad, I., Riaz, Y. and Zehra. A. 2012. Treatment of wastewater by lemna minor. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 44 (2) 553-557.
  • Iram, S., Ahmad, I. and Akhtar, S. 2012. Distribution of Heavy Metals in Peri-Urban Agricultural Areas Soils. The journal of the chemical society of the Pakistan. 34(6) 861-869 .
  • Kanwal, S., Iram, S., Khan, M. and Ahmad. I. 2011. Aerobic composting of water lettuce for preparation of phosphorus enriched organic manure. African Journal of Microbiology Research. 5 (14): 1784-1793.
  • Iram, S., Ahmad, I., Nasir, K and Akhtar. S. 2011. Study of fungi from the contaminated soils of peri-urban agricultural areas. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 43 (4) 2225-2230.

ACHIVEMENTS

  • Best Teacher award (2008) from Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • Star Laureate Award 2009
  • Shield from FAO

RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • Pathobiology of shisham die back in agro ecological zones of Punjab. Funded by Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, University of the Punjab, Lahore
  • Biochemical markers of free living fungi from heavy metal contaminated soils. Funded by Department of Mycology and Plant Pathlogy, University of the Punjab, Lahore
  • Diversity, metal tolerance and biochemical analysis of fungal population in Peri-urban agriculture soils with possibility of heavy metal Contamination. Funded by Higher Education Commission, Islamabad
  • Phytoremediation Potential of Plants for Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils. Funded by Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi.
  • Development of an effective phytoremedial technology for metal contaminated calcareous soils. Funded by Agricultural Linkages Programme (ALP). (Continued)
  • Estimation of foliar and rust diseases severity of rainfed wheat with GIS and remote sensing application. Funded by Higher Education Commission, Islamabad. (Continued)
  • Biosorption of Earh Heavy Metals by Using Fungal biomass. Funded by COMSTECH-TWAS Joint Research Programme, Italy. (Completed)
  • Post harvest diseases of mango. Funded by Australian Linkages Programme, Mango Project, Australia. (Continued)
Name: Prof. Dr. Shazia Iftikhar
Designation: Professor
Department: Environmental Sciences
Qualification: Ph. D
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad,Pakistan University and Kaiserslautern, Germany (under DAAD Sandwitch Programme)
M. Phil.
Quaid-i- Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan
M.Sc.
Bahauddin Zakariya Uuniversity, Multan, Pakistan
B.Sc
Bahauddin Zakariya Uuniversity, Multan, Pakistan
Phone: +92-51-9292900 (2083)
Email: [email protected]
Status: On Job
Dr. Shazia Iftikhar

Professional Experience

May 2006 - To Date
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
Assistant Professor

PUBLICATIONS

  • Abrar, S., Iram., S., Bilal, B., Butt, A. and Shabbir. R. 2022. Molecular characterization of botryosphaeriaceae causing stem end rot of mango in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 54(5): DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2022-5(18)  .  Impact Factor: 0.972.
  • Fatima, R. and Iram.S. 2020. A model of eco-friendly cooking stove and a potential application of soot for remediation of heavy metals in the environment. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects. DOI: 10.1080/15567036.2020.1827087. Impact Factor: 1.184
  • Iram, S., Iqbal, A., Ahmad. K.S. and Jaffri. S. B. 2020. Congruously designed eco-curative integrated farming model designing and employment for sustainable encompassments. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27,19543–19560. Impact Factor: 3.208.
  • Ishtiaq, M., Iram, S., Ahmad, K. S. and Jaffri. S. B. 2020. Multi-functional bio-sorbents triggered sustainable detoxification of eco-contaminants besmirched hydrospheric swatches. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry. DOI: 10.1080/03067319.2020.1776866 .Impact Factor: 2.826
  • Tahir, M., Iram, S.,  Ahmad, K, S. and Jaffri. S. B. 2019. Developmental abnormality caused by Fusarium mangiferae in mango fruit explored via molecular characterization. Biologia. 75,465–473(2020) Impact Factor. 0.811
  • Iram, S., Basri, R., Ahmad, K. S. and Jaffri, S. B. 2019. Mycological assisted phytoremediation enhancement crops Zea mays and Helianthus annus in heavy metal contaminated lithospheric zone. Soil and Sadiment contamination. 28,4:411-430. Impact Factor. 1.25
  • Fida, S., Ullah, Y. H and Iram. S. 2017. Pathogenic characterization of Lasiodiplodia causing stem end rot of mango and its control using botanicals. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 49(4): 1605-1613.  Impact Factor: 0.929.
  • Sultana, N., Iftikhar, S., Hanif, N. Q. and Tahira. I. 2017. Natural incidence of Aspergillus mycoflora and mycotoxins in fresh and ensiled maize fodder. Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 49 (2): 243-248. Impact Factor: 0.478
  • Aziz, M, A., Adnan, M., Begum, S., Azizullah, A., Nazir, R and Iram. S. 2016. A review on the elemental contents of Pakistan medicinal plants: Implications for folk medicines. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 188: 177-192. Impact factor 3.690
  • Rashid, A., Iram.S. and Ahmad I. 2016. A Multi gene phylogeny of Ceratocysis manginecans infected mango in Pakistan. Journal of Botany.48 (1) 241-247.Impact factor 0.929
  • Munawar, S. and Iram. S.2014. Chelating impact assessment of biological and chemical chelates on metal extraction from contaminated soils. Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan. 36(3)548-555.Impact Factor: 0.536.
  • IramS., Zaman, A., Iqbal, Z. and Shabbir. R. 2013. Heavy metal tolerance of fungus isolated from the soil contaminated with sewage and industrial wastewater. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies.22 (3):691-697. Impact factor 1.383
  • Iram, S., Kanwal, S., Ahmad, I., Tabassam., T., Das. V. Hassan. M. 2013. Assessment of physico-chemical parameters of wastewater samples. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 185(3) 2503-2515. Impact factor 1.903.
  • Iram, S.,Ahmad, I., Riaz, Y. and Zehra. A. 2012. Treatment of wastewater by lemna minor. Pakistan Journal of Botany.44 (2) 553-557.Impact factor 0.872
  • Iram, S., Ahmad, I. and Akhtar, S. 2012. Distribution of Heavy Metals in Peri-Urban Agricultural Areas Soils. The Journal of the Chemical Society of the Pakistan.34(4) 861-869 .Impact factor 0.536.
  • Iram, S. and Ahmad, I. (2006). Effect of resource conserving technologies in the disease dynamics of rice-wheat cropping system of Punjab. Archieve of Phytopathology and Plant Protection. 39(2): 141-149. Impact factor 0.560.
  • Iram, S. and Ahmad, I. (2005). Analysis of variation in Alternaria alternata by pathogenicity and RAPD study. Polish Journal of Microbiology.54(1): 13-19. Impact factor 0.897
  • Iram, S. and Ahmad, I. (2004). Diversity of Bipolaris sorokiniana isolates from wheat growing areas under rice-wheat cropping system in Punjab, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 36(2): 439-444.Impact factor 0.80
  • Iram, S., Ahmad, I., Batool, S., and Masood. S. (2001) Variation in protein profiles of Phytophthora  infestansisolates collected from potato production zones of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Botany.33:841-848.Impact factor 0.80
  • Ali, S., Francel, L. J., Iram, S., and Ahmad. I. (2001). First report of tan spot on wheat in Pakistan. Plant Disease. 85(9): 1031B.Impact factor 3.02

ACHIVEMENTS

  • DAAD fellowship for Ph.D.
  • Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Post Doctorate.
  • International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Area (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria (consultant)
  • Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad: Best Teacher Award (2008)
  • a
  • Star Laureate Award (2009)

Memberships and Fellow

  • Pakistan Botanical Society, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Pakistan Nematological Society, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Pakistan Phytopathology Society, Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • Soil Society, Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • DAAD, Germany
  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Completed Research Projects             National Research Projects

  • Pathobiology of shisham die back in agro ecological zones of Punjab. Funded by University of the Punjab, Lahore
  • Biochemical markers of free living fungi from heavy metal contaminated soils. Funded by University of the Punjab, Lahore
  • Diversity, metal tolerance and biochemical analysis of fungal population in Peri-urban agriculture soils with possibility of heavy metal Contamination. Funded by Higher Education Commission, Islamabad
  • Phytoremediation Potential of Plants for Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils. Funded by Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi.
  • Development of an effective phytoremedial technology for metal contaminated calcareous soils. Funded by Agricultural Linkages Programme (ALP), Pakistan.
  • Estimation of foliar and rust diseases severity of rainfed wheat with GIS and remote sensing application. Funded by Higher Education Commission, Islamabad.

            International Research Projects

  • Biosorption of Earh Heavy Metals by Using Fungal biomass. Funded by COMSTECH-TWAS Joint Research Programme, Italy.
  • Post harvest diseases of mango. Funded by ASLAP, Australia.
  • Post harvest diseases of citrus. Funded by ASLAP, Australia.