Dr. Siddra Ijaz
Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan
Dr. Siddra Ijaz, with a vibrant career in agriculture and biotechnology, has a Ph.D. from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan, and a Post-Doc from the Plant Reproductive Biology Laboratory, University of California Davis, USA. She is an Associate Professor at the Center of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology (CABB), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. She is also serving as Deputy Managing Editor of an international Impact factored Journal, Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences. She has supervised more than 60 M.Phil and Ph.D. students. She was a National Curriculum Revision Committee member from 2013 to 2014. She has published over 50 articles, 09 books, 01 laboratory manual, and several book chapters. She is the Incharge of "Molecular Biology of Plant Disease Resistance Laboratory", CABB, UAF. She is the curator of the Fungal Molecular Biology Laboratory Culture Collection (FMB-CC-UAF) and an affiliated member of the World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC). Her research focuses on plant biotechnology, including genomics, genome probing for identifying disease resistance genes, genome engineering for fungal disease resistance in plants, and disease management through nanobiotechnology.
Dr. Imran Ul Haq
Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture, University Road, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan
Dr. Imran Ul Haq, with a bright career in agriculture, plant pathology, and fungal molecular biology, has Post-Doc from University of California Davis, USA. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. He has supervised more than 40 graduate students and established Fungal Molecular Biology Laboratory Culture Collection (FMB-CC-UAF), an affiliated member of the World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC). He has published more than 60 articles, 08 books, 04 laboratory manuals and several book chapters. He has made colossal contributions in fungal taxonomy by reporting novel species of a fungal pathogen in plants. His research interests are fungal molecular taxonomy and nanotechnology integration with other control strategies for sustainable plant disease management.
Dr. Hayssam Mohamed Ali
Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Hayssam Mohamed Ali is working at the Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University. He has a "WORLD RANKING OF TOP 2% SCIENTISTS" according to the Stanford Scientists' Ranking released by Stanford University in 2021 and 2022. He has more than 300 published papers, books, and he has reviewed more than 1000 papers in highly impacted journals. He is interested in studying plant physiology, biotic and abiotic stress, sustainability, molecular biology, environmental stresses, plant biotechnology, crop improvement, plant breeding, forestry, and plant biology.
