FELLOWS OF THE ACADEMY

 

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Mufti, Shahzad A.

FELLOW, ELECTED 2003

Born in Khanewal, Pakistan
on August 14, 1942

Advisor (Biosciences),
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology,
Plot #30, H-8/1, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Phone: (92-51) 9258481-3 X 189, 2213173
Mob: 0333-512-8543
Fax: (92-51) 444-2805
E-mail: mufti@comsats.edu.pk
            drsmufti@hotmail.com

EDUCATION:
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan: B.Sc., 1961; M.Sc., 1963; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA: Ph.D., 1970; University of Michigan, USA: Post-doc., 1974-75, 1979-80.

POSITIONS HELD:
Advisor (Biosciences) COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, 2002 to date; Chairman, Pakistan Science Foundation, Islamabad 2001- 2002; Director General, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad, 1990-2002;, Punjab University, Lahore: Professor of Zoology, 1987-90; Associate Professor of Zoology, 1979-87; Assistant Professor of Zoology, 1970-79; Lecturer in Zoology, 1963-70Associate Professor of Bio-medical Sciences, Ohio University, USA, 1980-84.

AWARDS:
Punjab University Merit Scholarship, 1961-63; Academic Roll of Honor, Government College, Lahore, 1963; Central Overseas Scholarship, Government of Pakistan , 1966- 70; Postdoctoral Award, Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, 1974-75; NIH (USA) Fellowship Award, 1979-80.

FELLOWSHIPS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Fellow, Zoological Society of Pakistan (ZSP); Fellow, Biological Society of Pakistan President, ZSP 2001-2003; Vice-President, ZSP, 1995-1997; Secretary, ZSP, 1984-86,1987-89,1997-99; Member American Association of Anatomists; Member, American Society of Zoologists; Member, Marcus Singer Regeneration Club, USA.

RESEARCH AREA:
Developmental Biology, Muscle Regeneration, Teratology.


Murtaza, Ghulam

FELLOW, ELECTED 1991

Born in Amritsar, British India
on 3rd January 1939.

Salam Chair, Government College University,
Lahore, Pakistan.
Phone: (92-42) 9212245, 2282606
E-mail: murtaza@murtazaz.sdnpk.undp.org

EDUCATION:
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan: B.Sc. 1958, M.Sc. 1960; Imperial College London, UK: D.I.C. 1966, Ph.D. 1966.

POSITIONS HELD:
Salam Chair, Govt. College University, Lahore Current; Director, Center of Excellence for Solid State Physics, Lahore, 2000; Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad: Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences, 1997-2000, Chairman, Department of Physics, 1977-1979, 1990 to 1997; Meritorious Professor (1993-2000), Professor, (1976-1997) and Associate Professor (1967-1976); Scientific Officer/Senior Scientific Officer, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, (PAEC), 1962-1969; Lecturer, Mathematics Department, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 1960-1962.

AWARDS:
Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Govt. of Pakistan; Gold Medal, Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 1986.

FELLOWSHIPS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Member, The American Physical Society; Editor, Islamabad Journal of Science.

RESEARCH AREA:
Plasma Physics/Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion, Elementary Particle Physics & Solid State Physics.


Nasim, Anwar

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 1988

Born in Pasrur, Pakistan
on 7th December 1935

COMSTECH Secretariat,
3-Constitution Avenue
G-5/2, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Phone: (92-51) 9220681-3
Fax: (92-51) 9220265, 9205264,
(92-51) 9211115
E-mail: anwar_nasim@yahoo.com
advisersc@comstech.org
comstech@isb.apollo.net.pk
comstech@isb.comsats.net.pk

EDUCATION:
University of the Punjab, Lahore: B. Sc., 1955, M.Sc., 1957; University of Edinburgh, UK: Postgraduate Diploma in Genetics, 1963, Ph.D., 1966.

POSITIONS HELD:
Advisor Science, Organization of Islamic Countries, (OIC) Standing Committee on Science & Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH) Islamabad, 1996 to date; Executive Secretary, Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Islamabad, 1994-1996; Adjunct Professor: Dept. of microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, 1983-1989; Dept. of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, 1984-1989; Principal Scientist and Head Molecular Genetics Group, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1989-1993; Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute, Tubingen, Germany and the Biology Department, Stanford University, California, USA, 1978-1979; Senior Research Officer, National Research Council of Canada, 1973-1989; Research Officer, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd, Chalk River, Canada, 1966-1973; Lecturer in Botany, Education Department, West Pakistan, 1957-1962.

AWARDS:
Gold Medal in M.Sc., University of the Punjab, 1957; Academic Roll of Honor, Govt. College, Lahore, 1957; Overseas Pakistanis Institute (OPI) Award for outstanding Services in the Cause of Science in Pakistan, 1995; Pride of Performance in molecular Genetics, Govt. of Pakistan, 1995; Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Govt. of Pakistan, 1999.

FELLOWSHIPS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Fellow, Pakistan Academy of Medical Sciences, 2000; Fellow, Islamic Academy of Sciences, 1998; Fellow, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), 1987; Member: Human Genome Organization (HUGO), 1994; Editorial Board, Mutation Research, 1975-81; International Editorial Board, Journal of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, 1991 to date; Editorial Board, Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics, Japan, 1994 to date.

RESEARCH AREA:
Molecular Genetics, Mechanisms of DNA Repair in Eukaryotes, Environmental Mutagenesis, Biotechnology and Bioethics.


Nasir-ud-Din

FELLOW, ELECTED 1996

Born in Amritsar, British India
on 15th August 1937.

Institute of Molecular Sciences &
Bioinformatics, Lahore, Pakistan.
Phone: (92-42) 5836075
Fax: (92-42) 5868713
E-mail: nasir@super.net.pk
Prof_nasir@yahoo.com
pibms@wol.net.pk

EDUCATION:
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan: B.Sc., 1955, M.Sc., 1957; Edinburgh University, Scotland: Ph.D., 1963, D.Sc., 1996.

POSITIONS HELD:
Chairman, Institute of Molecular Sciences & Bioinformatics, Lahore, 200 - ; Professor of Biochemistry and Dean, Postgraduate Studies and Research, The Lahore University, 1999- ; Executive director, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Lahore, 1998 to date; Adjunct Professor, H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, 1994 to date; Visiting Professor: Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA, 1994-1995; University of Geneva, Switzerland, 1989-1990 and Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, 1987-1988; University of Balochistan, Quetta: Director, Institute of Biochemistry, 1985; Chairman, Department of Chemistry, 1983-1987; Professor (Biochemistry), 1982; Visiting Scientist, Institute National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Unite de Recherches sur la Biochimie des Proteines, Lille, France, 1982; Assistant Biochemist, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA, 1974-1982; Research Fellow in Biochemistry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA, 1970-1974; Technical Director (Advisor), Johnson & Johnson Pakistan, LTD. Karachi, 1969-1970; Chief Chemist and Manager Quality Control, Johnson & Johnson Pakistan, Ltd. Karachi, 1967-1970; Lecturer, Punjab University, Lahore, 1966-1967; Research Fellow, Biological Chemistry, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, 1963-1965; Demonstrator, Chemistry Department, Edinburgh University, Scotland, 1961-1962; Demonstrator, Institute of Chemistry, Punjab University, Lahore 1958-1960.

AWARDS:
Edinburgh University, Studentship, 1961; Fulbright-Hays Award, 1963; Senior Fulbright-Hays Award, 1969; Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Govt. of Pakistan, 1991; Gold Medal, (B. Khan) University of Balochistan, Quetta, 1992; Visiting Scientist Award, World Health Organization, 1989; Visiting Scientist Award, National Medical Research Institute, France, 1982.

FELLOWSHIPS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Fellow: Pakistan Institute of Chemists, 1994; The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), 1996; Pakistan Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1996 and Chemical Society of Pakistan, 1996; Member: Pakistan Biological Sciences Society; Pakistan Institute of Chemists; Chemical Society of Pakistan, 1996.

RESEARCH AREA:
Biochemistry, Chemistry, Immunology of Complex Carbohydrates; Structure-Function Relationship of Glycoproteins; Secretory Proteins, Glycoproteins of Epithelial Cells and Cell Surface Carbohydrates; Malaria Glycoproteins.


Nieschlag, Eberhard

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 1996

Born in Germany,
on 16th July 1941

Former Director, Institute of Reproductive Medicine,
University of Münster
Domagkstr. 11, D-48149
Münster, Germany
Email: eberhard.nieschlag@ukmuenster.de

EDUCATION:
University of Bonn and Munich: Study of Medicine, 1961-1967; University of Bonn: Doctoral degree (Dr. med.) 1967; Studies at several other institutions in UK, USA and Sweden.

POSITIONS HELD:
University of Münster, Germany: Full Professor of Reproductive Medicine, 1992 to date, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, 1976, Director, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, 1986 to 2008; Director Max Planck Clinical Research Unit for Reproductive Medicine, Münster, 1980 to 1989.

AWARDS:
German Federal Cross of Merit, 2008; “Distinguished Andrologist” of the American Society of Andrology, 2007; Doctor honoris causa, Medical University of ŁódźŁ (Poland), 2006; Premio di Andrologia J. M. Pomerol, Fundació Puigvert (Barcelona), 2005; Clinical Endocrinology Trust Visiting Professor (UK), 2001; Ernst-Jung Prize for Medicine (DM 200,000), 1996; Clinical Endocrinology Trust Medal, London, 1994; Keith-Harrison Plaque and Lecture of the Endocrine Society, Australia, 1993; European Medal and Lecture of the British Endocrine Society, London, 1990.

FELLOWSHIPS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London, 1994 to date: Member, Executive Council, European Society for Human Reproduction (ESHRE), 1996-1999; Executive Council, European Federation of Endocrine Societies (EFES), 1994-2001; Chairman, WHO Steering Committee of the Task Force on the Regulation of Male Fertility, 1985-1990.

PRESIDENCIES:
International Society of Andrology, 1981-1985; German Society of Endocrinology, 1990-1993; European Academy of Andrology, 1992-1998; German Society of Andrology, 2001-2007; German Society of Reproductive Medicine, 2001-2003; European Society of Endocrinology since 2007.

RESEARCH AREA:
Internal Medicine, Reproductive Medicine, Endocrinology and Andrology; Published three books with H. M. Behre on Andrology (3rd editions), besides over 700 original research papers and book chapters, Editor/Co-editor of 10 books.


Petersen, R. J.

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 1996

Born in Everet, Washington DC, USA
on 10th October 1939.

Department of Physics,
University of Colorado,
Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Phone: (303) 492-2889
Fax: (303) 492-5777
E-mail: peterson@spectr.colorado.edu

EDUCATION:
University of Washington, USA: BS, magna cum laude, 1961, Ph.D., 1966.

POSITIONS HELD:
Professor of Physics and Interim Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA, 1978 to date; Visiting Professor, University of Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark, University of Tokyo, Japan and University of Rio de Jeneiro, Brazil; Various ranks, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1970-1978; Research Faculty Member, Yale University, USA, 1968-1970; Instructor, Princeton University, USA, 1966-1968.

FELLOWSHIPS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Fellow, American Physical Society; Member, Long Range Plan Panel, Nuclear Sciences Advisory Committee, 1992; Member, US National Science Foundation (NSF), Physics Division Committee of Visitors, 1994, 1997; Chairman, Nuclear Physics Laboratory, 1980-81, 1988-89, 1994-96; Chairman, LAMPF User Group, 1992-93; Program Director, Intermediate Energy Physics, Physics Division, NSF, 1978-79; Member, International Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology, Turkey, 2nd & 3rd International conferences on Nuclear and Radiation Science, Kazakhstan.

RESEARCH AREA:
Experimental nuclear Physics, nuclear astrophysics, Exotic fission Mechanisms, high Energy nuclear Reactions with Mesons and Light ions.


Qadir, Asghar

FELLOW, ELECTED 1992

Born in Simla, British India,
on 23rd July 1946.

Center for Advanced Mathematics & Physics,
National University of Science & Technology
(NUST), Campus of College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering,
Peshawar Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Phone: (Off) (92-51) 9278590
Fax: (92-51) 9278048
E-mail: aqadirmath@yahoo.com
            aqadirs@comsats.net.pk

EDUCATION:
London University: B.Sc., 1967; Imperial College, London: A.R.C.S. 1967, D.I.C., 1967; London University: Ph.D., 1971.

POSITIONS HELD:
Professor, Center for Advanced Mathematics & Physics (CAMP), National University of Science & Technology, Rawalpindi, 2003 to date; Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad: Meritorious Professor, 2000 to 2004, Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences, 1999 to 2000, Professor, 1987-2000; Associate Professor, 1982-1987, Chairman, Department of Mathematics,1983-1986, 1988-1994,1997-1999; Assistant Professor,1973-1982, Research Associate, 1971-1972; Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Swabi, NWFP, 1993 to 1994. Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1994 to 1997 and 2000 to 2002, Adjunct Professor there 2004 to date; Vacation Worker, Rutherford High Energy Laboratory, Didcot, Oxforshire, UK, 1966, 1967.

AWARDS:
First prize in General Knowledge Contest for High School Students in 1961; Fulbright Hayes Award, 1978-79; Senior Fulbright Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA, 1986-87; Prize, National Book Council of Pakistan, 1991; Khwarizmi First Prize, Govt. of Iran 1995; Gold Medal, Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 1996; Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Govt. of Pakistan 1999; ISESCO Award for Mathematics 2003; Distinguished National Professor of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan 2004; Best Researcher of the year, NUST, Dec. 2007; Hilal-i-Imtiaz of Pakistan for 2008.

FELLOWSHIPS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Senior Research Fellow, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), 1980-88 and 1988-94; Joint Secretary, Al-Kindi Society for the Advancement of the Philosophy of Science, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1980; Associate Member and Senior Associate of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1980-91 and 1992- 1999; Life member and Vice-President, Albert Einstein Society (of Pakistan), 1985,1987 to date; Life Member, Joint Secretary and Secretary, Pakistan Physical Society, 1990, 1992 and 1993; Life Member and President, Fulbright Alumni Association, 1992 and 1993. Member, Editorial Board of several national and international journals.

RESEARCH AREA:
Relativity/Astrophysics/Cosmology; Differential Equations; Special Functions; Upper Bounds on Entropy; Number Theory; Mathematical Economics; High Energy Physics.


Qaim, Syed Muhammad

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 1990

Born in Fatehpur, British India,
on 5th January 1941

Advisor, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, and
Professor of Nuclear Chemistry,
Universität zu Köln
D-52425 JÜLICH, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 2461 613282
Fax: +49 (0) 2461 612535
E-mail: s.m.qaim@fz-juelich.de

EDUCATION:
Govt. College and Panjab University, Lahore, Pakistan, B.Sc. 1958, M.Sc. 1961; Liverpool University, United Kingdom, Ph.D. 1964; Birmingham University, United Kingdom, D.Sc. 1977.

POSITIONS HELD:
Research Associate, Birmingham University, United Kingdom, 1964 – 1966; Senior Scientific Officer, Atomic Energy Centre, Lahore, Pakistan, 1966 - 1968; Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Mainz University, Germany, 1968 - 1970; since 1970 – to date at the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry of the Research Centre Juelich, Germany: Scientist 1970 – 1975; Group Leader 1975 – 1985; Division Leader 1985 – 1995; Acting Director 1995 – 1996; Vice Director 1996 – 2006; Advisor/Guest 2006 – to date; since 1997 – to date also Professor of Nuclear Chemistry at the University of Cologne, Germany. International Responsibilities: Chairman OECD-NEA-Nuclear Data Committee, Paris, 1988 – 1991;
Vice-Chairman, OECD-NEA-Nuclear Science Committee, Paris, 1996 – 2000; Chairman International Nuclear Data Committee, IAEA Vienna, 2001 – 2008; Organiser/Co-organiser of four international conferences; Member of International Advisory Board of Budapest Neutron Centre 2001 – to date; Co-ordinating Editor of international journal Radiochimica Acta, 1996 – to date.

AWARDS:
Roland Eötvös Medal of Hungarian Physical Society (for contributions to understanding of complex particle emission reactions), 1988; JARI Medal Award and Prize of Pergamon Press (for developing novel medical radionuclides), 1990; Honorary Citizen, Kossuth University Debrecen, Hungary, 1995; Sitara-i-Imtiaz by President of Pakistan, 1999; Doctor of Science honoris causa, Kossuth University, Debrecen, Hungary, 1999; Doctor of Science honoris causa, The Yorker International University, New York/Milan/Florence, 2007; Honorary Professor, Government College University Lahore, Pakistan, 2003; Medal of Honour of Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, 2005; Medal and Certificate of Merit of the Egyptian Association of Nuclear Physicists, 2005; Hevesy Medal of Nuclear Chemistry (for outstanding contributions to nuclear and radiochemistry), 2008; Becquerel Medal of Radiochemistry Group of Royal Society of Chemistry, London (for outstanding career contributions to radiochemistry), 2008.

FELLOWSHIPS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 1974; Fellow of Institute of Physics, London, 1974; Honorary Fellow of Hungarian Physical Society, 1988; Foreign Fellow Pakistan Nuclear Society, 1997; Foreign Fellow Pakistan Institute of Chemists, 1998; Fellow Islamic World Academy of Sciences, 1994; Associate Fellow Third World Academy of Sciences, 2001;

RESEARCH AREA:
Nuclear chemistry, analytical radiochemistry, medical radionuclides.


Qaisar, Muhammad

FELLOW, ELECTED 2004

Born in Saharanpur, British India,
on 15th August 1946.

Department of Botany, University of Karachi,
Karachi-75270, Pakistan.
Phone: (92-21) 9243137-7, 9243206, 4823617
Res: (92-21) 9243685
E-mail: flora@super.net.pk
            mqaiserf@yahoo.com

EDUCATION:
University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan: M.Sc., 1967, Ph.D., 1976.

POSITIONS HELD:
University of Karachi: Dean Faculty of Science, 2004 to date; Chairman, Department of Botany, 2001-2004; Professor,1985 to date; Associate Professor, 1982-1985; Assistant Professor, 1977-1982; Lecturer, 1973-1977; Assistant Lecturer, 1967-1973. Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Scientist, Botanisher Garten Museum, Frei University, Berlin,1984-1985; Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya, 1978-1982.

AWARDS:
Gold Medal, Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 2004; Gold Medal, Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan, 2005.

FELLOWSHIPS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (AvH), Germany, 1984-1985, Member: International Society of Plant Biosystematics (IOPB); National Curriculum Committee, University Grants Commission, 2002.

RESEARCH AREA:
Plant Systematics, Phytogeography, Pollen Morphology and Conservation Biology.


Qurashi, M. M.

FELLOW, ELECTED 1964

Born in Gujranwala, Pakistan
on October 8, 1925.

Pakistan Academy of Sciences,
3-Constitution Avenue,
G-5/2, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Phone: (92-51) 9204657
9207789, (92-51) 2877644
Fax: (92-51) 9206770
E-Mail: pasisb@yahoo.com

EDUCATION:
University of the Punjab, Pakistan: B.A. (Hon’s), 1942; M.Sc., 1944; Manchester University: Ph.D., 1949, D.Sc., 1962.

POSITIONS HELD:
1950-85: Held Various Posts from Research Officer up to Chief Scientist, Director-General and Member (Science), Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR); Chief Scientist & Scientific Advisor, Ministry of Defence; Professor of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University; Director-General, Appropriate Technology (1976-1980) and Director of Studies, National Science Council, 1980-1983 In Charge of a Project on “Science & Technology in The Muslim Ummah”, Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 1988-1992: Secretary-General, Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 1989 to 1993; Currently Secretary, Association for History & Philosophy of Science; President, Crystallographic Society of Pakistan.

AWARDS:
Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Govt. of Pakistan, 1991; Gold Medal, Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 1972; Biography in Who’s Who in the World, 1980-81; Biography in Men of Achievement, 1982; Who’s Who of Intellectuals, 1983; 5,000 Personalities of the World, 1985.

FELLOWSHIPS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Fellow of Institute of Physics, UK, 1961; Fellow of Islamic Academy of Sciences, 1988; General President, of the Scientific Society of Pakistan, 1968-69; President, Section of Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Astronomy and Meteorology, 23rd Annual All-Pakistan Science Conference; Editor, Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 1972-1995; Consulting Editor, Science Technology & Development, 1997 to date.

RESEARCH AREA:
Physics with emphasis on study of atomic and molecular arrangements in alloys and minerals; Operational research and Scientometrics; History of Science, Special interest in Islamic contributions, Quran and Science, and Education; Published 14 Monographs in areas of physics, scientific and technological research in Pakistan, as well as on History and Philosophy of Science.


Qureshi, Iqbal Hussain

FELLOW, ELECTED 1994

Born in Ajmer, British India,
on September 27, 1936.

H.No. 138/1, St. No. 7,
Khayaban-e-Bokhari, Phase-VI,
DHA, Karachi.
Phone: (92-21) 5345433
E-mail: driqbalqureshi@yahoo.com

EDUCATION:
Sindh University: B.Sc., 1956; M.Sc., 1958; University of Michigan, USA: MS, 1962; Tokyo University, Japan: Ph.D., 1963.

POSITIONS HELD:
Emeritus Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission 1996 to 2008; Chief Scientist, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), 1988-1996; Director, Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH), 1984-1991: Head, Nuclear Chemistry Division, PINSTECH, 1972-1984; Visiting Scientist, AEK, RISO, Denmark, 1970-1972; Research Scientist, NBS, Washington D.C., USA, 1967-1968; Lecturer, Govt. College, Hyderabad, Pakistan, 1958-1960.

AWARDS:
Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Govt. Pakistan, 1992; Khwarizmi International Award by UNDP-IROST, Iran, 1997; Gold Medal, University of Sindh, 1956,1958; Open Gold Medal, Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 1988; Platinum Jubilee Special Science Award, Govt. College, Hyderabad, 1995; Shield of Honor by Pakistan Nuclear Society, 1999.

FELLOWSHIPS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Fellow, Pakistan Nuclear Society, 1997; Fellow, Chemical Society of Pakistan, 1995; President, Pakistan Nuclear Society, 2001-2005.

RESEARCH AREA:
Nuclear and Analytical Chemistry, Health Related Environmental Pollution.


Qureshi, Riaz H.

FELLOW, ELECTED 2003

Born in Tehsil Kharian, Gujrat, Pakistan
on 17th May 1943.

Higher Education Commission (HEC),
H-9, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Phone: (92-51) 4444676, 9040160-61
E-Mail: rqureshi@hec.gov.pk

EDUCATION:
University of Agriculture (WPAU Lyallpur), Faisalabad: B.Sc. Agri., 1962, M.Sc. Agri., 1964; University of Wales, Bangor, UK: Ph.D., 1969; Postdoc., 1983; Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins USA: Postdoc., 1989.

POSITIONS HELD:
Advisor (QA & LI), Higher Education Commission (HEC), 2005 to date; University of Agriculture, Faisalabad: Vice Chancellor, 1999-2004; Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, 1998-1999; Director Research, 1996-1997; Chairman, Department of Soil Science, 1991-1997; Professor, Dept. Soil Science, 1987-2004; Associate Professor, 1976-1987; Lecturer, 1969-1974; Salinity Expert to Sultanate of Oman, 1994-1995; Senior Scientific Officer, NIAB, Faisalabad, 1974-1976; Soil Chemist, Agri. Development Corporation, 1965-1967; Junior Research Officer, WAPDA, 1964-65.

AWARDS:
Pride of Performance (Agri) 1997; Noman E. Borlaug Award, Government of Pakistan 1994; William Roberts Shield, Old boys Association University of Agri., Faisalabad, 1992; Golden Star by National Farm Guide Council of Pakistan 1987; 11th Golden Star Award, 2000; Agha Hassan Abedi Prize by Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 2000 for best Scientist of the year.

FELLOWSHIPS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Member of many academic societies, President of Soil Science Society of Pakistan; Member, of all important nationl committees and institutional committees on Soil Salinity; Chief Editor (8 years), Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Member, Syndicate University of Agriculture, Faisalabad; Member of the Steering Committee of International Irrigation Management Institute; Member, Research Advisory Committees of PARC and NIBGE.

RESEARCH AREA:
Saline Agriculture, Soil Salinity; Drought Tolerance of Plants.

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