Muhammad Iqbal

University of Karachi Karachi Pakistan BSc (Hons) 1981 MSc 1982 Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad Pakistan MPhil 1985 University of Sheffield Sheffield UK PhD 1990 Post-doc 2002-03 University of Kiel Kiel Germany Post-doc 1996-98 University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska USA Post-doc 2006-07

Director, Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization, The University of Lahore, Lahore, since September 2021; Dean, Faculty of Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, 2021-2024; Director General, National Physical and Standards Laboratory, Ministry of Science and Technology, Islamabad, 2016- 2018; Member (Science), Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, Islamabad, 2015-2016; Director General, Centre for Applied Molecular Biology (CAMB), Ministry of Science and Technology MoST), Lahore, 2011-2015; Chief Scientific Officer/Head, Food & Biotechnology Research Centre, PCSIR, Lahore, 2008-2011; Principal Scientific Officer, PCSIR, Lahore, 2000-2008; Senior Scientific Officer, PCSIR, 1990-2000; Junior Research Associate, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 1983-1985; Research Fellow, Quaid-I Azam University, Islamabad, 1982-1983.

Sitara-i-Imtiaz, 2016; Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, 2009 by President of Pakistan; Ranked Category “A” Productive Scientist of Pakistan, Pakistan Council of Science and Technology, (PCST), 2010-2011; Gold Medal, Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 2008; Senior Fulbright Postdoctoral Award, USA, 2006-2007; Research Productivity Award, by PCST, 2002-2013; Alexandervon Humboldt Postdoctoral Award, Germany, 1996-1998; Young Scientist of the Year in South Asia, TWAS, Italy, 1995; Overseas Research Student (ORS) Award, UK, 1986-1989; S&T National Talent Pool Scholarship Award, Ministry of Science & Technology Government of Pakistan, 1986-1990; First class First Position in M.Phil., Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 1985; Certificate of Appreciation, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), USA, 1984; First class second position in M.Sc., University of Karachi, Karachi, 1982.

Member, Board of Trustees of Pakistan Science Foundation, 2017-2020; Member, Expert Group of Ministry of Science and Technology, 2015-2017; Member, Pakistan Madrassah Education Board, Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, 2016-2018; Associate Secretary General, Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 2015-2017; Life Member, Pakistan Botanical Society; Member, American Society of Microbiology, 2006; Member, American Chemical Society, 2006; Member, Water Resources Association, Alaska, USA, 2007.

Plant/Microbial/ Environmental Biotechnology