Abdul Rashid

PhD (Agronomy & Soil Science), 1986, University of Hawaii, USA – as East West Center scholar; MSc (Hons) Soil Science, 1972, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

Coordinator, HarvestZinc Project - Pakistan, 2008-2022; Editor-in-Chief, Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 2011–2018; Member (Bio-Sciences), Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), 2008–2011; Chief Scientist & Director General, National Agricultural Research Center (NARC), 2006– 2008; Chief Scientific Officer & Deputy Director General/Program Leader, NARC, 2000–2006; Crawford Fund Fellow, CSIRO Land & Water, Adelaide, Australia, 2000; Visiting Scientist, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria, 2001; Principal Scientific Officer & Program Leader, NARC, 1987–2000; East-West Center (Hawaii, USA) Joint Doctoral Research Intern, 1984–86; Senior Scientific Officer, NARC, 1979–1987; Scientific Officer, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture & Biology (NIAB), 1973–1979.

Norman Borlaug Award for excellence in crop nutrition research, by International Fertilizer Association, Paris, 2013; Science Award, by International Plant Nutrition Institute, USA, 2017; J. Benton Jones Award, by Soil and Plant Analysis Council, USA, 2017; East-West Center (Hawaii, USA) Distinguished Alumni Award, 1998; PARC Silver Jubilee Award, by President of Pakistan, 2006; Dr. Norman Borlaug Award, by Government of Pakistan, 2005; PARC Scientist of the Year Award, 1999; National Book Foundation Award, 1997; and multiple Awards by PCST (Pakistan Council for Science & Technology) and PARSA (Pakistan Agricultural Research Council Scientists Association).

Fellow, Indian Society of Soil Science, 2006; Fellow, Soil Science Society of Pakistan, 2008; President, Soil Science Society of Pakistan, 2005-2006; Co-Chair, Scientific Review Panel (Agriculture), Higher Education Commission (HEC), 2019-2022; Member, ALP Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), PARC, 2017-present; Editorial Board Member of European Journal of Agronomy, 2001-present and Communications in Soil Science & Plant Analysis, 2003-present; Guest Editor, Communications in Soil Science & Plant Analysis, 2016; Lead Member, HEC Research Awards Review Panel (Life Sciences), 2021, 2023.

Soil Fertility & Crop Nutrition, Micronutrients, Agronomic Biofortification, Soil Resource Evaluation