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Courses Taught
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Computer and Statistical Analytical Skills
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Hi, I’m

ASIF JAVED MUHAMMAD

Lincoln,Lincolnshire

Summary

Discerning Assistant Professor with 20 years of experience specializing in teaching and researching in the field of plant breeding, genetics, molecular biology, biotechnology, ploidy, and mutation breeding. Continually self-developing to offer innovative and inspiring curriculum implementation and supervision for high-quality future generations of scientists.

Overview

21
years of professional experience
14
years of post-secondary education

Work history

UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTRUE FAISALABAD
FAISALABAD, PAKISTAN

Assistant Professor
09.2015 - 09.2022

Job overview

1. My main responsibilities were teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

2. Supervising postgraduate (M.Phil and Ph.D.) students.

3. Developing research projects and securing research grants from national and international funding agencies.

4. Scrutinizing postgraduate students' theses.

5. In charge and maintained a molecular biology laboratory.

6. Organizing seminars and conferences.



National University of Malaysia (UKM)
Bangi, Selangor, MALAYSIA

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
07.2014 - 07.2015

Job overview


  • Characterized natural provenances of Acacia mangium Willd. and Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn. ex Benth. in Malaysia based on phenotypic traits.
  • Characterized mean stem density, fibre length, and lignin from two Acacia species and their hybrid.
  • Detected mislabeling and identifying unique progeny in Acacia mapping population using SNP markers.
  • Evaluated the growth performance and lignin content of Acacia mangium Willd. and Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn. ex Benth. under normal and stressful conditions.
  • Cross-specific amplification of microsatellite DNA markers in Shorea platyclados
  • Utilized STMS markers to verify admixture in clonal progenies of Acacia mapping populations and relabelling using assignment tests.
  • Development of Genomic Resources and Assessing Their Potential for Accelerated Acacia Breeding (Book Chapter)
  • Performed high-quality data analysis of experimental and survey datasets, using various packages incorporated in R, JoinMap 4.0, and MapChart 2.2. and MapQTL 6.0. GENECLASS2, CERVUS 3.0.7. PCA, BLUP.
  • Developed high-density linkage and QTL maps.
  • Wrote and published research papers in peer-reviewed journals in line with project targets.
  • Delivered presentations at the National University of Malaysia.

North Dakota State University
Fargo, USA

Postdoctoral Fellow
01.2005 - 01.2006

Job overview

  • Saturation of Wheat head blight resistance linkage and QTL maps using RFLP and SSR markers.


Texas Tech University
Lubbock, USA

Postdoctoral Researcher
01.2003 - 01.2005

Job overview

  • Performed groundbreaking work on the use of DNA markers for controlling illegal logging and developed DNA extraction protocol from the processed wood and a data base.
  • Made revelations on soft and hard homoplasy in SSR marker's genetic variation mechanisms.
  • DNA extraction from processed wood: A case study for the identification of an endangered timber species (Gonystylus bancanus)
  • Cross-specific amplification of microsatellite DNA markers in Shorea platyclados.
  • Microsatellite DNA markers in Shorea platyclados (Dipterocarpaceae): genetic diversity, size homoplasy, and mother trees
  • Capturing genomic signatures of DNA sequence variation using a standard anonymous microarray platform

University of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Postdoctoral Researcher
01.2002 - 01.2003

Job overview

  • Identified resistant sources of Fusarium wilt race 4 in bananas and developed a segregating population for linkage and QTL mapping and use DNA markers to characterize a somaclonal variant resistant to FOC 4.
  • These findings paved the way for the isolation of FOC 4 resistance genes and transformation into banana cultivars.
  • Developed a greenhouse-based mass screening method for Fusarium wilt.
  • Identified molecular markers for disease resistance genes to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense in Musa acuminata ssp. malaccensis for marker-assisted selection (MAS)
  • Detected tolerant and susceptible fusarium wilt somaclones of banana cultivar Rastali (Musa AAB) by RAPD and retrotransposon markers.

Education

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY
Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Mater of Science in Management from Project Management and Sustainability
09.2022 - 09.2023

University overview

University of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur

Doctor of Philosophy from Plant Breeding and Genetics
11.1996 - 09.2001

University overview

Agriculture University of Faisalabad
Faisalabad

M.Sc (Hons) from Plant Breeding and Genetics
01.1993 - 12.1995

University overview

University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Pakistan

B.Sc(Hons) from Plant Breeding and Genetics
01.1987 - 11.1991

University overview

Skills

  • Innovative teaching techniques
  • Applied research
  • Motivational leader
  • Results-driven
  • Teaching and supervision
  • Academic mentoring
  • Paper grading
  • Grant proposal writing
  • Student Hostel Administration
  • Grant and Publication Reviewer
  • Manager (Tissue Culture and Molecular Biology Laboratory)
  • Data Analyst

Languages

English
Fluent
Urdu
Native
Malay
Intermediate
Punjabi
Fluent
Hindi
Advanced

Pulications

Pulications

  


  

Title of Publication


Year

 

Deciphering Gene Network in Dalbergia sissoo under Drought Stress.

Asif Javed Muhammad, Bilal Zia, Zohaib   Anjum Muhammad, Ibrar Ahmad, Chuck Canon

BMC Genomics (in   preparation)


2023

 

First   Report of Dieback on Dalbergia   latifolia in Pakistan and Factors Responsible for Shisham Dieback. Asif Javed Muhammad, Fazal Ur Rehman,   Bilal Zia. (2019). Canadian Journal of   Tree Pathology (submitted)


2023

 

Cross–specific amplification of SSR markers in   Dalbergia Species for determining breeding behavior

Asif Javed   Muhammad, Izhar-ul-Haq, Nauman Ghafoor, Abid Ali, Muhammad. Molecular Ecology   (preparation)


2023

  

List   of Publications


Year

 

Dieback   Exacerbated In Dalbergia Sissoo By   Drought Under Ceratocystis Fimbriata   Infection

Asif Javed Muhammad., Zohaib Anjum Muhammad

Journal of Agriculture Research and Technology   (accepted)


2023

 

Genetic mapping and QTL analysis of important   traits by using sequence-based Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in an Acacia   auriculiformis x Acacia mangium Hybrid Population

Asif Javed   Muhammad, Chee   Yen Choong, Melissa Wong, Mohd Zaki Abdullah,   Muhammad Norwati, Wickneswari Ratnam. Acta Ecologica Sinica 43, 62-71


2023

 

Interactive effect of salt stress and Fusarium solani on dieback in an important timber species.

Zohaib Anjum Muhammad., Asif Javed   Muhammad.Muhammad Farrakh Nawaz., Imran Ul Haq, Hassan Muneer

Journal of Xi’an Shiyou University,   Natural Sciences 18 (9), 402-427


2022

 

Effect of Various Agroforestry Tree Species   on Soil Chemical Properties of Irrigated Tree Plantation of Pakistan

Zohaib A, Muhammad Asif Javed, Irfan A, Muhammad Yaseen

Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment 11 (1), 49-60.


2021

 

Foliar application of salicylic acid improves water stress tolerance in   Conocarpus erectus L. and Populus deltoides L. saplings: evidence from   morphological, physiological, and …

Zikria Zafar, Fahad Rasheed *, Rana Muhammad Atif, Muhammad Asif Javed   

Plants, 1242-1246.


2021

 

Effect of Different Seed Treatments on Seed   Germination of Prosopis juliflora and Dalbergia sissoo: A Case for Mutation Breeding. Muhammad Asif Javed, Atif Ali,   Muhammad Zaid Mazhar, Bilal Zia, Iqra Anmbreen, Muhammad Zohaib Anjum. (2019).   Journal of Forest Science 66 (2),   80-87.


2020

 

Development of DNA barcodes for Selected   Acacia species by using rbcL and matK DNA markers

Muhammad Ismail, Muhammad Asif Javed….

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 27 (12), 3735 –   3742.


2020

 

Identification of Edible Fish Species of   Pakistan Through DNA Barcoding

Ghouri Muhammad Zubair, Ismail Muhammad, Muhammad Asif Javed, Khan Sultan ...

Frontiers of Marine Science 7, 668 – 679.


2020

 

Asif Javed Muhammad. Fungal Genome   Sequences submitted to NCBI -GenBank

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2020

 

Manganese (Mn) incorporated eosin y   dye/graphene nanocomposite: an efficient visible light active activephotocatalyst.

MAJ Ahmad Ali Kashmeria, Faisal Nawaz,   Muhammad Yousafa, Ahsan Shameema, Muhammad   Asif Javed

Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry B 14, 552 - 558


2020

 

Estimating genome size and ploidy of Acacia   Species in Pakistan based on Stomata size and Flow Cytometry. 

Asif Javed Muhammad, Hussnan Tanveer,   Iqra Anmbreen, Muhammad Zohaib Anjum, Fazal Ur Rehman, Bilal Zia. (2019). Journal of Forest Science (submitted).


2019

 

Determining species composition and grazing   potential of Kherimurat rangeland of Pakistan

A. U. Haq, Muhammad Asif Javed, A Farooq, M Iqbal, M Zubair, W Sajjad

International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and   Studies. 

2:(09), 64-76.


2019

 

Asif M.J., Seong Siang Ong, Wickneswari Ratnam   (2018): Characterization of mean stem   density, fibre length and lignin from two Acacia species and their hybrid

Journal of Forestry Research 29 (2), 549-555


2018

 

Detecting mislabeling and identifying unique progeny in Acacia mapping population using SNP markers.

Asif M.J., Mohd Zaki Abdullah, Norwati Muhammad, and   Wickneswari Ratnam (2017). 

Journal of Forestry Research. 28(6):1119-1127.


2017

 

Asif M.J., Dorairaj D., Wickneswari R. (2017):   Characterization of natural provenances of Acacia mangium Willd. and Acacia   auriculiformis A. Cunn. ex Benth. in Malaysia based on phenotypic traits. Journal of Forest Science, 63: 562-576.


2017

 

Asif M.J., Govender N.T., Ang L.H., Ratnam W. (2017):   Growth performance and lignin content of Acacia   mangium Willd. and Acacia   auriculiformis A. Cunn. ex Benth. under normal and stressed conditions. Journal of Forest Science. 63: 381-392.


2017

 

M.J.   Asif, M.A.T. Ariffin, H.M. Yit, M. Wong,M.Z. Abdullah, N. Muhammad, W.   Ratnam (2015). Utilization of STMS   markers to verify admixture in clonal progenies of Acacia mapping populations   and relabelling using assignment tests. Journal   of Forest Science, 61: 200-209.


2015

 

Asif Javed Muhammad. Chuck   H. Cannon., Wickneswari Ratnam, (2015). Cross-Specific amplification of   Microsatellite DNA markers in Shorea platyclados (Dipterocarp). 

Journal   of Forestry Research 27 (1), 27-32


2015

 

Asif M. Javed, Chuck   H. Cannon, and Wickneswari Ratnam. Microsatellite DNA markers in Shorea platyclados (Dipterocarpaceae):   genetic diversity, size homoplasy, and mother trees. Journal of Forest Science 60:18-27.


2014

 

Cannon CH., Kua CS, Lobenhofer E.   K., P. Hurban. Capturing genomic signatures of  DNA sequence variation using a standard anonymous microarray platform. Nucleic Acid Research. 34(18) (Equallycontributed).


2006

 

DNA   Sequences (Gonystylus bancanus)   submitted to NCBI GenBank. 

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2006

 

Asif M. J., Cannon C   (2005).  DNA Extraction From Processed Wood: A case study for theIdentification of an Endangered Timber Species (Gonystylus bancanus). Plant   Molecular Biology Reporter 23: 1-8.


2005

 

Asif, M. J., and R. Y. Othman   (2005). Characterization of Fusarium Wilt resistant and susceptible somacloneof Banana Cultivar Rastali (Musa ssp.   AAB) by RAPD and Retrotransposon Markers. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter. 23(3) 241-249.


2005

 

Asif, M. J., Mak, C. and R. Y.   Othman, (2004). Study of resistance of Musa   acuminata ssp. malaccensis to race 4 of Fusarium wilt and furthercharacterization using RAPD markers. 

Biologia   Plantarum 48(4): 93-99.


2004

 

Asif, M. J., Mak, C. and R. Y.   Othman, (2002). Morphological characterization of local wild Banana   Populations of Musa acuminata. BIOTROPIA 18: 56-66.


2004

 

Asif, M. J., Mak, C. and R. Y.   Othman, (2001). Characterization of indigenous Musa species based on Flow Cytometric Analysis of Ploidy and   Nuclear DNA content. Caryologia. 54   (2): 161-168.


2001

 

Asif, M. J., Mak, C. and R. Y.   Othman, (2001). In vitro zygotic embryo culture of a wild Musa acuminata ssp. malaccensis and   factors affecting the germination & seedling growth. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture. 67   (3): 267-270.


2001

 

Asif, M. J., Mak, C. and R. Y.   Othman, (2001). Characterization of Malaysian wild bananas based on   anthocyanins. 

BIOTROPIA 16:28-38.


2001

 

Muhammad Asif Javed.   Characterization of Natural Variants of Local Wild Bananas & Seed Progeny   of Musa acuminata. Ph.D. thesis   submitted to University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2001

 

Asif,   M. J.,   Mak, C. and R. Y. Othman, (2000). Polyploidy induction in a local wild banana   (Musa acuminata ssp. malaccensis). Pakistan Journal of Biological   Sciences 3(5): 740-743.


2000

 

Yasmin   Othman, Norzulaani Khalid, Asif Javed   Muhammad, Mak Chai, Tan Siang Hee. (2000) Molecular Studies on Musa acuminata ssp malaccensis and selected local   Malaysian species of banana. Infomusa,   10(1):15. 


2000

 

Mak,   C., Ho, Y. H., Liew, K. W., Azhar, M., Asif   Javed Muhammad., A. A. Mohammed. In vitro manipulation and mutation   breeding for the improvement of banana. Paper presented at 3rd FAO/IAEA   Research Coordination meeting of the Collaborative Research Project   "Cellular Biology and Biotechnology including mutation Techniques for   the Creation of new Useful Banana genotypes" held in Sri Lanka, Infomusa, Vol. 8 (2).


1999

Book

Book

  

CROP IMPROVEMENT – Sustainability Through Leading Edge Technology (SPRINGER SWITZERLAND)

Title: DEVELOPMENT OF GENOMIC RESOURCES AND ASSESSING THEIR POTENTIAL FOR ACCELERATED ACACIA BREEDING

Wickneswari Ratnam, Choong Che Yen, Muhammad Asif Javed

Student Supervision

Student Supervision

Ph.D.

1. Characterization of Shisham wild populations for Dieback tolerance (2022)

M.Phil

20

Grants

Grants

  

USAID-CAS & Pakistan Agriculture Research Board Project (35,000USD) 2017 - 2020

Characterization of Dalbergia sissoo and Dalbergia latifolia open-pollinated populations for dieback resistance” 

Funding (50,000 PKR) 2018 -2019

Breeding Acacia for Pulp Production in Pakistan (funded by the University of Agriculture Faisalabad for ploidy determination using Flow cytometry to select Acacia species for breeding high pulp-yielding genotypes).

Editorial Membership

Editorial Membership

  

Journal of Botanical Research

Courses Taught

Courses Taught

  

Principles of Forest Genetics 

Advanced Forest Genetics

Tree Genetics and Biotechnology

Plant Molecular Biology

Role of Forest Institutions in Forestry and Range Development 

Forest Seed Ecology 

Biodiversity and Environment

Afforestation of Degraded Lands

Desertification and Its Control

Agroforestry and Range Management

Areas of Interest

Areas of Interest

Plant Breeding and Genetics

Molecular Breeding

Breeding for biotic and abiotic stresses

Ploidy Breeding

Mutation Breeding

Micropropagation and Somaclonal Variation

Computer and Statistical Analytical Skills

Computer and Statistical Analytical Skills

MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint

Internet

R - Environment and allied software

Minitab

Statical Software (Range of software related to the field of expertise)

Bibliometric Analysis (Vosviewer, Biblioshiny)

Timeline

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY
Mater of Science in Management from Project Management and Sustainability
09.2022 - 09.2023
Assistant Professor
UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTRUE FAISALABAD
09.2015 - 09.2022
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
National University of Malaysia (UKM)
07.2014 - 07.2015
Postdoctoral Fellow
North Dakota State University
01.2005 - 01.2006
Postdoctoral Researcher
Texas Tech University
01.2003 - 01.2005
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Malaya
01.2002 - 01.2003
University of Malaya
Doctor of Philosophy from Plant Breeding and Genetics
11.1996 - 09.2001
Agriculture University of Faisalabad
M.Sc (Hons) from Plant Breeding and Genetics
01.1993 - 12.1995
University of Agriculture Faisalabad
B.Sc(Hons) from Plant Breeding and Genetics
01.1987 - 11.1991
ASIF JAVED MUHAMMAD