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Dr. Muhammad Hanif

Dr. Muhammad Hanif

Assistant Professor
Department: Botany
Email: dr.mhanif@gcu.edu.pk
Research Interests: Taxonomy and systematics of Mushrooms, Plant Pathology, Plant Microbial interactions, Molecular ectomycorrhizal ecology, myconanoparticles
Biography

I am working as an Assistant Professor of Botany at Department of Botany, Government College University, Lahore. I have done B.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. I have visited Imperial College of Science, Medicine and technology, London in 2010 for 6 months as a part of my PhD research work and learned various molecular techniques for studying mushrooms and ectomycorrhizal ecology and systematics. This visit was fully funded by HEC under IRSIP. I have worked as Assistant Professor under IPFP at Department of Botany, Government College University, Lahore. I have visited Beijing, China funded by HEC to attend Asian Mycological Congress 2013 & 13th International Marine and Freshwater Mycology Symposia, August 19-24 2013, Beijing, CHINA. I have presented my research work. I have visited Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia funded by HEC to attend International Congress on Agriculture, Food Nutrition, and Biological Sciences (ICAFNBS-2016) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 14-18 Nov, 2016 and presented my research work. I also have visited Springe, Germany funded by HEC to attend International Conference of the German Mycological Society in Springe, Germany, from September 29th to October 5th, 2025 and presented my research work. I am also working as Principal Investigator in HEC funded and ORIC funded projects. I have published many international articles. I have participated in many national and international conferences and seminars.

Education
2012  PhD in Botany, Mycology, Institute Of Botany, University Of The Punjab Lahore
2005  MS/MPhil in Botany, Microbiology, Institute Of Botany, University Of The Punjab Lahore
2002  Masters in Botany, Institute Of Pure And Applied Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan
GRE International (Biology), 2009, ETS, USA

Teaching Areas

B.Sc. (Hons.)
Ectomycorrhiza in Forestry, Medical Mycology, Mycology and Plant Pathology, Diversity of Plants and Symbiotic Associations in fungi, Microbiology and Mycology
M.Sc.
Mycology, Plant Pathology, Ectomycorrhiza in Forestry and Microbiology,
M.Phil.
Forest Mycology
PhD
Phytopathology, Fungal Biology and Symbiotic Biomes
Experience
From To Designation Firm/Institution
Dec 2012 Continue Assistant Professor Department Of Botany GC University, Lahore
Nov 2011 Nov 2012 Lecturer In Biology Unique Group Of Institutions, Lahore
Nov 2011 Nov 2012 Lecturer In Biology Jinnah Islamia College, Township, Lahore
Dec 2010 May 2011 Lecturer In Biology IBL College, Samanabad, Lahore
Feb 2010 Jul 2010 Internee Jodrell Laboratory Royal Botanical Gardens, KEW, London, UK
Feb 2010 Jul 2010 PhD Research Scholar Imperial College Of Science, Technology And Medicine, London, UK
Sep 2008 Feb 2009 Honorary Lecturer Department Of Botany, University Of The Punjab, Lahore
Jul 2006 Feb 2007 Lecturer In Biology Punjab College Of Science, Lahore
Mar 2006 Dec 2012 PhD Research Scholar Institute Of Botany, University Of The Punjab, Lahore

Journal Papers

Atta Ul Mustafa Zain, Muhammad Hanif, Nousheen Yousaf and Samina Sarwar (2025). "A Mycological Survey of Roshay Dutt Forest, Kumrat Valley, KP." Ravian Journal of Plant Sciences, 2 (1), 45-50. [Link]
Asghar, A., S. Sarwar and M. Hanif (2025). "Comparative diversity analysis of micromycetes in the rhizospheric soil of selected crops and vegetables from Faisalabad and Pattoki." Pak. J. Bot, 58 (1), . DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2026-1 | Impact Factor: 0.9
Imama Arif, Iqra Muneer, Asad Abbas, Tasmia Amanuallah, Farhat Yasmeen, Dilawar Ali, Muhammad Hanif (2025). "Eco-friendly synthesis of Nb-doped Fe2O3 nanoparticles using Acacia nilotica leaf extract for photocatalytic and antibacterial applications." Optik, In Press , . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172334 | Impact Factor: 3.155
Uzma Fazal, Ahmad Zada, Dr Sohail, Muhammad Hanif* (2025). "Green Myco-Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Using Cortinarius sp.: Hepatoprotective, Antimicrobial, and Antioxidant Potential for Biomedical Applications." Microorganisms, 13 (5), 956. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13050956 | Impact Factor: 4.1 [Link]
Tayyaba Khalil, Samina Sarwar, Sumera Javad, Aqsa Abid, Muhammad Hanif, Hajra Khalil and Amina Abrar (2025). "Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Wild Mushroom Lepista Sordida and Its Antifungal Activity." Pak. J. Bot., 57 (3), . DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2025-3(11) | Impact Factor: 0.9
D. Ali, Curie Marie, Tanzeela Ejaz, Muhammad Hanif, Iqra Muneer (2025). "Green-mediated sol-gel fabrication of CuO/ZnO nanoparticles from orange peel extract for environmental remediation: Insights from X-ray diffraction analysis using various models." Physica Scripta, 100 (1), 14. DOI: 10.1088/1402-4896/ad9d9f | Impact Factor: 2.6 [Link]
Farwa Batool, Samina Sarwar, Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber, Muhammad Fiaz Jan Alam and Muhammad Hanif (2025). "Morphological and molecular confirmation of the first finding of Leccinum duriusculum (Boletaceae, Boletales) in Glacial Rocky Mountains of Hunza Valley (Central Karakorum), Gilgit, Northern Pakistan." Pak. J. Bot, , . | Impact Factor: 0.9
Ukasha Iqbal, Nousheen Yousaf, Alishba Chudhrey, Shumaila Rasheed, Muhammad Hanif, Samina Sarwar (2024). "First Report of an edible mushroom, Termitomyces umkowaan from Punjab, Pakistan." LGU. J. Life Sci., 8 (2), 172-184.
Muhammad Hanif, Abdul Nasir Khalid and Samina Sarwar (2024). "First Report of Sparassis latifolia (Basidiomycota) from Pakistan: Evidence from Morpho-Anatomical and Nuclear rDNA data." Pak. J. Bot, 56 (4), . DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2024-4(5) | Impact Factor: 1.0
Sadaf Saeedullah, Maryam Nawaz, Nousheen Yousaf, Saliha Rukhsar, Khadija Malhi, Muhammad Hanif (2024). "Ganoderma curtisii, Firstly Reported from Districts Lahore and Gujranwala of Punjab Province, Pakistan." LGU. J. Life Sci., 8 (3), 362-380.
Muhammad Hanif, Saliha Farooq, Samina Nazir, Sunbal Fatima, Nousheen Yousaf, Samina Sarwar (2024). "Incidence of Alternaria Alternata (Fr.) Keissl. on Phylloplane of Some Shrubs and Trees of Mall Road, Lahore." Ravian Journal of Plant Sciences, 1 (1), 50-64.
Aleena Iqbal, Samina Sarwar, Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber, Talha Sajad, Muhammad Fiaz, Muhammad Hanif (2024). "Molecular phylogeny and phenology reveal a new fungistic record of Pseudoomphalina khanspurensis (Agaricales, Tricholomataceae) from Pakistan." Journal of Tianjin University Science and Technology, 57 (8), 131-140. | Impact Factor: 0.722
Zeeshan Rasheed, Atta-Ul-Mustafa Zain, Muhammad Hanif, Rizwan Amanat, Baber Ali, Muhammad Nauman Khan and Uzma Fazal (2024). "Production of some secondary metabolites of antibiotic nature from mycorrhizal helper bacteria associated with conifers." Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 33 (4), 1-10. | Impact Factor: 1.800
Aniqa Rani, Rabia Ghaffar, Muhammad Shoaib Butt, Muneeb Isrhad, Mohsin Saleem, Muhammad Hanif, Muhammad Arshad, Suleman Ahmad, Abid Aleem, Abdul Ghaffar (2023). "Antibacterial and photocatalytic properties of Ag-doped CeO2 :BaO synthesized by simple solution combustion method." Materials Letters, 353 (135270), . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2023.135270 | Impact Factor: 2.7 [Link]
Noor Fatima, Samina Sarwar, Muhammad Shahbaz, Muhammad Hanif, Nousheen Yousaf, Amina Abrar (2023). "Characterization of mycoflora associated with the rhizosphere of rice crop from selected sites in district Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan." Plant Protection, 7 (2), 245-254. DOI: DOI: 10.33804/pp.007.02.4716 [Link]
Hanif, M. and A.N. Khalid (2023). "ECTOMYCORRHIZAE OF HIMALAYAN ALDER (ALNUS NITIDA) FROM THE MOIST TEMPERATE FORESTS OF PAKISTAN." Pak. J. Bot., 55 (4), 1569-1577. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2023-4(3) | Impact Factor: 1.0 [Link]
Hanif, M., Ashraf, Z., Bashir, S., Riaz, F., Amanat, R., Yousaf, N., & Sarwar, S (2023). "Ectomycorrhizal fungi as biofertilizers in forestry.." Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Agriculture-New Insights., , . DOI: doi:10.5772/intechopen.110090. [Link]
Khalil, H., Sarwar, S., Ilyas, S., Hanif, M., Abrar, A., & Ulfat, M (2023). "Filamentous Fungi for Bioremediation of Oily Effluents of a Local Ghee Industry in Pakistan: An Environmental Perception." Life and Environmental Sciences, 60 (3), 403-412. DOI: https://doi.org/10.53560/PPASB(60-3)795 | Impact Factor: 0.46 [Link]
Tayyaba Khalil, Samina Sarwar*, Sumera Javad, Aqsa Abid, Muhammad Hanif, Hajra Khalil and Amina Abrar (2023). "Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using wild mushroom Lepista sordida and its antifungal activity." Pak. J. Bot, , . | Impact Factor: 1.0
Muhammad Hanif, Muhammad Usman, Malik Athar Iqbal, M. Shariq Khawaja, Wasim Abbas, Samina Sarwar, Shaukat Ali, Atta-ul-Mustafa Zain, Faiza Khishi, Fatima Arif, Aqsa Tariq, Ammara Basharat (2023). "Status of GMOs in Pakistan; Need, Acceptability, Development and Regulation Status: A Comprehensive Review." Pak-Euro Journal of Medical and Life Sciences, 6 (3), 313-326. | Impact Factor: 0.119
Dilawar Ali, Muhammad Hanif et al. (2023). "Sustainable Synthesis of ZnO Nanoparticles from Psathyrella candolleana Mushroom Extract: Characterization, Antibacterial Activity, and Photocatalytic Potential." Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 158 (111588), . | Impact Factor: 5.4
Samina Sarwar, Malka Saba, Muhammad Hanif, Amina Abrar, Mobina Ulfat and Hajra Khalil. (2023). "Utilization of fruit peels to inhibit aflatoxins synthesis by Aspergillus species: a biotreatment of two pulses Cicer arietinum and Vigna radiata for safe long–term storage." Pak. J. Bot, 55 (2), 799-805. DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2023-2(38) | Impact Factor: 1.1 [Link]
Muhammad Hanif, Abdul Nasir Khalid, Samina Sarwar & Nousheen Yousaf (2022). "Ectomycorrhizal status of Pinus wallichiana (Blue Pine) growing in Himalayan Moist Temperate forests of Pakistan." Pak. J. Bot.,, 54 (1), 275-283. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2022-1(25) | Impact Factor: 1.1 [Link]
Usman M, Awan AN, Yousaf N, Murtaza G, Hanif M, Khalid AN (2022). "First records of Bolbitius coprophilus (Agaricales, Bolbitiaceae) from Pakistan." Check List, 18 (3), 525-533. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/18.3.525 | Impact Factor: 0.60 [Link]
Muhammad Hanif, Bushra Arshad, Samina Sarwar & Nousheen Yousaf (2022). "First report of ectomycorrhizae of Clavariadulphus pakistanicus with Pinus wallichiana: Evidence from tracing method supported with rDNA- ITS sequence." Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon., 29 (1), 129-136. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v29i1.60453 | Impact Factor: 0.679 [Link]
Alam, Ayesha, Shabnum Shaheen, Samina Sarwar, Mehwish Jaffer, Malka Saba, Muhammad Hanif, Sumera Sajjad, and Farah Khan (2021). ""Pollen morphological assessment of specific selected species of district Sheikhupura, Punjab, Pakistan under LM and SEM." Microscopy Research and Technique, 84 (5), 955-966. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jemt.23656 | Impact Factor: 2.796 [Link]
Waqas, M., Ghaffar, R., Irshad, M., Saleem, M., Hanif, M., & Ghaffar, A. (2021). "Synergistic effect of morphology on the biocidal response of Ce-doped ZnO nanomaterial synthesized by facile autocombustion method." Materials Chemistry and Physics, 282 , . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.125980 | Impact Factor: 4.094 [Link]
Ali, D., Butt, M. Z., Muneer, I., Bashir, F., Hanif, M., Khan, T. M., & Abbasi, S. A. (2021). "Synthesis, characterization and antibacterial performance of transparent c-axis oriented Al doped ZnO thin films.." Surfaces and Interfaces, 27 , . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2021.101452 | Impact Factor: 4.837 [Link]
Sarwar, S., Aziz, T., Hanif, M., Ilyas, S., Saba, M., Khalid, S., & Fiaz, M (2020). "Plectological and molecular identification of economically important wild Russulales mushrooms from Pakistan and their antifungal potential against food pathogenic fungus Aspergillus niger.." Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon, 27 (1), 66-67. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v27i1.47568 | Impact Factor: 0.679 [Link]
Alam, A., Shaheen, S., Sarwar, S., Jaffer, M., Saba, M., Hanif, M., ... & Khan, F (2020). "Pollen morphological assessment of specific selected species of district Sheikhupura, Punjab, Pakistan under LM and SEM." Microscopy Research and Technique, 84 (5), 955-966. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jemt.23656 | Impact Factor: 2.769 [Link]
Islam, M., Ahmad, H., Alam, J., Ali, H., Fahim, M., & Hanif, M. (2019). "FOUR NEW RECORDS OF THE GENUS PYRUS (ROSACEAE) FROM PAKISTAN." The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 29 (2), 483-491. | Impact Factor: 0.570 [Link]
Hanif, Muhammad; Khalid, Abdul Nasir; Exeter, Ronald L. (2019). "Ramaria flavescentoides sp. nov. with clamped basidia from Pakistan." Mycotaxon, 134 (2), 399-406. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5248/134.399 | Impact Factor: 0.545 [Link]
Sarwar, S., Aziz, T., Hanif, M., Ilyas, S., & Shaheen, S. (2019). "Russula swatica: A new species of Russula based on molecular, light microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy analyses from Swat Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan." Microscopy Research and Technique, 82 (10), 1700-1705. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jemt.23335 | Impact Factor: 2.769 [Link]
Hanif, M. (2018). "Bacterial mediated bio-degradation of chromium Cr(VI) and relative effects of varying temperature and pH on degradation potential." Lahore Garrison University Journal of Life Sciences, 2 (1), 35-50. [Link]
Hanif, M., & Bashir, S. (2018). "Re-investigation of Amanita flavipes: Identification and Characterization Based on rDNA-ITS Sequence, Morphology and Anatomy." Lahore Garrison University Journal of Life Sciences, 2 (1), 69-76. [Link]
Samina S, Tahreem M, Shabnum S, Farah K, Qudsia F. And Muhammad Hanif (2017). "Micromycete diversity associated with the rhizospheres of plants from different polluted soils of Lahore, Pakistan." Current Research In Environmental & Applied Mycology, 7 (3), 193-202. DOI: Doi 10.5943/cream/7/3/6 | Impact Factor: 0.47 [Link]
A. N. Khalid, Muhammad Hanif Muhammad Hanif (2017). "Thelephora iqbalii sp. nov. from the Himalayan moist temperate forests of Pakistan." Mycotaxon,, 132 (4), 943-950. DOI: 10.5248/132.943 | Impact Factor: 0.545 [Link]
Muhammad Hanif , A. N. Khalid (2015). "A new dacrymycetaceous species, Calocera himalayca sp. nov. (Basidiomycota: Dacrymycetales) from Pakistan.." International Journal of Agriculture and Biology,, 17 (3), 596-600. DOI: 10.17957/IJAB/17.3.13.760 | Impact Factor: 0.887 [Link]
Hanif, M. & Khalid, A. N. (2014). "Clavariadelphus pakistanicus sp. nov., a new club fungus (Basidiomycota: Gomphales) from Himalayan moist temperate forests of Pakistan." Current Research in Environmental & Applied Mycology, 92 (7), 471-476. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2013-0073 | Impact Factor: 1.323 [Link]
Thongklang N, Nawaz R, Khalid AN, Chen J, Hyde KD, Zhao R, Parra LA, Hanif M, Moinard M, Callac P. (2014). "Morphological and molecular characterization of three Agaricus species from tropical Asia (Pakistan, Thailand) reveals a new group in section Xanthodermatei." Mycologia, 106 (6), 1220-1232. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3852/14-076 | Impact Factor: 2.958 [Link]
Hanif, M., & Khalid, A. N. (2013). "Intraspecific rDNA-ITS polymorphism within Clavariadelphus subfastigiatus (Basidiomycota: Gomphoid-phalloid Clade) from Pakistan." International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, 15 (3), 465-471. | Impact Factor: 0.887 [Link]
Nawaz, R., Khalid, A. N., Hanif, M., & Razaq, A. (2013). "Lepiota vellingana sp. nov. (Basidiomycota, Agaricales) a new species from Lahore, Pakistan." Mycological Progress, 12 , 727-732. | Impact Factor: 2.538 [Link]
T. Ashraf, M. Hanif, A. N. Khalid (2012). "Peziza michelii and its ectomycorrhizae with Alnus nitida (Betulaceae) from Pakistan.." Mycotaxon, 120 , 181-188. DOI: 10.5248/120.181 | Impact Factor: 0.545 [Link]
S. Sarwar, A. N. Khalid, M. Hanif, A. R. Niazi (2012). "Suillus flavidus and its ectomycorrhizae with Pinus wallichiana in Pakistan." Mycotaxon, 121 , 225-232. | Impact Factor: 0.545 [Link]
Arshad Javaid, A. A., Akhtar, N., Hanif, M., & Farooq, M. A. (2006). "Efficacy of some fungicides against seed-borne mycoflora of wheat." Mycopath, 4 (1), 45-49. [Link]

Conference Papers

1ST HAND-ON TRAINING WORKSHOP ON MYCOSYMBIOSIS, (2024), Dr. Muhammad Hanif. NA. NA. , Paper: "NA"
1ST NATIONAL SEMINAR ON MYCOSYMBIOSIS (2024), Dr. Muhammad Hanif. NA. NA. , Paper: "NA"

Projects

Title Role Funded by Amount Year Status
Taxonomic study and biological screening of some mushrooms of Kumrat valley, KPK, Pakistan Principal Investigator Higher Education Commission, Pakistan. 5900000.00 2025 Ongoing

Thesis/Research Supervisions

Atta Ul Mustafa Zain (2023), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Biological Screening and Exploration of Photocatalytic of Potential of Mushroom Mediated Greenly Synthesized Myconanoparticles from some mushrooms of Kumrat Valley, KP, Pakistan." (In Progress)
Rabia Mushtaq (2022), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Ameliorative effects of Armillaria spp. against streptozotocin induced diabetes in mice" (In Progress)
Samar Bashir (2021), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Covalent immobilization of Aspergillus oryzae intracellular tyrosinase on amine-functionalized and silica-coated silver nanoparticles for biological applications" (In Progress)
Rizwan Amanat (2020), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Pharmaceutical evaluation, characterization and profiling of some wild Mushrooms of Kumrat Valley, KP, Pakistan" (In Progress)
Zubairia Ashraf (2020), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Cross-linking of Bacillus licheniformis alginate lyase on glutaraldehydefunctionlized Al2O3 nanocrystals for biological application" (In Progress)
Zeeshan Rasheed (2016), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Isolation, characterization and screening of ectomycorrhizae associated bacterial communities of some conifers from Khanaspur KP." (In Progress)
Farwa Nazir (2025), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Pharmacological Evaluation and Therapeutic Potential of Bioactive Compounds of some wild mushrooms from Kumrat Valley, KP" (Completed)
Alveena Nazir (2024), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Mycosynthesis and biological screening of silver nanoparticles of some mushrooms of Laam Leak Forest, Kumrat Valley, KP, Pakistan" (Completed)
Maham Mujahid (2024), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Characterization and Partial Purification of Bacterial Free and Silver coated alginate lyase, its exogenous applications on Ocimum" (Completed)
Ammara Basharat (2023), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Green synthesis of Silver doped nanoparticles, their biological screening and pharmacological activities of some wild mushrooms of Kumrat, KP, Pakistan" (Completed)
Aqsa Tariq (2023), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Mycosynthesis of ZnNanoparticles from some mushrooms associated with Pinus wallichiana A. B. Jacks., growing at Point 3, Kumrat Valley, KP, Pakistan: their characterization and biological screening" (Completed)
Faiza Khushi (2023), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Mycosynthesis and biological screening of silver nanoparticles from some mushrooms of Kala Chashma forest, Kumrat Valley, KP, Pakistan" (Completed)
Atta-Ul-Mustafa Zain (2023), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Mycosynthesis of ZnNanoparticles, their biological and phytochemical screening from some mushrooms of Roshay Dutt Forest, Kumrat Valley, KP, Pakistan" (Completed)
Fatima Arif (2023), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their potential applications from some wild mushrooms found near the waterfall, Kumrat Valley, KP, Pakistan" (Completed)
Sidra Shafiq (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Mycosynthesis of BaNanoparticles and their biological screening from some mushroom of Purdon Forest, Kumrat valley, KP Pakistan." (Completed)
Zunaira (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Molecular and phylogenetic studies of some mushrooms of Batoot Forest, Kumrat Valley, KP, Pakistan" (Completed)
Aleena Farooq (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Mycosynthesis of Nanoparticles, Cu- Pharmacological and characterization of some mushrooms of Barti Raj Forest, Chagharzai Valley, Studies District Buner, KP, Pakistan." (Completed)
Zainab Najab (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Mycosynthesis of Nanoparticles and Zn- their biological screening from some mushrooms of Chamney Forest, Maindam, Swat Valley, KP, Pakistan" (Completed)
Attia Amin (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Mycosynthesis of MnNanoparticles and their biological screening from some wild mushrooms of Chamney Forest Miandam, Swat Valley, KP, Pakistan." (Completed)
Uzma Afzal (2021), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Green mycosynthesis of nanoparticles and their biological screening from some mushrooms of Batoot forest, Kumrat valley, KP" (Completed)
Mobeen Arshad (2021), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Green mycosynthesis of nanoparticles and their biological screening from some mushrooms of Chagharzai Forest, Burner, KPK." (Completed)
Faiza Suleman (2020), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Biological Screening and Characterization of some wild Mushrooms of Barti Raj Forest, Chagharzai Valley, District Buner, KPK, Pakistan." (Completed)
Sumbal Fatima (2020), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Investigation and characterization of microbial flora from rhizosphere of Thuja orintalis from Ziarat Juniper" (Completed)
Kiran Bajwa (2020), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Biological Screening and Characterization of some wild Mushrooms of Barti Raj Forest, Miandam, Swat Valley, KPK, Pakistan." (Completed)
Shariq Khawaja (2019), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Identification, Morphological, Anatomical and Molecular analysis and characterization of some mushrooms of forest Mullah Banda, Miandam, District Swat, KPK Pakistan." (Completed)
Muhammad Hassan (2019), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Morpho-Anatomical and Molecular Characterization of some Mushrooms of Kala Chashma Forest of, Kumrat Valley, District Upper Dir, KPK, Pakistan" (Completed)
Seyahauddin, (2019), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Morpho-anatomical and Molecular Characterization of some Mushrooms of Batoot Forest, Kumrat Valley, District Upper Dir, KPK, Pakistan." (Completed)
Muhammad Ahmad (2018), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Morphological and Molecular Characterization of some Mushrooms of Danda Forest Miandam Swat Valley, KPK, Pakistan." (Completed)
Rizwan Amanat (2018), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Evidence of ectomycorrhizae inhabiting bacterial communities in ectomycorrhiza associated with Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) G.Don from Kalam, Swat Valley, KPK, Pakistan" (Completed)
Iqra Arshad (2017), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Intraspecific rDNA-ITS variations among gilled mushrooms of Sudhan Gali, district Bagh, AJK." (Completed)
Sibgha Hanif (2017), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Molecular characterization based on non-coding 5.8s ribosomal RNA gene of the large subunit of some mushrooms of Miandam, Swat Velly, KPK." (Completed)
Tariq Mehmood (2017), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Screening for auxin producing bacterial strains from the ectomycorrhizosphere of Abies pindrow of Sudhan Gali, District Bagh, AJK." (Completed)
Humera (2017), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Morpho-anatomic and molecular characterization of some mushrooms of Sudhan Gali, District Bagh, AJK." (Completed)
Farheen (2017), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Morpho-anatomic and molecular characterization of some mushrooms of Maindam, Swat, Velly, KPK." (Completed)
Nasira Mumtaz (2016), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Morpho-anatomic and molecular characterization of some mushrooms of Swat Valley, KPK, Pakistan" (Completed)
Irshad Mayar (2016), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Effect of different growth promoting rhizobacteria and indigenous fungal antagonists in controlling Fusarium wilt of tomato" (Completed)
Adnan Qadir (2015), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Investigation of microbial communities from mycorrhizosphere of some conifers growing at Nathia Gali, KPK, Pakistan" (Completed)
Muhammad Khan (2015), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "A comparative investigation of ectomycorrhizal communities growing at Nathia Gali, KPK, Pakistan" (Completed)
Madiha Majeed (2015), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Investigation of Coprophilous fungi from dung of some herbivores from Lahore Zoo." (Completed)
Sidra Shafiq (2022), Master. Thesis: "Additions of some macromycetes in Moola Banda Forest, Swat, KP, Pakistan" (Completed)
Sidra Shafiq (2022), Master. Thesis: "Additions of some macromycetes in Moola Banda Forest, Swat, KP, Pakistan" (Completed)
Sidra Shafiq (2022), Master. Thesis: "Additions of some macromycetes in Moola Banda Forest, Swat, KP, Pakistan" (Completed)
Atta ul Mustafa Zain (2021), Master. Thesis: "solation and characterization some microbial communities associated with ectomycorrhizosphere of some Pines of Khanspur, KP, Pakistan" (Completed)
Hafsa Shafiq (2021), Master. Thesis: "Bioremediation of effluents from textile industries near Sheikhupura by microflora" (Completed)
Fatima Munawar (2020), Master. Thesis: "Morpho-Anatomic and molecular characterization of some mushrooms of Purdon Forest, Kumrat Valley, KPK, Pakistan." (Completed)
Zikra Mehak (2018), Master. Thesis: "Molecular Identification of some mushrooms of Chashma Forest, Khanspur, KPK, Pakistan." (Completed)
Fawar Ehsan (2018), Master. Thesis: "Morphological and Anatomical Characterization and identification of some mushrooms of Helipad, Khanspur, KPK, Pakistan." (Completed)
Farwa Ghaffar (2018), Master. Thesis: "Effectiveness of molecular markers in the identification of some mushrooms of Helipad, Khanspur, KPK, Pakistan" (Completed)
Muhammad Ramzan (2018), Master. Thesis: "Morpho-anatomic and molecular characterization of some mushrooms of Chadhai Forest, Miandam, Swat Valley, Pakistan" (Completed)
Aneeqa Ghafoor (2016), Master. Thesis: "Morpho-anatomic and Molecular Characterization of some Mushrooms of Green spot, Nathia gali, KPK, Pakistan" (Completed)
Umm e Saeeda (2025), BS. Thesis: "Antimicrobial evaluation of some wild mushrooms collected from Kumrat Valley, KP" (Completed)
Sania Saeed (2025), BS. Thesis: "Sustainable Mushroom Cultivation: A Study on Wild Mushrooms of Kumrat Valley" (Completed)
Rizwana Razzaq (2025), BS. Thesis: "Taxonomy and Molecular Phylogeny of Selected Macrofungi from Kumrat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan" (Completed)
Mahum Ali (2024), BS. Thesis: "Additions to the mushroom flora of Kumrat Valley,KP , Pakistan" (Completed)
Zainab Asgher (2024), BS. Thesis: "Characterization and antimicrobial evaluation of some mushrooms of Rosheydut Forest, Kumrat Valley." (Completed)
Nimra Amin (2023), BS. Thesis: "Detection of Secondary Metabolites of ectomycorrhizal helper bacteria isolated from ectomycorrhizosphere of Pinus wallichiana and Abies pindrow" (Completed)
Abdul Sami Butt (2023), BS. Thesis: "Morpho-anatomical, molecular characterization and biological screening of some wild mushrooms associated with some pines at Point 3, Kumrat valley, KP, Pakistan." (Completed)
Saman Noreen (2023), BS. Thesis: "Morpho-anatomical, molecular characterization and biological screening of some mushrooms associated with Pinus wallichiana A.B" (Completed)
Tooba Butt (2023), BS. Thesis: "Morpho-anatomical, Molecular Characterization and Biological Screening of some Mushrooms of Kumrat Valley. KP, Pakistan." (Completed)
Maheen Amjad (2023), BS. Thesis: "Morpho-anatomical, Molecular characterization and biological screening of some mushrooms of Kumrat Water-Fall, KP, Pakistan" (Completed)
Khuzaima Zahra (2022), BS. Thesis: "Study of comparative Auxin production by some ectomycorrhizal helper bacteria isolated from ectomycorrhizosphere of different conifers and their effect on rice (Oryza sativa L. cv )" (Completed)
Haisam Arshad (2022), BS. Thesis: "Isolation and characterization of some ectomycorrhizal helper bacteria isolated from ectomycorrhiza of different conifers" (Completed)
Aiman Ibrahim (2022), BS. Thesis: "Comparative investigation of auxin production from some indigenous bacterial strain from ectomycorrhizosphere of different conifers and their effect on maize (Zea mays)" (Completed)
Tayyaba Iqbal (2022), BS. Thesis: "Production and characterization of antibiotics by ectomycorrhizal helper bacteria isolated from ectomycorrhizosphere from some conifers" (Completed)
Areesha Shafqat (2022), BS. Thesis: "Isolation of mycorrhizal helper bacteria from ectomycorrhizosphere of some conifers and effect of pH, salt concentrations and temperature on their growth \" (Completed)
Nimra Amir (2022), BS. Thesis: "Morphoanatomical and Molecular characterization and Biological screening of some Mushrooms of Point 3, Kumrat Valley Pakistan" (Completed)
Fatima Iftekhar (2021), BS. Thesis: "Evaluation of bioremediation potential of microbial flora isolated from pesticides affected soil in District Gujranwala." (Completed)
Ahtesham ul Haq (2021), BS. Thesis: "Isolation and Characterization of Soil Microbial Flora for Multienzyme production" (Completed)
Shahida Ayub (2021), BS. Thesis: "Isolation and Biochemical characterization of some lichen from Green Spot, Nathia Gali , Pakistan" (Completed)
Fatima tu Zohra (2020), BS. Thesis: "Seasonal variations in endomycorrhizae and sporal diversity of some wild plants of Shakargarh, District Narowal Punjab, Pakistan" (Completed)
Atif Allah Rakha (2020), BS. Thesis: "Studies on distribution and incidence of sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) in Mandi Bahauddin and Sargodha districts of Punjab" (Completed)
Kamishka Iftikhar (2020), BS. Thesis: "Seasonal variations in endomycorrhizae and sporal diversity of some wild plants of Tehsil Nowshera Virkan, District Gujranwala Punjab Pakistan" (Completed)
Baber Ali (2019), BS. Thesis: "Comparative investigation of MHB diversity associated with some Pines of Laam Leek Forest, Kumrat Valley KPK, Pakistan." (Completed)
Zaryab Khan (2019), BS. Thesis: "Morpho-Anatomic and molecular characterization of some macromycetes of Laam Leek Forest, Komrat Valley, KPK, Pakistan" (Completed)
Kashmala Iftikhar (2019), BS. Thesis: "Exploration of Microbial Communities Associated with Ectomychorrhiza of Abies pindrow of Mola Bunda forest Swat valley KPK Pakistan" (Completed)
Ayesha (2019), BS. Thesis: "Assessment of the antimicrobial activities of some wild mushrooms of Miandam forests, Swat Velly, KPK, Pakistan." (Completed)
Aneela (2019), BS. Thesis: "Assessment of the antimicrobial activities of some wild mushrooms of Ayubia, KPK, Pakistan" (Completed)
Nosheen Nazir (2018), BS. Thesis: "Seasonal variations in AMF infection in some wild plants of Tehsil Kamoke, District Gujranwala." (Completed)
Rashida Parveen (2018), BS. Thesis: "Seasonal variations in AMF infection in some wild plants of District Pakpattan." (Completed)
Anum (2017), BS. Thesis: "Isolation and characterization of microbial flora from the ectomycorrhizosphere of Abies pindrow of Sudhan Gali, District Bagh, AJK" (Completed)
Afzal (2017), BS. Thesis: "Screening of laccase like genes in some Mushrooms of Tehsil Zafarwal, District Narowal." (Completed)
Shams Ullah (2017), BS. Thesis: "Isolation and characterization of ectomycorrhizae associated with Cedrus deodara of Dher Kot, District Bagh, AJK." (Completed)
Muhammad Ibrar (2016), BS. Thesis: "Extraction and characterization of oil from seeds of some wild shrubs of Lahore." (Completed)
Samra Anum (2016), BS. Thesis: "Morpho-anatomic Investigation of some Gilled Mushrooms of Dunga Gali, KPK, Pakistan" (Completed)
Kinza Hassan (2016), BS. Thesis: "Morphological and Anatomical Characterization of some Mushrooms of GCU Campus, Lahore." (Completed)
Saman (2016), BS. Thesis: "Investigation of Mantle anatomy in some Ectomycorrhizal morphotypesof Pinus wallichiana." (Completed)
Marium Akhtar (2015), BS. Thesis: "Culturing of ECM fungi from Himalayan Moist Temperate Forests and in vitro synthesis of their ectomycorrhizae" (Completed)
Haleema Asif (2015), BS. Thesis: "Morpho-anatomical description of some ectomycorrhizas on Pinus wallichiana from Helipad, KPK, Pakistan" (Completed)
Khansa Rahim (2015), BS. Thesis: "Morpho-anatomical description of some ectomycorrhizas on Abies pindrow from Nathiagali, KPK, Pakistan" (Completed)
Anum Aslam (2015), BS. Thesis: "Investigation of Phylloplane fungi on leaves of few trees and shrubs of Mall Road, Lahore" (Completed)
Samar Bashir (2014), BS. Thesis: "Characterization of some Mushrooms of Swat Valley, KPK: Focus on internal transcribed spacer region." (Completed)
Muneeba (2014), BS. Thesis: "Characterization of some Mushrooms of Swat Valley, KPK: Focus on nuclear small subunit." (Completed)
Bushra Arshad (2014), BS. Thesis: "Morpho-anatomic characterization of Ectomycorrhizae of Pinus wallichiana of Swat Valley, KPK." (Completed)
Muqqadas Mushtaq (2014), BS. Thesis: "Characterization of some Mushrooms of Swat Valley, KPK: Focus on nuclear large subunit." (Completed)
Saliha Farooq (2013), BS. Thesis: "A Study of Phylloplane mycoflora of trees of Jinnah Garden, Lahore" (Completed)
Samina Nazir (2013), BS. Thesis: "A Study of Phylloplane mycoflora of shrubs of Jinnah Garden, Lahore" (Completed)