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Dr. Umer Farooq Awan

Dr. Umer Farooq Awan

Assistant Professor
Department: Botany
Email: dr.umerfarooqawan@gcu.edu.pk
Research Interests: Molecular Genetics, Cell Biology, Ecogenetics, DNA Barcoding
Office Location: Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory, Gc University Lahore, Pakistan
Contact Number: +92(42) 111-000-010 Ext: 257
Personal Website : https://gcu.edu.pk/botany
Education
2014  PhD in Botany, Beijing University China
2005  MS/MPhil in Botany, Gc University Lahore Pakistan
2002  Masters in Botany, Gc University Lahore Pakistan
2000  BA/BSc(Hons) in Botany, University Of Punjab Pakistan

Teaching Areas

Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics
Experience
From To Designation Firm/Institution
Feb 2018 Continue Assistant Professor Gc University Lahore Pakistan
Jan 2014 Jan 2016 Assistant Professor University Of Sargodha, Pakistan
Jan 2007 Jan 2010 Project Manager Botanic Garden Gc University Lahore

Journal Papers

ZAHID MEHMOOD, MADIHA RASHID, HSI-HSIEN YANG , MUHAMMAD UMER FAROOQ AWAN , USMAN AHMED , ALI HASNAIN , ANUM SAEED , BINYAMEEN , CHENG-HSU WU1 AND MATIBA TUFAIL (2025). "ALLELOPATHIC EVALUATION OF ACACIA SPECIES AGAINST SEED GERMINATION AND SEEDLING GROWTH OF FOUR ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT CROPS." Pakistan Journal of Botany, 57 (3), 991-996. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2025-3(20) | Impact Factor: 0.9
Sadia Kalsoom , Wasim Abbas , Muhammad Luqman , Zahid Mehmood , Maryam Iqbal , Harma Shah , Noor Sana Amjad , Ali Hasnain , Bin Yameen , Matiba Tufail , Muhammad Khizar Sultan , Zafar Iqbal Khan , Hamed Dadkhah-Aghdash , Hsi-Hsien Yang, Muhammad Umer Faro (2025). "Analysis of Synthetic Food Colors and Food Preservatives Inducing Genotoxicity in Garlic (Allium sativum L.) Root Tip Cells." Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 1 (1), 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15244/pjoes/200946 | Impact Factor: 1.3 [Link]
MUHAMMAD RIZWAN, UZMA HANIF, WASIM ABBAS, ALI HASNAIN, SYED KHIZAR SULTAN, GHULAM FATIMAH, AMANAH MEHREEN, TANTRI DYAH AYU ANGRRAENI, MUHAMMAD UMER FAROOQ AWAN1, MATIBA TUFAIL, NAVEED ANJUM, MUHAMMAD USAMA AZIZ, MUHAMMAD SHOIB (2025). "ANATOMICAL STUDIES OF SOME HYDROPHYTES COLLECTED FROM DISTRICT BHIMBER, AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR, PAKISTAN." Journal Plantarum, 7 (1), 11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46662/plantarum.v7i1.129 [Link]
Hafiza Komal Hanif, Sohaib Muhammad, Hsi-Hsien Yang, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan, Shakil Ahmed, Muhammad Tayyab, Mahrukh Majeed, Summiya Faisal, Zaheer ud din Khan (2025). "Biological Evaluation of Air Quality of an Urban Ecosystem through Air Pollution Tolerance and Performance Index." Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 25 (11), 12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s44408-025-00008-y | Impact Factor: 2.5 [Link]
Harma Shah, Muhammad UF Awan, Zahid Mehmood, Noor Sana, Wasim Abbas, Adeel Ahmad, Abdullah Qasim, Annum Gul, Ali Hasnain, Hsi-Hsien Yang (2025). "Evaluation of genotoxicity and physicochemical variations of Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms exposed to paper-mill-contaminated wastewater." Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 197 (562), 55. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-025-14015-4 | Impact Factor: 3 [Link]
Muhammad Luqman, Umer F. Awan, Fariha Arooj, Muhammad Awais Khalid, Muhammad Afzaal, Tahreem Shahid, Aliza Niazi, Hsi-Hsien Yang and Shaukat Hayat Khan (2025). "Exploring microplastic pollution in the pristine Ghar-e-Tangi Cave: first evidence from Pakistan’s subterranean ecosystem." Archives of Biological Sciences, 77 (1), 2-5. DOI: DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS241122040L | Impact Factor: 0.8 [Link]
W. Abbas, M. Iqbal, Zaheer-ud-din Khan and M. U. F. Awan (2025). "MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF PHYTOREMEDIATOR AQUATIC WEED Pistia stratiotes L. BY rbcLa BARCODING FROM BALLOKI HEADWORKS, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN.." Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 35 (03), 844. DOI: 10.36899/japs.2025.3.0073 | Impact Factor: 0.6 [Link]
Bin Yameen, Wasim Abbas, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan, Aisha Tahir, Sohaib Mohammad, Muhammad Shoib (2025). "RbcLa marker based identification and phylogenetic analysis of Kasuri methi (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.): a native plant of Kasur district of Punjab (Pakistan)." Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 72 (2), 1663-1673. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-024-02044-w | Impact Factor: 1.6 [Link]
Zafar Iqbal Khan, Kafeel Ahmad, Tasneem Ahmad, Kausar Parveen, Asma Ashfaq, Naila Riaz, Faiza Zubair, Hafsa Memona, Shahzadi Mahpara, Ijaz Rasool Noorka, Tooqeer Abbas, Humayun Bashir, Abid Ejaz, Shahzad Akhtar, Aima Iram Batool, Naunain Mehmood, Farzana (2024). "A Study on Bioaccumulation of Two Heavy Metals in Pastures Irrigated with Wastewater and Translocation in Grazing Ruminants Through Forages: Public Health Implications." Journal of Bioresource Management,, 11 (02), . [Link]
Abdullah Saleh Alsubail Tahira Zafar , Kafeel Ahmad , Menal Hamdani , Tayyba Liaqat , Zafar Iqbal Khan, Tayyaba Aziz , Natasha Ameer , Asma Ashfaq , Mudasra Munir , Riyadh S Almalki, Hafsa Memona, Shahzadi , Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan, Tasneem Ahmad, Allah (2024). "A study the risk assessment of nickel element profile in diversely irrigated pastures in relation to livestock requirement is a sub-tropical environments and climate." nternational Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Growth Evaluation, 05 (04), 939-951. DOI: DOI: https://doi.org/10.54660/.IJMRGE.2024.5.4.939-951 | Impact Factor: 5.307 (SJIF)
MAHRUKH MUMTAZ ZAFAR IQBAL KHAN, KAFEEL AHMAD, UMER FAROOQ AWAN, NAUNAIN MEHMOOD, ASMA ASHFAQ (2024). "Assessment of health risks associated with citrus fruits exposed to heavy metal toxicity in diverse irrigation regimes." Pakistan Journal of Botany, 56 (04), . DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2024- | Impact Factor: 0.9
Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan and Yinu Wang. Yan Zhang1, Leilei Fu (2024). "Discovery of Small Molecule Lead Compounds: a Driving Force to Unravel New Anti-Cancer Targets and Mechanisms-Volume I." Frontiers in Pharmacology, 02 , . DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2024.1519858 | Impact Factor: 4.8
Zahid Mehmood, Hsi-Hsien Yang, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan, Usman Ahmed, Ali Hasnain, Muhammad Luqman, Sohaib Muhammad, Andleeb Anwar Sardar, Tsai-Yu Chan, Aleeha Sharjeel (2024). "Effects of Air Pollution on Morphological, Biochemical, DNA, and Tolerance Ability of Roadside Plant Species. .." Sustainability, 16 (08), 3427. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083427 | Impact Factor: 3.3 [Link]
Kanwal Sultana , Kafeel Ahmad,Mudasra Munir, Muhammad Farooq Awan, Tasneem Ahmad, Tahira Zafar, Menal Hamdani (2024). "Evaluation of heavy metal element (Fe) in cereal food crops irrigated with diverse types of water and their transfer in blood of humans in a Semi-arid environmental gradient in Pakistan." International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Growth Evaluation, 05 (03), . DOI: DOI: https://doi.org/10.54660/.IJMRGE.2024.5.3.30-38 | Impact Factor: 5.307 (SJIF)
Ali Hasnain, Hamed Dadkhah-Aghdash, Muhammad Luqman, Sohaib Muhammad, Andleeb Anwar Sardar, Shaukat Ali, Farhat Mehmood, Usman Ahmed Khan, Zahid Mehmood, Arooba John, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Hsi-Hsien Yang, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan (2024). "Impact of automobile exhaust on biochemical and genomorphic characteristics of Mimusops elengi L. growing along roadsides of Lahore city, Pakistan." Heliyon, 10 (06), e28157. DOI: DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28157 | Impact Factor: 4.32 [Link]
Muhammad Luqman ,Aliza Niazi,Saif Ur Rehman Kashif,Fariha Arooj,Syed Aziz ur Rehman,Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan,Muhammad Wasim,Faakhar Raza (2024). "Metal pollution in the topsoil of lands adjacent to Sahiwal Coal Fired Power Plant (SCFPP) in Sahiwal, Pakistan." PLoS ONE, 19 (02), e0298433.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298433 | Impact Factor: 2.6
Hasnain, Ali; Abbas, Wasim; Rehman, Muhammad Z. U.; Anjum, Naveed; Aghdash, Hamed D.; Binyameen; Mehmood, Zahid; Awan, Muhammad U. F. (2024). "Molecular Characterization of Pathogen, Infecting Capsicum Frutescene (Chilli Papper) And Solanum Lycopersicum (Tomato) In Lahore, Pakistan.." Pakistan Journal of Phytopathology,, 36 (2), 437. DOI: 10.33866/phytopathol.036.02.1068
Zafar Iqbal, Kausar Parveen, Kafeel Ahmad, Tasneem Ahmad, Naila Riaz, Abrar Hussain, Asma Ashfaq, Faiza Zubair, Ijaz Rasool Noorka, Abid Ejaz, Hafsa Memona, Shahzadi Mahpara, Allah Bakhsh Gulshan, Tayyaba Aziz, Tayyba Liaqat, Mumtaz Akhtar, Muhammad Umer (2024). "Monitoring of Cadmium and Lead Accumulation in Soil-Forage-Animal Continuum in Pasture Land Irrigated with Ground Water in Bhalwal, Punjab, Pakistan." Journal of Bioresource Management, 11 (03), 20. [Link]
Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan, Muhammad Luqman, Andleeb Anwar Sardar, Hassan Nawaz, Aneela Rasool, Summiya Faisal, Hira Younus, Sarah Maryam Malik, Muhammad Waheed, Sohaib Muhammad (2023). "Air Pollution Mitigation Potential of Dominant Landscape Plants of an Urban Ecosystem (Lahore City) of Pakistan: An Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) Assessment.." Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 32 (04), . DOI: DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/161980 | Impact Factor: 1.4
M. Hussaina , I. Liaqata * , N. M. Alia , N. Arshadb , U. Hanifc S. Sajjadd , A. A. Sardarc , U.F. Awanc , F.S. Khane and Slahuddin (2023). "Antibacterial and bacteriostatic potential of coelomic fluid and body paste of Pheretima posthuma (Vaillant, 1868) (Clitellata, Megascolecidae) against ampicillin resistant clinical bacterial isolates." Brazilian Journal of Biology, 83 , e247016. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.247016 | Impact Factor: 1.6
Zahid Mehmood, Ali Hasnain, Muhammad Luqman, Sohaib Muhammad, Narayan Babu Dhital, Arooba John, Maryam Iqbal, Amna Ejaz, Matiba Tufail, Harma, Hsi-Hsien Yang, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan (2023). "Assessment of Air Pollution Tolerance and Physicochemical Alterations of Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br. along Roadsides of Lahore, Pakistan." Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 23 (07), 230038. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.230038 | Impact Factor: 2.5
Ahmad, K., Ashfaq, A., Khan, Z. I., Akhtar, S., Rani, S., Siddique, F., Aslam, S., Mustafa, G., Zubair, R. M., Memona, H., Batool, A. I., Nadeem, M., Shoukat, J., Mahpara, S., Akhtar, M., Awan, M. F., Ugulu, I., Raza, H., & Hamza, M. A (2023). "Assessment of Human Health Risk of Zinc and Lead by Consuming Food Crops Supplied with Excessive Fertilizers." Bioresource Management,, 10 (02), . [Link]
Leilei Fu and Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan Yan Zhang (2023). "Discovery of small molecule lead compounds: A driving force to unravel new anticancer targets and mechanisms." Frontiers in Oncology, 13 (1), . DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2023.11176 | Impact Factor: 3.3
Kafeel Ahmad, Sana Rani, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Shahzad Akhtar, Asma Ashfaq, Iqra Anwar, Hafsa Memona, Aima Iram Batool, Muhammad Nadeem, Javed Shoukat, Ijaz Rasool Noorka, Shahzadi Mahpara, Mumtaz Akhtar, Muhammad Ameer Hamza, Ilker Ugulu, Hamid Raza, Iram Sa (2023). "Effects of fertilizers on copper and nickel accumulation and human health risk assessment of vegetables and food crops." Journal of Bioresource Management, 10 (01), 09. | Impact Factor: y
MUF Awan S Faisal, S Muhammad, M Luqman, M Hasnain, A Rasool (2023). "Effects of Priming on Seed Germination, Physico-Chemistry and Yield of Late Sown Wheat Crop (Triticum aestivum L.)." Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 32 (02), 1113-1124. DOI: DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/155970 | Impact Factor: 1.3
Arooba John, Muhammad Luqman, Sohaib Muhammad, Uzma Hanif, Andleeb Anwar Sardar, Shaukat Ali, Ali Hasnain, Matiba Tufail, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Muhammad Iftikhar Hussain, Binyameen, Muhammad Naveed Anjum, Amna Ejaz, Muhammad Shahzad Chaudhry, Hsi-Hsien Yang, (2023). "Genotoxicity of synthetic food colors on nitrogen-fixing bacteria in agricultural lands irrigated with wastewater of corresponding industries." Sustainability, 15 (04), 2897. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15042897 | Impact Factor: 3.3
I. Liaqata , N. M. Alia , N. Arshadb , S. Sajjadc , F. Rashidc , U. Hanifd , C. Arae , M. Ulfatf , S. Andleebg , U. F. Awand , A. Bibih , M. Mubini , S. Alia , H. M. Tahira and I. ul-Haq (2023). "Gut dysbiosis, inflammation and type 2 diabetes in mice using synthetic gut microbiota from diabetic humans." Brazilian Journal of Biology, 83 , e242818 |. DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.242818 | Impact Factor: 1.6
MUHAMMAD UMER FAROOQ AWAN, ZAFAR IQBAL KHAN, KAFEEL AHMAD1 , SHAHZAD AKHTAR1 *, MUSSARRAT BATOOL 1 , ABID EJAZ1 , ASMA ASHFAQ1 MUHAMMAD NADEEM2 , HAZOOR AHMAD SHAD3 , IJAZ RASOOL NOORKA4 , ABRAR HUSSAIN5 (2023). "Health Risk Assessment of Chromium and Lead In A Soil-Plant-Ruminant Food Chain Against Terrestrial Soil Pollution Gradient." Journal Plantarum, 05 (01), 25-39. | Impact Factor: Y [Link]
UF Muhammad Ali HASNAIN, Muhammad M KAKAR, Nousheen YOUSAF, ALI Shaukat, Aisha TAHIR, Zahid MEHMOOD, JOHN Arooba, EJAZ Amna, Maryam IQBAL, Hafiz N ANJUM, Tantri ANGGRAENI, Zafar IQBAL KHAN, YANG Hsi-Hsien (2023). "Molecular study of pathogenic and saprophytic fungal species on infected parts of Malus pumila L. of district Qilla Abdullah, Balochistan, Pakistan." Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 51 (02), 13167-13167. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha51213167 | Impact Factor: 1.4
Muhammad Luqman, Tehreem Shahid, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan, Saif Ur Rehman Kashif, Fariha Arooj, Ali Raza Awan (2023). "Quantification and characterization of microplastics (MPs) pollution in peri-uburban agricultural lands of Lahore, Pakistan." Plos one, 18 (10), e0291760. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291760 | Impact Factor: 2.6
Hafsa Memona Kafeel Ahmad, Abid Ejaz , Zafar Iqbal Khan, Ahmad Muneeb , Shahzad Akhtar, Muhammad Sohail, Asma Ashfaq , Muhammad Nadeem , Hazoor Ahmad Shad , Ijaz Rasool Noorka , Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan , Aima Iram Batool (2023). "THE INFLUENCE OF ORGANIC FERTILIZERS IN THE FORM OF INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES ON Fe-TRANSLOCATION AND ACCUMULATION IN GRAINS OF WHEAT: ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH RISK." Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 32 , 444-457.
Kafeel Ahmad, Abid Ejaz, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Ahmad Muneeb, Shahzad Akhtar, Muhammad Sohail, Asma Ashfaq, Muhammad Nadeem, Hazoor Ahmad Shad, Ijaz Rasool Noorka, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan, Aima Iram Batool, Hafsa Memo (2023). "The influence of organic fertilizers in the form of industrial and agricultural wastes on Fe-translocation and accumulation in grains of wheat: assessment of public health risk.." Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 32 (01), 444-457. | Impact Factor: 0.372
Muhammad Luqman, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan, Shaukat Hayat Khan, Razzaq Ahmed, Hsi-Hsien Yang, Muhammad Rizwan Goraya (2023). "Wastewater driven trace element transfer up the food chain in peri-urban agricultural lands of Lahore, Pakistan." Agricultural Water Management, 289 , 108509. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108509 | Impact Factor: 6.5
Khadija Dilawaiz Khan, Uzma Hanif, Iram Liaqat, Shabnum Shaheen, Umer Farooq Awan, Saiqa Ishtiaq, Leonel Pereira, Saraj Bahadur, Marriam Dilawaiz Khan (2022). "Application of green silver nanoparticles synthesized from the red seaweeds Halymenia porphyriformis and Solieria robusta against oral pathogenic bacteria by using microscopic technique." Frontiers in Bioscience-Elite (FBE), 14 (2), 13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbe1402013 | Impact Factor: CiteScore 4.0
Pervaiz Akhter ,Zafar Iqbal Khan ,Muhammad Iftikhar Hussain Muhammad Iftikhar Hussain Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan Pervaiz Akhter, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Muhammad Iftikhar Hussain , Kafeel Ahmad (2022). "Assessment of Heavy Metal Accumulation in Soil and GarlicInfluenced by Waste-Derived Organic Amendments." Biology, 11 (06), 850. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11060850 | Impact Factor: 4.2
Fu Chen, Fatima Ghulam Muhammad, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Kafeel Ahmad, Ifra Saleem Malik, Asma Ashfaq, Majida Naeem, Muhammad Nadeem, Jing Ma, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan, Shahzadi Mahpara, Shahid Mehmood (2022). "Bioaccumulation and transfer of zinc in soil plant and animal system: a health risk assessment for the grazing animals." Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29 , 2718–2727. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-15808-z | Impact Factor: 5.8
Muhammad Iftikhar Hussain and Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan Arooba John, Hsi-Hsien Yang Sohaib Muhammad , Zafar Iqbal Khan, Haiyang Yu , Muhammad Luqman , Matiba Tofail (2022). "Cross Talk between Synthetic Food Colors (Azo Dyes), Oral Flora, and Cardiovascular Disorders." Applied Sciences, 12 (14), 7084. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app12147084 | Impact Factor: 2.7
afar Iqbal Khan, Fatima Ghulam Muhammad, Kafeel Ahmad, Shahzad Akhtar, Muhammad Sohail, Muhammad Nadeem, Shahzadi Mahpara, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan, Mona S Alwahibi, Mohamed S Elshikh, Muhammad Iftikhar Hussain (2022). "Effects of diverse irrigation with wastewater in soil and plants: assessing the risk of metal to the animal food chain." Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29 (18), 27140-27149. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-17559-3 | Impact Factor: 5.8
Kafeel Ahmad, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Saman Nazar, Ifra Saleem Malik, Asma Ashfaq, Mudasra Munir, Humayun Bashir, Fatima Ghulam Muhammad, Shahzad Akhtar, Muhammad Nadeem, Shahid Mehmoud, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan, Mumtaz Akhtar, Shahzadi Mahpara (2022). "Estimation of chromium in soil-plant-animal continuum: a case study in ruminants of Punjab, Pakistan." Journal of Bioresource Management, 09 (01), 8. | Impact Factor: Y
ALI Amir, Sohaib Muhammad, Hassan Nawaz, Muhammad Tayyab, Umer Farooq Awan, Kashif Rasool, KHAN Zaheer-ud-din (2022). "Growth response of four dominant conifer species in moist temperate region of Pakistan (Ayubia National Park)." Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 50 (02), 12674. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha50212674 | Impact Factor: 1.3
Shahzad Akhtar ,Muhammad Luqman,Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan,Iram Saba,Zafar Iqbal Khan,Kafeel Ahmad,Ahmed Muneeb,Muhammad Nadeem,Aima Iram Batool,Mahpara Shahzadi,Hafsa Memona,Hazoor Ahmad Shad,Ghulam Mustafa,Rana Muhammad Zubair (2022). "Health risk implications of iron in wastewater soil-food crops grown in the vicinity of peri urban areas of the District Sargodha." PLoS ONE, , . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275497 | Impact Factor: 3.7
Muhammad Luqman, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan, Sohaib Muhammad, Shakeela Daud, Asma Yousafzai, Fariha Arooj (2022). "Microbial pollution in inland recreational freshwaters of Quetta, Pakistan: an initial report." Journal of Water and Health, 20 (03), 575-588. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2022.291 | Impact Factor: 2.264
Ali Hasnain, YANG Hsi-Hsien, Muhammad Zia-Ur-Rehman, Sohaib Mohammad, Zahid Mehmood, Ayesha Iqbal, JOHN Arooba, Maryam Iqbal, Naveed Anjum, Iftikhar Hussain, UF Muhammad (2022). "Molecular detection of disease-causing agent infecting Malvastrum coromandelianum L. in Bahawalpur District Punjab Pakistan." Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 25 (03), 12797-12797. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha50312797 | Impact Factor: 1.3
Zafar Iqbal Zafar Iqbal Khan, Kafeel Ahmad, Musarrat Batool, and Muhammad Umar Farooq Awan. (2021). "Arsenic and Cadmium Risk Assessment in a Domestic Wastewater Irrigated Area Using Samples of Water, Soil and Forages as Indicators.." journal of bioresource management, 8 (2), 72-84. | Impact Factor: Y
Mudasra Munir, Kafeel Ahmad, Zafar Iqbal Khan, and Muhammad Umar Farooq Awan (2021). "Assessment of Available Manganese in Milk by Using fodders Grown in Long- Term Waste water Irrigated Soil.." Journal of Bioresource Management (JBM), , . | Impact Factor: Y
Sonaina Nazar and Umer Farooq. Pervaiz Akhter, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Kafeel Ahmad (2021). "Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in tomatoes (Lycopersicum esculentum) grown in soil amended with different biofertilizers in Sargodha, Punjab Pakistan.." Pure and Applied Biology (PAB), 10 (4), 1240-1248..
Muhammad Iftikhar Hussain, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Majida Naeem, Kafeel Ahmad, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan, Mona S Alwahibi, Mohamed Soliman Elshikh (2021). "Blood, hair and feces as an indicator of environmental exposure of sheep, cow and buffalo to cobalt: A health risk perspectives." Sustainability, 13 (14), 7873. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147873 | Impact Factor: 3.9
Fu Chen & Fatima Ghulam Muhammad & Zafar Iqbal Khan & Kafeel Ahmad & Muhammad Nadeem & Shahid Mahmood & Muhammad Umar Farooq Awan& Mudasra Munir & Ifra Saleem Malik & Asma Ashfaq& Razia Sultana & Ayesha Maqsood & Laraib Saqlain & Majida Naeem & Jing Ma (2021). "Ecological risk assessment of heavy metal chromium in a contaminated pastureland area in the Central Punjab, Pakistan: soils vs plants vs ruminants. Environmental Science and …." Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29 , 4170. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-15904-0 | Impact Factor: 5.190
Ijaz ul Hassan and Umer Farooq Arifa Khan, Naveed Riaz (2021). "Effect of Growth Regulators on Micropropagation of Exotic Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Under In Vitro Condition.." Agrociencia., 55 (3), 1-9. | Impact Factor: 0.436
Xiaoping Ge, Fu Chen, Laraib Saqlain, Jing Ma, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Kafeel Ahmad, Ifra Saleem Malik, Asma Ashfaq, Razia Sultana, Mudasra Munir, Muhammad Nadeem, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan, Muhammad So (2021). "Evaluation of pasture allowance of manganese for ruminants." Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28 (40), 56906–56914. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14666-z | Impact Factor: 5.8
Iram Liaqat, Muhammad Mubin, Maleeha Anwar Chaudhry, Najma Arshad, Muhammad Afzaal, Chaman Ara, Nazish Mazhar Ali, Andleeb Anwar Sardar, Umer Farooq Awan, Sumera Sajjad, Farzana Rashid, Shaukat Ali (2021). "Multienzyme and Antibacterial Potential of Bacteria Isolated from gut of Asian Honey Bee (Apis cerana Indica), Lahore Using Culture Dependent Method." Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 64 , e21210018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4324-2021210018 | Impact Factor: 1.18
Gulshan Riaz, Zaheer-ud-Din Khan, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan, Andleeb Anwar Sardar, Muhammad Tayyab, Sarah Maryam Malik, Sohaib Muhammad (2021). "Multivariate multivariate analysis of weeds of chickpea, mustard and wheat crop fields of Tehsil Isakhel, District Mianwali (Punjab), Pakistan.." Pakistan Journal of Weed Science Research, 27 (02), 153-162. DOI: 10.28941/pjwsr.v27i2.924 | Impact Factor: Y
Irum Bashir, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan, Sohaib Muhammad, Andleeb Anwar Sardar, Muhammad Luqman, Fariha Arooj (2021). "Physiochemical Alterations and Air Pollution Tolerance Index In Ficus Religiosa L. Planted Along Polluted Roadsides Of Lahore City.." Revista de Chimie, , . | Impact Factor: 1.7
Farzana Shaheen, Zafar Iqbal khan, Tasneem Ahmad, and Muhammad Umer Farooq awan (2021). "Screening of Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Genotypes for Salt Tolerance on the Basis of Physiochemical Characteristics and Bio-Physiological Parameters and Indice." Revista de Chimie, , . | Impact Factor: 1.5
A. MUHAMMAD,S. –TAYYAB,M.–AKRAM,N.–MALIK,S.M.–AWAN,U.F.–KHAN,Z.– HASNAIN, M. – ZAHID, M. – RASOOL, K. – KHAIRDIN (2021). "SIGNIFICANCE OF INTRA ANNUAL FLUCTUATIONS IN SOME SELECTED CONIFERS FROM A DRY TEMPERATE AREA (KALAM FOREST DIVISION), KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN: A DENDROCHRONOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT." Applied ecology and environmental research, , . DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15666/aeer/1906_44034419 | Impact Factor: 0.6
Narengaowa, Wei Kong, Fei Lan, Umer Farooq Awan, Hong Qing, Junjun Ni (2021). "The oral-gut-brain AXIS: the influence of microbes in Alzheimer’s disease." Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 15 , 633735. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2021.633735 | Impact Factor: 6.147
Zafar Iqbal Khan, Asim Mansha, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Farah Tariq, Kafeel Ahmad, Tasneem Ahmad, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan, Muyassar H Abualreesh, Aishah Alatawi, Shafaqat Ali (2021). "Trace Metal Accumulation in Rice Variety Kainat Irrigated with Canal Water." Sustainability, 13 (24), . DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413739 | Impact Factor: 3.9
A. Khairdin and M. U. F. Awan. S. Muhammad, N. Shahzad, K. Rasool, M. Hasnain, M. Tayyab, Z. Khan (2021). "Tree Ring Studies of Pinus Wallichiana A.B. Jacks of Kashmir Point Reserve Forest of Tehsil Murree: A Dendrochronological Perspective.." Pakistan Journal of Science, 73 (02), 384-390. | Impact Factor: 1.002
S Muhammad, N Shahzad, K Rasool, M Hasnain, M Tayyab, Z Khan, A Khairdin, MUF Awan (2021). "TREERINGSTUDIESOFPINUSWALLICHIANAA. B. JACKS. OFKASHMIR POINT RESERVEFORESTOFTEHSILMURREE: ADENDROCHRONOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE." Pakistan Journal of Science, 73 , . | Impact Factor: Y

Book Chapters

Zunaira Yaqoob Fahad Shafiq, Sumera Anwar, Umar Farooq Awan (2025). Biofortification of Crops and Vegetables to Achieve Food Nutritional Security, Chapter #. 23. in Crop Biofortification (pp.1-17). Adnan Noor Shah, Sajid Faiz, Muhammad Aslam, Javed Iqbal, Abdul Qayyum https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394273270.ch23. ISBN: 9781394273249
Muhammad Afzaal, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan, Shahzad Sharif, Muhammad Umar Hayat, Muhammad Luqman & Zafar Hashmi (2024). Impact of Biochar on the Pollutants in Contaminated Land and Fertility, . in Contaminated Land and Water Hassan Alshemmari, Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi, Yasar N. Kavil, Wang Shu-hong Springer, Cham.. ISBN: 9783031651281

Thesis/Research Supervisions

IRUM BASHIR (2019), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Molecular investigation of genomorphic characteristics of Ficus religiosa L. Planted along polluted roadsides of Lahore city" (Completed)
Aysha Iqbal (2017), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Investigation of Antioxidant Compounds in Ginger (Zingiber officinale) for Cancer Treatment. University of Sargodha" (Completed)
Sana Ambreen (2017), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Screening of Antioxidant Compounds in Nerium oleander L. for Cancer Treatment University of Sargodha" (Completed)
Zameer ul Hassan (2017), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Identification and Isolation of Active Compounds in Datura for the Treatment of Cancer. University of Sargodha" (Completed)
Nasar baloch (2017), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Phytochemical Analysis of Salvadora Persica L. Leaves for Oral Cancer Studies. University of Sargodha" (Completed)
Ayaz Ahamed (2017), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in to Hepatocytes under the Tauroursodeoxycholic Acid Flux" (Completed)