Education

• Post Doc in Environmental Toxicology And Bioremediation, Hanyang University (Seoul, South Korea) 2025
• PhD in Zoology, Government College University Lahore (Pakistan) 2015
• MS/MPhil in Zoology, Government College University Lahore (Lahore, Pakistan) 2010
• Masters in Zoology, Azad Jammu And Kashmir University (Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir) 2007

Teaching Areas

Experience

Journal Papers

• Mustafa, G., Younas, A., Zahid, M. T., Kim, D. W., Jamil, I., Yadav, N., ... & Jeon, B. H. (2025). "Bioremediation of reactive blue 19 dye by laccase-producing Serratia marcescens AY4 strain." Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering , Vol. 13 (2) , pp. 115605. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2025.115605 | Impact Factor: 7.2 [Link]
• Khan, A., Raza, C., Zahid, M.T., Faseeh ur Rehman, H., Sharif, S., Khan, K.U. (2025). "Scorpion (Hottentotta tamulus) venom pre-exposure delays functional recovery in mice following peripheral nerve injury.." Plos One , Vol. 20 (8) , pp. E0330600. DOI: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330600 | Impact Factor: 2.6 [Link]
• Zahid, M. T., Chayyan, A., Ullah, A., Razzaq, A., Sajid, R., Ikhlaq, A., Khajid Ullah Khan, and Ghulam Mustafa (2024). "Isolation and Characterization of Vermamoeba vermiformis from Swimming Pools in Lahore, Pakistan." Bioscientific Review , Vol. 6 (4) , pp. 13-27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32350/bsr.64.02 [Link]
• Mustafa, G., Zahid, M.T., Kurade, M.B., Alvi, A., Ullah, F., Yadav, N., Park, H.K., Khan, M.A. and Jeon, B.H., (2024). "Microalgal and activated sludge processing for biodegradation of textile dyes." Environmental Pollution , Vol. 349 , pp. 123902. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123902 | Impact Factor: 7.3 [Link]
• Ullah, F., Mustafa, G., Zahid, M.T., Jamil, I., Abbas, S.Z., Jeon, B.H., Alessa, A.H. and Rafatullah, M. (2024). "Role of Acinetobacter baumannii in decolorization of reactive blue 224 dye and functional analysis of azoreductase gene." Journal of King Saud University-Science , Vol. 36 (7) , pp. 103279. DOI: doi: 10.1016/j.jksus.2024.103279 | Impact Factor: 3.6 [Link]
• Zahid, M.T., Mustafa, G., Sajid, R., Razzaq, A., Waheed, M., Khan, M.A., Hwang, J.H., Park, Y.K., Chung, W.J., and Jeon, B.H. (2024). "Surviving chlorinated waters: bleaching sensitivity and persistence of free-living amoebae." Environmental Science and Pollution Research , Vol. 31 (35) , pp. 48073-48084. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-34379-3 [Link]
• Iqbal, S., Ajaib, M., Shafi, F. and Zahid, M. T. (2023). "Evaluation of the anti-diarrheal activity of ethanolic leaf extracts of Lindenbergia macrostachya Benth. In swiss albino mice.." International Journal of Biology and Biotechnology , Vol. 20 (2) , pp. 235-242. [Link]
• Kurade, M.B., Mustafa, G., Zahid, M.T., Awasthi, M.K., Chakankar, M., Pollmann, K., Khan, M.A., Park, Y.K., Chang, S.W., Chung, W. and Jeon, B.H., (2023). "Integrated phycoremediation and ultrasonic-irradiation treatment (iPUT) for the enhanced removal of pharmaceutical contaminants in wastewater." Chemical Engineering Journal , Vol. 455 , pp. 140884. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.140884 | Impact Factor: 16.744 [Link]
• Mustafa, G., Zahid, M.T., Kurade, M.B., Patil, S.M., Shakoori, F.R., Shafiq, Z., Ihsan, S., Ahn, Y., Khan, A.A., Gacem, A. and Jeon, B.H., (2023). "Molecular characterization of azoreductase and its potential for the decolorization of Remazol Red R and Acid Blue 29." Environmental Pollution , Vol. 335 , pp. 122253. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122253 | Impact Factor: 7.3 [Link]
• Ramzan, U., Shakoori, F.R., Zahid, M.T., Majeed, W., Zahra, I., Abbas, S.Z., Hedfi, A., Hassan, S., Shakoori, A.R. and Mutery, A.A. (2022). "Biodegradation and Decolorization of Textile Azo Dyes by Paramecium caudatum Isolated from Industrial Wastewater." Water (Switzeland) , Vol. 14 (21) , pp. 3553. DOI: doi.org/10.3390/w14213553 | Impact Factor: 3.47 [Link]
• Mustafa, G., Zahid, M.T., Ali, S., Abbas, S.Z. and Rafatullah, M. (2021). "Biodegradation and discoloration of disperse blue-284 textile dye by Klebsiella pneumoniae GM-04 bacterial isolate." Journal of King Saud University-Science , Vol. 33 , pp. 101442. DOI: DOI: 10.1016/j.jksus.2021.101442 | Impact Factor: 3.829 [Link]
• Tahir, H.M., Tobassum, S., Ali, S., Zahid, M.T., Arshad, M., Gardner, Q.A. and Ahsan, M.M. (2021). "Characterization of Venom Components of Two Medically Important Scorpion Species, Hottentota tamulus (Fabricius, 1798) and Androctonus finitimus (Pocock, 1897).." Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society , Vol. 93 (3) , pp. 230-245. DOI: doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567-93.3.230 | Impact Factor: 0.481 [Link]
• Kalim, B., Ali, N.M., Iqbal, A., Zahid, M.T., Rehman, S., Bashir, N. and Ali, R. (2021). "Modulating the production of xylanase by Bacillus pumilus BS131 through optimization using waste fiber sludge.." Brazilian Journal of Biology , Vol. 83 , pp. e243874. DOI: doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.243874 | Impact Factor: 0.401 [Link]
• Ajaib, M., Ishtiaq, M., Shafi, F., Bhatti, K.H. and Zahid, M.T. (2020). "Antimicrobial and antioxidant analysis of Strobilanthes glutinous: an unexplored medicinal plant." Bioscience Research , Vol. 17 (2) , pp. 1521-1534. [Link]
• Ajaib, M., Wahla, S. Q., Shafi, F., Zahid, M. T., Siddiqui, M. F. and Abbas, T. (2020). "Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Screening of Flueggea Virosa." Bioscience Research , Vol. 17 (4) , pp. 2791-2798. [Link]
• Ajaib, M., Farooq, S., Abid, S., Shafi, F., Qamar, M. F. and Zahid, M.T. (2020). "Assessment of in vitro anthelmintic activity of crude extracts of Dysphania ambrosioides against Haemonchus contortus a sheep pathogenic parasite." Bioscience Research , Vol. 17 (4) , pp. 2760-2769. [Link]
• Hussain, S., Ali, S., Mumtaz, S., Shakir, H.A., Ahmad, F., Tahir, H.M., Ulhaq, M., Khan, M.A. and Zahid, M.T. (2020). "Dose and duration-dependent toxicological evaluation of lead acetate in chicks." Environmental Science and Pollution Research , Vol. 27 (13) , pp. 15149-15164. DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-08016-8 | Impact Factor: 5.19 [Link]
• Ajaib, M., Farooq, S., Zahid, M.T., Ishtiaq, M., Shafi, F., Ishtiaq, S. and Bhatti, K.H. (2020). "Investigation of Salsola imbricata extracts against human pathogenic bacteria and fungi and in vitro antioxidant activities.." Bioscience Research , Vol. 17 (4) , pp. 2716-2729. [Link]
• Tobassum, S., Tahir, H.M., Arshad, M., Zahid, M.T., Ali, S. and Ahsan, M.M. (2020). "Nature and applications of scorpion venom: an overview." Toxin Reviews , Vol. 39 (3) , pp. 214-225. DOI: doi.org/10.1080/15569543.2018.1530681 | Impact Factor: 3.166 [Link]
• Tahir, H.M., Saleem, F., Ali, S., Ain, Q.U., Fazal, A., Summer, M., Mushtaq, R., Zahid, M. T., Liaqat, I. and Murtaza, G. (2020). "Synthesis of sericin‐conjugated silver nanoparticles and their potential antimicrobial activity." Journal of Basic Microbiology , Vol. 60 (5) , pp. 458-467. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jobm.201900567 | Impact Factor: 2.65 [Link]
• Bhatti, M.F., Azizullah, Shahzadi, N., Tahir, H.M., Ali, S., Zahid, M.T. and Khurshid, R. (2019). "Effect of Honey (Apis dorsata [Hymenoptera: Apidae]) on Larval Growth and Silk Cocoon Yield of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae)." Journal of Insect Science , Vol. 19 (6) , pp. 1-5. DOI: doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iez108 | Impact Factor: 2.066 [Link]
• Zahid, M.T., Fatima, R. and Tahir, H.M. (2019). "First record of Polistes wattii Cameron, 1900 (hymenoptera: vespidae) from district Bhimber, Azad Kashmir." Pakistan Entomologist , Vol. 41 (2) , pp. 57-61. [Link]
• Tobassum, S., Tahir, H.M., Zahid, M.T., Gardner, Q.A. and Ahsan, M.M. (2018). "Effect of Milking Method, Diet, and Temperature on Venom Production in Scorpions." Journal of Insect Science , Vol. 18 (4) , pp. 1-7. DOI: doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iey081 | Impact Factor: 2.006 [Link]
• Zahid, M.T., Shakoori, F.R., Zulfiqar, S., Al-Ghanim, K.A. and Shakoori, A.R. (2018). "Growth Characteristics, Metal Uptake and Expression Analysis of Copper Metallothionein in a Newly Reported Ciliate, Tetrahymena farahensis.." Pakistan Journal of Zoology , Vol. 50 (3) , pp. 1171-1181. DOI: doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.3.1171.1181 | Impact Factor: 0.687 [Link]
• Zahid, M.T., Shakoori, F.R., Zulifqar, S., Ahmed, I., Al‐Ghanim, K., Mehboob, S. and Shakoori, A.R. (2016). "Molecular characterization of a copper metallothionein gene from a ciliate Tetrahymena farahensis." Journal of Cellular Biochemistry , Vol. 117 , pp. 843-1854. DOI: doi:10.1002/jcb.25484 | Impact Factor: 4.481 [Link]
• Jahan, N., Idrees, M., Zahid, M., Ali, N. and Hussain, M. (2016). "Molecular identification and characterization of heavy metal resistant bacteria and their role in bioremediation of chromium." Microbiology Research Journal , Vol. 3 (6) , pp. 1-11. DOI: doi.org/10.9734/BMRJ/2016/22909 [Link]
• Zahid, M.T., Shakoori, F.R., Zulifqar, S., Jahan, N. and Shakoori, A.R. (2014). "A New Ciliate Species, Tetrahymena farahensis, Isolated from the Industrial Wastewater and Its Phylogenetic Relationship with Other Members of the Genus Tetrahymena." Pakistan Journal of Zoology , Vol. 46 (5) , pp. 1433-1445. | Impact Factor: 0.687 [Link]
• Abbas, S.Z., Riaz, M., Ramzan, N., Zahid, M.T., Shakoori, F.R. and Rafatullah, M. (2014). "Isolation and characterization of arsenic resistant bacteria from wastewater." Brazilian Journal of Microbiology , Vol. 45 (4) , pp. 1309-1315. DOI: doi.org/10.1590/S1517-83822014000400022 | Impact Factor: 2.214 [Link]
• Shakoori, F.R., Butt, A.M., Ali, N.M., Zahid, M.T. (2012). "Optimization of Fermentation Media for the Enhanced Amino Acids Production by Bacteria Isolated from Natural Sources." Pakistan Journal of Zoology , Vol. 44 (4) , pp. 1145-4457. | Impact Factor: 0.687 [Link]
• Shakoori, F.R., Zahid, M.T., Bukhari, D.A.A. and Shakoori, A.R. (2011). "Cloning and Expression of cry11B Gene from a Local Isolate of Bacillus thuringiensis and its Mosquitocidal Activity." Pakistan Journal of Zoology , Vol. 43 (4) , pp. 701-713. [Link]

Book Chapters

• Mustafa, G., Alvi, A., Batool, S. T., Ilyas, H., Zahid, M.T., Jeon, B.H., ... & Rafatullah, M. (2025). Design of the novel bioreactors for efficient bioconversion of lignocellulose into bioethanol. In Biofuels and Sustainability , Chapter #24. In Biofuels and Sustainability , 1 ed. (pp.395-421). Daochen Zhu, Mudasir Ahmad Dar, Mohd. Shahnawaz ELsevier. ISBN: 9780443214349
• Zahid, M.T., Ramzan, H., Mustafa, G., Shakoori, F. R., & Bhat, T. A. (2025). Mutations and Mechanisms. Molecular Genetics, Structures, Mechanisms, and Functions , Chapter #10. In Principles of Gene Manipulation and Genomics , 1 ed. (pp.185-198). Tariq Ahmad Bhat, Abdul Rauf Shakoori, Jameel M. Al-Khayri CRC Press, Apple Academic Press, New York. ISBN: 9781003598817
• Mustafa. G. , Zahid, M.T., Ullah, F., Zia, I., Younas, A., Batool T., Zahid. I. (2023). Sustainable bioremediation of textile wastewater using bacterial treatment approach. In: Advances in eco-friendly and sustainable technologies for the treatment of textile wastewater , Chapter #11. In Current Developments in Bioengineering and Biotechnology , 1 ed. (pp.339-370). Ashok Pandey, Sanjay P. Govindwar, Mayur B. Kurade, Byong-Hun Jeon Elsvier. ISBN: 9780323998161
• Mustafa, G., Zahid, M.T., Ihsan, S., Zia, I., Abbas, S.Z. and Rafatullah, M. (2022). Bacterial Extracellular Polymeric Substances for Degradation of Textile Dyes , Chapter #7. In Polymer Technology in Dye-containing Wastewater , 2 ed. (pp.175-191). Ali Khadir, Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu Springer. ISBN: 9789811908866
• Bhat, T.A., Zahid, M.T., Gulfishan, M. and Wani, M.R. (2021). Exploration, Applicability and Conclusions of Induced Mutagenesis on Broad Bean. , Chapter #4. In Mutagenesis, cytotoxicity and crop improvement: revolutionizing food science , 1 ed. (pp.115-185). Tariq Ahmad Bhat Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN: 9781527562967
• Bhat, T.A., Shakoori, A.R., Zahid, M.T., Gulfishan, M., Wani, M.R. and Qadri, I. H. (2021). Induced Cytological Aberrations through Mutagensis: A Review , Chapter #5. In Mutagenesis, Cytotoxicity and Crop Improvement: Revolutionizing Food , 1 ed. (pp.115-158). Tariq Ahmad Bhat Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN: 9781527562967

Projects

Awards/Achievements

• Best Presentation Award (2024), Korean Society of Clean Technology. Best research presentation in 2023 spring conference
• Fauji Foundation Academic Distinction Award (2008), Fauji Foundation. For academic excellence in M.Sc. Zoology
• Gold Medal (2007), University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. For securing first position in M.Sc. Zoology

Thesis/Research Supervisions

• 2. Ghulam Mustafa (2023), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Molecular characterization of bacterial genes involved in bioremediation of textile effluents" (Completed)
• Aqsa Nawaz (2023), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Growth optimization of rotifers and their use as a single cell protein in animal feed" (Completed)
• Hassan Ilyas (2023), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Bacterial-mediated degradation of disperse dyes from industrial wastewater" (Completed)
• Khizra Amjad (2023), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Bacterial laccase mediated bioremediation of antibiotics from pharmaceutical waste" (Completed)
• Rukhma (2023), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Response Surface Methodology (RSM)-based Growth Optimization of Paramecium and Its Role as a Single Cell Protein Source" (Completed)
• Tehreem Batool (2023), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Bacterial azoreductase based biodegradation of textile multi-azo dyes" (Completed)
• Aymen Naseem (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Comparative analysis of copper and cadmium metallothionein in protozoa and different groups of animals" (Completed)
• Ihtsham Jamil (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Biodegradation of Multi-Azo Textile Dye Direct Black-22 by Environmentally Isolated Bacteria" (Completed)
• Itrish Zia (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "An optimization approach for bacterial decolorization of azo dyes using Response Surface Methodology" (Completed)
• Mehreen Gulzar (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Characterization of Ciliates from Freshwater Resources and Estimation of their Protein Contents" (Completed)
• Ammara Younas (2021), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Characterization of laccase producing bacteria and their role in bioremediation of textile effluents" (Completed)
• Faheem Ullah (2020), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Characterization of azo reductase gene from Acinetobacter baumannii involved in degradation of industrial effluents" (Completed)
• Nadia Islam (2020), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Characterization of gut bacteria of Androctonus finitimus and Hottentota tamulus scoprions" (Completed)
• 1. Saadia Tobassum (Co-supervision) (2019), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Anti-proliferative and apoptogenic potential of scorpion venom" (Completed)
• Rida Fatima (2019), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Role of porin in resistance against imipenem in Acinetobacter baumannii" (Completed)
• Romasa Sajid (2019), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Prevalence and control of free-living amoeba in drinking water distribution system of Lahore" (Completed)
• Atiqa Ikhlaq (2018), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Characterization and identification of ciliates from Jallo lake Lahore" (Completed)
• Ayesha Razzaq (2018), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Detection of opportunists free living amoeba from drinking water resources of Lahore" (Completed)
• Muzdalfa Waheed (2018), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Susceptibility of free-living amoeba isolated from freshwater resources against different disinfectants" (Completed)
• Romessa Shakeel (2018), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Characterization of lysine decarboxylase from locally isolated Klebsiella pneumoniae" (Completed)
• Muzammil Akram (2017), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Cytotoxicity and bioaccumulation of heavy metals in local freshwater ciliates" (Completed)
• Amber Chhayan (2016), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Characterization of free living amoeba (FLA) from freshwater resources" (Completed)
• Rizwan Ullah Khan (2016), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Characterization of toxin of Tetraponera sp. collected from district Bhimber Azad Kashmir" (Completed)
• Ume Fizza Batool (2016), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Characterization and phylogenetic analysis of Tetraponera species collected from district Bhimber Azad Kashmir" (Completed)