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Dr Wajiha Khan

Associate Professor
Area of Interest:  Microbiology
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +92-992-383591-5
 
Academics/ Degrees

  • Post Doc: Australia Endeavour Research Fellowship at University of  Technology Sydney, Australia 2017
  • PhD in Microbiology: Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan 2013
  • M.Phil in Microbiology: Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan 2006   
  • Master of Science in Animal Sciences: Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan 2004
  •  Bachelor of Science: Govt. Degree College for Women Abbottabad, Pakistan 2001              

 
Journal Publications
1. Zahid Hussain,A.Mumtaz,Khan, W,Dr. Jamshed Iqbal,A. Baig,A. Imran,Abid Mehmood,Qasim Shah,Ehsan Ullah Mughal Synthesis and evaluation of amide and thioureas derivatives as Carbonic Anhydrase (CAs) inhibitors, ACS Omega, 2022
2. Iram mushtaq,Iram murtaza,Khan, W N-Acetyl Cysteine, Selenium, and Ascorbic Acid Rescue Diabetic Cardiac Hypertrophy via Mitochondrial-Associated Redox Regulators, Molecules, 2021
3. Khan, W Comparison of plant growth and remediation potential of pyrochar and thermal desorption for crude oil‑contaminated soils, 02 Feb, 2021
4. Khan, W Melatonin abated Bisphenol A-induced neurotoxicity via p53/PUMA/Drp-1 signaling, Jan 2021, 2021
5. Khan, W Exopolysaccharides Producing Bacteria for the Amelioration of Drought Stress in Wheat, 26 October , 2020
6. Khan, W Pistacia integerrima alleviated Bisphenol A induced toxicity through Ubc13/p53 Signalling, 8 August , 2020
7. Khan, W GC-MS analysis, antimicrobial, antioxidant, antilipoxygenase and cytotoxic activities of Jacaranda mimosifolia methanol leaf extracts and fractions., 2020, 2020
8. Khan, W Rhizobacteria Isolated from Saline Soil Induce Systemic Tolerance in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) against Salinity Stress, 10 july, 2020
9. Khan, W An efficient cost effective protocol for micropropagation of potato using natural mentha extract, June, 2020
10. Khan, W Potential of endophytic fungus aspergillus terreus as potent plant growth promoter, June, 2020
11. Khan, W Identification and Bioactivities of Two Endophytic Fungi Fusarium fujikuroi and Aspergillus tubingensis from Foliar Parts of Debregeasia salicifolia, 13 March, 2020
12. Khan, W Isolation and characterization of multidrug resistant beta-lactamase producing Salmonella enterica from wild migratory birds. , February, 2020
13. Khan, W Quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping for physiological and biochemical attributes in a Pasban90/Frontana recombinant inbred lines (RILs) population of wheat (Triticum aestivum) under salt stress condition. , 12 october, 2019
14. Khan, W Screening of wheat-Thinopyrum bessarabicum addition and translocation lines for drought tolerance, october, 2019
15. Khan, W,Uzma Khan,Muhammad Subhan,Muhammad Asif Nawaz,Sidra Pervez,Kamran Khan,Abdul Khaliq Jan,Shujaat Ahmad,Imran Khan Antibacterial and antibiofilm potential of leaves extracts of Mirabilis jalapa L. and Ajuga bracteosa wall. against Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Pure Appl. Biol June,10,2017, 2017
16. A.Mumtaz,A.Maalik,Khan, W,S.Azhar,Dr. Nighat Fatima,A. Zaidi,M. Atif Synthesis, characterization and biological screening of 1-aroyl-3,5-diarylpyrazolines, Acta Pol. Pharm. Drug Res., 2015
17. Bushra Khasn,Farhat Deeba,Khan, W A 10 Year Review of 255 cases of Ectopic Pregnancy, J Androl Gynaecol , 2013
 
Profile/Bio
PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
  • October 2013 to Continued: Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan
  • June 2006 to Feb. 2007: Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan
 
 
Research Interests
 ·         Investigate bacterial biofilms

·         Antibiotic resistance

·         Ethnopharmacology

 
Students Supervised

  1.   Yasir Ihtesham, Comparative biological activities and phytochemical screening of Incarvillea emodi from western Haimalayas of Pakistan PhD (2015)
  2.   Waqas Hasan Shah,Screening of bioactive metabolites from endophytic fungi of Berberis lycium and Silybum marianium, PhD(2017)
  3.    Waqas Hasan Shah,Role of psl gene in biofilm based antibiotic resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa MS (2016)
  4.    Urooj Shabbir  Combined effect of honey and Seriphidium chitralense in inhibiting Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms ,MS (2019)
  5.     Fiza Matloob   Role of endophytic fungus Trametes hirsutum strain in the Zn uptake of wheat (Triticum aestivum L) MS (2019)
  6.     Faiza Masood Isolation and characterization of bioactive compound from Psammogeton biternatum Edgew. From district Bannu,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,MS,(2019)
  7.   Sahibzada Muhammad Adnan Evaluation of Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activity of Seriphidium chitralense extracts against Staphylococcus aureus MS (2020)
  8.   Kiran Iqbal   Indirect Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Maternal Mortality in Abbottabad: A cross sectional study MS (2020)
  9.    Muhammad Muzammil Farooq In-silico Prediction of Natural Inhibitors for LtaS and SPase-1  Protein  of Staphylococcus aureus via Molecular Docking, MS (2021).