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Dr.Ghazal Khurshid

Dr.Ghazal Khurshid

Assistant Professor

Area of Interest: Computational Biotechnology, industrial biotechnology

Email: [email protected]

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

Academics / Degrees

  • Ph. D.
    Biotechnology
    , 2021, Department of
    Biotechnology, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus
  • MS Biotechnology, 2011, Department
    of Biotechnology, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus,
  • BS (Hons)
    Bioinformatics,
    2009, International Islamic University,
    Islamabad. 

Research Interests

  • Computational
    modeling of plant systems
  • Engineering
    novel genes into plants using computational approaches

Research Projects

Won research project “Genetic
Transformation and Characterization of Solanum Tuberusom with Cyanobacterial
Transketolase Gene”
 (No.67-73-CGRP-CIIT-IBD-1673,  PKR
150,000)
by COMSATS University
Islamabad, Pakistan, 2016-2018

Journal Publications

1. Nimra Nisar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5852" title="Ghazal Khurshid">Khurshid.G</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,Maimoona Zafar,Hajira Haroon Response surface methodology (RSM) optimization of usede (PDF) Response surface methodology (RSM) optimization of used engine oil biodegradation by Enterobacter hormaechei NMD and their growth kinetics, Biodegradation , 2025
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5852" title="Ghazal Khurshid">Khurshid.G</a> Biodegradation Study of Used Engine Oil by Free and Immobilized Cells of the Pseudomonas oleovorans Strain NMA and Their Growth Kinetics, ACS Omega, 2025
3. Nimra Nisar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5852" title="Ghazal Khurshid">Khurshid.G</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a> Biodegradation Study Used Engine Oil by Free and Immobilized Cells of the Pseudomonas oleovorans Strain NMA and Their Growth Kinetics, ACS Omega, 2024
4. Hifza Imtiaz,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=500" title="Dr. Abdul Rehman Khan">Abdul Rehman Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5852" title="Ghazal Khurshid">Khurshid.G</a> Insight into physiological and biochemical markersagainst formaldehyde stress in spider plant (Chlorophytum comosumL.), Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024
5. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=500" title="Dr. Abdul Rehman Khan">Abdul Rehman Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5852" title="Ghazal Khurshid">Khurshid.G</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Stimulatory effects of smoke solution and biogas digestate slurry application on photosynthesis, growth, and methylation profiling of solanum tuberosum, Plant Signaling & Behavior, 2024