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Dr Wajiha Khan

Dr Wajiha Khan

Tenured Associate Professor

Area of Interest:  Microbiology

Email: [email protected]

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

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         
         

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).

Journal Publications

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a> Exploring the Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Efficacy of Psammogeton biternatum Edgew and Identification of a Novel Quinoline Alkaloid using X-ray Crystallography, ACS Omega, 2024
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a> Antibacterial and antibiofilm potentials of Rumex dentatus root extract characterized by HPLC-ESI-Q-TOF-MS, Journal, 2024
3. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a> Effect of honey use with Seriphidium chitralense podlech on growth and biofilm formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Kuwait Journal of Science, 2023
4. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a> Higher cadmium and zinc accumulation in parsley (Petroselinum crispum) roots activates its antioxidants defense system, Biometals, 2023
5. Zahid Hussain,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=13" title="Dr. Amara Mumtaz">A.Mumtaz</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=533" title="Dr. Jamshed Iqbal">Dr. Jamshed Iqbal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=717" title="Dr. Ayesha Baig">A. Baig</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1760" title="Aqeel Imran">A. Imran</a>,Abid Mehmood,Qasim Shah,Ehsan Ullah Mughal Synthesis and evaluation of amide and thioureas derivatives as Carbonic Anhydrase (CAs) inhibitors, ACS Omega, 2022
6. Iram mushtaq,Iram murtaza,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a> N-Acetyl Cysteine, Selenium, and Ascorbic Acid Rescue Diabetic Cardiac Hypertrophy via Mitochondrial-Associated Redox Regulators, Molecules, 2021
7. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a> Comparison of plant growth and remediation potential of pyrochar and thermal desorption for crude oil‑contaminated soils, 02 Feb, 2021
8. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a> Melatonin abated Bisphenol A-induced neurotoxicity via p53/PUMA/Drp-1 signaling, Jan 2021, 2021
9. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a> Exopolysaccharides Producing Bacteria for the Amelioration of Drought Stress in Wheat, 26 October , 2020
10. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a> Pistacia integerrima alleviated Bisphenol A induced toxicity through Ubc13/p53 Signalling, 8 August , 2020
11. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a> GC-MS analysis, antimicrobial, antioxidant, antilipoxygenase and cytotoxic activities of Jacaranda mimosifolia methanol leaf extracts and fractions., 2020, 2020
12. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a> Rhizobacteria Isolated from Saline Soil Induce Systemic Tolerance in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) against Salinity Stress, 10 july, 2020
13. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a> An efficient cost effective protocol for micropropagation of potato using natural mentha extract, June, 2020
14. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a> Potential of endophytic fungus aspergillus terreus as potent plant growth promoter, June, 2020
15. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a> Identification and Bioactivities of Two Endophytic Fungi Fusarium fujikuroi and Aspergillus tubingensis from Foliar Parts of Debregeasia salicifolia, 13 March, 2020
16. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a> Isolation and characterization of multidrug resistant beta-lactamase producing Salmonella enterica from wild migratory birds. , February, 2020
17. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a> 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
18. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a> Screening of wheat-Thinopyrum bessarabicum addition and translocation lines for drought tolerance, october, 2019
19. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a>,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
20. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=13" title="Dr. Amara Mumtaz">A.Mumtaz</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=20" title="Dr. Aneela Maalik">A.Maalik</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=180" title="Dr. Saira Azhar">S.Azhar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=361" title="NIGHAT FATIMA">Dr. Nighat Fatima</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=514" title="Dr Asma Zaidi">A. Zaidi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=467" title="Dr. Muhammad Atif">M. Atif</a> Synthesis, characterization and biological screening of 1-aroyl-3,5-diarylpyrazolines, Acta Pol. Pharm. Drug Res., 2015
21. Bushra Khasn,Farhat Deeba,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=407" title="Dr. Wajiha Khan">Khan, W</a> A 10 Year Review of 255 cases of Ectopic Pregnancy, J Androl Gynaecol , 2013