Ongoing Projects:
1. Assessment of water-soluble derivatives of chlorophyll as potential photosensitizers for drinking water disinfection. Funded by HEC, Pakistan (PKR 10.39 million)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Aziz Ullah
2. Screening dust as a sink of potentially toxic elements deposition at the micro-environments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Implications for risk diagnosis funded by HEC (SRGP project; Project # 1925).
Principal Investigator: Dr. Muhammad Usman Khan
3. Snow avalanche and land sliding based proneness assessment of selected sites in Pakistan Northern zone with application of RS/GIS and associated simulationm funded by HEC (SRGP project).
Principal Investigator: Dr. Tariq Sardar
4. Utilizing the bulking agent potential of weed biomass for the bioconversion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste to organic fertilizer funded by HEC (SRGP project; Project# 2220).
Principal Investigator: Dr. Muhammad Waqas
5. Diversity and biological efficacy of ethnobotanically used polyherbal mixtures against gastro-intestinal infections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Principal Investigator: Dr. Muhammad Adnan
Completed Projects:
Principal Investigator: Dr. Aziz Ullah
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An integrated approach to improve water quality in war affected areas of southern Khyber Pakhtukhwa and adjacent tribal agencies, Pakistan. Funded by International Foundation for Science (USD 11800)
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Atrazine-induced oxidative stress and genotoxicity in maize seedlings. Funded by HEC Pakistan (PKR 0.5 million)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ghazala Nawaz
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Role of Glutathione in inducing tolerance in crops against abiotic- or heavy metal stress. HEC startup grant. (PI). (PKR 0.435 Million).
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Can we enhance chloroplast activity by regulating RNA Binding Protein under stress conditions in wheat. (PI). (PKR 3.8 Million).
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Assessment of plant derived smoke solution for inducing relative expression patterns of the genes encoding chloroplast-targeted RNA binding proteins in wheat. (PI) (PKR 0.75 Million).