Shujaul Mulk Khan
Shujaul Mulk Khan is serving as a Tenured Associate Professor of Ecology & Conservation in the Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan. He is elected member of Pakistan Academy of Sciences. He is also a Visiting Professor of Ethnoecology in the University of Gastronomic Sciences, Italy. He served Hazara University Mansehra for more than 9 years as a Lecturer of Botany (2006 -2015). He also served as General Secretary of the Pakistan Society for Conservation Biology. He and his research team mainly focus on Ethnoecology of the Himalayas, the world’s largest mountains with an aim to introduce the potentials and problems of biodiversity and ecosystems at a global scale. He has been a member of the administrative bodies for various Universities across the country. He is a member of a number of international societies like Slow Food Association, Conservation Biology, BSBI, SBS, PBS, etc. He has been on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicines. He is a reviewer of dozens of journals. He has been a member of a number of social welfare groups and Literacy societies. He received various awards during his academic career, Best Scholar award at IBC Shenzhen China 2017, Best Research Paper Award HEC Pakistan 2018, and Research Productivity Award QAU, Pakistan 2019. He has published 9 books, 25 book chapters and 133 papers in prestigious journals. He has been in the top 50 young productive Scientists of Pakistan under the age of 40 years. He supervised 10 PhDs and 71 MPhil students so far. He achieved a number of research projects and travel grants. He participated/presented in more than 140 international and national conferences and academic events.
Supervisors: Dr David Harper, Dr Sue Page, Dr Habib Ahmad, and Heiko Blatzer
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In his brief chat with News Lens Pakistan, Dr. Shuja-ul-Mulk Khan, a leading ecologist and assistant professor of plant sciences at Quaid-e-Azam University, said that “disappearing groundwater is the out-of-sight threat.”
the country’s future, ecologists warn.
Dr. Shujaul Mulk Khan organizer of the event from the Department of Plant Sciences said that soil is vital for life as it provide medium for plants growth, habitat for many micro as well as organisms, acts as a natural filtration system, carbon storage and cycling of atmospheric gases. He said soil is the one of the four pillars upon which the structure of life is built up. It shapes micro and macro habitats for living organism, from microflora and fauna to macro organisms like plants, animals and humans. Soil is the source of food security and food safety. Clean Soil give rise to clean plants and plant parts such as cereals, vegetables, fruits, and medicinal plants which are of utmost importance for healthy life. Earlier Dr. Abdul Samad Mumtaz, chairperson of the department of Plant Sciences also addressed the participants. A large number of faculty members and staff of university and members of PASTIC also attended the event. The students and participants resolved to maintain the cleanliness not only on campus but also in the areas where they live