Faculty Profiles

Dr. Umer Rashid

Designation : Associate Professor (Tenured )
Specialization : Biotechnology

Email : [email protected]


I am born and raised in Peshawar under the guidance of perfect parents. after graduation I did some jobs in private sector but was not satisfied so i took admission in MPhil Biotechnology, Quaid-i-Azam University, where i completed my PhD as well after winning the first indigenous Scholarship. I completed my work initially in Plant Biotechnology Laboratory and later in National Institute for Genomics and Advanced Biotechnology. In 2011 I joined University of Gujrat.

  • Molecular Biology is my fascination and want to apply my knowledge to all the living creatures.

  • Post Doc,Imperial College
  • PhD,Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad
  • MPhil,Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad
  • BS Hons,Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad
  • PHEC Post Doctorate Fellowship   Imperial College London
  • Indigenous PhD Scholarship   Quaid-i-Azam University
Student Name DegreeTitle Status / Completed Year
Ms. Sara Zafar BS   2013
Ms. Sara Zafar BS   2013
Saima Iqbal MS   Saima Iqbal
Ms. Aneeqa MS   2019
Sana Afzal MS   2019
Ms Ghulam Fatima MS   2019
Anum Khan MS   2018
Aneela Tahir MS   2018
Muhammad Usman MS   2018
Amnah Qadri MS   2018
Nayab Ikram Butt MS   2018
Ambreen Faisal MS   2016
Sami ur Rehman MS   2016
Sonia Gull MS   2016
Aqsa munir MS   2015
Nazish Mushtaq MS   2015
Sofia Chaudhry MS   2015
Ms. Mauzama Akhter MS   2013
Ms. Sadia Naseem MS   2013
Ms. Saba Khokhar MS   2013
Roshina Nasir MS   2013
  • Public Awareness for Environment protection
  • 1. Molecular Biology “STRUCTURE PREDICTION OF ORF3 ENCODED PROTEIN OF A NOVEL PAKISTANI AVIAN HEPATITIS E VIRUS STRAIN” Pakistan Journal Of Agricultural Sciences, January 2018
Date TitleAgency/Organization Amount Status
2016-01-01PRODUCTION OF GLYPHOSATE RESISTANT LOCAL WHEAT LINE OF GUJRAT.HEC8
2017-01-01DEVELOPMENT OF IMMOBILIZED FUNGAL PHYTASE TO IMPROVE NUTRIENT UTILIZATION OF AGRO-BASED RESIDUES IN POULTRY FEEDHEC2