Dr. Shujaul Mulk Khan
Member Pakistan Academy of Sciences Associate
Professor (Tenured) Department of Plant Sciences
Quaid-i-Azam University-45320 Islamabad, Pakistan Visiting Professor UNISG I-12042 Pollenzo, Italy
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Dr Shujaul Mulk Khan serves as Associate Professor (Tenured) of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad. He is elected member Pakistan Academy of Sciences. He got various distinctions in my school and college level education career. Being topper of all the colleges of District Swat in BSc (Graduation), h was given with Quaid- i-Azam Award. H did MSc Botany from Government Post Graduate Jahanzeb College Saidu Sharif Swat with 1st position in the Malakand
Division and 3rd in the whole province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He got MPhil degree from Hazara University in 2008 and was considered as topper and 1st MPhil Scholar of the University. He got PhD degree from University of Leicester, UK in 2012 with a best thesis award in the School of Biological Sciences followed by Post Doctorate Fellowship in 2013 from the Centre for Landscape and Climate Research of the same University. He was invited by the prestigious journal Annals of Botany to write a review on Himalayas Conservation during this period.
His research mainly focuess on Ecology and Ethnobiology of the Himalayas; the world’s largest mountains range with fastest uplift rate that host enormous and diverse physical as well as biological resources. The Himalayan region of Pakistan is actually the well-known Western Himalayan Province famous for its unique flora of endemic and threatened nature. The Himalayas of Pakistan not only preserve the precious biodiversity but also provide precious ecosystem services including supporting, providing and cultural services. He aims to introduce the potentials and issues of biodiversity and ecosystems of this region through proper involvements of all the relevant stakeholders. The Himalayan highlands of Pakistan provide uncountable environmental benefits and socioeconomics standing to the dwellers of the region. The area is blessed with the world’s highest plateaus, glaciers, snow fields, forests, wildlife and immense unexplored genetic resources. His research group is expanding their research activities to the plains and deserts of Pakistan. Another targeted region of his research is combating air, water and soil pollution via cultivating natural hyper accumulator plant species. He focuses on bio-monitoring and phytoremediation of the inorganic pollutants of industrial zones through natural vegetation. Moreover, he also works on climate smart plantation. We try to contribute to the policy documents related to forestry, agriculture, pollution and climate change. He is also focusing on ecological distribution and phytochemical screening of medicinal plants. His near future’s targets include preparation of Red Data Book for Threatened flora of the country in general and Endemic in particular.
Having interest to contribute to conservation of Natural Ecosystems and Biodiversity with a crucial aim to introduce the Hindu-Himalayan Region internationally in terms of research and ecotourism industry and describe the potential and issue from different points of view, He has published more than 110 research articles with a total impact factor of 170.46 and 21 books/book chapters. He also supervised 7 PhDs and 64 MS and MPhil students (5 PhDs and 12 MPhil students currently enrolled in his supervision). Moreover, 125 of his abstracts published in proceedings of more than 100 international and national events including congresses, conferences, workshops symposia and seminars etc that He attended over the span of past 16 years of his professional career. Few of His achievements have been featured by HEC, Pakistan leading magazine News and Views. He has completed three projects under URF programs of QAU and three under the KP Wildlife Department and National Parks of Pakistan. He is currently executing a project titled “Identification of potential ecological zone for introduction of suitable Grape (Vitis vinifera L.) Varieties; a step towards poverty alleviation and sustainable development in the FATA region of Pakistan” worth Rs. 4.89 million funded by ALP, PARC. He has submitted revision on projects to WWF and PSF as well.
His research efforts were acknowledged by Pakistan Academy of Sciences and Higher Education Commission by awarding him with Membership 2020-2030 and Best Research Paper award 2019, respectively. His research activities have also been featured by HEC Magzine ‘News & Views’ and various national and International News Papers from time to time.