Dr. Imran Ul Haq is a Plant Pathologist and specialized in Fungal Molecular taxonomy. Currently he is Associate Professor and in-charge of Fungal Molecular Biology Laboratory as well as Fungal Molecular Biology Laboratory Culture Collection (FMB-CC-UAF), in the Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. He is running different research projects funded by national and international agencies. His research interests are fungal molecular taxonomy, integration of nanotechnology with other control strategies for sustainable plant disease management. He has authored three Laboratory manuals, more than 50 research publications in well reputed, peer reviewed, high impacted national and international journals and book chapters. He is co-author of a book “Recombinant DNA Technology”. He has edited a book “Plant Disease Management Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture through Traditional and Modern Approaches” published from Springer Nature platform.Dr. Siddra Ijaz is a Molecular Biologist and is currently serving as Assistant Professor in the Center of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology (CABB), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. She has several competitive research grants funded by national a well as international agencies, and established molecular biology laboratory. Her research focus includes plant genome engineering using transgenic technologies, genome editing through CRISPR/Cas9 and nanobiotechnology. She has authored two books “Molecular Basis of Life” and “Recombinant DNA Technology”, besides, she is also the Editor of a book, Plant Disease Managment Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture through Traditional and Modern Approaches". She has more than 40 research publications in high impacted, peer reviewed national and international scientific Journals as well as several book chapters are also on her credit.
