KAUSER ABDULLA MALIK SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES

Post-Doctoral Research (Miami University, Ohio) <br>
Ph.D. (University of Punjab, Lahore)

Over 15 years of teaching experience (since 2003) and 18 years of research experience including Ph.D. (since 2000).

Research interests: Phytoremediation, Electron Microscopy, Plant Anatomy and Heavy Metals Toxicity

Publications:

Book Publication:

Author of Book: Medicinally Important Trees' published by Springer U.S in 2017

Author of book: Flowering Plants: Structure and Industrial Products

International publications:

Research Papers Publications

• Khan A.S., Hussain M.W. and Malik K.A. 2016. A possibility of using waterlily (Nymphaea alba L.) for reducing the toxic effects of chromium (Cr) in industrial wastewater. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 48(4): 1447-1452 (impact factor 0.658)
• Khan A.S. and Rehan S. 2014. Environmental factors affect calcium oxalate crystals formation in Tradescantia pallida (Commelinaceae). Pakistan Journal of Botany, 46 (2): 477-482 (citation 5, impact factor 0.658)
• Khan, A.S. and Chaudhry, N.Y. 2010. Florigenic effects of IAA for improving pistillate and staminate flowering in cucurbits under Pb stress. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 42(3): 1835-1840 (citation 2, impact factor 0.658)
• Khan, A.S. 2008. IAA improves floral and fruit development in cucurbits under mercury stress. Plant Stress, 2 (1): 75-77.
• Chaudhry, N.Y. and Khan, A.S. 2007. Role of mercury and exogenous IAA on xylem elements and sieve cells in Cucumis sativus L. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 39(1): 135-140 (citation 9, impact factor 0.658)
• Chaudhry, N.Y. and Khan, A.S. 2006. Improvement of pistillate flowers yields with GA₃ in heavy metals treated plants. Plant Growth Regulation, 50: 211–217. (citation 9, impact factor 2.333)
• Khan, A.S. and Chaudhry, N.Y. 2006. Peroxidase activity (POX) in some cucurbits under the stress of mercury and lead. Journal of Food Agriculture and Environment, 4 (2): 274-276 (citation 3)
• Khan, A.S. and Chaudhry, N.Y. 2006. GA₃ improves flower yield in some cucurbits treated with lead and mercury. African Journal of Biotechnology, 5(2): 149-153 (citation 29, impact factor 0.657)
• Khan, A.S. and Chaudhry, N.Y. 2006. Auxins partially restore the cambial activity in Luffa cylindrica L. (Cucurbitaceae) under mercury stress. Journal of Food Agriculture and Environment, 4(1): 276-281.
• Khan, A.S. and Chaudhry, N.Y. 2005. Morphogenetic effects of mercury in Lagenaria siceraria (Mol) Stand1 and their partial reversal by exogenous auxin. Journal of General and Applied Plant Physiology, 31 (3-4): 225-234.
• Razi, A. Samina M and Khan, A.S. 2018. Evaluation of potential of money plant (Epipremnum aureum Engl). in removing pollutants. Pakistan Journal of Botany (In press)
• Wafee, C., Khan, A.S and Rehan S. 2018. Phytoremediation potential of Catharanthus roseus L. and effects of lead (Pb) toxicity on its morpho-anatomical features. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 50(4): 1323-1326.

National publication

• Chaudhry, N.Y. and Khan, A.S. 2000. Effects of growth hormones i.e., GA₃, IAA and kinetin on 1. Length and Diameter of Shoot, 2. Early Initiation of cambium and maturation of metaxylem elements in Cicer arietinum Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 3 (8): 1263-1266.

Book:

• Khan, A.S (2017) Medicinally Important Trees; Springer Nature, Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-319-56776-
  Author: Medicinally Important Trees       
• Author of Textbook: Flowering Plants: Structure and Industrial Products