Dr. Muhammad Waseem

Dr. Muhammad Waseem, PhD

Plant Molecular Biology

Associate Professor/Researcher

College of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China

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Dr. Muhammad Waseem is an Associate Professor at College of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China. He got a doctoral degree (Ph.D., specialization in Plant Molecular Biology) from Prof. Zhengguo Li’s lab at the School of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, PR China. He has five years of postdoctoral research experience. His interests include transcriptional regulation of flowering time regulation, fruit ripening and development, and abiotic stresses such as salinity and drought. In addition, he has hands-on experience in next-generation sequencing data analysis, transcriptomics, and data visualization. Currently, Dr. Waseem is actively investigating the flowering time regulation in Brassica crops. He has been awarded a National Science Foundation Project, RFIS worth 200000 RMB. In brief, he has published more than 40 research, 5 review, 9 book chapters research in various high-impact factor journals including New Phytologist, International Journal of Macromolecules, Journal of Biotechnology, Planta, Scientific reports, Pakistan Journal of Botany, GM Crops & Food, Environmental and Experimental Botany, International Journal of Molecular Biology, Genes, Plant Physiology, and Frontiers in Plant Science. He has also edited various book chapters in Springer Nature, CRC Press, and others. Moreover, currently, he is editing a few special issues as a leading guest editor in Frontiers in Plant Science, International Journal of Molecular Biology, GENES, and Functional Plant Biology.

 

Academics

 

Degree

Year

Institute/University

Website

Ph.D. Biology

June - 2019

Chongqing University, China

www.cqu.edu.cn

M.Phil. Botany

June - 2015

Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

www.bzu.edu.pk

M.Sc. Botany

June - 2012

Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

www.bzu.edu.pk

B.Sc. Biological Sciences

June - 2009

Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

www.bzu.edu.pk

B.Ed. Education in Science

December - 2013

Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad. Pakistan

www.aiou.edu.pk

 

Experience (Teaching/Research)

 

Job Title

Duration

Institute/University

Responsibilities

Associate Researcher/Professor

March 2024 – to date

College of Tropical Agriculture & Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China

Research and Mantor Under/graduates

Postdoctoral Fellow

December 2021 – March 2024

College of Horticulture, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China

Research, Grant Writing (NSFC awarded 2022-23)

Postdoctoral Fellow

November 2019 – to November 2021

College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University Guangzhou, China

Research, Wet and Dry lab techniques particularly RNA-Seq data analysis, Writing Grants (NSFC or related)