Qualification

Education History:

Feb 2014 – Sept 2020     PhD (Entomology)

Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan

 Nov 2010 – Aug 2013  M.Phil. (Plant and Environment Protection - Entomology)

Department of Plant Protection, The University of Agriculture

Peshawar, Pakistan

Jan 2006 – Dec 2009    BS (Agriculture - Plant Protection),

University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.

Experiences

Dec 2021 – present        Assistant Professor/IPFP Fellow

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Baltistan, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan

Nov 2020 – Nov 2021Research Fellow

Insect Pest Management Institute, Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, National Agriculture Research Center, Islamabad.

Research Interest

Insect Taxonomy

Biodiversity of Insects

Biological Control

Predator-Prey Interaction

Brief Description

Dr. Zafar Iqbal completed his PhD in Entomology from Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi. Later on, he worked as Research Fellow at Insect Pest Management Institute (IPMP), Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection (IPEP), National Agriculture Research Center (NARC), Islamabad. Currently, he is Assistant Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Baltistan, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

Publications

2022

1. Jamil M., A. Idress, Z. A. Qadir, F. Imran, M. Qasim, M. S. Khan, H. Aziz, Z. Iqbal, M. Qazi, B. I. Sadia and M. Khan. Medical and Veterinary Ectoparasites' Importance: An Insight Control. Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 16(1), 667–673.

2021

1. Bodlah M. A., I. Bodlah, M. T. Rasheed, A. G. E. Fareen, K. Ikram, Iqbal and R. Zada.Coccinellidae from Layyah, Punjab, Pakistan. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Biology,9(1); 1-8.

2020

1. Iqbal, Z., M. F. Nasir And I. Bodlah. A New Species of Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa, 4759(3), 379–390.

2019

1. Iqbal, Z., M. Nasir, I. Bodlah andR. Qureshi (2018). A Contribution to the Genus Rodolia Mulsant, 1850 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pothwar Plateau of Pakistan.The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 28(4): 1103-1111.
2. Iqbal, Z., M. F. Nasir And I. Bodlah (2018). Review of Species of Clitostethus Weise, Parastethorus Pang et Mao and Stethorus Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) From Northern Pakistan.Oriental Insects, 53(3), 340–355. Doi: 10.1080/00305316.2018.1492987.

2018

1. Iqbal, Z., M. Nasir, I. Bodlah, K. Szawaryn, M. Z. Khormizi and M. A. Hassan (2018). A Review of the Genus Hyperaspis Chevrolat, 1839 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) From Pakistan.Oriental Insects, 53(1), 58–76. Doi: 10.1080/00305316.2018.1440258.
2. Hassan, A., K. Ghorpade, I. Bodlah and Z. Iqbal(2018). Additional Notes on the Genus Paragus Latreille (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Pakistan with a New Country Record. The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 28(3), 1-7.

2017

1.Iqbal, Z., M. F. Nasir, I. Bodlah, R. Qureshi and A. Aihetasham (2017). Notes on Three Morphs of Bulaea Lichatschovii(Hummel) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) From Northern Pakistan.Punjab University Journal of Zoology, 32(2), 203-208.

2.Mehmood, A., Z. Iqbal, N. Fatima and M. S. Qureshi (2017). Efficacy of Plant Extracts against the Tree hole Breeding Mosquitoes.Journal of Bioscience and Agriculture Research,13(02), 1130-1139

3.Hassan, M. A. I. Bodlah, Z. Iqbal and R. Jabeen (2017). New Records of The Subfamily Stratiomyinae (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from Pakistan.Journal of Threatened Taxa, 9(10), 10831-10834

2016

1. Iqbal, Z., M. A. Rafi, A. Shehzad, A., Haq A. Zia, A. R. Bhatti and S. W. Shah (2016). Wild Bees Fauna Associated with Almond Plantation in Northern Pakistan.Pakistan Journal of Entomology Karachi, 31(1), 117-125.

Achievement

Scholarship:

2018    Six-month Ph.D. research fellowship, Molecular Laboratory of Natural History Museum, London, UK.