Faculty Research Areas

Name & Department

Research Area

Department of Zoology

Prof. Dr. Abdul Matin

  • Blood-brain barrier
  • Cell Signaling
  • Epidemiology
  • Forensic entomology
  • Infectious diseases
  • Microbial pathogenesis
  • Microbiome
  • Nanomedicine
  • Parasite-pathogen interactions
  • Proteomics
  • Vector-borne diseases

Dr. Ghulam Raza

  • Ecology
  • Range Management
  • Bio-Diversity Conservation
  • Wild-life Management
  • Alpine Forest

Dr. Muhammad Ali

  • Entomology

Dr. Sadar Aslam

  • Oyster reefs
  • Marine biology
  • Fisheries
  • Aqua culture

Department of Botany

Dr. Alamdar Hussain

  • Ecology and Dendrochronology

Dr. Muhammad Akbar Zaigham

  • Forest Conservation and Management
  • Wildlife conservation and habitat assessment
  • Forest Vegetation community analysis

Dr. Fawad Ali

  • Plants Breeding & Genetics

Dr. Muhammad Askari

  • Cloning and Mapping
  • Gene Transformation
  • Functional Characterization of Gene
  • Crop Genetics
  • Molecular Plant Breeding
  • Plant Stress Physiology

Department of Mathematics

Dr. Zakir Hussain Qamar

·        Computational Fluid Dynamics

Dr. Munawwar Ali Abbas

·        Computational Fluid Dynamics/Fluid Mechanics

Dr. Sadaqat Hussain

·        Group Theory

·        Ring Theory

·        Module Theory

·        Fuzzy Algebra

Dr. Shahid Hussain

·        Approximate solution of the viscoelastic fluids

·        Approximate solutions of the magnetohydrodynamic

·        Fluid-Fluid interface models

·        Magneto hydrodynamics models

Dr. Muhammad Yonus

·        Mathematical & Statistical Modelling

·        Data Analysis

Department of Chemistry

Dr. Shafqat Hussain

·        Organic Chemistry

·        Organic Synthesis

Dr. Mehdi Hassan

  • Development of Smart Responsive Fluorescent Materials, Coordination Compounds, Catalysis, Nano Materials with significant Applications
  • Computational Chemistry study of organic and metal organic molecule via Density Functional Theory DFT Calculation, Molecular Simulation and Docking (MSD).

Dr. Nusrat Hussain

  • Isolation and identification of bioactive natural products.
  • Structural transformation of natural products.
  • Bio-fabrication of gold and silver nanoparticles
  • Organic synthesis, development of new synthetic methodologies.

Dr. Ishrat Jamil

·        Corrosion sciences

·        Material science

·        Nanocomposites synthesis and applications

Dr. Wajahat Ali

·        Supramolecular chemistry

·        Supramolecular polymer

·        Host-guest chemistry

Dr. Malik Alamghir

·        Spectroscopic and separation techniques

Department of Environmental Sciences

Dr. Salar Ali

·        Fresh water biology

·        Ecology (ecological health of streams & rivers)

·        Watershed health assessment and management

·        Water quality & monitoring

·        Alpine lotic ecosystems

·        Hydro-morphology.

Department of Computer Sciences

Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed

·        Automation Theory

·        Software Project Management

Dr. Jawad Usman Arshed

·        Fog Computing

·        Image Processing

·        Machine Learning

Dr. Zahoor Hussain Shah

·        Internet of Things

·        Smart System

·        Pervasive Computing

·        Information Security

·        Energy Management

Mr. Wazir Afrasiyab

·        Blockchain Technology

Department of Geosciences

Dr. Zaheen Ullah

·        Genesis of Chromite, its partial melting based on mineralogical, petrological characteristics.

·        PGEs abundances aa well as the association of UHP minerals in chromitites.

Department of Educational Development

Prof. Dr. Ashfaque Ahmad Shah

·        Economics of Education

·        Self-Assessment

·        Competence

·        Language

Dr. Sabir Hussain Waziri

·        Leadership & Management

·        Organizational Behavior

·        Educational Psychology

·        Research Methodology

·        Teacher Education

Dr. Khateeb Ahmed Khan

·        Educational Psychology

·        Educational Research

·        Science Education

·        Education Statistics

Department of Business Management

Dr. Wajid Khan

·        Capital Structure

·        Corporate Social Responsibility

·        Corporate Governance

·        Microfinance Institutions

·        Poverty

·        Women Empowerment.

Dr. Mir Alam

·        Tourism & Economics

Dr. Ibrahim Hussain

·        Destination Branding

·        Tourism Marketing

·        Marketing Management

Dr. Zahirullah Khan

·        Corporate Finance

·        International Finance

·        Behavioral Finance

Dr. Kiran Razzaq

·        Management

·        Human Resource Management

·        Finance

·        Leadership

Dr. Munazza Zahra

·        Organizational Behavior

·        Organizational Psychology

Mr. Dostdar Hussain

·        Green HRM

Department of Languages and Cultural Studies

Dr. Muhammad Issa

·        Linguistics

·        Literature

·        Sociology

·        Political Science

Mr. Sajjad Hussain Sering

·        Language Endangerment

·        Applied Linguistics

·        Sociolinguistics

·        ELT

·        Translation Studies

Mr. Abdul Rehman Mir

·        Translanguaging in the Writing Practices of Bilingual Balti/English University Students/ Pedagogical Implications

·        Problems Faced by the Learners of English at Intermediate Level

·        Morphological Parsing of Balti Language in Computational Linguistics

·        Trends in Translation Studies

·        Discourse Analysis

·        Sociolinguistic Study of contemporary language changes

·        Semantics and Metaphorical World

·        Pragmatics of Human Thought

·        Writing Issues in Linguistic Research

·        Computational Translations/ Computational Linguistics

Mr. Muhammad Naseem

·        Pakistani Literature in English

·        Native American Literature

·        Pakistani folklore

·        Balti indigenous Literature

·        Folktale, fairytale and folksong

·        Identity, migration and multiculturalism

·        Structuralism and Marxism

·        World literature and Translation Studies.

Mr. Ghulam Abbas

·        Phonetics and Phonology

·        Special Course Acoustic Phonetics

·        Syntax

·        Semantics

·        Pragmatics

·        General Linguistics

·        Second Language Acquisition

·        Morphology

Department of Tourism & Hospitality

Mr. Shamshad Hussain

·        Adventure tourism

·        Livelihood for employment

·        Grant Hunting

Department of General Subjects

Dr. Muhammad Riaz

·        Mass Media

·        Islamic Studies

·        Social Sciences

Directorate of Academics

Dr. Haji Karim Khan

·        Teacher Education

·        Narrative study

·        Teachers and teacher educators lives and identities

Office of Research Innovation & Commercialization

Dr. Sami Ullah

·        Microbial Ecology

·        Climate Smart Agriculture

·        Ecological Intensification

·        Soil Biogeochemistry

·        Sustainable Agriculture

Quality Enhancement Cell

Dr. Attarad Ali

·        Environmental Science

Planning & Development

Dr. Zakir Hussain Zakir

·        Early Childhood Education & Development

·        Philosophy

·        Archeology

·        Glacier Studies

Controller Examinations

Dr. Ishtiaq Hussain

  • Medicinal Plants /Phyto-Chemistry and conservation
  • Echo Physiology
  • Agro Bio-Diversity (Crop Sciences)

·        Plant Soil Interaction