My responsibilities include teaching and research work.
Teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Genetic improvement of pulse legumes.
Identification of salt-tolerant chickpea genotypes under hydroponics-based screening system.
Identification of drough-tolerant chickpea genotypes under field conditions.
Visiting Research Scientist
University of California, Davis
August 2016 - April 2017
Davis, California
PhD Scholar
French National Institute for Agricultural Research · Full-time
October 2009 - December 2012
Dijon, France
PhD in Plant Molecular Biology and BiotechnologySkills: Flow Cytometry · Molecular Biology · Biotechnology · Genomics · Plant Breeding
Post Graduate Student
Université de Bourgogne · Full-time
September 2008 - September 2009
Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute (ABRI) · Internship
February 2007 - June 2007
AARI, Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan
I have worked on the following aspects during my internship.
1-Development of Wheat Doubled Haploids through Wheat x Maize crossing system.
2-Haploid Embryo rescue and Tissue culture of Wheat.
3-Chromosome doubling of Haploid plants through colchicine treatment.
4-Selection of elite segregating lines of Wheat from segregating populations.Skills: Hybridization · Plant Tissue Culture · Media Preparation · Plant Breeding
Education
Université de Bourgogne
2009 - 2012
Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Université de Bourgogne
2008 - 2009
Plant Biotechnology
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
2003 - 2007
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Licenses
Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)