• Prof. Dr. Anwar Hussain

  • Experience

    Designation Service Type From To
    Professor TTS Oct 12, 2021 August 27 2025
    Associate Professor TTS Oct 12, 2017 August 27 2025
    Assistant Professor TTS Oct 12, 2011 Oct 11, 2017
    Assistant Professor BPS Sep 12, 2011 Oct 12, 2011

  • Biblography

    I have completed masters in botany from Govt. Post Graduate Jehanzeb College Swat (affiliated with University of Peshawar) with distinction (Goldmedal). After completing masters, I won HEC indigenous scholarship and took admission in PhD in University of the Punjab Lahore. During my PhD, I visited Würzburg University Germany for 6 months to carry out research work under the supervision of Prof. Thomas Roitch. After completing PhD, I was appointed as an Assistant Professor in Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan. On October 12, 2017, I was promoted as Associate Professor and later in October 2021 I was awarded the status of Professor. I have worked as Postdoc fellow in the Department of Cell and System Biology in the University of Toronto, Canada. Seven PhD and more than 30 MPhil students have been graduated under my supervision so far. Several MPhil and PhD students are working under my supervision at present. I have published more than 100 research articles in reputed international journals including Plant Cell, Chemosphere, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Frontiers in Plant Science and BMC Microbiology. I work in the field of Plant Microbe interactions with especial focus on the role of endophytic fungi to promote growth of different crop plants under various environmental stresses. I am young country ambassador of international society of Microbial Ecology.

  • Research Publications

    S.No: Title
    1 Aspergillus niger CSR3 regulates plant endogenous hormones and secondary metabolites by producing gibberellins and indoleacetic acid
    2 IAA and flavonoids modulates the association between maize roots and phytostimulant endophytic Aspergillus fumigatus greenish
    3 Salt tolerance of Glycine max. L induced by endophytic fungus Aspergillus flavus CSH1, via regulating its endogenous hormones and antioxidative system
    4 Gibberellin application ameliorates the adverse impact of short-term flooding on Glycine max L.
    5 Plant growth promoting endophytic fungi Asprgillus fumigatus TS1 and Fusarium proliferatum BRL1 produce gibberellins and regulates plant endogenous hormones
    6 Bioremediation of hexavalent chromium by endophytic fungi; safe and improved production of Lactuca sativa L
    7 Glycyrrhiza glabra HPLC fractions: identification of Aldehydo Isoophiopogonone and Liquirtigenin having activity against multidrug resistant bacteria
    8 Endophytic fungus Aspergillus japonicus mediates host plant growth under normal and heat stress conditions
    9 Endophytic fungi from Caralluma acutangula can secrete plant growth promoting enzymes
    10 Trichoderma reesei improved the nutrition status of wheat crop under salt stress
    11 ENDOPHYTIC FUNGI PROMOTE GROWTH OF TRITICUM AESTIVUM L. UNDER SALINITY INDUCED STRESS
    12 IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM T8 AS POTENT PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING ENDOPHYTIC FUNGI
    13 Cinnamic acid as an inhibitor of growth, flavonoids exudation and endophytic fungus colonization in maize root
    14 In vitro production of IAA by endophytic fungus Aspergillus awamori and its growth promoting activities in Zea mays
    15 Growth-promoting bioactivities of Bipolaris sp. CSL-1 isolated from Cannabis sativa suggest a distinctive role in modifying host plant phenotypic plasticity and and functions
    16 Aspergillus flavus promoted the growth of soybean and sunflower seedlings at elevated temperature
    17 Cochliobolus sp. acts as a biochemical modulator to alleviate salinity stress in okra plants
    18 A promising growth promoting Meyerozyma caribbica from Solanum xanthocarpum alleviated stress in maize plants
    19 Salt stress alleviation in Pennisetum glaucum through secondary metabolites modulation by Aspergillus terreus
    20 An endophytic isolate of the fungus Yarrowia lipolytica produces metabolites that ameliorate the negative impact of salt stress on the physiology of maize
    21 Plant-Associated Microbes Alter Root Growth by Modulating Root Apical Meristem
    22 Regulatory Role of Phytohormones in Maintaining Stem Cells and Boundaries of Stem Cell Niches
    23 Thermal stress alleviating potential of endophytic fungus rhizopus oryzae inoculated to sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and soybean (Glycine max L.)
    24 Aspergillus niger boosted heat stress tolerance in sunflower and soybean via regulating their metabolic and antioxidant system
    25 An endophytic fungus Aspergillus violaceofuscus can be used as heat stress adaptive tool for Glycine max L. and Helianthus annuus L.
    26 POTENTIAL OF ENDOPHYTIC FUNGUS ASPERGILLUS TERREUS AS POTENT PLANT GROWTH PROMOTER
    27 Yucasin and cinnamic acid inhibit IAA and flavonoids biosynthesis minimizing interaction between maize and endophyte Aspergillus nomius
    28 Phytohormones producing rhizobacterium alleviates chromium toxicity in Helianthus annuus L. by reducing chromate uptake and strengthening antioxidant system
    29 Endophytic Aspergillus niger reprograms the physicochemical traits of tomato under cadmium and chromium stress
    30 Transformation of Endophytic Bipolaris spp. Into Biotrophic Pathogen Under Auxin Cross-Talk With Brassinosteroids and Abscisic Acid
    31 Heavy metal tolerant endophytic fungi Aspergillus welwitschiae improves growth, ceasing metal uptake and strengthening antioxidant system in Glycine max L.
    32 Pseudocitrobacter anthropi reduces heavy metal uptake and improves phytohormones and antioxidant system in Glycine max L.
    33 Phytohormones Producing Acinetobacter bouvetii P1 Mitigates Chromate Stress in Sunflower by Provoking Host Antioxidant Response
    34 Comparative assessment of chromate bioremediation potential of Pantoea conspicua and Aspergillus niger
    35 Induced host defense by virulence manipulation of Erysiphe orontii through exogenous application of apoplastic nutrients

  • Awards

    Organization Description Date
    Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Contribution to research Apr 4, 2018
    Pakistan council for Science and Technology Research Productivity Sep 8, 2015

  • Conferences

    Level Country City Conference Dated
    International Nepal Pokhara Southeast Asian Regional Symposium on Microbial Ecology (SARSME 2020) Feb 12, 2020
    International Pakistan Lahore Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Feb 7, 2018
    International America Orlando 10th International Phycological Congress (IPC10) Oct 4, 2013
    International Pakistan Islamabad Database mining and high throughput Genome analysis Mar 19, 2012
    International Japan Tokyo 9th International phycological congress Aug 2, 2009

  • Memberships

    Title Organization From Date To Dated
    Member American Society of Microbiology May 10, 2015 Dec 27, 2020
    Member America Society of Plant Biology Mar 1, 2018 Dec 27, 2020
    Country ambassador International Society of Microbial Ecology Oct 2, 2019 Dec 27, 2020

  • Fundings

    Title Type Source From Date To Date
    CROSS SIGNALING BETWEEN NOSTOC AND RICE ROOTS DURING ROOT COLONIZATION UNDER AXENIC CONDITIONS NRPU Higher Education Commission of Pakistan Jan 12, 2017 Jan 11, 2019
    Exopolysaccharides from chromate tolerant endophytic fungi in fabricating membrane for purification Research Higher Education Department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mar 28, 2025 Mar 27, 2027

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