Dr Asif Khan Khattak
Ph.D , (UEA, UK) in Environmental Sciences (Climate Change)
Research Interest: Dr Asif Khan Khattak is a pioneering scholar who discovered natural variation in thermomorphogenesis in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana during his PhD project (2014) at the John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK and the School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. This research provided a major advance in the science of temperature responses of plant growth. The PhD project led to a follow up research project in which the first plant thermosensor was discovered. He has shown individual excellence evidenced by world-leading publications (in Science-Impact Factor 37.2, Citations 103; and in Current Biology-Impact Factor 8.9, Citations 67), postgraduate supervision and research impact. He has a profound interest in the plant-environment interactions at different levels.
Telephone: 0092-919216742
Jung J-H, Domijan M, Klose C, Biswas S, Ezer D, Gao M, Khattak AK, Box MS, Charoensawan V, Cortijo S, Kumar M, Grant A, Locke JCW, Schäfer E, Jaeger KE and Wigge PA. (2016) Phytochromes function as thermosensors in Arabidopsis. Science, 354 (6314). 886 - 889. (Impact Factor 37.2, Citations 103).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27789797
Box MS, Huang BE, Domijan M, Jaeger KE, Khattak AK, Yoo SJ, Sedivy EL, Jones DM, Hearn TJ, Webb AA, Grant A, Locke JC, Wigge PA. (2015) ELF3 controls thermoresponsive growth in Arabidopsis. Current Biology, 19;25(2):194-9. (Impact Factor 8.9, Citations 67).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25557663
Ilyas M, Khan S, Khan A, Amin R, Khan A, Aamir M. (2017) Analysis of drinking water quality and health risk assessment - A case study of Dir Pakistan. Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, 50:1A, 100-110.
http://nceg.uop.edu.pk/GeologicalBulletin/Vol-50(1A)-2017/Vol-50-(1A)-2017-Paper10.pdf
Yousaf S, Ilyas M, Khattak AK, Satti SZ. (2017) Antimicrobial activities and mineral profile of selected wild plant Linum usitatissimum in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Soil and Environment, 36:1, 1-6.
http://www.se.org.pk/Papers.aspx?issueid=76
Khattak AK, (2014) Natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana growth in response to ambient temperatures. PhD thesis, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/48817/
Khattak AK, (2008) Soil management in organic agriculture. A case study from Denmark. MSc Thesis, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark.
https://rucforsk.ruc.dk/ws/files/57774147/Master_Thesis_Document.pdf
Khattak AK, (2004) Transgenic Crops – Environmental Impacts and Regulation. MSc Project Thesis, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark.
https://rucforsk.ruc.dk/ws/files/57774750/M.Sc_First_Year_Project_Thesis+forside.pdf