Iqbal Munir
Director,Editorial board member
University of Agriculture Peshawar-Pakistan
Pakistan
Biography
Prof. Dr. Iqbal Munir has completed his Ph.D. at the age of 34 years from Japan and postdoctoral studies from OPU Japan and MSU USA. Currently Prof. Iqbal Munir is working as Director of the Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, the University of Agriculture Peshawar-Pakistan and running several projects on Biofuel Production using transgenic technology. He has expertise in enzymology and plant biotechnology. He has the honor to discover a novel enzyme of industrial importance (NADP+-dependent ADH) and was granted with multiple international awards. He has established the Biochemical and Molecular Division at the Institute that has been producing numerous Ph.D./MPhil and BS graduates, training scientists/faculty of different research/education institutes and providing analytical services to agro-business industry and research/ education institutes of the country. He has published more than 100 research papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute, and other Board of Governers bodies.
Research Interest
Enzymology and Plant Biotechnology