Research At COMSATS

Dr. Abdul Nazir

	Designation:	Associate Professor
	Email:	abdulnazeer@cuiatd.edu.pk
	Phone No. :	03335232344
	Role:	Faculty
	Research Interests:	Stress Physiology, Plant systematics,Heavy Metals contamination, Food chemistry, Plant anatomy and Palyonology

Profile/Bio

Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
Nov. 2013 till now
Ø Senior Lecturer, OPF Boys College H 8/4 Islamabad ( 2010 - 2013)
Ø Lecturer Beaconhouse School System, Rawalpindi (2004 -2010)
Ø Senior Teacher in PAF College Chaklala, Rawalpindi (2000 - 2004)

Publications/Papers

2023

Journal

Dr. AM Abbasi,K. Ahmad,A.Nazir "Edible wild plant species used by different linguistic groups of Kohistan Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan" , Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicines, , 2023

Muhammad Ghazanfar Abbas,M. Azeem,Abdullah Haris,Muhammad Binyameen,A.Nazir,Raimondas Mozuratis "Chemical Composition, Larvicidal and Repellent Activities of Wild Plant Essential Oils against Aedes aegypti" , Biology ,Volume 12 ,Issue 8 ,Page 12010008 , 2023

A.Nazir,A.Tahir,Dr. AM Abbasi "Analysis of the relationship among land surface temperature (LST), land use land cover (LULC), and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) with topographic elements in the lower Himalayan region. Heliyon, 9(2)." , Heliyon ,Volume 9 ,Issue 2 ,Page 16 , 2023

Dr. AM Abbasi,A.Nazir " Edible wild plant species used by different linguistic groups of Kohistan Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine." , Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine , 2023

A.Nazir "Mycorrhizal inoculation enhanced tillering in field-grown wheat, nutritional enrichment, and soil properties. " , PeerJ , 2023

2022

Journal

A.Tahir,A.Nazir,K. Ahmad,Syed Umair Shahid,R.Khan "Trends and projections of land use land cover and land surface temperature using an integrated weighted evidence-cellular automata (WE-CA) model" , Environmental Monitoring and Assessment ,Volume 194 ,Page 120 , 2022

A.Nazir "Ethnoecological knowledge of wild fodder plant resources of district buner Pakistan. " , Journal ,Volume 54 ,Issue 2 ,Page 08 , 2022

2021

Journal

A.Nazir "Quality assurance and authentication of herbal drug (Argyrolobium roseum and Viola stocksii) through comparative light and scanning electron microscopy" , Microscopy Research and Techniques , 2021

Amna Sarwar,N. Riaz,U.Farooq,Q.Mahmood,A.Nazir,M. S. Khan,Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah,Abdulaziz A Alqarawi, Al-Bandari Fahad Al-Arjani,Abeer Hashem,Jin Wang "Iron Oxide (Fe3O4)-Supported SiO2 Magnetic Nanocomposites for Efficient Adsorption of Fluoride from Drinking Water: Synthesis, Characterization, and Adsorption Isotherm Analysis" , Water ,Volume 13 ,Issue 11 ,Page 1514 , 2021

A.Nazir "Evaluation of heavy metals effects on morpho‐anatomical alterations of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seedlings. " , 04 April 2021 ,Volume 2021 ,Issue 1 ,Page 1-13 , 2021

A.Nazir "Iron Oxide (Fe3O4)-Supported SiO2 Magnetic Nanocomposites for Efficient Adsorption of Fluoride from Drinking Water: Synthesis, Characterization, and Adsorption Isotherm Analysis. " , 04 April 2021 ,Volume 13 ,Issue 11 ,Page 1454 , 2021

A.Nazir ""Evaluation of heavy metals effects on morpho-anatomical alterations of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seedlings" , 03/24/2021 ,Volume 1 ,Issue 2021 ,Page 1-13 , 2021

A.Nazir "Antibacterial activity of Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb." , 05/07/2021 ,Volume 53 ,Issue 1 ,Page 83-92 , 2021

2020

Journal

A.Nazir "Cornus macrophylla, the Antibacterial Activity of Organic Leaf Extracts and the Characterization of the More Lipophilic Components by GC/MS" , Molecule , 2020

2019

Journal

A.Tahir,Dr. AM Abbasi,K. Ahmad,A.Nazir,Siddique Ullah "Analysis and simulation of land cover changes and their impacts on land surface temperature in a lower Himalayan region" , Journal of Environmental Management ,Volume 245 ,Page 348-357 , 2019

Usma Anwer,Muhammad Zafar,Mushtaq Ahmed,Omer Kilic,Muhammad I. Ali,Fatehi A. Ozdemir,Shazia Sultana,Farida Anjum,A.Nazir,Naumana Kalsoom "Taxonomic significance of caryopsis in subfamily Panicoideae (Poaceae) using scanning electron microscopy and light microscopy" , 29 June 2019 ,Page 1-11 , 2019

Mushtaq Ahmed,Shahzeb U Khan,Farida Anjum,Shazia Sultana,Omer Kilic,Fatehi A Ozdemir,Ghulam Yaseen,Sheikh Z.U. Abdein,Qamar Abbas,Manzoor Ahmed,Farhat Ullah,Salman Majeed,A.Nazir,Muhammad Zafar "Pollen micromorphological analysis of tribe Acacieae(Mimosaceae) with LM and SEM techniques" , 03 July 2019 ,Page 1-11 , 2019

Mushtaq Ahmed,Shazia Sultana,Farida Anjum,Lubna,Fatehi Ahmet Ozdemir,Akash Tariq,Ghulam Yaseen,Sheikh Z. U. Abedein,Hina Gul,Shafiq u Rehman,A.Nazir,Muhammad Zafar "Light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy: Implications for authentication of misidentified herbal drugs" , 24June2019 ,Page 1-7 , 2019

S.M.Shah,Abdul Rehman Khan,A.Nazir,Ghulam Shabir,Kashif Aslam "Evaluation of Sequence Related Amplified Polymorphic Markers for genetic characterization of Mentha species from Pakistan" , Philippine Journal of Crop Science ,Volume 44 ,Issue 2 ,Page 71-76 , 2019

2018

Journal

A.Nazir,S.A.Khan,A. Mannan,Dr. AM Abbasi "Identification of Cystatin Genes and Antibacterial Activity Against Clinical Pathogens in Selected Medicinal Plant Species " , SYLWAN Journal ,Volume 162 ,Issue 2 ,Page 62-89 , 2018

M. Azeem,A.Nazir "Cystatin Genes Identification and Antibacterial Activity in Medicinal Plants Used Against Clinical Pathogens" , SYLWAN journal , 2018

S.M.Shah,F. Wahid,A.Nazir "Phytochemical proﬁling and antiviral activity of Ajuga bracteosa, Ajuga parviﬂora, Berberis lycium and Citrus lemon against Hepatitis C Virus" , Microbial Pathogenesis ,Volume 118 ,Issue 2018 ,Page 154-158 , 2018

2017

Journal

S.M.Shah,F. Wahid,Sidra Rehman,A.Nazir "Cellular and Molecular Studies on Selected Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection" , Pakistan Journal of Botany , 2017

2015

Journal

Dr. AM Abbasi,A.Nazir,Xinbo Guo "Preparation of environment-friendly pectin from sugar beet pulp and assessment of its emulsifying capacity. " , International Journal of Food Science and Technology ,Volume 28 ,Issue 4 ,Page 1187-1194 , 2015

2014

Journal

Dr. AM Abbasi,MN. Khan,A.Nazir,A.Tahir "Traditional uses of medicinal plants against malarial disease by the tribal communities of Lesser Himalayas–Pakistan" , Journal of Ethnopharmacology ,Volume 155 ,Issue 1 ,Page 450–462 , 2014

A.Nazir,Dr. AM Abbasi,Mir Ajab Khan,A. M. Abbasi,Nadeem Khan,Khalid Ahmad "Validation of Setaria (L.) P. Beauv species based on palyonological and anatomical techniques. " , 15, January 2014 ,Volume 13 ,Issue 1 ,Page 178-184 , 2014

M.Shah,A.Nazir "Ethnobotanical and antimicrobial study of some selected medicinal plants used in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) as a potential source to cure infectious diseases." , 2014 ,Volume 14 ,Issue 122 , 2014

Nadeem Khan, Xinbo Guo,Mir Ajab Khan,Manzoor Hussain, Sultan Bibi,Dr. AM Abbasi,A.Nazir,A.Tahir,Ghulam Mujtaba Shah "Traditionalusesofmedicinalplantsagainstmalarialdisease bythetribalcommunitiesofLesserHimalayas–Pakistan" , Journal ofEthnopharmacology, May 2014 , 2014

A.Nazir,Nadeem Khan,K. Ahmad,Dr. AM Abbasi,Mir Ajab Khan "Validation of Setaria (L.) P. Beauv Species Based on Palyonological and Anatomical Techniques " , International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR) ,Volume 13 ,Issue 1 ,Page 178-185 , 2014

2013

Journal

A.Nazir,Dr. AM Abbasi,Dr. Mir Ajab Khan, ZahidUllah "Palynological Studies in Tribe Aveneae (Poaceae) from Potohar of Pakistan" , International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR) ,Volume 10 ,Issue 1 ,Page 120 , 2013

2005

Journal

Muhammad Zafar,Abdul Rab,Muhammad Afzal,A.Nazir,Naseem Akhtar "PERFORMANCE AND FEEDING RESPONSE OF TOR PUTITORA TO FORMULATED DIET IN RELATION TO TEMPERATURE UNDER CAPTIVE CONDITIONS " , 3/12/2004 ,Volume 37 ,Issue 2 ,Page . 153-155 , 2005