Kauser Abdulla Malik

Dr. Kauser Abdulla Malik is a Distinguished National Professor of Biotechnology and is currently leading Agricultural Biotechnology programs at KAM School of Life Sciences at Forman Christian College (a Chartered University), Lahore since 2008. Earlier Dr. Malik was Chairman of Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (1998-2001); Member Biosciences, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (2001-2006), and Member (Food Agri) Planning Commission, Islamabad (2006-2008). Before his stint in Islamabad, Dr. Malik was Head of Soil Biology Division of Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB) from 1971-1992. His earlier research was on Biology of Saline Soils and biodynamics of organic matter formation. These led to the development of Biosaline Agriculture technology which was later picked up by FAO/IAEA Joint Divion and implemented in several countries of Middle East. Dr. Malik was a pioneer in reporting associative nitrogen fixation associated with roots of non-legumes. Such studies led to the development of commercial biofertilizers for cereal crops. Subsequently Dr. Malik developed interest in plant biotechnology and was thus, founding Director of National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE) at Faisalabad (1992-1998). His interest in plant biotechnology related to biofortification and transgenic wheat for salt tolerance, drought tolerance, and increased fertilizer use efficiency. He has been Member of the Standing Advisory Group for Nuclear Applications (SAGNA) of IAEA for 9 years; Member Board of Trustees of International Foundation of Science (IFS), Stockholm; Member BoG of International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Vienna. He has over 250 research articles published in peer reviewed journals and has edited 5 books. Dr. Malik was awarded three civil awards by the President of Pakistan for his services to science. He is a Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).