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SAYED RASHAD ALI SHAH House. No. 799, Street. No. 8, Model Town
Humak, Kahuta Road, Islamabad, 44000, PakistanE-mail:
[email protected], Mobile: +92 301 525 7995CAREER OBJECTIVE:To
get a position in challenging environment of agricultural sciences
or related field where I can be committed to the work assigned,
integrated with team spirit and learn new skills.Academic
Professional Qualification:Ph.D. Agriculture, (Specialization in
Plant Pathology and Disease Resistance of Vegetable Crops)
(2010-2013). Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural
Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China.M.Sc (Hons) Agriculture (Plant
Pathology) (2003-2005). PMAS- University of Arid Agriculture
Rawalpindi, Pakistan.B.Sc (Hons) Agriculture (Plant Pathology)
(1999-2003). PMAS- University of Arid Agriculture Rawalpindi,
Pakistan.
Awards and Distinctions:
Awarded fully funded scholarship for Ph.D. studies in well
reputed Chinese Higher Education Institution by Chinese Scholarship
Council from July, 2010-July, 2013. Awarded travel grants for Ph.D.
studies from Higher Education Commission of Pakistan in 2011 and
2014.EMPLOYMENT SYNOPSIS:1. The University of Poonch, Rawalakot,
AJ&K, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Pathology.
(4th Nov 2013- 3rd Nov 2014).
Worked as Assistant Professor (IPFP)The core responsibilities
were to take the regular classes and supervise the students of
Department of Plant Pathology for their research projects of
undergraduate program. Following are the subjects I taught in this
University: Molecular Plant Pathology Beneficial Microorganisms
Methods and Techniques in Plant Pathology
Soil-borne plant pathogens and their management2. Ministry of
Food and Agriculture, National Agricultural Research Center (NARC)
Islamabad, Pakistan (July 2008 to October 2010). Worked as Plant
Pathologist.Project entitle: ESTABLISHMENT OF FACILITATION UNIT FOR
PARTICIPATORY VEGETABLE
SEED AND NURSERY PRODUCTION PROGRAM. The main responsibilities
include: Established contact with international organization such
as AVRDC (Taiwan), TGRC (UC-Davis, California), PGRC (Canada), IPGR
(Bulgaria), for germplasm acquisition of all vegetables and
Queensland Australia for the acquisition of propagating material of
mango and citrus to improve fruit repository in Pakistan. Arranged
trainings programs in AVRDC regional centre at Bangok, Thailand for
the public private partners to strengthen and improve vegetables
hybridization program in Pakistan. Arranged trainings programs for
public and private partners in vegetable hybridization program
within Pakistan.
Diagnosis and curing of diseases and insect pests of summer and
winter vegetables
Nursery raising and seed production of all seasons
vegetables
Experience of screening disease resistant varieties, determining
variability in pathogens, management techniques for fungal,
bacterial, nematode and viral diseases. Data collection and
compilation of morphological traits of vegetables, and disease
scoring for plant pathogens. Data analysis and Report writing.3.
Crop Diseases Research Program, National Agricultural Research
Center, Islamabad, Pakistan (April 2006 to June 2008).Worked as
Research Associate.
Project entitle:
INVESTIGATION OF CITRUS DECLINE AND PRELIMINARY MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIES IN PUNJAB. The responsibilities include:
Survey and sample collection of citrus decline orchards in
Punjab, Pakistan. Identification and characterization of
microorganisms (fungi, nematodes, viruses, bacteria and
mycoplasma).
Used all plant pathological techniques for identification of
microorganism and their management. Assisted the students in other
research projects such as Kernal Bunt disease of wheat, citrus
canker and its management. Data collection, analysis,
interpretation and report writing. Conferences and Workshops:
Attended Sino Dutch Bioinformatics Mission on Big Data, March
17-24, 2012, Institute of Vegetable of Flower, Chinese Academy of
Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China. Attended Conference on
Agricultural Food Security and Climate Change 9th to 11th
September, 2014. The University of Poonch, Rawalakot. AJ&K.
Attended APEC Agricultural Technology Transfer Forum and 4th China
Advanced Agricultural Technology Exhibition November, 23-25, 2011,
Beijing Friendship Hotel, China.
Attended Workshop on TYLCV in tomato, 30th November -1st
December, 2011. Zhengdu Seed Co, Shanghai, China. Attended and
awarded certificate on successful completion of a practical
training course on vegetable seed production and diseases
identification from 30th March-3rd April, 2009, Under PSDP funded
project of Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Islamabad.
Attended and awarded certificate on successful completion of
training program on project management, vegetable seed production,
hybridization, crossing block, certified fruit plant nursery
production and identification of diseases and their control from
26th October-1st November, 2009, Under PSDP funded project of
Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Islamabad.
Attended and awarded certificate on successful completion of
training program on hybrid seed development and seed production
from 10th -13th May, 2009, under PSDP funded project of Ministry of
Food and Agriculture, Islamabad.Technical Expertise: Isolation and
identification of fungal, bacterial and viral plant pathogens.
Diagnosis of plant diseases and seed production of all vegetables.
Management strategies to control plant diseases.
ELISA techniques.
DNA and RNA isolation from various plant samples.
Gel electrophoresis of DNA and RNA.
RT-PCR and simple PCR techniques.
DNA molecular marker techniques (RAPD, CAPS, SSR).
Reverse transcription and cDNA synthesis.
Primer designing softwares. Statistical analysis software (SAS
and SPSS).
Computer Skills:
Microsoft office.
Internet surfing. PhotoshopLanguage Skills:
English (Excellent Proficiency in Writing, Spoken, and
Listening) Chinese (Good Proficiency in Spoken and Listening)
Urdu
Punjabi
Personal Synopsis:Father Name: Sajjad Hussain Shah
CNIC No: 34502-4316989-9Date of Birth: 11th April, 1979.
Marital Status: MarriedReligion: Islam
Passport No: NZ5149891Publications:Sayed Rashad Ali, John
Snyder, M Shehzad, and Abd-ur-Rehman Khalid. 2014. Associations
among fungi, bacteria, and phytoplasma in trees suffering citrus
decline in Punjab. Journal of Agricultural Technology.
10(5):1343-1352.Abd-ur-Rehman Khalid, Syed Riaz Ali Gardezi,
Muhammad Shehzad, Sayed Rashad Ali and Muhammad Atiq. 2015.
Management of potato common scab through fertilizers, Journal of
Agricultural Technology. 11(3):747-751Sayed Rashad Ali, LI Tao, LIU
Lei, WANG Xiaoxuan, LI Junming and DU Yongchen. 2014. Age-related
resistance against Phytophthora infestans in tomato and the role of
ethylene signaling pathways in Ph-3 based resistance. (Partially
Accepted and Re-Submitted to Journal of General Plant
Pathology).ZONG Yuan-yuan, LIU Lei, LI Tao, Sayed Rashad Ali , ZHOU
Long-xi, SUN Yu-yan, ZHENG Zheng, ZHENG Qi-gong, FAN Shu-ying and
LI Jun-ming. 2012. Mapping of QTLs Conferring the Resistance to
Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl VirusTYLCVin Solanum lycopersicoides. Acta
Horticulture Sinica. 395915922.
Sayed Rashad Ali, SH. Muhammad Iqbal, Umer Iqbal, Abdul Ghafoor,
and Abida Akram. 2009. Pathogenic Diversity in Aschochyta Rabiei
(Pass.) Lib., of Chickpea. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 41(1):
413-419.
Abstracts:
Liu LEI, Zheng Zheng, Deng Xuebin, Liu Bo, Sayed Rashad Ali
Shah, Zhang Zhonghua, Huang Sanwen, Du Yongchen and Li Junming.
2013. Exploration of valuable traits from a core collection of wild
tomato relatives Solanum pimpinellifolium. (Abstract-submitted.
10th Solanaceae Conference to be held on 13th-17th October, Beijing
Friendship Hotel, Beijing, China). (Abstract).Burney. K, Sayed
Rashad Ali, A. Munir, and H. Rahman. 2007. Investigation of fungi
associated with citrus decline in Punjab. International symposium
on prospects of horticultural industry in Pakistan. University of
Agriculture Faisalabad, 28-30 March.2007.Burney. K, Sayed Rashad
Ali., S. Hameed., A. Munir and H. Rahman. 2007. Association of
bacteria and phytoplasma causing citrus decline in Punjab.
International symposium on prospects of horticultural industry in
Pakistan. University of Agriculture Faisalabad. 28-30
March.2007.Research Work:Ph.D Agriculture thesis entitled
Age-related resistance against late blight (Phytophthora infestans)
and the role of phytohormone signaling pathways in Ph-3 based
resistance in tomato.M.Sc (Hons) Agriculture thesis entitled
Pathogenic Variability and Screening of Local and Exotic Cultivars
of Chickpea against Aschochyta blight (Aschochyta rabiei).B.Sc
(Hons) Agriculture written research report entitled Evaluation of
30 genotypes of wheat against powdery mildews (Erysephe
graminis).References: Prof. Dr. Riaz Ali GardeziChairman,
Department of Plant PathologyFaculty of Agriculture,
The University of Poonch, Rawalakot, AJ&K. PakistanTel: 0092
334 507 2613E-mail: [email protected]. Dr. Du.
YongchenDirector General
Institute of Vegetables and Flowers,
Chinese academy of Agricultural Sciences,
No:12, Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District,
Beijing, 100081, P.R China
Tel: 0086 10 82109515
E-mail: [email protected]
