Noshin Ilyas

Dr. Noshin Ilyas is working as Chairperson/Associate Professor in the Department of Botany, PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan. She has always been distinct in the academic carrier with a first-class first position in Masers and did Ph.D. under a fellowship from Higher Education Commission, Pakistan. She was ranked in Top 2% Researcher (2024) as per Elsevier and Stanford University and was also recognized as National Expert on Women empowerment in Agriculture Sector- 2024 by Asian Productivity Organization (APO). She has supervised dissertational research work of 11 Ph.Ds and 43 M.Phil. students to date and is presently mentoring 04 Ph.D. and 07 M.Phil. students. She has a good publication record in prestigious journals with an impact factor of above 400 and 4500 citations, H-index of 38. Dr. Noshin is on the editorial board of various journals like Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Vegetos, Frontiers, PLoS one and Sustainability. She has earned research grants from HEC and PSF and submitted three products for patent award. She serves as President of Pakistan Asian PGPR society, and a member of various Scientific and professional societies. She is recipient of Research Award in the female category of Assistant Professor /Lecturer from PMAS-Arid and 1st Prof. Dr. Abdul Hameed Gold Medal in Applied and Environmental Microbiology from Applied Zoological Society of Pakistan. She has presented her work at various national and international conferences and is working in collaboration with universities at USA, Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, Thailand, UAE, Philippine, Nepal, and Maldives. Dr. Noshin is currently working for elucidating plant and microbial stress responses.