Faculty
Dr. Saadia Ijaz
Assistant Professor
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Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
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saadia.6334@wum.edu.pk
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Doctorate
Summary
Dr. Saadia Ijaz completed her Ph.D. from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of the Punjab specializing in Cyanobacterial Research. She has key interest in the role of Cyanobacteria in biotechnology including but not limited to nutraceuticals and pharmaceutically important natural products from cyanobacteria, environmental biosensors, cosmetics, food and biomedical research applications. She is also interested in the harmful aspects of cyanobacteria especially the cyanotoxins. Cyanobacteria are the most fascinating group of gram-negative, beautifully-pigmented prokaryotes that perform oxygenic photosynthesis like that of eukaryotic plants due to the presence of chlorophyll-a and phycobiliprotein which are also responsible for their signature blue-green appearance.
Academic Background
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Ph.D.
Doctorate
University of the Punjab Lahore
- 2017
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M.S.
M.S.
University of the Punjab Lahore
- 2008
Honours and Awards
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Travel Grant Awarded by HEC, Pakistan to attend 22nd edition of international conference on biotechnology: novel trends and advances in biotechnology in Amsterdam, Netherland
2018
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Honor Code Certificate awarded by The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.
2013
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HEC-Pakistan International Research Support Initiative Program (IRSIP) Scholarship
2013
Research
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Principle investigator. Purification, identification and structure elucidation of anticancer carotenoid from cyanobacteria Nostoc sp. SI-SN against breast cancer cells of triple-negative pathologies. HEC-Start-Up Research Grant Program (SRGP). WUM
1 year
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Research Studentship. Role of Bacterial isolates in the Phytoextraction of chromium by Pistia stratiotes and Eichhornia crassipes. Bioremediation of Chromium and Arsenic from Industrial Wastewater, Pakistan-US Science and Technology Cooperation Program, Phase 3. University of the Punjab and University of Oklahoma, USA.
3 years
Publications
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Antioxidant potential of indigenous cyanobacterial strains in relation with their phenolic and flavonoid contents
10.1080/14786419.2015.1053088
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Biotransformation potential of hexavalent chromium by Bacillus pumilus-S4, Pseudomonas doudoroffii-S5 and Exiguobacterium-S8 in association with hydrophytes
10.1007/s13762-013-0226-z
Experience
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The Women University Multan
Assistant Professor
2017 to date
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University of the Punjab Lahore
Research Scholar
3 years
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University of the Punjab Lahore
Research Scholar
2 years
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MMG, University of the Punjab, PAK-USA project
Research Studentship
1 year
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University of the Punjab Lahore
Teacher Assistant
2 years