Dr. Muhammad Zahid Mumtaz is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, at The University of Lahore, Pakistan, which he joined in 2018. He holds a PhD in Soil Science with a specialization in Soil Microbiology and Biotechnology (2018) from the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan, where he served as a Research Assistant from 2013 to 2016. His main line of research focuses on soil microbiology, with a particular interest in nutrient solubilization, mobilization, and biofortification in cereal grains. His second line of research focuses on environmental stress in plants and soil bacteria.