Dr. Zulqurnain Khan is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan. He completed his PhD studies in Biotechnology at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan in 2017. He is the first PhD candidate from Pakistan to
write a thesis on genome editing. Dr. Zulqurnain Khan received an IRSIP fellowship from the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan, during his PhD and worked as a visiting researcher with Prof. Caixia Gao at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China. Dr. Khan has recently edited two books for Springer Nature entitled “CRISPR Crops: The Future of Food Security” and “The CRISPR/Cas Tool Kit for Genome Editing”. Dr. Khan has edited "Cotton Breeding and Biotechnology: Challenges and Opportunities". His research interests include biotechnology; gene editing; Crispr; nanobiotechnology.
Research Keywords & Expertise
Microbiology
Insect Resistant Crops
Genome editing, geneti...
Bt cotton
Plant viruses
Short Biography
Dr. Zulqurnain Khan is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan. He completed his PhD studies in Biotechnology at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan in 2017. He is the first PhD candidate from Pakistan to
write a thesis on genome editing. Dr. Zulqurnain Khan received an IRSIP fellowship from the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan, during his PhD and worked as a visiting researcher with Prof. Caixia Gao at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China. Dr. Khan has recently edited two books for Springer Nature entitled “CRISPR Crops: The Future of Food Security” and “The CRISPR/Cas Tool Kit for Genome Editing”. Dr. Khan has edited "Cotton Breeding and Biotechnology: Challenges and Opportunities". His research interests include biotechnology; gene editing; Crispr; nanobiotechnology.
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