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Earned PhD degree in plant ecophysiology/heavy metals/ human health risk assessment from department of Botany Islamia College Peshawar in 2023. Completed M.Phil degree in Plant Ecology /Ethno- Botany from University of Malakand in 2016. Research project '' LIFEPLAN" A planetary Inventory of Life. In LIFEPLAN we study biodiversity of mammals, birds, fungi and insects in collaboration with SLU, Helsinki University Finland. Also through LIFEPLAN, We bring together the key expertise needed to generate and interpret Big Ecological Data for a global synthesis of biotic patterning across our planet uniting community ecology, methods for automated species recognition, and Bayesian statistics for immense data.Publication: RESEARCH ARTICLE*Assessment of potentially toxic and mineral elements in paddy soils and their uptake by rice (Oryza sativa L.) with associated health hazards in district Malakand, Pakistan.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28043.**Irrigation suitability, health risk assessment and source apportionment of heavy metals in surface water used for irrigation near marble industry in Malakand, Pakistan. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279083***Energy-Dispersive X-ray (EDX) fluorescence-based analysis of heavy metals in marble powder, paddy soil, and rice (Oryza sativa L.) with potential health risks in District Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan***An Assessment of the Floristic Diversity, Life-Forms and Biological Spectrum of Vegetation in Swat Rinzai, District Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.doi:10.3923/std.2017.61.78**** Quantitative Ethno-Veterinary Usage of Plants in the Outskirts of District Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Acta Sci Vet Sci. 2019;1: 2–15*****Floristic Composition and Biological Spectrum of Hazarnoe Forest of District Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. J Bot. 2017;01: 29–44. https://doi.org/10.33195/uochjb-v1i1322017

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