DR. MUHAMMAD RIAZ
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CONTACTS
CURRENT ADDRESS PERMANENT ADDRESS
Department of Food Science & Technology M. Riaz s/o M. Bashir,
University College of Agriculture, Mohalla Qasaiyan, Village &
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. P. O. Bhatti Bhango, Distt.
Mob: +923067905770 Gujranwala, Pakistan.
ACADEMIC RECORD
Ph. D. (2005-2010)
Thesis Title: Engineering of Microbial (Fungal) Glucoamylases by Chemical Modification Techniques for Industrial Application
Major Courses: Molecular techniques to improve microbial strains for industrial
application, Fermentation Technology, Enzyme Engineering
Place: National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE) Faisalabad, PAKISTAN.
IRSIP Training (Feb, 2008-Jul, 2008)
Project Title: Purification, peptide mass finger printing and crystallization of glucoamylases from Aspergillus niger parent and its deoxy-D-Glucose resistant mutant
Place: Institute of Structural Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
M. Sc. (Hons.) (2000-2002)
Subject: Food Technology
Thesis Title: Comparative Studies on the Quality of Commercially Available Sweetened Condensed Milk
Major Courses: Industrial Food Microbiology and Biotechnology, Food Toxicology, Analytical Techniques in Nutrition, Introduction to Biochemistry, Physiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition, Commercial Manufacturing of Cereal Products, Quality Control in Food Industries
Place: National Institute of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, PAKISTA.
B. Sc. (Hons.) Agri (1996-2000)
Subject: Food Technology
Major Courses: General Microbiology, Chemistry and Fundamental Biochemistry, Principles of Food Preservation, Introduction to Foods and Nutrition, Fundamentals of Milk Processing, Introduction to Cereal Technology, Introduction to Processing of Fats and Oils, Food Microbiology, Chemistry and Biochemistry of Foods, Food Analysis and Evaluation, Post Harvest Physiology of Fruits and Vegetables, Process Engineering, National and International Food Laws
Place: National Institute of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, PAKISTA.
PUBLICATINS
1. Muhamamd Riaz, Muhammad Hamid Rashid, Lindsay Sawyer, Saeed Akhtar, Muhammad Rizwan Javed, Habibullah Nadeem and Martin Wear "Physio-chemical properties and kinetics of glucoamylase produced from deoxy-D-glucose resistant mutant of Aspergillus niger for soluble starch hydrolysis" (2012) Food Chemistry Vol:130 pp:24-30. (IF. 3.465)
2. Muhammad Rizwan Javed, Muhammad Hamid Rashid*, Zahid Mukhtar, Muhammad Riaz, HabibUllah Nadeem, Tayyba Huma & Nourin Ashiq "Kinetics and thermodynamics of high level β-glucosidase production by mutant derivative of Aspergillus niger under submerged growth conditions" (2011) African Journal of Microbiology Research Vol:5 pp:2528-2538. (IF. 0.54).
3. Saeed Akhtar, Faqir M Anjum, Zia U Rehman and Muhammad Riaz. (2011). Effect of zinc and iron fortification of feed on liver and thyroid function. Biological Trace Element Research (Accepted). Impact factor =1.523
4. Saeed Akhtar, Faqir Muhammad Anjum, Zia-Ur-Rehman, Muhammad Tauseef Sultan, Muhammad Riaz and Anwar Ahmed "Effect of fortification on plasma biochemical profile in rates" (2011) Biological Trace Element Research Vol:143 pp:1594-1606. (IF. 1.523).
5. Saeed Akhtar, Muhammad Riaz, Anwaar Ahmed and Atif Nisar. (2010). “Physico-chemical, microbiology and sensory stability of chemically preserved mango pulp”. Pakistan Journal of Botany 42: 853-862. Impact factor = 0.947.
6. Zulfiqar Ali, Faqir Muhammad Anjum, Saeed Akhtar, Tahir Zahoor and Muhammad Riaz. (2010). Efficacy of Food Grade Lactic Acid Produced Through Bacterial Fermentation”. Pakistan Journal of Botany 42: 4199-4206. Impact factor = 0.947.
7. HabibUllah Nadeem, Muhammad Hamid Rashid*, Bibi Asma, Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Rizwan Javed and Raheela Perveen. (2009). “Invertase from hyper producer strain of Aspergillus niger: Physiochemical properties, thermodynamics and active site residues heat of ionization. Protein and Peptide Letters 16: 1098-1105. Impact factor = 1.840.
8. Muhammad Rizwan Javed, Muhammad Hamid Rashid*, HabibUllah Nadeem, Muhammad Riaz & Raheela Perveen. (2009). Catalytic and thermodynamic characterization of endoglucanase (CMCase) from Aspergillus oryzae cmc-1. Applied Biochem Biotechnol 157: 483-497. Impact factor = 1.879.
9. Muhammad Riaz, Raheela Perveen, Muhammad Rizwan Javed, HabibUllah Nadeem & Muhammad Hamid Rashid. (2008). Kinetic and thermodynamic properties of novel glucoamylase from Humicola Sp.” Enzyme and Microbial Technology 41 (2007) 558-564. Impact factor = 2.287.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
IN PROGRESS:
1. Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) of the Project entitled “Safety Status of Street Vended Fresh Fruit Juices in Pakistan. 2010. Cost of the project is Rs. 3.91054 Millions and funded by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.
2. Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) of the Project entitled “Training Farmers for Home-Scale Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables to Curtail Post Harvest Losses. 2010. Cost of the project is Rs. 0.81054 Million and funded by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.
3. Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) of Project entitled “Nutritional profiling of medicinal plants of Southern Punjab region and exploring their antioxidant perspectives”. Cost of the project is Rs. 2.0156 Millions funded by Higher Education Commission, Pakistan.
SUBMITTED:
1. Principal Investigator (PI) Chemical and Microbiological safety of ground drinking water in selected area of Multan City. Directorate of Research BZ University, Multan 0.15 million.
2. Principal Investigator (PI) Safety status of Street Vended Raw Milk in Southern Punjab. Rs 7.151 million (HEC). Evaluated and final revisions have been submitted.
3. Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Management of mango waste for utilization in value added food products. HEC Islamabad worth Rs.3.73 million. Evaluated and final revisions have been submitted.
ABSTRACTS/ POSTER/ ORAL PRESENTATIONS
1. Muhammad Riaz, Raheela Perveen, Muhammad Rizwan Javed, Muhammad Ibrahim Rajoka & Muhammad Hamid Rashid., “Production, Purification and Partial Characterization of Glucoamylases from Humicola sp.”, Poster was presented at National Symposium on Biotechnology for Economic Prosperity held at Green Retreat Hotel Nathiagali, Pakistan, July 24-26, 2006.
2. Muhammad Hamid Rashid, Rubina Shaheen, Muhammad Shahid Maqbool, Muhammad Riaz, Raheela Perveen & Muhammad Ibrahim Rajoka., “Impact of metal ions on Kinetic and Thermodynamic Properties of Glucoamylases from Humicola sp.”, Paper was presented at National Symposium on Biotechnology for Economic Prosperity held at Green Retreat Hotel Nathiagali, Pakistan, July 24-26, 2006.
3. Muhammad Rizwan Javed, Raheela Perveen, Muhammad Riaz & Muhammad Hamid Rashid., “Kinetic and Thermodynamic Characterization of CMCases from Native and Transgenic Aspergillus oryzae Harbouring F1-Carboxymethylcellulase (Cmc1) Gene of Aspergillus aculeatus.”, Poster was presented at National Symposium on Biotechnology for Economic Prosperity held at Green Retreat Hotel Nathiagali, Pakistan, July 24-26, 2006.
4. Ammara Fatima, Raheela Perveen, Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Rizwan Javed, HabibUllah Nadeem, Muhammad Ibrahim Rajoka & Muhammad Hamid Rashid., “Effect of Metals on stability-function relationship of Lactases from Aspergillus niger”, Poster was presented at An Inational Symposium on Microbial Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture held at National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Faisalabad, Pakistan, on March 12-16, 2007.
5. Muhammad Riaz, Raheela Perveen, Muhammad Rizwan Javed, HabibUllah Nadeem, Muhammad Ibrahim Rajoka & Muhammad Hamid Rashid., “Physico-chemical, Catalytic and Thermodynamic Properties of Amyloglucosidase form Humicola sp.”, Poster was presented at An Inational Symposium on Microbial Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture held at National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Faisalabad, Pakistan, on March 12-16, 2007.
6. Muhammad Rizwan Javed, Raheela Perveen, HabibUllah Nadeem, Muhammad Riaz & Muhammad Hamid Rashid, “Expression Cloning of F1-carboxymethylcellulase (cmc1) gene of Aspergillus aculeatus in Aspergillus oryzae: Kinetic and Thermodynamic properties of Transgenic CMCases”. The abstract was published in the Proceedings of Enzyme Engineering Conference, ISSN 1671-8153 Dalian, China on July 22-27, 2007.
7. Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Hamid Rashid, HabibUllah Nadeem. Muhammad Rizwan Javed, Raheela Perveen & Urooj Mubashar. A poster was presented with the title: Activation and thermostabilization of Humicola sp glucoamylase by manganese ions on a conference; Transition Metals in Biochemistry held at the University of East Anglia UK, 24th to 26th June, 2008. http://www.ibdg.org.uk/.
8. Participated in International Conference on “Recent advances in human nutrition with special reference to vulnerable groups” held on February 22-25, 2010 at NIFSAT, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.
9. A paper entitled, “Improvement in the Thermophilicity and Thermostability of Glucoamylase Through γ-Rays Treatment of Aspergillus niger” was presented at International Conference on Prospects and Challanges to Sustainable Agriculture held on July 14-16, 2011 at Faculty of Agriculture Rawalakot, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan.
10. Country Paper presented in Multicountry Observational Study Mission on the Development of Biotechnology Business Models for SMEs in Agribusiness held on November 07-11, 2011 at Taipei, Republic of China, organized by Asian Productivity Organization, Japan.
TRAININGS AND SHORT COURSES PARTICIPATED
1. Six weeks Practical Industrial Training at Chaudhari Dairies Ltd. (presently Haleeb Foods Ltd.) from 31-12-1999 to 10-02-2000.
2. HACCP Training Programme conducted at Khawaja Foods (Pvt.) Ltd. by Quality Professionals (Pvt.) Ltd. in January, 2003.
3. A training course on “The safety measures in the use of radiation in agriculture and biology” conducted at Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB) from 23-04-2007 to 04-05-2007.
4. A practical training course “AKTA System User Training (AKT1)” held in University of Edinburgh, Scotland on 28th May, 2008.
5. Participated in a training on “Good Manufacturing Practices in Food Plants” held on May 29, 2010 at MCCI, Multan.
6. Participated in a training on “Food Safety Management System (ISO 22000)” held on June 25, 2010 at Bahauddin Zakariya Universtiy, Multan.
7. Participated as a Resource Person in a training on “Processing and Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables at Home Scale” held on December 11, 2010 at Bahauddin Zakariya Universtiy, Multan.
8. Participated in a workshop entitled, “4th Academic Workshop for Effective PhD Supervision” held at Islamia University Bahawalpur from 15-17th March, 2011.
9. Participated in an APO training course on “The Food Safety Management System ISO 22000:2005 for Auditors/Lead Auditors” held on March 28-30, 2011 at Bahauddin Zakariya Universtiy, Multan.
10. Participated as a Resource Person in a training program on “Professional Baking” held on June 27 to July 01, 2011 at Bahauddin Zakariya Universtiy, Multan.
WORK EXPERIENCE: (2002–2005)
1. Assistant Professor: Department of Food Science and Technology, BZ University, Multan from 29-12-2011 to date.
2. Lecturer: Department of Food Science and Technology, BZ University, Multan from 01-01-2010 to 28-12-2011.
3. Quality Assurance Manager at Khawaja Foods (Pvt.) Ltd. Gujranwala from 22-07-2002 to 01-01-2005.
MEMBERSHIPS
1. Ex Member Biochemical Society (Membership number 00974396)
2. Member Pakistan Society of Food Scientists and Technologists
3. Member International Natural Hygiene Society
4. Member American Society of Microbiology
ACHIEVEMENTS
1. A Letter of Appreciation by CEO, National Productivity Organization for significant contribution and assistance in organizing a five days training course on “Professional Baking” at Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan.
2. Award of participation and presenting a country paper on “Multicountry observational study mission on the development of biotechnological business models for SMEs in agribusiness” held on November 07-11, 2011 fully funded by Asian Productivity Organization, Japan.
3. Approved as HEC Recognized Supervisor, 2010.
4. International Research Support Initiative Programme (6 month training scholarship) for UK, fully funded by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.
5. Indigenous Ph.D. Scholarship (4 year program) sponsored by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.
6. Merit Scholarship in Matriculation (87% Marks obtained).
7. Merit Scholarship in Middle Standard Examination (83% Marks obtained).
COMPUTER LITERACY AND LANGUAGE CAPABILITY:
1. MS Word, MS Excel, Power Point, slide write, Internet, MS Outlook.
2. English, Urdu, and Punjabi: Good Speaking, Listening, Writing and Reading.
PERSONAL PARTICULARS
1. Date of Birth: June 16, 1976
2. Nationality: Pakistani
3. NIC #: 34101-2305074-1
4. Passport #: AW 9910741
REFERENCES
1. Dr. M. Hamid Rashid (PhD Supervisor)
Principal Scientist
National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan.
E-mail ,
Tel: +92-41-2621475 Ext.303
Mob: +92-321-6683188
Fax: +92-41-2621472
2. Dr. Lindsay Sawyer (IRSIP Supervisor)
Professor of Biomolecular Structure
School of Biological Sciences
The University of Edinburgh
Swann Bldg, King’s Bldgs
Mayfield Road
Edinburgh EH9 3JR
Tel: +44-(0)131-650-7062
Fax: +44-(0)131-650-7055
3. Dr. Nuzhat Huma {M.Sc (Hons) supervisor}
Associate Professor
NIFSAT, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.
Tel: +92-41-9200161-69 +92-321-6055221
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