• PhD & Post-doc (Plant Pathology)

• Wheat Pathology
  

• Recognized as an Interdisciplinary Research Training Center (IRTC) approved supervisor by the Directorate General of Science & Technology, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (8 December 2022 to 8 December 2024).
  
• Received appreciation certificate from the Chairman, Department of Plant Pathology, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar for serving as a member board of studies (Oct 2018 to Oct 2021).
  
• Received Dr. Abdul Wahab Research Competitive Award 2022 from KP Government in recognition of meritorious services in the field of plant pathology.
  
• Appointed and serving as “Scientific Advisor” to International Foundation for Science (IFS), Stockholm, Sweden.
  
• Member American Phytopathology Society (2015-18) & Life Member of Pakistan Phytopathological Society.
  
• Member Board of Studies in Plant Pathology & External Examiner, University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan.
  
• Pakistan Council for Science & Technology declared “Productive Scientist” for five years (2014 to 2018).
  
• Pakistan Council for Science & Technology awarded “Research Productivity Awards 2015-16 and 2017-18”.
  
• Best Performance Award 2016 for outstanding contribution to Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission’s program.
  
• Pakistan Higher Education Commission’s “National Competitive Postdoc Fellowship Award 2014” for USA.
  
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government (Pakistan) competitive “Research and Development Effort Award 2014”.
  
• Pakistan Higher Education Commission’s (HEC) “National Competitive Best Research Paper Award 2011”.
  
• Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission officially approved “PhD Supervisor” in the field of Plant Pathology.
  
• Pakistan Higher Education Commission’s “National Competitive Fellowship Award 2008” for PhD research in France
  
• Pakistan-Swiss Government Project for Horticultural Promotion awarded “Recognition Certificate 2003”.
  
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Vienna, Austria “Fellowship Award 2000” for training in Canada.
  
• National competitive “PAEC Talent Scholarship Award” for 2 years graduate study at Agriculture University, Peshawar.
  

• Assessment of genetic variability for wheat yellow rust resistance and Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici pathotypes from Pakistan. Plant Protection, 08 (02) 2024. 239-255
• Hussain S and Shah SJA (2023) Assessing yellow rust resistance in adult Pakistani wheat withYr18 and all-stage defeated genes. Pak. J. Phytopathol., Vol. 35 (02) 2023. 307-316.
• Jing Feng,Jian Lu Sun, Shah SJA, Fengtao Wang, Qiang Yao, Qingyun Guo, Ruiming Lin, Shichang Xu.(2022) Identification of a stripe rust resistance gene YrSF in Chinese wheat (Triticum aestivum) landrace Sifangmai. Plant Breeding 141(4): 549-557.
• Wang M, Xu M, Wang F, Shah SJA, Feng J, Lin R, Xu S (2021) Characterization and validation of QTLs for adult plant stripe rust resistance in Chinese wheat landrace Dabaimai Cereal Research Communications 49:91-98.
• Ali S, Sharma S, Leconte M, Shah SJA, Duveiller E, Enjalbert J and Vallavieille‐Pope, C (2018), Low pathotype diversity in a recombinant Puccinia striiformis population through convergent selection at the eastern Himalayan centre of diversity (Nepal). Plant Pathology 67: 810-820.
• Kolmer JA, Mirza JI, Imtiaz M and Shah SJA (2017) Genetic differentiation of the wheat leaf rust fungus Puccinia triticina in Pakistan and genetic relationship to other worldwide populations. Phytopathology 6: 786-790.
• Shah SJA, Hussain S, Ahmad M, Farhatullah, Ibrahim M (2014) Characterization of Slow Rusting Resistance against Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici in Candidate and Released Bread Wheat Cultivars of Pakistan. Journal of Plant Pathology and Microbiology 5: 223. doi:10.4172/2157-7471.100022.
• Sharma-Poudyal D, Chen XM, Wan AM, Zhan GM, Kang ZS, Cao SQ, Jin SL, Morgounov A, Akin B, Mert Z, Shah, SJ A, Bux H, Ashraf M, Sharma RC, Madariaga R, Puri KD, Wellings C, Xi KQ, Manninger K, Wanyera R, Ganzález MI, Koyda M, Sanin S and Patzek LJ (2013) Virulence characterization of international collections of the wheat stripe rust pathogen, Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici. Plant Disease. 97:379-386.
• Shah SJA, Bashir M and Manzoor N. 2012. A Review on Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus. In: Crop Production for Agricultural Improvement. Ed. M. Ashraf, M. Ozturk, MSA Ahmad and A. Aksoy. Springer-Verlag, Germany.Part 3, Pages 747-782

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