Uzma Hanif

Ambitious Agricultural Biotechnologist experienced in application of genomics tools and high-throughput phenotyping for wheat stress tolerance. The main emphasis is to develop tool and resources for crop molecular breeding. Works with focus and precision in analysis and data evaluation to achieve reliable outcomes. Eager to advance collective discipline knowledge and author high-quality scientific papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals.

Visiting Faculty, 10/2021 - 01/2023

PMAS, Arid Agriculture University

• Assessed students through fair, valid, reliable, accurate, professional, and rigorous assessments including Examination work of university.
• Selected innovative teaching methods to deliver course content.
• Created presentations to deliver lecture material in classroom and online learning environments.
• Developed tests and materials to assess and promote student learning objectives.
• Designed, planned and taught lectures based on curriculum requirements and exams.
• Planned and developed course curriculums based on government guidelines, trends and head of department input.
• Used diverse teaching methods, including lectures, presentations and class activities to deliver curriculum.
• Collaborated with academic colleagues to develop new courses, incorporate curriculum changes and develop research activities.
• Taught under-graduate courses; Seed Production in Various Crops, Physiology of Seed Production, Principle of Seed Technology, Crop Variety Registration and Intellectual Property Rights, Seed storage, Breeding Cereal Crops, Breeding Fiber Crops and Seed Production of Transgenic Crops.

Wheat Research Substation Murree, Rawalpindi

• Designed presentations summarizing research findings.
• Used initiative and creativity to identify areas for research, developing new research methods and extending research portfolio.
• Analyzed and interpreted results of personal and joint research and generated original ideas based on outcomes.
• Drew up research objectives and proposals for joint research.
• Assisted project members with development and evaluation of instructional materials and curricula.
• Dealt with problems likely to affect achievement of research objectives and deadlines.
• Organized different events, workshops and presentations when needed.
• Statistical analysis and report writing and publishing the research work in international journals to share the information with scientific community.
• Took part in production of collaborative research reports and publications.

Wheat Research Sub Station Murree, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

• Worked with plant breeders to improve research and garner deeper grasp of related wheat improvement.
• Utilized SPSS to input data gathered from various sources.
• Breeding and hybridization of wheat germplasm for development of improved wheat varieties for biotic and abiotic stresses.
• Screening of national and international wheat germplasm for rust resistance and raising international wheat nursery of wheat crop.
• analyzed and interpreted results of research and generated original ideas based on outcomes.

Government Girl's High School Samlee Tajal, Muree,, Rawalpindi

• (Biology and Chemistry of 9th and 10th)
• Set positive expectations for students' behavior, establishing high standard of discipline through well-focused teaching.
• Planned and prepared high-quality lessons, engaging and motivating students to maximize learning potential.
• Safeguarded laboratory equipment, verifying proper use, storage and continued maintenance.
• Assessed student performance, analyzing classwork and laboratory hours and providing extra assistance to underachieving pupils.
• Moderated class discussions to build intellectual curiosity and student engagement.

The title of my Ph.D. dissertation was “Study of genetic gain in wheat for abiotic stress tolerance I estimated the genetic gain of wheat using 24 elite Pakistani wheat cultivars. I have also worked on the genetic diversity of 512 wheat landraces by genotyping by sequencing (GBS) and also examined the environmental GWAS. Additionally, I used carbon isotope discrimination to study the relationship to other agronomically important traits in rain-fed areas.

In addition, I spent six months (June 18, 2018 to December 11, 2018) as an international intern (at the Gore Lab) under the supervision of Dr.

Michael

Gore, Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA. During my internship, I investigated the extent of phenotypic variation in a diverse panel of 24 Pakistani wheat cultivars evaluated for traits related to plant productivity, including yield and its components. I had also performed high-throughput phenotyping of the wheat diversity panel using two instruments, Crop Circle Phenom and multispeQ.

Measurements collected by the Phenom included canopy temperature and vegetation indices, while the multispeQ simultaneously measured multiple photosynthetic phenotypes. In addition to hands-on training in plant phenotyping methods, I also developed proficiency in the R programming language and wrote my own R code for statistical analysis of wheat phenotype dataset using mixed linear models to estimate genetic gain for the selected traits. I also estimated the GE interactions for the selected traits using the AMMI (Additive Main Effects and Multiplicative Interaction) model.