Penulis: Mohammad Faisal

Dr. Quaiser Saquib is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is also serving as coordinator of Al-Jeraisy Chair for DNA Research in KSU. He earned his Ph D from AMU, India. Much of his experience has been doing the molecular toxicity and biophysical research. Dr. Saquib has been conferred “Scientist of the Year Award-2016” by National Environmental Science Academy, India and “Young Scientist Award 2008” by Environmental Mutagen Society of India. There are 46 research publications, 2 books and 2 book chapters has been added to his credentials. He is principal and co-investigator in several projects funded by National Plan for Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Saquib is also engaged in teaching and training of graduate and postgraduate students at KSU. Dr. Mohammad Faisal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany & Microbiology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He received his Ph D degree in Botany from the AMU, India. He is a well-known plant biotechnologist and an active researcher also worked as Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, Madrid, Spain and Young Scientist at AMU, Aligarh, India. He availed several national fellowships during his doctoral work. Dr. Faisal has been awarded Plant Biotechnologist Award-2017 by the SESR, India and Scientist of the Year Award-2015 by the NESA. He has published over 64 research articles and these papers have been cited over 1362 times with Google h index of 23. He holds life membership of several academic societies and fellow of the SESR. He is in the editorial board of the several peer-reviewed international journals. Professor Abdulaziz A. Al-Khedhairy is currently serving as Director of Twasol Research Excellence Program in King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has been appointed at several key academic and administrative positions in KSU, including Dean of Community College, Assistant Vice-President for Graduate Studies and Research. Prof. Al-Khedhairy is also supervising Al-Jeraisy Chair for DNA Research. His research interest includes molecular genetics of inherited diseases in the Saudi community and interactions of eukaryotic DNA with genotoxic chemicals and their prolonged effect on human genes. He has published 160 research articles, 9 book chapters and 2 books. He also has one USA patient. He has been conferred with KACST Golden Award for Excellence in Research. As a PI and CO-I, he has successfully supervised several projects funded by KACST, KSA. Dr. Abdulrahman Alatar is an Associate Professor at the Department of Botany & Microbiology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He received his Ph D degree in Plant Ecology in the year 2008 from KSU. He has been the Principal and Co-Investigator of the various projects funded by the different agencies and supervised 3 Ph D students and7 MSc students. He holds membership of several academic societies and participated in several national and international conferences. He published more than 65 scientific articles in different international journals published by the Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Taylor and Francis etc. His work has been cited in various leading journals. He is the recipient of several awards and honors and have various academic and administrative contributions in the KSU. Currently, he is also serving as the Vice Dean of Graduate Studies, KSU, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.