Dr. Mohammad Faisal

I am working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Botany & Microbiology, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. I received my Ph.D. degree in Botany with special emphasis in plant tissue culture and biotechnology from the Aligarh Muslim University, India. I have done postdoctoral research at the Biological Research Centre (CIB), Madrid, Spain under a Program of Ministry Science & Education, Spain and at the Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India under the DST Fast-track scheme for young scientist by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. I also visited to the Kangwon National University, South Korea to learn some advance techniques in tissue culture and genetic engineering. During my research work I availed several national fellowships including Junior Research Fellowship (UGC) and Senior Research Fellowship (CSIR). I have been awarded Plant Biotechnologist Award (2017) by the SESR, India and Scientist of the Year Award 2015 by the National Environmental Science Academy, India for his achievements and contributions. I developed protocols for in vitro regeneration, synthetic seeds production of several potential medicinal plants viz., Tylpophora indica, Rauvolfia serpentia, Rauvolfia terphylla, Ruta graveolens, Ruta chalepensis, etc. I am actively engaged in several projects and some has been successfully completed. I have published over 64 papers in peer-reviewed journals of international repute and these papers have been cited over 1362 times with Google h index of 23. He holds life membership of several academic bodies/societies and Fellow of the Society of Scientific and Educational Research (SESR). He is in the editorial board of several peer-reviewed journal and recently appointed as member of EAB of Industrial Crops and Products published by the Elsewhere Science. Currently, I am editing two books to be published by the Springer Science, The Netherlands. My current research focuses on in vitro morphogenesis, tissue culture, mass propagation and genetic transformation in plants of economic importance and characterization of regenerated plants using molecular markers and flow cytometry and encapsulation of vegetative propagules/somatic embryos for germplasm conservation, storage and transfer. My research also includes the interaction of nanoparticles with plants (uptake & translocation) and their toxicological effects and mechanism of interaction at cellular and molecular level and cell death in some edible crops.