Professional experience

PEST CONTROL CONSULTANT
F+M Pest control GmbH, Germany
(December 2019 – August 2022)

 Key responsibilities: 

• Monitoring and infestation assessment of different Insect-pests.
• Recommendations of control measures with Integrated-Pest Management (IPM) strategies and application of different insecticides and pesticides.
• Coaching and counseling clients to prevent pest infestation.
• Analysis of preliminary reports, diagrams of infested areas and determine the specific treatments required to eliminate and prevent recurrence of infestation.

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Molecular Phytomedicine Institute, University of Bonn, Germany
(October 2013 – September 2019)

Key responsibilities: 

• Phenotyping genetically diversified Arabidopsis germplasm in infection topathogens (Nematodes).
• Genotyping.
• Statistical genetics analysis especially using Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) with250,000 SNPs array.
• Identification of quantitative trait locii (QTLs) and significant genomic regions.
• Functional characterization of interesting genes using molecular biology techniques such as PCR, qrt-PCR, molecular cloning, development of transgenic lines, and Knock-out-mutant analysis.

INTERNSHIP
Directorate General of Pest Warning and Quality control of Pesticides, Lahore, Pakistan
(March 2008 – July 2008)

• Pest-warning und Quality control of Pesticides.
• Worked in Agriculture extension services to educate farmers to improve agriculture practices and crop yields.

Education and Degrees

PhD AGRICULTURE SCIENCES (PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY)
University of Bonn, Germany
(October 2013 – September 2018)

Dissertation:
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) on the interactions  between cyst nematodes Heterodera schachtii and Arabidopsis thaliana.

AGRICULTURE SCIENCE
Universityof Bonn, Germany
(March 2010 – August 2013)

Dissertation:
Biodiversity of Noctuidae- Insect-pests (Lepidoptera) from Pothwar-Regionin Pakistan.

ENTOMOLOGY
Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan
(September 2008 June 2012)

Dissertation:
Biosystematics of Noctuid moths(Lepidoptera)

ENTOMOLOGY
Arid Agriculture University Rawalpidi, Pakistan
(March 2004 – March 2008)

Publications

Anwer MA, Anjam MS, Shah SJ, Naz AA, Grundler FMW, Siddique S. Genomewide association study uncovers a novel QTL allele of AtS40-3 that controls susceptibility to cyst nematode infection in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany, 69:1805-1814.

Shah SJ, Anjam MS, Anwer MA, Habash SS, Lozano-Torres JL, Grundler FMW, Siddique S. Damage- associated responses of the host contribute todefense Seite 2 von 3 against cyst but not root-knot nematode infection. Journal of Experimental Botany, 16:5949-5960.

Pariyar SR, Nakarmi J, Anwer MA, Siddique S, IlyasM, Elashry A, Dababat AA, Leon J, and Grundler FMW. Amino Acid Permease 6 modulates host response to cyst nematodes in wheat and Arabidopsis. Nematology, doi: 10.1163/15685411-00003172.