Projects Selected for Funding
Pak-US Joint Academic & Research Program 2009-10
Sr #
ID#
Project Title
P I Pak
University/Institute Pak
P I US
University /Institute US
1
259
Inventory of the plants of
Pakistan
Dr. Syed I.
Ali
Institute
of
Plant
Conservation, University of
Karachi.
Dr. Peter C.
Hoch
Missouri Batanical Garden,
P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO
63166-0299 USA
2
280
Bioactive
genes
peptides/proteins
medicinal plants
and
from
Dr.
Amer
Jamil
Dept. of Chemistry
Biochemistry, Faculty
Sciences, University
Agriculture, Faisalabad
&
of
of
Dr. Leslie M.
Hicks
3
444
New Approaches of Estrus
Synchronization to Improve
Reproductive Performance in
Dairy Animals
Dr. Nasim
Ahmad
Dr. J. Richard
Pursley
4
327
Dr.
Muhammad
Tahir
Hafiz
4901 Evergreen Rd. 220 ELB,
ECE Department Dearborn
5
306
M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of
Building
Construction
University of Florida
299
National
Institute
of
Transportation, School of
Civil
&
Environmental
Engineering,
NUST
Islamabad
COMSATS Institute of
Information
Technology,
Islamabad
Prof.
Dr.
Jammie Hinze
6
Ambient
air
quality
monitoring using integrated
secure wireless sensor and
vehicular networks
Establishment of a Center of
Excellence to Conduct and
Promote Construction Safety
Research, Education and
Training in Pakistan
A Hybrid Solar Water
Heating System using CO2
as Working Fluid
Department
of
Theriogenology
Faculty of
Veterinary
Sciences
University of Veterinary and
Animal Sciences Lahore
Dept
of
Electrical
Engineering, UET, Lahore
Proteomics
and
Mass
Spectrometry Facility, Douald
Danforth
Plant
Science
Center, 975 North Warson
Road, St. Louis
Department
of
Animal
Science 1230 Anthony Hall
Michigan State University
Prof. Sumathy
Krishnan
Dept
of
Mechanical
Engineering and Applied
Mechanics, North Dakota
State University
7
421
Dr. Khalil
Ahmed
Dept of Biological Sciences
Karakorum
International
University Gilgit, GilgitBaltistan
Dr.
Miller
National Institutes of Health
8
279
Dr. Aamer
Saeed
Dept of Chemistry, Quaid-iAzam University, Islamabad
Dr. Kevin D.
Belfield
Dept of Chemistry, CREOL:
The college of Optics &
Photonics
University
of
Central Florida,
9
288
Water, sanitation, health, and
hygiene interventions in a
northern Pakistani village:
15 year prospective follow
up of diarrheal disease,
pneumonia,
childhood
growth, water quality, and
latrine microbiolog
Carbazole and fluorenebased
polymeric
and
molecular materials
for
optoelectronic applications:
synthesis,
spectroscopic
studies, device fabrication,
and characterization
Capacity Building in disaster
risk
assessment
and
Dr.
Umar
Khattak
NUST, School
Engineering
Dr.
Hong
University of Oklahoma, USA
Dr. Rafiq M.
Choudhry
Prof.
Nasrullah
Khan
of
Civil
and
Dr.
Malik
Mark
Yang
10
401
11
302
12
285
13
410
14
240
15
428
16
432
management
through
training and research in geo
informatics
and
hydrometeorological hazard
risk reduction strategies
Standardization and Quality
Assurance of Medicinal
Plants
Environmental
Islamabad
Dr.
Zabta
Khan
Science,
Total
Solution
based
Organic-Inorganic
Solar
Cells
for
Enhanced
Efficiency and Stability
Integration of Geological,
Geochemical and Remote
Sensing Data for Finding
Source Rocks for Gold in the
Northern Areas of Pakistan
Dr. Salamat
Ali
Department
of
Plant
Sciences,
Qaid-i-Azam
University
Islamabad
Government
College
University, Lahore
Dr. Allan
Ohio University, Department
of Environmental & Plant
Biology
Dr. S. Ismat
Shah
201 Dupont Hall, University
of Delaware Newark
Dr.
Mohammad
Tahir
National
Center
of
Excellence in Geology,
University of Peshawar,
Dr. Shuhab D.
Khan,
Dept of Earch & Atmospheric
Sciences,
University
of
Houston
Building Capabilities for the
Molecular and Biochemical
Characterization
of
Photosynthesis
and
Oxidative
Stress
Gene
Expression in Halophytes
with Potential Use as NonConventional Crops
Establishment of Functional
and Nutraceutical Food
Research Section at the
National Insitute of Food
Science and Technology,
University of Agriculture,
Faisalabad, Pakistan
Small
Scale
Sewage
Treatment and Wastewater
Reuse System for Pakistan
Dr.
M.
Ajmal Khan
Institute
of
Sustainable
Halophyte
Utilization,
University of Karachi.
Dr. Brent L.
Nielsen
Department of Microbiology
&
Molecular
Biology
Brigham Young University
Dr. Masood
Sadiq Butt
National Institute of Food
Science and Technology,
University of Agriculture,
Faisalabad
Dr.
Xiao
Hang
University of Massachusetts,
100
Holdsworth
Way
Chenoweth Lab. Amherst
MA, 01003 USA
Dr.
Safia
Ahmed
Department
Of
Microbiology, Quaid-i-Azam
University, Islamabad
Dr.
Ruman
Riffat
Removal of Arsenic from
Drinking Water using Iron
Ores as Low Cost Reactive
Absorbent Media
Dr. Khadija
Qureshi
Mehran
University
of
Engineering & Technology
Jamshoro, Sindh
Dr.
James
Farrell
Dept.
Civil
and
Environmental Engineering,
George
Washington
University
Dept. of Chemical and
Environmental Engineering,
University of Arizona
Approved Projects funded on both the Pakistani and U.S. sides
by the U.S. Department of State
1
338
2
331
3
333
4
340
5
339
6
335
Prevalance, species distribution,
and trends in resistance of fungi
responsible
for
invasive
mycoses in Pakistan
Rapid Detection of Infection and
Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis
(TB) Patients by Multiplex
Analysis
Hepatitis B Virus-Associated
Hepatocellular Carcinoma in
Pakistan
Dr.
Zafar
Arthropod functional genomics
initiative: building community
resources for animal health
Establishing a "Biostatistical
Consulting Center
Dr.
Muhammad
Sohail Sajid
Dr.
Muhammad
Aleem
Bhatti
Dr. Masood
Rabbani
Characterization of Mycoplasma
gallisepticum isolates from
Pakistan and their use in
production of diagnostic antigen
and vaccine
Afia
Dr.
M.
Waheed
Akhtar
Dr. Ishtiaq
Qadri
Agha
Khan
Karachi
University
Dr. Mary E.
Brandt
Imran
Mycotic
Disease
Branch Centers for
Disease Control and
Prevention, Mailstop
Center for Comparative
Medicine, University of
California, Davis
School
of
Biological
Sciences, Punjab University
and Allama Iqbal Medical
College, Lahore
Center of Virology and
Immunology NUST, Tamiz
ud Din Road, Rawalpindi
Dr.
Khan
Dr.
Aleem
Siddiqui
UCSD (The Regents of
the
University
of
California)
Dept
of
Parasitology,
University of Agriculture
Faisalabad.
Faculty of Life Sciences &
Business
Management
University of Veterinary and
Animal Sciences, Lahore
University Diagnostic Lab,
University of Veterinary &
Animal
Sciences,
Shah
Abdul Qadir Jilani Road,
Lahore
Shahid Karim
University of Southern
Mississippi
Dr.
Hafiz
Anwar
Ahmad
Jackson
University
Dr. Mazhar I.
Khan
Department
Pathobiology
Veterinary
University
Connecticut
State
of
&
Science,
of