DR. SUMERA AFZAL KHAN Centre of Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan Personal information: Date of birth: November 13th, 1973 Gender: Female Citizenship: Pakistan Permanent Postal Address: Center of Biotechnology & Microbiology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan Office phone: ++92-91-9216485 Cell phone: ++92-300-5886374 E-mail: shumakhan@gmail.com Education Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea (2009) Ph.D (Microbial Genomics) Major Subject: Microbial Genomics Dissertation: Microbiological and genomic studies on gibberellinproducing endophytic fungi from sand-dune plants Postdoctoral Experience (March 2009-September 2009) Post-Doc was carried out in Microbial Genomics Lab., Department of Microbiology, Kyungpook National University, Korea Employment Assistant Professor in Microbiology, at Center of Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan Research Interests Microbial genetics Plant-microbe interaction Microbial biotechnology Oncology Parasitology Some Important Publications 1. Hamayun M, SA Khan, AL Khan, M Afzal and IJ Lee.`Endophytic Cephalotheca sulfurea AGH07 reprograms soybean to higher growth. Journal of Plant Interactions (doi:10.1080/17429145.2011.642013) (In Press) 2. Khan SA, M Hamayun, AL Khan, ZK Shinwari and JG Kim. Isolation of plant growth promoting endophytic fungi from dicots inhabiting coastal sand dunes of Korea. Pakistan Journal of Botany (In Press) 3. Khan SA, M Hamayun (Co-first author), AL Khan, B Ahmad, S Ahmed and IJ Lee (2009). Influence of pH, temperature and glucose on biodegradation of 4aminophenol by novel bacterial strain Pseudomonas sp. ST-4. African J Biotechnology. 8(16): 3827-3831 4. Khan SA, M Hamayun, HY Kim, HJ Yoon, IJ Lee and JG Kim (2009) Gibberellin Production and Plant Growth Promotion by a New Strain of Gliomastix murorum. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 25: 829833 SA Khan, M Hamayun, HY Kim, HJ Yoon, JC Seo, YS Choo, IJ Lee, SD Kim, IK Rhee and JG Kim (2009) A new strain of Arthrinium phaeospermum isolated from Carex kobomugi Ohwi is capable of gibberellin production. Biotechnology Letters 31:283–287 5. 6. SA Khan, M Hamayun (Co-first author), HJ Yoon, HY Kim, SJ Suh, SK Hwang, JM Kim, IJ Lee, YS Choo, UH Yoon, WS Kong, BM Lee and JG Kim (2008) Plant growth promotion and Penicillium citrinum. BMC Microbiology 2008, 8: 231 7. SA Khan, M Hamayun, SO Rim, IJLee, JC Seu, YS Choo, IN Jin, SD Kim, IK Lee and JG Kim (2008). Isolation of endophytic fungi capable of plant growth promotion from monocots inhabited in the coastal sand dunes of Korea. Journal of Life Science 18(10): 1355-1359 8. SA Khan, M Hamayun and S Ahmad (2006) Degradation of 4-aminophenol by newly isolated Pseudomonas sp. strain ST-1. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 38 (1-2): 10-13