Mazhar Iqbal obtained his Ph.D. from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) The Netherlands. He currently holds as an Assistance Professor in Department of Environmental Sciences at Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad. His Research interest mainly involved Environmental Biotechnology and Bioremediation, Heavy Metal Toxicity and tolerance/accumulation mechanisms in plants, Phytoremediation, Identification of molecular mechanisms for heavy metal tolerance and accumulation and transfer of these mechanisms to high biomass plants or agricultural crops.

Environmental Biotechnology and Bioremediation, Heavy Metal Toxicity and tolerance/accumulation mechanisms in plants, Phytoremediation, Identification of molecular mechanisms for heavy metal tolerance and accumulation and transfer of these mechanisms to high biomass plants or agricultural crops.