Sohail Yousaf 

Assistant Professor
Environmental Sciences
Quaid-i-Azam University
Pakistan

Biography

Sohail Yousaf obtained his Ph.D. from University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria. He currently holds as an Assistance Professor in Department of Biochemistry at Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad. His Research interest mainly involved Environmental molecular biology, Microbial / rhizosphere ecology, Bioremediation, phytoremediation, Metagenomics analysis of microorganisms, Nodulation and nitrogen fixation, Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria.

Research Intrest

Environmental molecular biology, Microbial / rhizosphere ecology, Bioremediation, phytoremediation, Metagenomics analysis of microorganisms, Nodulation and nitrogen fixation, Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria

List of Publications
 Sohail Yousaf, Muhammad Afzal, Thomas G. Reichenauer and Angela Sessitsch (2011) Hydrocarbon degradation, plant colonization and gene expression of alkane degradation genes by endophytic Enterobacter ludwigii strains. Environmental Pollution, 159: 2675-2683.
  Muhammad Afzal, Sohail Yousaf, Thomas G. Reichenauer and Angela Sessitsch (2012) The inoculation method affects colonization and performance of bacterial inoculant strains in the phytoremediation of soil contaminated with diesel oil. International Journal of Phytoremediation, 14: 35-47.
Michael Pancher, Marco Ceol, Paola Elisa Corneo, Claudia Maria Oliveira Longa, Sohail Yousaf, Ilaria Pertot, Andrea Campisano (2012) Fungal endophytic population shifts respond to agricultural management choices. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78 (12): 4308-17.