DR. MUHAMMAD RIAZ

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1 DR. MUHAMMAD RIAZ CONTACTS CURRENT ADDRESS PERMANENT ADDRESS Department of Food Science & Technology M. Riaz s/o M. Bashir, University College of Agriculture, Mohalla Qasaiyan, Village & Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. P. O. Bhatti Bhango, Distt. Mob: Gujranwala, Pakistan. ACADEMIC RECORD Ph. D. ( ) Subject: Food Biotechnology Thesis Title: Engineering of Microbial (Fungal) Glucoamylases by Chemical Modification Techniques for Industrial Application Major Courses: Molecular techniques to improve microbial strains for industrial applications, Fermentation Technology, Enzyme Engineering National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE) Faisalabad, PAKISTAN. IRSIP Training (Feb, 2008-Jul, 2008) Project Title: Purification, peptide mass finger printing and crystallization of glucoamylases from Aspergillus niger parent and its deoxy-d-glucose resistant mutant Institute of Structural Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK M. Sc. (Hons.) ( ) Subject: Thesis Title: Major Courses: Food Technology Comparative Studies on the Quality of Commercially Available Sweetened Condensed Milk Industrial Food Microbiology and Biotechnology, Food Toxicology, Analytical Techniques in Nutrition, Introduction to Biochemistry, Physiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition, Commercial Manufacturing of Cereal Products, Quality Control in Food Industries National Institute of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, PAKISTA. B. Sc. (Hons.) Agri ( ) Subject: Food Technology Major Courses: General Microbiology, Chemistry and Fundamental Biochemistry, Principles of Food Preservation, Introduction to Foods and Nutrition, Fundamentals of Milk Processing, Introduction to Cereal Technology, Introduction to Processing of Fats and Oils, Food Microbiology, Chemistry and Biochemistry of Foods, Food Analysis and Evaluation, Post Harvest Physiology of Fruits and Vegetables, Process Engineering, National and International Food Laws National Institute of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, PAKISTA. 1

2 PUBLICATIONS (IF ) 1. Amir Ismail, Muhammad Riaz*, Robert E. Levin, Saeed Akhtar, Yun Yun Gong and Aneela Hameed Seasonal prevelance level of aflatoxin M1 and its estimated daily intake in Pakistan. Food Control. Accepted (IF 2.806) 2. Amir Ismail, Muhammad Riaz*, Saeed Akhtar, Tariq Ismail, Zulfiqar Ahmad and Muhammad Saad Hashmi Estimated daily intake and health risk of heavy metals by consumption of milk. Food adulterant and contaminant part-b. Accepted (IF 0.88) 3. Habibullah Nadeem, Muhammad Hamid Rashid, Muhammad Hussnain Siddique, Farrukh Azeem, Saima Muzammil, Muhammad Rizwan Javed, Muhammad Amjad Ali, Ijaz Rasul and Muhammad Riaz Microbial Invertases: A review on kinetics, thermodynamics and physicochemical properties. Process Biochemistry. Accepted. (IF ) 4. Muhammad Riaz*, Mamoona Amir, Saeed Akhtar, Amjad Farooq, Tariq Ismail, Amir Ismail and Aneela Hameed Bacteriological analysis of street vended raw milk calls for strict surveillance system in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, Accepted. (IF ) 5. Saeed Akhtar, Muhammad Riaz, Aneela Hameed, Tariq Ismail and Amir Ismail Food safety conundrum- a Pakistan s scenario. Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods. Accepted. (IF ) 6. Amir Ismail, Saeed Akhtar, Robert E. Levin, Tariq Ismail, Muhammad Riaz* and mamoona amir Aflatoxin M 1: prevalence and decontamination strategies in milk and milk products. Critical Reviews in Microbiolology. Accepted. (IF 6.020) 7. Amir Ismail, Muhammad Riaz*, Saeed Akhtar, Tariq Ismail, Zulfiqar Ahmad and Shinawar Waseem Ali Improvement of quality attributes of bread by the application of phytases from an indigeneous strain of Aspergillus niger. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 51(3): 1-8. (IF 1.049) 8. Zulfiqar Ahmad, Masood Sadiq Butt, Anwar Ahmed, Muhammad Riaz, Syed Mubashar Sabir, Umar Farooq, Fazal Ur Rehman Effect of Aspergillus niger xylanase on dough characteristics and bread quality attributes. Journal of Food Science and Technology 51(10): (IF 2.024). 9. Aneela Hameed, Raza Hussain, Tahir Zahoor, Saeed Akhtar, Muhammad Riaz and Tariq Ismail Effect of oxytocin on enzyme activities in bovine milk. International Dairy Journal. Accepted. (IF 2.008) 10. Tariq Ismail, Saeed Akhtar, Muhammad Riaz, Amir Ismail Effect of pomegranate peel supplementation on nutritional organoleptic and stability properties of cookies. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. Accepted. (IF 1.206) 11. Amir Ismail, Muhammad Riaz*, Saeed Akhtar, Tariq Ismail, Mamoona Amir,Zafar-ul-Hye Heavy Metal Status in Vegetables and Respective Soils Irrigated by Canal, Municipal Waste and Tube-well Waters. Food Additives & Contaminants: Part B Accepted (IF. 0.88) 12. Muhammad Sufyan Siddique, Muhammad Tauseef Sultan, Saeed Akhtar, Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Sibt-e-Abbas, Amir Ismail and Farooq Hafeez Utilization of mango kernel lipid fraction to replace normal shortenings in cereal baked products. Food Science and Technology Research Accepted (IF ) 13. Zulfiqar Ahmad, Masood Sadiq Butt and Muhammad Riaz Partial purification and characterization of xylanase produced from Aspergillus niger using wheat bran. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 50(3): (IF 1.049) 14. Zulfiqar Ahmad, Masood Sadiq Butt, Riaz Hussain, Anwar Ahmed and Muhammad Riaz Effect of oral application of xylanase on some hematological and serum biochemical parameters in broilers. Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 33(3): (IF 1.392) 15. Saeed Akhtar, Anwaar Ahmed, Asif Ahmad, Zulfiqar Ali, Muhammad Riaz and Tariq Ismail Iron Status of Pakistani Population-Current Issues and Strategies. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 22(3): (IF 1.136) 2

3 16. Saeed Akhtar, Muhammad Riaz* Tariq Ismail and Umar Farooq Microbiological safety of street vended fresh fruit juices, drinks and conventional blends in Multan-Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 50(2): (IF 1.049) 17. Saeed Akhtar, Tariq Ismail, Muhammad Riaz Flaxseed- A Miraculous Defense Against Some Critical Maladies- A review. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 26 (1): (IF 0.682) 18. Muhamamd Riaz*, Muhammad Hamid Rashid, Lindsay Sawyer, Saeed Akhtar, Muhammad Rizwan Javed, Habibullah Nadeem and Martin Wear Physio-chemical properties and kinetics of glucoamylase produced from deoxy-d-glucose resistant mutant of Aspergillus niger for soluble starch hydrolysis. Food Chemistry Vol:130 pp: (IF 3.391) 19. Muhammad Rizwan Javed, Muhammad Hamid Rashid*, Zahid Mukhtar, Muhammad Riaz, HabibUllah Nadeem, Tayyba Huma & Nourin Ashiq Kinetics and thermodynamics of high level β-glucosidase production by mutant derivative of Aspergillus niger under submerged growth conditions. African Journal of Microbiology Research Vol:5 pp: (IF. 0.54). 20. Saeed Akhtar, Faqir M Anjum, Zia U Rehman and Muhammad Riaz. (2011). Effect of zinc and iron fortification of feed on liver and thyroid function. Biological Trace Element Research (Accepted). (IF 1.748) 21. Saeed Akhtar, Faqir Muhammad Anjum, Zia-Ur-Rehman, Muhammad Tauseef Sultan, Muhammad Riaz and Anwar Ahmed "Effect of fortification on plasma biochemical profile in rates" (2011) Biological Trace Element Research Vol:143 pp: (IF ). 22. Saeed Akhtar, Muhammad Riaz, Anwaar Ahmed and Atif Nisar. (2010). Physico-chemical, microbiology and sensory stability of chemically preserved mango pulp. Pakistan Journal of Botany 42: (IF 0.822) 23. Zulfiqar Ali, Faqir Muhammad Anjum, Saeed Akhtar, Tahir Zahoor and Muhammad Riaz. (2010). Efficacy of Food Grade Lactic Acid Produced Through Bacterial Fermentation. Pakistan Journal of Botany 42: (IF 0.822) 24. HabibUllah Nadeem, Muhammad Hamid Rashid*, Bibi Asma, Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Rizwan Javed and Raheela Perveen. (2009). Invertase from hyper producer strain of Aspergillus niger: Physiochemical properties, thermodynamics and active site residues heat of ionization. Protein and Peptide Letters 16: (IF 1.068) 25. Muhammad Rizwan Javed, Muhammad Hamid Rashid*, HabibUllah Nadeem, Muhammad Riaz & Raheela Perveen. (2009). Catalytic and thermodynamic characterization of endoglucanase (CMCase) from Aspergillus oryzae cmc-1. Applied Biochem Biotechnol 157: (IF 1.735) 26. Muhammad Riaz, Raheela Perveen, Muhammad Rizwan Javed, HabibUllah Nadeem & Muhammad Hamid Rashid. (2008). Kinetic and thermodynamic properties of novel glucoamylase from Humicola Sp. Enzyme and Microbial Technology 41 (2007) (IF 2.322) RESEARCH PROJECTS : 1. Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) of the Project titled Safety Status of Street Vended Fresh Fruit Juices in Pakistan Cost of the project is Rs Millions and funded by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. 2. Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) of the Project titled Training Farmers for Home-Scale Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables to Curtail Post Harvest Losses Cost of the project is Rs Million and funded by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. 3. Principal Investigator (PI) of the project titled, Chemical and Microbiological safety of ground drinking water in selected areas of Multan City. Directorate of Research BZ University, Multan Rs Million. 3

4 In Progress 1. Principal Investigator (PI) Safety status of Street Vended Raw Milk in Southern Punjab Cost of the project is Rs Million funded by Higher Education Commission, Pakistan. 2. Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) of Project entitled Nutritional profiling of medicinal plants of Southern Punjab region and exploring their antioxidant perspectives Cost of the project is Rs Millions funded by Higher Education Commission, Pakistan. 3. Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Management of mango waste for utilization in value added food products HEC Islamabad worth Rs Million funded by Higher Education Commission, Pakistan. Submitted: 1. Principal Investigator (PI) of the project titled, Detoxification of aflatoxin M1 in Milk Submitted to Higher Education Commission, Islamabad-Pakistan. Cost of the project is Rs SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS M. Phil Students: Sr. No. Name Year Title Status 1 Amir Ismail 2012 Production of phytases from indigenous Aspergillus niger for industrial applications 2 Sajid Latif 2012 Determination of heavy metals and adulterants in loose milk in Multan 3 Mamoona Amir 2013 Microbial assessment and quality analysis of street vended raw milk in southern Punjab 4 M. Umair Rafiq 2013 Microbial and heavy metal assessment in drinking water in Multan city 5 Nadeem Amin 2013 Effect of wax coating on the storage stability of mango 6 Javeria Tahir 2014 Quality assessment of milk with special reference to adulteration in Southern Punjab 7 M. Saqib 2014 Assessment of heavy metals in street Usman vended raw milk Southern Punjab 8 Khurram 2015 Assessment of growth promoter antibiotics Muaaz in broiler chicken 9 Ayesha Manzoor 2015 Qualitative and quantitative assessment of adulterants in street vended milk 10 Muhammad Mudassar 2015 Microbial prevalence of fresh salads served at restaurants PhD Students: Sr. No. Name Session Title Status 1 Amir Ismail Quality assessment and microbial Continued 4

5 decontamination of aflatoxin M1 in bovine milk 2 Mamoona Identification of virulence genes and Amir antibiotic resistance in Eschrichia coli O157 isolated from broiler meat 3 M. Umair Antimicrobial resistance in Eshcrichia coli Rafiq associated with heavy metals in drinking water ABSTRACTS/ POSTER/ ORAL PRESENTATIONS Continued Continued 1. Muhammad Riaz, Raheela Perveen, Muhammad Rizwan Javed, Muhammad Ibrahim Rajoka & Muhammad Hamid Rashid., Production, Purification and Partial Characterization of Glucoamylases from Humicola sp., Poster was presented at National Symposium on Biotechnology for Economic Prosperity held at Green Retreat Hotel Nathiagali, Pakistan, July 24-26, Muhammad Hamid Rashid, Rubina Shaheen, Muhammad Shahid Maqbool, Muhammad Riaz, Raheela Perveen & Muhammad Ibrahim Rajoka., Impact of metal ions on Kinetic and Thermodynamic Properties of Glucoamylases from Humicola sp., Paper was presented at National Symposium on Biotechnology for Economic Prosperity held at Green Retreat Hotel Nathiagali, Pakistan, July 24-26, Muhammad Rizwan Javed, Raheela Perveen, Muhammad Riaz & Muhammad Hamid Rashid., Kinetic and Thermodynamic Characterization of CMCases from Native and Transgenic Aspergillus oryzae Harbouring F1-Carboxymethylcellulase (Cmc1) Gene of Aspergillus aculeatus., Poster was presented at National Symposium on Biotechnology for Economic Prosperity held at Green Retreat Hotel Nathiagali, Pakistan, July 24-26, Ammara Fatima, Raheela Perveen, Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Rizwan Javed, HabibUllah Nadeem, Muhammad Ibrahim Rajoka & Muhammad Hamid Rashid., Effect of Metals on stabilityfunction relationship of Lactases from Aspergillus niger, Poster was presented at An Inational Symposium on Microbial Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture held at National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Faisalabad, Pakistan, on March 12-16, Muhammad Riaz, Raheela Perveen, Muhammad Rizwan Javed, HabibUllah Nadeem, Muhammad Ibrahim Rajoka & Muhammad Hamid Rashid., Physico-chemical, Catalytic and Thermodynamic Properties of Amyloglucosidase form Humicola sp., Poster was presented at An Inational Symposium on Microbial Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture held at National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Faisalabad, Pakistan, on March 12-16, Muhammad Rizwan Javed, Raheela Perveen, HabibUllah Nadeem, Muhammad Riaz & Muhammad Hamid Rashid, Expression Cloning of F1-carboxymethylcellulase (cmc1) gene of Aspergillus aculeatus in Aspergillus oryzae: Kinetic and Thermodynamic properties of Transgenic CMCases. The abstract was published in the Proceedings of Enzyme Engineering Conference, ISSN Dalian, China on July 22-27, Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Hamid Rashid, HabibUllah Nadeem. Muhammad Rizwan Javed, Raheela Perveen & Urooj Mubashar. A poster was presented with the title: Activation and thermostabilization of Humicola sp glucoamylase by manganese ions on a conference; Transition Metals in Biochemistry held at the University of East Anglia UK, 24 th to 26 th June, Participated in International Conference on Recent advances in human nutrition with special reference to vulnerable groups held on February 22-25, 2010 at NIFSAT, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. 9. A paper entitled, Improvement in the Thermophilicity and Thermostability of Glucoamylase Through γ-rays Treatment of Aspergillus niger was presented at International Conference on 5

6 Prospects and Challanges to Sustainable Agriculture held on July 14-16, 2011 at Faculty of Agriculture Rawalakot, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. 10. Country Paper presented in Multicountry Observational Study Mission on the Development of Biotechnology Business Models for SMEs in Agribusiness held on November 07-11, 2011 at Taipei, Republic of China, organized by Asian Productivity Organization, Japan. TRAININGS AND SHORT COURSES PARTICIPATED 1. Six weeks Practical Industrial Training at Chaudhari Dairies Ltd. (presently Haleeb Foods Ltd.) from to HACCP Training Programme conducted at Khawaja Foods (Pvt.) Ltd. by Quality Professionals (Pvt.) Ltd. in January, A training course on The safety measures in the use of radiation in agriculture and biology conducted at Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB) from to A practical training course AKTA System User Training (AKT1) held in University of Edinburgh, Scotland on 28 th May, Participated in a training on Good Manufacturing Practices in Food Plants held on May 29, 2010 at MCCI, Multan. 6. Participated in a training on Food Safety Management System (ISO 22000) held on June 25, 2010 at Bahauddin Zakariya Universtiy, Multan. 7. Participated as a Resource Person in a training on Processing and Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables at Home Scale held on December 11, 2010 at Bahauddin Zakariya Universtiy, Multan. 8. Participated in a workshop entitled, 4 th Academic Workshop for Effective PhD Supervision held at Islamia University Bahawalpur from th March, Participated in an APO training course on The Food Safety Management System ISO 22000:2005 for Auditors/Lead Auditors held on March 28-30, 2011 at Bahauddin Zakariya Universtiy, Multan. 10. Participated as a Resource Person in a training program on Professional Baking held on June 27 to July 01, 2011 at Bahauddin Zakariya Universtiy, Multan. WORK EXPERIENCE: ( ) 1. Assistant Professor: Department of Food Science and Technology, BZ University, Multan from to date. 2. Lecturer: Department of Food Science and Technology, BZ University, Multan from to Quality Assurance Manager at Khawaja Foods (Pvt.) Ltd. Gujranwala from to MEMBERSHIPS 1. Ex Member Biochemical Society (Membership number ) 2. Member Pakistan Society of Food Scientists and Technologists 3. Member International Natural Hygiene Society 4. Member American Society of Microbiology 5. Member International Society of Applied Life Sciences (Membership number ) 6

7 ACHIEVEMENTS 1. Rearch Productivity Award (RPA) by year Research Productivity Award (RPA) year A Letter of Appreciation by CEO, National Productivity Organization for significant contribution and assistance in organizing a five days training course on Professional Baking at Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. 4. Award of participation and presenting a country paper on Multicountry observational study mission on the development of biotechnological business models for SMEs in agribusiness held on November 07-11, 2011 fully funded by Asian Productivity Organization, Japan. 5. Approved as HEC Recognized Supervisor, International Research Support Initiative Program (6 month training scholarship) for UK, fully funded by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. 7. Indigenous Ph.D. Scholarship (4 year program) sponsored by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. 8. Merit Scholarship in Matriculation (87% Marks obtained). 9. Merit Scholarship in Middle Standard Examination (83% Marks obtained). COMPUTER LITERACY AND LANGUAGE CAPABILITY: 1. MS Word, MS Excel, Power Point, slide write, Internet, MS Outlook. 2. English, Urdu, and Punjabi: Good Speaking, Listening, Writing and Reading. PERSONAL PARTICULARS 1. Date of Birth: June 16, Nationality: Pakistani 3. NIC #: Passport #: AW