Arshad Mehmood Abbasi

Arshad Mehmood Abbasi
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
Abbottabad, Pakistan

Biography

Arshad Mehmood Abbasi (PhD) is working as Assistant Professor in COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan. He obtained Ph.D. degree in 2013, from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad-Pakistan in the discipline of Plant Sciences with specialization in Ethnobotany and Nutraceuticals aspects of wild edible fruits and vegetables of Lesser Himalayas-Pakistan. Dr. Abbasi has been awarded: Outstanding Research Awards in 2014 and 2015, by Higher Education Commission (HEC), Government of Pakistan. He is the author of two books published by Springer, USA in 2012 and 2015, and also contributed more than 35 research articles in the Scientific Journals of International repute. He is also editor and reviewer of various Scientific Journals of International repute.

Research Interest

Wild Botanical Taxa of Medicinal and Food value and related traditional knowledge; Phenolics composition and antioxidant potential of wild food and medicinal plant species.