Zabta Khan Shinwari

University of Peshawar, Pakistan: BSc, and MSc 1980 & 1983; Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan, M. Phil, 1986; Kyoto University Japan, PhD, 1994A.

Professor Emeritus Quaid-i-Azam University, 2020 to date; Vice Chancellor, Qarshi University, Lahore 2018 to 2019; Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad Tenured Professor & Chairman Biotechnology 2009 to 2018; President National Council for Tibb, 2015-2020; Secretary General, Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 2015-2017; Chief Executive Qarshi Research International/ Vice Chancellor/Project Director Qarshi University Lahore 2006-2009; Vice Chancellor/Project Director (Additional charge) University of Science and Technology Bannu (US&TB) KP Pakistan2005-2006; Vice Chancellor Kohat University Science and Technology (KUST) KP Pakistan 2004-2006; Programme Leader COMSTECH-PTCL Frontier Technologies Research Center (CPC) 2003-2004; Technical Coordinator Applied Ethnobotany Project WWF Pakistan 2001-2003; Senior Scientific Officer NARC Islamabad 1995-2001; Research Associate Pakistan Museum of Natural History Islamabad 1985-1995; Research Officer Herbarium Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad 1983-1985.

National Civil Awarded, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, 2018; “Tamgha-e-Imtiaz” 2011; Distinguished Scientists Award by Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2019-2020; Best University Teacher Award, 2012 (Higher Education Commission-Pakistan); Declared number one biologist by PCST in 2014, Research Productivity Award in Category “A”; UNESCO Laureate (Avicenna Gold Medalist for Ethics in Science: 2015; Cash Prize of UNESCO award donated to Pakistan Academy of Sciences for establishing Prof. Zabta K. Shinwari Gold Medal in Biotechnology for Scientists under 50.

Vice Chair of The World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST)-UNESCO since 2016; Fellow, Islamic World Academy of Sciences since 2016; Treasurer Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA) since 2016; Focal Person of Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO-HO, China), 2016- 2022; Member Board of the Authority, Islamabad Health Regulation. 2019-2022; Member Search Committee to appoint Chairman & Members Provincial Public Service Commission, KP, 2018-2021; Member Evaluation Enlistment Committee DRAP, 2018 to date; President Pakistan Botanical Society, 2011-12; Member Board of Governors WWF Pakistan, 2011- 2014; Member of the Governing Council of the AQ Khan Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (KIBGE), 2010 to date; Member Selection Board (KIBGE) Karachi University; Fed Urdu Univ of Arts Science &Technology; Member IAP- Biosecurity Working Group (BWG) 2012-to date; Member Senate Swat University & SBBU-Shringel, KP, 2013-2016 & 2015- 2018 respectively; President South Asian Federation of Japanese Universities Alumni Associations (SAFJUAA), 2011-2014; President & Vice President, Pakistan Botanical Society, 2011-12 & 2013-to date; Elected Member Steering committee of WHO-Eastern Mediterranean Health Genomics and Biotechnology Network (EMHGBN), 2014-2018; Member Advisory Board Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal; Member IUCN Medicinal Plant Specialist Group Society for Conservation Biology; Editor Pakistan Journal of Botany.

Bioethics & Dual-Use Education, Molecular Systematics, Agriculture Biotechnology, Medicinal Plants Ecology, Sustainable Development.