Ahmad Zia Khan (6816-E22D-A008)

Curriculum Vitae

Ahmad Zia Khan

I am Ahmad Zia Khan, an Erasmus+ Scholarship holder under the SEA-EU Alliance and a joint PhD candidate at the Faculty of Science and Technology (FCT), University of Algarve, and the Institute of Research and Advanced Training (IIFA), University of Évora, Portugal. My PhD course is Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. I completed my Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture (Horticulture) in 2019 and my Master’s degree in Agriculture (Horticulture) in 2021 from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. Additionally, I have served as a visiting researcher at the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) Adelaide, Australia, under the European Funded Project vWISE (Vine and Wine Innovation through Scientific Exchange). With a strong foundation in horticulture and agronomy, my expertise focuses on crop yield and quality, abiotic stress management, and crop uniformity. I am passionate about developing sustainable agricultural solutions and advancing global agricultural practices to meet the challenges of climate change and food security.

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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo: Ahmad Zia Khan

Nomes de citação

A.Z. Khan

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID: 6816-E22D-A008
ORCID iD: 0009-0003-0667-3396

Endereços de correio eletrónico

azkhan@ualg.pt (Profissional)
ahmadkhan07701@gmail.com (Pessoal)

Moradas

Faculty of Science & Technology, University of Algarve, Gambelas Campus, 8005-139, Faro, Faro, Portugal (Profissional)

Websites

https://www.med.uevora.pt/profile/654/ (Profissional)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmad-Khan-125 (Académico)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-zia-khan-81139821a/ (Rede social)
https://www.instagram.com/tareen_96/ (Rede social)

Domínios de atuação

Ciências Agrárias
Ciências Agrárias - Agricultura, Silvicultura e Pescas - Horticultura
Ciências Agrárias - Agricultura, Silvicultura e Pescas - Agronomia
Ciências Agrárias - Agricultura, Silvicultura e Pescas - Ciência dos Solos
Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Conservação da Biodiversidade

Formação

	Grau	Classificação
2025/01/15 - 2029/01/15 Em curso	Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (Doutoramento) Especialização em Agricultural Sciences Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Portugal
2025/12/05 Concluído	Portuguese as Foreign Language Course (Curso médio) Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2022/11/01 - 2024/12/31 Frequentou	Agricultural Innovation in Tropical Food Chains (Doutoramento) Especialização em Agricultural Sciences Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2021/09/01 Concluído	M.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture (Mestrado) Especialização em Horticultural Sciences University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Paquistão "Characterization of vegetative, reproductive and biochemical traits in Eggplant germplasm" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
2019/07/18 Concluído	B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture (Licenciatura) Especialização em Horticultural Sciences University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Paquistão

Percurso profissional

Outros

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2024/08/01 - 2025/02/28	Visiting Researcher	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
	The Australian Wine Research Institute Limited, Austrália

Projetos

Bolsa

	Designação	Financiadores
2025/01/15 - 2029/01/15	SEA-EU 2.0 - The European University of the Seas Alliance navigating towards modern and co-transformative inter-campus life; people-driven, planet-friendly and knowledge-based progress for all 101089757 Bolseiro de Doutoramento European University of the Seas, Espanha Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal	European Commission Em curso

Projeto

	Designação	Financiadores
2025/03/15 - Atual	Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development UIDB/05183/2020 10.54499/UIDB/05183/2020 Bolseiro de Doutoramento Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2025/03/15 - Atual	CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute LA/P/0121/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0121/2020 Bolseiro de Doutoramento Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2020/01/24 - 2021/01/23	Enhancing Productivity in 10 Low Producing Tehsils of Punjab Through Deployment of Fresh Agri. Scientists at Farm Level https://mnsuam.edu.pk/index.php/activities-2 Bolseiro de Cientista Convidado MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan, Paquistão	Concluído

Outro

	Designação	Financiadores
2024/08/01 - 2025/02/28	Vine and Wine Innovation through Scientific Exchange 872394 10.3030/872394 Investigador Université de Bordeaux, França The Australian Wine Research Institute Limited, Austrália Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal Universidad de Chile, Chile Universidad de la Rioja, Espanha Università degli Studi di Torino, Itália Stellenbosch University, África do Sul Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Espanha Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Espanha	European Commission Concluído

Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista	A.Z. Khan; M. Abbas; M. J. Jaskani; Mudassar Khan; Duarte, A.; A. Khalid; T. Rafique; et al. Autor correspondente: A.Z. Khan. "Morphological, Reproductive and Biochemical Diversity in Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) germplasm accession from Pakistan". Scientia Horticulturae (2026): Em revisão Iqra Zafar Khan; Aqsa Arif; Ramsha Rashid; Alisha Noor; Muhammad Atif Manzoor; A.Z. Khan; Asra Zafar Khan; Attiya Yazdan; Aqeela Saghir . Autor correspondente: Iqra Zafar Khan. "Unlocking economic growth and sustainable agriculture through olive value addition: chemical significance and value-added development". Policy Research Journal 2 4 (2024): 609-618. https://policyresearchjournal.com/index.php/1/article/view/108. Acesso aberto • Publicado Razzaq, Azra; A.Z. Khan; Afzal, Muzamil; Raza Shah, Syed Hassan; Hussain, Tasawar; Ahmad, Hadeed; Ullah, Zia; Soban, Muhammad; Arif, Rabiya. Autor correspondente: Ahmad, Hadeed. "Appraisal Of Plant Activators And Chemicals Against Brown Leaf Spot Of Citrus In Relation To Epidemiological Factors". Journal of Survey in Fisheries Sciences 10 2 (2023): 966-977. http://dx.doi.org/10.53555/sfs.v10i2.1491. Acesso aberto • 10.53555/sfs.v10i2.1491 Muhammad Hammad Bashir; Muhammad Afzal; Muhammad Shakeel Nawaz; A.Z. Khan; Shahan Aziz; Fitrat Ullah; Ifrah Amjad. Autor correspondente: Ifrah Amjad. "Characterization and Advancement of Microsatellite (SSR) Markers for Various Stresses in Wheat". International Journal of Agriculture and Biosciences 11 2 (2022): 131-138. https://doi.org/10.47278/journal.ijab/2022.018. Acesso aberto • Publicado • https://doi.org/10.47278/journal.ijab/2022.018 A.Z. Khan; Noreen Naz; Ebadat-ur-Rehman; Mazil Hamza Nawaz Dogar; Abubakar Asif; Fitrat Ullah; , Hamza Bin Sajid . Autor correspondente: A.Z. Khan. "Plant Breeding: A Key Player to Sustain Food Security Under Climate Change". THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GLOBAL SCIENCES (TIJOGS) 4 (2022): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362910537_Plant_Breeding_A_Key_Player_to_Sustain_Food_Security_Under_Climate_Change. Acesso aberto • Publicado
Capítulo de livro	Khan, Mudassar; Bashir, Sana; A.Z. Khan; Saraiva, Francisco; Singh, Rupesh Kumar; Trindade, Henrique; Sousa, João Ricardo. "Composting: Historical Background to Modern Prototypes of the Composting Process". In Composting of Farm Residues by Nature-Based Solutions, 1-27. Vila Real, Portugal: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026. 10.1007/978-3-032-12255-1_1 Muhammad Azam ; A.Z. Khan; Muhammad Usama Saeed; Muhammad Nouman Khalid. Autor correspondente: Muhammad Nouman Khalid. "Olericulture". In Fundamentals of Agriculture, 118-131. Faisalabad, Paquistão: VITAL BIOTECH PUBLICATION Kota, Rajasthan, India, 2022. Publicado
Poster em conferência	A.Z. Khan; F. Nobre; Mota, Mariana; E. Attard; Duarte, A.. Autor correspondente: A.Z. Khan. "Effect of Flowering Intensity on Fruit Production in Sweet Orange". Trabalho apresentado em X PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture (EEDAA), 2025.

Atividades

Participação em evento

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de evento	Nome do evento Instituição / Organização
2026/03/17 - 2026/03/17	Avocado Harvest: Monitoring in fielfd avocado harvest at Cacela, Algarve, Portugal, to optimize yield and maintain fruit quality, while collecting fruit samples for biochemical analysis.	Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2025/06/16 - 2025/06/17	I participated in the MED 3rd annual meeting at the University of Evora with a primary focus on the contribution of science to building more resilient agroecological systems and a more sustainable future. Encontro	Science for resilient agroecosystems and a sustainable future Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2025/03/24 - 2025/03/25	Accompanied a delegation from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA, with my professor and visited citrus farms in Aroeira, Faro, followed by a technical visit to the citrus processing facilities of Frusoal, a leading citrus production and processing company in Portugal, and an agritourism experience at Quinta do Freixo. Gained valuable insights into Portugal's citrus and agro-industries, expanded my professional network, and enhanced my understanding of modern citrus production, processing, and sustainable agricultural practices. Exposição	Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2024/11/24 - 2024/11/24	Blood Plasma Donation for Public Health	Humanitarian Contribution Australia Red Cross Lifeblood, Austrália
2024/09/10 - 2024/09/13	A practical introduction to bioinformatics and RNA-seq using Galaxy Oficina (workshop)	BioNT - BIO Network for Training , Países Baixos
2018/04/05 - 2018/04/05	I have learned advanced techniques for pollinating female date palm plants and extracting pollen from male date palm plants. Oficina (workshop)	Efficient Date Palm Pollination Using Pollinator University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Paquistão
2018/02/14 - 2018/02/15	I actively participated in the annual sports gala organized by the Institute of Horticultural Sciences at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. I competed in football, tug of war, and cricket, contributing significantly to my institute's success. Festival	Annual Sports Gala 2k18 University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Paquistão

Expedição científica

	Descrição da atividade	Instituição / Organização
2025/07/10 - 2025/07/10	Harvest control in sweet orange by guiding the labor to selectively harvest designated plants, maintaining separation of fruit by line (4 lines × 4 replications of 10 plants = 40 plants/line). Collected 5 replications of fruit weight (25 fruits each) per replication. The data will be used to evaluate the water stress effect on fruit growth and yield.	Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2025/03/03 - 2025/04/15	Collection of sweet orange flowering data in the Algarve region of Portugal to evaluate whether climate change is reducing flowering intensity to a level that may limit yield under Mediterranean Basin conditions.	Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/01/28 - 2019/04/30	I completed a mandatory internship at the Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad, at the end of my bachelor's degree. During this time, I studied and learned various modern techniques, including tissue culturing and bioinformatics.	Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Paquistão

Tutoria

	Tópico	Nome do aluno
2025/03/20 - 2025/08/05	Effect of climate change on sweet orange flowering intensity and yield	Francisco Nobre

Distinções

Prémio

2025	SEA-EU Alliance Erasmus+ PhD Scholarship European University of the Seas, Espanha Erasmus Plus, Bélgica
2024	Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) Research Grant European Commission, Bélgica Horizon 2020, Bélgica
2021	University Merit Based Scholarship University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Paquistão