Prof. Rifat Hayat
Dr.RifatHayatcompletedPhDduring2005byavailingHEC-PakistanIndigenousScholarshipforPhDand1steveramongHEC-PakistanawardeeswhosuccessfullycompletedPhDfromthisprogram.DrHayatstartedhisprofessionalcareerasResearchScientistfromaResearchProjectfundedbyAustralianCentreforInternationalagriculturesince1999.HehasexperiencedandinvolvedwithfarmersasFarmOfficeratArmyStudFarmProbynAbad(ASF-P),Punjab,Pakistan.LatteronhejoinedMinistryofEnvironment,Islamabad-PakistanasProjectPlanningOfficer.Since2007,DrHayatjoinedPMAS-AridAgricultureUniversity,RawalpindiPunjab,Pakistanasfacultymemberinthedepartmentofsoilscience.CurrentlyheisAssociateprofessorandhisresearchmainlyfocusedonbacterialsystematics,soilmetagenomicsandmetatranscriptomicsalongwithwastemanagementforproducinglargescalecompostandbiocharforagriculturaluse.DrHayathassuccessfullycompletedtwopost-doctoralstudiesfromInstituteofMolecularandCellularBioscience,TheUniversityofTokyo,Tokyo,JapanandfromSoilMicrobialEcology;RothamstedResearch,UK.HewasawardedRotha