Professor, Mutation Breeding Laboratory, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP, India

Dr. Samiullah Khan is currently working as Professor and Head of Plant Breeding and Crop Genetics in the Department of Botany at the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. Dr. Khan obtained his Ph.D. in 1990 from Aligarh Muslim University, specializing in Plant Breeding and Crop Genetics. He has 24 years of teaching experience in Embryology of Angiosperms, Genetics and Plant Breeding and supervised a number of Ph.D., M. Phil. and M.Sc. projects. He has edited several books and published more than 100 research papers in journals of national and international repute. He has attended many conferences in India and abroad including XVI th International Congress of Genetics at Toronto, Canada. He is a member of editorial board of many scientific journals. He is a fellow of the Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding.