I am an Entomologist by education and profession, earned my Ph.D in Entomology with a focus on Insect Molecular Biology from the University of Basilicata, Italy in 2009, as well as an M.S. and B.S. in Entomology both from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF), Pakistan. Currently working as a Tenured Associate Professor with ≥ 17 yrs of experience in teaching and research in Entomology in Uni.Agri.Fsd. I have completed my Fulbright postdoc from Florida International University, Miami, USA. My primary research focuses on studying insect functional genomics, proteomics, and gene regulation/expression of bioactive genes and peptides with potential insecticidal activity derived from parasitic Hymenoptera for the development of novel natural, insect control strategies for sustainable insect pest management. I have published a published a plenty of refereed articles in journals and abstracts in prestigious conference proceedings along with completed five research grants as the lead PI and graduated four Ph.D. students along with a number of Master/M.Phil. I am involved in teachning of several courses of Entomology at under and postgraduate levels. My experience and expertise are in the Field of Insect Biology in general and specifically in Ecology, Physiology, Molecular Biochemistry, and Toxicology. I also presented my R&D work at several prestigious international conferences in different countries, including in the USA, UK, Canada, Poland, and Italy.

• Ecology
• Physiology
• Molecular Biochemistry
• Toxicology
• Insect Biology
• Insect Functional Genomics
• Gene Expression
• Bio Active Genes/Peptides

• Saqi Kosar Abbas, Zain ul Abdin*, Muhammad Arshad, Fiaz Hussain, Amer Jamil, 2020. In Vitro Studies for the Evaluation of Insecticidal Potential of the Venom of Endoparasitic Wasp Aenasius arizonensis (Girault)(Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae. International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10989-020-10062-2
• Muhammad Rizwan Tufail, Luqman Amaro, Zain ul Abdin, Muhammad Naveed, and Amjad Abbas, 2020. Identification and Phylogeny Determination of Pathogen-Associated with Leaf Blight of Cotton. Intl. J. Agric. Biol., 24: 29-34. DOI: 10.17957/IJAB/15.1404. http://www.fspublishers.org/published_papers/29065_doi%2015.1404%20IJAB-19-1892%20(6)%2019.02.2020%20W.pdf
• Fiaz Hussain, Zain ul Abdin*, Muhammad Jalal Arif, Amer Jamil and Xianchun Li, 2019. Isolation and Characterization of Immune Suppressive Genes through Bioinformatic Analysis of Venom Glands Transcriptome of Bracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Intl. J. Agric. Biol., 21: 1189‒1196. DOI:10.17957/IJAB/15.1010.http://fspublishers.org/published_papers/60466_10%20doi%2015.1010%20IJAB-18-1795%20(8)%201189-1196.pdf
• Hafiz Muhammad Usman Aslam, Mark L. Gleason, Amjad Abbas, Zain ul Abdin and Luqman Amaro, 2019. Molecular Characterization of Magnaporthe oryzae in Punjab, Pakistan, and its In Vitro Suppression by Fungicides and Botanicals. Intl. J. Agric. Biol., 22: 1459–1466. DOI:10.17957/IJAB/15.1222
• ShengyunLi, Fiaz Hussain, Gopalan C. Unnithan, Shuanglin Dong, Zain UlAbdin, Shaohua Gu, Lolita G.Mathew, Jeffrey A.Fabrick, XinzhiN, Yves Carrière, Bruce E.Tabashnik, Xianchun Li, 2019. A long noncoding RNA regulates cadherin transcription and susceptibility to Bt toxin Cry 1Ac in pink bollworm. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 158: 54-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pestbp.2019.04.007
• Fiaz Hussain, Zain ul Abdin*, Muhammad Jalal Arif and Amer Jamil, 2019. Parasitization and envenomation by the ectoparasitoid, Bracon hebetor affect the cellular immune response of Galleria mellonella. Pak. J. Agri. Sci., 56(3): 687-692. DOI:10.21162/PAKJAS/19.7640. https://www.pakjas.com.pk/papers/3009.pdf
• M. Z. Ahmed, L. Amaro, M. A. Ali, and Z. Ul Abdin, 2019. Molecular Characterization of Lasiodiplodia theobromae associated with Citrus Gummosis from Major Citrus Growing area of Punjab, Pakistan. The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences. 29(4): 1065-1074. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Molecularcharacterization-of-Lasiodiplodia-with-of-Ahmed-Amrao/5cbec4dbc1af57e3579540bf5e27773c5d096557
• Muhammad Arshad, Sajjad Ahmad, Muhammad Sufyan, Zain ul Abdin and Sumaira Maqsood, 2018. Population Dynamics of Aphids and their Natural Enemies Associated with Strip Intercropping in Wheat Crop. PAK J ZOOL. 50 (4): 1225-1230. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.4.1225.1230
• Sehrish Rasool, Zain ul Abdin*, Saqi Kosar Abbas, Sumra Ashraf, Maryam Anwer, Atif Manzoor, Muhammad Tahir, and Hoor Shaina, 2017. Effect of Host-Size on Larval Competition of the Gregarious Parasitoid Bracon hebetor (Say.). PAK J ZOOL. 49 (3): 1085-1091. http://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/2017.49.3.1085.1091
• Tahir Shafeeq, Zain UlAbdin, Kyeong-Yeoll Lee, 2017. Induction of stress- and immune-associated genes in the Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella against envenomation by the ectoparasitoid Bracon hebetor. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1002/arch.21405, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/arch.21405
• Atif Manzoor, Zain Ul Abdin, Hoor Shaina, Bruce A. Webb, and Amer Jamil, 2017. Functional analysis of Bracon hebetor venom on Target and non-Target insect cell lines. Acta Entomologica. https://zenodo.org/record/1064667#.Xqoie2hKg2w
• Sumra Ashraf, Zain ul Abdin*, Saqi Kosar Abbas, Rao Sohail Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Tahir, Sehrish Rasool, Maryam Anwar, and Fiaz Hussain, 2017. Effect of Different Diet Concentrations on Longevity and Fecundity of Parasitic Wasp Bracon hebetor (Say.) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). PAK J ZOOL. 49 (3): 761-767. http://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/2017.49.3.761.767, 0.547
• Muhammad Shahid Iqbal, Zain ul Abdin*, Muhammad Arshad, Saqi Kosar Abbas, Muhammad Tahir, Amer Jamil, and Atif Manzoor, 2016. The Role of Parasitoid age on the fecundity and Sex Ratio of the Parasitoid Aenasius bambawalei (Hayat) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Pakistan J. Zool., 48(1): 67-72.
• Maryam Anwar, Zain ul Abdin, Saqi Kosar Abbas, Muhammad Tahir, Fiaz Hussain, and Atif Manzoor, 2016. Effect of Cold Storage on the Survival, Sex Ratio, and Longevity of Ectoparasitoid, Bracon hebetor (Say.) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 48(6): 1775-1780. http://zsp.com.pk/pdf48/1775-1780%20(23)%20QPJZ-0498-2015%209-8-16.pdf
• Shahzad, M.Q., Ul Abdin, Z*., Abbas, S.K., Tahir, M. and Hussain, F. 2016. Parasitic Effects of Solitary Endoparasitoid, Aenasius bambawalei Hayat (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) on Cotton Mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). Advances in Entomology. 4, 90-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ae.2016.42010
• Atif Manzoor, Zain UlAbdin*, Bruce A. Webb, Muhammad Jalal Arif, Amer Jamil, 2016. De novo sequencing and transcriptome analysis of female venom glands of ectoparasitoid Bracon hebetor (Say.) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). COMP BIOCHEM PHYS D. 20:101-110. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1744117X16300697?via%3Dihub
• Hoor Shaina, Zain UlAbdin *, Bruce A. Webb, Muhammad Jalal Arif, Amer Jamil, 2016. De novo sequencing and transcriptome analysis of venom glands of endoparasitoid Aenasius arizonensis (Girault) (=Aenasius bambawalei Hayat) (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae). Toxicon, 121:134-144. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.08.022
• Anam Jamil, Zain ul Abdin* Muhammad Arshad, Patrizia Falabella, Saqi Kosar Abbas, Muhammad Tahir, Amer Jamil, Atif Manzoor, and Hoor Shaina, 2015. Multiple Effects of Host Density on Egg Density and the Sex Ratio of Progeny of Bracon hebetor (Say.) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). PAK J ZOOL. 47(2): 455-460. http://zsp.com.pk/pdf47/455-460%20(20)%20PJZ-1962-14%2028-2-15%20Corrected.pdf
• Muhammad Arshad, Zain-ul-Abdin, Muhammad Dildar Gogi, Muhammad Jalal Arif, and Rashad Rasool Khan, 2015. Seasonal Pattern of Infestation by Spotted Bollworm, Earias insulana (Boisd.) and Pink Bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saund.) in Field Plots of Transgenic Bt and non-Bt Cotton. PAK J ZOOL. 47(1): 177-186. http://zsp.com.pk/pdf47/177-186%20(24)%20PJZ-2050-14%2011-12-14%20Corrected%20paper%20for%20PJZ.pdf
• N. Yasmin, Z. Ulabdin, M. Shahid, M.A. Sheikh, A. Manzoor, and A. Jamil, 2015. Biosorption Characteristics and Novel Antifungal Activity of Abrus precatorius Seed Extract. ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, ASIAN J CHEM 27(4): 1388-1390. DOI: 10.14233/ajchem.2015.18002.http://www.asianjournalofchemistry.co.in/User/ViewFreeArticle.aspx?ArticleID=27_4_47

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