Prof. Dr. Safdar Ali asalman89@hotmail.com +923005817868

EDUCATION
•Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)* – Oregon State University (USA) – Graduated: 1993
•Master of Science (Soil Physics)* – Oregon State University (USA) – Graduated: 1989
*Legalized Diplomas and transcripts from US Department of State are available

EXPERIENCE
Manager – Company: Dania Greens Trading – Qatar (Sept 2018 – June 2019)
o    Dr. Ali managed day to day operations of the farm at Al-Shahaniyah.

•  Founding Director of Hydroponic Agriculture Facility – Pakistan (Oct 2015 – Aug 2018)
o   Dr. Ali was Director of the Institute of Hydroponic Agriculture managing acommercially Hydroponic Vegetable Farming set up in controlled environment over 5acres.
o     Dr. Ali was also a Project Director in the Agriculture Department of the PunjabGovernment looking after the 12 indigenous smaller hydroponic farms in collaborationwith progressive local farmers spread throughout the area for commercial vegetableproduction. Also, he provided training to the three hundred (300) interested farmersin hydroponic vegetable farming.

•  Dean of the Faculty of Crop and Food Sciences – Rawalpindi, Pakistan (Retd. Sept 2015)
o   Dr. Ali over the course of a distinguished career spanning almost four decades at Pir-Mehr-Ali-Shah Arid Agriculture University, held progressively responsible academicpositions and retired as a Dean in 2015.
o   Dr. Ali has also managed numerous multi-million dollar research projects of nationaland regional scale funded by domestic and overseas agencies.

SKILLS
− Leadership
− Excellent communication skills
− Multi-tasker & Technical
− Highly Adaptable & Responsible
− Time & Budget Management
− Persistent

RECOGNITIONS
Dr. Ali’s academic and professional standing is globally well recognized, which is reflected in his invited visits for research and as speaker in international conferences in twenty four universities/ institutions in Nepal, India, Egypt, Australia, Canada, UK, and USA. Dr. Ali has received various teaching and managements rewards.