Hafiza Simab Asghar
Visiting Lecturer, University of Mianwali (UMW), Department of Botany
Email: simabasghar@hotmail.com
Phone: 045-9920270
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Hafiza Simab Asghar is a Ph.D. Scholar currently working at the Fungal Biology & Systematic Research Lab, Department of Botany, University of the Punjab. Her research primarily focuses on ascomycetous fungi of Pakistan, with the current project titled Additions to the Pezizales of Pakistan: Some Species from Ayubia National Park, KP, Pakistan.
Courses Taught:
- Plant Ecology II
- Plant Anatomy
- Mycology & Plant Pathology
- Phycology & Bryology
- Plant Systematics
- Environmental Pollution
Research Interests:
- Fungal Biology and Systematics
- Microscopy
- Forest Ecology
- Phylogenetic Analysis
Publications:
- Asghar, H. S., Fayyaz, I., Iqbal, M. S., Afshan, N. U. S., & Khalid, A. N. (2023). Two New Records of Genus Diploschistes (Lichenized Ascomycota, Thelotremataceae) from Pakistan. Biology Bulletin, 50(5), 870–875. (IF 0.5)
- Asghar, H. S., Riaz, S., & Khalid, A. N. (2023). Two New Records of Pyrenodesmia (Lichenized Ascomycota, Teloschistaceae) from South Asia. Biology Bulletin, 50(6), 1218–1222. (IF 0.5)
- Zulfiqar, R., Asghar, H. S., Habib, K., & Khalid, A. N. (2023). Two New Species of the Genus Oxneriaria (Lichenized Ascomycota: Megasporaceae) from Pakistan. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 309(1), 2. (IF 1.7)
- Zulfiqar, R., Asghar, H. S., & Khalid, A. N. (2023). New Species of Genus Oxneriaria SY Kondr. & Lőkös (Lichenized Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Cryptogamie, Mycologie, 44(8), 109–116. (IF 2.5)
- Iqbal, M. S., Asghar, H. S., & Khalid, A. N. (2023). A New Species and a New Record of Family Ramalinaceae (Lichenized Ascomycetes) from Pakistan. Biology Bulletin, 50(6), 1187–1194. (IF 0.5)
- Asghar, H. S., Nadeem, M., Niazi, A. R., Oryakhil N., Afshan, N. S., Fayyaz, I., Naseer, A., & Khalid, A. N. (2022). Two New Species of Lecaimmeria (Lichenized Ascomycota, Lecideaceae) from Pakistan. Mycological Progress. (IF 2.5)
- Zulfiqar, R., Habib, K., Asghar, H. S., Wahab, H., Sohrabi, A. G., Ren, Q., & Khalid, A. N. (2024). A New Species in the Genus Circinaria (Lichenized Ascomycetes: Megasporaceae) from Pakistan. Phytotaxa, 652(2), 124-132. (IF 1.1)
- Iqbal, M. S., Ashraf, A., Asghar, H. S., & Khalid, A. N. (2024). A New Species and a New Record of the Genus Candelariella (Candelariaceae, Lichenized Ascomycota) from Pakistan. Nova Hedwigia. (IF 1.0)