Prof.
Iqbal Munir is working as Director of the Institute of Biotechnology and
Genetic Engineering, the University of Agriculture Peshawar-Pakistan and
running several projects on Biofuel Production using transgenic technology.He
has expertise in enzymology and plant biotechnology. He has the honor to
discover a novel enzyme of industrial importance (NADP+-dependent ADH (Comp.
Biochem. Physiol published as Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
(2002). 132 (3): 535). Considering this discovery, he was granted with multiple
international awards. He has established the Biochemical and Molecular Division
at the Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering that has been producing
PhD/MPhil and BS graduates, training scientists/faculty of different
research/education institutes and providing analytical services to
agro-business industry and research/ education institutes of the country.