Faculty Member Profile
Dr. Shahzada Sohail Ijaz
Associate Professor
HEC Approved Supervisor
Post Doc Soil Science (The University of Adelaide Australia - 2013)
Specialization
Soil & Water Conservation
18 years of experience
Affiliation
Department of Soil Science, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences
WoS/ ORCID / Google Scholar /Scopus / ResearchGate/Personal Web
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PVbIDXQAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Group
Soil & Water Conservation
Research Interest
- Soil & Water Conservation and Management
- Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration and Modeling
- Soil Physical Properties and Processes
No. of Research Projects
On Going
0
Completed
6
Research Supervision
PhD
7
MPhil/MS/M.Sc.(Hons)
31
Technologies Developed/Patent/IP etc.
Regenerative Agriculture Technology for Rainfed regions of Pakistan
Area(s) of Consultancy Services
Climate-resilient agriculture through soil carbon sequestration, regenerative agriculture, and land restoration
Total Publications: 59
Research Papers (Latest Ten)
- Rashid, M., Q. Hussain*, K. S. Khan, S. Alvi, S. A. Abro, M. Akmal, S. S. Ijaz, M. Umer, A. A. Qureshi, M. S. Elshikh, H. Rizwana, M. Rizwan* & R. Iqbal. 2025. Deashed-biochar slow-release N fertilizer increased NUE in alkaline calcareous soils under wheat and maize crop. Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025- 90651-7 (2025)
- Rehman, S., S. S. Ijaz, A. M. Din, M. A. Al- Dosary, M. Ansar, S. Fatima, A. Siddiqa, M. N. Ashraf, I. Haider, M. B. Junaid, M. A. Raza, H. Yang. 2025. Combined Effects of Reduced Tillage and Strip Intercropping on Soil Carbon Sequestration in Semi-Arid Environment. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-025-02324-z (2025)
- Ahmad, A., S.S. Ijaz, F. Zhao, H.U. Rafa, G. Farid. 2025 The Effect of Zeolitic Fertilizer on Nitrogen Retention in Soil andIts Availability to Plants. Nitrogen 2025, 6, 46. (2025)
- Gilani H., M. Shah, S.S. Ijaz, M. Asif, A. Nazir, and N. P. Hanan. 2025. Spatial distribution of mangrove soil organic carbon in Indus Delta, Pakistan: A multi- sensor remote sensing and machine learning approach. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 323 (2025) 109435. (2025)
- Rehman, S., X. Xin , S. S. Ijaz, S. Fatima, A. Siddiqa, H. B. Khalid, I. Haider, R. Iqbal, A. Mahmood, S. Hussain , A. M. Din, T. Raza, M. Moustafa, M. A. Raza. 2025. Simulation-based assessment of the impact of conservation tillage and strip intercropping on soil microbial biomass carbon. Catena 259 (2025) 109331 (2025)
- Musa N., K.S. Khan, J.C. Blankinship, S.S. Ijaz, Z. Akram, M.S. Alwahibi, M.A. Ali, and M. Yousra. 2024. Sorption-Desorption of Phosphorus on Manure- and Plant- Derived Biochars at Different Pyrolysis Temperatures. Sustainability 16, 2755. https://doi.org/10.3390/ su16072755 (2024)
- Javed N., S. S. Ijaz*, Q. Hussain, M. Ansar, A.F. Alrefaei, B.O. Almutairi, W. Zaman* and M. Yousra. 2024. Potential of Modified Reduced Tillage with Cover/Green Manure Crop for Climate Change Mitigation in a Smallholder Rainfed Farming System. Sustainability 2024, 16, 4781. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16114781 (2024)
- Ahmad, A., S. S. Ijaz*, K. S. Khan, and M. Ansar. 2024. Potential of Zeolite-Based Urea Formulations as Slow-Release Nitrogen Fertilizer. Pak. J. Agri. Sci., 61(3),815-824 (2024)
- Yousra M., Q. Hussain, K. S. Khan, S. Sarwar, S. S. Ijaz, H. A. Mailk, A. A. Anwar, S. Naeem, M. Nazish, A. Kamal, G. Albasher, W. Zaman. 2024. Exploration of Soil Carbon Sequestration in Relation to C:N:P:S Stoichiometry under Dynamic Cropping Systems. Pol. J. Environ. Studies, DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/196050 (2024)
- Liang X., S. Rehman, W. Zhiqi, M. A. Raza, I. Haider, M. H. B. Khalid, A. Saeed, Z. Iqbal, S. Fatima, A. Siddiqa, M. Ansar, SS Ijaz*, M. Zhongming. 2024. Impacts of Conservation Tillage on Agricultural Land Development: A Review. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-024-02142-9 (2024)
Books (Latest Ten)
- Ijaz, S. S. 2014. Introductory Soil Science. A-One Publisher, Lahore ISBN: 969-546-004-6. (2014)
- Research Publication Incentive under University Research Endowment Fund, PMAS-AAUR 2021, 2023, 2025 (2025)
- Recipient of "Research Award 2022" for the great Research Contributions at PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (2022)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Phase II (Batch - V) by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan 2013 (2013)
- HEC Merit Scholarship for Ph. D (Merit Scholarship for PhD Studies in Science & Technology, 200 Scholarships Scheme) 2003 (2003)
- Merit Scholarship (thrice) during B.Sc. (Hons) degree University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, Pakistan (2002)
