Profile
Shahid M. Mukhtar
Genetics and Biochemistry
Professor
864-656-8652
AG Biotech/Biosystems Research Complex / BRC 302C [Office]
AG Biotech/Biosystems Research Complex / BRC 307 [Lab]
AG Biotech/Biosystems Research Complex / BRC 307A [Research Laboratory Service]
AG Biotech/Biosystems Research Complex / BRC 307B [Research Laboratory Service]
AG Biotech/Biosystems Research Complex / BRC 317 [Lab]
AG Biotech/Biosystems Research Complex / BRC 317A [Research Laboratory Service]
Educational Background
Ph.D., Genetics, Max-Planck Institute, Germany, 2005
Profile/About Me
Dr. Mukhtar joined the Department of Genetics and Biochemistry at Clemson University as a tenured Full Professor in July 2024. Before his appointment at Clemson, he spent 14 years on the faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where he advanced through the academic ranks from Assistant Professor to Full Professor.
Dr. Mukhtar completed his Ph.D. research on Arabidopsis transcriptional regulatory networks at the Max Planck Institute in Cologne, Germany. His postdoctoral research, conducted in the laboratory of Dr. Jeff Dangl at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, focused on Arabidopsis-pathogens protein-protein interactions. Using genomics, bioinformatics, and systems-level analyses, he collaborated with the Dana Farber Cancer Institute & Center for Cancer Systems Biology to create the first large-scale Arabidopsis-pathogens protein-protein interaction network. This four-year post-doc led to a first-author publication in Science (The Arabidopsis-pathogens interactome; Mukhtar et al. Science 2011) and several co-authored papers, including the Arabidopsis interactome map, global mapping of G-protein interactions, and sequencing and assembly of 19 strains of the pathogenic bacterium P. syringae using next-generation sequencing approaches (Science 2011, Molecular Systems Biology 2011, PLoS Pathogens 2011).
As a prominent academic leader, he has a global impact through his role as the Director of The Multinational Arabidopsis Steering Committee (MASC), a collaborative effort involving 34 countries since its establishment in 1990. Serving as the Chair of the "Plant Immunity" subcommittee within MASC, he contributes to crafting annual reports and shaping the future of Arabidopsis immunity research. Additionally, He was actively involved in the Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ss-ASPB) as Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary/Treasurer, and Executive Member, organizing impactful conferences and symposia. In academia, he organizes workshops on "Systems Biology & Machine Learning" at the Plant & Animal Genome (PAG) meeting and introduced another on "Data Science" at PAG Australia. Dr. Mukhtar has an impressive history of mentoring students who have received numerous awards and scholarships, such as the Rising Star Award, NSF Graduate Research Scholar Program fellowship, Samuel Barker award, Ireland Research Travel Scholarship, Outstanding Student Development Award, Dean's Outstanding Student Award and Dean's scholarship. Additionally, his students have been honored with various awards for poster and oral presentations, regional, and national meetings/conferences. His excellence in teaching is evident through accolades such as the 2021 President's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the CAS Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is recently awarded the Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award (2023).
Research Interests
The research in Dr. Mukhtar laboratory spans interdisciplinary projects in genomics, multi-omics, systems biology, network science, and computer science, with a focus on addressing climate change, food security, and health disparity questions. Leveraging Arabidopsis, soybean, and duckweed, his laboratory utilizes single-cell/single-nuclei sequencing and phenomics to uncover molecular mechanisms in plant response to biotic and abiotic stresses. Furthermore, his laboratory also focuses on human health disparities including systems- and network biology approaches to predict therapeutic targets for human diseases. Specifically, the key projects include (i) single-nuclei multiome analyses and network science in Arabidopsis and soybean in response to heat, drought, and salt as well as biotic stresses, (ii) single-cell sequencing in duckweed to understand plant growth trajectory, and identification of novel genes to increase protein production, (iii) metatranscriptomics for understanding the roles of beneficial microbes in plant growth and stress responses, (iv) employing network biology and Artificial Intelligence for gene function predictions across animal and plant systems, and (v) conducting multiomics analyses on human diseases, examining health disparities between Black and White populations.
Selected Publications
EDITED Books:
1. Modeling Transcriptional Regulation (2021). Springer US (ISBN-13: 9781071615331)
2. Protein-Protein Interaction (2023). Springer US (ISBN-13: 9781071633267)
Articles:
1. Poudel, S., R.R. Vennam, L.V. Sankarapillai, J. Liu, K.J. Reddy, N.K. Wijewardane, M.S. Mukhtar, and R. Bheemanahalli, Negative Synergistic Effects of Drought and Heat During Flowering and Seed Setting in Soybean. bioRxiv, 2024.
2. Liu, J., A. Majeed, N. Kumar, K.M. Pajerowska-Mukhtar, and M.S. Mukhtar, Single nuclei multiomics reveals the drought-driven gene regulatory atlas in Arabidopsis. bioRxiv, 2024.
3. Gouli, S., A. Majeed, J. Liu, D. Mosely, M.S. Mukhtar, and J.H. Ham, Co-occurrence Networks and Topological Analyses Revealed Microbiome Structures in Soybean Roots from a Louisiana Soybean Field Severely Damaged by Prolonged High Temperatures and Drought Stress. bioRxiv, 2024.
4. Bedgood, R., S. Almehmi, K. Chandran, J.M. Wyss, M.S. Mukhtar, and K.M. Pajerowska-Mukhtar, PlantGIFT: An effective teacher workshop model for translating experimental STEM research into hands-on classroom activities for middle and high school students. SSRN, 2024.
5. Almehmi, S., R. Bedgood, K. Chandran, J.M. Wyss, K.M. Pajerowska-Mukhtar, and M.S. Mukhtar, PlantGIFT: An Effective Teacher Workshop Model for Increasing Plant-Based Laboratory Experiences in Secondary Science Classrooms. SSRN, 2024.
6. Watkins, J.M., C. Montes, N.M. Clark, G. Song, C.C. Oliveira, B. Mishra, L. Brachova, C.M. Seifert, M.S. Mitchell, J. Yang, P.A. Braga Dos Reis, D. Urano, M.S. Muktar, J.W. Walley, and A.M. Jones, Phosphorylation dynamics in a flg22-induced, G-protein dependent network reveals the RGS1 phosphatase. Mol Cell Proteomics, 2023: p. 100705.
7. Umfress, A., A. Chakraborti, S. Priya Sudarsana Devi, R. Adams, D. Epstein, A. Massicano, A. Sorace, S. Singh, M. Iqbal Hossian, S.A. Andrabi, D.K. Crossman, N. Kumar, M. Shahid Mukhtar, H. Luo, C. Simpson, K. Abell, M. Stokes, T. Wiederhold, C. Rosen, H. Lu, A. Natarajan, and J.A. Bibb, Cdk5 mediates rotational force-induced brain injury. Sci Rep, 2023. 13(1): p. 3394.
8. Palmer, J.W., N. Kumar, L. An, A.C. White, M.S. Mukhtar, and H.L. Harris, Molecular heterogeneity of quiescent melanocyte stem cells revealed by single-cell RNA-sequencing. bioRxiv, 2023.
9. Mishra, B., M. Athar, and M.S. Mukhtar, Integrative systems biology framework discovers common gene regulatory signatures in multiple mechanistically distinct inflammatory skin diseases. bioRxiv, 2023.
10. Majeed, A. and S. Mukhtar, Protein-Protein Interaction Network Exploration Using Cytoscape. Methods Mol Biol, 2023. 2690: p. 419-427.
11. Kumar, N. and S. Mukhtar, Building Protein-Protein Interaction Graph Database Using Neo4j. Methods Mol Biol, 2023. 2690: p. 469-479.
12. Kumar, N. and M.S. Mukhtar, Ranking Plant Network Nodes Based on Their Centrality Measures. Entropy (Basel), 2023. 25(4).
13. Kumar, N. and M.S. Mukhtar, Integrated Systems Biology Pipeline to Compare Co-Expression Networks in Plants and Elucidate Differential Regulators. Plants (Basel), 2023. 12(20).
14. Kumar, N., B.K. Mishra, J. Liu, B. Mohan, D. Thingujam, K.M. Pajerowska-Mukhtar, and M.S. Mukhtar, Network Biology Analyses and Dynamic Modeling of Gene Regulatory Networks under Drought Stress Reveal Major Transcriptional Regulators in Arabidopsis. Int J Mol Sci, 2023. 24(8).
15. Kashyap, M.P., B. Mishra, R. Sinha, L. Jin, N. Kumar, K.F. Goliwas, J. Deshane, B.E. Elewski, C.A. Elmets, M. Athar, M.S. Mukhtar, and R. C., NK and NKT cells in the pathogenesis of Hidradenitis suppurativa: Novel therapeutic strategy through targeting of CD2. bioRxiv, 2023.
16. Jin, L., M.P. Kashyap, Y. Chen, J. Khan, Y. Guo, J.Q. Chen, M.B. Lee, Z. Weng, A. Oak, P. Patcha, T. Mayo, R. Sinha, V. Atigadda, S.M. Mukhtar, J.S. Deshane, C. Raman, C. Elston, B.E. Elewski, C.A. Elmets, and M. Athar, Mechanism underlying follicular hyperproliferation and oncogenesis in hidradenitis suppurativa. iScience, 2023. 26(6): p. 106896.
17. Hussain, A., A.A. Khan, M.Q. Aslam, A. Nazar, N. Zaman, A. Amin, M.A. Mahmood, M.S. Mukhtar, H.B. Rahman, M. Farooq, M. Saeed, I. Amin, and S. Mansoor, Comparative Analysis, Diversification and Functional Validation of Plant Nucleotide-Binding Site Domain Genes. bioRxiv, 2023.
18. Hasan, M., N. Kumar, A. Majeed, A. Ahmad, and S. Mukhtar, Protein-Protein Interaction Network Analysis Using NetworkX. Methods Mol Biol, 2023. 2690: p. 457-467.
19. Gupta, P., B. Herring, N. Kumar, K. Telange, S.S. Garcia-Buntley, T.W. Caceres, S. Colantonio, F. Williams, P. Kurup, A.M. Carter, D. Lin, H. Chen, B. Rose, R. Jaskula-Sztul, M.S. Mukhtar, S. Reddy, and J.A. Bibb, A Potential Instigator of an Aggressive Phenotype in Cdk5-dependent Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma. bioRxiv, 2023.
20. Fakhar, A.Z., J. Liu, K.M. Pajerowska-Mukhtar, and M.S. Mukhtar, The Lost and Found: Unraveling the Functions of Orphan Genes. J Dev Biol, 2023. 11(2).
21. Fakhar, A.Z., J. Liu, K.M. Pajerowska-Mukhtar, and M.S. Mukhtar, The ORFans' tale: new insights in plant biology. Trends Plant Sci, 2023. 28(12): p. 1379-1390.
22. Wang, W., J. Liu, B. Mishra, M.S. Mukhtar, and J.M. McDowell, Sparking a sulfur war between plants and pathogens. Trends Plant Sci, 2022.
23. Srivastava, R.K., P. Guroji, L. Jin, M.S. Mukhtar, and M. Athar, Combined inhibition of BET bromodomain and mTORC1/2 provides therapeutic advantage for rhabdomyosarcoma by switching cell death mechanism. Mol Carcinog, 2022.
24. Mishra, B., N. Kumar, and M. Shahid Mukhtar, A rice protein interaction network reveals high centrality nodes and candidate pathogen effector targets. Comput Struct Biotechnol J, 2022. 20: p. 2001-2012.
25. Liu, J., A. Majeed, and M.S. Mukhtar, Rooting through single-cell sequencing in phloem pole cells. Commun Biol, 2022. 5(1): p. 1194.
26. Liu, J., A.Z. Fakhar, K.M. Pajerowska-Mukhtar, and M.S. Mukhtar, A TIReless battle: TIR domains in plant-pathogen interactions. Trends Plant Sci, 2022. 27(5): p. 426-429.
27. Kumar, N., B. Mishra, and M.S. Mukhtar, A pipeline of integrating transcriptome and interactome to elucidate central nodes in host-pathogens interactions. STAR Protoc, 2022. 3(3): p. 101608.
28. Kashyap, M.P., J. Khan, R. Sinha, L. Jin, V. Atigadda, J.S. Deshane, A.R. Ahmed, A. Kilic, C. Raman, M.S. Mukhtar, C.A. Elmets, and M. Athar, Advances in molecular pathogenesis of hidradenitis suppurativa: Dysregulated keratins and ECM signaling. Semin Cell Dev Biol, 2022.
29. Hussain, A., J. Liu, B. Mohan, A. Burhan, Z. Nasim, R. Bano, A. Ameen, M. Zaynab, M.S. Mukhtar, and K.M. Pajerowska-Mukhtar, A genome-wide comparative evolutionary analysis of zinc finger-BED transcription factor genes in land plants. Sci Rep, 2022. 12(1): p. 12328.
30. Hussain, A., N. Asif, A.R. Pirzada, A. Noureen, J. Shaukat, A. Burhan, M. Zaynab, E. Ali, K. Imran, A. Ameen, M.A. Mahmood, A. Nazar, and M.S. Mukhtar, Genome wide study of cysteine rich receptor like proteins in Gossypium sp. Sci Rep, 2022. 12(1): p. 4885.
31. Goliwas, K.F., M.P. Kashyap, J. Khan, R. Sinha, Z. Weng, A.S.W. Oak, L. Jin, V. Atigadda, M.B. Lee, C.A. Elmets, M.S. Mukhtar, C. Raman, J.S. Deshane, and M. Athar, Ex Vivo Culture Models of Hidradenitis Suppurativa for Defining Molecular Pathogenesis and Treatment Efficacy of Novel Drugs. Inflammation, 2022. 45(3): p. 1388-1401.
32. Chehade, S.B., G.B.H. Green, C.D. Graham, A. Chakraborti, B. Vashai, A. Moon, M.B. Williams, B. Vickers, T. Berryhill, W. Van Der Pol, L. Wilson, M.L. Powell, D.L. Smith, Jr., S. Barnes, C. Morrow, M.S. Mukhtar, G.D. Kennedy, J.A. Bibb, and S.A. Watts, A modified standard American diet induces physiological parameters associated with metabolic syndrome in C57BL/6J mice. Front Nutr, 2022. 9: p. 929446.
33. Yoshino, Y., B. Roy, N. Kumar, M. Shahid Mukhtar, and Y. Dwivedi, Molecular pathology associated with altered synaptic transcriptome in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of depressed subjects. Transl Psychiatry, 2021. 11(1): p. 73.
34. Srivastava, R.K., B. Mishra, S. Muzaffar, M.S. Gorbatyuk, A. Agarwal, M.S. Mukhtar, and M. Athar, Dynamic Regulation of the Nexus Between Stress Granules, Roquin, and Regnase-1 Underlies the Molecular Pathogenesis of Warfare Vesicants. Front Immunol, 2021. 12: p. 809365.
35. Srivastava, R.K., J. Khan, A. Arumugam, S. Muzaffar, P. Guroji, M.S. Gorbatyuk, C.A. Elmets, A.T. Slominski, M.S. Mukhtar, and M. Athar, 5'-CapDependent Translation as a Potent Therapeutic Target for Lethal Human Squamous Cell Carcinoma. J Invest Dermatol, 2021. 141(4): p. 742-753 e10.
36. Mishra, B., N. Kumar, and M.S. Mukhtar, Network biology to uncover functional and structural properties of the plant immune system. Curr Opin Plant Biol, 2021. 62: p. 102057.
37. Mishra, B., M. Athar, and M.S. Mukhtar, Transcriptional circuitry atlas of genetic diverse unstimulated murine and human macrophages define disparity in population-wide innate immunity. Sci Rep, 2021. 11(1): p. 7373.
38. Kumar, N., B. Mishra, M. Athar, and S. Mukhtar, Inference of Gene Regulatory Network from Single-Cell Transcriptomic Data Using pySCENIC. Methods Mol Biol, 2021. 2328: p. 171-182.
39. Chakraborti, A., C. Graham, S. Chehade, B. Vashi, A. Umfress, P. Kurup, B. Vickers, H.A. Chen, R. Telange, T. Berryhill, W. Van Der Pol, M. Powell, S. Barnes, C. Morrow, D.L. Smith, Jr., M.S. Mukhtar, S. Watts, G. Kennedy, and J. Bibb, High Fructose Corn Syrup-Moderate Fat Diet Potentiates Anxio-Depressive Behavior and Alters Ventral Striatal Neuronal Signaling. Front Neurosci, 2021. 15: p. 669410.
40. Carter, A.M., N. Kumar, B. Herring, C. Tan, R. Guenter, R. Telange, W. Howse, F. Viol, T.R. McCaw, H.H. Bickerton, P. Gupta, F. Gillardon, E.A. Woltering, D. Dhall, J. Totenhagen, R.R. Banerjee, E.M. Kurian, S. Reddy, H. Chen, J. Schrader, J. Bart Rose, M.S. Mukhtar, and J.A. Bibb, Cdk5 drives formation of heterogeneous pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Oncogenesis, 2021. 10(12): p. 83.
41. Zaidi, S.S., R.Z. Naqvi, M. Asif, S. Strickler, S. Shakir, M. Shafiq, A.M. Khan, I. Amin, B. Mishra, M.S. Mukhtar, B.E. Scheffler, J.A. Scheffler, L.A. Mueller, and S. Mansoor, Molecular insight into cotton leaf curl geminivirus disease resistance in cultivated cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). Plant Biotechnol J, 2020. 18(3): p. 691-706.
42. Parry, G., N.J. Provart, S.M. Brady, B. Uzilday, and C. Multinational Arabidopsis Steering, Current status of the multinational Arabidopsis community. Plant Direct, 2020. 4(7): p. e00248.
43. Kumar, N., B. Mishra, A. Mehmood, A. Mohammad, and M.S. Mukhtar, Integrative Network Biology Framework Elucidates Molecular Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 Pathogenesis. iScience, 2020. 23(9): p. 101526.
44. Kashyap, M.P., R. Sinha, M.S. Mukhtar, and M. Athar, Epigenetic regulation in the pathogenesis of non-melanoma skin cancer. Semin Cancer Biol, 2020.
45. Hussain, A., M. Farooq, R.Z. Naqvi, I. Amin, K. Pervaiz, M. Saeed, M. Asif, M.S. Mukhtar, and S. Mansoor, Genome-wide identification and classification of resistance genes predicted several decoy domains in Gossypium sp. Plant Gene, 2020. 24: p. 100250.
46. Gonzalez-Fuente, M., S. Carrere, D. Monachello, B.G. Marsella, A.C. Cazale, C. Zischek, R.M. Mitra, N. Reze, L. Cottret, M.S. Mukhtar, C. Lurin, L.D. Noel, and N. Peeters, EffectorK, a comprehensive resource to mine for Ralstonia, Xanthomonas, and other published effector interactors in the Arabidopsis proteome. Mol Plant Pathol, 2020. 21(10): p. 1257-1270.
47. Carter, A.M., C. Tan, K. Pozo, R. Telange, R. Molinaro, A. Guo, E. De Rosa, J.O. Martinez, S. Zhang, N. Kumar, M. Takahashi, T. Wiederhold, H.K. Ghayee, S.C. Oltmann, K. Pacak, E.A. Woltering, K.J. Hatanpaa, F.E. Nwariaku, E.G. Grubbs, A.J. Gill, B. Robinson, F. Gillardon, S. Reddy, R. Jaskula-Sztul, J.A. Mobley, M.S. Mukhtar, E. Tasciotti, H. Chen, and J.A. Bibb, Phosphoprotein-based biomarkers as predictors for cancer therapy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2020. 117(31): p. 18401-18411.
48. Spears, B.J., T.C. Howton, F. Gao, C.M. Garner, M.S. Mukhtar, and W. Gassmann, Direct Regulation of the EFR-Dependent Immune Response by Arabidopsis TCP Transcription Factors. Mol Plant Microbe Interact, 2019. 32(5): p. 540-549.
49. Naqvi, R.Z., S.S. Zaidi, M.S. Mukhtar, I. Amin, B. Mishra, S. Strickler, L.A. Mueller, M. Asif, and S. Mansoor, Transcriptomic analysis of cultivated cotton Gossypium hirsutum provides insights into host responses upon whitefly-mediated transmission of cotton leaf curl disease. PLoS One, 2019. 14(2): p. e0210011.
50. Mott, G.A., E. Smakowska-Luzan, A. Pasha, K. Parys, T.C. Howton, J. Neuhold, A. Lehner, K. Grunwald, P. Stolt-Bergner, N.J. Provart, M.S. Mukhtar, D. Desveaux, D.S. Guttman, and Y. Belkhadir, Map of physical interactions between extracellular domains of Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat receptor kinases. Sci Data, 2019. 6: p. 190025.
51. Mishra, B., N. Kumar, and M.S. Mukhtar, Systems Biology and Machine Learning in Plant-Pathogen Interactions. Mol Plant Microbe Interact, 2019. 32(1): p. 45-55.
52. Li, C., B. Mishra, M. Kashyap, Z. Weng, S.A. Andrabi, S.M. Mukhtar, A.L. Kim, D.R. Bickers, L. Kopelovich, and M. Athar, Patched1 haploinsufficiency severely impacts intermediary metabolism in the skin of Ptch1(+/-)/ODC transgenic mice. Sci Rep, 2019. 9(1): p. 13072.
Selected Talks
1. Mukhtar MS. Single nuclei multiomics reveals the drought-driven gene regulatory atlas in Arabidopsis. Plant and Animal Genome Meeting, San Diego, Jan 2024.
2. Mukhtar MS. Organized and chaired the workshop at Plant and Animal Genome Meeting, San Diego, Jan 2024
3. Mukhtar MS. Invited Speaker “Network Biology and Machine Learning in plant stress biology” King Abdallah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). December 2023
4. Mukhtar MS. Keynote Speaker for International Symposium of Current Themes in Biotechnology organized by COMSATS Abbottabad Pakistan. December 2023
5. Mukhtar MS. Invited Speaker “Network Biology and Machine Learning in plant stress biology” hosted by the Dept. of Biology at Ole Miss. Nov 2023.
6. Mukhtar MS. Organized and chaired a concurrent session on “Data Science and Network Biology”. PAG Australia, September 2023.
7. Mukhtar MS. Multi-omics analyses to identify important nodes in plant-microbe interactions. IS-MPMI2023, Rhode Island. June 2023.
8. Mukhtar MS. Organized and co-chaired a concurrent session on “systems and spatial biology of plant-microbe interactions”. IS-MPMI2023, Rhode Island. June 2023.
9. Mukhtar MS. Multi-omics analyses to identify important nodes in plant-microbe interactions. IS-MPMI2023, Rhode Island. June 2023.
10. Mukhtar MS. Organized and chaired a concurrent session on “Systems biology of plant-microbe interactions”. ICAR2023, Japan. June 2023
11. Mukhtar MS. Systems & Network biology of plant-microbe interactions. ICAR2023, Japan. June 2023.
12. MS. Chaired a concurrent session at the Network Biology session of Cold Spring Harbor Labs. March 2023.
Mukhtar MS. Keynote Speaker for International Symposium of International Conference on Emerging Trends and Technologies in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics for Sustainable Development” organized by Women Univ. Multan Pakistan. March 2023
13. Mukhtar MS. Foodfight among the ikes of plant and pathogens in Apoplastopolis. VTLSS seminar series, Virginia Tech Feb 2023.
14. Mukhtar MS. Getting to the edge of biological networks. Perspective seminar series in Math dept. at UAB Feb 2023.
15. Mukhtar MS. Deep learning approaches to identify nitrogen-related genes in Arabidopsis. Plant and Animal Genome Meeting, San Diego, Jan 2023.
16. Mukhtar MS. Organized and chaired the workshop at Plant and Animal Genome Meeting, San Diego, Jan 2023
17. Mukhtar MS. Organized and chaired a concurrent session on “Systems biology of plant-microbe interactions”. ICAR2022, Belfast UK. June 2022
18. Mukhtar MS. Deep learning approaches to identify nitrogen-related genes in Arabidopsis. ICAR2022, Belfast UK. June 2022.
19. Mukhtar MS. Network Biology and Deep Learning in Plant-Microbe Interactions. Invited talk at the University of Arizona, April 2022
20. Mukhtar MS. Organized ss-ASPB meeting in Birmingham AL. and chaired the general session at ss-ASPB, Birmingham AL, March 2022
21. Mukhtar MS. Organized and chaired the workshop at Plant and Animal Genome Meeting, San Diego, Jan 2022
22. Mukhtar MS. Network biology to identify major components; SARS-CoV2, an example. Immunology seminar series at UAB. 2021
23. Mukhtar MS. How Big Data can Discover Novel Players in Plant-Pathogen Interactions. King Abdallah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). 2021
24. Mukhtar MS. Keynote Speaker for Plant Pathology Symposium organized by Dera Ghazi Khan Univ. Pakistan. 2021
25. Mukhtar MS. Organized and chaired the workshop at the Plant and Animal Genome Meeting, San Diego, Jan 2020
26. Mukhtar MS. Invited speaker (oral presentation) at Plant and Animal Genome Meeting, San Diego, Jan 2020
27. Mukhtar MS. Invited speaker (oral presentation) at Texas A&M, October 2019
28. Mukhtar MS. Invited speaker (oral presentation) at Mississippi State University (Plant Pathology department), October 2019
29. Mukhtar MS. Invited speaker at Texas State University, October 2018
30. Mukhtar MS. Invited speaker (oral presentation) at Mississippi State University (Biochemistry department), October 2019
31. Mukhtar MS. Invited speaker (oral presentation) at the International Society of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Glasgow, UK, July 2019
32. Mukhtar MS. Invited speaker (oral presentation) at the Univ. of Toronto at Scarborough, June 2019
33. Mukhtar MS. Invited speaker (oral presentation) at Finding Your Inner Modeler-3 sponsored by NSF, June 2019
34. Mukhtar MS. Invited speaker (oral presentation) and chair for SS-ASPB meeting in Clemson, March 2019
35. Mukhtar MS. Invited speaker (oral presentation) at the Plant-pathology symposium at UNC, September 2019
Honors and Awards
2023 Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award
2021 President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
2021 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
2019 Nominated for Best Graduate Mentor
2018 Nominated for Best Graduate Mentor
