Department of Zoology

Dr. Ghazala Jabeen

Dr. Ghazala Jabeen
Dr. Ghazala Jabeen

Associate Professor (TTS)
Department of Zoology
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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications and Institute

  • Ph.D. (UAF)

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Joined LCWU since

Joined LCWU as Assistant Professor in 2012

 

 

Work Experience

Tenured Associate Professor

 

 

Additional charge/duties

  • PhD Coordinator for Zoology Department, LCWU, Lahore.
  • Mentor of BS, MS and PhD degree programs.
  • Principal Investigator of the research projects funded by the HEC, Pakistan.
  • Member of “Research and Ethical Review Committee” at Department of Zoology, LCWU, Lahore.
  • Member of Departmental Purchased Committee for Zoology Department, LCWU, Lahore.
  • Member of PhD Affairs and Admission Committee for Zoology Department, LCWU, Lahore.
  • Organizer of national and international conferences at the departmental and university level.
  • Focal person of the Time Table of the for Zoology Department, LCWU, Lahore.
  • Setting courses for degree requirements, curriculum revision and academic planning.
  • Incharge of the PhD Curriculum Committee at Zoology Department, LCWU, Lahore
  • External Examiner of BS and MS thesis evaluation

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

1.    Has availed indigenous scholarship for Ph.D.

2.    Received Aquaculture Training from Netherlands fully funded by Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs on technical perspectives of aquaculture development, fish seed management and Value Chain analysis to promote and implement the concept of Inclusive Aquaculture development among the fish farmers of the rural areas of Southern Punjab province of Pakistan.

3.    Actively participated in the Asian Aquaculture-2018 at Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.

4.    Participated for Professional Development by curriculum orientation workshop on “Zoology” organized by Learning Innovation Division, Higher Education Commission.

5.    HEC Approved Supervisor for Ph.D. program and Indigenous scholarships.

6.    Associate member of Pakistan Fisheries Society.

7.    Worked in collaboration with Punjab Fisheries Board and Department of Fisheries, Punjab, Pakistan to promote fisheries and aquaculture among academicians and farmers.

8.    Received Certificate of Appreciation for excellent performance in teaching and research during the year 2016, 2021 & 2022.

9.    Organized and arranged fish feed formulation training programs at fish feed mills.


CONFERENCES ORGANIZED

  1. Organized a Three Days International Conference on “New Trends in Natural Sciences: Public Health, Food Nutrition and Safety (NTNS-II, 2018)” from 24-10-18 to-26-10-18  jointly organized by Departments of Zoology and Biotechnology, LCWU, Lahore in collaboration with Higher Education Commission of Pakistan and PHEC.
  2. Organized one day hands-on training workshop on “Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity” on 14th December, 2018 at Department of Zoology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore. 
  3. Organized Three Days Workshop on “Biodiversity, Conservation and Ecotourism” during 7th-9th May, 2018 Organized by SPST (Society for Promotion of Science and Technology), Department of Zoology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore.
  4. Organized a Three Day International Conference on “New Trends in Natural Sciences: From Basics To Applied” Jointly organized by Departments of Zoology and Biotechnology, LCWU, Lahore in collaboration with Punjab Higher Education Commission of Pakistan on October 25-27th, 2017.
  5. Organized a Three Day International Conference on “Aquaculture Development in Pakistan”, Poster display and tilapia cooking Exhibition on 6-8th January, 2016 at Deptt. of Zoology in collaboration with American Soybean Association and University of Arizona, America.
  6. Organized a “Model Building Competition on Biodiversity” on 26th May, 2016 at Departments of Zoology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan.
  7. Organized a Two-day training workshop on “Raise Awareness Against Vector-Borne Diseases/ PCR Based Techniques in Biological Research” on 19-20th December, 2016 at Lahore College for Women University, Pakistan.
  8. Organized a training workshop on “Aquaculture and Feed Management” and “Study Tours of Fish Feed Mills and fish Ponds”, 3–5thAugust, 2016 at Lahore College for Women University, Pakistan.
  9. Organized a seminar on “Awareness of Breast Cancer and Breast self examination session” on 27th May, 2015 at Deptt. of Zoology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore.
  10. Organized a seminar on “Dengue Awareness” Lahore on 9th April, 2015 at LCWU under Active Citizenship Program of British Council.
  11. Organized a seminar on “Awareness of Breast Cancer and Breast self-examination session” on 3rd May, 2018 at Department of Zoology, LCWU, Lahore.
  12. Organized One Day seminar on “Awareness of Breast Cancer” on 17th October, 2018 at Department of Zoology, LCWU, Lahore.

GRANTS AND PROJECTS

1.    P.I. of the Project “Response of fish exposed to metal contaminated sediments from the aquatic ecosystem of river Ravi” worth of 0.5 M PKR funded by HEC completed successfully as Principle Investigator (P.I.).

2.    P.I. of the project “Characterization of industrial effluents using Whole effluent toxicity testing (WET) and evaluation of Cyto-genotoxicity biomarkers in the fish due to industrial effluents exposure” worth 4.73 M by HEC completed successfully as principle investigator (P.I.).


RESEARCHGATE

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jabeen-2

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Fisheries and Aquaculture, Cheap/alternative fish feed sources and dietary inclusions, Innovative feed technologies impact on Aquaculture Production, Genotoxicity, Aquatic ecosystem productivity, Aquatic Toxicology, Heavy metal toxicity, Environmental toxicology, Environmental health and Monitoring

Publications

  1. Iqra Muzaffar, Ghazala Jabeen (Corresponding Author), Zakia Kanwal, Farkhanda Manzoor. 2023. Evaluation of cyto-genotoxicity biomarkers, changes in histology and antioxidant defense system of Oreochromis niloticus induced by the industrial effluents. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology: (Impact Factor:  4.4)
  2. Ishaq, S., Jabeen, G. (Corresponding Author), Arshad, M. et al. 2023. Heavy metal toxicity arising from the industrial effluents repercussions on oxidative stress, liver enzymes and antioxidant activity in brain homogenates of Oreochromis niloticus. Scientific Reports: 13, 19936 (Impact Factor:  4.3)
  3. Noshair, I.; Kanwal, Z.; Jabeen, G.; Arshad, M.; Yunus, F.-U.-N.; Hafeez, R.; Mairaj, R.; Haider, I.; Ahmad, N.; Alomar, S.Y. 2023. Assessment of Dietary Supplementation of Lactobacillus rhamnosus Probiotic on Growth Performance and Disease Resistance in Oreochromis niloticus. Microorganisms: 11, 1423. (Impact Factor:  4.5)
  4. Hafsa Zaheer, Huma Khuesheed, Fakhar-un-Nisa Yunus, Ghazala Jabeen & Zakia Kanwal. 2023. Random Mutagenesis to enhance the toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis cry proteins against Earias vittella (F.) Sains Malaysiana: 52 (11): 3061-3073. (Impact Factor:  0.7)
  5. Khan, M. S., Buzdar, S. A., Hussain, R., Afzal, G., Jabeen, G., Javid, et al. 2022. Hematobiochemical, Oxidative Stress, and Histopathological Mediated Toxicity Induced by Nickel Ferrite (NiFe2O4) Nanoparticles in Rabbits. Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2022, 1-14, (Impact Factor:  7.31)
  6. 6.    R. Hussain, A. Ghaffar, G. Abbas, Ghazala Jabeen, I. Khan, R. Z. Abbas, S. Noreen, Z. Iqbal, I. Rasheed, H. M. Ishaq, M. T. Ghori & A. Khan. 2022. Thiamethoxam at sublethal concentrations induces histopathological, serum biochemical alterations and DNA damage in fish (Labeo rohita). Toxin Reviews, 41:154-164, (Impact Factor:  3.2)
  7. 7.    Hussain, S. Ehtisham-ul-Haque, I. Khan, Ghazala Jabeen, A. B. Siddique et al. 2021. Clinico-hematological, patho-anatomical and molecular based investigation of blackleg disease in cholistani Cattle. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 58(3), 1017-1025, (Impact Factor:  0.7)
  8. R. Hussain, F. Ali, M.T. Javed, Ghazala Jabeen, Abdul Ghaffar, Iahtasham Khan, Saima Liaqat et al., 2021. Clinico-hematological, serum biochemical, genotoxic and histopathological effects of trichlorfon in adult cockerels, Toxin Reviews, 40:4, 1206-1214, (Impact Factor:  3.2)
  9. M. Arshad, F. Manzoor, Ghazala Jabeen, Z. Kanwal, U. Javed, F. Butt. 2020. Assessment of abnormalities in lipid profiles of patients with chronic kidney disease from different hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan: A case control study. 70 (10): 1838-1840. DOI: (Impact Factor:  0.8)
  10. A. Rauf, M. Javed and Ghazala Jabeen (Corresponding Author). 2019. Uptake and accumulation of Heavy metals in water and Planktonic biomass of the river Ravi, Pakistan. Turkish Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences. 19(10), 857-864. (Impact Factor:  1.4)
  11. F. Manzoor, Ghazala Jabeen, A. Aziz, T. Khan, S. Siddiqua and A. Khan. 2019. Detection of drug residues by microbial screening method in beef samples collected from different slaughter houses of Lahore. Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 39(2): 293-296. (Impact Factor:  2.2)
  12. Z. Kanwal, M. A. Raza, F. Manzoor, S Riaz, Ghazala Jabeen, S. Fatima, S. Naseem. 2019.  A comparative assessment of nanotoxicity induced by metal (silver, nickel) and metal oxide (cobalt, chromium) nanoparticles in Labeo rohita. Nanomaterials. (Impact Factor:  4.7)
  13. R. Hussain, F. Ali, A. Rafique, A. Ghaffar, Ghazala Jabeen, M. Rafay et al. 2019. Exposure to Sub-Acute Concentrations of Glyphosate Induce Clinico-Hematological, Serum Biochemical and Genotoxic Damage in Adult Cockerels. Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 39(2): 181-186 (Impact Factor:  2.2)
  14. Ghazala Jabeen, F. Manzoor, A. Javid, H. Azmat, S. Fatima, M. Arshad. 2018. Evaluation of Fish Health Status and Histopathology in Gills and Liver Due to Metal Contaminated Sediments Exposure. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 100 (4): 492-501. (Impact Factor:  2.6)
  15. S. Fatima, S. Izhar, Z. Usman, F. Rashid, Z. Kanwal, Ghazala Jabeen, A. Latif. 2017. Effects of High Stocking Density on Condition Factor and Profile of Free Thyroxine and Cortisol in Catla catla (Hamilton, 1822) and Labeo rohita. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 17: 217-221. (Impact Factor:  1.4)
  16. Ghazala Jabeen, M. Javed and A. Rauf. 2017. Heavy metal levels (Al, As and Ba) in the organs of herbivore fish species residing in aquatic ecosystem of the River Ravi. Int. J. Fisheries and Aquat. Res., 2 (6): 43-45.   
  17. S. Fatima, S. Izhar, Z. Usman, F. Rashid, Z. Kanwal, Ghazala Jabeen, A. Latif. 2016. The Role of crowding stress on Growth and Level of Thyroxine in major Carp Labeo Rohita. “Lasbela University Journal of Science and Technology, Pakistan. 5:1-6.
  18. Ali, W., A. Javid, S.M. Hussain, H. Azmat and Ghazala Jabeen. 2016. The amphibians and reptiles collected from different habitat types in district Kasur, Punjab, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 48(4): 1201-1204. (Impact Factor:  0.5)
  19. H. Azmat, M. Javed, S. M. Husssain, A. Javid and Ghazala Jabeen. 2016. Impacts of Physico-Chemical Parameters on Fish Grown Under Heavy Metal Stress. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 48:795-807. (Impact Factor:  0.5)
  20. Abdul Rauf, Ghazala Jabeen (Corresponding Author), Muhammad Javed. 2015. Impact of chromium toxicity on water, plankton and bed sediments of River Ravi, Pakistan. International Journal of Biosciences, 5(11): 294-300.
  21. Ashraf, S., A. Javid, M. Ashraf, M. Akram, M. Altaf, Irfan, H. Azmat, G. Jabeen and Z. Ali. 2015. Studies on parasitic prevalence in ring necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) in captivity. The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 25: 359-364. (Impact Factor:  0.7)
  22. Ghazala Jabeen and M. Javed. 2012. Evaluation of arsenic toxicity to biota in river Ravi (Pakistan) aquatic ecosystem. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, 13: 929-934. (Impact Factor:  0.7)
  23. Ghazala Jabeen, M. Javed and H. Azmat. 2012. Assessment of heavy metals in the fish collected from the river Ravi, Pakistan. Pakistan Veterinary Journal. 32: 107-111. (Impact Factor:  2.2)
  24. Azmat, H., M. Javed and G. Jabeen. 2012. Acute toxicity of Aluminium to the fish (C. catla, L. rohita and C. mrigala). Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 32: 30-34. (Impact Factor:  2.2)
  25. H.A. Khan, G. Jabeen and N. Anwar. 2007. Foraging rhythms of house crow (Corvus splendens) for 30- and 60- minute durations on some crops in an agro-ecosystem in Faisalabad. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 44: 283-288.