Dr Tariq Saiff Ullah is the head author and cofounder of mushroomfact.com. He has a distinct educational background in the field of Botany, Fungal diversity, Taxonomy and phylogeny, Ecology, Plant Ecology, Biodiversity, and management. Acquired experience in executing multi-dimensional international and national donor assisted sustainable development projects.
Dr Tariq did his PhD from The university of Punjab Lahore and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis United States of America. He has published articles in the different international and national impact factor journals and currently working as a Lecturer/researcher in University of Kotli Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

  1. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tariq-Ullah-3
  2. ORICD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7446-6263
  3. Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xgYwatAAAAAJ&hl=en

Research Publications.

  1. Ullah, T.S., Firdous, S.S., Shier, W.T. et al. Diversity and ethnomycological importance of mushrooms from Western Himalayas, Kashmir. J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine 18, 32 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-022-00527-7 (IF 3.1).
  2. Ullah, T. S., Firdous, S. S., Shier, W. T., & Khalid, A. N. (2022). Ramaria barenthalensis a new record from western Himalayas, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Italian Botanist, 14, 133-143
  3. Ullah, Tariq S., Syeda S. Firdous, Ansar Mehmood, Javaid Q. Swati, Muhammad Usman, and Abdul N. Khalid. “Detection of bioactive compounds and amino acids from fruiting bodies of Morchella tridentina.” Acta. Sci.Pol, Hortum, Cul. 2022, 21(1), 103-114. (IF 0.71)
    4.Ullah Saiff Tariq, S.S. Firdous, A. Mehmood, H. Shaheen and M.E.I.Dar “Ethno-mycological and Nutritional analyses of some wild mushrooms from Western Himalayas, Azad Jammu and Kashmir”(n 10, 2017). International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms (Journal) IF: 1.94.
  4. Kausar, Humaira, Ansar Mehmood, Rizwan Taj Khan, Khawaja Shafique Ahmad, Sajjad Hussain, Fahim Nawaz, Muhammad Sajjad Iqbal, Muhammad Nasir, and Tariq Saif Ullah. “Green synthesis and characterization of copper nanoparticles for investigating their effect on germination and growth of wheat.” Plos one 17, no. 6 (2022): e0269987 (IF 3.7).
  5. Shaheen, H., Khan, R. W. A., Hussain, K., Ullah, T. S., Nasir, M., & Mehmood, A. (2016). CARBON STOCKS ASSESSMENT IN SUBTROPICAL FOREST TYPES OF KASHMIR HIMALAYAS. Pak. J. Bot, 48(6), 2351-2357. (Journal ) IF:0.75
  6. DAR, M. E. U. I.1* – GILLANI, N.1 – SHAHEEN, H.1 – FIRDOUS, S. S.1 – AHMAD, S.2 – KHAN, M. Q.1 – HUSSAIN, M. A.3 – HABIB, T.1 – MALIK, N. Z.4 – ULLAH, T. S. 1 – RAFIQUE, S.1 – AZIZ, S.1 – KHAN, W. A.1 – HUSSAIN, K. Comparative Analysis of Vegetation from Eroded and Non-Eroded areas, A Case Study from Kashmir Himalayas, Pakistan. APPLIED Ecology and Environmental Research 16(2):1725-1737(Journal) IF:0.721
  7. M.Ejaz Dar, Hamayun Shaheen,Maria Salik, Tariq Saiff Ullah and Shamshaz Aziz Assesssment of human impact on the structure and composition of Lasdana forest district Bagh, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan January 2019 Pakistan Journal of Botany 51(2) DOI: 10.30848/PJB2019-2(32) IF:0.69
  8. Abid Hussain, Ansar Mehmood, Ghulam Murtaza, Khawaja Shafique, Anila Khan, M. Fraza and
    Tariq Saiff Ullah Environmentally Benevolent Synthesis and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles Using Olea Ferruginea Royle for Antibacterial And Antioxidant Activities Green Processing and
    Synthesis 9(1):451–461 10.1515/gps-2020-0047IF.1.6
  9. Muhammad Ajaib1*, Mehwish Maqbool1, Muhammad Ishtiaq1, Faiza Shafi1, Shakeela Iqbal1, Tanveer Hussain1 and Tariq Saifullah2 A quantitative study of folk traditional knowledge on wild plants of Saryala, Tehsil Barnala, District Bhimber Azad Jammu and Kashmir, (2021) Bioscience Research.
  10. Muhammad Ajaib*, Mehwish Maqbool, Shakeela Iqbal, Faiza Shafi, Muhammad Ishtiaq1, Tanveer Hussain1 and Tariq Saifullah2. Ethnobotanical survey of wild plants of Kotla and adjoining areas Tehsil Kharian, District Gujrat,(2021) Bioscience Research.
  11. Firdous, S.S. S.M.Khan, M.E.I.Dar, H. Shaheen, T. Habib and Tariq Saiff Ullah” Diversity and Distribution of lichens in different Ecological zones of Western Himalayas Pakistan” Bangladesh Journal of Botany (2017) Vol: 46 pp: 805-811 (Journal) IF:0.33.
  12. Tanveer Hussain, Shakeela Iqbal, Tariq Saiff Ullah, Faiza Shafi and Muhammad Ishtiaq1Control of Forest Fire In Timber Forests Area through Biological and Technical Approaches
    International journal of plant science and Phytomedicines (IJPSP) (2022). https://ijpsp.com .
  13. Marleen bibi, Tariq Saiff Ullah, Syed Al Hassan Kazmi and Sadia sulyman Ethnobotanical uses of Some Common Medicinal Plants of Sarsawa District Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). Kashmir Journal of Science 1(1) 2022. https://kjs.org.pk/index.php/kjs/article/view/8.
  14. Abdur Rahim Khan, Muhammad Fiaz, Tariq Saiff Ullah and Ghulam Mujtaba Shah 2023. Proteomic analysis of two wild mushrooms, Phallus impudicus and Trametes versicolor improving human health. Journal of Xia,n Shiyou University Natural Science Edition 19(2) 687-98
  15. Sadia sulyman, Tariq Saiff Ullah, Shazia Khatoon, Syed Al Hassan Kazmi, Muhammad Nasir, Muhammad Imran Hamza and Marleen bibi, Ethanobotanical survey of medicinal Medicinal Plants of Samror and Khuiratta District Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). Kashmir Journal of Science 1(2) 2023.

Seminar/courses and Workshops.

  1. Attended a Webinar on Empowering knowledge on ethical publishing: Mastering the art of identifying predatory, fake, and cloned journals by Elsevier 8 June 2022.
  2. Participation in 03 days workshop on Data Analysis with R Organized by Department of Zoology, UoK 2022.
  3. Completed a Course on Work smarter with Power Point through HEC Coursera program for faculty, 2023.
  4. Completed a Course on Successful presentation through HEC Coursera program for faculty, 2023.
  5. Completed a Course on Drug discovery through HEC Coursera program for faculty, 2023.
  6. Completed a Course on Drug development through HEC Coursera program for faculty, 2023.
  7. Completed a Course on GIS through HEC Coursera program for faculty, 2023.
  8. Completed a Course on Influential individuals through HEC Coursera program for faculty, 2023.
    Some Relevant Projects Executed:
  9. Successful completion of two-year research project funded by HEC Pakistan as Research Associate entitled: Contribution of Wild Edible Mushrooms to Livelihood in Rural Areas of AJK at the cost of RS. 8.2 million (2014-2017) NRPU/HEC/4142/2014-17.
  10. Successful completion of a Project as an Ecologist, Biodiversity and Ecological Management Plain of Dasu Hydro Power Project (Indus River)