• Butt H, Zaidi SS, Hassan N, Mahfouz M. (2019). CRISPR-Based Directed Evolution for Crop Improvement. Trends Biotechnol. 2019 Aug 30. pii: S0167-7799(19)30205-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.08.001.

   

• Butt H, Piatek A, Li L, S N Reddy A, M Mahfouz M. (2019). Multiplex CRISPR Mutagenesis of the Serine/Arginine-Rich (SR) Gene Family in Rice. Genes (Basel). 2019 Aug 7;10(8). pii: E596. doi: 10.3390/genes10080596.

   

• Butt H, Eid A, Momin AA, Bazin J, Crespi M, Arold ST, Mahfouz MM. (2019). CRISPR directed evolution of the spliceosome for resistance to splicing inhibitors. Genome Biol. 2019 Apr 30;20(1):73. doi: 10.1186/s13059-019-1680-9.

   

• Aman R, Ali Z, Butt H, Mahas A, Aljedaani F, Khan MZ, Ding S, Mahfouz M. (2018). RNA virus interference via CRISPR/Cas13a system in plants. Genome Biol. 2018 Jan 4;19(1):1. (equal contribution)

   

• Butt H, Eid A, Ali Z, Atia MAM, Mokhtar MM, Hassan N, Lee CM, Bao G, Mahfouz MM. (2017). Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing Using a Chimeric Single-Guide RNA Molecule. Front Plant Sci. 2017 Aug 24;8:1441.

• Feb. 2008 – Mar. 2012  Doctor rerum naturalium technicarum (PhD), Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology in University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences,  in Vienna, Austria  “Analysis of Arabidopsis XH/XS-domain proteins”
• Nov. 2004 – Oct. 2006 M.Sc. (Hons.) Plant Breeding and Genetics, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics in University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan  “Genetic Diversity and Path Analysis in Rice”
• Dec. 2000 – Oct. 2004  B.Sc (Hons.) Agriculture, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics in University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan​

Jan 2016 - present: Post-doc fellow, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

Sep 2014 - Dec 2015: Research Consultant, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia           

Oct 2012 - Sep 2014: Assistant Professor, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University, Lahore, Pakistan

July 2012 - Sep 2012: Assistant Professor, National Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan

1. Ph.D. Passed with distinction, 2012.
2. Overseas Ph.D. Scholarship Phase II Batch I HEC Pakistan, 2008.
3. B.Sc. (Hons.): University merit scholarship, 2004.