Dr. Muhammad Irfan Ashraf is an Associate Professor of Forestry. He holds over twenty years of diverse working experience in corporate and government sector in Canada and Pakistan. A decorated professional with a PhD in Forestry from University of New Brunswick, Canada. In addition to conventional forestry knowledge, he is skilled in artificial intelligence, forest modelling and climate risk assessment. He also holds an MS in Total Quality Management from Punjab University Lahore and a Post-graduate Diploma in University Teaching from Canada.
His research is focused on forests and climate change, greenhouse gas emissions from forests, modelling natural systems using artificial intelligence and value addition of agriculture and forest residues as a biofuel. He has supervised 40 post-graduates (M. Phil. & Ph.D.) to date. More than 35 research publications in impact factor journals and four books/book chapter are on his credit. He has been working as an Academic Editor of world famous research Journal PLOS Climate.
He is also providing his services as a technical expert to community and other institutes like Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad, Pakistan Forest Institute Peshawar, Punjab Forest Services Academy Murree and Higher Education Commission Pakistan. He has the honour to be a member of National Working Group of REDD+ Readiness Phase in Pakistan under the umbrella of Ministry of Climate Change Govt. of Pakistan.

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Research Journal




• Aslam, S., Kayani, A.R., Ashraf, M.I., Jamil, A.Z. & Sahar, K. , 2024 , Food preferences of Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta) in the Margalla Hills National Park, Islamabad. , Pakistan Journal of Zoology , 56, 3, IF: 0.687
• Hussain, A., Ashraf, M.I., Hussain, S., Atif, M. & Khan, B.A. , 2024 , Impacts of wildfire on soil characteristics in subtropical Chir Pine Forests of Murree, Pakistan. , International Journal of Applied and Experimental Biology , 3, 1,
• Malik, S.U., Ashraf, M.I. & Goheer, M.A. , 2023 , Spatio-temporal dynamics of greenhouse gas emissions from soil in forest ecosystems of Pakistan , Pakistan Journal of Botany , 55, 4, IF: 1.2
• Khan, K.A., Khan, S., Ahtasham, M., Malik, S.U., Saleem, M. & Ashraf, M.I. , 2022 , Influence of tree species on soil characteristics in subtropical forest ecosystem: a case study in North-West Pakistan. , Soil and Environment , 41, 2, IF: 0.6

Chapters Contributed




• Hussain, Q., Hayat, R., Raiz, M., Rashid, M., Ahmad, M., Khan, K.S., Ashraf, M.I., Alvi, S. & Basit, A. (2022). Soil carbon and legumes. In Advances in Legumes for Sustainable Intensification, Elsevier USA ( pp. 329- 344 ).

Books




• Ashraf, M.I. & Khan, S. (2021). Sustainable Forest Management. UNDP & GEF.
• Ali, A., Khan, M.A., Ashraf, M.I., Goheer, M.A. , 2021 , Economic valuation of ecosystem services in alpine pastures of western Himalayas: a case study of Kaghan valley. , Pakistan Journal of Botany , 53, 5, IF: 1.2
• Ashraf, M.I. (2020). Sustainable Land Management. UNDP & Ministry of Climate Change Islamabad Pakistan.
• Ali, A., Ashraf, M.I., Gulzar, S. & Akmal, M. , 2020 , Estimation of forest carbon stocks in temperate and subtropical mountain systems of Pakistan: implications for REDD+ and climate change mitigation , Environmental Monitoring and Assessment , 192, 3, IF: 3.307
• Ashraf, M.I. (2019). Climate Change and Role of Forests- A Community Guide. Pakistan Forest Institute & Ministry of Climate Change Islamabad Pakistan.
• Ali, A., Ashraf, M.I., Gulzar, S., Akmal, M. & Ahmed, B. , 2019 , Estimation of soil carbon pool in the forests of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan , Journal of Forestry Research , 31, IF: 2.361
• Sakici, O. E., Kucuk, O. & Ashraf, M.I. , 2018 , Compatible above-ground biomass equations and carbon stock estimation for small diameter Turkish pine (Pinus brutia Ten.) , Environmental Monitoring and Assessment , 190, 5, IF: 3.307
• Ashraf, M. I, Meng, F.-R., Bourque, C. P.-A. & MacLean, D. A. , 2015 , A novel modelling approach for predicting forest growth and yield under climate change , PLOS One , 10, 7, IF: 3.752
• Ashraf, M. I., Bourque, C. P.-A., MacLean, D. A., Erdle, T., Meng, F. R. , 2015 , Estimation of potential impacts of climate change on growth and yield of temperate tree species , Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change , 20, 1, IF: 3.926
• Ashraf, M. I., Zhao, Z., Bourque, C. P., MacLean, D. A. & Meng, F.-R. , 2013 , Integrating biophysical controls in forest growth and yield predictions with artificial intelligence technology , Canadian Journal of Forest Research , 43, 12, IF: 2.331
• Ashraf, M.I, Zhao, Z., Bourque, C. P.-A. & Meng, F.-R. , 2012 , GIS evaluation of two slope calculation methods regarding their suitability in slope analysis using high precision LiDAR digital elevation models , Hydrological Processes , 26, 8, IF: 3.784

Conference Proceeding




• Ashraf, M. I., Ahmed, M. I., Malik, S. U. (2015). Establishment of nursery for vegetative propagation of Olea europaea L.. In Sustainable Agriculture water management in a changing environment: A special focus on olive tree (pp. 71- 67) . Arid Agriculture University Pakistan and NRC Italy.

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