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Dr. Muhammad Awais Farooq completed his PhD at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan with a research focus on abiotic stress tolerance, particularly salt stress. He furthered his expertise during a research fellowship at Michigan State University, USA, where he contributed to genome annotation and the functional characterization of genes associated with salt stress tolerance. Subsequently, he engaged in a project at the Agricultural University of Hebei, China, “Transposable Elements: The saviours of Brassica genome ensuing interspecific genomic collision”. At UNIBO, he specializes in GWAS studies related to root growth angle and yellow rust resistance within the tetraploiud wheat genome. Moreover, he is actively engaged in the Development of Tetraploid wheat pan genome.