Adnan Mustafa
Dr. Adnan Mustafa completed his Ph.D. in Soil Science at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China. He worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences and as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic. He is currently working as a Research Fellow at the South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China. His research focuses on soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation mechanisms, plant-microbe interactions, and biochar production and utilization for agricultural crop production and environmental remediation. He is actively involved in the bioremediation of contaminated soils using organic and inorganic amendments in addition to exploiting plant-microbe interactions. He has published more than 100 refereed journal articles, many of which sought to explore the effectiveness of innovative soil amendments and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) for improving crop performance and soil resilience under various abiotic stresses.