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Dr. Muhammad Farhan Jahangir Chughtai
Additional Director, HEC Approved Supervisor
Ph.D. Food Technology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
Research Interests

  • My research emphasis is on Food Safety and Quality for best provision of Nutritious and Wholesome Food thereby decreasing the disease burden. I have been working on Cereal Science and Technology, Baking Science and Technology, Natural Flavors, Sweeteners and Antioxidants, Food Analysis, Food Chemistry, Nutraceutical and Functional Foods, Food Encapsulation, Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Food Processing and Preservation, Food Fortification, Meat Technology, Spices & Food Packaging.

Biography

  • I am currently working as Additional Director/ Assistant Professor, Institute of Food Science & Technology, Faculty of Food, Health Science and Technology, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan. I have obtained my Ph.D. Food Technology from University of Agriculture, Faisalabad under HEC Indigenous Scholarship. My PhD research work was to “Characterize and analyze the effect of Stevia rebaudiana; intense natural sweetener, against diabetes and hypercholesterolemia”. I have also visited USA and worked as Visiting Scholar, Agricultural & Biological Engineering (ABE) Department, Bindley Bioscience Center, Discovery Park, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN-USA under IRSIP scholarship by HEC-ISB. Previously, I had served as Assistant Professor in NUR International University, Lahore, as Senior Lecturer in Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore. I had also served as Research Associate, in HEC funded research project at University of Agriculture, Faisalabad for 02 years and served as teaching assistant in University of Agriculture, Faisalabad for 06 months. I had participated and arranged many National & International Conferences, Symposia, workshops, seminars, trainings and webinars.

Awards and Honors

  • HEC Indigenous Scholarship for PhD Food Technology (2013-2017)
  • IRSIP Scholarship to Visit Purdue University, Indiana, USA (2016-2017)

Publications

  • Rehman, S.J., M.F.J. Chughtai, I. Pasha, A. Khaliq, et al. 2022. Rice: a potential vehicle for micronutrient fortification. Clinical Phytoscience. Accepted. (Impact Factor 2.52)
  • Saeed, K., Pasha, I., Jahangir Chughtai, M.F., Ali, Z., Bukhari, H. and Zuhair, M., 2022. Application of essential oils in food industry: challenges and innovation. Journal of Essential Oil Research, pp.1-14. (Impact Factor 1.963) 2.532
  • Khan, I.M., Niazi, S., Yue, L., Zhang, Y., Pasha, I., Khan, M.K.I., Akhtar, W., Mohsin, A., Chughati, M.F. and Wang, Z., 2022. Research update of emergent gold nanoclusters: A reinforced approach towards evolution, synthesis mechanism and application. Talanta, p.123228. (Impact Factor 6.057) 6.556
  • Chughtai, M.F.J., Khaliq, A., Zahoor, T., Mehmood, T., Ahsan, S., Liaqat, A., Nadeem, M., Tahir, A.B., Sameed, N. and Aziz, S., 2022. Plant Protein Based Beverages. In Plant Protein Foods (pp. 251-270). Springer, Cham. (Book Chapter)
  • Chughtai, M.F.J., Khaliq, A., Zahoor, T., Ahsan, S., Liaqat, A., Nadeem, M., Mehmood, T., Tahir, A.B., Saeed, K. and Junaid-ur-Rehman, S., 2022. Meat Replacers and Meal Plans Based on Plant Protein Isolates for Human Consumption. In Plant Protein Foods (pp. 439-465). Springer, Cham. (Book Chapter)
  • Rebezov, M., Farhan Jahangir Chughtai, M., Mehmood, T., Khaliq, A., Tanweer, S., Semenova, A., Khayrullin, M., Dydykin, A., Burlankov, S., Thiruvengadam, M. and Shariati, M.A., 2021. Novel Techniques for Microbiological Safety in Meat and Fish Industries. Applied Sciences, 12(1), p.319. (Impact Factor 2.679) 2.838
  • Chughtai, M.F.J., Farooq, M.A., Ashfaq, S.A., Khan, S., Khaliq, A., Antipov, S., Rebezov, M., Khayrullin, M., Vorobeva, A., Nelyubina, E. and Thiruvengadam, M., 2021, November. Role of Pascalization in Milk Processing and Preservation: A Potential Alternative towards Sustainable Food Processing. In Photonics (Vol. 8, No. 11, p. 498). (Impact Factor 2.443) 2.676
  • Chughtai, M.F.J., Tanweer, S., Ahsan, S., Mehmood, T., Liaqat, A., Khaliq, A., Zahoor, T., Nadeem, M., Khalid, N., Zainab, S. and Junaid-ur-Rahman, S., 2021. Food and immunity: a pragmatic approach to mitigate corona viruses attack.Nutrition & Food Science. (Impact Factor 1.37)
  • Khaliq, A., Sajjad, H., Chughtai, M.F.J., Ahsan, S., Liaqat, A., Tahir, A.B., Ponomareva, L., Khryuchkina, E., Ponomarev, E., Lavrushina, E. and Gubanova, N., 2021. Incidence, Enumeration and Confirmation of Listeria and its Species in Ready-to-eat Street Vended Salads Sold at Various Outlets of Faisalabad City, Pakistan. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 15(3), pp.1625-1633. (Impact Factor 0.483)
  • Saira Tanweer, Tariq Mehmood, Saadia Zainab, Zulfiqar Ahmad, Muhammad Ammar Khan, Aamir Shehzad, Adnan Khaliq, Farhan Jahangir Chughtai, Atif Liaqat. 2021. The prophylactic potential of Zingiber officinale flowers and leaves extract to mitigate hyperglycemia in Sprague Dawley rats. Nutrition & Food Science, 50 (6). (Impact Factor 1.8)
  • Mohd Anas Wajid, Abdul Rahaman, Ankita Kumari, Muhammad Adil Farooq, Xin-An Zeng, Sadia Hassan, Ibrahim Khalifa, Rana Muhammad Aadil, Muhammad Farhan Jahangir Chughtai, Adnan Khaliq, Nabeel Ahmad. 2021. Novel Extraction Techniques: An Effective Way to Retrieve the Bioactive Compounds from Saffron (Crocus Sativus). Food Reviews International. Pp 1-29 (Impact Factor: 6.478) 6.043
  • Tanweer, S., Chughtai, M.F.J., Zainab, S., Mehmood, T., Khaliq, A., Junaid-ur-Rahman, S., Iqbal, R., Liaqat, A., Ahsan, S., Ahmad, Z. and Shehzad, A., 2021. Comparative study of physico-chemical and hedonic response of ginger rhizome and leaves enriched patties. Czech Journal of Food Sciences. (Impact Factor: 3.142) 1.3
  • Rabia Iqbal, R., A. Liaqat, M.F.J. Chughtai, S. Tanweer, S. Tehseen, S. Ahsan, M. Nadeem, T. Mehmood, S.J. Rehman, K. Saeed, N. Sameed, S. Aziz, A.B. Tahir & A. Khaliq. 2021. Microencapsulation: a pragmatic approach towards delivery of probiotics in gut. Journal of Microencapulation. (Impact Factor: 3.142)
  • Din, A., Jahangir Chughtai, M.F., Mehmood, T., Khaliq, A., Nadeem, M., Ahsan, S., Amir, R.M., Abrar, M., Saeed, K. and Manzoor, M.S., 2021. Shelf Life Extension of Mango Fruit by using Non-Preservative Technique. International Journal of Fruit Science, pp.1-10. (Impact Factor: 0.877)
  • Shariati, M.A., Nadeem, M., Mushtaq, M., Chughtai, M.F.J., Khaliq, A., Imran, M., Gondal, T.A., Nesterenko, A. and Kulikov, D., 2021. Genotypic and Environmental Variation in the Nutritional and Phenolic Antioxidant Properties of Pakistani Wheat Varieties. AGRIVITA, Journal of Agricultural Science, 43(1).
  • Ahsan, S., A. Khaliq, M.F.J. Chughtai, et al. 2021. Techno-functional quality assessment of soymilk fermented with Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus casei. Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry. (Impact Factor: 1.638)
  • Ahmed, A., R.M. Amir, K. Ameer, A. Ahmad, M. Nadeem, M.F.J. Chughtai, A. Khaliq, S. Ahsan, M.I. Khan, A. Riaz, R. Kausar. 2020. Assessment of quality attributes of tomato sauce supplemented with moringa root. Food Science and Technology Campinas. 40(4): 1014-1020. (Impact Factor: 1.443)
  • Amir, R.A., M.N. Husain, K. Ameer. A. Ahmed, A. Ahmad, M. Nadeem, A. Riaz, M.F.J. Chughtai, A. Khaliq, S. Ahsan and R. Kausar. 2020. Comprehensive assessment and evaluation of selected wheat varieties for their relationship to chapatti quality attributes. Food Science and Technology Campinas. 40(2): 436-443. (Impact Factor: 1.443)
  • Yasmin, I. R. Iqbal, A. Liaqat, W.A. Khan, M. Nadeem, A. Iqbal, M.F.J. Chughtai, S.J. Rehman, S. Tehseen, T. Mehmood, S. Ahsan, S. Tanweer, S. Naz and A. Khaliq. 2020. Characterization and comparative evaluation of milk protein variants from Pakistani dairy breeds. Korean Journal for Food Science of Animal Resources. 40(5), 689-698. (Impact Factor: 1.445)
  • Muntaha, S., R. Iqbal, I. Yasmin, S. Tehseen, A. Khaliq, M.F.J. Chughtai, S. Ahsan, W.A. Khan, M. Nadeem, L. Hleba, M. Rebezov, M. Khayrullin, E. Kuznetsova, L. Kozlovskikh, M.A. Shariati. 2020. Safety assessment of milk and indigenous milk products from different areas of Faisalabad. Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Science. 9(6), 1197-1203. (Impact Factor: 0.30)
  • Yasmin, I., M. Saeed, W. A. Khan, A. Khaliq, M.F.J. Chughtai, R. Iqbal, S. Tehseen, S. Naz, A. Liaqat, T. Mehmood, S. Ahsan and S. Tanweer. 2020. In vitro Probiotic Potential and Safety Evaluation (Hemolytic, Cytotoxic Activity) of Bifidobacterium Strains Isolated from Raw Camel Milk. Microorganisms. 08 (3) 1-21 (Impact Factor: 4.152)
  • Zahid, S., T. Zahoor, M. Nadeem, M.F.J. Chughtai, A. Khaliq, S. Ahsan and A. Sagheer. 2020. Effect of soy protein on hypercholesterolemia and hypertension to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Progress in Nutrition. 22 (01) 288-296. (Impact Factor: 0.344)
  • Chughtai, M.F.J., I. Pasha, T. Zahoor, A. Khaliq, S. Ahsan, Z. Wu, M. Nadeem, T. Mehmood, R. M. Amir, I. Yasmin, A. Liaqat and S. Tanweer. 2020. Nutritional and therapeutic perspectives of Stevia rebaudiana as emerging sweetener; a way forward for sweetener industry. CYTA-Journal of Food.  18 (01) 164-177 (Impact Factor: 1.653)
  • Iqbal, A., Murtaza, A., Marszałek, K., Iqbal, M.A., Chughtai, M.F., Hu, W., Barba, F.J., Bi, J., Liu, X. and Xu, X., 2020. Inactivation and structural changes of polyphenol oxidase in quince (Cydonia oblonga Miller) juice subjected to ultrasonic treatment. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 100(5), 2065-2073. (Impact Factor: 2.614)
  • Rahman, S.J., I. Pasha and M. F. J. Chughtai. 2020. Fortification of Rice with Iron and Zinc-A Tool to Improve Nutritional Profile of Rice for Intended Consumers. Scho J Food & Nutr. 3(3) 368-371. (DOI: 10.32474/SJFN.2020.03.000162).
  • Chughtai, M.F.J., S. Aziz, S. Ahsan, A. Ali, N. Sameed, K. Saeed and S. J. Rehman. 2020. Asparagus Racemosus: A Therapeutic Herb. Scho J Food & Nutr. 3(3)-364-367. (DOI: 10.32474/SJFN.2020.03.000161).
  • Chughtai, M. F. J., Pasha, I., Butt, M. S., & Asghar, M. (2019). Biochemical and nutritional attributes of Stevia rebaudiana grown in Pakistan. Progress in Nutrition, 21, 210-222. (Impact Factor: 0.344)
  • Khaliq, A., Zahoor, T., Nadeem, M., Imran, M., Gilani, S.A., Chughtai, M.F.J., Liaqat, A., Pasha, I., Ahsan, S. and Shah, F.U.H., 2019.Assessment of camel milk yogurt as a cogent approach on streptozotocin (stz) induced diabetes mellitus in sprague-dawley rats. Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology & Food Sciences, 9(3): 648-652. (Impact Factor: 0.30)
  • Khaliq, A., M.F.J. Chughtai, M. Nadeem, A. Aslam, A. Liaqat, T. Mehmmod and S. Ahsan. 2019. Camel Milk: Massive Paragon of Nutritional and Therapeutic Potentials: A Review. International Journal of Research Studies in Biosciences (IJRSB). 07 (09) 12-26.
  • Chughtai, M.F.J., T. Mehmood, A. Liaqat and A.  Khaliq. 2019. Bioactive Peptides; Physiological Benefits and Commercial Applications. Journal of Dairy and Veterinary Sciences. 12 (02) 1-4.
  • Ayesha, A., T. Zahoor, M.R. Khan, A. Khaliq, M. Nadeem, A. Sagheer, M. F. J. Chughtai and M. W. Sajid. 2019. Studying the influence of packaging materials and storage on the physiochemical and microbial characteristics of black plum (Syzygium cumini) jam. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 43: e13941, 1-11. (Impact Factor: 1.405)
  • Zhengzong Wu, De He, Enbo Xu, Aiquan Jiao, M. F. Chughtai & Z. Jin. 2018. Rapid detection of β-conglutin with a novel lateral flow aptasensor assisted by immunomagnetic enrichment and enzyme signal amplification. Food Chemistry, 269: 375-379 (Impact Factor: 6.306)
  • Din, A., M. F. J. Chughtai, M.R. Khan, A. Shahzad, A. Khaliq & M. A. Nasir. 2018. Barley β-glucan: Nutritional and Functional Potential. International Food Research Journal, 25(5): 1773-1784. (Impact Factor: 0.610)
  • Khaliq, A., M.R. Khan, S. Ahsan, M.F.J. Chughtai, A. Aslam and M. Nadeem. 2018. Effect of skim milk powder and sucrose on quality and storage stability of mango leather. Research Journal of Food Science & Nutrition. 3(4): 41-49.
  • Ahmad, S., I. Pasha, M.K. Sharif, M.S. Manzoor & M.F.J. Chughtai. 2018. Fortification and Stability of Iodine in Bread to Mitigate Iodine Deficiency Disorder. Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research. 61(3), 145-150
  • Pasha, I., N. Huma, M.F.J. Chughtai, S. Jan, S. Ahmad, M.S. Manzoor & F. Ahmed. 2018. Biochemical, nutritional and end use perspectives of Wheat grass as potential dietary supplement. International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review, 21(1): 1-13.
  • Wu, Z., E. Xu, M.F.J. Chughtai, Z. Jin, & J. Irudayaraj. 2017. Highly sensitive fluorescence sensing of zearalenone using a novel aptasensor based on upconverting nanoparticles. Food Chemistry, 230; 673-680. (Impact Factor: 6.306)
  • Rehman, UB., A. Sahar, I. Pasha, S. Rehman, M. Shoaib, A. Ishaq, M.F.J. Chughtai & A. Zafar. 2016. Augmenting quality and microbial safety of broiler meat at refrigeration storage by applying chemical interventions. Journal of Food Processing & Preservation. 41 (4): 1-11 (Impact Factor: 1.405)

Book Chapters

  • Adnan Khaliq, Muhammad Farhan Jahangir Chughtai, Tariq Mehmood, Samreen Ahsan, Atif Liaqat, Muhammad Nadeem, Nimra Sameed, Kanza Saeed, Junaid Ur Rehman, Ayesha Ali. 2021. High-Pressure Processing; Principle, Applications, Impact and Future Prospective. Book title “Sustainable food processing and engineering challenges” by Elsevier. Chapter No.03 (Pp 75-108)
  • Adnan Khaliq, Muhammad Farhan Jahangir Chughtai, Samreen Ahsan, Tariq Mehmood, Atif Liaqat, Muhammad Nadeem, Nimra Sameed, Kanza Saeed, Junaid Ur Rehman. 2021. Drug Resistance in Diabetes. Book title “Biochemistry of Drug Resistance” by Springer. Chapter No.17
  • Atif Liaqat, Muhammad Farhan Jahangir Chughtai, Adnan Khaliq, Tariq Mehmood,
  • Samreen Ahsan, Kanza Saeed, Syed Junaid Ur Rahman, Nimra Sameed, Shoaib Aziz, Rabia Iqbal. 2021. Drugs Resistance in Viral Diseases. Book title “Biochemistry of Drug Resistance” by Springer. Chapter No.03.

Affiliations

  • Head of Department, Food Science & Technology, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan (May, 2018 To date).
  • Coordinator, Student Facilitation Service Center (SFSC), Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan
  • Member, Business Incubation Center, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan
  • Convener, Board of Studies, Food Science and Technology, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan.
  • Convener, SAR committee, Department of Food Science and Technology, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan.
  • Member, Graduate Program Committee, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan (May 20, 2018 To date).
  • Convener, Departmental Graduate Committee, Department of Food Science and Technology, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan.
  • Member, Admission Committee, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan (August 10, 2018 To date).
  • Life Time Member, Pakistan Society of Food Scientists and Technologists (PSFST)
  • PSFST RYK Chapter Chairman, Pakistan Society of Food Scientists and Technologists (PSFST)
  • Member, Students Nutritionists Club of Pakistan
  • Executive Member, School of Nutrition, Lahore-Pakistan