Dr. Showkat MIR
Tel.: +49 931 31-85413
Fax: +49 931 31-85544
E-Mail: showkat.mir@uni-wuerzburg.de
Institute of Geography and Geology
Am Hubland
97074 Wuerzburg
Campus Hubland South
Geography Building
Room 226
- Phytoliths, Grass systematics
- Vegetation reconstruction
- Paleoenvironmental research
- Ecological role of phytoliths in grasses
- Kashmir Himalayas
Studying Uplift driven Diversification of the Himalayas during the Late Quaternary using Multi-proxy Data (SUD-HUMD)
- funding
Humboldt Foundation; Humboldt Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers - duration
08/2022 - 07/2024 - project leader
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Meister - project staff
Dr. Showkat Mir - project partner
Prof. Dr. Reyaz Ahmad Dar (Department of Earth Sciences, University of Kashmir)
Prof. Dr. Irfan Rashid (Department of Botany, University of Kashmir)
since 08/2022
Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Physical Geography, University of Würzburg
11/2021 - 06/2022
Junior Research Fellow, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir
08/2020
Doctorate at the Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India. Thesis: Ecological studies on phytoliths of some grasses in Kashmir Himalaya
2016 – 2018
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Biotechnology Science and Technology, Government of India
2015 - 2016
Junior Research Fellow, Department of Biotechnology Science and Technology, Government of India
07/2009 - 08/2013
Master of Philosophy in Botany, from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
04/2004 - 12/2008
Bachelor of Science in Botany, University of Kashmir, India
born 08/1986
Qader, W.; Mir, S.; Meister, J.; Dar, R.A.; Madella, M.; Rashid, I. (2023): Sedimentological perspective on phytolith analysis in palaeoecological reconstruction. Earth-Science Reviews, 244, 104549 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104549
Wani, A.H; Mir, S.H.; Kumar, S; Malik, M.A; Sumira Tyub, S; Rashid, I. (2022): Silicon en route - from loam to leaf. Plant Growth Regulations, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-022-00931-9
Malik, M. A., Wani, A. H., Mir, S. H., Rehman, I. U., Tahir, I., Ahmad, P., Rashid, I. (2021). Elucidating the role of Si in drought stress. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 165, 187-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.04.021
Mir, S.H., Assad, R., War, A.F., Rashid, I., Reshi, Z.A. (2021). Artemisia amygdalina Decne: A rich repository of pharmacologically vital phytoconstituents. Academic Press. Phytomedicine 409-425. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824109-7.00006-6
Assad, R., Reshi, Z.A., Mir, S.H., Rashid, I., Shouche, Y., Dhotre, D. (2021). Bioprospecting appraisal of Himalayan pindrow fir for pharmacological applications. Academic Press. Phytomedicine 461-482. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824109-7.00003-0
Assad, R., Reshi, Z.A., Rashid, I., Mir, S.H. (2020) Restoration of heavy metal-contaminated environs through ectomycorrhizal symbiosis. Springer, Cham Bioremediation and Biotechnology 4, 313-330. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48690-7_15
Assad, R., Bashir, I., Rafiq, I., Sofi, I.A., Mir, S.H., Reshi, Z.A., Rashid, I. (2020) Global scenario of remediation techniques to combat pesticide pollution. Academic Press. Agricultural Waste 69-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35691-0_5
Rashid, I., Mir, S. H., Zurro, D., Dar, R. A. Reshi, Z. A. (2019). Phytoliths as proxies of the past Earth-Sciences Reviews 194, 234-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.05.005
Mir, S. H., Rashid, I., Hussain, B., Reshi, Z. A., Assad, R., Sofi, I. A. (2019). Silicon Supplementation of Rescuegrass Reduces Herbivory by a Grasshopper Frontiers in Plant Science 10, 671. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00671
Adhikari, D., Mir, S. H., Kaloo, Z. A., Barik, S. K. (2014) Inventory and characterization of new populations through ecological niche modelling improve threat assessment. Current Science 3(3), 10-24. http://www.jstor.org/stable/26495105
Shakoor, S. A. Bhat, M. A., Mir, S. H., Soodan, A. S. (2014). Investigations into phytoliths as diagnostic markers for the grasses (Poaceae) of Punjab. Universal Journal of Plant Science2(6), 107-122. http://www.hrpub.org DOI: 10.13189/ ujps.2014.020602
Shakoor, S. A. Bhat, M. A., Mir, S. H. (2014). Phytoliths in plants: A review. Research & Reviews: Journal of Botanical Sciences. 3(3) 10-24. hal-03638179
- Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
- Pyrenees Institute of Ecology, Spain
- Superior Council of Scientific Investigations, Spain
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, India