Prof. Dr. Qamar Zaman

Prof. Dr. Qamar Zaman is working as Vice Chancellor, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan since 2018. Dr. Qamar- Zaman joined Dalhouise University Canada as Associate Professor in 2010 and appointed as professor in 2014. He also served Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro Canada as Machinery Systems Research Chair/Assistant Professor, University of Agricultural and Technology Japan as JSPS-NSERC Research Fellow, University of Florida USA as Post-Doctoral Fellow and University of Agriculture Faisalabad as Assistant Professor, lecturer and Research Officer.
Dr. Qamar is also recipient of the prestigious Glenn Downing Award in 2014 by the Canadian Society for Bio-Engineering (CSBE/SCGAB) in recognition of outstanding work in industry, teaching, research and extension in the area of machinery systems. He also received award in 2015 from University of Florida in recognition of outstanding contributions in the development of variable rate sprayer system and method of variably applying agrochemicals.
He is author of two chapters of two different books and also has a credit of two patent Zaman, Q. U., Y. K. Chang, A. W. Schumann. 2013. “Variable rate sprayer system and method of variably applying agrochemicals”. US Patent Publication No. 8488874 B2 and Zaman, Q. U., Y. K. Chang, A. W. Schumann. 2014. “Variable rate sprayer system and method of variably applying agrochemicals”. Canadian Patent No. 2,740,503 C.

He is author of more than 180 research publications including research papers, review & popular articles, extension bulletins and technical reports. He also served as referee to review research projects, books, articles, research papers, for various journals / organizations.