Rate My Professor Shahid Mukhtar

Dr. Mukhtar's research employs genomics, multi-omics, systems biology, network science, computational biology, single-cell/nuclei sequencing, and spatial transcriptomics such as Stereo-seq to study non-canonical genetic elements—including ORFan genes, microproteins, extrachromosomal circular DNA, novel transcribed regions, and upstream open reading frames—in systems like Arabidopsis, soybean, duckweed, and Drosophila. He leads a $6 million NSF grant investigating soybean responses to heat and drought and serves as Director of the Multinational Arabidopsis Steering Committee (MASC), chairing its Plant Immunity subcommittee since involving 34 countries. Additional roles include leadership in the Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists and organizing workshops on systems biology, machine learning, and data science at Plant & Animal Genome conferences. He has edited books Modeling Transcriptional Regulation (2021) and Protein-Protein Interaction (2023), holds editorial positions with Communications Biology, Scientific Reports, and Frontiers in Oncology, and received the 2021 President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2021 CAS Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, and 2023 Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award.