Asad started his academic career at one of the oldest agricultural institution in South Asia, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh. He was awarded the Crawford Fund Australia in 2009 to work as a Visiting Scientist at the University of South Australia.

Asad completed his PhD in canola allelopathy from CSU and his research promoted the concept of self-weeding crops. Following completion of PhD, he worked as a Research Fellow at the Graham Centre, CSU.

Before joining as a Lecturer at CSU, he was appointed as a Research Scientist at the NSW Department of Primary Industries, first head-up research for both summer and winter crops in southern NSW, then in herbicide resistance and weed science area. He uncovered the world's first double-knock herbicide resistance and Australia’s first paraquat resistance in exotic Conyza sumatrensis species.

Asad's research broadly focuses on crop digital agronomy, weed science, herbicide resistance, plant ecology, and plasticity under predicted climate change. He has proficiency in using R and is competent in ecological statistics and data mining operations to turn research data into information and information into stories for end users.

Memberships

Memberships to the following organisations:

• Agronomy Society of Australia
• The Weed Society of NSW, Australia
• The Australian Society of Plant Scientists
• Data Mining Research Group, CSU
• Crop Science Society of America, USA
• International Society of Root Research
• International Allelopathy Society
• British Ecological Society, UK

Editorial Board Member

• Frontiers in Plant Science, Associate Editor
• Frontiers in Agronomy, Associate Editor
• PLoSOne, Academic Editor
• Plant Research and Innovations, Associate Editor

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