Running projects
- Harnessing long-term population data of Lepidoptera for conservation assessments
Curriculum Vitae
Since 2025 Postdoc
Department of Conservation Biology, University of Göttingen
2015–2023 PhD
Naturforschung, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2010–2015 Teacher
Government of Punjab, School Education
Publications
Riaz, M., ….. & Nowak, C. A comparative analysis of real-time qPCR and Dynamic array microfluidics by using environmental DNA. (In preparation)
2025
Khaliq, I., …... Riaz, M., & Hof, C. (2025) Variation in ectotherm thermal tolerances with elevation and temperature across biological scale. Global Ecology and Biogeography. e70135.
2024
Khaliq, I.,….. Riaz, M.,…. & Narwani, A. (2024) Warming underpins community turnover in temperate freshwater and terrestrial communities. Nature Communications 14:1921.
2023
Khaliq I., ….. Riaz, M., …. & Hof, C. (2023) Role of thermal tolerance in determining elevational distribution in ectotherms. Journal of Animal Ecology 92 (10) 2052-2066.
Riaz, M., ….. & Nowak, C. (2023) Using eDNA to reveal detrimental predator prey interactions caused by invasive species. Oecologia 202, 757–767.
2020
Riaz, M., ….. & Nowak, C. (2020) Combining environmental DNA and species and species distribution modeling to evaluate reintroduction success of a freshwater fish. Ecological Applications, 30(2), Esp2034
2018
Riaz, M., ….. & Cocchiararo, B. (2018) An environmental DNA assay for the detection of the regionally endangered freshwater fish Alburnoides bipunctatus in Germany. Conservation Genetics Resources, 12:41-43.
2011
Khaliq, I., ….. Riaz, M. & Khan, A. A. (2011) Analysis of the mitochondrial genetic variability in Francolinus pondicerianus interpositus in the Sulaiman range (Pakistan). Hereditas Journal, 148: 70-76.
Riaz, M., ….. & Khaliq, I. (2011) High genetic diversity revealed by RAPD markers in the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus, Galliformes) of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 43: 889-896.
Imtiaz, A., ….. Riaz, M., ….. & Khaliq, I. (2011) Genetic diversity of common myna (Acridotheres tristis) in Pakistan. African Journal of Biotechnology. 10: 7751-7755.
Akhtar, N., ….. Riaz, M., ….. & Khan, A. A. (2011) Population genetic structure of Bank myna Acridotheres ginginianus in Pakistan. African Journal of Biotechnology.10: 6342-6347.
2010
Khaliq, I., ….. Riaz, M. & Khan, A. A. (2010) Genetic structure of see-see partridge (Ammoperdix griseogularis, Galliformes) populations from sub-Himalayan Mountain ranges of Pakistan. Belgian journal of Zoology, 140: 229-234.
Muhammad, S., ….. Riaz, M., ….. & Khaliq, I. (2010) Population genetic structure of rufous-vented prinia (Prinia burnesii) in Pakistan. African Journal of Biotechnology, 9: 9077-9081.