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Scientific Writer & Editor | Expert in Pest Management & Research Design

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I am a seasoned researcher and scientific writer with over a decade of expertise across various fields of Agriculture, including pest management, urban pest control, wood and wood products, plant pathology, microbiology, statistics and scientific writing and editing. I have successfully led multidisciplinary projects, published over 70 peer-reviewed articles, and presented my work at international conferences. My unique approach to research and writing is rooted in a deep understanding of the interconnectedness of various fields of Agriculture. This allows me to design comprehensive research projects, conduct thorough data analysis, and produce high-quality scientific documents such as journal articles, reports, and grant proposals. I specialize in sustainable pest management strategies, professional training, and effective collaboration with stakeholders. My commitment to delivering precise and impactful research, writing, and editing solutions is unwavering. I am dedicated to making a difference in the field of agriculture through my work, and I am ready to tailor my solutions to your unique requirements.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Botany
• ☆ Plant Pathology
• ☆ Phytochemistry
• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Microbiome Research
• ☆ Mycology/Fungi
• ☆ Entomology/Insects
• ☆ Medical Entomology
• ☆ Agronomy & Crop Science
• ☆ Pesticide Development
• ☆ Integrated Pest Management
• ☆ Weed Management
• ☆ Herbicide Development
• ☆ Beekeeping/Apiculture
• ☆ Forestry

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Product Development

Writing Non-Medical Regulatory Writing, Technical Writing

Research Market Research, User Research, Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Fact Checking

Product Development Stability/Shelf Life Testing, Product Evaluation

Work Experience

Senior Forest Technologist

Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

May 2022 - Present

Research Fellow

University of the Sunshine Coast

March 2020 - May 2022

Postdoc Researcher

South China Agricultural University

November 2018 - March 2020

Assistant Research Officer

Government of Punjab

July 2017 - October 2018

assistant research officer

Department of Agriculture, Government of Punjab

July 2017 - October 2018

Visiting research Scholar

USDA FS Forest Product Laboratory

January 2015 - October 2015

Visiting Research Scholar

Forest Products Laboratory

January 2015 - October 2015

Education

PhD (Entomology)

University of Agriculture Faisalabad

October 2012 - June 2017

Ph.D. (Agriculture Entomology)

University of Agriculture Faisalabad

October 2012 - June 2017

MSc (Hons) Agriculture Entomology (Entomology)

University of Agriculture Faisalabad

October 2010 - August 2012

MSc (Hons) Agriculture

University of Agriculture Faisalabad

September 2010 - August 2012

BSc(Hons) Agriculture (Agriculture)

University of Agriculture Faisalabad

August 2006 - August 2010

BSc (Hons) Agriculture

University of Agriculture Faisalabad

September 2006 - June 2010

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Babar Hassan, William Haigh, Tengfei Yi, R. Andrew Hayes (2024). Use of Chemical and Colorimetric Changes to Age Cryptotermes brevis Frass for Termite Management . Insects.

Babar Hassan, William Haigh, Tengfei Yi, R. Andrew Hayes (2024). Use of Chemical and Colorimetric Changes to Age <i>Cryptotermes brevis</i> Frass for Termite Management . Insects.

Babar Hassan, Muhammad Achirul Nanda (2024). Detection and monitoring techniques of termites in buildings: A review . International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation.

Babar Hassan, Chandan Kumar, Chris Fitzgerald (2024). Investigation of heat transfer in timber boards and a simulated wall section to eliminate colonies of the west Indian drywood termite, Cryptotermes brevis (Blattodea: Kalotermitidae) . Austral Entomology.

Babar Hassan, Tian Zeng, Muhammad Shakeel, Daifeng Cheng, Markus Riegler, Fan Yang, Qian Xiao, Qiuying Jiang, Siqi Chen, Dongdong Ning, et al. (2024). Adaptation to host plants modulates the dependence of tephritid fruit flies on their gut bacterial communities . Entomologia Generalis.

Babar Hassan, Sohail Ahmed, Muhammad Usman Asif (2024). Toxicity of soil accumulated insecticides on the survival of Isotoma decorata (Brown, 1923) in laboratory . International Journal of Pest Management.

Babar Hassan, Lesley Francis, R. Andrew Hayes, Maryam Shirmohammadi (2024). Decay resistance of southern pine wood containing varying amounts of resin against <i>Fomitopsis ostreiformis</i> (Berk.) T. Hatt . Holzforschung.

Babar Hassan, Grant Kirker, Mark Mankowski, Fred Eller (2024). Critical Review on the Use of Extractives of Naturally Durable Woods as Natural Wood Protectants . Insects.

Babar Hassan, Grant Kirker, Mark Mankowski, Fred Eller (2024). Critical Review on the Use of Extractives of Naturally Durable Woods as Natural Wood Protectants . Insects.

Babar Hassan, Lesley P. Francis, Kate E. Semple, Jeffrey J. Morrell (2023). Natural durability indicators in young plantation and native forest regrowth Gympie messmate (<i>Eucalyptus cloeziana</i>) . Holzforschung.

Babar Hassan, Chris Fitzgerald (2023). Potential of Gas-Propelled Aerosol Containing Synergized Pyrethrins for Localized Treatment of Cryptotermes brevis (Kalotermitidae: Blattodea) . Insects.

Babar Hassan, Chris Fitzgerald (2023). Potential of Gas-Propelled Aerosol Containing Synergized Pyrethrins for Localized Treatment of <i>Cryptotermes brevis</i> (Kalotermitidae: Blattodea) . Insects.

Hassan, Babar, Fitzgerald, Chris (2023). Potential of Gas-Propelled Aerosol Containing Synergized Pyrethrins for Localized Treatment of Cryptotermes brevis (Kalotermitidae: Blattodea) . Insects.

Hassan, Babar, Chen, Siqi, Cheng, Daifeng, Liu, Zhen, Xu, Yijuan (2023). Community structure and antifungal activity of actinobacteria in a fungus-growing termite . Ecological Entomology.

Hassan, Babar, Afza, Rahat, Afzal, Ayesha, Riaz, Muhammad Asam, Majeed, Muhammad Zeeshan, Idrees, Atif, Qadir, Ziyad Abdul, Afzal, Muhammad, Li, Jun (2023). Sublethal and transgenerational effects of synthetic insecticides on the biological parameters and functional response of Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) under laboratory conditions . Frontiers in Physiology.

Hassan, Babar, Fitzgerald, Chris, Minett, Rica (2023). Toxicity, Repellency, and Horizontal Transfer of Foam Insecticides for Remedial Control of an Invasive Drywood Termite, Cryptotermes brevis (Blattodea: Kalotermitidae) . BioResources.

Haigh, W., Hassan, B., Hayes, R. A. (2023). West Indian drywood termite, Cryptotermes brevis, in Australia: current understanding, ongoing issues, and future needs . Australian Forestry.

BABAR HASSAN, SOHAIL AHMED, MUZAMMAL H. TABASSUM (2022). Evaluation of Antitermite Properties of Wood Extracts from Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre (Leguminosae) against Subterranean Termites . Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências.

Hassan, Babar, Ahmed, Sohail, Tabassum, Muzammal H. (2022). Evaluation of Antitermite Properties of Wood Extracts from Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre (Leguminosae) against Subterranean Termites . Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias.

Hassan, Babar, Winandy, Jerrold E., Morrell, Jeffrey J. (2022). Review of the effects of incising on treatability and strength of wood . Wood Material Science and Engineering.

Hassan, Babar, McDonald, Janet, Fitzgerald, Chris, Morrell, Jeffrey J. (2022). Thermal tolerance of an invasive drywood termite, Cryptotermes brevis (Blattodea: Kalotermitidae) . Journal of Thermal Biology.

Hassan, Babar, Mcdonald, Janet, Fitzgerald, Christopher, Morrell, Jeffrey (2022). Non-destructive Detection of an Invasive Drywood Termite, Cryptotermes brevis (Blattodea: Kalotermitidae), in Timber . Sociobiology.

Hassan, Babar, Winandy, Jerrold E., Wiesner, Felix, Morrell, Jeffrey J. (2022). Fire performance of timber: review for use in wildland-urban interfaces . Holzforschung - Wood Research and Technology.

Babar Hassan, Jeffrey J. Morrell (2021). Termite Testing Methods: A Global Review . Journal of Testing and Evaluation.

Babar Hassan, Mark E. Mankowski, Grant T. Kirker (2021). Evaluation of Heartwood Extracts Combined with Linseed Oil as Wood Preservatives in Field Tests in Southern Mississippi, USA . Insects.

Babar Hassan, Mark Mankowski, Grant Kirker (2021). Evaluation of Heartwood Extracts Combined with Linseed Oil as Wood Preservatives in Field Tests in Southern Mississippi, USA . Insects.

Hassan, Babar, Mankowski, Mark E., Kirker, Grant T. (2021). Evaluation of Heartwood Extracts Combined with Linseed Oil as Wood Preservatives in Field Tests in Southern Mississippi, USA . Insects.

Hassan, Babar, Fatima, Zarnab, Ahmed, Sohail (2021). COMBINED EFFECTS OF NEEM (Azadirachta indica) AND SESAME (Sesamum indicum) OIL AS A WOOD PRESERVATIVE ON SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES IN THE FIELD . Maderas: Ciencia Y Tecnologia.

Hassan, Babar, Morrell, Jeffrey J. (2021). Termite Testing Methods: A Global Review . Journal of Testing and Evaluation.

Hassan, Babar, Ahmed, Sohail, Asif, Muhammad Usman (2021). Toxicity of soil accumulated insecticides on the survival of Isotoma decorata (Brown, 1923) in laboratory . International Journal of Pest Management.

M. Ni, K. Gu, B. Hassan, D. Ning, Y. Zheng, Y. Qi, Y. Xu (2020). Effect of oviposition by Bactrocera dorsalis on the antioxidant activity of orange juice . Brazilian Journal of Biology.

Babar Hassan, Sohail Ahmed, Grant Kirker, Mark E. Mankowski, Muhammad Misbah ul Haq (2020). Synergistic effect of heartwood extracts in combination with linseed oil as wood preservatives against subterranean termite Heterotermes indicola (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) . Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

Hassan, Babar, Kadir, Roszaini (2020). Toxicity and repellent effects of wood extractives of five Malaysian wood species on Asian subterranean termite Coptotermes gestroi Wasmann (Aug, 10.1007/s00107-020-01592-z, 2020) . European Journal of Wood and Wood Products.

Hassan, Babar, Ahmed, Sohail, Kirker, Grant, Mankowski, Mark E., ul Haq, Muhammad Misbah (2020). Synergistic effect of heartwood extracts in combination with linseed oil as wood preservatives against subterranean termite Heterotermes indicola (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) . Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

Hassan, Babar, Ahmed, Sohail, Fatima, Rushda (2020). EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT PLANT DERIVED OILS AS WOOD PRESERVATIVES AGAINST SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE Odontotermes obesus . Maderas: Ciencia Y Tecnologia.

Hassan, Babar, Zulfiqar, Sumer, Ahmed, Sohail, Sufyan, Muhammad, Arshad, Muhammad Gulbaz, Nawaz, Ahmad (2020). Termiticide activities of wood extractives of Ziziphus mauritiana (Rhamnaceae) against subterranean termites under field conditions . Revista Brasileira de Entomologia.

Kadir, Roszaini, Babar, Hassan (2020). Toxicity and repellent effects of wood extractives of five Malaysian wood species on Asian subterranean termiteCoptotermes gestroiWasmann . European Journal of Wood and Wood Products.

Hassan, Babar, Ning, Dongdong, Nie, Lei, Yang, Kaige, Pan, Yuanqian, Pan, Zhiping, Xu, Yijuan (2020). l-ascorbic acid provides a highly effective and environmentally sustainable method to control red imported fire ants . Journal of Pest Science.

Hassan, Babar, Li, Huijing, Ren, Lu, Xie, Mingxue, Gao, Yang, He, Muyang, Lu, Yongyue, Cheng, Daifeng (2020). Egg-Surface Bacteria Are Indirectly Associated with Oviposition Aversion in Bactrocera dorsalis . Current Biology.

Hassan, Babar, Shoukat, Rana Fartab, Shakeel, Muhammad, Zafar, Junaid, Li, Shuzhong, Freed, Shoaib, Xu, Xiaoxia, Jin, Fengliang (2020). Pathogenicity and Transgenerational Effects of Metarhizium anisopliae on the Demographic Parameters of Aedes albopictus (Culicidae: Diptera) . Journal of Medical Entomology.

Ni, M., Gu, K., Hassan, B., Ning, D., Zheng, Y., Qi, Y., Xu, Y. (2020). Effect of oviposition by Bactrocera dorsalis on the antioxidant activity of orange juice . Brazilian Journal of Biology.

Babar Hassan, Sumer Zulfiqar, Sohail Ahmed, Muhammad Sufyan, Muhammad Arshad, Ahmad Nawaz (2020). Termiticide activities of wood extractives of Ziziphus mauritiana (Rhamnaceae) against subterranean termites under field conditions . Revista Brasileira de Entomologia.

Hassan, Babar, Siddiqui, Junaid Ali, Xu, Yijuan (2020). Vertically Transmitted Gut Bacteria and Nutrition Influence the Immunity and Fitness of Bactrocera dorsalis Larvae . Frontiers in Microbiology.

Babar Hassan, Mark E. Mankowski, Grant Kirker, Sohail Ahmed, Amy Bishell (2019). Ex-situ performance of extracts from naturally durable heartwood species and their potential as wood preservatives . European Journal of Wood and Wood Products.

Hassan, Babar, Mankowski, Mark E., Kirker, Grant, Ahmed, Sohail, Bishell, Amy (2019). Ex-situ performance of extracts from naturally durable heartwood species and their potential as wood preservatives . European Journal of Wood and Wood Products.

Hassan, Babar, Yang, Xiaowen, Ning, Dongdong, Ni, Meihong, Wu, Jiajiao, Xu, Yijuan (2019). Interception of exotic ants and survey of the ant fauna at Gaoming Port, China . Asian Myrmecology.

Hassan, Babar, Ahmed, Sohail, Mehmood, Nasir, Mankowski, Mark E., Misbah-ul-Haq, Muhammad (2019). TOXICITY POTENTIAL OF HEARTWOOD EXTRACTIVES FROM TWO MULBERRY SPECIES AGAINST Heterotermes Indicola . Maderas: Ciencia Y Tecnologia.

Hassan, Babar, Nie, Lei, Ni, Meihong, Ning, Dongdong, Ran, Hao, Xu, Yijuan (2019). Comparing mechanisms of competition among introduced and resident ants in China: from behavior to trophic position (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) . Myrmecological News.

Babar Hassan, Sohail Ahmed, Muhammad Uzair Saleem, Muhammad Asam Riaz, Muhammad Shahid Nisar (2018). Efficacy of heartwood extractives of Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. against subterranean termites . International Wood Products Journal.

Hassan, Babar, Ahmed, Sohail, Kirker, Grant, Mankowski, Mark E., Misbah-ul-Haq, Muhammad (2018). Antioxidant Effects of Four Heartwood Extractives on Midgut Enzyme Activity in Heterotermes indicola (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) . Environmental Entomology.

Hassan, B., Mankowski, M. E., Kirker, G. T., Clausen, C. A., Ahmed, S. (2018). Effects of White Mulberry (Morus alba) Heartwood Extract Against Reticulitermes flavipes (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) . Journal of Economic Entomology.

Hassan, Babar, Ahmed, Sohail, Saleem, Muhammad Uzair, Riaz, Muhammad Asam, Nisar, Muhammad Shahid (2018). Efficacy of heartwood extractives of Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. against subterranean termites . International Wood Products Journal.

Hassan, Babar, Ahmed, Sohail, Farooq, Muhammad Umer (2018). Effect of biofertilizers and diatomaceous earth on life and movement of subterranean termites under laboratory conditions . International Journal of Tropical Insect Science.

Hassan, Babar, Ahmed, Sohail, Arshad, Muhammad (2017). Comparative Efficacy of Synthetic Resins on Various Woods against Subterranean Termites . Pakistan Journal of Zoology.

Hassan, Babar, Mankowski, Mark E., Kirker, Grant, Ahmed, Sohail (2017). Effects of heartwood extractives on symbiotic protozoan communities and mortality in two termite species . International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation.

Hassan, Babar, Ahmed, Sohail, Naqvi, Syed Khawar Abbas, Sherazi, Ali Akbar, Riaz, Muhammad Asam, Majeed, Muhammad Zeeshan (2016). HYGROSCOPIC PROPERTIES FOLLOWING DRYING AFFECTS WOOD CONSUMPTION BY Odontotermes obesus . Maderas: Ciencia Y Tecnologia.

Ahmed, S., Fatima, R., Nisar, M. S., Hassan, B. (2014). Evaluation of castor bean oil on Acacia nilotica as wood preservative against Odontotermes obesus (Ramb.) (Termitidae: Isoptera) . International Wood Products Journal.

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Babar Hassan, Fan Yang, Jinyong Yu, Siqi Chen, Dongdong Ning, Yijuan Xu (2020). Identification and Diversity of Bacterial Communities Associated with the Venom Glands of the Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) .