About ZEST

Department of Zoology was established initially at Division of Science and Technology, College Road, Township in 2008. Currently it has been established in all of the campuses of University of Education, Lahore including, Bank Road, Faisalabad, Jauharabad, Attock, Vehari, DG Khan and Multan. It is offering BS, Post ADP, MS and PhD programs in morning and evening shift. Majority of the faculty members are highly qualified i.e. Postdoc and PhD from National and International level Universities.
International conference with the name “Zoological Emerging Scientific Trends (ZEST)” was initiated by the Department of Zoology, University of Education, Lahore aims to provide a platform to the young research scholars to learn from the valuable experience of leading scientists of developed world in various aspects of Animal Sciences. ZEST was initiated with the motivation to provide an interdisciplinary insight for young scholars and faculty working in fields of recent and emerging trends of Animal Sciences with use of modern technologies. This international conference will be very helpful for young and new scholars to meet with renowned experts across the world and to share their knowledge and views with them for new collaborations. First online International Conference on Zoological Emerging Scientific Trends (ZEST-2022) was organized on January 18-19th, 2022, by the Department of Zoology, University of Education, Lahore under the patronage of Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Talat Naseer Pasha (H.I., S.I.) and command of Prof. Dr. Shagufta Andleeb (Chairperson Department of Zoology/Principal Bank Roan Campus) with the support of Prof. Dr. M. Aalm Saeed (Director DSnT).
1st two days International Conference on ZEST was organized by department of Zoology, University of Education, Lahore from 18-19th, January 2022. In this conference there were 289 total abstracts that were published. Total number of presenters in this conference were 57 including 26 national and international keynote speakers. Keynote presenters were as Prof. Dr. Shang-Tian Yang (Professor of Food Science and Technology, The Ohio State University, Columbus), Dr. Azhar Rasul (Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan), Dr. Habib-Ur-Rehman (Dean Faculty of Biosciences, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan), Prof. Dr. Najma Shaheen (IMBB, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan), Dr. Zahid Iqbal Bhatti (Ex-Director Lahore Zoo, Pakistan), Prof. Dr. Usman Atique (Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, South Korea), Prof. Dr. S. Stockinger (Head of the Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria), Dr. Muhammad Sohail Afzal (Associate Professor, Department of life Sciences, UMT, Lahore, Pakistan), Prof. Dr. Johannes A. Schmid (Head of the Inst. of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Centre for Physiology and Pharmacology Schwarzspanierstraße, Medical University of Vienna, Austria), Prof. Dr. Pierre Comizzoli (Research Biologist, Center for Species Survival Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute National Zoological Park Washington, DC), Dr. Raja Hussain Ali (Harvard University Boston, USA), Dr. Khatereh Khorsandi (Assistant Prof. Biochemistry, Department of Photodynamic, Medical Laser Research Center, Yara Institute, ACECR, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran), Dr. Kimberly Hamad Schifferli (Associate Professor, Department of Engineering, Department of Engineering, Affiliate Faculty, School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA), Prof. Dr. Shuichi Karita (Graduate School and Faculty of Bioresources, Department of Life Sciences, Fermentation Biology Lab, Mie University, Japan), Prof. Dr. David T. Harris (Professor of Immunology, Executive Director, AHSC Biorepository, Arizona Health Sciences Centre, University of Arizona, USA), Dr. Amer Mahmood (Associate Prof. King Khalid University Hospital, Saudi Arabia), Prof. Dr. Zeliha Selamoglu (Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Nigde Ömer Halisdemir University, Nigde Campus, Turkey), Prof. Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Tahir (Department of Zoology, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan), Prof. Dr. Murat Arslan (Department of Aquaculture, Ataturk University, Turkey), Syed Ghulam Mohayud Din Hashmi (Incharge Remote Sensing and GIS Laboratory, Department of Wildlife & Ecology University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan), Dr. Syed Makhdoom Hussain (Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, Department of Zoology, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan), Prof. Dr. Shamim Akhter (Department of Zoology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan), Dr. Ilknur Ucak (Associate Professor, Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Turkey), Prof. Dr. Hafiz M. N. Iqbal (School of Engineering and Science, Technologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada, Monterrey, Mexico), Dr. Arshad Javid (Associate Professor, Department of Wildlife and Ecology, Department of Wildlife and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan) and Prof. Dr. Muhammad Khalid Mukhtar (Department of Zoology, University of Sargodha, Pakistan). There were also 16 posters presenters in the conference.
In continuation of the International Conference on Zoological Emerging Scientific Trends (ZEST-2022), Department of Zoology, University of Education, Lahore is organizing the 2nd International Conference on hybrid mode (Virtual and Physical Mode) on March 07-08nd, 2023 under the umbrella of the Zoological society name as “The Zoologist” (established in September, 2019) and it will provide an international platform for the dissemination of advancement in the research and development of new techniques.