Nasar-um Minullah Virk

Lecturer

Senior lecturer for management

+49 6723 9168 433 Nasar-um.Minullah@ebs.edu

[Translate to English:] Porträtfoto von Nasar-um Minullah Virk

Innovation Management
Digital Transformation
Pedagogical Innovation
Management Education
Biotechnology Management

Dr. Nasar um Minullah is a Senior Lecturer of Technology Management at EBS Business School, Germany, with over two decades of experience in industry consulting and academia. He holds a PhD in Biotechnology from Zhejiang University, China, and an MBA from Durham University Business School, UK, alongside studies at the University of San Francisco and EBS. Nasar began his career by developing a high-tech production strategy for a floriculture startup in South Asia before transitioning to academia. His teaching focuses on digital strategy, digital transformation, and agile project management, using methods such as design thinking, Scrum, and Lean Startup. His research explores applications of agile methodologies in organizations for organizing innovation, and he has presented at leading institutions including Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Rice University alongside winning various research grants. A polyglot with extensive multicultural experience, Nasar integrates experiential learning and creative problem-solving into his teaching philosophy. He is passionate about fostering interdisciplinary thinking in the classroom. Outside of work, he enjoys running and playing squash.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

AQEEL AHMED, A., HARIS AHMED KHAN, H., ATIF JAMAL , A., MINULLAH, N.-U., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M. (2024). Characterization of two novel fusariviruses co-infecting a single isolate of phytopathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea. Virus Genes, 60 (4). 402-411. doi:10.1007/s11262-024-02073-8.
TEHSIN FATMA , T., HARIS AHMED KHAN, H., AQEEL AHMED, A., FAZAL ADNAN, F., MINULLAH, N.-U., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M. (2023). Functional annotation and comparative analysis of four Botrytis cinerea mitogenomes reported from Punjab, Pakistan. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences , 30 (4), 103605. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103605.
AQEEL AHMED, A., HARIS AHMED KHAN, H., ATIF JAMAL , A., TEHSIN FATMA , T., MINULLAH, N.-U., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M. (2023). The presence of mycoviral infection attenuates the growth and pathogenicity of the phytopathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea collected from strawberry fields in Pakistan. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 167, 133-143.
TEHSIN FATMA , T., ZEESHAN ZAFAR, Z., SIDRA FATIMA, S., REHAN ZAFAR PARACHA , R., FAZAL ADNAN, F., ZESHAN, Z., ... MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M. (2021). Computational Assessment of Botrytis cinerea Lipase for Biofuel Production. Catalysts, 11 (11), 1319.
HARIS AHMED KHAN, H., MINULLAH, N.-U. (2021). Assessment of mycoviral diversity in Pakistani fungal isolates revealed infection by 11 novel viruses of a single strain of Fusarium mangiferae isolate SP1. Journal of General Virology , 102 (12), 001690.
WAJEEHA SHAMSI, W., MINULLAH, N.-U., ATIF JAMAL, A., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M. (2019). The mycovirus database an e-bank for mycoviral genomes. International Journal of Latest Trends in Engineering and Technology, 12 (Issue 6), pages 007-011. doi:10.21172/1.126.02.
AMMAD FAHIM, A., ZAIRA REHMAN, Z., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M., MINULLAH, N.-U., AMIR RASHID, A., AMJAD ALI, A., REHAN ZAFAR PARACHA , R. (2019). The Route to ‘Chemobrain’-Computational probing of neuronal LTP pathway. Nature Scientific Reports, 9 (1), 9630. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-45883-9.
AMMAD FAHIM, A., ZAIRA REHMAN, Z., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M., AMJAD ALI, A., MINULLAH, N.-U., AMIR RASHID, A., REHAN ZAFAR PARACHA, R. (2018). Structural Insights and Characterization of Human Npas4 Protein. PeerJ, 6 (e4978). doi:10.7717/peerj.4978.
AMNA YOUNUS, A., SABA MUNAWAR, S., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M., AQSA IKRAM, A., FARYAL MEHWISH AWAN, F., ISHRAT JABEEN, I., ... MUHAMMAD ARSHAD, M. (2018). Structure-Function Mutational Analysis and Prediction of the Potential Impact of High Risk Non-Synonymous Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism on Poliovirus 2A Protease Stability Using Comprehensive Informatics Approaches. Genes, 9 (228). doi:10.3390/genes9050228.
HIRA IFTIKHAR, H., MINULLAH, N.-U., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M. (2018). Homology Modeling of CTR1 Protein Kinase Domain in Solanaceae Species for Identification of Salient Features in terms of Structure and Function, and Interaction Analysis with Lipids. Current Proteomics, 15, 329-340. doi:10.2174/1570164615666180723145810.
RAFIA RAFIQUE, R., ZAHRA ZAHRA, Z., MINULLAH, N.-U., MUHAMMAD SHAHID, M., ERIC PINELLI, E., JEAN KALLERHOFF, J., ... MUHAMMAD ARSHAD, M. (2018). Data onrhizospherepH,phosphorusuptakeand wheat growthresponsesuponTiO2 nanoparticles application. Data in Brief, 17, 890-896. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.02.002.
RAFIA RAFIQUE, R., ZAHRA ZAHRA, Z., MINULLAH, N.-U., MUHAMMAD SHAHID, M., ERIC PINELLI, E., TAE JUNG PARK, T., ... MUHAMMAD ARSHAD, M. (2018). Dose-dependent physiological responses of Triticum aestivum L. to soil applied TiO2 nanoparticles: Alterations in chlorophyll content, H2O2 production, and genotoxicity. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 255, 95-101. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.12.010.
ROOHI ASLAM, R., LORRAINE E. WILLIAMS, L., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M., MINULLAH, N.-U. (2017). Genome wide analysis of wheat calcium ATPases and potential role of selected ACAs and ECAs in calcium stress. BMC Plant Biology, 17 (174). doi:DOI 10.1186/s12870-017-1112-5.
HIRA IFTIKHAR, H., NAYAB NAVEED, N., MINULLAH, N.-U., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M., FENGMING SONG, F. (2017). In silico analysis reveals widespread presence of three gene families, MAPK, MAPKK and MAPKKK, of the MAPK cascade from crop plants of Solanaceae in comparison to the distantly-related syntenic species from Rubiaceae, coffee.. PeerJ, 5, e3255. doi:https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3255.
HIRA IFTIKHAR, H., MINULLAH, N.-U., XIAOFEI CHENG, X., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M. (2016). In silico analysis reveals multiple genes of mapk, mapkk and mapkkk gene families of the mapk cascade in Nicotiana tabacum.. International Journal of Advances in Science Engineering and Technology, 4(3), Spl. Issue 2, 42-47..
MINULLAH, N.-U., DAYONG LI, D., FENGMING SONG, F., ET AL., E. (2015). Arabidopsis Raf-Like Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase Gene Raf43 Is Required for Tolerance to Multiple Abiotic Stresses.. PLoS ONE, 10 (7), e0133975. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0133975.
RAFIA RAFIQUE, R., MUHAMMAD ARSHAD, M., MUHAMMAD FAHIM KHOKHAR, M., IA QAZI, I. Q., A HAMZA, A. H., MINULLAH, N.-U. (2014). Growth response of wheat to titania nanoparticles application.. NUST Journal of Engineering Sciences, 7 (1), 42-46, 97. doi:https://doi.org/10.24949/njes.v7i1.133.
XIAOFEI CHENG, X., MINULLAH, N.-U., ET AL., E. (2013). CpG Usage in RNA Viruses: Data and Hypotheses.. PLoS ONE, 8 (9), e74109. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0074109.
MINULLAH, N.-U., BO LIU, B., HUIJUAN ZHANG, H., LI XIAOHUI, L. X., DAYONG LI, D., FENGMING SONG, F. (2012). Tomato SlMPK4 is required for resistance against Botrytis cinerea and tolerance to drought stress.. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 35 (4), 1211–1221.
LI GUOJUN, L. G., MINULLAH, N.-U., YUXIA YANG, Y. Y., WEI LI, L., BO LIU, B., LIJUN SUN, L., ... FENGMING SONG, F. (2011). Arabidopsis poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase 1 is required for drought, osmotic and oxidative stress responses.. Plant Science, 180 (2), 283-291. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2010.09.002.
BASNAYAKE, B.M.V.S, B., DAYONG LI, D., HUIJUAN ZHANG, H., LI GUOJUN, L. G., MINULLAH, N.-U., FENGMING SONG, F. (2011). Arabidopsis DAL1 and DAL2, two RING finger proteins homologous to Drosophila DIAP1, are involved in regulation of programmed cell death. Plant Cell Reports, 30 (1), pp. 37-48.
WANG X, W., BASNAYAKE, B.M.V.S, B., HUIJUAN ZHANG, H., LI GUOJUN, L. G., WEI LI, L., MINULLAH, N.-U., ... FENGMING SONG, F. (2009). The Arabidopsis ATAF1, a NAC transcription factor, is a negative regulator of defense responses against necrotrophic fungal and bacterial pathogens .. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 22 (10), pp. 1227-1238.

Conference Proceedings

MINULLAH, N.-U. (2025). Captain Jeppesen charting the skies: Driving digital innovation at Boeing. Eastern Academy of Management.
MINULLAH, N.-U. (2025). Beyond the Just a Game Mindset: A Priming Exercise for Strengthening Reality-Game Connection in Business Simulation Games for effective learning.. Experiential Learning. Eastern Academy of Management.
MINULLAH, N.-U. (2024). The X Factor: Twitter´s Quest for Super-app Status. Eastern Academy of Management.
MINULLAH, N.-U. (2023). Biotechnology Meets Digital: Fujifilm joins DNA Data Storage Alliance. Eastern Academy of Management.
AMMAD FAHIM, A., ZAIRA REHMAN, Z., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M., MINULLAH, N.-U., REHAN ZAFAR PARACHA , R. (2019). Structural characterization of npas4-arnt dimerization through computational simulation. International Conference on BioScience and Biotechnology , 4 (1).
HIRA IFTIKHAR, H., MINULLAH, N.-U., XIAOFEI CHENG, X., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M. (2016). In silico analysis reveals multiple genes of mapk, mapkk and mapkkk gene families of the mapk cascade in Nicotiana tabacum. International Journal of Advances in Science Engineering and Technology.
ROOHI ASLAM, R., EC FARTHING, E. F., MINULLAH, N.-U., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M., LORRAINE E. WILLIAMS, L. (2016). Stress Induces the Retention of Introns in ECA3 Transcripts in Wheat. 4th International Conference on Advances in Agricultural, Biological & Ecological Sciences.

Conference Presentation

MINULLAH, N.-U. (2025). ) Simulating Startup growth: A contextualized scenario-based approach to teaching introductory management.. Instructional Innovation. Eastern Academy of Management.
MINULLAH, N.-U. (2014). Nanotoxicity in Wheat. Nanotoxicity in Wheat (Oral Presentation). 2nd USA NANOSMAT Conference.
MINULLAH, N.-U. (2010). Functional characterization of different Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase genes in biotic and abiotic stress responses in tomato and Arabidopsis. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Asia Conferences.
MINULLAH, N.-U. (2009). Tomato MAPK gene SlMPK6 positively regulates defense responses against Botrytis cinerea. 7th Hangzhou International Symposium on Plant Pathology and Biotechnology.

Published Case

MINULLAH, N.-U. (in press). Orchestrating a Green Disruption: A quest for storing data on DNA by Twist Bioscience. Sage Business Cases.
MINULLAH, N.-U. (in press). Charting Blue Skies: Jeppesen's Journey from Digital Innovation to Transformation. Case Research Journal .

Invited Talk

MINULLAH, N.-U. (2025). Writing Multimedia Cases. Hands-on Workshop. CASE Conference.
MINULLAH, N.-U. (2024). CASE Panel: Technology and Case Writing. CASE Conference.
MINULLAH, N.-U. (2019). Alternative career options for Scientists. National University of Sciences and Technology.
MINULLAH, N.-U. (2018). Academic Spinoffs and Drug Development. Research Centre for Modelling and Simulation, NUST, Islamabad..
MINULLAH, N.-U. (2014). Functional analysis of MAP Kinases genes in plant immunity. Department of Biotechnology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA..
MINULLAH, N.-U. (2013). Nanotoxicity in Food. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Other Published Teaching Materials

MINULLAH, N.-U. (in press). Closing the Loop: Circular Economy in Fast Moving Consumer Goods Industry. SAGE Research Methods Cases, United States of America.

Chapter in Edited Volume

GHORI Z, G., HIRA IFTIKHAR, H., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M., MINULLAH, N.-U., SHARMA, I, S., KAZI AG, K., AHMAD, P, A. (2015). Phytoextraction: The use of plants to remove heavy metals from soils. In Parvaiz Ahmad (Ed.), Plant metal interaction: emerging remediation techniques. (pp. 385-409). Elsevier Science.
XIAOFEI CHENG, X., MINULLAH, N.-U., WANG H.Z. , W. (2014). Impact of the host on plant virus evolution. In RK, Hohn T, Sharma P (Eds.), Plant virus-host interaction: Molecular approaches and viral evolution. (pp. 359-371). Academic Press: Waltham.

Publications and Mentions in Public and Practitioner Press