Muhammad Qaswar

Muhammad Qaswar has been a Postdoctoral Researcher at Ghent University, Belgium, since 2021, currently serving as Scientific Project Manager of the Horizon Europe NitroScope project on precision nitrogen management and nitrogen flux monitoring in European agricultural systems. His work leverages digital agriculture technologies, proximal soil sensing, IoT, multi-sensor data fusion, and machine learning to optimize nutrient use, enhance soil health, and promote sustainable crop production.

He earned his PhD in Soil Science with distinction from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, focusing on soil fertility, nutrient balance, and carbon sequestration under long-term fertilization regimes. Prior to joining Ghent University, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Dalian University of Technology, specializing in wastewater treatment and contaminated soil remediation.

Dr. Qaswar has coordinated and contributed to multiple national and international projects, including NitroScope, ManureFerti, and ADDFerti, overseeing field experiments, multi-sensor data collection, analysis, and stakeholder engagement. He has supervised Master’s and PhD students in China and Belgium and currently co-supervises four PhD projects at Ghent University.

He has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications with an H-index of 29 and has received the FWO (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vlaanderen) Postdoctoral Fellowship (2022–2025), the Outstanding PhD Graduate Award, and the ESI Highly Cited Paper Award.