Khadija Sabir

2025 WIT Early Career Award

Khadija Sabir, from Pakistan, is working as a quantitative traits and digital phenotyping scientist at KWS Saat SE & Co. KGaA. She focuses on genotype-environment interactions combined with high-throughput phenotyping to develop advanced breeding materials, enhancing resilience and yield stability under changing climate conditions. She received her Ph.D. from Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Hartmut Stützel and Prof. Dr. Tsu-Wei Chen. During her PhD research, she investigated environmental fluctuations impact on physiological processes across developmental stages by an innovative statistical method, quantifying how interactions among genotype, phenology, and environmental factors affect wheat yield components. She holds an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Plant Health in Sustainable Cropping Systems. She studied population dynamics of pest and auxiliary in simulated agricultural landscape as part of her thesis research at INRAE PACA, Avignon, France.

Education

  • PhD, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
  • Master, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain (1st year)
  • L’institut Agro Montpellier – L’Institut Agro Rennes-Angers – AgroParisTech, France (2nd year)
  • M.Sc. (Hons.), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Khadija Sabir

“I aim to tackle the complexity and uncertainty posed by climate change and Genotype-by-Environment-by-Management interactions. I will continue to contribute through my work to improve crop resilience and yield stability, shaping the future of agricultural production and sustainability.”

Khadija Sabir
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