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Syed Muhammad Ali , PhD. (HEC Approved Supervisor)

Current Position: Chairman Associate Professor (Tennured), Departrment of

Microbiology, The University Of Haripur, Pakistan

Former Position:

Assistant Professor at Department of Microbiology, The University of Haripur, Haripur, KPK,

Pakistan (From 03.09.2013 to 27.07.2020)

Senior Lecturer, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kamapala International

University, Western Campus, Ishaka, Uganda.

Email: mirwah2000@yahoo.de, syedali@uoh.edu.pk

Tel: +92-995615075, Cell: +92-3325256722

Education:

PhD Biosciences (Microbiology) from COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Islamabad-Pakistan MSc Biomedical Science (Medical Microbiology) from Kingston University (UK) Undergraduate study from University of Wuppertal, Germany.

Research Interests: Nanotechnology based microbial detection systems, molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases, vaccines and vaccine efficacy, bioethics, Aptamers, biosensors etc. Teaching: General Immunology, Food Microbiology, Microbial Taxonomy, Epidemiology, Environment Health and Safety, Research methodology and report writing, Clinical Bacteriology, Microbial EnzymeTechnology, Nanobiotechnology, Advances in Microbiology

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Ph. D Research Project

My Ph.D. thesis bears the title ‘Efficacy of DTP vaccine and development of methodologies for rapid detection and identification of microbes’ under the supervision of Professor Dr Habib Ali Bokhari and co-supervision of Professor Dr Arshad Saleem Bhatti.

Current Research Projects and activities

Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from skin and soft

tissue infections cases (Funded by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan). The

project involves isolation and identification of S. aureus strains from skin and soft tissue

infections from patients attending tertiary care hospitals in Hazara Division. The strains

are further subjected to antibiotic sensitivity testing and molecular typing by PFGE and

MLST in a collaborating lab in China.

Surveillance of MRSA carriage by oultry and fish and genotyping of the isolated strains

in collaboration with Dr. Charlene Jackso of Agricultural Research Service USA.

Carbapenem resistance in Gram negative bacteria In collaboration with Patrice Nordman

of University of Fribourg Switzerland). Efficacy of DTP vaccine against pertussis disease

in Pakistan.

Development of a lateral flow assay for the detection of Salmonella bacteria from food

samples.

Institutional/Departmental Responsibilities: Member Board of Studies of Department of Microbiology Member Board of Faculty (2017-2020) Elected Member Academic Coucil of The University of Haripur (October 2020- till now) M.Phil/PhD Microbiology Program coordinator Member University Proctorial Board University Biosafety Officer Internal Research Cell Coordinator, Department of Microbiology, University of Haripur, Pakistan (06.2014- 4.2016). Member of university M.Phil/ PhD. synopsis review committee Departmental spokesperson for scholarships (10.2106-04.2018)

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Coordinator postgraduate studies and research at Department of Microbiology and Immunology of Kampala International University Uganda (03.2012-09.2012).

Languages: English (IELTS score 6.5), German (DSH certificate), Urdu, Sindhi and Punjabi Previous Employments:

10. 2011- 11.2012 Senior Lecturer in Microbiology at Kampala International

University, Kampala, Uganda 11.2005- 11-2006 Production officer at Amson Vaccines and Pharma (Pvt.) Ltd. Islamabad,

Pakistan

Visiting Scientist:

Key State Laboratory for Chemo/ Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, Changsha,

China (09.2012-12.2012).

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, USA (3.2009-

09.2009).

Publications:

Syed M. A, Bhatti A. S, Babar S. Bukhari Habib. Antibacterial effects of silver rnanoparticles on

the bacterial strains isolated from catheterized urinary tract infection cases. J.Biomed.

Nanotechnol. 2009;5(2):209-14.

Syed M. A., Said F., and Bukhari Habib. Seroepidemiology of B pertussis infections inthe twin cities of Pakistan. North Am. J. Med. Sci. 2009;1(7):353-55.

Syed M. A. and Bukhari S. H. A Adult and Adolescent Pertussis should not beunderestimated! Pak. J. Med. Sci. 2010;26(1):244-45.

Syed M. A., Manzoor U., and Bukhari H. A., Antibacterial effects of Tungsten Nanoparticles on the E. coli isolates from catheterized UTI patients and Sataphylococcus aureus. New Microbiologica 2010;33: 329-335.

Syed, M. A., Saima Pervez. Advances in Aptamers. Oligonucleotides. 2010;20(5):215-24.

Syed M. A and Bukhari S H A. Gold nanoparticles based microbial detection and identification. J. Biomed. Nanotechnol. 2011; 7(2):229-37.

Bokhari SHA, Said F., Syed M A., Hussain A, Kazi, Heuvelman K and Mooi FR. Whooping

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cough in Pakistan: Bordetella pertussis vs. Bordetella parapertussis in 2005-2009. Scand. J. Infect. Dis. 2011;43(10):818-20.

Syed M. A., Bhatti A. S., Li C., and Bokhari H. A. Use of SPR biosensor for the study ofproteolytic action of a serine protease enzyme. Am. J. Biomed. Sci. 2011;3(4):253-57. Bokhari H., Said F., Syed M. A., Hussain A., Kazi Y. F., Kallonen T., He Q., King A. J., Heuvelman K. and Mooi F. R. Molecular typing of Bordetella parapertussis isolates circulating in Pakistan. Pathogens and Diseases (Former FEMS Immunol. Med. Microbiol. 2011;63(3):373-80.)

Mughal A. A., Kazi Y., Bokhari S. H. A. Syed M. A. Pertussis resurgence in Khairpur Pakistan among vaccinated children. Public Health 2012; 126(6): 518-22.

Syed M. A. Adolescent and adult pertussis- Lack of data from South Asian and African regions. 2012; Pak. J. Med. Sci. 2012; 28 (3): Syed M. A., Ahmed W., Naeem A., Bokhari H. Seroprevalence ofBordetella pertussisantibodies to Pertussis toxin among healthy children. J. Coll. Physicians Surg. Pakistan. 2012; 22(10): 677-78. Syed M. A. Advances in nanodiagnostic techniques for microbial agents. Biosens. Bioelectron. 2014; 51: 391-400. Sohag, M. A., Syed, M. A. Pollution and encroachment of Phuleli Canal along the periphery of

Hyderabad city of Pakistan. Am. J. Biomed Sci. 2014; 6 (2): 72-81.

Syed M A, Bushra Jamil, Bokhari Habib. Shattering a myth: Whooping cough susceptible to

antibiotics. Pak. J. Pharm Sc. 2016; 29 (3): 323-328. Syed M. A. Pertussis- a reemerging and underreported diseases. Saudia Medical Journal. 2014; 35(10):1181-1187. Matzgalla S., Syed M. A.,Rehman S. S., Mueller E., Ehricht R., Monecke S. Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing skin and soft tissue infections in patients from Malakand, Pakistan. Eur. J. Clin. Microb. Infect. Dis. 2016; 35 (9): 1541- 1547.

Syed, M. A., Shah, S. H. H., Sherafzal, Y., Rehman, S. S., Khan, M. A., Barrett, J. B., Woodley,

T. A., Jamil, B., Abbasi, S. A., Jackson, C. R. Detection and molecular characterization of

methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus from table eggs in Haripur, Pakistan.

Foodborne Pathog. Dis.2018; 15(2); 86-93.

Syed M. A., Bushra J. Aptamers and aptasensors as novel approach for microbial detection and

identification: An appraisal. Curr Drug Tartgets 2018; 1570-1582.

Jamil, B., Gawlik, D., Syed, M. A., Shah, A. A., Abbasi,. S. A., Mueller, E., Reissig A., Ehricht,

R., Monecke, S. Hospital-acquired Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from

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Pakistan: molecular characterization by microarray technology. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infec.

Dis. 2018; 38:691-700.

Monecke S., Slickers P, Gawlik D, Müller E, Reissig A, Ruppelt-Lorz A, Akpaka PE, Bandt D,

Bes M, Boswihi SS, Coleman DC, Coombs GW, Dorneanu OS, Gostev VV, Ip M, Jamil B,

Jatzwauk L, Narvaez M, Roberts R, Senok A, Shore AC, Sidorenko SV, Skakni L, Somily AM,

Syed MA, Thürmer A, Udo E E, Vremera T, Zurita J and ˇ Ehricht R (2018) Molecular Typing

of ST239-MRSA-III From Diverse Geographic Locations and the Evolution of the SCCmec III

Element During Its Intercontinental Spread. Front. Microbiol. 2018; 9: 1436.

Braun, S. D., Jamil, B., Syed, M. A., Abbasi, S. A., Weiss, D.,Slickers, P., Monecke, S.,

Engelmann, I., Ehricht, R. Prevalence of carbapenemase-producing organisms at the Kidney

Center of Rawalpindi (Pakistan) and evaluation of an advanced molecular microarray-based

carbapenemase assay. Fut. Microbiol. 2018; 13 (11): 1225-1246.

Didar Murad, Noor Badshah, Syed M. A. Mathematical approaches for optimization of dengue

fever dynamics. Int. J. Model. Simul. 2019: 2019; 1-9.

Syed M A., Charlene Jackson, Shehr Bano, Bushra Fatima, Riazuddin Afridi, Sadia Tabassum,

Bushra Jamil, John Barrett, Tiffanie Woodley. Detection and molecular characterization of

staphylococci from eggs of domesticated chickens. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2019; 16 (8): 550-

557.

Hadjadj L, Syed M. A., Jamil B., Abbasi S. A., Rolain M. J. Emergence of vancomycin resistant

Enterococcus faecium ST 80 in Pakistan. Surg. Infect. 2019; 20 (10): 1-2.

Masseron A., Poirel, L., Ali, B. J., Syed M. A., Nordmann P. Molecular characterization of

multidrug-resistance in Gram-negative bacteria from the Peshawar teaching hospital, Pakistan.

New Microbe and New Infect. 2019; 12: 1-5.

Monecke S, Syed M A, Kha MA, Ahmed S, Tabassum S, Gawlik D, Müller E, Reissig A, Braun

SD, Ehricht R. Genotyping of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from sepsis patients in

Pakistan and detection of antibodies against staphylococcal virulence factors. Eur. J. Clin.

Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2020; 39(1): 85-92.

Syed M. A., Rukan M., Jamil H., Ullah Zahid, Khattak, A. Ali, Bokhari S H A. Nasal carriage of

highly resistant methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains by hospital staff in

Hazara region of Pakistan. J. Pak Med. Assoc. 2021; 71(1):47-50.

Hadjadj L, Syed

M A, Jamil B, Abbasi S A, Rolain

J M. Diversity of carbapenem resistance

mechanisms in clinical Gram-negative bacteria in Pakistan. Anti Microb. Res. 2021; 27(6): .760-

767.

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Syed M. A., Ullah H., Tabassum S., Fatima B., Woodley, T. A., Ramdan H., Jackson, C. R.

Staphylococci in poultry intestines: a comparison between farmed and household chickens.

Poult. Sci. 2020; 99: 4549-4557.

Ali S., Saeed U., Rizwan M., Hassan L., Syed M A., Melzer F.,El-Adawy H., Neubauer H.

Serosurvey and risk factors associated with Brucella infection in high risk occupations from

district Lahore and Kasur of Punjab, Pakistan. Pathogens 2021; 10: 620.

Total impact factor: ~ 69

Editorials:

Syed M. A., Bana N. F. Developing countries need action plans to combat the challenge of

antimicrobial resistance. ACMicrob 2016; 7 (2): 1-2.

Syed M. A., Bana N. F. Infectious diseases research in the developing countries -opportunities

and challenges! ACMicrob. 2015; 6 (2): 1-2.

Syed M. A., Jamil B. Antibiotics: Past, present and future. Biomolecular Research and

Therapeutics 2016.

Letter to Editors: Syed M. A. Choosing from whole cell and acellular pertussis vaccines- dilemma for the developing countries. Iran J. Public Health 2017; 46 (2):

Syed M. A. Neelum Ashfaq, Ayaz Saleem, Bushra Fatima. Reliability of vancomycin sensitivity

assays for Staphylococcus aureus. J. Coll. Phy. Surg. Pak. 2017; 27 (12): 795. Conference Proceedings: Syed M A, Bhatti A S, Li C Z, Bokhari S H A. SPR immunosensor for the detection of S. aureus. Proceedings of IBCAST 2016. IEEE Xplore 2016 pp. 97-100. Didar Murad, Nood Badshah, Muhammad Ali Syed. Mathematical modelling and simulation for the dengue fever epidemic. Proceedings of ICAEM 2018 IEEEXPlore 2018 pp. 18-20. Didar Murad, Noor Badshah, Muhammad Ali Syed. Mathematical approach for the dengue fever transmission dynamics. Proceedings of ICAEM 2018 IEEEXPlore 2018 pp. 18-20. Book Chapters: Syed M. A. Recent Advances in nanodiagnostic techniques for infectious agents. Biological and Pharmaceutical Applications of Nanomaterials. CRC Publishers New York, pages 243-272.

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Jamil, B., Syed M. A., Nano-antimicrobials: a viable approach to tackle multidrug-resistant

pathogens. Nanotechnology applied to Pharmaceutical technology. Springer Verlag. 2018,

pp.31-54.

Jamil B., Rabia J. Asma Q., Syed M. A. Nanomaterials: Toxicity, Risk Managment and Public

Perception. Published in Nanomaterials: Toxicity, Risk Managment and Public Perception.

Springer Nature 2019, pages 283-304.

Muhammad Ali Syed, Nayab Ali. Nanomaterials for Selective Targeting of Intracellular

Pathogens. Published in Nanotheranostics: Applications and Limitations. Springer Nature 2019,

pp. 115-136.

Muhammad Ali Syed, Nayab Ali, Bushra Jamil, Ammar Ahmed. Aptamers as Anti infective

agents. Frontiers in anti-infective drug discovery, 2020, volume 8. Edited by Dr Ata ur Rehman

and Dr Iqbal Chaudhary. Bentham Publishers (Singapore).pages 232-253.

Nayab Ali, Abbass Ali, Muhammad Ali Syed. Bacterial Plant Diseases and Their Management:

Conventional Versus Modern Approaches. Published in Microbial Biotechnology in Crop

Protection. Springer Singapore 2021, pp 210-226.

International Collaborations:

1. Dr. Charlene Jackson, US Poultry Research Center, Agricultural Research Services, Athens,

USA.

2. Dr Susan Boyle-Varva, Director, MRSA research Center, Chicago Medical Center, USA

3. Dr. Stefan Monecke, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University of

Dresden, Germany.

4. Dr. Sascha Braun, AlereTechnoloies Germany.

5. Dr. Marjolein Gent, Research Scientist, National Institute of Public Health and the

Environment (RIVM), Netherlands.

6. Dr. Longzhu Cui, Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi

University Japan.

7. Prof. Dr. Patrice Nordmann, Department of Medicine, Fribourg University, Switzerland.

8. Prof. Dr. Jean Marc Rolain, Axis Marseille University, France.

9. Dr. Yan Xiaomen, CDC China.

National Collaborations:

1. Professor Dr. Habib Ali Bokhari, Department of Biosciences of COMSATS Institute of

Information Technology, Islamabad

2. Prof. Dr. Yasmin F. Kazi, Department of Microbiology, University of Haripur

3. Dr. Muhammad Idris, Department of Biosciences, University of Wah

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4. Dr. Sarfaraz Hussain, DHQ Hospital, Haripur.

5. Brig. Dr. Shahid Abbasi, Pathologist, Fauji Foundation Hospital and The Kidney Center

Rawalpindi.

No. of PhD students under supervision:

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No. of PhD students under co-supervision:

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No. of M.Phils produced:

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Number of M.Phil students co supervised 8 Number of M.Phil students being supervised 8 Number of MSc. / B.S students supervised: 17 Editorial Board Membership: American Journal of Bioterrorism, Biosecurity and Biodefense American Journal of Biosensors and Bioelectronics Journal of Travel medicine and Global Health Archives of Clinical Microbiology Professional Memberships: American Society for Microbiology Global Outreach membership Institutional Spokesperson for Stop TB Global partnership

Professional trainings(s)/workshops attended

1. General Training in Nanotechnology at the department of Biomedical Engineering of

Florida International University USA, which mainly focused on SPR based biosensors, Atomic Force Microscopy, synthesis of different types of nanoparticles and use of nanoparticles for microbial detection and identification (6 months)

2. Faculty Development training at University of Haripur (4 weeks)

3. Scientific Proposal Writing by Pakistan Science Foundation

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4. Safety in Chemical and Biological labs at Florida International University USA and ICCBS Karachi Pakistan

5. Workshop on 2D and 3D cell culture at Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics of University of Punjab (9-10.02.2016).

6. Workshop on Advanced Diagnostic Techniques at NORI hospital (26-29.02.2016).

7. International workshop on nanoscience education at COMSTECH Islamabad from 13- 15.12.2016.

8. Advances in Vaccine Design and Drug Discovery on March 19th

2018 organized by department of Biology of Lahore University of Management Sciences.

9. International workshop on Outbreak investigation on 27th

March 2019 organized by Khyber Medical University, Peshawar.

Personal development trainings: S.T.E.P.S

Paper Presentations/ Talks/Posters

1. Muhammad Ali Syed, Arshad Saleem Bhatti, Habib Ali Bokhari „Effect of Silver

nanoparticles on E. coli isolates from UTI cases‟ oral presentation at 1st

Symposium on Genomics, Metabolics, Proteomics: New Trends in Biotechnology‟ organized by department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics of the University of the Punjab-Pakistan (22/23.10.2007).

2. Muhammad Ali Syed „Effect of Silver and Tungsten Nanoparticles on bacterial isolates from urinary tract infections at International thematic workshop on Nanomedicine: The use of nanoparticles in medical diagnostics‟ COMSTECH-Islamabad (03.2008).

3. Muhammad Ali Syed, Chenzhong Lin, Aarshad Saleem Bhatti, Syed Habib Ali Bokhari

„Development of SPR based immunosensor for the detection of Staphylococcus aureus‟

oral presentation at first conference of Microbiology at Shah Abdul Latif University

Khairpur, Sindh (21.11.09).

4. Muhammad Ali Syed, Return of Pertussis- Science and Fiction at ICCBS Karachi (16.03.2014).

5. Oral presentation on “Psychosocial Hazards” at National workshop on Chemical and

Biological Safety at ICCBS Karachi (23rd

-24th

September, 2014).

6. Amjad A. Mughal, Yasmeen.F. Kazi, Habib.A. Bukhari and Muhammad Ali Syed `Pertussis resurgence among vaccinated children in Khairpur, Sindh,Pakistan ` at 12th

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PSBMB conference oral presentation at 05.12.2014 at Islamia University Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

7. Sheer Ali, Maria Gul, Humaira Jamil, Maria Rukan, Malik Sarfaraz Ahmed, S. Habib Ali Bokhari, ZobiaNoureen, Allah Nawaz Khan, Muhammad Ali Syed. Characterization of S. aureus strains from skin and wound infection cases from Haripur city of Pakistan. International Conference Oral presentation at Life Sciences organized by Isra University Islamabad (4-6

th September 2015).

8. Muhammad Ali Syed, Sheer Ali, Maria Gul, Humaira Jamil, Maria Rukan, Malik

Sarfaraz Ahmed, S. Habib Ali Bokhari, ZobiaNoureen, Allah Nawaz Khan. Characterization of S. aureus strains from skin and wound infection cases from Haripur and Abbottabad cities of Pakistan. 2

nd International Conference on Infectious Diseases

and Nanomedicine held in Kathmanu, Nepal (15-18 December 2015).

9. Muhammad Ali Syed, Arshad Slaeem Bhatti, Chenzhong Li, Habib Ali Bokhari. SPR immunosensor for Staphylococcus aureus. IBCAST BMS 2016, 12-16

th January 2016 at

National Center for Physics, Islamabad.

10. Syed M A, Khan M A, Shafi ur Rahman S, Shah S H H S, Afzal Y S, Jamil B, Iqbal,

Abbasi S.

First report of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus detection from

table eggs. 3rd

International Conference on Safe Food For All held at Bahauddin Zakaria

University Multan (7th

March 2017).

11. Sascha D. Braun, Bushra Jamil, Muhammad Ali Syed, Shahid Abbasi, Daniel Weiß,

Stefan Monecke, Ines Engelmann, Ralf Ehricht. Continuous evolution and adaptation of a

DNA-microarray-based assay for the rapid identification of carbapenemase and other

resistance genes in Gram-negative bacteria. Presented by Dr. Sascha Braun at

Conference: 27th ECCMID, At Vienna on 22-25 April 2017.

12. Jamil, B., Gawlik, D., Syed, M. A., Shah, A. A., Abbasi,. S. A., Mueller, E., Reissig A.,

Ehricht, R., Monecke, S. Hospital-acquired Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(MRSA) from Pakistan: molecular characterization by microarray technology. 70th

annual

conference of the German Society of the Hygiene and Microbiology 19-21.02.2018.

13. Matzgalla S., Syed M. A., Khan, M. A., Rehman S. S., Mueller E., Ehricht R., Monecke S. Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing skin and soft tissue infections in patients from Malakand, Pakistan. Poster presentation at 15

th Annual

conference on infectious diseases ar Armed Force Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi 17th

March 2018.

14. Muhammad Ali Syed, Charlene R. Jackson, Riazuddin Afridi, Shehr Bano, Sumera Bibi, Bushra Fatima, , Sadia Tabassum, Bushra Jamil, John B. Barrett, Tiffanie A. Woodley. Detection and molecular characterization of Staphylococci from eggs of domesticated chickens. Poster presentation at 6

th Internation conference on Health

Professions Education and Research held at 19th

– 21 April 2018 at Khyber Medical University Peshawar.

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15. Syeda Mahnoor Murtaza, Maria Rukan, Nayab Anwer, Aamer Ali Khattak, Asad Zaib, Mushtaq Ahmed Khan

3, Muhammad Ali Syed. Knowledge, attitude and practice about

atypical, adolescent and adult pertussis among physicians of selected cities of Pakistan. Poster presentation at 6

th Internation conference on Health Professions Education and

Research held at 19th

– 21 April 2018 at Khyber Medical University Peshawar.

16. Muhammad Ali Syed, Charlene R. Jackson, Riazuddin Afridi, Shehr Bano, Sumera Bibi, Bushra Fatima, , Sadia Tabassum, Bushra Jamil, John B. Barrett, Tiffanie A. Woodley. Detection and molecular characterization of Staphylococci from eggs of domesticated chickens. Poster presentation at ASM microbe 2018 at Atlanta USA on 8

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June 2018.

17. Ayaz Saleem, Neelum Ashfaq, Bushra Fatima, Faisal Zaman, Izhar ul Haq, Bilal Ahmed, Mushtaq Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Ali Syed. Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus strains from skin and soft tissue infection cases at selected hospitals of Hazara Division of Pakistan (2016/17). Poster presentation at International Public Health conference on 27

th March 2019 at Khyber Medical University Peshawar.

18. Maria Rukan, Nayab Ali, Riaz Uddin Afridi, Muhammad Idris, Muhammad Ali Syed. Isolation and identification of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis from typical and atypical whooping cough cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Poster presented at International Public Health conference at Khyber Medical University Peshawar on 27

th March 2019.

Invited Talks 1.09.2012 Invited talk at awareness seminar on challenges in controlling Naegleria

infections, organized by Microbiology Association of Pakistan at Liaqat National School of Diagnostic Laboratory Sciences Karachi Pakistan

Research grants won: As a Principal Investigator: 3.085 Millions Research grant from Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) for the project “ Development of an Optical Aptasensor for the Detection of Microbial Agents from Food Samples” (2019, Status = In Progress) 0.5 Million HEC Start Up Research grant for the project `Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from skin and soft tissue infections in Hazara Division of Pakistan (2015, Status = completed). As a Co-Principal Investigator: 1.0 Million HEC Start Up Research grant for the project “Plasmonic enhanced photocatalytic water splitting by employing selective photocatalytic material”. (Status: In Progress).

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Awards and Honors

1. Pakistan Council for Science and Technology Research Productivity Award 2014/2015.

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3. HEC Travel grant for 2nd

International Conference on Infectious Diseases and

Nanomedicine in Nepal (2015).

4. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Research Productivity Award 2014.

5. HEC travel grant to attend international conference “ASM Microbes 2018” held in June

2018 at Atlanta USA (Not availed).

6. Certificate of merit in National Pitching Research Synopsis competition 2018 in which

my student secured 12th

position.

Seminars organized as a chief organizer

9.03.2017 Day seminar on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Chief Organizer)

15.04.2014 Dengue fever awareness seminar (Chief Organizer)

Hobbies and Interests Book reading, internet, cricket, socializing, long walks, tourism, cooking etc.

References:

1. Mumtaz Ahmed Sohag, PhD.

Dean College of Engineering and Applied Sciences,

Kampala International University

Ggaba Road, PO Box 20000, Kampala, Uganda

Email: mumtaz_sohag@hotmail.com

2. Prof. Dr. Habib Ali Bokhari

Chairman

Department of Microbiology

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology

Islamabad, Pakistan

Email: habib@comsats.edu.pk

3. Dr. Charlene Jackson

Bacterial Epidemiology & Antimicrobial Resistance Research

Research Microbiologist

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Room 803

USDA, ARS, SAA

950 COLLEGE STATION ROAD

RBRRC

ATHENS , GA 30605

Email: Charlene.Jackson@usda.gov

Phone: (706) 546-3604

Fax: (706) 546-3066