HAZARA UNIVERSITY

Faculty Resume

Name / Dr. Amjad Ali
Personal / Current address: Assistant Professor, Centre for Human Genetics, Hazara University, Mansehra.
Cell: 0346-9457223
Phone: 0997 414160
Permanent address:Village Binkat, P.O Fatehpur, KhwazaKhela, Distt. Swat
Academic / PhD (Genetics), 2015: Hazara University, Mansehra
MPhil (Genetics), 2010:Hazara University, Mansehra
DVM, 2008: UVAS, Lahore
FSc, 2001:GPGJ College, Swat
SSC, 1998: GHSS Fatehpur, Swat
Experience /
  • 1. October 2016 to Present: Assistant Professor , Centre for Human
Genetics, Hazara University, Mansehra
2. October 2015 - September, 2016: Assistant Professor (IPFP), Centre
for Applied Molecular Biology (CAMB), University of the Punjab,
Lahore
  • 3.September 2013- February 2014: Visiting PhD scholar,
  • Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of
  • Toronto, Canada
  • 4. March 2011- March 2012: Research Associate, Department of
  • Genetics, Hazara University, Mansehra

Honor and Awards / 1. HEC Indigenous Scholarship for PhD Studies (2011-2015)
2.HEC IRSIP scholarship for University of Toronto, Canada(06
months)
3. KP Govt. Scholarship for undergrad studies (2002-2008)
Memberships / 1. Member NCRC committee of HEC for Genetics curriculum
revision
2.Member Pakistan Society for Conservation Biology, Pakistan
Graduate Students
Postdocs
Undergraduate
Students
Honour Students / In progress
Show other information as appropriate and list membership on graduate degree committees.
Service Activity / Member Graduate Research Committee, Centre for Human Genetics, Hazara University
Brief Statement of Research Interest / Infectious diseases particularly caused by RNA viruses (e.g dengue and HCV), Virus-host interaction, Virus evolution and mutation analysis, Immunity and Vaccines, Genetic and Zoonotic Diseases
Publications / List publications in standard bibliographic format with earliest date first.
Articles published by refereed journals.
1. Muhammad Adnan, Hamayun Khan, Jam Kashif, Shakoor Ahmad,
Ali Gohar, Amjad Ali, Muhammad Atif Khan, Said Sajjad Ali Shah,
Mohammad Farooque Hassan, Muhammad Irshad, Nazir Ahmad
Khan and SadeequrRahman. 2017. Clonal Expansion of Sulfonamide
Resistant Escherichia coli isolates Recovered from Diarrheic Calves.
Pak Vet J, 37(2): 230-232
2. Amjad Ali, Habib Ahmad, Muhammad Idrees, FazliZahir, Ijaz Ali.
2016. Circulating serotypes of dengue virus and their incursion into
non-endemic areas of Pakistan; a serious threat. Virology Journal,
13:144. DOI 10.1186/s12985-016-0603-6
3. Amjad Ali, ZeeshanNasim, Rafi Ur Rehman, Farzana, Sajid Ali,
FazliZahir, AqibIqbal, Ijaz Ali and Abdul Waheed Khan. 2013.
Dengue virus serotype 2 and 3 causing high morbidity and mortality
in Swat, Pakistan. Biohelikon: Immunity and Diseases 1: 1-3
4. Amjad Ali, Habib Ahmad, Ijaz Ali, Sheema Khan, GulshanZaidi,
Muhammad Idrees. 2010. Prevalence of active hepatitis c virus
infection in district Mansehra Pakistan. Virology Journal 7:334.
DOI:10.1186/1743-422X-7-334
Books Published
Amjad Ali, Habib Ahmad, Ijaz Ali. 2016. Hepatitis C; a potential
threat to the people of Mansehra, Pakistan, Lambert academic publishing
Paper or extended abstracts published in conference proceedings. (refereed on the basis of abstract)
Amjad Ali, Habıb Ahmad, Ijaz Alı and Mounır G. Abouhaıder. 2014. The spread of Dengue virus from Southern to Northern Pakıstan. Pharmacologyonline Supplementary Issue
Articles published in popular press.
Amjad Ali, (2016). Multiple dengue strains plague Pakistan, SciDev
net (
plague-pakistan.html)
Research Grants and Contracts. / Entries should include:
Date: January 5, 2016
Title: Isolation, amplification and characterization of the complete Envelope gene sequences of all the four serotypes of Dengue virus, prevalent in Pakistan; a first step towards tetravalent vaccine development against dengue
Agency / Organization: HEC
Total Award Amount: 0.5 million
In progress
Other Research or Creative Accomplishments / Dengue diagnostic kit
Selected Professional Presentations / Amjad Ali: Molecular Epidemiology of Dengue Virus (DENV) Infection in Two Dengue Outbreaks in Pakistan, The Middle East and South Asia Conference on Epigenetics and Genomics of Infectious Diseases; March 7-8, 2016, Amman, Jordan