Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Muhammad Tayyib Naseem
Ph.D. Biotechnology (Insect Molecular Biology)
Date of Birth: July 15, 1985
Mailing address: Insect Molecular Biology Lab, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Jhang Road, Faisalabad
Home address: P-460, B-Block, Alfalah Road Abdullah Colony, Faisalabad
Cell # +92-333-6511797 Email:
Education
Ø Ph.D. Biotechnology (2010-2017)
National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Thesis Title, “DNA based identification of aphid species and vector-virus association analysis of aphid borne luteovirus”
Ø M.Sc. (Hons.) Agricultural Entomology (2007-2009)
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, CGPA 3.42/4.00
Thesis Title, “Management of wheat aphid with intercropping of different oil seed crops”
Ø B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture (2003-2007)
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, CGPA 3.44/4.00
Internship at Entomological Research Institute, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute Faisalabad, Pakistan
Work Experience
Ø Volunteer researcher (Mar. 2017-to date)
National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Ø Junior Specialist (Mar. 2012 - Mar. 2013)
Dept. of Plant Pathology, Univ. of California, Davis, USA
Ø Data analyst/ Enumerator (May-Jun. 2009 and Jan. - March 2015)
International Water Management Institute, Pakistan
Technical skills and competences
• Molecular techniques
• Plant virus detection and screening
• Competent with statistical analysis
• Evolutionary biology softwares (Arlequin v3.5, MEGA 7, PopArt, DNASP v5)
Research Interests
• Insect Molecular Biology
• Molecular Plant Virology
• Insect Systematics and Taxonomy
• Evolutionary Biology
• Vector-Virus Interaction
Workshops/Trainings
• “Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Workshop” organized by Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore. 9-13 January 2012
• “Optimize your qPCR and RT-qPCR assays with careful planning and design” organized by Promega Corporation, USA. 15 January, 2013
Awards
• AuthorAid Travel Grant (INASP, UK) for Australian Entomological Society 47th AGM & New Zealand Entomological Society Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (2016)
• HEC (Pakistan) IRSIP fellowship for research visit to UC Davis, USA (2012)
• HEC (Pakistan) Indigenous Scholarship M.Phil. leading to PhD (2009-2013)
• HEC (Pakistan) Travel Grant for 6th Asia Pacific Congress of Entomology, Beijing, China (2009)
Additional Information
• Member, Pakistan Youth Parliament
• Member, Pakistan Entomological Society (PES), Pakistan
• Organizing member of one day symposium on “DNA barcoding: a promising tool for species identification and biodiversity digitization” on 30th Jan. 2012, NIBGE
• Member of organizing committee of “International Conference of Plant Scientists” held on April 21-24, 2008 at Department of Botany, UAF-Pakistan
Publications
• Khan, A.M., Ashfaq, M., Khan, A. A. Naseem, M. T., Mansoor, S. Evaluation of potential RNA-interference-target genes to control cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). Insect Science (2017) (Accepted) (IF:2.5)
• Naseem MT, Ashfaq M, Khan AM, Kiss Z, Akhter KP, Mansoor, S. Transmission of viruses associated with carrot motley dwarf by Myzus persicae. Journal of Plant Pathology Vol 98(3), pp. 581-585, October 2016. (IF:1.04)
• Naseem, MT, Khan, RR. Comparison of repellency of essential oils against red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum Herbst (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Journal of Stored Products and Postharvest Research Vol. 2(7), pp. 131-134, July 2011. (Available online)
Conference abstracts
• Naseem M. T., Ashfaq M., Rasool A., Hebert P., 2016. Genetic Diversity of Aphids in Pakistan with global comparison as virus-vector. Proc. of Australian Entomological Society 47th AGM & New Zealand Entomological Society Conference”, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
• Naseem MT, 2015. First report of Myzus persicae as a vector for Carrot motley dwarf (CMD) complex. Proc. of XVIII International Plant Protection Congress, Berlin, Germany, pp-529
• Naseem MT, RR Khan, F Nazir and K Zia, 2009. Comparison of repellence between different essential oils against red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum Herbst. Proc. 6th APEC, Beijing, China
• Noor-ul-Ane M, K Zia, AH Sayyed and MT Naseem, 2009. “Effect of different abiotic factors and physio-morphic characteristics of various Bt transgenic cotton varieties to Jassid, Amrasca devastans (Homoptera: Jassidae)” Proc. 6th APEC, Beijing, China
• Zia K, MR Ahmed, M Noor-ul-Ane and MT Naseem, 2009, Copmarison of efficacy of some insecticide against maiz shoot fly, Atherigina soccata (Ronadani) (Diptera: Muscidae) in spring maize. Proc. 6th APEC, Beijing, China
Conferences
• Oral presentation of research paper, “Australian Entomological Society 47th AGM & New Zealand Entomological Society Conference”, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 2016
• Oral presentation of research paper “5th International/10th National Conference of Pakistan Phytopathological Society (5th ICPPS 2015), Lahore, Pakistan (2015)
• Oral presentation of research paper “6th-Asia Pacific Congress of Entomology”, Beijing, China (2009)
• Participated “10th International Meeting of Plant Scientists”, Faisalabad, Pakistan
References
· Dr. Muhammad Ashfaq (Ex-Foreign Faculty Professor)
Research Scientist,
Biodiversity Institute of Ontario,
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON, N1G2W1, Canada
Email:
Phone#: +1 519 824 4120 x 56964
• Dr. Shahid Mansoor S.I. (Deputy Chief Scientist)
(Distinguished National Professor)
Director,
National Institute for Biotechnology
and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Email:
Phone#: +92 41 9201316-20 x 235