AMJAD ALI, PhD
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Professional & Academic Background
08/2019 – To Date
Associate Professor (Tenured)
Industrial Biotechnology
Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB)
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Islamabad, Pakistan
06/2022 – 09/2023
Head of Department (HoD)
Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB)
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Islamabad, Pakistan
08/13 – 08/19
Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)
Department of Industrial Biotechnology
Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB)
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Islamabad, Pakistan
09/19 – 11/19
Visiting Scientist
Big Data Centre (BIGD), Beijing Institute of Genomics (BIG)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
06/10 – 03/13
Ph.D. Research Fellow
Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMS),
Institute of Biological Sciences (ICB), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
08/11 – 12/11
Visiting Research Fellow
Centre for Biological Sequence Analysis
Department of Systems Biology (CBS), Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
06/07 – 08/09
Senior Research Associate
Division of Health Biotechnology
National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan
CEO: MGBIO: A Tech-Bio Spin-Off Company: https://mgbio.tech
Board Memberships/Positions:
Administrative Positions: Head, Dept of Industrial Biotechnology, head, Integrative Biology (iBG) Lab & MGB Group, Acting DD Exam (School), Member of DTRC, ICRC, Member of University/ Institutional Review Board (IRB), Member Inst. Res Committee, Internationalization (IFPI) team, FP uni. CPEC cell, and NUST Strategic Steering Committee.
Memberships in Boards: TEC Member Gov Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Member STEM Advisory Committee and NTIF Scrutiny Committee at PSF, Member Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) BoS Member Microbiology, QAU, Islamabad, BoS BBW Uni Peshawar, BoS, Islamia Uni BWP BoS Kohsar Uni Murree. Member DTRC ASAB, RCMS, BZU, Multan, NUMS Rawalpindi.
Scientific Memberships: Global Biodiversity and Health Big Data Alliance (BHBD), BIG Beijing, CAS, China ASM-Global Outreach, BactiVac Network, The International Society of Global Health (ISoGH) (UK), ESCMID (Europe), Bioinformactics.org (Canada), ISID (USA), NYAS (Pak), Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB).
Editorial member/Reviewing: Editor: Frontiers in Microbiology (Medicine, Public Health. Editor Current Proteomics, Assoc Editor NUST Journal of Natural Science (NJNS) Reviewing for Gene, Int. Arch. of Medical Microbiology, Scientific Reports, Genomics (Elsevier), BMC Bioinformatics, BMC Microbiology, BMC Genomics, BMC Bioinformatics, Infection Genetics and Evolution, Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics. etc.
Honors and Awards
Research Grants: (PI & Co-PI): Total 08 (4 as PI and 5 as Co-PI) = Worth ~21 million) / ANSO China Grant 23
2024: Best Researcher Award for the year 2022 in the School Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, NUST
2022: Best Innovator Award for the year 2021 in the School Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, NUST
2021: GOLD Medal and Prize in the category of “Emerging Technologies” (incl. Biotech & Bioinfo) by the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS).
2019: Rector’s Gold Medals for BEST FINAL YEAR PROJECTS supervised (BS Biosciences) awarded in 2016 and 2019.
2018: Research Productivity Award (RPA) in Biological Sciences by Pakistan Council for Science and Technology 17-18
2018: Performance-Based Increments in TTS Tenure Track Awarded for the years 2017-18,22, ASAB NUST University, 2017-18.
2017: 48th Young Productive Scientist of Pakistan under 40 in Pakistan Council for Science & Technology (PCST) 2016- 17
2017: Best Researcher Award (for the years 2016/17). Awarded by Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, NUST
2016: Best Research Paper Award (for the years 2013/14). Awarded by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan
2011: European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Fellowship to work at DTU, Denmark
2010: Grant by TWAS-CNPq Fellowship for Ph.D. Study at Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte Brazil.
2009: Moroccan Agency for Int. Cooperation (AMCI) for Research Fellowship, Morocco
2008: Higher Education Commission (HEC) Post Graduate Study Fellowship Award
Conferences, Courses and Meetings
2023: Vaccines as tools to combat antimicrobial resistance, Bactvac Network Meeting, Uni of Birmingham, UK Feb 27-28
2022: One-day Workshop on Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Resource Person – Nov 18, 2022 GC University Faisalabad
2022: First Int. Hybrid Seminar on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology in Post Genomic Era, AAUR Oct 7, 2022
2022: National Summer School on Biomolecular Sciences – Advances in Bioinformatics, Forest Services Academy, Murree July 18-22
2022: ICEANS: 1st International Conference on Engineering and Applied Natural Sciences May 10-13, Konya/Turkey
2021: Bioinformatics Training Workshop, Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, University of Lahore, Dec 7-10
2021: 1st int. Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Methods in Post Genomic Era -Virtual University of Pakistan – Lahore Nov 9-10
2021: IC-WEES: Int. Conf. on Water, Energy and Environment for sustainability Biotechnologies, NUST Oct 27-29
2019: Belt and Road & Developing Countries Workshop on Mycobacterial Disease, GIBH, CAS, Guangzhou, China June 1-19, 2019.
2019: International Symposium on Global Biodiversity and Health Big Data. NCB (QAU)-Beijing Institute of Genomics (BIG), Islamabad
2016 ICGBE Training Course on “Basic Biotechnology Techniques” Organized by National Academy of Young Scientists- ASAB, NUST. Feb 23-25
2018: Brainstorming Workshop for the Development of National Policy on Biotechnology, ASAB NUST
2018: Pak-China Genomics Workshop at NCB, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad.
2018: Sysbio2018: Adv. Lecture Course on Systems Biology, Innsbruck, Austria Feb 28-Mar 4
2016: Sysbio2016: Adv. Lecture Course on Systems Biology, Innsbruck, Austria Feb 28-Mar 4
2015: EACR-OECI Conference on “Precision Medicine for Cancer”, Luxembourg March 1-4
Memberships, Services and Responsibilities
Member STEM Advisory Committee, Pakistan Science Foundation (MoST), Pakistan
BHBD: Fellow Member: Global Biodiversity and Health Big Data Alliance, BIG, CAS, China
Member ISoGH: International Society of Global Health
Member, BactiVac: Accelerating bacterial vaccines, University of Birmingham UK
Member ASM: American Microbiology Association Global Outreach – Contributing Membership
Member: ESCMID: European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Europe),
Member: ISID: The International Society for Infectious Diseases (USA)
Member: NYAS: National Young Academy of Scientists (Pakistan)
Member Bioinformactics.org (Canada)
Head, Integrative Biology Lab, and MGBIO Research Group
Institutional Focal Person for Internationalization (2018-2022)
Member: Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Member: Research Committee for Financial Award and APC
Member: CPEC Cell/ Committee NUST
Member: Committees on Student Grievances /Discipline
Member: DTRC (ASAB, RCMS, NUMS RWP)
Member: Board of studies, QAU, Islamabad, Kohsar Uni Murree, UEAS, Swat, SBBWU Peshawar, the Islamia Uni Bahawalpur
Organizing Chair: (IC-WEES 2021) International Conference on Water, Energy, and Environment for Sustainability:
Biotechnologies for Environment, Health and Agriculture, A NUST Flagship Conference
Scholarships and Participation Grants
2020: Grant for visiting (Visiting Scientist) Beijing Institute of Genomics, CAS, Beijing, China
2019: Belt & Road & Dev countries Workshop on Mycobacterial Diseases Guangzhou, China
2016: Sysbio2016: Advanced Lecture Course on Systems Biology, Grant, Innsbruck, Austria
2018: Sysbio2018: Advanced Lecture Course on Systems Biology, Grant, Innsbruck, Austria
2015: EACR-OECI Conference Precision Medicine for Cancer, Grant, Luxembourg
2010: Grant by TWAS-CNPq for Ph.D. Study at Federal University of Minas Gerais, BH Brazil.
2011: European Molecular Biology Organization Fellowship to work at DTU, Denmark
2009: Moroccan Agency for Int. Cooperation (AMCI) for Research Fellowship, Morocco
2008: Higher Education Commission (HEC) Post Graduate Study Fellowship Award
Integrative Biology Laboratory, Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB)
1st floor, D Block, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), H-12 Islamabad.
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