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AAMERALISHAH,PH.D

AssociateProfessor&ChairmanDepartmentofMicrobiology,FacultyofBiologicalSciences,

Quaid-i-AzamUniversity,Islamabad45320,PakistanTel.No.+92-51-90643116 Mobile:+92-333-5708906E.mail:alishah@qau.edu.pk; aamerali.shah@gmail.comWebsite:http://www.qau.edu.pk/profile.php?id=805007

Citations:http://scholar.google.ca/citations?hl=en&user=iLlGORIAAAAJDateofBirth:25-06-1975

1. ACADEMICACHIEVMENTS

Degree University Subjects YearPhD Quaid-i-AzamUniversity,Islamabad Microbiology 2003-2007M.Phil Quaid-i-AzamUniversity,Islamabad Microbiology 1999-2001DoctorofVeterinaryMedicine(DVM)

UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad VeterinaryMedicine 1993-1998

2. POSTDOCTORALRESEARCHEXPERIENCE

Title Institution Department AwardedBy Period

PostdoctoralResearcher

UniversityofTsukuba,Japan

FacultyofLifeandEnvironmentalSciences

JapanSocietyforPromotionofScience(JSPS),Japan.

Nov.2010–Oct.2012

PostdoctoralResearcher

UniversityofTsukuba,Japan

FacultyofLifeandEnvironmentalSciences

MatsumaiInternationalFoundation(MIF),Japan

Aug.2008–Jan.2009

3. EMPLOYMENTHISTORY(Teaching/Research) TotalExperience:16Years8Months

Title Organization YearsAssociateProfessor Quaid-i-AzamUniversity,Islamabad,Pakistan Aug.2015–PresentAssistantProfessor Quaid-i-AzamUniversity,Islamabad,Pakistan Feb.2009–Aug.2015Lecturer Quaid-i-AzamUniversity,Islamabad,Pakistan Oct.2007–Feb.2009AssistantDirector IntellectualPropertyOrganization,Pakistan June2006-June2007ResearchOfficer PakistanHealthResearchCouncil,Islamabad Oct.2004–May2005ResearchAssociate Quaid-i-AzamUniversity,Islamabad,Pakistan Jan.2002–Aug.2004ResearchAssistant Quaid-i-AzamUniversity,Islamabad,Pakistan Feb.1999–Feb.2001

4. IMPACTFACTORANDCITATION

Publications ImpactFactor

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5. RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. Investigation for the plastics degrading potential microorganisms in the environment, understanding the

mechanism of degradation as well as role of esterolytic enzymes such as esterases, lipases or cutinases

in their degradation.

2. Investigation for metallo-resistant microorganisms from metal contaminated environment and

understanding their role in recovery and removal of metals through leaching and sorption strategies.

Besides this, we are also studying the development of biolumiscence based bioreporter systems for real

time monitoring of heavy metals in environmental water samples.

3. Study of microbes that live in extreme environments such as thermophiles, radio-resistant, acidophiles,

alkaliphiles as well as metallo-resistant microorganisms, understanding their mechanism of survival to

extreme conditions and their metabolites of biotechnological significance.

4. Studies on production, purification and characterization of industrially important enzymes with desirable

properties such as thermostability, alkaline stability, halophilicity and organic solvents tolerance are

important to meet the industrial demands.

5. Bioremediation and detoxification of pulp and paper mills effluents by microorganisms and

development of pilot scale bioreactor for effluent treatment.

6. Production of bio-ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass

7. Molecular epidemiology of human and agriculture pathogens (bacterial, viral and protozoal) in

collaboration with NIH, NARC and COMSATS.

6. PUBLICATIONSINPEERREVIEWEDJOURNALS(TotalNo.:117;ImpactFactor:245.127)

No. Publications ImpactFactor1. Abdul Haq, Sana Adeel, Alam Khan, Qurrat ul Ain Rana, Muhammad Adil Nawaz Khan,

MuhammadRafiq,MuhammadAshfaq,SamiullahKhan,AamerAliShah,FarihaHasan,SafiaAhmed, Malik Badshah. Screening of lipase producing bacteria and optimization of lipasemediated biodiesel production fromJatropha curcasseed oil using whole cell approach.BioenergyResearch2020https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-020-10156-1

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2. MuhammadIrfan,JawairiaKiran,Salahuddin,Ameenullah,QurratUlAinRana,SamiullahKhan,FarihaHasan,MalikBadshah,AamerAliShah.Immobilizationofβ-1,4-xylanaseIsolatedfromBacilluslicheniformisS3.J.BasicMicrobiol2020.(doi:10.1002/jobm.202000077)

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3. NoorHassan,AlexandreMAnesio,MuhammadRafiq,JensHoltvoeth,IanBull,AbdulHaleem,Aamer Ali Shah, Fariha Hasan. Temperature Driven Membrane Lipid Adaptation in GlacialPsychrophilicBacteria.Front.Microbiol.2020(Accepted)

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4. Hazrat Noor, Sadia Mehmood Satti, Salah ud Din, Muhammad Farman, Fariha Hasan,Samiullah Khan, Malik Badshah, Aamer Ali Shah. Insight on Esterase from Pseudomonasaeruginosa Strain S3 that Depolymerize Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) at ambient temperature.Polymer Degradation and Stability 2020; 174: 109096.(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2020.109096).

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5. Sadia Mehmood Satti, Ziaullah Shah, Aaisha Luqman, Fariha Hasan, Muhammad Osman,AamerAliShah.Biodegradationofpoly(3-hydroxybutyrate)andpoly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) by newly isolated Penicillium oxalicum SS2 in soil microcosms and partialcharacterization of extracellular depolymerase. Current Microbiology 2020(https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-020-01968-7).

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6. Ayesha Ahmed Chaudhri, Mahnoor Nadeem, Asim ur Rehman, Tayyaba Alam, WasimSajjad, Fariha Hasan, Malik Badshah, Samiullah Khan, Fazal Rehman, Aamer Ali Shah.Antioxidative and Radioprotective properties of glycosylated flavonoid xanthorhamninfrom radio-resistant bacteriumBacillus indicus strain TMC-6. CurrentMicrobiology 2020;77:1622–1636(https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-020-01930-7).

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7. SadiaMehmoodSatti,AamerAliShah.Polyester-BasedBiodegradablePlastics:AnApproachTowardsSustainableDevelopment.LettersinAppliedMicrobiology2020.https://doi.org/10.1111/lam.13287

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8. PerviazAli,AamerAliShah,FarihaHasan,NorberHertkorn,MichaelGonsior,WasimSajjad,FengChen.Aglacierbacteriumproduceshighyieldofcryoprotectiveexopolysaccharide.FrontiersinMicrobiology2020(https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.03096)

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9. Barkat Ali, Wasim Sajjad, Imran Khan, Muhammad Rafiq, Sahib Zada, Aamer Ali Shah andFariha Hasan. Antibacterial Activity and Tolerance towards HeavyMetals by Endolithic andEpilithicBacteriaIsolatedfromRocksofNathiagali,LowerHimalaya,Pakistan.PakistanJournalofZoology2020;52(2):465-475.

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10. AnumKhan,SamiyaSiddiqui,UbaidUrRehman,HumaAli,MariumSaba,FarahAzhar,MuhammadMaqsoodUrRehman,AamerAliShah,MalikBadshah,FarihaHasan,SamiullahKhan.Physicochemicalpropertiesofenzymaticallypreparedresistantstarchfrommaizeflouranditsuseincookiesformulation.InternationalJournalofFoodProperties2020;23:549-569.

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11. Anum Khan, Amna Abbasi, Huma Ali, Aamer Ali Shah, Fariha Hasan,Malik Badshah,MonaQindeel, Asim Wazir, Samiullah Khan. Development ofResistant Starch Film-coatedMicroparticles for an Oral Colon-Specific Drug Delivery. Starch 2020https://doi.org/10.1002/star.201900262

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12. Ghufranud Din, Abrar Hassan, Muhammad Rafiq, Fariha Hasan, Malik Badshah, SamiullahKhan, Gao Chen, Steven Ripp,Aamer Ali Shah. Characterization of Organic Acid ProducingAspergillus tubingensis FMS1 and its Role in Metals Leaching from Soil. GeomicrobiologyJournal2020;37(4):336-344.(https://doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2019.1701585).

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13. Saif Ullah, Muhammad Irfan, Wasim Sajjad, Fariha Hasan, Samiullah Khan, Malik Badshah,Aamer Ali Shah. Production of an alkali stable xylanase from Bacillus pumilus K22 and itsapplicationintomatojuiceclarification.FoodBiotechJ.2019;33(4):353-372.

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14. Ghufranud Din, Fariha Hasan, Michael Conway, Brandon Denney, Steven Ripp, Aamer AliShah. Engineering a bioluminescent bioreporter from an environmentally-sourcedmercury-resistant Enterobacter cloacae strain for the detection of bioavailable mercury. Journal ofAppliedMicrobiology2019;Jul23.(doi:10.1111/jam.14399)

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15. QurratulainRana,MuhammadAdilNawazKhan,Muhammad Irfan,AamerAliShah,FarihaHasan, Samiullah Khan, Safia Ahmed, Fazal Adnan, Weizun Li, Meiting Ju, Malik Badshah.Starved Spirodela polyrhiza and Saccharomyces cerevisiae: A Potent Combination forSustainable Bioethanol Production. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 2019(https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-019-00540-z)

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16. SadiaMSatt,AmnaMAbbasi,SalahuddinKhan,QurratulAinRana,TerenceLMarsh,RafaelAuras, Fariha Hasan, Malik Badshah, Muhammd Farman, Aamer Ali Shah. StatisticalOptimization of Lipase Production from Sphingobacterium sp. Strain S2 and Evaluation ofEnzymatic Depolymerization of Poly(lactic acid) at Mesophilic Temperature. PolymerDegradationandStability2019;160:1-13.

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17. AnumKhan,UbaidRahman,SamiyaSiddiqui,FarihaHasan,AamerAli Shah,MalikBadshah,Samiullah Khan. Preparation and characterization of resistant starch type III fromenzymatically hydrolyzed maize flour. Molecular Biology Reports 2019; 46: 4565–4580.(https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-019-04913-5)

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18. QurratulAin,MuhammadIrfan,SafiaAhmed,FarihaHasan,AamerAliShah,SamiullahKhan,HajiKhan,Meiting Ju,WeizunLi,MalikBadshah.Bio-catalyticTransesterificationofMustardOilforBiodieselProduction.Biofuels-UK2019.

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19. Abdul Haq, Maleeha Siddiqi, Syeda Zakia Batool, Alam Khan, Dildar Khan, Samiullah Khan,Arshad Islam, Haji Khan, Aamer Ali Shah, Fariha Hasan, Safia Ahmed. ComprehensiveInvestigationon the SynergisticAntibacterialActivities of Jatropha curcas PressedCake and

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SeedOilinCombinationwithAntibiotics.AMBExpress2019;9:67.20. Azura Ahmad, Atsushi Tsutsui, Shun Iijima, Toshihiro Suzuki, Aamer Ali Shah, Toshiaki

Nakajima-Kambe. Gene structure and comparative study of two different plastic-degradingesterases from Roseateles depolymerans strain TB-87. Polymer Degradation and Stability2019;164:109-117.

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21. IrfanUllah,WaqasAhmad,AamerAliShah,AmirShahzada,ZarfishanTahir,ObaidullahQazi,FarihaHasan,NajmaAyub,MuhammadBadar,ZahidAhmadButt,SulmanBasit.DetectionofrifampicinresistanceofMycobacteriumtuberculosisusingmultiplexallelespecificpolymerasechain reaction (MAS-PCR) in Pakistan. Infection, Genetics & Evolution 2019; 71: 42-46.(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2019.03.007)

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22. Qurrat ul ain Rana, Mian Laiq ur Rehman, Muhammad Irfan, Safia Ahmed, fariha hasan,Aamer Ali Shah, Samiullah Khan, Malik Badshah. Lipolytic Bacterial Strains MediatedTransesterificationofNon-EdiblePlantOilsforGenerationofHighQualityBiodiesel.JournalofBioscienceandBioengineering2019;127(5):609-617(doi:10.1016/j.jbiosc.2018.11.001).

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23. Salam MA, Khan A, Rafiq M, Shah AA, Hasan F. Isolation of magnetotactic bacteria fromenvironmental samples and optimization and characterization of extracted magnetosomes.AppliedEcologyandEnvironmentalResearch2019;17(3):5355-5367

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24. MussaratShaheen, IrfanUllah,MuhammadRafiq,MuhammadMaqsoodUrRehman,AamerAliShah,FarihaHasan.PurificationandCharacterizationofLipasefromPsychrophilicBacteriaPseudomonasmandelii Htb2 from Batura Glacier, Pakistan. Appl. Ecol & Environ Res. 2019(http://dx.doi.org/10.15666/aeer/…..)

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25. Wasim Sajjad, SajjadAhmad, Iffat Aziz, Syed Sikander Azam, FarihaHasan, AamerAli Shah.Antiproliferative, antioxidant and binding mechanism analysis of prodigiosin from newlyisolatedradio-resistantStreptomycessp.strainWMA-LM31.MolecularBiologyReports2018;45(6):1787-1798.(https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-018-4324-3)

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26. Wasim Sajjad, Salman Khan, Manzoor Ahmad, Muhammad Rafiq, Malik Badshah, WasimSajjad, Sahib Zada, Samiullah Khan, Fariha Hasan, Aamer Ali Shah. Effects of Ultra-violetradiation on cellular proteins and lipids of radioresistant bacteria isolated from desert soil.FoliaBiologica2018;66(1):41-52.

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27. Sadia Mehmood Satti, Aamer Ali Shah, TerenceL.Marsh, Rafael Auras Biodegradation ofPoly(lactic acid) in Soil Microcosms at Ambient Temperature: Evaluation of NaturalAttenuation,Bio-augmentationandBio-stimulation.JournalofPolymersandtheEnvironment2018;26(9):3848-3857.(https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-018-1264-x)

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28. Wasim Sajjad, Manzoor Ahmad, Sundas Qadir, Muhammad Rafiq, Fariha Hasan, RichardTehan2, Kerry L. McPhail, Aamer Ali Shah. Ectoine: a compatible solute in radio-halophilicStenotrophomonas sp. WMA-LM19 strain to prevent ultraviolet-induced protein damage.JournalofAppliedMicrobiology2018;125(2):457-467.https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.13903

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29. Muhammad Osman, Sadia Mehmood Satti, Aaisha Luqman, Fariha Hasan, Ziaullah Shah,AamerAliShah..DegradationofpolyesterpolyurethanebyAspergillussp.strainS45isolatedfromsoil.JournalofPolymersandtheEnvironment2018;26:301-310.

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30. MuhammadIrfan,ClaudioF.Gonzalez,SaadRaza,MuhamamdRafiq,FarihaHasan,SamiullahKhan, Aamer Ali Shah. Improvement in thermostability of xylanase from GeobacillusthermodenitrificansC5bysitedirectedmutagenesis.EnzymeandMicrobialTechnology2018;111:38-47.

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31. LeenaMavesCycil,AamerAliShah,AbdulHameed,FarihaHasan.Physiological,biochemicalandphylogeneticcharacterizationofextremelyhalophilicbacteriaisolatedfromKhewramine,Pakistan.AppliedEcologyandEnvironmentalResearch2018;16(2):1243-1256.

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32. Bashir Ahmad,Aamer Ali Shah, Safia Ahmed, Abdul Hameed, Arif Mahmud, Fariha Hasan.ProductionofalkalinephosphatasefromafacultativepsychrophilicPseudomonassp.MRLBA1isolated from Passu glacier, Pakistan. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 2018;16(1):807-818.

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33. ImranKhan,SahibZada,WasimSajjad,MuhammadRafiq,BarkatAli,UmairJamil,AamerAliShah, Fariha Hasan. Isolation and characterization of culturable epilithic and endolithicbacteria from rocks Of ayubia (Murree), Lower Himalaya, Pakistan. Applied Ecology and

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EnvironmentalResearch2018;16(1):563-577.

34. MuznaHashmi,TahirKamalKhan,WaqasKhan,FarihaHasan,AbdulHameed,SamiullahKhan,MalikBadshah,AamerAliShah.ComparisonbetweenaNewlyIsolatedYeastStrainandLalvinEC-1118forEnhancedEthanolYieldfromSugarcaneMolassesEmployingBatchandModifiedFed-BatchFermentation.JournalofBiobasedMaterialsandBioenergy2018;12:134-142.

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35. SabaRafique,KhalidNaeem,NailaSiddique,MuhammadAtharAbbas,AamerAliShah,AkbarAli, Abdul Rahim, Farooq Rashid. Determination of genetic variability in Avian InfectiousBronchitisVirus(AIBV)isolatedfromPakistan.PakJZool.2018;50:695-701.

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36. SabaRafique,NailaSiddique,MuhammadAtharAbbas,AamerAliShah,AdeelaSharif,KhalidNaeem. IsolationandMolecularCharacterizationof InfectiousBronchitisVirus(IBV)VariantsCirculating in Commercial Poultry in Pakistan. Pakistan Veterinary Journal 2018; 38(4): 365-370.http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2018.071

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37. Sadia Mehmood Satti, Aamer Ali Shah, Rafael Auras, Terence L. Marsh. Isolation andcharacterization of bacteria capable of degrading poly(lactic acid) at ambient temperature.PolymerDegradationStability2017;144:392-400.

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38. MuznaHashmi,AamerAli Shah,AbdulHameed,ArthurRagauskas.Enhancedproductionofbioethanol from autohydrolyzed and C4mimOAc treated sugarcane bagasse employingvariousyeaststrains.Energies2017;10:1201-1207.

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39. Muhammad Rafiq, Muhammad Hayat, AlexandreM. Anesio, Syed Umair Ullah Jamil, NoorHassan,AamerAli Shah, FarihaHasan.Recoveryofmetallo-tolerantandantibiotic resistantpsychrophilic bacteria from Siachen glacier, Pakistan. PLOS One 2017 12(7): e0178180.(https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178180).

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40. Wasim Sajjad,Mazoor Ahmed, Salman Khan, Sunniya Ilyas, Fariha Hasan, Cem Celik, KerryMcPhail, Aamer Ali Shah. Radio-protective and antioxidative activities of astaxanthin fromnewly isolated radio-resistant bacterium Deinococcus sp. strain WMA-LM9. Annals ofMicrobiology.2017;67:443–455.

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41. Sehroon Khan, Sadia Nadir, Zia Ullah Shah, Aamer Ali Shah, Samantha C. Karunarathna,Jianchu Xu, Afsar Khan, Shahzad Munir, Fariha Hasan. Biodegradation of polyesterpolyurethanebyAspergillustubingensis.EnvironPollut2017;225:269-280

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42. Hassan,N.,Rafiq,M.,Hayat,M.,Nadeem,S.,Shah,A.A.,Hasan,F.Potentialofpsychrotrophicfungi isolated fromSiachenGlacier, Pakistan, toproduce antimicrobialmetabolites.AppliedEcologyandEnvironmentalResearch2017;15:1157-1131.

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43. Abdul Saboor, Samiullah Khan,Aamer Ali Shah, Fariha Hasan, Haji Khan &Malik Badshah.Enhancementofbiomethaneproduction fromcattlemanurewith codigestionofdiluteacidpretreatedlignocellulosicbiomass.InternationalJournalofGreenEnergy2017;14:632-637

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44. MuhammadIrfan,AmmaraTayyab,FarihaHasan,SamiullahKhan,MalikBadshah,AamerAliShah. Production and characterisation of cellulase fromBacillus amyloliquefaciensAK9isolatedfromhotspring.AppliedBiochemistryandBiotechnology2017;182:1390–1402.DOI:10.1007/s12010-017-2405-8

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45. SyedUmairUllah Jamil,Sahibzada, ImranKhan,WasimSajjad,MuhammadRafiq,AamerAliShah,FarihaHasan.BiodegradationofpolyethylenebybacterialstrainsisolatedfromKashmirCave,Buner,Pakistan.JournalofCaveandKarstStudies2017;79:73-80.

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46. Muzna Hashmi,Qining Sun, Jingming Tao, TyroneWells Jr,Aamer Ali Shah, Nicole Labbé,Arthur J. Ragauskas. Comparison of Autohydrolysis and Ionic liquid 1‑butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate Pretreatment to Enhance Enzymatic Hydrolysis of SugarcaneBagasse.BioresourceTechnology2017;224:714-720.

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47. Umber Tasneem, Maryam, Tahir Siddiqui, Rani Faryal, Aamer Ali Shah. Prevalence andantifungalsusceptibilityofCandidaspecies ina tertiarycarehospital in Islamabad,Pakistan.JournalofthePakistanMedicalAssociation2017;67:986-991.

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48. MutiullahKhattak,SabirNawaz,NeakMuhammad,AsifJamal,SohailAkhtar,RubinaKamran,NaeemAkhtar,FarihaHasan,AamerAliShah.Prevalenceofvancomycin-resistantenterococcifromthreetertiarycarehospitalsandroleofespgeneinbiofilmformation.Int.J.Biosci.2017;10:24-34.

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49. Ziaullah Shah, Mohsin Gulzar, Fariha Hasan, Aamer Ali Shah. Degradation of polyesterpolyurethanebyanindigenouslydevelopedconsortiumofPseudomonasandBacillusspeciesisolatedfromsoil.PolymerDegradationandStability2016134:349-356.

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50. Irfan Ullah,Aamer Ali Shah, Anila Basit, Mazhar Ali, Afsar khan, Ubaid Ullah, MuhammadIhtesham,SumairaMehreen,AnitaMughal,ArshadJavaid.Rifampicinresistancemutationsinthe 81 bp RRDR of rpoB gene inMycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates using XpertMTB/RIF in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: a retrospective study. BMC Infectious Diseases(2016)16:413.

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51. GhulamMujtaba,AdnanKhurshid, SalmaanSharif,MuhammadMasroorAlam,UzmaBashirAamir,ShahzadShaukat,MeharAngez,MuhammadSulemanRana,MassabUmair,AamerAliShah, SyedSohail Zahoor Zaidi.DistributionofCytomegalovirus genotypes amongneonatesborn to the infectedmothers in Rawalpindi and Islamabad Districts of Pakistan. PLoS ONE2016;11(7):e0156049.doi:10.1371/journal.

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52. Muhammad IRFAN, Halil I GULER, Aysegul Ozer, Merve T Sapmaz, Ali Osman Belduz,Fariha Hasan, Aamer A Shah. C-Terminal Proline-Rich Sequence Broadens the OptimalTemperatureandpHRangesofRecombinantXylanase fromGeobacillus thermodenitrificansC5.EnzymeandMicrobialTechnology2016.DOI:10.1016/j.enzmictec.2016.05.012

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53. Muhammad Irfan,Halil IbrahimGuler,AliOsmanBELDUZ,AamerAli Shah, SabriyeCanakci.Cloning, Purification and Characterization of a Cellulase free Xylanase from GeobacillusthermodenitrificansAK53.ApplBiochemMicrobiol2016;52:277-286.

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54. ShahMS, Eppinger M, Ahmed S, Shah AA, Hameed A, Hasan F. Flooding adds pathogenicEscherichiacolistrainstothewatersourcesinsouthernKhyberPakhtunkhwa,Pakistan.IndianJournalofMedicalMicrobiology2016;34:483-488.

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55. MuhammadIrfan,HalilIbrahimGuler,AamerAliShah,FulyaAySal,KadriyeInan,AliOsmanBelduz. Cloning, purification and characterization of halotolerant xylanase fromGeobacillusthermodenitrificansC5.JMicrobiolBiotechnolFoodSci.2016:5(6)523-529.

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56. Ghulam Mujtaba, Salmaan Sharif, Shahzad Shaukat, Adnan Khurshid, Mehar Angez,Muhammad Masroor Alam, Fariha Hasan, Syed Sohail Zahoor Zaidi, Aamer Ali Shah.Seroprevalence of Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection in pregnant women andoutcomesofpregnancieswithactiveinfectioninIslamabad,Pakistan.JournalofthePakistanMedicalAssociation2016;66:1009-1014.

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57. MuhammadRafiq,MuhammadHayat,NoorHassan,MuhammadIbrar,AbdulHaleem,MalihaRehman, Faisal Ahmad, Aamer Ali Shah, Fariha Hasan. Characterization of antibacterialcompoundsproducedbypsychrotrophicAlcaligenesfaecalisHTP6isolatedfromPassuglacier,Pakistan.IntJBiosci2016;8:122-135

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58. Noor Hassan, Muhammad Rafiq, Muhammad Hayat, Aamer Ali Shah, Fariha Hasan.PsychrophilicandPsychrotrophicFungi:AComprehensiveReview.RevEnvironSciBiotechnol2016.DOI10.1007/s11157-016-9395-9.

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59. MKhurshid,ARashid,NAslam,SSNajam,TSiddique,MIslam,MZain,ARKhan,AAShah,FRAwan. A Study of Association between Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Hepatitis B VirusInfection. West Indian Medical Journal 2016 (DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2015.236).http://www.mona.uwi.edu/fms/wimj/article/2812

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60. MuznaHashmi,AftabIShafi,AamerAShah,FarihaHasan,AbdulHameed.ComparativestudyofstresstoleranceamongthreeindustrialstrainsofSaccharomycesforenhancedproductionofbioethanolusinghighgravitymolasses.Int.J.Biosci2016;8:106-114.

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61. Mati Ullah, Fariha Hasan,Najmudin, Muhammad Masroor Alam, Syed Sohail Zahoor Zaidi,Muhammad Suliman Rana, Mehboob Nawaz, Shams ur Rehman, Aamer Ali Shah.SeroprevalenceofHCVInfection inKohatDivision,KhyberPakhtoonkhwa,Pakistan.PakistanJournalofZoology2016;66:1009-1014.

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62. IrfanUllah,ArshadJavaid,ZarfishanTahir,ObaidUllah,AamerAliShah,FarihaHasan,NajmaAyub. Pattern of Drug resistance and risk factors associated with development of drugresistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Pakistan. PLOS One 2016 11(1): e0147529.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147529

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63. WasimSajjad, TariqBhatti, FarihaHasan, SamiullahKha,MalikBadshah,AbbasAliNaseem, 0.800

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AamerAliShah.Characterizationofsulfur-oxidizingbacteriaisolatedfromacidminedrainageandblackshalesamplesPakistanJournalofBotany2016:48(3)1253-1262.

64. Sahib Zada, Abbas Ali Naseem, Seong Jo Lee, Mohammad Rafiq, Aamer Ali Shah, FarihaHasan.GeochemicalandmineralogicalanalysisofKashmircave(smast),Buner,Pakistan,andisolation of bacteria having antibacterial activity. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 2016;78:94-109.

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65. WasimSajjad,MuhammadRafiq,SahibZada,NeelamZeb,ImranKhan,AamerAliShah,FarihaHasan.PhylogeneticanalysisofnewlyisolatedproteaseproducingsalttolerantpsychrophilicbacteriafromTirichMirglacier,Pakistan.Int.J.Bios.2015;7:159-169.

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66. Obaid Ullah, Mutiullah Khattak, Fariha Hasan, Nazrullah Raja, Shagufta Hussain, NaeemAkhtar,AamerAliShah.VancomycinresistantenterococcalinfectionsintertiarycarehospitalsofIslamabadandRawalpindi,Pakistan.PakistanJournalofZoology2015;47:1503-1510.

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67. AkhtarNadhman, FarihaHasan, AamerAli Shah. Production and characterization of poly(3-hyroxybutyrate) depolymerases from Aspergillus sp. isolated from soil that could degradepoly(3-hydroxybutyrate).IntJBiosciences2015;7:25-28.

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68. Nida Kanwal, Aamer Ali Shah, Sadia Qayyum, Fariha Hasan. Optimization of pH andtemperature for degradation of tyre rubber byBacillus sp. strain S10 isolated from sewagesludge.Int.BiodeteriorBiodegrad.2015;103:154-160.

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69. WasimSajjad, TariqBhatti, FarihaHasan,AamerAli Shah.Characterizationofheterotrophicandmixotrophicacidophilicbacteriaisolatedfromblackshaleandacidminedrainage,KhalaChatta,HaripurPakistan.Int.J.Biosciences2015;6(8),62-70.

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70. Ayesha Aslam, Naeem Akhtar, Fariha Hasan, Aamer Ali Shah. Prevalence and in vitroantifungal susceptibility pattern of Candida species in a tertiary care hospital, Rawalpindi,Pakistan.PakistanJournalofZoology2015;47(2),335-342

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71. MirSadiqShah,MarkEppinger,SafiaAhmed,AamerAliShah,AbdulHameed,FarihaHasan.Multi drug resistantdiarrheogenic E. coli pathotypes are associatedwith ready toeat saladand vegetables in Pakistan. Journal of the Korean Society for Applied Biological Chemistry2015;58(2):267-273.

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72. AamerAliShah,AhmedNawaz,LubnaKanwal,FarihaHasan,SamiullahKhan,MalikBadshah.Degradationofpoly(ε-caprolactone)byathermophilicbacteriumRalstoniasp.strainMRL-TLfromhotwaterspring.InternationalBiodeteriorationandBiodegradation2015;98:35-42.

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73. AhmedNawaz,FarihaHasan,AamerAliShah.Degradationofpoly(ε-caprolactone)byanewlyisolatedBrevundimonassp.strainMRL-AN1fromsoil.FEMSMicrobiologyLetter2014;363:1-7.

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74. IrfanUllah,AamerAliShah,ZarfishanTahir,Obaidullah,FarihaHasan,NajmaAyub.Detectionof Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Clinical Specimens by Conventional and MolecularTechniqueinPunjab,Pakistan.GlobalVeterinaria2014,13(6):1002-1009.2

0.60

75. Aamer Ali Shah, Satoshi Kato,Noboru Shintani,Numbi RamuduKamini, ToshiakiNakajima-Kambe. Microbial degradation of aliphatic and aliphatic-aromatic co-polyesters. ApplMicrobiolBiotechnol2014;98:3437-3447.

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76. Aamer Ali Shah, Tomoaki Eguchi, Daisuke Mayumi, Satoshi Kato, Noboru Shintani, NumbiRamudu Kamini, Toshiaki Nakajima-Kambe. Degradation of aliphatic and aliphatic-aromaticco-polyesters by depolymerases fromRoseateles depolymerans strain TB-87 and analysis ofdegradationproductsbyLC-MS.PolymerDegradationandStability2013;98:2722-2799.

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77. ShahzeeraBegum,FarihaHasan,ShaguftaHussain,AamerAliShah.Prevalenceofmultidrugresistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the clinical samples from Tertiary Care Hospital inIslamabad,Pakistan.PakistanJournalofMedicalSciences2013;29:1253-1258

0.754

78. SiddiqAkbar, FarihaHasan, AkhtarNadhman, Samiullah Khan,Aamer Ali Shah. Purificationand characterization of poly (3-hydroxy butyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) degrading enzymefromStreptomycessp.AF-111.JournalofPolymersandtheEnvironment2013;21:1109-1116.

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79. Aamer Ali Shah, Fariha Hasan, Ziaullah Shah, Nida Kanwal, Samia Zeb. A review onbiodegradation of natural and synthetic rubbers. International Biodeterioration andBiodegradation2013;83:145-157.

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80. Ziaullah Shah, FarihaHasan, LeeKrumholz,Deniz FulyaAktas,MutiullahKhattak,Aamer AliShah.Degradationofpolyesterpolyurethanebynewlyisolatedsoilbacterium,BacillussubtilisMZA-75.Biodegradation2013;24:865-877.

2.805

81. Ziaullah Shah, Fariha Hasan, Lee Krumholz, Deniz Atkas, Aamer Ali Shah. Degradation ofpolyester polyurethane by newly isolated Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain MZA-85 andanalysisofdegradationproductsbyGC-MS.InternationalBiodeteriorationandBiodegradation2013,77:114-122.

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82. Aamer Ali Shah, Tomoaki Eguchi, Daisuke Mayumi, Satoshi Kato, Noboru Shintani, NumbiRamudu Kamini, Toshiaki Nakajima-Kambe. Purification and properties of novel aliphatic-aromatic co-polyesters degrading enzymes from newly isolated Roseateles depolymeransstrainTB-87.PolymerDegradationandStability.2013,98:609-618.

4.032

83. A.A. Shah, F.Hasan,Z.Shah,Mutiullah,A.Hameed.Degradationofpolyisoprenerubberby

newly isolated Bacillus sp. AF-666 from soil. Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology 2012;48(1);37-42.

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84. A. Nadhman, F. Hasan, Z. Shah, A. Hameed, and A. A. Shah. Production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) depolymerase from Aspergillus sp. NA-25. AppliedBiochemistryandMicrobiology2012;48(5):482-487.

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85. Afzal I., Shah A. A., Makhdum Z., Hameed A., Hasan F. Isolation and characterization ofcellulase producing Bacillus cereus MRLB1 from soil. Minerva Biotecnologica, 2012; 24(3):101-109.

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86. KhalidMehmood,SaleetaShoukat,ZobiaHameed,MasroorHussain,SafiaAhmed,AamerAliShah,AbdulHameed,FarihaHasan.EvaluationofvariousstrategiesforisolationandculturingofHelicobacterpylori.PakistanJournalofZoology2011;43(3),427-435.

0.790

87. AdilFarooqLodhi,FarihaHasan,ZiaullahShah,AbdulHameed,ShahFaisal,AamerAli Shah.Optimization of culture conditions for the production of Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate)DepolymerasefromnewlyisolatedAspergillusfumigatusfromsoil.PakistanJournalofBotany2011;43(2):1361-1372.

0.800

88. Masroor Hussain, Fariha Hasan, Aamer Ali Shah, Abdul Hameed, Myunghwan Jung, NabinRayamajhi and Han Sang Yoo. Prevalence of class A and AmpC beta-lactamases in clinicalEscherichia coli isolates from Pakistan Institute of Medical Science (PIMS), Islamabad,Pakistan.JapaneseJournalofInfectiousDiseases2011;64,249-252.

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89. HafizUllah,AamerAliShah,FarihaHasan,AbdulHameed.BiodegradationofTrinitrotoluenebyImmobilizedBacillussp.YRE1.PakistanJournalofBotany2010;42(5):3357-3367.

0.800

90. Atieyeh Taherian Fard, Fariha Hasan, Mojgan Bandehpour, Nariman Mosaffa, FatemehMashhadiAbbas,AbdulHameed,AamerAliShah,BahramKazemi.CloningandExpressionofC-terminalofClostridiumperfringenstypeAenterotoxinanditsbiologicalactivity.AJMR2010;4(14):1469-1474.

0.539

91. Fariha Hasan,Aamer Ali Shah, Sundas Javed, Abdul Hameed. Enzymes used in detergents:Lipases.Afri.J.Biotechnol.,2010;9(31),4836-4844.

0.573

92. Bashir Ahmad, Imran Javed, Aamer Ali Shah, Abdul Hameed Fariha Hasan. Growthcharacteristics of psychrotrophic bacteria isolated from -20°C freezer. Afri. J. Biotechnol.,2010;9(5):718-724.

0.573

93. Mehwish Riaz, Aamer Ali Shah, Abdul Hameed, Fariha Hasan. Characterization of lipaseproducedbyBacillussp.FH5inimmobilizedandfreestate.AnnalofMicrobiology2010;60(1):169-175.

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94. Aamer Ali Shah, FarihaHasan,AbdulHameed.Degradationofpoly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) by a newly isolated Actinomadura sp. AF-555 from soil. InternationalBiodeteriorationandBiodegradation2010;64:281-285.

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95. FarihaHasan,AamerAliShah,AbdulHameed.Methodsfordetectionandcharacterizationoflipases:Acomprehensivereview.BiotechnologyAdvances2009;27:782-798.

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96. HamayunM, SA Khan, AL Khan,AA Shah, G Rehman, EY Sohn, SK Kim, GJ Joo and IJ Lee.Phoma herbarum as a New Gibberellin-Producing and Plant Growth-Promoting Fungus.JournalofMicrobiologyandBiotechnology2009;19(10):1244-1249.

1.992

97. AamerAli Shah, FarihaHasan,AbdulHameed, Javed IqbalAkhter. IsolationofFusarium sp. 0.539

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AF-4withtheabilitytoadherethesurfaceofpolyethylene.Afri.J.Microbiol.Res.,2009;10(3):658-663.

98. Ziaullah Shah, Aamer Ali Shah, Abdul Hameed, Fariha Hasan. Effect of pretreatments onenhanceddegradationofpolyisoprenerubberbynewisolatedBacillussp.S10.JournaloftheChemicalSocietyofPakistan2009;31(4):638-646.

0.300

99. Fariha Hasan, Samiullah Khan,Aamer Ali Shah, Abdul Hameed. Production of antibacterialcompoundsbyfreeandimmobilizedBacilluspumilusSAF1.PakistanJournalofBotany2009;41(3):1499-1510.

0.800

100. Shah, A. A., Hasan, F., Hameed, A., Ahmed, S. Biological degradation of plastics: acomprehensivereview.BiotechnologyAdvances2008;26:246-265.

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101. Shah, A. A., Hasan, F., Hameed, A., Ahmed, S. A novel poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-degradingStreptoverticillium kashmirense AF1 isolated from sewage sludge and purification of PHB-depolymerase.ActaBiologicaHungarica,2008;59(4):489-499.

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102. Yasin M., Shah, A. A., Hameed, A., Ahmed, S., Hasan, F. Use of Microorganisms for theTreatment of Trinitrotoluene (TNT) Containing Effluents. Journal of the Chemical Society ofPakistan2008;30(3):442-448.

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103. Shah,A.A.,Hasan,F.,Hameed,A.Ahmed,S.DegradationofPolyurethanebynovelbacterialconsortiumisolatedfromsoil.AnnalsofMicrobiology2008;58(3):381-386.

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104. Shaheen,M.,Shah,A.A.,Hameed,A.,Hasan,F.Influenceofcultureconditionsonproductionand activity of protease from Bacillus subtilis BS1. Pakistan Journal of Botany 2008; 40(3):2161-2169.

0.800

105. Shah, A. A., Hasan, F., Hameed, A. Ahmed, S. Isolation and characterization of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) degrading actinomycetes and purification of PHBVdepolymerase from newly isolated Streptoverticillium kashmirense AF1. Annals ofMicrobiology2007;57(4):583-588.

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106. Murad,S.,Hasan,F.,Shah,A.A.,Hameed,A.,Ahmed,S.IsolationofphthalicaciddegradingPseudomonassp.P1fromsoil.Pak.J.Bot.2007;39(5):1833-1841.

0.800

107. Awais M., Shah A. A., Hameed A., Hasan F. Isolation, identification and optimization ofbacitracinproducingBacillussp.Pak.J.Bot.2007;39(4):1303-1312.

0.800

108. Hasan, F., Shah, A. A., Hameed, A. Ahmed, S. Synergistic effect of photo and chemicaltreatmentontherateofbiodegradationof lowdensitypolyethylenebyFusariumsp.AF4.J.Appl.Polym.Sci.,2007;105(3):1466-1470.

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109. Shah, A. A., Hasan, F., Hameed, A. Ahmed, S. Isolation and characterization of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) degrading bacteria and purification of PHBVdepolymerase from newly isolated Bacillus sp. AF3. International Biodeterioration andBiodegradation2007;60:109-115.

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110. HasanF.,ShahA.A.,HameedA.PurificationandcharacterizationofamesophiliclipasefromBacillus subtilis FH5 stable at high temperature and pH. Acta BiologicaHungarica 2007; 58:115-132.

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111. Hasan F., Shah A. A., Hameed A. Influence of culture conditions on lipase production byBacillussp.FH5.Annal.Microbiol.,2006;56(3):247-252.

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112. Hasan F., Shah A. A., Hameed A. Industrial applications of microbial lipases. Enzyme andMicrobialTechnology2006;39:235-251.

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113. Shah. A. A., F. Hasan, S. Ahmed and A. Hameed. Extended Spectrum Beta-lactamasesEpidemiology, characterizationanddetection.CriticalReviews inMicrobiology2004;30:25-32.

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114. Shah, A. A., F. Hasan, S. Ahmed and A. Hameed. Characteristics, epidemiology and clinicalimportanceofemergingstrainsofGram-negativebacilliproducingextended-spectrumbeta-lactamases.Res.Microbiol.2004;155:409-421.

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115. Shah,A.A.,Hasan,F.,Ahmed,S.,Hameed,A.Prevalenceofextended-spectrumβ-lactamasesinnosocomialandout-doorpatients.Pak.J.Med.Sci.2003;19(3):187-191.

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116. Shah, A. A., Hasan, F., Ahmed, S., Hameed, A. Extended-spectrum β-lactamases inEnterobacteriaceae:Relatedtoageandgender.NewMicrobiologica,2002;25:363-366.

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117. Shah,A.A.,Hasan,F.,Ahmed,S.,Hameed,A.Studiesontheincidenceofenterobacteriacaein -

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nosocomialandoutpatientdepartments.Pak.J.Med.Res.,2002;41(1):4-8. Total 245.1277. GOLDMEDALSANDOTHERAWARDSNo TitleoftheAward Organization1. Prof.A.R.ShakooriGoldMedal2019 ZoologicalSocietyofPakistan1. PASGoldMedalinBiologicalSciences2018 PakistanAcademyofSciences2. TravelGrantforASMMicrobe2018Conference,June07-

11,2018.Atlanta,Georgia,USAHEC

3. TravelGrantforExtremophiles2016conference,Sept12-16,2016KyotoUniversity,Kyoto,Japan

HEC

4. TravelGrantforBioMicroWorld2015conference,October28-30,2015Barcelona,Spain

HEC

5. PCSTResearchProductivityAward2014 PakistanCouncilforScienceandTechnology

6. TravelGrantforIUMS2014conference,July27-August01,2014,Montreal,Canada

HEC

7. PerformanceBasedIncrementfortheyear2013 Quaid-i-AzamUniversity

8. TravelGrantforFEMS2013conference,July21-25,2013,Leipzig,Germany

HEC

9. JSPSPostdoctoralFellowship2010-2012 JapanSocietyforPromotionofScience,Japan

10. PCSTResearchProductivityAward2012 PakistanCouncilforScienceandTechnology

11. PCSTResearchProductivityAward2011 PakistanCouncilforScienceandTechnology

12. PCSTResearchProductivityAward2010 PakistanCouncilforScienceandTechnology

13 3rdPrizeforResearchPosterinFIBC-PSM2002 PakistanSocietyforMicrobiology

8. ADMINISTRATIVEEXPERIENCE (TotalExperience: 08Years)

No. Title Duration Responsibility1 Chairman Jan. 2020 – Till

todateAll type of administrative duties at theDepartment ofMicrobiology

2 StoreIncharge 2018-Continue Coordination with University Purchase Office forprocessing of request for purchase of equipment andexpandablesupplies.

3 InchargeFacultyLodges 2014-Continue Lookafterdifferentmatterssuchas:1. Meetingswithstaffforimprovementinservicesto

faculty2. Day to day matters related to caretaker, cooks,

sweeperandgardener3. Meeting with Estate Office for the allotment of

roomsinfacultylodges4. Arrange accommodation for the officials coming

fromdifferentcitiesforofficialdutysuchastakingviva exams, attending meetings such as Board of

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Studies, Board of Faculties, Academic council,selectionboard,Syndicateetc.

4 Assistant Director,Intellectual PropertyOrganization, CabinetDivision,Islamabad

2006-2007 1. Arrangeseminarandconferencesforacademiaandindustries in collaboration with WIPO forawareness regarding intellectualproperty rights inPakistan

2. Organizing training workshops for staff at Patent,CopyrightandTradeMarkregistries

3. International and local travels for lectures onintellectualpropertyright.

9. RESEARCHGRANTS

ProjectTitle

Principal/Co-PrincipalInvestigator

Amount(Mn) SponsoringAgency

Duration

BioremediationandToxicityReductionofPulpandPaperMillEffluentsbyNewlyIsolatedIndigenousMicrobialStrainsaswellasDevelopmentofPilotScaleBioreactorforEffectiveRemovalofPollutants

PI 2.680 HEC 2018-2021

Productionofxylanasesfromthermophilicmicroorganismsandtheirindustrialapplications

PI 2.596 HEC 2016-2018(Completed)

Biodegradationofsyntheticpolyesters

PI 2.78 HEC 3-Years(Completed)

HEC:HigherEducationCommission

10. EXPERIENCEOFWORKINGWITHINTERNATIONALBODIES

No. InternationalBodies Institution Purposeofwork1 Prof.ToshiakiNakajima-

KambeUniversityofTsukuba,Japan 1. Jointresearchcollaboration

2. Bilateral visit of research facilities forsharingexperiences

3. Mutual exchange of students forlearning latest research techniquesandcapacitybuilding

4. Jointresearchpublications2 a. Prof.AliOsman

Belduzb. Prof.SabriyeCanakci

KaradenizTechnicalUniversity,Trabzon,Turkey

1. Jointresearchcollaboration2. Bilateral visit of research facilities for

sharingexperiences3. Mutual exchange of students for

learning latest research techniquesandcapacitybuilding

4. Jointresearchpublications3 Prof.StevenRipp UniversityofTennessee,

Knoxville,USA1. Jointresearchcollaboration2. Mutual exchange of students for

learning latest research techniquesandcapacitybuilding

3. Jointresearchpublications4 Prof.RafaelAuras MichiganStateUniversity, 1. Jointresearchcollaboration

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Michigan,USA 2. Mutual exchange of students forlearning latest research techniquesandcapacitybuilding

3. Jointresearchpublications5 Prof.KaryMcPhail UniversityofOregan,USA 1. Jointresearchcollaboration

2. Mutual exchange of students forlearning latest research techniquesandcapacitybuilding

3. Jointresearchpublications11. PRESENTATIONSININTERNATIONALCONFERENCES(ORAL/POSTERS)1. SanamIslamKhan1,AsafZarin1,AliOsmanBelduz2,SabriyeCanakci2,SafiaAhmed1,FarihaHasan1,Samiullah

Khan1, Aamer Ali Shah1* Bioremediation of Pulp and Paper Mills Effluent by Newly Isolated IndigenousMicrobial Strains. Eurasian CongressonMolecular Biotechnology(ECOMB 2019) held on 19-21 September,2019,Trabzon,Turkey

2. WasimSajjad,FarihaAmanNazir,IffatAziz,SairaBano,FarihaHasan,AamerAliShah..Anti-proliferativeandAnti-oxidantActivitiesofProdigiosinExtractedfromRadio-resistantStreptomycessp.strainWMA-LM31.ASMMicrobes 2018 organized by American Society ofMicrobiology held on June 07-11, 2018 atGeorgiaWorldCongressCenter,Atlanta,USA.

3. Wasim Sajjad, Manzoor Ahmed, Salman Khan, Sunniya Ilyas, Fariha Hasan, Aamer Ali Shah. Relationshipbetweencarotenoidpigmentsandresistancetoultra-violetradiationinnewlyisolatedDeinococcussp.strainWMA-LM9.Extremophiles2016:11thInternationalCongressonExtremophilesheldonSeptember12-16,2016,Kyoto,Japan.

4. Aamer Ali Shah, AhmedNawaz, FarihaHasan. Purification and characterization of a depolymerase enzymefrom Brevundimonas sp. that degrade aliphatic polyesters. VI International Conference on Environment,IndustrialandAppliedMicrobiology(BioMicroWorld2015)October28-30,2015,Barcelona,Spain.

5. AyeshaAslam,KanwalRafique,FarihaHasan,Aamer Ikram, IrfanAliMirza,MahmoudA.Ghannoum,AamerAliShah.AntifungalsusceptibilityandbiofilmcharacterizationofCandidaspeciesisolatedfromaTertiaryCareHospital,Rawalpindi,Pakistan.IUMS2014Congresses,July27-August01,2014,Montreal,Canada.

6. AamerAli Shah,TomoakiEguchi,Fumie Ichihashi,DaisukeMayumi,SatoshiKato,NoboruShintani,ToshiakiNakajima-Kambe. Degradation of aliphatic and aliphatic aromatic co-polyesters by depolymerases fromRoseatelesdepolymeransTB-87.FEMSCongress2013:5thCongressofEuropeanMicrobiologists, July21-25,2013,Leipzig,Germany.

7. AamerAli Shah,TomoakiEguchi,Fumie Ichihashi,DaisukeMayumi,SatoshiKato,NoboruShintani,ToshiakiNakajima-Kambe.Purificationandpropertiesofnovelaliphatic-aromaticcopolyesterdegradingenzymesfromnewlyisolatedRoseatelesdepolymeransstrainTB-87.1stBiotechnologyCongress,February12-14,2012,Dubai,UAE.

8. AamerAliShah,AkhterNadhman,FarihaHasan,Z.Shah,A.Hameed.Isolationofpoly(3-hyroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) depolymerase producing Aspergillus fumigatus from soil. 9th International MycologicalCongress,August1-6,2010,Ediburgh,UK.

9. Aamer Ali Shah, Sumaira Shah, Abdul Hameed, Fariha Hasan. Factors affecting biodegradation of poly (3-hydroxybutyarte) andpoly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (reference0062)BioSysBioConference2009.SyntheticBiology,SystemsBiologyandBioinformatics.23-25March,2009,UniversityofCambridge,UK.

10. FarihaHasan,AbidMakhdoom,AamerAliShahandAbdulHameed.Biodegradationof2,4-dinitrotoluenebybacteriaisolatedfromTNTcontainingeffluent(reference0063)BioSysBioConference2009.SyntheticBiology,SystemsBiologyandBioinformatics.23-25March,2009,UniversityofCambridge,UK.

11. Aamer Ali Shah, Fariha Hasan, Abdul Hameed, Safia Ahmed. “Scanning Electron Microscopy and FourierTransformInfra-RedSpectroscopyAnalysisofPoly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)degradationaftersoil burial”. II International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology(BioMicroWorld2007),Nov.28-Dec.01,2007,Seville,Spain.

12. FarihaHasan,ZiaullahShah,AamerAliShah,SafiaAhmed,AbdulHameed.“IsolationofPolyisoprenerubberdegradingBacillussp.S10fromsewagesludge”.IIInternationalConferenceonEnvironmental,IndustrialandAppliedMicrobiology(BioMicroWorld2007),Nov.28-Dec.01,2007,Seville,Spain.

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13. AbdulHameed,HafizUllah,AamerAliShah,FarihaHasan.BiodegradationofTrinitrotoluenebyImmobilizedBacillus sp. YRE1. II International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology(BioMicroWorld2007),Nov.28-Dec.01,2007,Seville,Spain.

14. SafiaAhmed,MariamAsif,FarihaHasan,NaimaAtiq,AamerAliShah,AbdulHameed.FungalDegradationofPolystyrene. II International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology(BioMicroWorld2007),Nov.28-Dec.01,2007,Seville,Spain.

15. Fariha Hasan, Sheeba Murad, Aamer Ali Shah, Abdul Hameed, Safia Ahmed. Microbial degradation ofplasticizers. Fifth International Biennial Conferenceof Pakistan Society forMicrobiology, heldon Jan10-15,2005inKarachi,Pakistan.

16. SheebaMurad, Fariha Hasan,Aamer Ali Shah, Safia Ahmed. Isolation of Phthalic acid degrading bacteria.SecondNationalConferenceon“BiotechnologyandEmergingSciences”,organizedbyBUITMS,heldonMarch15-17,2005,inQuetta,Pakistan.

17. AamerAliShah,FarihaHasan,AbdulHameed,SafiaAhmed.Astudyontheisolationoffungiwiththeabilityto adhere to polyethylene films. 4th International SymposiumofGenetic Engineering and Biotechnology on“Genomics, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology & Economic Development”, organized by Centre for MolecularGenetics,University of Karachi in collaborationwith KohatUniversity of Science& Technology, Kohat, heldduringDecember4-8,2005.

12. CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPSORGANIZED

1. MemberScientificOrganizingCommitteeinupcomingEurasianCongressonMolecularBiotechnologygoingtobe held at Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey on September 19-21, 2019.Details could beaccessedthroughthefollowinglink:http://ecomb.ktu.edu.tr/committees/#1548923201452-80a2b935-1be4

2. Organizing Faculty in 2ndNational Trainingworkshopon “EnzymeEngineering:An Efficient Tool to ImprovePropertiesofIndustrialBiocatalysis”organizedbyNationalInstituteofBiotechnologyandGeneticEngineering(NIBGE),FaisalabadonDecember5-7,2016.

3. 6thInternationalBiennialConferenceofMicrobiologyorganizedbyDepartmentofMicrobiology,Quaid-i-AzamUniversity, Islamabad and Pakistan Society for Microbiology in collaboration with Higher EducationCommission,Pakistan,heldduringMarch18-21,2007.

4. Trainingprogrammeon“RecognitionandidentificationofpiratedandcounterfeitCDsandDVDs,organizedbyIPO-Pakistan in cooperationwith International Federationof ThePhonographic Industry (IFPI) andMontionPictureAssociation(MPA),heldduringDecember17-18,2006.

5. WIPONationalWorkshopon“TrademarksandTheMadridSystem”incollaborationwithIntellectualPropertyOrganizationandEuropeanUnion,Pakistan,heldduringDecember4-5,2006.

6. Workshop on Biochemical Engineering and Fermenter Applications in collaboration with BioengineeringSwitzerlandattheDepartmentofMicrobiology,Quaid-i-AzamheldduringAugust15,2006.

7. Workshopon“Identification,maintenanceandpreservationofmicroorganisms”organizedbyDepartmentofMicrobiology,Quaid-i-AzamUniversity,Islamabad,heldduringMay10-12,2004.

13. CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/TRAININGCOURSESPARTICIPATED

1. BasicI.T.TrainingcourseatUniversityofLahore,Islamabad,organizedbyPakistanComputerBureau,MinistryofInformationTechnology,Islamabad,heldduringNovember20toDecember16,2006.

2. National Training Workshop on “Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in the use of InformationTechnologies (ICTs), Islamabad, organized by Pakistan National Commission for UNESCO, held duringDecember19-22,2006.

3. Certificatecourseon“IntellectualPropertyRights”attendedatFacultyofManagementSciences,InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad,heldduringJune27toJuly10,2006.

4. Trainingworkshopand servedas LabTechnician in fieldactivitieson “NationalNutritionSurvey2001-2002,organized by Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Government of Pakistan in collaboration ofUNICEF,Pakistan,heldduringSeptember03toOctober30,2001.

5. Training course on “NIH/MoH/WHOAntimicrobial Susceptibility Testing”, organized byNational Institute ofHealthincollaborationwithWHO,PakistanheldduringOctober28-30,1999.

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14. BOOKPUBLISHED“Role ofmicroorganisms in biodegradation of plastics” (2009) with ISBN No. 978-3-639-11808-7, has beenpublishedbyVDMVerlagDr.MüllerAG&Co.KG(www.vdm-verlag.de).

15. COURSESTAUGHTCourseTitle CreditHours M.Sc./M.Phil/PhD

MedicalMicrobiology 3/3+1 M.Sc.ClinicalMicrobiology 3/3+1 M.Sc.IndustrialMicrobiology 3/3+1 M.Sc.SoilMicrobiology 3/3+1 M.Sc.EnvironmentalMicrobiology 3/3+1 M.Sc.Extremophiles 3 M.Phil/Ph.DAdvancesinMicrobiology 3 M.Phil/Ph.DBiosafetyandBiosecurity 3 M.Phil/Ph.DBiodegradation 3 M.Phil/Ph.DApplicationsofBiotechnology 3 M.Phil/Ph.DLab-4 3 M.Sc.Lab-1 3 M.Sc.

16. PH.D/M.PHILSTUDENTSSUPERVISED

Students Supervised UnderSupervision

Ph.D 12 05

M.Phil 64 05

Ph.DSupervised:

No. Name ThesisTitle Year1 ZainabKhattak Molecular Epidemiological Studies of Adenovirus Infections in

childreninPakistan2020

2 PervaizAliSakhi DiversityofPsychrophilicBacteriaFromBaturaGlacierPakistanandTheirPotentialIndustrialApplications

2020

3 GhufranudDin Role of Metallo-Resistant Microorganisms in Remediation andMonitoringofHeavyMetalsfromIndustrialWaste

2019

4 SadiaMehmoodSatti Microbialdegradationofpolyesterbasedbiodegradableplastics 20185 Mutiullah Molecular epidemiology of vancomycin resistant enterococci in

hospitalizedpatientsofRawalpindi/Islamabad2018

6 SabaRafique Seroprevalence and molecular characterization of InfectiousbronchitisvirusvariantsfrompoultryinPakistan

2018

7 WasimSajjad Production and characterization of extremolytes from indigenousradioresistant microorganisms and their evaluation for potentialbiotechnologicalapplications

2017

8 GhulamMujtaba Molecular Characterization of Human Cytomegalovirus StrainscausingInfectionsinImmuno-compromisedPakistanipopulation

2017

9 MuhammadIrfan Cloning, functional expression and site-directed mutagenesis ofthermostablexylanasesfromGeobacillusthermodenitrificans

2017

10 MuznaHashmi Enhancedproductionofbiofuelfromsugarindustrywaste 201611 AyeshaAslam Prevalence, antifungal susceptibility andbiofilm characterization of 2016

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Candida species isolated from Tertiary Care Hospitals, Rawalpindi,Pakistan.

12 ZiaullahShah Microbialdegradationofpolyesterpolyurethane 2013M.PhilSupervised

No. Name Thesistitle Year1 MahnoorNadeem InvitroBiologicalActivitiesofCellularExtractfromRadio-resistant

MicromonosporaaurantiacastrainTMC-15IsolatedfromThalDesert,Pakistan

2019

2 SobiaNasr PurificationandCharacterizationofL-asparaginasefromBacillussp.strainPB-15IsolatedfromSoil

2019

3 AyeshaAhmedChoudhry

ExtractionandCharacterizationofBioactiveCompoundsfromRadio-resistantBacterium,BacillusindicusstrainTMC-6

2019

4 AsafZarin BiodegradationofLigninbyIndigenousBacterialisolatesfromPulpandPaperMilleffluent

2019

5 HazratNoor PurificationandCharacterizationofPoly(lacticacid)degradingEsterasefromNewlyIsolatedBacterialStrainPseudomonasaeruginosaS3

2019

6 AsifaFarooqi CharacterizationofmercuryresistantbacterialstrainsfromIndustrialWasteanditsPotentialRoleinMercuryTransformation

2019

7 HabibaNasir IsolationAndCharacterizationOfLigninDegradingFungiFromPaperAndPulpMillEffluents

2019

8 TayyabaAlam ExtractionandpurificationofbioactivecompoundsfromUV-resistantbacterialstrainisolatedfromThalDesert,Pakistan

2018

9 RameeshaHayat Isolationandcharacterizationofmetallo-resistantmicroorganismsfromsoilandevaluationoftheirmetalchelationpotential

2018

10 Salahuddin Biodegradationofpolyethyleneterephthalate(PET)bybacteriaisolatedfrommarinewater

2018

11 MadihaAzam Biologicalactivityofcellularextractfromradio-resistantbacteriumKocuriaturfanensisWMA-BD1isolatedfromDesertSoil

2018

12 SyedMohammadAbrarHussain

Isolationandcharacterizationofmetallo-resistantfungusanditsroleinleachingofmetalsfromcontaminatedsoil

2018

13 SyedIzharHussian Isolationandidentificationofmetallo-resistantbacteriafrommetalpollutedsoilandtheirroleinmetalsremoval

2018

14 AmnaMumtazAbbasi Degradationofpoly(lacticacid)PLAbyanewlyisolatedbacteriumfromcompostsoil

2018

15 JawairiaKiran Immobilizationofpartiallypurifiedβ-1-4xylanasefromBacilluslicheniformisandThermomyceslanuginosus

2018

16 Salahuddin ProductionandcharacterizationofxylanasefromThermomyceslanuginosusisolatedfromhotspring

2017

17 MisbahAyubAwan Invitrobiologicalactivitiesofcellularextractfromaradio-resistantOscillatoriasp.strainWMA-CY1isolatedfromfreshwater

2017

18 SyedaAmnaFarooq BiodegradationofaliphaticpolyestersbyafungusAspergillusfumigatusisolatedfromsoil

2017

19 Ameenullah Production,purificationandcharacterizationofxylanaseenzymefrombacterialstrainsisolatedfromhotsprings

2017

20 AmbreenZubair ProductionandcharacterizationofcellulasefromBacillussubtilisML1anditsapplicationinethanolproduction

2017

21 SundasQadir Evaluationofextremolytesfortheiranti-oxidantpotentialfromnewlyisolatedradio-resistantbacteriumStenotrophomonassp.WMA-LM19

2017

22 SehrishAsghar Production,optimizationandcharacterizationofpoly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate)depolymerasefrom

2016

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Penicilliumoxalicumisolationfromsoil.23 SuraiyaAnwarWazir Productionandcharacterizationofphosphatasesfromnewly

isolatedsoilbacterium.2016

24 FaryalGhaffar Isolationoffungalstrainfromenvironmentalsamplesanditspotentialroleinleachingofmetalions

2016

25 SunniyaIlyas Biologicalactivityofcarotenoidpigmentextractedfromradio-resistantDeinococcussp.strainWMA-LM9

2016

26 MuhammadOsman Degradationofpolyester-basedbiodegradableplasticbyAspergillusfumigatusisolatedfromsoil

2016

27 HasanMustafa ProductionofL-asparginaseenzymefromnewlyisolatedBacillussp.fromsoil.

2016

28 SalmanKhan Phylogeneticdiversityofultra-violetradiation(UV-R)resistantbacteriaisolatedfromdesert

2016

29 AyeshaLuqman IsolationandCharacterizationofaPolyesterDegradingFungalStrainfromSoil.

2015

30 ManzoorAhmed Extraction of an Anti-oxidant from Newly Isolated RadioresistantDeinococcussp.StrainMRL-WMAFromEnvironmentalSamples.

2015

31 Maryam Isolation and Characterization of Phosphate Solubilizing BacteriumfromSoil.

2015

32 ArfaHasan Studies on Investigation of Phosphate Solubilizing Efficiency of aFungalStrainIsolatedfromSoil.

2015

33 MaryamTahirSiddiqui SequenceanalysisoffluconazoleresistantERG11geneamongclinicalMDRCandidaisolates

2015

34 Saifullah ProductionandcharacterizationofxylanasesfromBacilluspumilusstrainisolatedfromwater

2015

35 FakhraHanif L-asparginaseproductionfromanewlyisolatedbacteriumfromsoil 201536 Matiullah SeroprevalenceofHepatitisCvirusinfectioninKohatDivisionof

KhyberPukhtoonKhwah2015

37 WasimSajjad IsolationandcharacterizationofacidophilesfromacidminedrainageandblackshalefromKhalaChatta,KhyberPukhtoonKhwa

2014

38 SamiaJabeenUmer PrevalenceandantibioticsusceptibilityofStreptococcusspeciesinspecimenscollectedfromatertiarycarehospital,Islamabad

2014

39 SabirNawaz PrevalenceofvancomycinresistantenterococciintertiarycarehospitalsofIslamabad/Rawalpindi

2014

40 LubnaKanwal Isolationandidentificationofpolycaprolactonedegradingthermophilesfromhotwaterspring

2014

41 AhmedNawaz Isolationofaliphaticpolyesterdegradingbacterialstrainsfromsoil 2014

42 SumayiaSheikh PrevalenceandantimicrobialsusceptibilitypatternofSalmonellatyphiandSalmonellaparatyphiinclinicalsamplesfromatertiarycarehospitalinIslamabad

2014

43 SidraBatool Prevalenceofmulti-drugresistantgram-negativebacilliinurinarytractinfection

2014

44 KanwalRafique SpeciesdistributionandantifungalsusceptibilityofCandidateisolatesamonghospitalandcommunityacquiredinfection

2013

45 AmmaraTayyab Productionofcellulaseenzymefromathermophilicbacterialstrainisolatedfromhotwaterspring

2013

46 HasanWasim DetectionofCytomegalovirusamongpregnantwomen 201347 SaddiqAkbar Purificationandcharacterizationofpoly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-

hydroxyvalerate)depolymerasefromStreptomycessp.AF1112011

48 SammanBashir CharacterizationofPHBdepolymeraseproducedbyActinomadurasp.AF-555

2011

49 ShahzeeraBegum PrevalenceofmultidrugresistantAcinetobacterbaumaniiinhospitalizedpatients

2011

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50 NazifUllahKhan DetectionofAdenovirusesinHospitalizedChildren’swithAcutegastroenteritisundertheAgeoffiveyears

2011

51 ObaidUllah PrevalenceofvancomycinresistantenterococciinhospitalizedpatientsinIslamabad,Pakistan

2010

52 SabirRehman Comparative study of different serological tests for diagnosis ofBrucellosisinBuffaloes

2010

53 MohsinGulzar Degradation of polyester polyurethane by newly isolated bacterialconsortiumfromsoil

2010

54 KhaliqNoor Antimicrobial susceptibility of biofilm forming Pseudomonasaeruginosaisolatedfromhospitalenvironment

2010

55 Muttiullah IsolationofpolyurethanedegradingBacillussp.fromsoil 201056 AkhtarNadhman Productionandpurificationofpoly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-

hydroxyvalerate)depolymerasefromAspergillusfumigates2010

57 FaizaSafeer ComparativestudyonsusceptibilityofESBLandnon-ESBLproducingKlebsiellapneumoniaeagainstnon-β-lactamantibiotics

2010

58 ZainabZubair Isolation of multi-drug resistant gram negative bacilli from postoperativesurgicalwounds

2010

59 FaizulAmin Isolation identification and characterization of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)degradingStreptomycessp.

2009

60 ShahFaisal Isolation, identification and characterization of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) degrading Aspergillusfumigatus

2009

61 MohsinKhurshid Association of Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Hepatitis B VirusInfection.

2009

62 AdilFarooqLodhi Optimization of Culture Conditions for the Production of Poly (3-Hydroxybutyrate)DepolymerasefromAspergillusSpp

2009

63 SadafBakhtiar Molecular characterization of indigenous extende-spectrum beta-lactamasesproducingEscherchiacoliandKlebsiellapneumoniae

2008

64 HajiKhan Purification, immobilization and stability of lipase produced byBacillussp.FH5

2008

17. OTHERADMINISTRATIVEACTIVITIES/COMMUNITYWORK

1 AmericanSocietyofMicrobiology(GlobalOutreachProgram)2 Asia-PacificChemical,Biological&EnvironmentalEngineeringSociety(APCBEES),Singapore.3 MemberPakistanSocietyforMicrobiology(PSM),Karachi.4 MemberAcademicCouncil,Quaid-i-AzamUniversity4 MemberBoardofFaculty(BiologicalSciences,QAU;FacultyofSciences,AIOU);5 MemberBoardofStudies(DepartmentofMicrobiology,QAU;FacultyofSciences,AIOU,Sarhad

University&COBAM,PeshawarUniversity;HaripurUniversity);6 MemberDepartmentalTenureReviewCommittee(DTRC),QAU;COBAM,PeshawarUniversity;

DepartmentofMicrobiology,KohatUniversity;ShaheedBenazirBhuttoWomenUniversity,Peshawar.

7 StudentAdvisor(DepartmentofMicrobiology;2014-16); Coursecoordinator(DepartmentofMicrobiology;2014-15);8 MemberCommitteeforNeedBasedFinancialAssistance;9 MemberCommitteeonRevisionofCriteriaforPerformanceBasedIncrements(FacultyofBiological

Sciences;2014-15);11 MemberM.Sc.,M.PhilandPh.D.admissioncommittee(DepartmentMicrobiology);12 HavebeenpapersetterandexternalexaminerforCenterofBiotechnologyandMicrobiology,

Peshawar,AbdulWaliKhanUniversity,MalakandUniversity,KPK;13 Hasbeenthereviewerofmanyresearcharticlesforpeerreviewedjournalse.g.Enzymeand

MicrobialTechnology,InternationalBiodeteriorationandBiodegradation,FEMSMicrobialEcology,Mycologia,JournalofBiosciencesandBioengineering,PLoSOne,JournalofPakistanChemicalSociety

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andothers;14 DuringmyjobIhavebeenassistingvariousstudentsintheirresearchplanning/designingandthesis

writing;15 HavereviewednumerousprojectsforHigherEducationCommission;16 HavearrangedandorganizednumerousexcursiontripsaswellasstudytripsforM.ScandM.Phil

students;17 Havebeenactivelyinvolvedinvolunteerworksuchasarrangingblooddonationsetc.;