Mohammad Afzal Khan
Professor
ZOOLOGY
Aligarh Muslim University
India
Biography
Fishery Science and Aquaculture is the major specialty of my teaching and research. Primary focus of my research is on the natural resource management and population dynamics of freshwater teleosts. Specifically, we are working to identify species-specific structure(s) for precise fish age estimation, to decipher species-specific growth parameters, and to delineate stock(s) of freshwater teleosts mainly from the Ganga river system. Research work at my laboratory is being supported by more than Rs. 89 Lakh funding from various R&D agencies such as UGC, DST-SERB and CST-UP. Two Ph.D. and 02 M. Phil. degrees, and 29 MSc project dissertations have already been awarded under my supervision. Currently, my research group comprises of students pursuing PDF(01), Ph.D.(02) and M. Phil.(01). Also, I am actively engaged in supervising P.G. students for their seminar presentations and project dissertations. Our research findings appear mostly in SCI indexed and impact factor journals published from Elsevier Science, Wiley-Blackwell, Taylor and Francis, Springer etc. Based on publications, we have the distinction of being the only research group in the country working on estimation of precise fish age and analysis of otolith microchemistry for fish stock identification.
Research Interest
Fishery Science
Publications
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M. Afzal Khan, Aafaq Nazir and Salman Khan 2016. Assessment of growth zones on whole and thin-sectioned otoliths in Sperata aor (Bagridae) Inhabiting the river Ganga, India. Journal of Ichthyology, 56(2): 242–246. Springer publications.
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Kaish Miyan, M. Afzal Khan, Devendra Kumar Patel, Shahista Khan and Nasreen Ghazi Ansari 2016. Truss morphometry and otolith microchemistry reveal stock discrimination in Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) inhabiting the Gangetic river system. Fisheries Research. 173: 294-302. Elsevier Science.
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M. Afzal Khan, Salman Khan and Shahista Khan 2017 (Accepted). Precision of age estimates in striped snakehead Channa striata (Bloch 1793) from the Ganga River and its tributaries (rivers Gomti and Yamuna). Journal of Applied Ichthyology; DOI: 10.1111/jai.13300. Wiley-Blackwell.
