Safia Ahmed
Professor
Microbiology
Quaid-i-Azam University
Pakistan
Biography
Safia Ahmed obtained Ph.D. from Biotechnology, University of London, UK. She currently holds as an Professor in Department of Microbiology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Her research of interest includes Microbial transformation of aromatic compounds,Biodegradation studies for textile dyes, plastics, pesticides and crude oil,Lab scale and field bioremediation studies, Production and Characterization of bacterial metabolites, antibiotics, anticancerous compounds, bacterocin and enzymes, Genetic analysis of microbes involved in biodegradation of pollutants and antibiotic resistant bacteria, Water and waste water treatment.
Research Interest
Microbial transformation of aromatic compounds,Biodegradation studies for textile dyes, plastics, pesticides and crude oil,Lab scale and field bioremediation studies, Production and Characterization of bacterial metabolites, antibiotics, anticancerous compounds, bacterocin and enzymes, Genetic analysis of microbes involved in biodegradation of pollutants and antibiotic resistant bacteria, Water and waste water treatment.
Publications
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Jamal, S. M., Ferrari, G., Ahmed, S., Normann, P.,  Belsham, G. J (2011).Genetic diversity of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype O in Pakistan and Afghanistan,1997–2009. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 11: 1229–1238
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F. Malik, , S.  Hussain, Mirza T., Hameed, A. Ahmed, S., Raiz, H., Shah, P. A., Usmanghani, K. (2011). Screening for antimicrobial activity of thirty-three medicinal plants used in the traditional system of medicine in Pakistan.  Journal of Medicinal Plants Research 5(14): 3052-3060
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Jamal, S. M., Ferrari, G., Ahmed, S., Normann, P., Curry, S.,  Belsham  G.  J. (2011). Evolutionary analysis of serotype A foot-and-mouth disease viruses circulating in Pakistan and Afghanistan during 2002-2009. J. Gen. Virol.   J Gen Virol;92:2849 - 2864
