Khawaja Shakeel Ahmed
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Academic Position & Experience:
My last position was as Assistant Professor of Medical Microbiology at the College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Sodo Wolaita University Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia. 2017 October-2022 January
Co-Investigator for Research Project Funded by Wolaita Sodo University. 2020-2021
January 2017-October 2017. Assistant Professor of Medical Microbiology at Texilla American University, George Town, Guyana
January 2011-December 2016: Assistant Professor of Medical Microbiology & Head Department of Biomedical Sciences in College of Health Sciences, Asmara, Eritrea.
December 2008-July 2010: Worked as a lecturer of Medical Microbiology in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia.
I was a Principal investigator of the Project on the Antimicrobial activity of Bioactive compounds on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. (Funded by Arbamich University).
October 2002- June 2008: Worked as a Microbiology Lecturer at Deccan College of Medical Sciences Hyderabad, India.
October 2002-December 2008: Worked as a Research Assistant and then Research Associate at the Center for Liver Research and Diagnostics, Deccan College of Medical Sciences & Allied Hospitals in a DBT & ICMR Funded project on Helicobacter pylori & Liver Stem Cells respectively.
I was involved in research on Helicobacter pylori and Mycobacterium Tuberculosis to find the most feasible method of diagnosis for the early detection of these highly pathogenic microorganisms.
· Education: 2010: Ph.D., Completed from Faculty of Life Sciences, Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh India, (A Central University) & Centre for Liver Research and Diagnostics, Deccan College of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Area of Specialization: Microbiology
Ph.D. Topic: To Elucidate transmission pathways of the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori and analysis of its VacA gene and its correlation with the disease status.
Area of Research Interest.
1. Antiquorum sensing against drug-resistant microorganisms
2. Identification and Detection of Candida Auris
Academic Philosophy Research
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I finished my Ph.D. in the year 2010 from Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
My research area was genotyping of Helicobacter pylori and its correlation with the status of the disease, specifically gastric cancer. Along with genotyping, I worked on finding the most common transmission pathways of Helicobacter pylori. I also worked on early diagnosis of H.pylori by using saliva specimens
After that, I worked on the most reliable and quick diagnostic method for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Previously I worked on three projects: 1) Use of bioactive compounds on Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus.
2) Common etiological agents of Bacterial keratitis and its antimicrobial susceptibility pattern
3) Urinary Tract Infections
My Future Projects will be:
1. Antiqurum Sensing
2. Candida auris
3. Host-parasite interactions
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