Nadia Iqbal
Lecturer
Department of Microbiology , Faculty of Life Sciences & Informatics

nadia.iqbal@buitms.edu.pk

Qualification

M.Phil. (2018)
Microbiology
Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad., Pakistan
MSc (2015)
Microbiology
Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad., Pakistan
Bachelor's (2012)
Zoology, Chemistry, Geography.
University Of Balochistan , Pakistan

Teaching Courses

  • Clinical Bacteriology
  • Molecular Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Drugs
  • Bacterial Genetics
  • Advances in Molecular Diagnostics
  • Introduction to Microbiology
  • Food Microbiology
  • Microbial Taxonomy
  • Freshwater Microbiology

Teaching Method

  • Collaborative Learning
  • Self-learning
  • Expeditionary Learning

Research Interest

  • Combating Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Infection control and prevention strategies
  • One Health approaches to infectious pathogens
  • Biorisk management and biosafety practices
Her professional experience spans more than a decade. She joined the field as an intern of wastewater sampling and wastewater characterization. Afterward she served as ‘Environmentalist’’ in a multinational consultancy firm during which she had a hand on experience on Social and Environmental Impact Assessment (SEIA), Public Consultation and Disclosures Plans (PCDP) and Environmental Monitoring of mega projects of country. Currently she is teaching in department of environmental sciences BUITEMS. The core research areas of her interests in general are Environmental risk assessment, monitoring & Solid Waste management and in particular risk assessment of emergent contaminants, Waste economics and recycling behavior.

Publications

The SARS-CoV-2 differential genomic adaptation in response to varying UVindex reveals potential genomic resources for better COVID-19 diagnosis and prevention
Naveed Iqbal, Muhammad Rafiq, Masooma, Sanaullah Tareen, Maqsood Ahmad, Faheem Nawaz, Sumair Khan, Rida Riaz, Ting Yang, Ambrin Fatima, Muhsin Jamal, Shahid Mansoor, Xin Liu, Nazeer Ahmed (2022) Frontiers in Microbiology vol. 13 no. - pp. 922393
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Work Experience

February 2018 to Date
Lecturer at Microbiology
BUITEMS
February 2018 to December 2021
Focal person (Campus Management System) at Microbiology
BUITEMS

Projects

Molecular epidemiology and Mechanism of Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogenic E.coli transmission in sympatric human and livestock in flood effected area of Balochistan
National Institute of Health , National , Funded , 2023, Ongoing
Molecular epidemiology and Mechanism of Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogenic E.coli transmission in sy...

Certifications

Organizer "Balochistan inter-university Research Model& Poster Exhibition
FLS&I BUITEMS, Pakistan, 2024
Establishing Institutional Biosafety Committee
Heath Security Partner , Pakistan, 2023
Organizer of 1st Bioscience Model & Poster competition
FLS&I BUITEMS, Pakistan, 2019
Academic Writing for Publication
HEC and embassy of USA., Pakistan, 2019
Building Innovative Pakistan
Qauid-i-azam University, Islamabad , Pakistan, 2019
Professional Development Training
BUITEMS, Pakistan, 2018