Aamer Ali Sha

Associate Professor
Microbiology
Quaid-i-Azam University
Pakistan

Professor Microbiology
Biography

Aamer Ali Shah obtained his Ph.D. from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan and Post-doc from University of Tsukuba, Japan. He currently holds as an Associate Professor in Department of Microbiology at Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan. His research interest follows Biodegradation of plastics, Phosphate solubilizing microorganisms from soil, Extremolytes from Radioresistant Microorganisms, Microbial Enzymes, Bio-Hydrometallurgy (Bioleaching), Bioremediation of Pollutants in Wastewater.

Research Intrest

Degradation of different aliphatic, aromatic and aliphatic-aromatic polyesters type biodegradable plastics

List of Publications
 Sehroon Khan, Sadia Nadir, Zia Ullah Shah, Aamer Ali Shah, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Jianchu Xu, Afsar Khan, Shahzad Munir, Fariha Hasan. Biodegradation of polyester polyurethane by Aspergillus tubingensis. Environ Pollut 2017; 225: 269-280.
Wasim Sajjad, Manzoor Ahmed, Salman Khan, Sunniya Ilyas, Fariha Hasan, Cem Celik, Kerry McPhail, Aamer Ali Shah. Radio-protective and antioxidative activities of astaxanthin from newly isolated radio-resistant bacterium Deinococcus sp. strain WMA-LM9. Annals Microbiol. 2017; 67: 443-455.
Muhammad Rafiq, Muhammad Hayat, Alexandre M. Anesio, Syed Umair Ullah Jamil, Noor Hassan, Aamer Ali Shah, Fariha Hasan. Recovery of metallo-tolerant and antibiotic resistant psychrophilic bacteria from Siachen glacier, Pakistan. PLOS One 2017 12(7): e0178180.Â