Dr. Muhammad Nawaz

Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Pakistan

Biography

Dr. Muhammad Nawaz (HEC approved supervisor for PhD), is an Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. He holds M.Sc. degree in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics from Punjab University, Lahore. After M. Sc, in 2007, He won HEC Scholarship for PhD studies in China. He joined the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Xian Jiaotong University, Xian, China under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Xu. Jiru. Apart from his PhD studies he remained involved in training and supervision of undergraduate and Master students of the department. After PhD in 2011, he joined Department of Microbiology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore as Assistant Professor. He is actively involved in undergraduate and post graduate teaching, and in research activities of department. He has published more than 20 research papers in highly reputed impact factor journals.

Research Intrest

Isolation, Identification, and characterization of pathogenic microbes of veterinary and human importance Isolation, characterization and development of probiotics for poultry and human Isolation and characterization of industrially important microorganisms

List of Publications
Khan M, J Nazir, AA Anjum, M Ahmad, M Nawaz, MZ Shabbir Toxinotyping and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens Isolates from mutton, beef and chicken meat ( 2014). J Food Sci. Technol. DOI 10.1007/s13197-014-1584-3.
Akbar H, MA Khan, Shehla Gul Bokhari, Mansuruddin Ahmed, Muhammad Nawaz, Aftab Ahmed Anjum and Humaira Majeed Khan Efficacy of Medetomidine Hydrochloride Alone and In Combination with Ketamine Hydrochloride for Surgical Anesthesia in Cats (2015). Pakistan Veterinary Journal.
Nawaz M, C Ma, Muhammad Asim R Basra, J Wang, J. Xu Amelioration of ovalbumin induced allergic symptoms in Balb/c mice by potentially probiotic strains of lactobacilli. Beneficial Microbes (2015). DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.3920/BM2014.0141.