Prof. Dr. Aftab Ahmad Anjum

Professor
Department of Microbiology
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Pakistan

Professor Microbiology
Biography

Prof. Dr. Aftab Ahmad Anjum (HEC approved supervisor for PhD), is Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan and holds DVM, M.Sc. (Hons.) and Ph.D. in Veterinary Microbiology. He worked as Veterinary Officer, L&DD, Punjab, Team member, Study on Drought in Cholistan, Bahawalpur Rural Development Project (BRDP), Bahawalpur. In 2006, He joined University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore as assistant Professor.Prof. Aftab is Principal Officer, Transport, UVAS, Lahore. He is also serving as Chairman, Sports Board, UVAS, Lahore. Under his leadership, UVAS has got distinctions at National and International level in sports. Due to his personnel interest and encouragement of the students, Director Sports, HEC, Pakistan recognized UVAS as role model for all Pakistani Universities. Prof. Aftab was member of organizing committee and resource person for around 25 national and internal conferences and workshops. He is also member of Selection Board of different Universities and institutes. Prof. Aftab has published about 100 research papers in peer reviewed journals. Prof. Aftab is reviewer of different peer reviewed journals and Secretary, Editorial board, Pakistan Journal of Science. Prof. Aftab worked as Secretary, Board of Studies, Department of Microbiology, UVAS, Lahore. As secretary, He was part of the core group to design course work for four years degree program B.S. (Hons.) Applied Microbiology started in 2007. He is also member of committee for revision of DVM degree course work in Pakistan.

Research Intrest

His areas of Specialization are Molecular Biology, Virology, Bacteriology and Mycology.

List of Publications
Muhammad K, I Altaf, A Hanif, AA Anjum, MY Tipu, Monitoring of hygienic status of raw milk marketed in Lahore city, Pakistan (2009). J. Anim. Plant Sci.19(2): 74-77.
Shabbir MZ, A Ghafoor, A Ahmad, AA Anjum, T Yaqub, Immunomodulatory effect of polyimmune (Astragalus membranaceus) extract on humoral response of layer birds vaccinated against Newcastle disease virus (2008). Int. J. Agri. Biol., 10: 585–7.
Haq I, I Hussain, AA Anjum, Polypeptides and nucleic acid identification of hydropericardium syndrome agent (1997). Pakistan Vet. J.
Hussain I, AA Anjum, IH Haq An Oil-Emulsion Vaccine against Hydropericardium Syndrome in Broilers (1996). Pakistan Vet. J.