ZEESHAN FATIMA

Dr Zeeshan Fatima is currently Associate Professor at the Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana, India. Dr Fatima took her bachelor's and master's degrees at Banaras Hindu University, in 2000 and 2002, respectively. She earned her doctoral degree in biochemistry from Aligarh Muslim University, in 2008. She has held research positions under nationally and internationally funded research projects, which include her postdoctoral work in 2010, at the University of Cincinnati,...See more

Dr Zeeshan Fatima is currently Associate Professor at the Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana, India. Dr Fatima took her bachelor's and master's degrees at Banaras Hindu University, in 2000 and 2002, respectively. She earned her doctoral degree in biochemistry from Aligarh Muslim University, in 2008. She has held research positions under nationally and internationally funded research projects, which include her postdoctoral work in 2010, at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. In 2012, Dr Fatima received two Young Scientist awards under fast-track and women scientist schemes, respectively, from the Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India. ?Additionally, she has acquired regular projects for funding from the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Mumbai, the Ministry of AYUSH, and DBT, New Delhi, India. She is actively engaged in research in the field of infectious diseases, in particular, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. She has 45 peer-reviewed papers to her credit in international and national journals of repute and has authored three books. She has successfully convened three national conferences as organizing secretary. She has supervised four PhD students and guided 25 undergraduate and postgraduate students in their research projects. She is life member of the International Society of Infectious Diseases, the Association for Microbiologists, India, and the Society of Biological Chemists, India See less