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1 Curriculum Vitae Name: Marital Status: Muhammad Nisar Single Present Address: 2033 Knapp Street, Apt # 4, Saint Paul, Minnesota Permanent Address: 2033 Knapp Street, Apt # 4, Saint Paul, Minnesota Contact: Mobile: nisarm@umn.edu mnisarshah@yahoo.com Education Institution Year Degree University of Agriculture 2009 D.V.M Peshawar, Pakistan University of Veterinary & Animal 2012 M. Phil Sciences, Lahore Pakistan (Epidemiology & Public Health) University of Veterinary & Animal 2015 PhD (Final Thesis Submitted) Sciences, Lahore Pakistan (Epidemiology & Public Health) M. Phil Research Title Clinico-epidemiology of Shigellosis in children suffering from diarrhea in district Lahore (Pakistan). PhD Research Title Molecular epidemiology of Campylobacter species isolated from meat sources in district Lahore, Pakistan.

2 Experience Served as Research Associate in HEC (Higher Education Commission) Pakistan, funded project entitled Molecular detection of emerging & reemerging meat borne bacterial pathogens and evaluation of various control strategies from March 2013 to April Worked for seven months as a visiting scientist involved in DNA and RNA extraction, Cloning, Conventional & Real time PCR, Multi Locus Sequence Typing, Cell culture and Data analysis in Dr. Sagar Goyal s lab, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Minnesota, USA, sponsored by Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) from March 23- October 21, Worked for seven months as a visiting scientist involved in isolation and molecular characterization of Campylobacter, Salmonella and Clostradial species in Dr. Kakambi Nagaraja s lab, College of Veterinary Science, University of Minnesota, USA, sponsored by Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) from March 23-October 21, Awards Won PhD Indigenous Scholarship sponsored by Higher Education Commission Pakistan under Indigenous 5000 PhD Fellowship Program during Certificates Successfully completed four (04) weeks training on Laboratory animal handling November 9 to December 4, 2015 at the department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore. Participated in 5 days workshop on Data analysis methodologies from March 4-8, 2014 at University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore, Participated in 2 days workshop on Commercial dairy farm management on February 14-15, 2014 at University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore, Participated in a 7 th Nation course Molecular diagnosis and prophylaxis of animal diseases on November 25-29, 2013 at National Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Participated in a national training workshop on Application of Molecular Diagnostics for Livestock based Food Pathogens from June 19-21, 2013, Forman Christian College, Lahore, Participated in one day workshop on Mastering SPSS & Endnote X-4 Lahore, Participated in 2 nd one day workshop on young researchers Skill development and NAYS (National Academy of Young Scientists) emerging ideas conference held on Jan 07, Participated and organized one day workshop on The Awareness and Field test for Diagnosis of Rabies held on December 20, 2011 at University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore,

3 Participated in a 31 st King Edward Medical University (KEMU) Annual Scientific Symposium held on 19 th December Participated in a national level training on GIS/GPS application in epidemiology of human & animal diseases and in biological science research at University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore, Participated and organized national seminar The awareness and current status of rabies held on July 28, 2011 at University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore, Participated in Consultative workshop of provincial livestock forum held on February 28, Participated in seminar on Good clinical practices held on December 19, 2010 at University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore, Participated in National Biotechnology Exhibition and Seminar 2010 held on October, 2010 at University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore, Internship Successfully completed four weeks training on poultry farm management, diagnoses poultry diseases, meat processing, ration formulation and poultry nutrition at PRI (Poultry Research Institute) Rawalpindi, Successfully completed two weeks training of hospital management & treatment protocol of livestock & poultry diseases at Civil Veterinary Hospital (CVH) Peshawar, Successfully completed two weeks training on equine welfare and management at Brooke Hospital Larama, Peshawar, Successfully completed four weeks training on livestock & poultry diseases, diagnoses, vaccination and servo-surveillance of new emerging diseases (VRI) Veterinary Research Institute Peshawar, Successfully completed four weeks training course on feed formulation, semen evaluation, processing at cattle breeding and dairy farm Harichand, Charsadda, Publications Nisar M, Ahmad MD, Mushtaq MH, Khan SA, Hussain A, Ali MA, Abbas M, Nabi H, Khan MM and Khan MT Clinico-Epidemiology of Shigellosis in children suffering from diarrhea in district Lahore, Int. J. Microbiol. App. Sci.3 (2): Hussain A, Ahmad MD, Mushtaq MH, Khan MS, Khan MA, Nisar M, Sabir N and Khan SA Antibiogram Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Mastitic Milk Samples of Buffaloes in District Bhimber Azad Kashmir. Buffalo Bulletin. 32 (2): 1021-

4 1028. Chaudhry M, Ahmad S, Nisar M, Rashid HB, Mushtaq MH, Ijaz T, Chaudhry HR and Raashed M A matched case-control study to identify potential risk factors of Dengur fever among residents of a local university of Lahore. Annals. 21(3): Nisar M, Ahmad MD, Mushtaq MH, Chaudhry M, Nasar M, Saqid S and Khattak I Risk factors association and percentage of enteric pathogens causing diarrhea in children in Lahore, J. Epi & Pub. Health. (Accepted) Hussain A, Ahmad MD, Mushtaq MH, Khan MS, Reichel MP, Hussain T, Khan A and Nisar M (April). Characterization of coagulase genes of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from mastitic river buffaloes. J Ani. Plant Sci. (Accepted) Nisar M, Kassem II, Rajashakara G, Goyal SM, Lauer D, Voss S and Nagarja KV Genotypic relatedness and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella Heidelberg isolated from chickens and turkeys in Midwest, USA. (Submitted) Nisar M, Ahmad MD, Mushtaq MH, Shehzad W, Hussain A and Goyal SM Molecular detection and antimicrobial resistance pattern of Campylobacter species isolated from retail meat shops in Lahore International Journal of Food Microbiology. (Completed for Submitted) Nisar M, Ahmad MU, Mushtaq MH, Shehzad W, Chaudhry M, Hussain A, Nasar M, Anjum T, Zia UR and Goyal SM Molecular epidemiology of Campylobacter species from meat sources in Lahore (Completed for submission) Nagaraja KV, Rajashakara G, Nisar M, Ikramulhaq and Goyal SM Molecular typing and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli from layer birds in USA. (Completed for submission) Abstracts Published Molecular detection and antimicrobial resistance pattern of Campylobacter species isolated from retail meat shops in Lahore 18 th international workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms (CHRO-2015) at Rotorua, New Zealand. Microbial evaluation of raw meat in district Lahore Pakistan. International conference on Recent developments in human nutrition held 19 th -20 th 2014, at Pearl Continental, Lahore, Clinico-Epidemiology of Shigellosis in children suffering from diarrhea in district Lahore, Pakistan. International conference on Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics held on August 21-23, 2013 at Orlando, FL, USA. Antibiogram Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from Mastitic Milk samples of Buffaloes in district Bhimber Kashmir the 10 th world buffalo congress, May 6-8, 2013 Thailand. Occurrence of Fasciolosis in ruminants in district swat (KPK). National science

5 conference on agriculture and food security issues in global environmental prospectives held on July 11-13, 2012 at The University of Poonch Rawalakot, AJK. Dengue fever in Pakistan and its dietary management. national Science conference on agriculture and food security issues in global environmental prospectives held on July 11-13, 2012 at The University of Poonch Rawalakot, AJK. Clinico-epidemiology of diarrhea in children in tertiary care hospitals Lahore. Scientific session in Golden Jubilee celebrations of CPSP (College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan) held on 8 th June, 2012 at PC Peshawar, Membership Experience Member of Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council (PVMC) Pakistan Veterinary Medical Association (PVMA) American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP) Standard bacteriological procedures of isolation and identification of Clostridia, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Shigella and E. coli O157:H7. Genomic analysis of bacterial pathogens with techniques like PCR, Sequencing, Phylogenetic analysis, PFGE (Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis) and MLST (Multi Locus Sequence Typing). Planning and executing experiments with both Laboratory and farm animals. Extensive working experience with poultry. Language Proficiency English Urdu Pushto Extra-Curricular Activities Playing volley Ball Area of Research Interest Molecular Epidemiology Public Heath Epidemiology Zoonotic Diseases Disease investigation Surveillance Food Safety

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