Dr Mohammad Zubair is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He completed his PhD and post-doctorate research on diabetic foot infections and has extensive teaching and research experience in the field of medical science. His research focuses on the extended spectrum beta-lactamase gene (CTX, TEM & SHV), pro and anti-inflammatory cytokines and healing proteins and their clinical correlations. He has published more than 35 papers in international, peer-reviewed journals, and has presented his work at various international conferences. He is also the recipient of one of the prestigious "Marvil Levin" research awards presented by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) at the 72nd Scientific Session held at Philadelphia, USA.
Dr Jamal Ahmad is a former Professor of Endocrinology; ex Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, J.N. Medical College; and ex Director of the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Diabetes & Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University, India. He has made a significant contribution toward determining the role of protein glycation in diabetes and its associated complications. He has published more than 240 research articles in various international and national journals, was Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator in a number of research projects, and has completed 9 phase III international, multi-centre, multicounty new drug trials in diabetes mellitus. He is a former President of the Endocrine Society of India, and the recipient of the prestigious RSSDI fellowship-2015 and a Lifetime Achievement Award by Diabetes India 2019.
Dr Abida Malik is a former Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Microbiology, and the former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University. A leading Indian microbiologist, she has over 41 years of teaching and research experience and authored more that 185 publications. She established the Virology Lab in 1976, Mycology lab in 1980 and was founded and was responsible for the AIDS Surveillance Centre for 20 years. She is the former president of the Indian Association of Microbiologists, and received the Dr UC Chaturvedi Life Time achievement Award for her services to microbiology in 2011.
Dr. Mallikrjuna Rao. Talluri is currently a Research Associate at AXIS Clinicals Limited, Hyderabad, India, where his work focuses on development methods and the quantification of new drugs and their bioavailability and bioequivalence. He is an expert on the evaluation of the biological activities of natural products (bio-guided extraction), and scientific writing, and has experience in instrumental handling, such as LC-MS/MS, HPLC, column chromatography, and TLC. He has worked extensively in the field of phytopharmacology, and has published more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed, international and national journals.
