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Doctorate in microbiology, expertise in biological/biomedical sciences projects and academic writing. 8+ yrs experience

Profile Summary

8+ years of experience in microbiology, biotechnology, gut microbiome, probiotics, prebiotics and natural compounds research and supervision. Reviewer for more then ten reputed journals in field of specialization.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Food Microbiology
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Gap Analysis
• ☆ Skills Training
• ☆ Medical Writing
• ☆ Research Summaries & Abstracts
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Experimental Protocols
• ☆ SOP & Protocol Writing
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Traditional/Narrative Literature Review
• ☆ Systematic Literature Review
• ☆ Copywriting
• ☆ Product Descriptions
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing

Services

• Writing

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation

Work Experience

Graduate research Trainee

McGiill University, Canada

August 2021 - August 2023

Education

PhD Microbiology and Immunology

Abbottabad University of Science and Technology

June 2017 - May 2023

Certifications

• Teaching Certificate

  Allama Iqbal Open University

  January 2026 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Waqar Ahmad, Anam Nasir, Satya Prakash, Azam Hayat, Mujaddad ur Rehman, Shazia Khaliq, Kalsoom Akhtar, Munir Ahmad Anwar, Nayla Munawar (2025). In Vitro and In Vivo Interventions Reveal the Health Benefits of Levan-Type Exopolysaccharide Produced by a Fish Gut Isolate Lactobacillus reuteri FW2 . Life.

Waqar Ahmad, Paromita Islam, Sabrina Schaly, Ahmed Kh. Abosalha, Jacqueline Boyajian, Rahul Thareja, Dominique Shum‐Tim, Satya Prakash (2024). Nanotechnology in development of next generation of stent and related medical devices: Current and future aspects . WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology.

Waqar Ahmad, Iqra Jawad, Husam Bin Tawseen, Muhammad Irfan, Mujtaba Hassan, Fazal Sattar, Fazli Rabbi Awan, Shazia Khaliq, Nasrin Akhtar, Kalsoom Akhtar, et al. (2023). Dietary Supplementation of Microbial Dextran and Inulin Exerts Hypocholesterolemic Effects and Modulates Gut Microbiota in BALB/c Mice Models . International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Waqar Ahmad, Ahmed Khaled Abosalha, Jacqueline Boyajian, Paromita Islam, Merry Ghebretatios, Sabrina Schaly, Rahul Thareja, Karan Arora, Satya Prakash (2023). A comprehensive update of siRNA delivery design strategies for targeted and effective gene silencing in gene therapy and other applications . Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery.

Waqar Ahmad, Ahmed Khaled Abosalha, Jacqueline Boyajian, Paromita Islam, Merry Ghebretatios, Sabrina Schaly, Rahul Thareja, Karan Arora, Satya Prakash (2022). Clinical pharmacology of siRNA therapeutics: current status and future prospects . Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology.

Waqar Ahmad, Jacqueline L. Boyajian, Ahmed Abosalha, Anam Nasir, Iram Ashfaq, Paromita Islam, Sabrina Schaly, Rahul Thareja, Azam Hayat, Mujaddad ur Rehman, et al. (2022). High-Molecular-Weight Dextran-Type Exopolysaccharide Produced by the Novel Apilactobacillus waqarii Improves Metabolic Syndrome: In Vitro and In Vivo Analyses . International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Waqar Ahmad, Anam Nasir, Fazal Sattar, Iram Ashfaq, Stephen R. Lindemann, Ming-Hsu Chen, Wim Van den Ende, Ebru Toksoy Ӧner, Onur Kirtel, Shazia Khaliq, et al. (2022). Production of a high molecular weight levan by Bacillus paralicheniformis, an industrially and agriculturally important isolate from the buffalo grass rhizosphere . Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.

Waqar Ahmad, Shazia Khaliq, Nasrin Akhtar, Jamilah El Arab, Kalsoom Akhtar, Satya Prakash, Munir A. Anwar, Nayla Munawar (2022). Whole Genome Sequence Analysis of a Novel Apilactobacillus Species from Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata) Gut Reveals Occurrence of Genetic Elements Coding Prebiotic and Probiotic Traits . Microorganisms.

Waqar Ahmad, Anam Nasir, Fazal Sattar, Iram Ashfaq, Ming-Hsu Chen, Azam Hayat, Mujaddad ur Rehman, Sainan Zhao, Shazia Khaliq, Muhammad Afzal Ghauri, et al. (2022). Production of bimodal molecular weight levan by a Lactobacillus reuteri isolate from fish gut . Folia Microbiologica.

Waqar Ahmad, Iram Ashfaq, Hamza Amjad, Anam Nasir, Aamir Ali, Waqas Rafique Ali, Shazia Khaliq, Azam Hayat, Hazrat Ali, Fazal Sattar, et al. (2020). Growth Inhibition of Common Enteric Pathogens in the Intestine of Broilers by Microbially Produced Dextran and Levan Exopolysaccharides . Current Microbiology.

Waqar Ahmad, Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Irfan Majeed, Haq Nawaz, Saqib Ali, Nosheen Rashid, Muhammad Kashif, Iram Ashfaq, Komal Ghauri, Fazal Sattar, et al. (2020). Raman spectroscopy for the analysis of different exo-polysaccharides produced by bacteria . Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy.