
Timeline
About me
D.V.M., M.Sc., PhD., Microbiologist, FADDL, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, USDA
Education

University of minnesota
2015 - 2017Post doc viral reserachActivities and Societies: International collaboration on FMDV for viral diagnosis, isolation, sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. Validation of new diagnostic assay

Quaid-i-azam university, islamabad
2003 - 2007Doctor of philosophy - phdCorona Viruses

University of veterinary and animal sciences
1990 - 1992M.sc veterinary microbiology and immunobiology
University of veterinary and animal sciences
1986 - 1989D.v.m veterinary medicine
Experience

National agriculture research center,
Jan 2000 - Dec 2004Scientific officer
North carolina state university
May 2005 - Oct 2005Postdoctoral researcherWorked on Listeria monocytogeneis

National reference lab for poultry diseases, narc, islamabad, pakistan
Mar 2006 - Sept 2010Senior scientific officer%20Agricultural%20Research%20Service%20(ARS).webp)
Us department of agriculture (usda) agricultural research service (ars)
Sept 2010 - Dec 2016Research collaborator
University of minnesota
Jan 2016 - Jan 2017Research associate
Technical support group, rvss, nvsl, aphis, piadc
Jan 2017 - nowMicrobiologist.webp)
Usda animal and plant health inspection service (aphis)
Jan 2017 - nowMicrobiologistNGSSelect Agent ProgramSpecial ProjectsAssay Development
Licenses & Certifications

28 certification trainings

Select agent clearance certification
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Honored listee zaheer ahmed
Marquis who's whoOct 2023 
Fundamentals of python
Cornell universityMay 2025
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Zaheer Ahmed500 gene bank submission on AIV and FMDV -
- Awarded to Zaheer AhmedAchivement Award APHIS, USDA
- Awarded to Zaheer AhmedBest ARS international collaborative research project for 2013 -
- Awarded to Zaheer AhmedConsultant FAO, United Nations -
- Awarded to Zaheer AhmedConsultant on Zoonotic Diseases for NGO, Relief International -
- Awarded to Zaheer AhmedReview Panelist CBP 1890 , NIFA, USDA - Served as review panelist of research proposals submitted to NIFA, USDA for funding by the CBP 1890 during 2017 and 2018.
Languages
- enEnglish
- urUrdu
- hiHindi
- puPunjabi
- arArabic
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