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Dr. A.Nusrath Unissa

Designation : Assistant Professor
Nature of Employment : Regular
Date of Joining : 31/07/2023
Qualification : M.Sc., Ph.D.
Phone : +91-9566255407
Email ID : [email protected]
Google Scholar link : https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=jsX4yYcAAAAJ&hl=en
Publon Link : https://publons.com/wos-op/researcher/1434527/nusrath-unissa-ameeruddin/
Orcid Id : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5762-1711

Educational Background

  • Ph.D-University of Madras, Chennai, 2010.
  • M.Sc-University of Madras, Chennai, 2001.
  • B.Sc-University of Madras, Chennai, 1999.

Teaching and Research Experience

  • Research Associate (RA), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-Department of Virology and Biotechnology, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai, 2019-2023.
  • Research Associate at NIRT, Chennai from 2016 to 2018.
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, ICMR-NIRT, Chennai, 2013-2016.
  • Research Associate at NIRT, Chennai from 2012 to 2014.
  • Senior Research Fellow, ICMR-TRC, Chennai, 2008-2010.
  • Junior Research Fellow, ICMR-TRC, Chennai, 2006-2008.
  • Lecturer (Biotechnology), Mohammed Sathak College, Chennai, 2002-2004.
  • Lecturer (Biotechnology), Prof. Dhanapalan College, Chennai, 2001.

Honors

  • Best Paper award, RULA International Innovation & Betterment awards for a research article, India & Malaysia,
  • Second prize winner for abstract presentation at the International Conferenceon Infectious Diseases and Vaccination in Dubai, 2018.
  • Session Chair at the International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology in Dubai, UAE, 2014.
  • Selected for Post-Graduate Biotechnology, State-level entrance examination by the University of Madras, 1999.

Awards

  • Research Associate fellowship, awarded by the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, from 2016 to 2018.
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, awarded by the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, from 2013 to 2016.
  • Senior Research Fellowship, awarded by the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, from 2006 to 2008.
  • Junior Research Fellowship, awarded by the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, from 2004 to 2006.
  • Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is awarded by the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi since 2004.

Research areas

  • Drug resistance in tuberculosis
  • Immune dysregulation in HIV
  • HIV-TB immune pathogenesis