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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Niyaz Ahmed
| image = Niyaz Ahmed AS1.jpg
| caption = Niyaz Ahmed
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|12|25}}
| birth_place = Paras, [[Maharashtra]], India
| nationality = India
| field = Bacterial [[genomics]]<br>[[Molecular epidemiology]]
| work_institutions =[[ICDDRB]] (2016-2020) [[University of Hyderabad]] (2008 -) [[Universiti Malaya]] (2010 -) and [[Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research]] (2013 -)
| alma_mater = [[Manipal University]] (Ph.D)
|website = http://www.niyazahmed.org
| awards = Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, National Bioscience Award, Robert Koch Institut Medaille, Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]], [[Microsoft Azure for Research Award]] in public health
| doctoral_students = }}

'''Niyaz Ahmed''' is a professor of microbial sciences, genomicist, and a [[veterinarian]] by training, based in [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]].<ref>[http://www.niyazahmed.org Home page of Dr Niyaz Ahmed]</ref>

==Appointments and assignments==
Dr Ahmed is currently working as Professor at the School of Life Sciences at the University of Hyderabad. He served as Senior Director from 1 November 2016 to March 2020 at the [[International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research]] (icddr,b), also as a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) of the Centre [https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/education/niyaz-ahmed-appointed-senior-director-icddrb-at-dhaka/article9309305.ece].

==Training and career==
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Ahmed graduated in [[Veterinary Medicine]] in 1995 (Nagpur) and obtained further degrees in Animal Biotechnology (MS) (NDRI, Karnal) and Molecular Medicine (PhD) ([[Manipal University]]). In December 2008 he joined the [[University of Hyderabad]] as a member of the Faculty and served as Chairman of the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics. He also served as Senior Director at the [[International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research]] in Dhaka. Ahmed was also affiliated with the [[University of Malaya]], [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]] as a Visiting Professor of Molecular Biosciences at the Institute of Biological Sciences. He also serves as Adjunct Professor of the [[Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research]], India.

==Professional recognitions and Fellowships==
Niyaz Ahmed served as Section Editor (Genomics and Microbiology) of [[PLoS ONE]] (from August 2008 to September 2013). Currently, he is providing editorial oversight to the "PLoS ONE Prokaryotic Genome Collection".<ref>[http://www.plosone.org/article/browseIssue.action?issue=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fissue.pone.c01.i03 PLoS ONE -Prokaryotic Genome Collection]</ref> Ahmed also serves as a member of the PLoS International Advisory Group.<ref>[http://www.plos.org/about/people/international-advisory-group/ PLoS International Advisory Group]</ref> and was the founding Editor-in-Chief of ''[http://www.gutpathogens.com Gut Pathogens]'', published by [[BioMed Central]] Ltd. (London).
Ahmed is a member of the [[International Society for Genomic and Evolutionary Microbiology]] (Italy) and currently serves as its General Secretary. He is also a member of the [[Faculty of 1000]] Biology<ref>[http://f1000biology.com/about/biography/6760420023140415 Faculty Member - Niyaz Ahmed]</ref> and has been elected to the Indian [[National Academy of Sciences, India|National Academy of Sciences]].<ref name=NAS>{{cite web|url=http://nasi.nic.in/lifemem.asp |title=The National Academy of Sciences, India - Life Members |access-date=2009-10-05 |date=2009-10-05 }}</ref> Ahmed served as an panelist for the research proposals submitted to European Commission's Seventh Framework Program.
Ahmed was admitted as Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]] in January 2015 and a Fellow of the [[American Academy of Microbiology]] [https://asm.org/Press-Releases/2018/96-fellows-elected-into-the-american-academy-of-mi] in 2018.

==Editorial Board Positions==
Ahmed is serving or has served as a member of the editorial boards of the following scientific journals:
*''Emerging Microbes and Infections''<ref>[http://www.emi2012.org Emerging Microbes and Infections]</ref>
*''Systems and Synthetic Biology''<ref>[https://www.springer.com/biomed/journal/11693 Systems and Synthetic Biology]</ref>
*''Infectious Agents and Cancer''<ref>[http://www.infectagentscancer.com Infectious Agents and Cancer]</ref>
*''Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials''<ref>[http://www.ann-clinmicrob.com Ann Clin Microb Antimicrobials]</ref>
*''F1000 Research''<ref>[http://www.f1000research.com]</ref>
*''Microbial Genomics'' (MGEN)<ref>[http://mgen.sgmjournals.org]</ref>
*''Scientific Reports''<ref>[http://www.nature.com/srep/index.html]</ref>

==Graduate teaching and research==
Ahmed teaches courses in Molecular Biology (laboratory), [[Metagenomics]], Biosafety and Intellectual Property, Research Ethics and Management and Comparative Systems Modeling. His research interests include genomics, evolution and molecular pathogenesis of the two co-evolved human pathogens, namely, ''[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]'' and ''[[Helicobacter pylori]]'', in the context of evolution of adaptation mechanisms, and acquisition and optimization of virulence during colonization/infection. Ahmed also has interest in comparative genomics of bacterial pathogens obtained from single patients at different occasions and this approach nurtures his concept of '[[chronological evolution and replicative genomics]]' as tools to study host-microbe interaction over time. Ahmed's group has developed a widely used [[multilocus sequence typing]] scheme for species level identification of pathogenic ''[[Leptospira]]'' with a potential to replace the highly ambiguous [[serotyping]] method that currently is used for Leptospiral strain identification.<ref>{{Cite journal
| last1 = Ahmed | first1 = N.
| last2 = Devi | first2 = S.
| last3 = Valverde Mde | first3 = L.
| last4 = Vijayachari | first4 = P.
| last5 = Machang'u | first5 = R.
| last6 = Ellis | first6 = W.
| last7 = Hartskeerl | first7 = R.
| title = Multilocus sequence typing method for identification and genotypic classification of pathogenic Leptospira species
| journal = Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
| volume = 5
| pages = 28
| year = 2006
| pmid = 17121682
| doi = 10.1186/1476-0711-5-28
| pmc = 1664579
}}</ref> Ahmed has also worked extensively on the nomenclature, taxonomic status, genome sequencing and functional characterization of [[Mycobacterium indicus pranii]],<ref>[http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0006263 Mycobacterium indicus pranii]</ref> a non-pathogenic mycobacterial species with very high translational promise as an immunotherapeutic.

==Awards and honors==

*[[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], India's highest science award [http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=518] - 2016
*[[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]] [http://dbtindia.gov.in/schemes-programmes/building-capacities/awards/national-bioscience-awards-career-development] - 2011
*University of Hyderabad Chancellor's Award [https://herald.uohyd.ac.in/universities-should-work-on-harvesting-young-minds-for-a-productive-future-and-constantly-encourage-their-students-to-be-innovative-shri-e-s-l-narasimhan/] - 2015

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.isogem.org/niyaz.html Home page]

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