Dr. A.Nusrath Unissa

SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES

Designation	:	Assistant Professor
Nature of Employment	:	Regular
Date of Joining	:	31/07/2023
Qualification	:	M.Sc., Ph.D.
Phone	:	+91-9566255407
Email ID	:	nusrathunissa@crescent.education
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

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-Tuberculosis Research Centre (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

As reviewer and Invited Author: completed review of 34 research and review articles in my area of specialization in reputed journals:

Frontiers in Immunology
Emerging Microbes & Infections (Nature group)
Scientific reports (Nature group)
Drug Metabolism Reviews, PLoS ONE
Computational and Structural Biotechnology
Journal of Global antimicrobial resistance
International Journal of Biological Macromolecule
Bioinformatics and Biology Insights ,
Best Paper award, RULA International Innovation & Betterment awards for a research article, India & Malaysia,
Second prize winner for abstract presentation at the International Conference on 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.
Hold 2^ndrank at Higher Secondary School with a Scholarship-1996.
Hold 2^nd rank at High School-1994.

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

Research outcomes:

a. Research grants

Ongoing

Crescent seed money- Molecular signatures associated with metabolomics in HIV-infected and treated individuals, 2025- 2026, Rs: 1,00,000

b. Publications

Number of Research Publications

c. Research guidance

Ph.D

Ongoing: 01

List of Scholars ongoing

S.No	Name of the scholar	Title of the thesis	Year of registration	Scholarship details	Outcomes
1	A. Nashika Fathima	Molecular and In silico analysis of HIV drug resistance	2024	–	–

M.Sc/M.Tech

Completed projects: 03 Ongoing projects: 09

Completed projects: 03

S.No	Name of the student	Title of the project	Year of award	Outcomes
1.	J. Alauvutheen	Analysis of virological and biochemical biomarkers in HIV infected and treated individuals	2025	Publications: communicated 01 Conference presentations: 1
2.	Mohamed Rashid	Characterization of immunological and hematological biomarkers in HIV- infected and treated individuals	2025	Publications: communicated 01 Conference presentations: 2
3.	V. Elamathi	The status of immune mechanisms in HIV infected individuals	2024	Publications: communicated 01 Published book chapter- 01 Conference presentations: 2