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I am a doctoral researcher at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland. My research focuses on elucidating the mechanisms by which gut-derived amyloid proteins are transported to the brain and how this process contributes to neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease.

My background is in pharmaceutical sciences and nanomedicine, with prior academic appointments as a lecturer in pharmaceutical sciences. My current research integrates advanced cell culture and barrier models, high-resolution microscopy, extracellular vesicle biology, and in-vivo systems to identify key transport pathways and potential therapeutic intervention strategies. My long-term research goal is to advance the mechanistic understanding of amyloid pathology and to develop nanomedicine-based approaches that inhibit amyloid propagation and mitigate disease progression.

• 45+ peer-reviewed journal publications

• Over 1400 Google Scholar citations

• 10+ years of academic teaching and research experience

• World’s Top 2% Scientist (Stanford–Elsevier, 2024 & 2025)

• Primary Investigator, Tour de Cure PhD Research Grant

• Editorial and reviewer roles for different journals

• 2023-Present: The University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, Australia

• 2018-2023: Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia

• 2016-2018: University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

• 2015-2016:       National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Pakistan

• Cell culture experiments, transwell studies, ELISA and various assays

• Protein and DNA extraction techniques

• Immunohistochemistry (IHC) of cells and animal tissues

• Advanced microscopy techniques, including TEM, fluorescence and confocal microscopy

• In-vivo animal (transparent zebrafish larvae) models, bacterial cultures, and biofilm studies

• Sample prep and data analysis of Proteomics and 16s rRNA sequencing

• Synthesis of nanocarriers and their characterization by UV-Vis spectroscopy, FTIR, HPLC, TGA, DLS, DSC, X-ray diffraction, surface area analysis (BET), etc.

• Pharmacokinetics modeling and drug release software

• Hitachi HT 7700 Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)

• Leica SP8 system Confocal Microscope

• Nikon Eclipse Ti2 Fluorescence Microscope

• Olympus BX61 Fluorescence Microscope

• Cryostar NX70 and Microtome for Tissue Processing and Sectioning

• PerkinElmer Operetta CLS High Content Analysis System

• Nikon AXR NSPARC super-resolution confocal microscope

• Zeiss LSM 980 NLO Airyscan 2 confocal/two-photon laser-scanning microscope.