PROFILE SUMMARY

Dr. M. Asad Anwar completed his PhD in Biochemistry in 2020 at PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi. Throughout his doctoral studies, he was awarded the International Research Support Program (IRSP) scholarship by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan, enabling him to conduct research at the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR China, for six months. In 2023, he joined the Department of Bioinformatics and Biosciences at Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, as an Assistant Professor. Currently, he is actively involved in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and he supervises research students at both BS and MS levels. His research focuses on the investigation of medicinal plants, along with the isolation, characterization, and biological evaluation of natural products for their preventive and therapeutic effects against chronic human diseases. He has made significant contributions, as evidenced by the publication of several research articles in international journals.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad	Since – 2023

RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS
1.	Biochemistry
2.	Advanced Molecular Genetics
3.	Biosystematics and Classification

SR.	JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS	YEAR
1	J. Anwar, S. Khan, and M. A. Anwar, “FT-IR analysis, phytochemical content and antioxidant activity of murraya koenigii leaf extracts,” Phytopharmacological Communications, vol. 4, no. 01, pp. 03–16, 2024.	2024
2	M. A. Anwar, S. Tabassam, M. Gulfraz, M. Sheeraz Ahmad, G. K. Raja, and M. Arshad, “Isolation of oxyberberine and β-sitosterol from berberis lycium royle root bark extract and in vitro cytotoxicity against liver and lung cancer cell lines,” Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, vol. 2020, no. 1, p. 2596082, 2020.	2020
3	S. Tabassam, M. A. Anwar, M. Gulfraz, M. Arshad, U. Y. Sabitaliyevich, S. B. Nurmurzayevich, and M. S. Ahmad, “Bioactivity evaluation and HPLC UV-VIS based quantification of antioxidant secondary metabolites from extract and fractions of bistorta amplexicaulis rhizome,” Cellular and Molecular Biology, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 19–26, 2019.	2019
4	S. Rashid, M. Ahmad, M. Zafar, M. A. Anwar, S. Sultana, S. Tabassum, and S. N. Ahmed, “Ethnopharmacological evaluation and antioxidant activity of some important herbs used in traditional medicines,” Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 689–694, 2016.	2016
5	A. Kamal, M. Gulfraz, M. A. Anwar, and R. N. Malik, “Reverse phase high performance liquid chromatographic method development based on ultravioletvisible detector for the analysis of 1-hydroxypyrene (pah biomarker) in human urine,” International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 399–403, 2015.	2015
6	A. Kamal, K. Qamar, M. Gulfraz, M. A. Anwar, and R. N. Malik, “PAH exposure and oxidative stress indicators of human cohorts exposed to traffic pollution in lahore city (pakistan),” Chemosphere, vol. 120, pp. 59–67, 2015.	2015

Sr.	CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS	Year
1	S. Ullah, S. Tabassam, M. A. Anwar, M Gulfraz and M. S. Ahmad, “Optimization of extraction methods for antioxidants from Polygonum amplexicaule”, In 2014 International Conference of Biochemical and Chemical Sciences (ICBCS), February 24-26, UAF Faisalabad Pakistan.	2014