CURRICULUM VITAE. Serving as Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, A.M.U., Aligarh since 2014.

Transcription

1 CURRICULUM VITAE MOHAMMAD AFZAL KHAN Ph. D. in Zoology Associate Professor Section of Fishery Science & Aquaculture Department of Zoology Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh Mobile: yahoo.com Visited Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany to avail the research award of 3 months under bilateral exchange programme 2016 of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft/German Research Foundation (DFG), Bonn and the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi. Serving as Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, A.M.U., Aligarh since Research Projects (Total amount sanctioned: Rs. 89,21,400/-) (A) As Principal Investigator (1) Title: Studies on microchemistry of otoliths of Sperata aor across river Ganga, and its validation from microsatellite markers. Funding Agency: DST- SERB, Ministry of Science & Technology, New Delhi, India. Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 47,26,600/- (January 2013 to January 2016) (2) Title: Ageing precision, growth and stock identification of Channa striatus from river Ganga and its tributaries, rivers Gomti and Yamuna. Funding Agency: Council of Science and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India. Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 7,80,000/- (November 2012 to November 2015). (3) Title: Studies on precision and validation of age estimates, and growth of Sperata seenghala from river Ganga. Funding Agency: University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India. Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 9,80,800/- (July 2012 December 2015).

2 (B) As Supervisor to PDF (1) Title: Studies on the inland water fisheries resources of Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh with special reference to Pili reservoir Name of PDF: Dr. Nagma Funding Agency: University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India. Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 24,34,000/- (January 2012 for January 2017). Research Guidance Supervised 02 students for Ph.D. Supervised 03 students for M.Phil. Supervising 03 Ph.D. students. Supervised 32 students for Project Work at Master s level. As Research Expert Served as one of the 24 international experts to advise on Final Report of NAIP (ICAR) Project entitled A Value Chain on Murrel Production in Tamil Nadu and Orissa published in 2014 by the Director, Centre for Aquaculture Research and Extension (CARE), Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu. PUBLICATIONS (Total Citations = 479; h-index = 12; i 10 index = 12) Source: GoogleScholar M. Afzal Khan and Aafaq Nazir Stock delineation of the long-whiskered catfish, Sperata aor (Hamilton 1822), from River Ganga by using morphometrics. Marine and Freshwater Research, DOI: /MF CSIRO Publishing. M. Afzal Khan, Aafaq Nazir and Umarah Zahoor Banday Utility of otolith weight to estimate age of Labeo bata inhabiting river Ganga. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 48(3): DOI: /AIEP/ Aafaq Nazir and M. Afzal Khan Stock discrimination of Sperata aor from river Ganga using microsatellite markers: implications for conservation and management. Aquatic Living Resources 30: 33; DOI: /alr/ EDP Sciences. M. Afzal Khan, Salman Khan and Shahista Khan Precision of age estimates in striped snakehead Channa striata (Bloch 1793) from the Ganga River and its tributaries (rivers Gomti and Yamuna). Journal of Applied Ichthyology 33, ; DOI: /jai Wiley-Blackwell. Kaish Miyan, M. Afzal Khan, Devendra Kumar Patel, Shahista Khan and Nasreen Ghazi Ansari Truss morphometry and otolith microchemistry reveal stock discrimination in Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) inhabiting the Gangetic river system. Fisheries Research. 173: Elsevier Science.

3 M. Afzal Khan, Aafaq Nazir and Salman Khan Assessment of growth zones on whole and thin-sectioned otoliths in Sperata aor (Bagridae) Inhabiting the river Ganga, India. Journal of Ichthyology, 56(2): Springer publications. Kaish Miyan, M. Afzal Khan, Devendra Kumar Patel, Shahista Khan and Satgur Prasad Otolith fingerprints reveal stock discrimination of Sperata seenghala (Sykes, 1839) inhabiting the Gangetic river system. Ichthyological Research. 63: Springer publications. Shahista Khan, M. Afzal Khan, Kaish Miyan Precision of age estimates from different ageing structures of Labeo bata (Hamilton) collected from river Ganga, India. Indian Journal of Fisheries 62(2): ICAR publications. Shahista Khan, M. Afzal Khan, Kaish Miyan and Faisal Ahmad Lone Precision of age estimates from different ageing structures in freshwater teleosts. Journal of Environmental Biology 36: Triveni Enterprises. Salman Khan and M. Afzal Khan A comparative study on length-weight relationship, length-length relationship and condition factor of a freshwater snakehead, Channa striata from the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Gomti. Biodiversity, Environment and Functional Biology (Edited by: M. Serajuddin). Excellent Publishing House, New Delhi. pp ISBN: Nagma and M. Afzal Khan Observations on the fisheries of District Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh. Biodiversity, Environment and Functional Biology (Edited by: M. Serajuddin). Excellent Publishing House, New Delhi. pp ISBN: Aafaq Nazir and M. Afzal Khan Studies on length-weight relationship, length-length relationship and condition factor of Sperata aor from river Ganga. Biodiversity, Environment and Functional Biology (Edited by: M. Serajuddin). Excellent Publishing House, New Delhi. pp ISBN: Kaish Miyan, M. Afzal Khan and Shahista Khan Stock structure delineation using variation in otolith chemistry of snakehead, Channa punctata (Bloch 1793), from three Indian rivers. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 30: Wiley-Blackwell. Sabah and M. Afzal Khan Precise age estimation and growth of three Schizothoracinae fishes from Kashmir valley. Zoology and Ecology, 24:1, Taylor & Francis. Aafaq Nazir and M. Afzal Khan Microsatellites: An overview with reference to fish stock identification. Reviewed Proceedings of National Seminar Next Generation Sciences :Vision 2020 and beyond. Pp. 8-18, (ISBN: ).

4 Salman Khan and M. Afzal Khan Importance of age and growth studies in fisheries management. Reviewed Proceedings of National Seminar Next Generation Sciences:Vision 2020 and beyond. Pp (ISBN: ). Kaish Miyan and M. Afzal Khan Otoliths - An important tool for fish population studies. Reviewed Proceedings of National Seminar Next Generation Sciences: Vision 2020 and beyond. Pp (ISBN: ). Sajjad A. Bhat and M. Afzal Khan Comparison of cleithra, urohyal and hyomandibular bones for age estimation in Indian major carp Labeo rohita (Hamilton). International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies 2(2): Shahista Khan, M. Afzal Khan and Kaish Miyan Precision of age determination from otoliths, opercular bones, scales and vertebrae in the threatened freshwater snakehead, Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793). Journal of Applied Ichthyology 29(4): Wiley- Blackwell. Shahista Khan, M. Afzal Khan and Kaish Miyan Evaluation of ageing precision from different structures of three threatened freshwater fish species, Clarias batrachus, Heteropneustes fossilis and Wallago attu. Folia Zoologica 62(2): IVB-ASCR, Brno, Czech Republic. M. Afzal Khan, Kaish Miyan and Shahista Khan Morphometric variation of snakehead fish, Channa punctatus, population from three Indian rivers. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 29(3): Wiley-Blackwell. Nagma and M. Afzal Khan Studies on freshwater fish fauna of district Bijnor in western Uttar Pradesh, India. International Journal of Life Sciences Biotechnology and Pharma Research 2(3): M. Afzal Khan and Sabah Length weight and length length relationships for five fish species from Kashmir Valley. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 29(1): Wiley- Blackwell. M. Afzal Khan, Shahista Khan and Kaish Miyan Studies on length weight relationship of giant snakehead, Channa marulius and stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis from river Ganga, India. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 28(1): Wiley-Blackwell. M. Afzal Khan, Kaish Miyan, Shahista Khan, Devendra Kumar Patel and Nasreen Ghazi Ansari Studies on elemental profile of otoliths and truss network analysis for stock discrimination of the threatened stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch 1794), from the river Ganga and its tributaries. Zoological Studies 51(7): Springer.

5 M. Afzal Khan, Shahista Khan and Kaish Miyan Studies on Length-weight and Lengthlength Relationships of Four Freshwater Fishes Collected from River Ganga. Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 7 (6): Academic journals Inc, New York. M. Afzal Khan, Shahista Khan and Kaish Miyan Precision of aging structures for Indian major carp, Cirrhinus mrigala, from the River Ganga. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 26(2): Taylor & Francis. Shahista Khan, M. Afzal Khan and Kaish Miyan Comparison of age estimates from otoliths, vertebrae, and pectoral spines in African sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell). Estonian Journal of Ecology 60(3): Estonian Academy Publishers. Shahista Khan, M. Afzal Khan, Kaish Miyan and Mohd. Mubark Length-weight Relationships for Nine Freshwater Teleosts Collected from River Ganga, India. International Journal of Zoological Research 7(6): Academic journals Inc, New York. M. Afzal Khan, Shahista Khan and Kaish Miyan Aquaculture as a food production system: A review. Biology and Medicine, Special Issue 3(2): M. Afzal Khan and Kaish Miyan Evaluation of Water Quality of Some Small Waterbodies of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. In: Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Environment (October 29-30, 2010) (Edited by: Khan et al.). Pp Excel India Publishers, New Delhi. M. Afzal Khan and Shahista Khan Comparison of age estimates from scale, opercular bone, otolith, vertebrae and dorsal fin ray in Labeo rohita (Hamilton), Catla catla (Hamilton) and Channa marulius (Hamilton). Fisheries Research 100 (3): Elsevier Science. M. Afzal Khan, Ahmad Khalil Jafri and Narendra Kumar Chadha Effects of varying dietary protein levels on growth, reproductive performance, body and egg composition of rohu, Labeo rohita (Hamilton). Aquaculture Nutrition 11: Wiley-Blackwell. M. Afzal Khan, Ahmad Khalil Jafri and Narendra Kumar Chadha Impact of polyhouse rearing during winter on ovarian maturity, growth, muscle and egg composition of carps. Journal of Applied Aquaculture 17: Taylor & Francis. M. Afzal Khan, Ahmad Khalil Jafri and Narendra Kumar Chadha Growth, reproductive performance, muscle and egg composition in grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes), fed hydrilla or formulated diets with varying protein levels. Aquaculture Research 35: Wiley-Blackwell.

6 M. Afzal Khan, Ahmad Khalil Jafri and Narendra Kumar Chadha Growth and body composition of rohu, Labeo rohita (Hamilton), fed compound diet: winter feeding and rearing to marketable size. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 20: Wiley-Blackwell. M. Afzal Khan, Ahmad Khalil Jafri, Narendra Kumar Chadha and Nazura Usmani Growth and body composition in rohu (Labeo rohita) fed diets containing oilseed meals: partial or total replacement of fishmeal with soybean meal. Aquaculture Nutrition 9: Wiley-Blackwell. Nazura Usmani, Ahmad Khalil Jafri and M. Afzal Khan Nutrient digestibility studies in Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch), Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus) and C. gariepinus (Burchell). Aquaculture Research 34: Wiley-Blackwell. Conferences/Seminars/Symposia/Workshops: 6th International Otolith Symposium 2018 (IOS2018) held at Keelung, Taiwan held during April 15 20, 2018, with following papers: (i) Fish stock identification: Otolith chemistry versus truss morphometry and microsatellite DNA (ii) Otolith atlas of fishes inhabiting the Ganges, India Attended National life sciences fest Biospark organized by Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh held on 21st-22nd Feb International Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Sciences organized by Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, held on 29th-30th Mar with the following papers: (i) Identification of fish stocks using otolith microchemistry: An overview. (ii) Advances in elemental analysis of fish otoliths. National Conference on Agriculture, Environment and Sustainable Development organized by Department of Geography, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh held on 21st-22nd Mar with the following paper: Uses of fish otoliths to study chemical signatures in the aquatic environment. NANO V and STEMCON 2016, organized by Department of Applied Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, held on 12 th -15 th Mar with the following paper: STEM education: an overview.

7 National Seminar on Biodiversity and Renewable Energy (BARE-2016) organized by Baba Sahab Dr. B.R. Ambedkar College of Agricultural Engg. & Technology, Etawah, held on 13th -14th Feb with the following papers: (i) Comparison between whole and sectioned otoliths for precise age estimation in striped snakehead, Channa striata (Bloch, 1793), collected from the river Ganga. (ii) Age and growth estimation of Labeo bata from the river Ganga, India The 7th World Fisheries Congress on Challenges to Sustainable Fisheries and Safe Seafoods organized by World Council of Fisheries Societies at Busan, South Korea, held on 23rd-27th May 2016 with the following papers: (i) Stock identification of striped snakehead Channa striata (Bloch, 1793), in Gangetic river system using truss morphometry. (ii) Precision of Age Estimates from Otoliths, Vertebrae, Opercular Bones and Pectoral Spines in Sperata aor. 3rd Lucknow Science Congress, LUSCON-2015 and National Conference on Science for Society: An Interdisciplinary Approach organized by Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, held on 31st Oct.-2nd Nov with the following papers: (i) Age and growth of a fresh water snakehead, Channa striata (Bloch, 1793), from river Gomti. (ii) Comperison of whole and sectioned otoliths for precise age estimation in Sperata aor. 26th All India Congress of Zoology and International Symposium on Innovation in Animal Sciences for Food Security, Health Security and Livelihood organized by Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, held on 29th-31st Oct with the following papers: (i) Precision of estimated ages of striped snakehead Channa striata (Bloch, 1793) using various calcified structures. (ii) A review of truss network system to identify fish stocks. The 10 th Indian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum (10ifaf) 2014 organized by NBFGR, Lucknow, India with the following papers: (i) Truss morphometry based stock delineation of Sperata seenghala inhabiting three rivers of the Gangetic river system (ii) Age and growth of a freshwater snakehead, Channa striata (Bloch,1973), inhabiting rivers Ganga and Yamuna 5th International Otolith Symposium 2014 (IOS2014) held at Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain held during October 20 24, 2014 with following papers: (iii) Discrimination of Sperata seenghala stocks inhabiting three rivers of the Gangetic river system using elemental fingerprints on otoliths

8 (iv) Otolith research in India: status and perspective International Conference on Faunal biodiversity and their conservational strategies organized by Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, held on March, 2014 with following papers: (i) Use of otoliths chemistry to differentiate Channa punctata populations (ii) Studies on Length-weight relationship, length-length relationship and condition factor of Sperata aor from river Ganga (iii) A comparative account on Length-weight relationship, length-length relationship and condition factor in the threatened freshwater snakehead Channa striata from the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Gomti (iv) Observations on the fisheries of District Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh National Seminar on Next generation sciences: vision 2020 and beyond held at M. D. University, Rohtak, India on March 08, 2014 with following papers: i) Otoliths: an important tool for fish population studies ii) Microsatellites: an overview with reference to fish stock identification iii) Importance of age and growth studies in fisheries management International Conference on Challenges in Aquatic Sciences organized by National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan held on March 15-21, 2013 with the following paper: The use of otolith elemental composition and truss morphometry to identify Clarias batrachus populations in three Indian rivers. International symposium & workshop on The control of helminth parasites with emphasis on Liver fluke & Liver fluke: an RNAi workshop organized by Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, held on February, International Conference on Population dynamism and sustainable resource development organized by Department of Geography, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, held on March, 2012 with following paper: Effect of environmental degradation on fauna of river Ganga Silver Jubilee Symposium on Emerging trends in Biochemical and Toxicological Sciences organized by Department of Biochemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, held on 06 March, 2012 with following paper: Studies on microchemistry of water sample and stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis, from river Ganga. National Conference on Advances in Aquatic Biology, Bio-diversity conservation and Livelihood organized by Department of Zoology, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, held on March, 2011 with following paper:

9 Morphometric comparisons of populations of stinging catfish (Heteropneustes fossilis) from three Indian rivers. National Conference on Population, Resource and Environment organized by Department of Geography, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, held on March, 2011 with following paper: Sustainable Fishery Practices for Nutritional Security and Employment Regional workshop on Water Conservation and Rain Water Harvesting Techniques to Augment the Ground Water and its Impact on Environment organized by Department of Geology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, held on 5 th June, National Conference on Advances in Biological Sciences organized by Department of Zoology, Punjab University, Chandigarh held on March, 2010 with following paper: i) Morphometric variation of two populations of snakehead fish (Channa punctatus) from two rivers. 8 th Indian Fisheries Forum organized by Asian Fisheries Society, Indian Branch and Inland Fisheries Society of India at Kolkata from November, 2008 with following paper: Evaluation of different structures for age determination in some freshwater fishes First Annual National Seminar of Indian Society of Toxicology on Human Toxicology and Environmental Health: New Frontiers and future Challenges held on at Department of Zoology, AMU, Aligarh. National Workshop on Sustainable Aquaculture held at Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, India (January 21-22, 1999) with following papers: iv) Culture of African magur, Clarias gariepinus : advantages and disadvantages. v) Culture of giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii in north India. National Symposium on Sustainable Aquaculture held at University of Delhi, India (February 20-21, 1998) jointly organised by Society of Ocean Scientists and Technologists, New Delhi and Department of Botany, University of Delhi, with following paper : i) Present status and future prospects of giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii in northern India. National Symposium on Development of Intensive Aquaculture in Fresh and Saline Water in Haryana held at CCS Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar, India (September 25-27, 1997) with following paper : A report on carp spawning in semi-arid eco-region of Haryana. National Symposium (in Hindi language) on Use of Saline Soil for Aquaculture jointly organised by Central Institute of Fisheries Education (Deemed University), Mumbai, India and

10 Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India, held at Rohtak (March 23-24, 2000) with following papers (translated english titles) : i) Status and characteristics of groundwater for Aquaculture at Lahli fish farm. ii) Observations on seasonal change of plankton population in freshwater. iii) Effect of polyhouse for early maturity of fishes in north India. Specialized Training Magur Breeding and Culture organised by Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, ICAR, Bhubaneswar, India (July 16-22, 1996). CAS training programme on Recent Advances in Aquaculture of Carps and Freshwater Prawns organised by Central Institute of Fisheries Education (Deemed University), Mumbai and sponsored by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, India from August 12 to September 10, Hands-on training course on Molecular Markers and Genetic Diversity Analysis held at NBFGR (National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources), Lucknow from March 12-21, Workshop on real time PCR at Jamia Hamdard New Delhi from to Winter School on Application of Molecular and Serological tools in Fish Disease Diagnosis organised by Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, ICAR, Bhubaneswar, India from to National Training Course on Molecular Markers for Genetic Diversity Assessment and Tools for Genome Resource Conservation held at NBFGR (National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources), Lucknow from to Training Course on Recent Advances in Molecular Markers and Population Genomics held at NBFGR (National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources), Lucknow from to Centre for Advanced Faculty Training (CAFT) programme on Nutrigenomic approaches in fish nutritional research held at Central Institute of Fisheries Education (Deemed University), Mumbai from to Orientation/Refresher Course Attended Successfully completed UGC sponsored Orientation Programme from to at UGC Academic Staff College, AMU, Aligarh obtaining A Grade. Successfully completed UGC sponsored Refresher Course in Environmental Studies from to at UGC Academic Staff College, AMU, Aligarh obtaining A Grade.

11 Memberships Member of the International Society of Zoological Sciences, China. Life member of Association of Aquaculturists, Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA), ICAR, Bhubaneswar, India. Life member of Association of Biodiversity Conservation Society, National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR), ICAR, Lucknow, India. Life Member of Nutrition Society of India, Hyderabad. Life Member of National Academy of Biological Sciences, Chennai. Life Member of National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi. Life Member of Indian Science Congress. Life Member of International Benevolent Research Forum. Fellowships and Awards Fellow, Academy of Sciences for Animal Welfare. Fellow, Society of Life Sciences. Fellow, International Benevolent Research Forum Scientist of the Year Award 2010 by National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi Editorial Board Member Journal of Threatened Taxa International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies Reviewer of the Reputed Journals Fisheries Research, Elsevier Science Publication, The Netherlands. Marine and Freshwater Research, CSIRO publication, Australia. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences, Oxford University Press, UK. Aquaculture Research, Blackwell Publications, Oxford. Environmental Biology of Fishes, Springer Publications, The Netherlands. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Academic Journals, New York. African Journal of Food Science, Academic Journals, New York. International Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, Academic Journals, New York. Revista Científica UDO Agrícola, Bioline International, Brazil. Project Reviewer for King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, KSA. Animal Nutrition & Feed Technology, Indian Journals, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa Springer Plus Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology