Dr. Amina Habib
Assistant Professor
- Institute of Biological Sciences
Biography
Dr. Amina Habib is an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology. She holds a PhD in Microbiology from Quaid-i-Azam University, where her research focused on genomic characterization of community- and hospital-acquired carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales. Her work integrates molecular microbiology and bioinformatics tools to investigate antimicrobial resistance dissemination.
Her research expertise lies in antimicrobial resistance profiling, bacterial genomics, and whole genome sequencing–based characterization of clinically significant pathogens. She has international research training experience in France, including work at the bacteriology laboratory of Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard and research collaboration with Université Paris Cité.
Outside academic and research activities, she is interested in scientific writing, academic mentoring, and public health awareness related to antimicrobial resistance. In her leisure time, she enjoys reading, spending time with family, and exploring educational content related to science and technology.
Qualifications and Institute
- PhD Microbiology
- Amina Habib, Stéphane Lo, Khanh Villageois-Tran, Marie-Petitjean, Laurence Armand- Lefèvre, Etienne Ruppé, Rabaab Zahra. Dissemination of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in the Community of Pakistan (Published in PLOS One, IF 3.752).
- Mustafa Sadek, Etienne Ruppé, Amina Habib, Rabaab Zahra, Laurent Poirel, Patrice Nordmann. International circulation of Aztreonam-Avibactam Resistant and NDM-5 producing-Escherichia coli isolates: Successful Epidemic Clones (Published in Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, IF: 4.6).
- Amina Habib, Ali Ahmad Sheikh, Fareeha Akhtar, Waseem Shehzad, Arfat Yousaf Shaheen, Javed Muhammad, Farhan Towakal. Antibiotic resistance profiling of Enterococcus faecium recovered from retail chicken meat from Lahore city (Published in MERCATOR Journal of biomolecular Analysis).
- Dur Shehwar, Fouzia Nahid, Amir Afzal Khan, Amina Habib, Noshaba Hassan Malik, Shakira Ghazanfar. Prevalence and Phylogenetic analysis of S. aureus isolated from milk of dairy animals from Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan (Published in Malaysian Journal of Microbiology, IF:0.4).
Book Chapters:
- Shazia Nazeer, Amina Habib, Imbasat Yousaf, Ghazala Naheed, Komal Zainab, Farhan Afzal, Sajjad Ali, Mubashra Naeem, Mad-E-Ha Tariq and Muhammad Arif Zafar. Prebiotics: Enhancing Poultry Health and Combating Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Non-Conventional Therapies (Unique Scientific Publishers).
- Amina Habib, Sidra Noureen, Fouzia Nahid, Muhammad Kaleem Ullah, Alia Batool, Syed Ehtisham-ul-Haque, Riaz Hussain, and Iahtasham Khan. One Health Strategies for Preventing Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections: Linking Livestock, Environment, and Human Health. Veterinary Internal and Preventive Medicine, ISBN-978-627-94503-9-5 (H and M Academic Publisher).
Antimicrobial resistance, Genomic surveillance of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, and One Health approaches linking human, animal, and environmental microbiology.
- Campus France Research Fellowship for PhD research support in France (2018 and 2019).
- Higher Education Commission Pakistan International Research Support Initiative Program Fellowship (2019).
- Completion of National Faculty Development Program for IPFP Fellows (2025).
- Assistant Professor, Institute of Biological Sciences, Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology.
- Batch Advisor, BS Microbiology Program, IBS, Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology.
- Member, Examination Committee, Institute of Biological Sciences (IBS), Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology.
- Member, Curriculum Review Committee, IBS, Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology.