Faculty Profile

Dr. Tanveer Ahmed
Assistant Professor, HEC Approved Supervisor
PhD (Zoology) University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

Currently, I am serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Life Sciences, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan. I have completed my Doctorate degree in Zoology (Specialization in Fish Population Genetics) from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. After PhD completion, I have joined the Department of Zoology, University of Okara, Pakistan and served as an Assistant Professor under the IPFP program of HEC, Pakistan. I had also served as a Research Associate in the HEC-Pakistan funded project for the period of 2.7 years. A part of my PhD research was done at Ecological Genetic Research Unit (EGRU), Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Finland. During PhD, my dissertation title was “Patterns of genetic variability in natural and hatchery populations of Catla catla”. My main goal is to achieve excellence through high-quality education and research relevant to local, regional, and national needs, and through coordination with leading researchers and educators both in Pakistan and abroad to explore, understand, and conserve animal diversity.

  1. Rida Ajmaal, Huma Naz, Khalid Mehmood, Moazama Batool,Najeeb Ur Rehman, Tanveer Ahmed, Syed Qaswar Ali Shah, Warda Safdar,Sharjeel Imam, Muhammad Umar Ijaz and Muhammad Usman. 2024. Histo-morphometric Indices and Catalase Response in Muscles, Gills and Intestine of Cadmium Stressed Hypophthalmichthys molitrix. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 57, XXXX. (IF= 0.5)
  2. Amna Marium, Huma Naz, Tanveer Ahmed, Muhammad Umar Ijaz, Muhammad Usman, Zahid Manzoor, Basharat Ali, Awatif Omran,Yasmene F. Alanazi, Rasha M.A. Jame & Ayman El Sabagh. 2024. Evaluation of Catalase Activity, Gill Histology and Genotoxic Effects of Cadmium in Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Fingerlings. Sains Malaysiana 53(7): 1477-1491. (IF= 0.6)
  3. Huma Naz, Sajid Abdullah, Tanveer Ahmed, Khalid Abbas, Syed Qaswar Ali Shah, MuhammadRizwan, Fareeha Latif, Adnan Ahmad Qazi, Muhammad Adeel Hassan. 2024. Chlorpyrifos and Endosulfan Mixture Induced DNA Damage and Nuclear Anomalies in RBCs of Labeo rohita Assessed Through Comet and Micronucleus Assay. Punjab University Journal of Zoology, 39(1): 07-13.
  4. Fiaz, S., Naz, H., Ahmed, T., Zulfiqar, I., Mehmood, K., Jabbar, M., Shah, S.Q.A. and Usman, M., 2024. Toxicity, histological, hepato-somatic index and growth responses of cadmium stressed Labeo rohita. Punjab Univ. J. Zool., 39(1): 79-85. (HEC Recognized X Category)
  5. Muhammad Arshad, Riffat Iqbal, Muzammal Raza, Razia Bashir, Tanveer Ahmedand Asia Parveen. 2023. Association of APO B gene polymorphisms with the development of Myocardial Infarction in Pakistani population. Gene, 2023 Nov 30:148052. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2023.148052. (IF= 3.5)
  6. Tanveer Ahmed, Khalid Abbas, Huma Naz, Sajid Abdullah, Syed Qaswar Ali Shah, Adnan Khalil, Sarfraz Ahmad, Hina Amjadand Shahbaz Ahmad. 2023. Microsatellite DNA Markers Revealed Low to Moderate Level of Genetic Diversity in Domestic Stocks of Catla catla. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 55, XXXX. (IF= 0.6)
  7. Huma Naz, Sajid Abdullah, Fariha Latif, Farzana Abbaasi, Naila Hadayat,Tanveer Ahmed, Khalid Abbas and Muhammad Adeel Hassan. 2023. Sub-Lethal Effects of Endosulfan+Chlorpyrifos Mixture on Biochemical Parameters and Blood Genotoxicity Markers of Two Cyprinidae Fish Species Catla catla and Labeo rohita. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 55, XXXX. (IF= 0.6)
  8. Sadia Rabbani, Taqwa Safdar, Muhammad Sarfraz Ahmed, Khalid Abbas, Rabia Maqsood, Tanveer Ahmed, Muhammad Waseem and Jamal Kazam. 2023. Genetic status of Bagarius bagarius in Indus River and its implications for conservation. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 60(3), XXX-XXX. (IF= 0.8)
  9. Sadeema Maryam, Huma Naz, Tanveer Ahmed, Awatif Omran, Yasmene F. Alanazi, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Umar Ijaz, Syed Qaswar Ali Shah, Adnan Ahmad Qazi, Basharat Ali, Habib Ali, Abdulrahman Alasmari, Kambiz Heidary. 2023. Determination of histological and genotoxic parameters of Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus exposed to lead (Pb). Cellular and Molecular Biology, 69(4): 7-15 (IF= 1.6).
  10. MubashraIkram,SajidAbdullah,HumaNaz,KhalidAbbas,TanveerAhmed,IqraZulfiqar and NimraZahid. 2023. Behavioral abnormalities in Labeo rohita Under the Acute Exposure of Organophosphate Insecticide, Chlorpyrifos. Journal of Zoology and Systematics. 1; 1-5.
  11. Rashid Minhas, Sajid Abdullah, Huma Naz, Khalid Abbas, Tanveer Ahmed and Nimra Zahid. 2022. Evaluation of Genotoxicity induced by Cobalt to Freshwater Fish, Cirrhina mrigala using Micronuclei Assay. Journal of Zoo Biology, 04 (01): 19-25 (HEC RecognizedY Category)
  12. Shafia Riaz, Khalid Abbas, Tanveer Ahmed, Huma Naz, Hina Amjad and Shahbaz Ahmad. 2022. Assessing the impact of Genotype and Environment interaction on growth performance of hatchery produced Catla catla. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, XXXX. https://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/20210823110818 (IF= 0.891) 
  13. Fariha Latif, R. Iqbal, Faiza Ambreen, Safina Kousar, Tanveer Ahmed and Sana Aziz. 2022. Studies on bioaccumulation patterns, biochemical and genotoxic effects of copper on freshwater fish, Catla catla: an in vivo analysis. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2024, 84, e256905. https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.256905(IF= 1.651).
  14. Huma Naz, Sajid Abdullah, Tanveer Ahmed, Khalid Abbas, Muhammad Umer Ijaz, Santosh Kumar, Muhammad Adeel Hassan and Syed Qaswar Ali Shah. 2022. Toxicity, Oxidative stress and Geno-toxicity: lethal and sub-lethal effects of three different insecticides mixtures on Cirrhina mrigala. The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 32(1): 255-264. (IF= 0.490). https://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2022.1.0421
  15. Muhammad Shahbaz, Sajid Abdullah, Huma Naz, Khalid Abbas, Tanveer Ahmed, Sana Mehmood, Muhammad Adeel Hussan. 2021. Evaluation of Catalase Activity in Organs of Fresh Water Fish, Ctenopharyngodon idella Fed with Vitamin E. Punjab University Journal of Zoology, 36(2): 171-174. (HEC Recognized Y Category).
  16. Sajid Abdullah, Huma Naz, Zunera Abbas, Uzma Nazir, Mehrunisa Basharat, Tanveer Ahmed and Adnan Ahmad Qazi. 2021. Micronucleus Assay as a Biomarker to Diagnose Lead, Chromium and Cadmium Induced Genotoxicity in Erythrocytes of Carnivorous Fish, Wallago attu. Punjab University Journal of Zoology, 36(2): 153-158. (HEC Recognized Y Category).
  17. Huma Naz, Sajid Abdullah, Tanveer Ahmed, Khalid Abbas, Muhammad Umar Ijaz, Muhammad Adeel Hassan and Muhammad Anjum Zia. 2021. Thermal stability of purified superoxide dismutase from liver of commercially valuable fish, Labeo rohita Exposed to Pb+Cr mixture. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 58(4), 1191-1196. (IF= 0.748).
  18. Aliya Munir, Sajid Abdullah, Huma Naz, Khalid Abbas, Tanveer Ahmed and Zahid Farooq. 2021. Tissue-Specific Response of Peroxidase Activity in Channa striata under Acute Exposure of Pesticides (Deltamethrin + Endosulfan) Mixture. Punjab University Journal of Zoology, 36(2): 147-151. (HEC Recognized Y Category).
  19. Moazama Batool, Sajid Abdullah, Huma Naz, Mubashar Hussain, Sadia Maalik, Sajida Mushtaq, Tanveer Ahmed, Laiba Shafique. 2021.Evaluation of Growth Performance and Bioaccumulation Pattern of Metals in Catfish Species, Channa marulius and Wallago attu under Cadmium and Chromium Toxicity. Punjab University Journal of Zoology, 36(2): 125-130. (HEC Recognized Y Category).
  20. Youhou Xua, Hongping Pana, Min Lu, Qingyou Liu, Laiba Shafique, Jinxia Peng, Tanveer Ahmed, Rui Wang, Hong Zhang, Qiong Wang, Peng Zhu. 2021. Analysis of transcripts and splice isoforms in red claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) using single-molecule long-read sequencing. Aquaculture, 541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.736828(IF= 4.242).
  21. Syed Zakir Hussain Shah, Mahroze Fatima, Muhammad Afzal, Syed Makhdoom Hussain, Hamda Azmat, Muhammad Bilal and Tanveer Ahmed. 2021. Acidification of phytase treated diet improves the body composition and bone mineralization of juvenile Rohu (Labeo rohita). The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 31(5): 1485-1491. https://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2021.5.0350(IF= 0.490). 
  22. Syed Muhammad Aun Naqvi, Sara Tahir, TanveerAhmed, Huma Naz, Amara Gilani and Atif Liaqat. 2021. Relative weight relationship to proximate body composition of wild Rita rita (Hamilton, 1822). Punjab University Journal of Zoology, 36(1): 25-30. https://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.pujz/2021.36.1.25.30. (HEC Recognized Y Category).
  23. Huma Naz, Sajid Abdullah, Tanveer Ahmed, Khalid Abbas and Muhammad Umar Ijaz. 2021. Regression analysis for predicting the duration dependent response of oxidative stress dynamics and nuclear anomalies in Catlacatla exposed to chlorpyrifos and endosulfan. The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 31(4): 1167-1173. https://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2021.4.0314 (IF= 0.490). 
  24. Syed Zakir Hussain Shah, Muhammad Afzal, Mahroze Fatima, Syed Makhdoom Hussain and Tanveer Ahmed. 2021. Nutrient digestibility in Labeo rohita fingerlings fed citric acid acidified Phytase sprayed diet. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 53: 459-465 (IF=0.790).
  25. Sidra Haroon, Sajid Abdullah, Huma Naz, Khalid Abbas and Tanveer Ahmed. 2021. Metals mixture (Zinc+Lead) induced changes in movement patterns of Cirrhinamrigala. University of Sindh Journal of Animal Sciences, 4: 26-29.
  26. Sadia Kanwal, Khalid Abbas, Tanveer Ahmed, Sajid Abdullah, Huma Naz, Muhammad Anjum Zia and Zaheer Ahmed. 2021. Description of isolated bacterial pathogens from diseased Cirrhinus mrigala. Aquaculture Research, 2021; 52:2130-2137. https:// doi.org/10.1111/are.15065 (IF= 2.082).
  27. Kousar Aziz, Khalid Abbas, Tanveer Ahmed, Sajid Abdullah, Huma Naz, Syed Qaswar Ali Shah and Shahbaz Ahmad. 2020. Catalase Activity in Response to Metals in Freshwater Fish Catla catla. Abasyn Journal of Life Sciences, 3 (2): 66-72. (HEC Recognized Y Category).
  28. Fatima Tufail, Sajid Abdullah, Huma Naz, Khalid Abbas, Tanveer Ahmed and Muhammad Umar Ijaz. 2020. Partial purification and Kinetic characterization of renal catalase from carnivorous fish, Channa striata exposed to pesticides mixture, Deltamethrin+Endosulfan. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 56(5): 1287-1291 (IF= 0.63).
  29. Maria Javed, Khalid Abbas, Tanveer Ahmed, Sajid Abdullah, Huma Naz and Hina Amjad. 2020. Metal pollutants induced peroxidase activity in different body tissues of freshwater fish, Labeo rohita. Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, 2: 162-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enceco.2020.09.001
  30. Amina Malik, Sajid Abdullah, Huma Naz, Khalid Abbas, Tanveer Ahmed, Wardah Hassan and Qaisra Siddique. 2020. Total protein contents analysis in muscle of Indian Major carps. University of Sindh Journal of Animal Sciences, 3: 1-4.
  31. Uzma Hussain, Khalid Abbas, Tanveer Ahmed and Iram Qadeer. 2019. Microsatellite DNA Polymorphism of Channa marulius Inhabiting River Jhelum. Genetics of Aquatic Organisms, 3(2): 37-45. (HEC Recognized Y Category)
  32. Maryam Ajmal, Usman Ali, Ayesha Javed, Amina Tariq, Zufishan Arif, Javed Iqbal, Muhammad Shoaib and Tanveer Ahmed. 2019. Designing indaceno thiophene–based three new molecules containing non-fullerene acceptors as strong electron withdrawing groups with DFT approaches. Journal of Molecular Modeling, 25: 311 (IF=1.335).
  33. Tanveer Ahmed and Khalid Abbas. 2018. Patterns of genetic variability in natural and hatchery populations of Catla catla based on microsatellite DNA markers. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 55(4): 929-939 (IF= 0.677).
  34. Syed Zakir Hussain Shah, Muhammad Afzal, Mahroze Fatima, Tanveer Ahmed, Syed Makhdoom Hussain and Dilawar Hussain. 2017. Phytase and citric acid supplementations improves the scales mineralization in Labeo rohita juveniles. Journal of Agriculture Research, 55(2): 369-378.
  35. Tanveer Ahmed, Sajid Abdullah, Khalid Abbas, Muhammad Anjum Zia, Nadia Nazish, Syed Zakir Hussain Shah and Syed Muhammad Aun Naqvi. 2016a. Purification and partial characterization of liver catalase from control and Pb+Cd metal mixture stressed Oreochromis niloticus. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 53: 431-437 (IF= 0.597).
  36. Tanveer Ahmed, Sajid Abdullah, Khalid Abbas and Muhammad Anjum Zia. 2016b. Catalase enzyme response to chronic Pb+Cd metal mixture exposure, its purification and partial characterization from the kidney of freshwater fish Oreochromis niloticus. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 48 (6): 1733-1740 (IF=0.478).
  37. Muhammad Muddassar Zafar, Khalid Abbas, Hafsa Basharat, Tanveer Ahmed and Uzma Hussain. 2016. Microsatellite DNA marker based genetic polymorphism in Wallago attu. International Journal of Life Sciences, 4(2): 176-184.
  38. Tanveer Ahmed, Syed Muhammad Aun Naqvi, Sajid Abdullah, Khalid Abbas, Syed Zakir Hussain Shah and Muhammad Anjum Zia. 2015. Comparative proximate body composition of wild captured and farm cultured Cirrhinus mrigala. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 52: 203-207 (IF= 1.054).
  39. Syed Zakir Hussain Shah, Muhammad Afzal, Syed Makhdoom Hussain, Mahroze Fatima, Muhammad Bilal, Tanveer Ahmed and Rana Zeeshan Habib. 2015. Supplementation of citric acid and phytase improves the digestive enzymes activities in Labeo rohita fingerlings. Biologia (Pakistan), 61: 63-68. (HEC Recognized Y Category).

  • Fish Genetic Resource Management
  • Fish and Aquatic Toxicology

  • International Research Support Initiative Program Fellowship by Higher Education Commission Pakistan for The University of Helsinki, Finland.
  • Got second position in PhD proposal/poster competition-2015 held at university level.

Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan.

Member Zoological Society, Pakistan.

Member Fisheries Society, Pakistan.