Dr. A.Nusrath Unissa

Designation	:	Assistant Professor
Nature of Employment	:	Regular
Date of Joining	:	31/07/2023
Qualification	:	M.Sc., Ph.D.
Phone	:	+91-9566255407
Email ID	:	nusrathunissa@crescent.education
Google Scholar link	:	https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=jsX4yYcAAAAJ&hl=en
Publon Link	:	https://publons.com/wos-op/researcher/1434527/nusrath-unissa-ameeruddin/
Orcid Id	:	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5762-1711

Educational Background

• Ph.D-University of Madras, Chennai, 2010.
• M.Sc-University of Madras, Chennai, 2001.
• B.Sc-University of Madras, Chennai, 1999.

Teaching and Research Experience

• Research Associate (RA), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-Department of Virology and Biotechnology, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai, 2019-2023.
• Research Associate at NIRT, Chennai from 2016 to 2018.
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, ICMR-NIRT, Chennai, 2013-2016.
• Research Associate at NIRT, Chennai from 2012 to 2014.
• Senior Research Fellow, ICMR-TRC, Chennai, 2008-2010.
• Junior Research Fellow, ICMR-TRC, Chennai, 2006-2008.
• Lecturer (Biotechnology), Mohammed Sathak College, Chennai, 2002-2004.
• Lecturer (Biotechnology), Prof. Dhanapalan College, Chennai, 2001.

Honors

• Best Paper award, RULA International Innovation & Betterment awards for a research article, India & Malaysia,
• Second prize winner for abstract presentation at the International Conferenceon Infectious Diseases and Vaccination in Dubai, 2018.
• Session Chair at the International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology in Dubai, UAE, 2014.
• Selected for Post-Graduate Biotechnology, State-level entrance examination by the University of Madras, 1999.

Awards

• Research Associate fellowship, awarded by the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, from 2016 to 2018.
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, awarded by the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, from 2013 to 2016.
• Senior Research Fellowship, awarded by the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, from 2006 to 2008.
• Junior Research Fellowship, awarded by the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, from 2004 to 2006.
• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is awarded by the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi since 2004.

Research areas

• Drug resistance in tuberculosis
• Immune dysregulation in HIV
• HIV-TB immune pathogenesis