Biography

Prof. Iqbal Ahmad

Department of Agri. Microbiology

Aligarh Muslim University, India
Professor for microbiology


Email: [email protected] (preferred), [email protected]


Qualifications

1994 Ph.D., Microbiology (Ag.), Aligarh Muslim University, India
1991 M.Phil, Microbiology (Ag.), Aligarh Muslim University, India
1988 M.S., Microbiology (Ag.), Aligarh Muslim University, India
1986 B.S., Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, India

Research Fields

Microbiology

Publications (selected)

  1. Siddiqui, S. A., Vakil, F., Sharma, N., et al. (2026). In vitro anti-infective efficacy of green coffee bean extract against multidrug-resistant bacteria and in silico analysis for drug-like properties of bioactive compounds. Current Microbiology, 83(9), 472.
  2. Khan, J. A., Ahmad, I., Husain, F. M., et al. (2026). Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Campylobacter jejuni in Raw Fish Meat and Retail Fish Market Environments in Bareilly, India: Implications for Food …. Journal of Food Safety, 46(4), e70090.
  3. Akmal, S. A., Khalid, M., Varshney, D., et al. (2026). Microwave-Engineered 2D Cu-Metal–Organic Framework Derived Cu-Metal–Organic Nanosheet with Supercritical CO2-Enabled Drug Delivery. ACS Applied Engineering Materials.
  4. Al-Ghamdi, H. S., Malak, H. A., Neyaz, L. A., et al. (2026). Multi-and Extensively-Drug-Resistant, Virulent Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Associated Wound and Urinary Tract Infections in Western Saudi Arabia. Journal of Pure & Applied Microbiology, 20(2), 1252.
  5. Khan, S. A., Siddiqui, S. A., Ahmad, I., et al. (2026). ESBL and carbapenemase-producing enteric pathogens in animal-origin foods: a one health perspective. Folia Microbiologica, 1-42.
  6. Chaudhary, N., Ahmad, I., Pichtel, J. (2026). Heavy Metals and Emerging Organic Pollutants in Hospital Wastewater and Domestic Sewage in Aligarh City: An in vitro Analysis of Toxicity and Modulatory Effects on Biofilm …. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 237(8), 502.
  7. Zarrin Haris, M. A., Ahmad, I., Munawar, N., et al. (2026). Anti-infective potential, chemical profile, and molecular docking investigation on antioxidant-rich fraction of Murraya koenigii against Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria. Fronters in Microbiology, 17, 1739591.
  8. Qais, F. A., Husain, F. M., Parveen, N., et al. (2025). Utilizing Non--Lactam Antibiotics to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance by Targeting Multiple Virulence Factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Computational Biophysics and Chemistry, 24(08), 1121-1145.
  9. Haris, Z., Ahmad, I. (2025). Green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using Murraya koenigii leaf extract: characterization and anti-infective efficacy against drug-resistant bacteria. Authorea.
  10. Furkan, M., Qais, F. A., Khan, M. S., et al. (2025). Coumarin Prevents the Oligomerization and Aggregation of Amylid : Deciphering the Mode of Action using Molecular Simulations. Journal of Computational Biophysics and Chemistry, 24(06), 781-794.
  11. Chaudhary, N., Ahmad, I., Samreen, et al. (2025). Prevalence of biofilm-forming, ESβLS and metallo-β-lactamase producing gram-negative MDR bacteria in the domestic and hospital wastewater of Aligarh City. Current Microbiology, 82(8), 354.
  12. Khan, J. A., Ahmad, I., Gill, R., et al. (2025). Prevalence, Cross Contamination, Virulence, and Multidrug Resistance Profiles of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Four Middle-Scale Dairy Farms in Bareilly …. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 22(8), 540-550.
  13. Samreen, Ahmad, I. (2025). Anti-infective synergy of Acacia nilotica bioactive fraction and methyl gallate with meropenem against pathogenicity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 3 Biotech, 15(7), 209.
  14. Dar, M. S., Ahmad, I. (2025). Screening and evaluation of antibacterial active strains of Actinomycetes isolated from Northern Indian soil for biofilm inhibition against selected ESKAPE pathogens. Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Sciences, 11(2), 340-355.
  15. Rizvi, S. A., Chowdhury, K. F., Borsetto, C., et al. (2025). A new method for concomitant evaluation of drug combinations for their antimicrobial properties. MethodsX, 14, 103122.
  16. Ghanem, Y. S. A., Siddiqui, S. A., Ahmad, I., et al. (2025). Structural and biological evaluation of Manganese (II) and Copper (II) complexes with 2, 5-pyridinedicarboxylate ligands: Experimental and theoretical insights into …. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1325, 140941.
  17. Samreen, Ahmad, I. (2025). Antibacterial and anti-biofilm efficacy of 1,4-naphthoquinone against Chromobacterium violaceum: an in vitro and in silico investigation. Archives of Microbiology, 207(1), 11.
  18. Javed Ahamad Khan, Rubina Gill, Fohad Mabood Hussain, et al. (2025). Plant - Derived Antimicrobials against Food borne Pathogenic Bacteria. Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters, 53(1), 1-21.
  19. Qais, F. A., Parveen, N., Ahmad, I., et al. (2024). Multi-targeting of virulence factors of P. aeruginosa by β-lactam antibiotics to combat antimicrobial resistance. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 42(24), 13354-13371.
  20. Samreen, Siddiqui, S. A., Ahmad, I. (2024). Harnessing anti-infective efficacy of Cinnamomum verum in synergy with β-lactam and fluoroquinolones drugs to combat virulence and biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Microbial Pathogenesis, 197, 107097.
  21. Khan, S. A., Varshney, D., Siddiqi, S. A., et al. (2024). Plant Essential Oils and Their Active Ingredients: Antifungal and Therapeutic Potential. Advances in Antifungal Drug Development: Natural Products with Antifungal ….
  22. Qais, F. A., Ahmad, I., Husain, F. M., et al. (2024). Umbelliferone modulates the quorum sensing and biofilm of Gram − ve bacteria: in vitro and in silico investigations. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 42(11), 5827-5840.
  23. Ahmad, I., Khan, S. A., Naseer, A., et al. (2024). Green synthesized silver nanoparticles from Phoenix dactylifera synergistically interact with bioactive extract of Punica granatum against bacterial virulence and biofilm …. Microbial Pathogenesis, 192, 106708.

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