Dr. Irshad Ahmad

Dr. Yaqub Mahnashi
Chairman

Building 7, Room 131 +966(13)860-7032 ORCID ID ymahnashi@kfupm.edu.sa Website Google Scholar LinkedIn

Prof. Jackie Ying
Visiting Distinguished Professor and Senior Consultant to the President

Building 7, Room 229 +966(13)860-7741 Jyying@kfupm.edu.sa Google Scholar
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Dr. Ibraheem Al-Naib
Professor

Building 7, Room 126-3 +966(13)860-5518 ORCID ID ibraheem.naib@kfupm.edu.sa Google Scholar LinkedIn
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Biography:

Professor Ahmad is an accomplished biological sciences academic specializing in genomics and bioengineering. He has more than 12 years of international teaching and research experience across Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Japan, and Pakistan. Before joining KFUPM, he served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. His areas of expertise include cellular metabolic engineering, genetic engineering, microbial biotechnology, nanobiotechnology, and sustainable bioprocessing. At KFUPM, he has made significant contributions to developing undergraduate and graduate curricula. He has also served on numerous departmental, college, and university committees concerned with accreditation, faculty recruitment and promotion, graduate admissions, academic program development, and research. Professor Ahmad has published more than 60 peer-reviewed research papers and serves on the editorial boards of several international scientific journals.

Education:

Ph.D., Biological Sciences/ Genomics and Bioengineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea, 2011
M.S., Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Pakistan, 2003
B.S., Entomology, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University, Pakistan, 2001

Courses Taught in KFUPM:

BIOL 233	Biology for engineers
BIOL 233	Biology for engineers (LAB)
LS 541	Cellular and Molecular Biology
LS 542	Biotechnology
LS 599	Seminar
BIOE 320	Molecular Biology
BIOE 484	Introduction to Genetic Engineering
BIOE 501	Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering