Biography
Prof. Niyaz Ahmed is a leader in the area of molecular infection epidemiology and public health microbiology and an experienced Senior Director of Laboratories with a demonstrated history of working at the interface of epidemiology, genomics and laboratory sciences. Skilled in innovation management and capacity building of young scientists, Prof. Ahmed is currently serving as full professor at the University of Hyderabad (UoH); earlier he served as the Chairperson of the Dept. of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics at the UoH.