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Prof. Shakeel Khan has more than 44 years of teaching, research and administrative experience. He has served the University of Karachi for more than 38 years. In addition to teaching and research, he worked in different capacities at the University of Karachi viz, Director, Student Guidance, Counselling, Placement Bureau & Overseas Examinations; Director, Admissions; Director, Biological Research Centre; In-charge, Students Financial Aid Office, University of Karachi. Supervised many Masters/M. Phil. & Ph. D. students. Published several research articles in well-reputed national and international journals. He was retired from the University of Karachi as a Tenured & Meritorious Professor.
Currently, Dr. Shakeel Khan is serving as Vice-Chancellor, Salim Habib University. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, he is also teaching courses in the Department of Biosciences, Salim Habib University
Research Interest
Protein Engineering to create multi-enzyme complexes
Gene-fusion studies
Functional genomics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Baker’s yeast)
Bioinformatics (Conceptual modelling of genomic information)
Biotechnological applications of enzymes of industrial importance
Antifungal metabolites of bacterial origin
Bacteriocin and bacteriocin-like inhibitory substances (BLIS)
Antinematicidal metabolites from Bacillus sp.
Bioactive compounds of plant origin
