Reproductive and environmental health
Male and female infertility, chemical exposures and endocrine disruption, with particular attention to questions relevant to Pakistan.
Scientist · Educator · Bioinformatics leader
Biology asks the question.
Evidence shapes the answer.
I work at the intersection of reproductive and environmental health, molecular biology and computational analysis. My aim is to connect rigorous research with questions that matter in the laboratory, classroom and wider community.
A research lens
01ExposureEnvironment and biology
02Molecular signalGenes, pathways and omics
03InterpretationHealth and decision-making
A framework for asking better questions, not a claim of a single causal pathway.
About
Curiosity across disciplines, with care for the evidence.
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biosciences at COMSATS University Islamabad, where I also support the BS Bioinformatics programme. My work brings together reproductive biology, environmental toxicology, epigenetics and bioinformatics.
Over more than a decade in university teaching and research, I have supervised students, contributed to curriculum and quality assurance work, and collaborated with researchers in Pakistan and internationally. Research appointments at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Crete helped shape my interest in how exposures and molecular regulation affect reproductive health.
I am equally interested in what happens after data are generated: whether analyses are reproducible, whether a result is interpreted within its limits, and whether the next scientific question is better than the last.
Research
Questions I work on
My interests are connected by a practical question: how can different kinds of evidence help us understand complex health outcomes more carefully?
Epigenetics and toxicogenomics
Sperm DNA methylation, Sertoli-cell mTOR signalling, the blood-testis barrier and molecular pathways responsive to exposure.
Bioinformatics and multi-omics
Integrating genomic, transcriptomic, epigenomic and microbiome data to explore mechanisms, biomarkers and reproducible analysis.
Responsible biomedical AI
Computational toxicity prediction, biomedical analytics and the careful evaluation of AI-enabled tools in healthcare.
Teaching and leadership
Research is only part of the work.
I care about the people and systems that make good science possible: students learning to ask sharper questions, curricula that keep pace with the field, and teams that can work across disciplines.
01
University education
Teaching across developmental biology, cell and environmental biology, bioinformatics, Linux and bioinformatics scripting.
02
Programme development
Coordinating the BS Bioinformatics programme and contributing to curriculum revision, outcome-based education and quality assurance.
03
Technology strategy
Serving as Chief Technology Officer at TOS Technologies, with interdisciplinary work spanning digital health and public-safety applications.
Selected publications
Work behind the questions
2021
Impact of organochlorine pollutants on semen parameters of infertile men in Pakistan
Environmental Research · Environmental exposure and male reproductive health
2022
Characterization of the gastrointestinal and reproductive tract microbiota in fertile and infertile Pakistani couples
Biology · Microbiome and reproductive health
2021
Unbiased approach for the identification of molecular mechanisms sensitive to chemical exposures
Chemosphere · Computational toxicology and pathways
Selected examples of collaborative work. For the full publication record, please visit Google Scholar or ORCID.
Contact
Good conversations often begin with a better question.
If your work connects with mine in research, teaching or thoughtful technology development, I would be glad to hear from you.