Associate Professor
(Head)
Dr Manzoor was Born at Trehgam Kupwara Kashmir. He completed his M Sc in Life Sciences (Zoology). He qualified JRF-NET and joined Ph. D in Immunology at IMTECH-CSIR-JNU. In 2009 he topped the Asstt. Prof List by JKPSC & in 2011 he was nominated as Nodal Officer for Kashmir University Satellite Campus at Kupwara. He got selected as Asstt. Prof in Deptt of Bioresources, KU in 2012 . He worked in SATCAS Stroke Research Chair with Prof Raid at MU KSA from 2013-2015. He has wrote seven international books with reputed international Publishers like Elsivier USA, Nova Science Publishers USA and Academic Press USA. He has published many research articles in the Journals of internal repute which include, Cellular Oncology, Breast Cancer, Current drug targets, Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Future Oncology, Microbiological Research, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, Current Cancer Drug Targets, Plos One, Expert Opinion in Therapeutic Targets, Frontiers in Neurosciences, Stroke, Advances in Neuroimmune Biology etc. He has presented research papers and delivered talks in various international Scientific conferences in the countries like USA, UK, China, Bahrain, UAE, Scotland, Kuwait & Sri lanka. His Research interests include, Immunobiology of Cancer, Immunology of Tubersulosis and Immunology of Stroke. He is member of many scientific organizations and societies like American Association of Cancer Research, Fellow of Royal British Society, International Immunology Association, Indian Cancer Society, Indian Immunology Society, Indian National Science Association, IMMUNOCON etc. Dr Manzoor was awarded Teachers Associate Research Excellence Fellowship (TARE) by DST Govt of India. He has been awarded Summer Research Fellowship Programme (SRFP-2019) by Indian Academy of Sciences and National Science Academy. He was awarded a research project on combination therapy in breast cancer by Jammu Kashmir Science Technology and Innovation council, Govt of J&K. Dr Manzoor has developed Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs) in Immunology course and Endocrinology course for UG students sanctioned by UGC-Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) SWAYAM Ministry of HRD Govt of India. He has research and teaching experience of 15 years. He currently teaches Cancer Biology, and Immunology at the Department of Bioresources, School of Biological Sciences, University of Kashmir. He is presently heading the Department of Bioresources, University of Kashmir.