Human Fungal Diseases

Dr. Saif Hameed is currently Associate Professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana (AUH). Dr. Hameed did his Bachelors from University of Delhi and Masters from Jamia Hamdard with distinction in 2003 and 2005 respectively. He did his doctoral studies in Life Sciences from Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2010 where he also received CSIR Research Associateship for the one-year postdoctoral work. He also worked as Visiting Scholar in Institut für Mikrobiologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany in 2008. He is teaching biochemistry and microbiology courses to both undergraduates and postgraduates since 12 years. Dr. Hameed received Young Scientist award under Fast Track Scheme from SERB, New Delhi in the year 2012. He is life member of International Society of Infectious Diseases (ISID), Association for Microbiologist (AMI), India and Society of Biological Chemists (SBC), India. Dr. Hameed is actively engaged in research for almost two decades in the field of infectious diseases particularly multidrug resistance (MDR) in pathogenic fungi. He has 70 peer-reviewed papers to his credit in international journals of repute, 25 book chapters and authored 7 books which includes 4 from Springer-Nature. He has supervised 6 Ph.D. students and guided 25 UG & PG level students for their research projects.

1. Unravelling the world of human fungal infections: An Introductory exploration. 2: Emerging prevalence of fungal infections, and challenges in development of new antifungals. 3. Trichophyton-Mediated Dermatophytosis: Key Factors and Treatment Insights. 4.Opportunistic Fungal Infections. 5. Allergic Fungal Infections. 6. Therapeutic Challenge of Blastomycosis. 7.Fungal Invasions: Deciphering the pathogenesis of infection. 8.Diagnostic and therapeutic advancements in the field of antifungal management.9. Mucormycosis infections and methods of detection: An overview. 10. Antifungal Therapies and drug Resistance. 11. Antifungal Prevention and Control Strategies.12.Nanotechnology a promising approach for the treatment of fungal infections.13. Unraveling the intricacies of Carbon catabolic repression and glucose in fungal pathogenesis. 14.Index