Afroza Khanam, BSc, MSc, PhD
Instructor, Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine
Biography
Dr. Khanam joined the St. George’s University as an instructor in the Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery in Fall 2019. Her research interests include antimicrobial resistance, development of nanoparticle-based alternatives to traditional antimicrobials, public health, food safety, and green research. She collaborates with other faculty on research projects focused on tick-borne diseases, food safety and animal reproduction.
Prior to joining SGU, Dr. Khanam worked as a postdoctoral research fellow for 3 years at the Defense Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment (DMSRDE), India. Her postdoctoral research involved synthesizing and characterizing different types of nanomaterials and composite polymers. She has also worked as a guest lecturer at the Indira Gandhi Engineering College, Sagar, India.
Dr. Khanam earned her BSc, MSc and PhD degrees from Dr. Hari Singh Gaur University in India. Her graduate research was focused on synthesizing antidote ternary complexes of cadmium, manganese, and zinc with amino acids and vitamins and evaluating their electrode kinetics and thermodynamic parameters by voltammetry to remove metal toxicity.
Contact Information
Areas of Interest
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Nanomaterials and their application in medicine
- Public health
- Food safety
- Green research
- Molecular biology
- Topical and systematic reviews
- Theriogenology
Affiliations
Selected Publications
- Khanam, A., Swelum, A. A., & Khan, F. A. (2021). Pharmacologically Induced Ex Copula Ejaculation in Horses and Donkeys. Frontiers in veterinary science, 8, 669423. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.669423
- Agarwal, S., Gupta, H. P., Prasad, S., Verma, P. K., Khanam, A., & Khan, F. A. (2021). Effect of various hCG treatment protocols on luteal characteristics, plasma progesterone concentration, and pregnancy in normal cyclic Indian crossbred dairy cows. Tropical animal health and production, 53(2), 220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-021-02665-8
- Khanam, A., & Khan, F. A. (2021). Carbon nanoparticles: A potential cost-effective approach to counter antimicrobial resistance. In: N. Akhtar, K. S. Singh, Prerna, D. Goyal (Eds.), Emerging Modalities in Mitigation of Antimicrobial Resistance. Switzerland: Springer Nature.
- Khan, F. A., Gartley, C. J., & Khanam, A. (2018). Canine cryptorchidism: An update. Reproduction in domestic animals, 53(6), 1263–1270. https://doi.org/10.1111/rda.13231
- Khanam, A., Mordina, B., & Tiwari, R. (2015). Statistical evaluation of the effect of carbon nanofibre content on tribological properties of epoxy nanocomposites. Journal of Composite Materials, 49(20), 2497–2507. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998314549615
- Khanam, A., Tripathi, S. K., Roy, D., & Nasim, M. (2013). A facile and novel synthetic method for the preparation of hydroxyl capped fluorescent carbon nanoparticles. Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces, 102, 63–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2012.08.016
- Khan, F., Khanam, A., Parihar, M., Bilgainya, R., Rai, K., & Khan, F. (2011). Dissipative convective structures and nanoparticles encapsulation in Cu/alginate/dextran composite hydrogels and sponges. Carbohydrate Polymers, 83(2), 586-590. https://doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2010.08.021
Selected Projects
- Synthesis of PEG capped carbon nanoparticles and evaluation of their antibacterial activity (Principal investigator)
- Comparison of two pharmacological protocols for inducing ex copula ejaculation in donkeys (Co-investigator)
- A hospital-based study on the incidence and risk factors of canine transmissible venereal tumor in Grenada (Co-investigator)
- Comparison of uterine heat shock proteins between estrus and diestrus in mares (Co-investigator)
- Quantitative analysis of tetracycline concentrations in carcass tissues of pigs in Grenada (Co-investigator)
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