Noor-Ul Huda, M.Sc., M.Phil.
Instructor, Pathobiology
Biography
Dr. Noor-ul-Huda is an aquatic health scientist specializing in nutrition-based strategies to combat fish diseases. Her expertise includes alternative feed ingredients such as pre-, pro-, and synbiotics, antibiotic alternatives, and anti-parasitic additives. She integrates clinical, molecular, and multi-omics approaches to study host–pathogen interactions, with current research focused on bacterial and parasitic pathogens in freshwater and marine fishes.
Her career is built on a global foundation, beginning with advanced degrees (M.Sc. and M.Phil.) in Fisheries and Aquaculture from Pakistan, where she specialized in fish nutrition, followed by a Ph.D. in Hydrobiology from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, where she investigated the mechanisms of fungal probiotics in carp. She later completed postdoctoral training supported by St. George’s University, in collaboration with Mississippi State University, USDA, and the University of Mississippi, working on diverse aspects of aquatic health and disease mitigation. Prior to academia, she served as Assistant Director of Fisheries at the Saline Water Aquaculture Research Center in Pakistan.
Contact Information
Areas of Interest
- Aquatic animal nutrition
- Animal health
- Parasites of aquatic animals
- Molecular Biology
- Metagenomics (Gut microbiome)
- Metabolomics
- Immunology
- Food Safety and Food Security
Affiliations
- American Society for Microbiology
- American Fisheries Society
- Zoological Society of Pakistan
Selected Publications
- Huda,N.U., Older,C.E., Ware,C., Heckman,T.I., Rose,D., Marancik,D.P., Khoo,L.H. and Griffin,M.J. 2025. Complete Genome of Lactococcus lactis Isolate S11-599 from the Brain of a Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) During a Mass Mortality Event in the Mississippi River. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 10.1128/mra.00503-25.
- Richardson, B.M., Huda, N.U., Ware, C., Camus, A., Older, C.E., Yamamoto, F., Goodman, P., Reifers, J.G., Walker, C.M., Stilwell, J.M., Marancik, D., Wise, D.J., and Griffin, M.J. 2025. Fingerling stocking size has no influence on proliferative gill disease severity in farm-raised channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 37(1):1-10
- Huda N. U., Liu, H., Jin, J., Xie, S., et al. 2020. Dietary supplementation of Geotrichum candidum improves growth, gut microbiota, immune-related gene expression and disease resistance in Gibel carp CASⅢ (Carassius auratus gibelio). Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 99: 144-153.
- Zhang, P., Fu, L., Liu, H*., Huda, N. U., Zhu, X., et al. 2019. Effects of inosine 5' monophosphate supplementation in high fishmeal and high soybean diets on growth, immune-related gene expression and disease resistance in gibel carp CAS Ⅲ (Carassius auratus gibelio). Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 86: 913-921.
Selected Projects
- Small Research Grant Initiative (SRGI)-25002: Identification and characterization of trematodes, nematodes and microsporidian parasites in fish and intermediate hosts in Grenada, West Indies
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