MOHAMMAD AJMAL ALI

Dr. Mohammad Ajmal Ali Ph.D., FEHT (born on 23-07-1977) is presently serving as Associate Professor in Department of Botany & Microbiology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he teaches Molecular Biology and Bionanotechnology since 2010. A native to India, he received his M.S. (1999) and Ph.D. (2006) degrees in Botany from TM Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India, and conducted postdoctoral work at Korea Research Institute of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Daejeon, South Korea. Ali's research program encompasses next generation sequencing, computational chemistry, bioprospecting and bionanotechnology, and have authored/co-authored eight books and over 165 research articles in more than 46 journals of international repute, to mention a few are Nature, Life Science, Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Electroanalysis, Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, Journal of King Saud University – Science, International Journal of Electrochemical Science, RSC Advances, Colloids and Surfaces, Analytical Methods, Sensors and Actuators, Analyst, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, Electrochimica Acta, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Ionics, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Biomolecules, Plants, Microchemical Journal, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, New Journal of Chemistry, Microchimica Acta. In 2021, Ali’s has 1436 Citation, h-index 22 at Thomson Reuters, and Research Gate score 39.9. Ali has 14 years of teaching and 18 years of research experience from TMBU to KSU. Ali have supervised 6 PhD students, organized 5 workshops and served as the Principal Investigator of major research projects funded by RG- DSR-KSU, KACST. Ali is an elected fellow of East Himalayan Society for Sparmatophyte Taxonomy (EHSST), life member of the International Society of Plant Morphologist, Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy, East Himalayan Society for Spermatophyte Taxonomy, Indian Botanical Society, Indian Science Congress Association, American Society of Plant Taxonomists. Ali is a verified peer reviewer at Publons, have reviewed research paper for more than 44 reputed journals, and served as assistant editor of Genetics and Molecular Research, Pleione, Egyptian Journal of Horticulture. Ali have visited North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, University of North Bengal, Siliguri, ICAR-RCER Patna as a visiting scholar. Ali was honored as chief speaker in KRIBBian International Researcher Day held at KRIBB in 2009, Keynote speaker in International Conference on Environmental Protection and Bionanotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan in 2019, Invited lecture in St. Joseph College, Darjeeling, KKM College Pakur in 2015, and National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow in 2003, and International resource person in the workshop at Delhi University in 2009.