Fellow
Nasim Anwar
Retired
Current nationality
Canada
Current country of residence
Canada
Biodata
Nasim was president of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences. He obtained his PhD (biochemical genetics, 1966) at the University of Edinburgh. He was science advisor to the COMSTECH Secretariat; chairman, National Commission on Biotechnology (NCB), Pakistan; and founding president of Federation of Asian Biotech Associations (FABA). His previous positions include senior research officer at the National Research Council of Canada and principal scientist of the Molecular Genetics Group at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia. His awards include: Pride of Performance in Molecular Genetics, President of Pakistan, and Sitara-e-Imtiaz in Molecular Genetics, Pakistan. He is also fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences and Islamic Academy of Science.Nasim
Sustainable Development Goals
Keywords
Molecular genetics; mechanisms of DNA repair; environmental mutagenesis.
ELECTED
1987
DATE OF BIRTH
7
December
1935
Section
02. Biological Sciences
TWAS Awards
TWAS Medal lecture (2007)
Country where living and working for the majority of the last 10 years
Pakistan
Public contact information
EMAIL
dranwarnasim@gmail.com
Last updated on 12/07/2023