Information
Membership Number: FCA1109
Membership Type: Full Fellowship
Division: Natural Sciences (Related: Engineering and Applied Sciences & Biological Sciences)
Corresponding Email: ******rnasim@gmail.com
Homepage(s): https://twas.org/directory/nasim-anwar
Present and Previous Positions
President of Pakistan Academy of Sciences from 2015-2017
Fields of Scholarship and Research Interests
PhD in Biochemical Genetics, the University of Edinburgh
Molecular genetics; mechanisms of DNA repair; environmental mutagenesis
Honors, Awards and Other Membership
Chairman, Committee on Environmental Mutagenesis, Genetics Society of Canada, 1976–1977.
Member of Teaching Faculty of the UNESCO Regional Training Course on Gene cloning held in Singapore, 1983.
Chairman, Committee on Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Genetic Society of Canada, 1983–1984.
Elected Fellow of Third World Academy of Sciences, 1987.
Elected Foreign Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 1988.
Elected Fellow of Islamic Academy of Sciences, 1998.
Elected Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Medical Sciences, 2000.
International Coordinator and Member of the Executive Committee for the XVI International Congress of Genetics, Toronto, 1988.
Consultant and Member of International Advisory Committee for National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad (1993 - To Date).
Honorary Professor in H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan. (1993)
Overseas Pakistani's Institute (OPI) award for outstanding services for the cause of science in Pakistan. (1995).
Civil Award "Pride of Performance" in Molecular Genetics (1995) (by the President of Pakistan)
Civil Award "Sitara-e-Imtiaz" in Molecular Genetics 1999.
Chairman National Commission on Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan . (2001-To Date)
Chairman Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Chapter in Pakistan (July 2002)
Elected General Secretary Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) (Jan 2012)
Elected President of Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) (Jan 2015)
Patron Broader Middle East and North Africa Association of Young Scientists (BAYS) Since 2009.
Selected Publications
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