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Prof. Shazi Shakil

Professor
King Fahd Medical Research Center, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
 

Brief Biography:


Dr. Shazi Shakil's profile has a global rank #1 in 'Protein ligand docking' on GOOGLE SCHOLAR, available at the link:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&hl=en&mauthors=label:protein_ligand_docking

with a total number of scientific citations as 4149 (as noted on 10 May 2022). Total number of publications authored by Dr. Shazi is over 100. He has an h-index of 29 and i10 index of 61 and has worked on many big and small projects. His designation is ‘Professor’ at King Abdulaziz University, KSA. Dr. Shazi Shakil's research thrust encompasses: Enzoinformatics (Bioinformatics) and Microbiology. Core thrust area is Protein Ligand Docking. He obtained his PhD in Biotechnology from AMU (India) along with the “Most Active Researcher Award”. He has previously served at KFMRC, KAU, KSA and Integral University, India as Assistant Prof and Assoc Prof. His name appeared in Marquis Who’s Who in the World, (31st Edition). He is editor in International indexed journals. He has guided dissertations of 1 Phd, 4 Masters and 12 Graduate students to completion. He is UGC-CSIR-NET, DBT-JRF, GATE (TWICE) qualified (98.3 percentile). He is a recipient of awards from various bodies like AFMI (USA), Bharat Vikas Parishad and CEPECAMI, India. Research thrust is on computational enzyme-ligand interaction-studies (human neuroenzymes, bacterial drug resistance enzymes etc). He has coined the term ‘Enzoinformatics’.

Link to his google scholar profile is: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gURcbbgAAAAJ&hl=en

 

Academic positions:


10 May 2022-present:- PROFESSOR (Full), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

10 May 2017-9 May 2022:-Associate Professor, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 3 March 2015-9 May 2017:-Assistant Professor, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 23 July 2012-19 Jan 2015:- Assistant Professor (Biotechnology, Microbiology & Bioinformatics)@Integral University, Lucknow, INDIA. 7 March 2011-22 July 2012:- Assistant Professor @King Fahd Medical Research Center (KFMRC), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 2009-Dec 2010:- SRF, Department of Biotech, Govt. of INDIA 2006-2009:-JRF,  Department of Biotech, Govt. of INDIA.

 

Research interests:


BROAD: [1] BIOINFORMATICS [2] MICROBIOLOGY 

SPECIFIC: PROTEIN LIGAND DOCKING, ENZOINFORMATICS, CTX-M-producing Gram negative bacteria, Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, Virtual Screening, Drug Design.

 

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