Dr. Syed Basit Rasheed
  • Assistant Professor

Dr. Syed Basit Rasheed

Ph.D , The University of Sheffield, UK (2012) in Medical/Molecular Entomology
Research Interest:  I am an entomologist working on insect taxonomy, ecology and population genetics. I am specially interested in insects of medical importance like mosquitoes, sand flies and ticks which can spread diseases like Malaria, Dengue, Chickangunya, leishmaniasis and Congo Cremian Haemorrhagic Fever. Along with medically important insects I also work on the taxonomy of ants; the least explored group of insects in Pakistan.
Telephone: +92919216754
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I did my MSc from Department of Zoology in 2004-06 and was trained in working on mosquitoes; an important group of insects responsible of millions of deaths world wide because of it acting as a vector of deadly diseases like Malaria, Dengue, Chikangunya and Encephalitis. My PhD work was on the distribution and ecology of Dengue mosquito Aedes aegypt in Pakistan. After completing my PhD in 2012 I joined Department of Zoology as an Assistant Professor and since then I am training the new generation of this area in understanding Zoology and becoming a good researcher in this field of Science.

Currently my BS, MSc, MPhil and PhD students are working on diverse research topics related to mosquitoes, sand flies and ants. A PhD scholar of mine is currently working on Leishmaniasis vector and reservoir in Khyber Agency of FATA to understand the transmission of this disease in the affected area. The project is funded by HEC Pakistan. Incriminating the vectors of Malaria, Leishmania and Dengue will help us in understanding the transmission of these diseases in the endemic areas. Understanding the habitats of these medically important insects will help us in devising control strategy  for stopping transmission of vector borne diseases in endemic area. Along with medically important insects I also work on the taxonomy of ants in Pakistan, which todate is the least explored group in the country. I also work on topics related to wild life and currently working on the diversity of bats in northern Pakistan. I want to work on the population genetic structure of Markhor in Pakistan and will welcome any student and collobration on this topic.

I welcome students from across Pakistan who are interested in working on the taxonomy and ecology of mosquitoes, sand flies, ticks and ants.

 

EDUCATION

2015-2016                    National Centre of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan.

                                      Post Graduate Diploma in GIS & RS

2009 - 2012                  Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield. UK

                                      Ph.D. Medical/Molecular Entomology.

2004 – 2006                  Department of Zoology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan.

                                      M.Sc. Zoology (Specialization in Medical Entomology)

2002 – 2004                  Islamia College, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan.

                                      B.Sc. Biological Sciences

2000 – 2002                  F.G. Sirsyed College, The Mall, Rawalpindi Cantt. Pakistan.

                                      F.Sc. (Pre-Medical)

 

JOB EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology. University of Peshawar. KP. Pakistan. (20/04/2012 to date)

Lecturer, Department of Zoology. Islamia College University. Peshawar. KP. Pakistan. (1/12/2007 to 31/12/2008)

 

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Ali, M., Atif, S., Ejaz Hussain and Rasheed S.B. (2017). Modelling Aedes albopictus distribution in a socially and spatially diverse urban environment. Urban Ecology. (Submitted).
  2. Zaidi F, Fatima, S.H., Jan, T., Fatima, M., Ali, A., Khisroon, M., Adnan, M. and Rasheed, S.B. (2017). Environmental risk modeling and potential sandfly vectors of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Chitral District: A leishmanianal focal point of mount Trichmir, Pakistan. Tropical Medicine & International Health. DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12916.
  3. Hasanat, A., Sial, N., Shahzad, M.I., Rasheed, S.B. and Hasan, Z. (2017). Prevelance of Fasciola  Cercariae in Snail (Intermediate Host) and its correlation with various metrological factors in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Sudan Journal of Veterinary Research. 32: 11-15.
  4. Hasanat, A., Sial, N., Shahzad, M.I., Rasheed, S.B. and Hasan, Z. (2017). Comparative susceptibility of buffaloes and cattle to Fasciola Spp. infection in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Sudan Journal of Veterinary Research. 32: 17-20.
  5. Gloria-Soria, A., Ayala, D., Bheecarry, A., Calderon-Arguedas, O., Chadee, D.D., Chaippero, M., Coetzee, M., Elahee, K.B., Fernandez-Salas, I., Kamal, H. A., Kamagang, B., Khater, E.I.M., Karmer, L.D., Karmer, V., Lopez-Solis, A., Lutomiah, J., Maritns Jr, A., Victoria, M., PPaupy, C., Ponlawat, A., Rohala, N., Rasheed, S.B., Richardson, J.B., Saleh, A.A., Sanchez-Casas, R.M., Seixas, G., Sousa, C.A., Tabachnick, W.J.,  Troyo, A. and Powell, J.F. (2016). Global genetic diversity of Aedes aegypti. Molecular Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/mec.13866
  6. Fatima, S.H., Atif, S., Rasheed, S.B., Zaidi, F. and Hussain, E. (2016) Species distribution modelling of Aedes aegypti in two dengue-endemic regions of Pakistan. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 21(3): 427-36. Doi: 10.1111/tmi.12664.
  7. Ali, N., Ullah, A., Wahid, S., Khisroon, M and Rasheed, S.B. (2016) Distribution, species composition and relative abundance of sand flies in North Waziristan Agency, Pakistan. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 30(1):89-94. Doi: 10.1111/mve.12141.
  8. Khan, K., Wahid, S., Khan, N.H., Zaidi, F., Rasheed, S.B. and Ali, N. (2015) Numerical taxonomic analysis of sandflies (Diptera; Psychodidiae) from Dir Districts, KP, Pakistan. Journal of Science and Technology University of Peshawar. 39(1): 13-22.
  9. Wesolowski, A., Qureshi, T., Boni, M.F., Sundsoy, P.R., Johansson, M.A. Rasheed, S.B., Engo-Monsen, K. and Buckee, C.O. (2015) Impact of human mobility on the emergence of dengue epidemics in Pakistan. PNAS. 112(38): 11887-92. Doi: 10.1073/pnas.1504964112.
  10. Hasan, Z., Ullah, S., Rasheed, S.B., Kakar, A. and Ali, N. (2015). Ichthyofaunal diversity of river Panjkora, District Dir Lower, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. 25(3): 550-63.
  11. Khisroon, M., Gul, A., Khan, A., Ali, N., Zaidi, F., Rasheed, S.B., Ahmadullah and Akbar, H. (2015). Comet assay based DNA evaluation of fuel filling stations and automobile workshops workers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 10(27), 1-6.
  12. Khisroon, M., Khan, A., Naseem, M., Ali, N., Khan, S and Rasheed, S.B. (2015). Evaluation of DNA damage in lymphocytes of radiology personnel by comet assay. Journal of Occupational Health 57 (3), 268-74.
  13. Ali, M.A., Rasheed, S.B., Hassan, Z., Ibrar, M., Majeed A., Ulhaq, Z., Jan, H., Jan, Y., Hasanat, A., Qureshi, M.S. and Khan, H. (2015) Efficacy of synthetic hormones Ovatide and Ovaprim in induced breeding of major Indian and Chinese carp. Journal of Agriculture Technology. 11(7): 1449-1456.
  14. Ullah, S., Javed, M.W., Rasheed, S.B., Jamal, Q., Aziz, F. and Ullah, S. (2014). Assessment of groundwater quality of District Dir Lower, Pakistan. International Journal of Biosciences. 4(8): 248-255.
  15. Rasheed, S.B., Butlin, R.K. and Boots, M. (2013). A review of dengue as an emerging disease in Pakistan. Public Health. 127 (1), 11-17.
  16. Rasheed, S.B., Boots, M., Frantz, A.C. and Butlin, R.K. (2013). Population structure of the mosquito Aedes aegypti (Stegomyia aegypti) in Pakistan. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 27 (4), 430-440.
  17. Ali, N. and Rasheed, S.B. (2008). A gynandromorph of Culex pipens quinquifaciatus from Pakistan. Pakistan Entomologists 30(1): 1-3.
  18. Ali, N. and Rasheed, S.B. (2009). Determination of species composition of mosquitoes found in Palosai Khuwar stream, Peshawar. Pakistan Entomologists 31(1): 47-51.