Dr. Riaz Ahmad has been conferred upon the Scientist of the Year Award

*ALIGARH December 30:* Dr. Riaz Ahmad, Lecturer at Department of Zoology,
Aligarh Muslim University has been conferred upon the Scientist of the Year
Award-2009 by the National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi. The
award carries a Gold Medal and a Plaque as the token of appreciation for the
contributions of Dr. Riaz Ahmad in the area of Biochemical and Molecular
Genetics.

Dr. Riaz Ahmad was conferred up on this award at the XXII Annual Conference
of the National Environmental Science Academy held at the Convention Centre
of Hamdard University, New Delhi. The Academy conferred this award on him
realizing his important contribution in “asphyxia-related switch over” and
“down regulation of ATPase Activity” in several Airbreathing Organ (ABO)
possessing freshwater fishes.

Dr. Ahmad is also a recipient of prestigious Young Scientist Project of DST
and Dr. D. S. Kothari Post Doctoral Fellowship from UGC. Dr. Ahmad also has
a number of research papers to his name published in scientific journals of
national and international repute.

By Zeeshan Ahmad

*Assistant Public Relations Officer
AMU