People

Alumni

The people who helped build the research and carried its methods forward.

Our community

Beyond the Fly Room

The lab’s alumni now work across research institutions and other organizations in Pakistan and abroad.

Selected alumni are listed below with the affiliations currently recorded by the lab. This list will continue to grow. Alumni who completed multiple degrees appear in each relevant section.

Selected alumni

Postdoctoral researchers

Postdoc

Saima Anwar

UET, Lahore

In lab: 2009–2013

Postdoc

Shazia Rafiq

CEMB, PU

In lab: 2011–2013

Postdoc

Maria Zahid

Hannover, Germany

In lab: 2013–2016

Postdoc

Waseem Abbas

NIBGE, Faisalabad

In lab: 2015–2016

Postdoc

Muhammad Farooq

NIAB, Faisalabad

In lab: 2015–2016

PhD graduates

PhD

Najma Shaheen

Postdoctoral Fellow at NIH

Years: 2015–2022

MS · PhD

Ammad Shaukat

Postdoctoral Scientist at NIH, USA

Years: 2014–2022

BS · MS · PhD

Zain Umer

Years: 2008–2021

PhD

Jawad Akhtar

Postdoctoral Fellow at NIH

Years: 2014–2020

PhD

Muhammad Haider Farooq Khan

Remote Support Manager at Formulatrix

Years: 2014–2020

MS alumni

MS

Ayesha Waqar

Business Development Manager, Bedding King, Australia

Years: 2025–2026

MS

Muhammad Yahya

Research Associate at Plant Genetics and Epigenetics Lab, SSE, LUMS

Years: 2025–2026

MS

Hafsa Tauqir

Senior Project Manager at Science Fuse

Years: 2023–2025

MS

Syeda Pakeeza Fatima

Years: 2023–2025

MS

Mujtaba Ahmed

Jr. Business Analyst at Soliton Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd.

Years: 2022–2024

MS

Rabbia Ahsan

Graduate Student at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Years: 2022–2024

MS

Simal Hassan Khan

PhD Student at Heriot-Watt University

Years: 2022–2024

MS

Abdus Samad

Doctoral Candidate at McGill University

Years: 2021–2023

MS · PhD

Ammad Shaukat

Postdoctoral Scientist at NIH, USA

Years: 2014–2022

MS

Aaminah Sarwar

Class of 2021

BS · MS · PhD

Zain Umer

Years: 2008–2021

MS

Muhammad Ahmad

PhD at Harvard University, Genentech

Class of 2020

MS

Rida Khalil

Class of 2020

MS

Ayesha Sarfaraz

PhD student at Max Planck Institute of Immunology

Years: 2018–2020

MS

Manaal Fatima

Class of 2019

MS

Muhammad Aslam

Class of 2019

MS

Aatiqa Nawaz

Class of 2018

MS

Kamran Tariq

Class of 2018

MS

Hina Ahmad

Class of 2017

MS

Safia Niaz

Class of 2017

MS

Komal Yasmin Malik

PhD student at Oxford University

Years: 2014–2015

MS

Azqa Ajmal Khan

Class of 2014

MS

Fahad Rafiq

Class of 2014

MS

Sehar Noor

Class of 2014

MS

Zainab Riaz

Class of 2014

BS alumni

BS

Khadija Badar

Years: 2021–2025

BS

Mahnoor Sakina Naqvi

Sr. Executive HR Business Partner at Fauji Foods

Years: 2021–2025

BS

Muneeza Hassan

Associate Business Analyst at CureMD

Years: 2021–2025

BS

Sadaf Yasmeen

Class of 2023

BS

Daim Shiraz

Class of 2022

BS

Hania Danish

Class of 2022

BS

Abdullah Jauhar

Graduate Student at Caltech

Years: 2019–2022

BS

Rafay Ali Khan

Class of 2021

BS

Verda Batool

Class of 2021

BS

Ramla Khan

RA - Paediatrics at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi

Years: 2020–2021

BS · MS · PhD

Zain Umer

Years: 2008–2021

BS

Aaminah Sarwar

Class of 2020

BS

Ghalia Saad Siddiqui

PhD student at Dartmouth College

Years: 2016–2020

BS

Namrah Azhar

Class of 2019

BS

Shafaq Sarfraz

Class of 2019

BS

Zahra Saad Siddiqui

PhD student at Dartmouth College

Years: 2015–2019

BS

Guzel Khurram Naik

Class of 2018

BS

Muhammad Taha

Class of 2018

BS

Zoha Idrees

Class of 2018

BS

Faraz Ahmad Butt

PhD student at Duke University

Years: 2014–2018

BS

Leena Abdullah

PhD student at Dartmouth College

Years: 2014–2018

BS

Taha Hussain

PhD student at Dartmouth College

Years: 2014–2018

BS

Maria Ahmad

Class of 2017

BS

Shahzareh Amir

Class of 2017

BS

Ali Komail

Class of 2016

BS

Romesa Asif Khan

PhD student at University of Toronto

Years: 2012–2016

BS

Fatima Shahid

Class of 2015

BS

Muhammad Abdul Haseeb

Class of 2015

BS

Muhammad Ahmad

Class of 2015

BS

Muhammad Hasham Khalid

Class of 2015

BS

Munira Salim Morani

Class of 2015

BS

Norin Yasin Chaudhary

Class of 2015

BS

Syed Aun Murtaza Zaidi

Class of 2015

BS

Ansa Asif

Class of 2014

BS

Hassan Rabbani

Class of 2014

BS

Hina Shahid

Class of 2014

BS

Hira Shahid

Class of 2014

BS

Momina Ahsam

Class of 2014

BS

Sana Rahim

Class of 2014

BS

Eraj Shafiq Khokar

Class of 2013

BS

Mairah Talat Khan

Class of 2013

BS

Shafqat Rasool

Class of 2013

BS

Hajira Ahmed Hotiana

Class of 2012

BS

Mahek Majid

Class of 2012

BS

Namra Asi

Class of 2012

BS

Quratulain Ashraf

Class of 2012

BS

Syeda Nayab Fatima Abidi

Class of 2012