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Dr. Akbar S. Khan

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Akbar S. Khan

8911 Grass Valley Court
Springfield, Virginia 22153

pappuk15@gmail.com

Objective:

To find a fulfilling career that makes the best use of my skills.

Experience

Akbar S. Khan, M.Phil; Ph.D

Senior Microbiologist & Program Director (Acq Level III and COR certified),(GS-15)

CB Basic and Supporting Science Program, Joint Science and Technology Office

Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

 

Dr. Akbar S. Khan received his Ph.D. in Chemistry & Biochemistry from the University of Oklahoma at Norman in 1989 where he studied DNA version of tRNA under able supervision of Prof. Bruce A. Roe published in Science 1988. Dr. Khan was a NIH’s post-doctoral trainee for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program at The University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Khan collaborated with Dr. Craig Venter and initiated the genomics work on  human genes called EST (Expressed Sequence Tags) and STS (Sequence Tag Sites) from human brain and published the findings in Nature Genetics in 1992. He led a team of national and international scientists to finish the mapping and sequencing of chromosome 22 which is the first chromosome mapped and sequenced by the public consortium. The sequence and analysis results were published as the cover stories in Nature in December 1999 and 2001. His areas of research interest are cancer genetics, functional genomics and bioinformatics, biosensors, and emerging biothreats and developing drugs for infectious disease agents.  He is part of a group in initiating a genomics and bioinformatics, biothreat and bioagent fate programs at the US Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) located in Edgewood, Maryland.

Dr. Khan is an Acquisition Corp certified level III and COR certified program Director for Basic and Supporting Science Program at Defense Threat Reduction Agency located at Fort Belvoir in Alexandria. In 2007, Dr. Khan received Director’s Annual Team Award 2006, 2009 and 2011 from DTRA Directors for performance excellence in Science Advisory and Program Management.  

Dr. Khan organized and co-chaired the first ever NATO advanced research workshop on “Emerging Biological Threat” in 2003 in Budapest, Hungary and serves as a reviewer for American Cancer Society, Biotechniques, Genome Research and the Journal of Applied Toxicology.  Dr. Akbar S. Khan joined Edgewood Chemical Biological Center in December 1999, from United States of America Research Institute on Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) where he was a part of a team instrumental in desiging recombinant vaccines against various infectious microbial agents. Dr. Khan also managed Masint programs for Air Force from 1999-2004 where he with collaborators at University of Washington, Seattle and Seattle Sensor System developed a miniaturized surface-plasmon based biosensor to detect and identify biological warfare agents. Dr. Khan with a team of investigators designed and developed 50 Taqman PCR assays to detect first 10 high priority biothreat agents for intelligence agencies. His awards and recognition include DTRA Director’s Annual Team Award for excellence in Science Advisory and Program Management in 2006, 2009 and 2011, Department of Army’s Research & Development Achievement Award for technical excellence in 2002,  silver medal for young scientist of the year in 2001 from the Baltimore Federal Executive Board in Federal Career, Bronze Medal for Scientific Excellence from 22nd Army Science Conference in 2000.  Dr. Khan also received excellence in teaching and research awards from University of Oklahoma in 1987. At Aligarh University in India, Dr. Khan received gold medals for standing first in B.Sc. (Hons) and M.Sc. in 1977 and 1979. Dr. Khan serves as adjunct Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Maryland, in Baltimore, was adjunct Professor of Biology and Chemistry at University of Oklahoma at Norman, was adjunct Associate Professor at The University of Colorado School of Medicine, consulted with Pyrosequencing, Millinium Pharmaceuticals, Curagen and Molecular Dynamics, Amersham and Mitre Corporation.

Dr. Khan served as a loaned executive from Defense Threat Reduction Agency at Office of Secretary of Defense from 2006-2008.  His responsibilities included to provide leadership and management skills to DOD and DOD overseas Combined Federal Campaigns. The combined DOD campaigns generate over 27 million dollars annually for OPM approved & sponsored charities and are the only authorized charitable solicitations within the DOD. In 2006 & 2008, Dr. Khan worked with army accounts and was instrumental in raising a record amount of $M15.6 & $M15.8 from DOD federal workers. For his service in 2006 & 2007, he won a prestigious “THE MORELAND LOANED EXECUTIVE AWARD” for performance excellence in this assignment from Deputy Secretary of Defense, Mr. Gordon England and Loaned Executive Excellence award from Office of Secretary of Defense from Washington Headquarter Services Director, Ms. Jane Thompson.   

He also served as an advisor on Defense Science Board 2000. Dr. Khan is a National Research Council post-doctoral fellow mentor. He is the author of more than 100 peer reviewed scientific journal articles and 25 technical reports, co-editor of two books and book articles, six patents and has given more than 100 presentations to national & international scientific professional groups.

 

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