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Dr. Abdullah Adil Ansari
Msc., PhD.
Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences
Department of Biology
Email
abdullah.ansari@uog.edu.gy
Office Number
Dean’s Office, FNS

Education

Ph. D. (2003) (Life Sciences-Zoology)-University of Madras, Chennai, India.
MSc. (1995) Life Sciences Education, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India.
BSc. (1993) Zoology, University of Madras, Chennai, India.

Biography

Prof. Abdullah Adil Ansari completed his undergraduate Studies at The New College (Madras University) in 1993 and received his M.Sc. Life Sciences Education from Regional College of Education (Utkal University) and Ph.D. degree in Life Science-Zoology from Madras University. He was a research associate for 3 years at Uttar Pradesh Land Development Corporation (World Bank Project), Lucknow in association with IRSBB, Chennai, India. He was appointed as Lecturer II (Dept. of Biology) at University of Guyana from January 2005 onwards and served for a period of three years. During this period, he took up teaching assignments in the area of Vertebrate Zoology, parasitology, animal physiology and conducted research relating to application of vermitechnology in organic solid waste management and its extension in the field. Then he moved to Nigeria in 2009 where he served as Senior Lecturer and Head of Zoology Unit in the Department Biological Sciences, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Kebbi State, Nigeria up to period of two years and then was back to Guyana as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biology, University of Guyana. He also served as HOD Biology from 2012 for a period for one year and subsequently took over as Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences (2013-15). He was promoted to full Professor (Biology) from 24th June 2015 onwards. He served as HOD Biology from August, 2019 to July, 2022. Presently, he is Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences from September 2022.

Teaching

  • BIO3219: Parasitology
  • BIO3220: Animal Physiology
  • BIO6900: Research Proposal
  • BIO6901: Research papers
  • BIO6902: Biometric worksheets
  • BIO6903: Seminars
  • BIO7000: Thesis
  • BDS6002: Research Methods
  • BDS6005/6006-MPhIl/PhD Thesis

Selected Publications

1. Sabrina Dookie, Sirpaul Jaikishun & Abdullah Adil Ansari. 2024. Stomatal dimensions of Laguncularia racemosa leaves in restored and degraded mangrove ecosystems, Botany Letters. DOI: 10.1080/23818107.2023.2301597.

2. Sabrina Dookie, Sirpaul Jaikishun & Abdullah Adil Ansari. 2024. Interactions between mangrove soil, water, and microbes in degraded, natural, and restored tropical coastline ecosystems, Biodiversity, DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2023.2301283.

3. Ruth Daniel, Joseph Sebastin Raj, Abdullah Ansari, Baskaran Maheswaran, & Vithya Dharmaraj. 2023. Evaluation of Bioactive Phytocompounds from Cecropia peltata L. against BRCA Proteins by In silico Approach. Indian J. of Natural Sciences. 14 (78): 56310-56321.

4. DANIEL R, SEBASTIN RAJ J, ANSARI A & DHARMARAJ V. 2023. ASSESSMENT OF ANTIOXIDANT, ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTIINFLAMMATORY POTENTIAL OF ETHYL ACETATE AND ETHANOLIC EXTRACTS OF Cecropia peltata L. LEAF EXTRACTS. IJBPAS. 12(6): 247-257.

5. Vijantie R.R. Awadhpersad, Lydia Ori, Abdullah Adil Ansari. 2021. Production and effect of vermiwash and vermicompost on plant growth parameters of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in Suriname. International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture. 10: 397-413.

6. Sona Huntley, Abdullah Adil Ansari. 2021. Vermicomposting evaluation of different combinations of organic waste using Perionyx excavates. International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture. 10: 287-295.

7. Rajini Kurup, Abdullah Adil Ansari and Jaipaul Singh. 2019. A review on diabetic foot challenges in Guyanese perspective. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews. 13: 905-912.

8. Abdullah Adil Ansari, Vijantie Awadhpersad and Lydia Ori. 2024. Use of vermicompost and vermiwash for the growth and production of tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.): A case study in Suriname. In: Earthworm Technology in Organic Waste Management. Recent Trends and Advances. Ku Huang et al. (eds.). Elsevier. Netherland. 7:135-162.

9. Abdullah Adil Ansari, Darshani Naraine and Sirpaul Jaikishun. 2024. Biochemical alterations of vermicompost produced from Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth) and cattle dung. In: Earthworm Technology in Organic Waste Management. Recent Trends and Advances. Ku Huang et al. (eds.). Elsevier. Netherland. 6:115-134.

10. Sirpaul Jaikishun, Abdullah Adil Ansari, Denis Maldonado, Florencia Guerra, Gomathinayagam Subramanian, Rajini Kurup, and Mohd Kafeel Ahmad Ansari. 2023. Medicinal Characterization and Phytochemical Constituents of Selected Native Plants of Guyana, South America A Review. In: Plants as Medicine and Aromatics. Pharmacognosy, Ecology and Conservation. Ansari et al. (eds). CRC Press. Taylor & Francis group. 1:1-12.

11. Abdullah Ansari, Jonathan Wrights and Sirpaul Jaikishun. 2023. Earthworms in Bioremediation of Soil Contaminated with Petroleum Hydrocarbons. In: Vermicomposting for Sustainable Food Systems in Africa. Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security. H. A. Mupambwa et al. (eds.) Springer Nature. Singapore. 20:349-368.

12. Yunita Arjune and Abdullah Adil Ansari. 2022. Effects of Vermicompost and Vermiwash on the Growth of Crops. In: In: Earthworm Engineering and Applications. Adarsh Pal Vig, Jaswinder Singh and Surindra Suthar Eds. Nova Science publishers Inc. 10: 173-181.

13. Abdullah Adil Ansari, Luwani Marion Lambey and Sirpaul Jaikishun. 2022. Compost and Vermicompost Production from Plantain Waste – A Quality Assessment. In: Earthworms and their Ecological Significance. Adarsh Pal Vig, Surendra Singh Suthar and Jaswinder Singh Eds. Nova Science publishers Inc. 5: 123-148.

14. Carlin Hanoman, Jaipaul Singh, Khemraj Rupee, Sunil Rupee, Abdullah Adil Ansari, Emanuel Cummings, and Shalini Behl. 2021. Bitter Melon in Combination with Diet Modification and Regular Exercise Can Prevent and Treat Obesity and Hypertension Cost-Effectively. P. S. Tappia et al. (eds.), Cellular and Biochemical Mechanisms of Obesity, Advances in  Biochemistry in Health and Disease 23: 389-407. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84763-0_21

Grants/fellowships/ Awards

  • Research Committee, University of Guyana, Guyana (2005-2006). Vermitechnology for solid waste management and crop productivity.
  • Research Committee, University of Guyana, Guyana (2006-2007). Vermitechnology for Organic waste management and its application in organic farming
  • World Bank Research Committee (2014-2016) University of Guyana, Guyana Mushroom culture using organic inputs (2014-2016).
  • World Bank Research Committee (2014-2016) University of Guyana Carbon Estimation in mangroves in Guyana.
  • World Bank Research Committee (2015-2017) University of Guyana. Antimicrobial potentials of Neem and Jamun seeds against microbial pathogens from diabetic foot