Huma Balouch Email & Phone Number

• Highly self-motivated Programme specialist with 14 experience in designing, implementing and coordinating strategies and activities related to capacity-building in areas at the intersection of science, engineering and industry.• Multidisciplinary Researcher with demonstrated research expertise, working with latest biotechnological methods and approaches for studying a variety of organisms and model systems ranging from phytoplankton, invertebrates (Lady bird) to mammals (Bear). • Experimental techniques: DNA and RNA sequencing (PCR-Based), next generation sequencing, Metagenomics, cell culture, microscopy, extraction and storage of biomolecules, Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS), taxidermy• Rich experience in modeling and bioinformatics for sequence, structural and functional analysis, statistical data analysis

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  Deputy Director

  Commission On Science And Technology For Sustainable Development In The South (Comsats)

  Dec 2009 - Present - Islamabad, Pakistan

  Maintained close contacts with international donor/development agencies such as UNESCO, UNIDO, UNESCAP, UNOSSC, TWAS, IAP, ICESCO, ICGEB, South Centre, IsDB, IOFS etc. as well as government departments, ministries, embassies, universities and R&D organizations. Initiated and executed joint scientific and technical cooperation programmes in areas of Climate Change and S&T-based socioeconomic development. Have organized more than 50 capacity building events such as conferences/workshops/seminars/statutory bodies meetings in more than 15 countries. During my career, I have traveled extensively, including Australia, Colombia, Gambia, Italy, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Sudan, Turkey, and UAE, during which I have availed the opportunities of interacting with my peers and gained significant exposure of issues and challenges facing the developing countries.

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  Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

  Biotechnology