Akhtar Ali

Akhtar Ali

Assistant ProfessorOH N106
918-631-2018
Akhtar-ali@utulsa.edu

Education and Degrees Earned

  • Ph.D., Molecular Virology, The University of Adelaide
  • M.Sc (Hons)., Plant Virology, Uni. of Agric. Peshawar
  • B.Sc (Hons)., Plant pathology, Uni. of Agric. Peshawar

Areas of Research Focus

  • Ecology and epidemiology of plant viruses
  • Quasispecies variation and genetic bottlenecks
  • Determining the causes of virus-like diseases
  • Molecular and biological characterization of viruses
  • Studies of interactions between viruses and vectors

Previous Teaching Experience

Three years at the University of Agriculture Peshawar

Previous Relevant Work Experience

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Tohoku National Agricultural Research Centre, Morioka, Japan 1999-2001

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CSIRO, Adelaide Australia, 2002-2004

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Oklahoma 2004-2007

Professional Affiliations

  • Member of American Society of Virology
  • Member of American Society of Phytopathology

Courses Taught at TU

  • Experimental techniques in molecular biology (BIOL 7303)
  • Introduction to the Biology of Viruses (BIOL 4123/6823)
  • Seminar in Organismic Evolutionary Biology (BIOL 7253)

Awards & Recognition

  • 1994-1999 ADCOS Scholarship (Open merit) from Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) to pursue PhD study at the University of Adelaide Australia
  • 1990 Bronze Medal during M.Sc (Hons) from the University of Agricultural Peshawar, Pakistan
  • 1999-2001 STA Fellowship from Japan Science and Technology Corporation

Publications


  • Ali,A. and Marilyn J. Roossinck (2008). A simple technique for separation of Cowpea chloritic mottle virus from Cucumber mosaic virus in natural mixed infections. Journal of Virological Methods 153: 163-167.

  • Melcher, U., Muthukumar, V., Wiley, G. B., Min, B. E., Palmer, M. W., Verchot-Lubicz, J., Ali, A., Nelson, R. S., Roe, A. R., Thapa, V., and Pierce, M. L.. (2008). Evidence for novel viruses by analysis of nucleic acids in virus-like particle fractions from Ambrosia psilostachya. Journal of Virological Methods 152, 49-55.

  • Ali, A and Marilyn J. Roossinck (2008). Genetic Bottlenecks. In “Plant Virus Evolution” (eds M.J. Roossinck). Springer, pp123-131.

  • Ali, A., A. Reddall, J. Roberts, L. J. Wilson and M. A. Rezaian (2007).Cytopathology, Mode of Aphid Transmission and Search for the Casual Agent of Cotton Bunchy Top Disease. Journal of Phytopathology, 155: 220–227.

  • Ali, A. and Marilyn J. Roossinck. (2007). Rapid and efficient purification of Cowpea chlorotic mottle virus by sucrose cushion ultracentrifugation. Journal of Virological Methods, 141: 84–86.

  • Roossinck, M. J. and A. Ali. (2007). Mechanisms of plant virus evolution and identification of genetic bottlenecks: impact on disease management. In “Biotechnology and Plant Disease Management”, (eds Z.K. Punja, S. DeBoer and H. Sanfacon). CAB International, pp109-124.

  • Ali, A., Hongye Li, William L. Schneider, Diana J. Sherman, Stewart Gray,Dawn Smith, and Marilyn J. Roossinck (2006) Analysis of Genetic Bottlenecks during Horizontal Transmission of Cucumber Mosaic Virus. Journal of Virology, 80: 8345–8350.

  • Reddall, A. A., Ali, A., Able, J. A., Stonor, J., Tesoriero, L. Wright, P. R., Rezaian, M. A. and Wilson, L. J. (2004). Cotton bunchy top (CBT): an aphid and graft transmitted cotton syndrom. Australian Plant Pathology, 33: 197-202.

  • Ali, A., Hassan S and Asad, A. (2002). Incidence of six viruses in spring, summer and autumn potato crop of North West Frontier Province of Pakistan Australasian Plant Pathology, 31: 143-146.

  • Ali, A and Hassan, S. (2002). Viruses infecting winter grown tomato crops in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Australian Journal of Agriculture Research, 53: 333-338.