Dr. Javed Ahamad
Assistant Professor
Tishk International University
Dr. Javed Ahamad serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacognosy at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Tishk International University, Erbil in Iraq. He earned his Doctorate in Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry from the School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. His expertise lies in the fields of Natural products and Ethnomedicine.
Following his PhD, he joined Mettu University in Ethiopia as an Assistant Professor. With over 13 years of experience spanning academia and industry, he has also served as a Junior Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow. Dr. Ahamad has published more than 105 peer-reviewed articles in internationally reputed journals and holds an h-index of 23, with over 2,000 citations to his work.
He is the author or editor of five books, including Bioactive Phytochemicals: Drug Discovery to Product Development (Bentham Science, 2021), Analysis of Food Spices: Identification and Authentication (CRC Press, 2023), Bioactive Compounds of Edible Oils and Fats (CRC Press, 2024), Bioactive Compounds of Edible Fruits and Berries (CRC Press, 2025), and Bioactive Cucurbitacins (CRC Press, 2026). In addition, he has contributed 75 book chapters to edited volumes and book series.
Dr. Ahamad serves as a reviewer for numerous peer-reviewed journals of international repute. His research interests lie in the quality control, isolation and characterisation of potential drug candidates derived from food products, traditional medicinal plants, fruits
and berries.
