His research areas are focused on One Health, Public Health Microbiology by understanding the molecular and immunological basis of public health infectious diseases at human-animal interface such as Salmonella, Campylobacter, nosocomial infections, HBV, HCV and developing different animal disease models for therapeutics. He is coordinator of quality control in biologics, biosafety courses and leading BSL3 lab. He is in-charge of One Health lab at USAID Food Security Center/D-8 Center of UAF. He completed collaborative trainings with US NAS and HSP to implement biosafety program (IPC) at national level and prepared national guidelines (2023 project) for high-risk pathogens at the human-animal-environment interface. He is working as Associate Editor of Pakistan Veterinary Journal, Guest Editor of Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (One Health and viral zoonosis issue) and Biomedicines (Cell Death and Inflammation in Liver Diseases). He is PI of 11 and Co-PI of 06 research national/international projects, and published 84 articles (IF>240, H-index =20), 16 book/book chapters. Based on his research and teaching achievements, he was awarded Gold Medal in Biological Sciences by the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) in 2021. He is working on curriculum, skill development, policy and advocacy of One Health approach in preventing global pandemics and endemic diseases especially zoonotic & nutritional diseases.

Together, we aimed at promoting UAF research, innovation, entrepreneurship, outreach, technology transfer and commercialization to serve the communities, agriculture and rural development. Internationalization, public-private partnerships, coordination with ministries and global agencies for projects and policy development are mandated by ORIC. Specific mission is to attain UN SDGs commitments especially Zero Hunger, Food Security, Good Health and Well-being, Gender Mainstreaming and Climate Change.