Thursday, 1 March 2012

Muhammad N. Yousaf

Muhammad N. Yousaf
Biography:

Muhammad N. Yousaf was born in Pakistan and moved to Toronto Canada with his family at an early age. He did all his formal education in Toronto and studied inorganic chemistry at York University in Toronto as an undergraduate with Prof. Dennis Stynes. He then moved to the US and pursued his PhD studies in surface chemistry and material science at the University of Chicago with Milan Mrksich followed by a cell biology postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University with Marc Kirschner.

Dr. Yousaf has recently returned to his hometown of Toronto and his alma mater and is currently a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biology at York University (2011). He previously was on the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) (2005-2011). His research interests are in interfacing organic, bioanalytical, bioengineering and cell biology research to study fundamental cell behavior and to develop new biomaterials and tools for regenerative medicine applications.

As a PI since 2005, he has published more than 60 original papers, given over 100 seminars at universities and conferences including plenary and named lectureships and has been elected to serve on 5 journal advisory and editorial boards. He is the founding Editor in Chief of the journal Bio-orthogonal chemistry (launch 2012) and Editor in Chief for the American Journal of Molecular and Cellular Biology. His research has been highlighted multiple times in Nature, Science and Chemical and Engineering News and several print and online media circulars. Dr. Yousaf has received several national USA awards including, a Damon Runyon Fellowship, Burroughs Wellcome Interface Career Award and an NSF CAREER award. Dr. Yousaf is very proud of his highschool, undergraduate and graduate students who have also received numerous national awards including, Barry Goldwater Award, Churchill Scholar (Cambridge), NSF Predoctoral Fellowship, Westinghouse Awards and a Nobel Laureate Lindau Meeting award.

Muhammad N. Yousaf

Department of Chemistry E-mail: mnyousaf@yorku.ca

Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions

York University Telephone: (416) 736-2100 ext-77712

Toronto, ON, Canada

M3J 1P3 Cell: (647) 972-2745

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

NAME

Muhammad Naveed Yousaf

POSITION TITLE

Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Biology, York University, Toronto, Canada

EDUCATION/TRAINING

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE

(if applicable)

YEAR(s)

FIELD OF STUDY

Harvard University, Boston, MA

2001-04

Postdoc (Cell Biology)

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Ph.D.

2001

Chemistry/Materials

University of Massachusetts

M.S.

1996

Chemistry

York University, Toronto, Canada

B.Sc. (Hon)

1994

Chemistry/Biology

1. Personal. Married with two children

Research Interests: Surface Chemistry, Nanoscience, Biomaterials, Chemical Biology, Cell Biology.

2. Education

2004 Postdoctoral Fellow; Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA (Advisor: Marc W. Kirschner)

2001 Ph.D. in Chemistry; University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Advisor: Prof. Milan Mrksich)

1996 M.S. in Chemistry; University of Massachusetts, MA

1994 B.Sc (Hon); York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

3. Professional Experience

2011 - present Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, Canada

2005 - 2011 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Carolina Center for Genome Science, Lineberger

Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

2003 - 2004 Instructor, Institute of Chemistry and Cell Biology, Harvard University, Boston, MA.

2001 - 2003 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard University, Boston, MA.

4. Honors and Memberships:

2012 Editor in Chief for American Journal of Molecular and Cellular Biology

2011 Chemical and Engineering News Highlight - C&E News 2011, 49, 36.

2011 Guest Editor International Journal of Analytical Chemistry (Biomaterials)

2011 Editor in Chief, Bio-orthogonal Chemistry Journal (Springer) - Launch in 2012

2011 Chemical and Engineering News Highlight – C&E News 2011, 29, 27.

2011 Science Magazine Highlight – Editors Choice – Science 332, 1011 (2011)

2011 J.Am.Chem. Soc. SELECTS (special issue on biosurfaces/biomaterials) issue #11 (02/11)

2011 Marcus Lecture - Washington Univ. St. Louis

2010 Editor for Journal of Biointerphases

2010 Editor for Methods in Molecular Biology: Volume series on Cell Mobility

2010 Editorial Board for Journal of Biochips and Tissue Chips

2010 Editorial Board for Journal of Biotechnology and Biomaterials

2010 ChemComm Emerging Investigator

2010 Sigma Xi

2010 National Cancer Institute (nanocancer center) Young Faculty Highlight

2009 National Science Foundation CAREER Award ($600,000)

2008 Molecular Biosystems Emerging Investigator

2008 Young Academic Investigators Symposium Speaker, ACS Meeting, New Orleans

2005 Burroughs-Wellcome Faculty Focus Highlight

2005 HHMI-Burroughs Wellcome New Faculty Lab Management

2003 Keck-National Academy of Science Futures Initiative

2004-2009 Burroughs-Wellcome Interface Career Award ($600,000)

2001-2004 Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Postdoctoral Fellowship ($150,000)

2003 News of the Week, Chemical and Engineering News 2003, 81, 11

2001 News of the Week, Chemical and Engineering News 2001, 79, 13

2001 Nature News Wire March 27, 2001.

2000 News of the Week, Science 2000, 1477

1999 Chemical and Engineering News Highlight 1999, 77, 11

1995-1996 John Masteracola Memorial Award for Excellence in Graduate Research

5. Publications (* denotes independent publications as a Faculty since 2005)

a) Published, In press Refereed Papers

*59 Cell Surface Engineering via Liposome Fusion. D. Dutta, A. Pulsipher, W. Luo, M.N. Yousaf*. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 2011, 22, 2423-2433.

Highlighted in C&E News 2011, 49, 36.

*58 Biomolecular modification of carbon nanotubes for studies of cell adhesion and migration. W. Luo, M.N. Yousaf. Nanotechnology. 2011. In press. (Cover Article) (Special Issue on Bioengineering Nanotechnology)

*57 Tissue Morphing Control on Dynamic Gradient Surfaces. W. Luo, M.N. Yousaf*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 10780-10783.

Highlighted in C&E News 2011, 29, 27.

*56. A Redox Switchable Surface for Controlling Peptide Structure. B. M. Lamb, M.N. Yousaf*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8870-8873.

*55. Synthetic Chemoselective Rewiring of Cell Surfaces: Generation of Three-Dimensional Tissue Structures. D. Dutta, A. Pulsipher, W. Luo, M. N. Yousaf*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8704-8713.

Highlighted in Science 2011, 332, 1011-1012.

*54. A Renewable, Chemoselective, and Quantitative Ligand Density Spot Microarray for the Study of High-Throughput Biospecific Interactions. A. Pulsipher and M.N. Yousaf*. Chem. Comm. 2011. (Special Issue on Emerging Investigators) 47, 523-525

*53. Developing A Self-Assembled Monolayer Microarray to Study Stem Cell Differentiation. W. Luo, M.N. Yousaf*, J. Coll. Int. Sci. 2011. 360, 325-330. (Cover Article)

*52. One-Step Syntheses of Photocurable Polyesters Based on a Renewable Resource. D. Barrett, T. Merkel, C. Luft, M.N. Yousaf*. Macromolecules. 2010, 43 ,9660–9667

*51. Thermosets Synthesized by Thermal Polyesterification for Tissue Engineering Applications. D.G. Barrett, M.N. Yousaf*. Soft Matter (Special Issue on Tissue Engineering) 2010, 6, 5026 – 5036.

*50. Microfluidics for Molecular Interaction Assays on Surfaces. B.M. Lamb and M.N. Yousaf*. Methods in Molecular Biology (Chemical Genomics and Proteomics). Book Chapter. Editor. E. Zanders. 2010. in press.

*49. Fabrication of Dynamic Self-Assembled Monolayers for Cell Migration and Adhesion Studies. N. P. Westcott and M.N. Yousaf*. Methods in Molecular Biology (Bioconjugation Protocols). Book Chapter. Editor. S. Mark. 2010. in press.

*48. Self-Assembled Monolayers as Dynamic Model Substrates for Cell Biology. Pulsipher, M. N. Yousaf. * Advances in Polymer Sciences (Bioactive Surfaces). Book Chapter. Editors. Borner, Lutz. 2010. 1-32, DOI: 10.1007/12_2010_87

*47. Microfluidic Permeation Printing of Self-Assembled Monolayer Gradients on Surfaces for Chemoselective Ligand Immobilization Applied to Cell Adhesion and Polarization B.M. Lamb and M.N. Yousaf*. Langmuir. 2010, 26, 12817-12823.

*46. Selective Tethering of Ligands and Proteins to a Microfluidic Patterned Electroactive Fluid Lipid Bilayer Array. D. Dutta, A. Pulsipher and M.N. Yousaf*. Langmuir, 2010. 26, 9835-9841.

*45. Role of Surface Chemistry and Topology of Chemoselectively Tailored Embossed Films on Shear Adhesion. D. G. Barrett and M.N. Yousaf*. J. Mat. Chemistry. 2010, 20, 2813-2819.

*44. Tandem Surface Microfluidic Lithography and Activation to Generate Patch Pattern Biospecific Ligand and Cell Arrays. A. Pulsipher and M. N. Yousaf*. Langmuir, 2010, 26, 4130-4135.

*43. Aliphatic Polyester Elastomers Derived from Erythritol and α,ω-Diacids. D. G. Barrett and M. N. Yousaf*, Polymer Chemistry 2010, 1, 296-302.

*42. Surface Chemistry and Cell Biological Tools for the Analysis of Cell Adhesion and Cell Migration. A. Pulsipher, M.N. Yousaf*. ChemBioChem 2010, 11, 745-753. (Cover Article)

*41. Tailored Electroactive and Quantitative Ligand Density Microarrays Applied to Stem Cell Differentiation. W. Luo, E.W.L. Chan and M.N. Yousaf*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 2614–2621.

Highlighted in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 167-169. (JACS SELECTS #11)

*40. Design and Applications of Biodegradable Polyester Tissue Scaffolds Based on Endogenous Monomers Found in Human Metabolism. D. G. Barrett, M. N. Yousaf*. Molecules 2009, 14, 4022-4050

*39. Patterned Hybrid Nanohole Array Surfaces for Cell Adhesion and Migration. N. P. Westcott, Y. Lou, J. F. Muth and M. N. Yousaf*. Langmuir 2009, 25, 11236–11238.

*38. Spatio-Temporal Control of Cell-Cell Interactions on Surfaces. E.J. Lee, E.W.L. Chan, M.N. Yousaf*. ChemBioChem 2009, 10, 1648-1653.

*37. Chemoselective Ligand Patterning of Electroactive Surfaces using Microfluidics. N. P. Westcott, M. N. Yousaf*. Electrophoresis 2009, 30, 3381-3385. (Cover Article)

*36. Electrochemical and Chemical Microfluidic Gold Etching to Generate Patterned and Gradient Substrates for Cell Adhesion and Cell Migration. N. P. Westcott, B.M. Lamb, M.N. Yousaf*. Analytical Chem. 2009. 81, 3297–3303.

*35. Rapid In-Situ Generation of Two Patterned Chemoselective Orthogonal Surface Chemistries from a Single Hydroxy-Terminated Surface Using Controlled Microfluidic Oxidation. A. Pulsipher, N.P. Westcott, W. Luo, M.N. Yousaf*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009. 131, 7626–7632.

*34. Model Systems for Cell Mobility. M.N. Yousaf*. Curr. Opin. Chem. Bio. 2009. 13, 697-704.

*33. Tailored Electroactive Nanorods for Biospecific Cell Adhesion and Differentiation. W. Luo, M.N. Yousaf*. Chem. Comm. 2009, 10, 1237-1239.

*32. Rapid Microfluidic Generation of Patterned Aldehydes from Hydroxy Terminated SAMs for Ligand and Cell Immobilization on Optically Transparent Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) Surfaces. A. Puslipher, N.P. Westcott, W. Luo, M.N. Yousaf*. Adv. Materials. 2009, 21, 3082-3086.

*31. Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy of Cell Adhesion on Patterned Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold. D. Hoover, E.J. Lee, M.N. Yousaf*. Langmuir 2009, 25, 2563-2566.

*30. Geometric Control of Stem Cell Differentiation Rate on Surfaces. W. Luo, S. Jones, and M. N. Yousaf*. Langmuir 2008, 24, 1229-1233.

*29. An Electroactive Catalytic Dynamic Substrate that Immobilizes and Releases Patterned Ligands, Proteins and Cells. E.W.L. Chan, S. Park, M.N. Yousaf *. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 6267-6271.

*28. Renewable and Optically Transparent Electroactive Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) Surfaces for Chemoselective Ligand Immobilization and Biospecific Cell Adhesion. W. Luo, N. P. Westcott, A. Pulsipher, and M. N. Yousaf*. Langmuir 2008, 24, 13096-13101.

*27. Poly(triol-α-ketoglutarate) as Biodegradable, Chemoselective, and Mechanically Tunable Elastomers. D.G. Barrett and M.N. Yousaf*. Macromolecules 2008, 41, 6347-6352.

*26. Microfluidic Lithography to Create Dynamic Gradient SAM Surfaces for Directed Cell Migration. B. M. Lamb, N. P. Westcott, M. N. Yousaf*. ChemBioChem 2008, 9, 2628-2632.

*25. Expedient Generation of Patterned Surface Aldehydes by Microfluidic Oxidation for Chemoselective Immobilization of Ligands and Cells. N. P. Westcott, A. Pulsipher, B. M. Lamb, M. N. Yousaf*. Langmuir 2008, 24, 9237-9240.

*24. Asymmetric Peptide Nanoarray Surfaces for Studies of Single Cell Polarization. D.K. Hoover, E.W.L. Chan and M.N. Yousaf*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 3280-3281.

Highlighted in Faculty of 1000.

*23. Live-Cell Fluorescence Microscopy of Directed Cell Migration on Partially Etched Electroactive SAM Gold Surfaces. B.M. Lamb, N.P. Westcott, M.N. Yousaf*. ChemBioChem 2008, 9, 2220-4.

*22. Microfluidic Etching and Oxime-Based Tailoring of Biodegradable Polyketoesters. D.G. Barrett, B.M. Lamb, M. N. Yousaf*. Langmuir 2008, 24, 9861-9867.

*21. Microfluidic Lithography of SAMs on Gold to Create Dynamic Surfacesfor Directed Cell Migration and Contiguous Cell Co-Cultures. B.M. Lamb, D.G. Barrett, N.P. Westcott, M .N. Yousaf*. Langmuir 2008, 24, 8885-9.

*20. Preparation of a Class of Versatile, Chemoselective, and Amorphous Polyketoesters D. G. Barrett and M. N. Yousaf*. Biomacromolecules 2008, 9, 2029-2035.

*19. An Interfacial Oxime Reaction to Immobilize Ligands and Cells in Patterns and Gradients to Photo-Active Surfaces. S. Park, M.N. Yousaf*. Langmuir 2008, 24, 6201-6207.

*18. A Photo-Electroactive Surface Strategy for Immobilizing Ligands in Patterns and Gradients for Studies of Cell Polarization. E.W.L. Chan and M.N. Yousaf*. Mol. BioSys. 2008, 4, 746-753.

*17. Synergistic Microfluidic and Electrochemical Strategy to Activate and Pattern Surfaces Selectively with Ligands and Cells. N.P. Westcott and M.N. Yousaf*. Langmuir 2008, 24, 2261-2265.

*16. A Tunable, Chemoselective and Moldable Biodegradable Polyester for Cell Scaffolds. D.G. Barrett and M.N. Yousaf*. ChemBioChem. 2008, 9, 62-66.

*15. Combining Surface Chemistry with a FRET-Based Biosensor to Study the Dynamics of RhoA GTPase Activation in Cells on Patterned Substrates. L.Hodgson, E.W.L. Chan, K.M. Hahn and M.N. Yousaf*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 9264-9265.

*14. Rapid Patterning of Cells and Cell Co-Cultures with Spatial and Temporal Control on Surfaces through Centrifugation. D.G. Barrett and M.N. Yousaf*. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 7437-7439.

*13. Surface-Chemistry Control to Silence Gene Expression in Drosophila Schneider 2 Cells through RNA Interference. E.W.L. Chan and M.N. Yousaf*. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 3881-3884.

*12. Electroactive nanoarrays for Biospecific Ligand Mediated Cell Adhesion. D.K. Hoover, E.J. Lee, E.WL. Chan and M.N. Yousaf*. ChemBioChem 2007, 8, 1920-1923.

*11. Site-Selective Immobilization of Ligands with Control of Density on Electroactive Microelectrode Arrays. E.W.L. Chan and M.N. Yousaf*. ChemPhysChem 2007, 8, 1469-1472.

*10. Selective Immobilization of Ligands, Proteins and Cells to Electroactive Surfaces. E.W.L. Chan and M.N. Yousaf*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 15542-15546.

Highlighted in Faculty of 1000. Nanowerks.

9. A Photochemical Method for Patterning the Immobilization of Ligands and Cells to Self-Assembled Monolayers W. S. Dillmore, M.N. Yousaf and M. Mrksich Langmuir 2004, 20, 7223-7231.

8. Dynamic Interfaces Between Cells and Surfaces: Electroactive Substrates that Sequentially Release and Attach Cells. W.S. Yeo, M.N. Yousaf, M. Mrksich. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125,14994-14995.

Featured in: News of the Week, Chemical Engineering News 2003, 81, 11

7. Using Electroactive Substrates to Pattern the Attachment of Two Different Cell Types. M.N. Yousaf, B.T. Houseman and M. Mrksich Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 2001, 98, 5992-5996.

6. Turning on Cell Growth with Electroactive Substrates. M.N. Yousaf, B.T. Houseman and M. Mrksich Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2001, 40, 1093.

Featured in: News of the Week, Science 2000, 1477

Nature News Wire March 27, 2001.

News of the Week, Chemical and Engineering News 2001, 79, 13

5. Understanding the Role of Adsorption in the Reaction of Cyclopentadiene with an Immobilized Dienophile. E.W.L. Chan, M.N. Yousaf and M. Mrksich J. Phys. Chem. A. 2000, 104, 9315.

4. The Kinetic Order of an Interfacial Diels-Alder Reaction Depends on the Environment of the Immobilized Dienophile. M.N. Yousaf, E.W.L. Chan and M. Mrksich Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2000, 39, 1943.

3. Diels-Alder Reacton for the Selective Immobilization of Protein to Electroactive Substrates. M.N. Yousaf and M. Mrksich J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 4286.

Featured in: Science Concentrates, Chemical and Engineering News 1999, 77, 11

2. Modulating the Behaviors of Attached Cells with Dynamic Substrates. M.N. Yousaf and M. Mrksich New Technologies for Life Sciences. A Trends Guide. 2000, 28-35.

1. Copper (II) complexes of bis(1,4,7-triazacyclononane) ligands with polymethylene bridging groups: An equilibrium and structural study. R. Haidar, M. Ipek, M.N. Yousaf and L.J. Zompa. Inorg. Chem., 1997, 36, 3125.

Patent: World Intellectual Property Patent (International Application #: PCT/US2004/009376) regarding the Determination of Proteins and/or other Molecules Using MALDI Mass Spectroscopy.

6. Recent Seminars

2004 Harvard University, Boston, MA

2004 MIT, Boston, MA

2004 Tufts University, Boston, MA

2004 University of Toronto, Canada

2004 Princeton University, NJ

2004 Arizona State University, AZ

2004 Columbia University, NY

2004 University of Texas-Austin, TX

2004 UC Santa Barbara, CA

2004 Duke University, NC

2004 University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana, IL

2005 NSF Mentoring Workshop, Bethesda, MD.

2005 ACS Electrochemical Society Meeting.

2006 ACS National Meeting, San Fran, CA.

2006 BWF/HHMI meeting

2007 Virginia Commonwealth University, Dept. of Chemistry

2007 ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA.

2007 NCI Nanocenter Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC

2007 ASCB National Meeting, Washington D.C.

2008 ACS National Meeting, Utah

2008 25YBIS Biointerface Symposium, Seattle, WA

2008 ACS Surface and Colloids Meeting, Raleigh, NC.

2008 Emory University Dept. of Chemistry

2008 Georgia Tech. Dept. of Material Science

2008 University of Illinois, Dept. of Chemistry

2008 Northwestern University, Dept. of Chemistry

2008 University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Chemistry

2008 SERMACS meeting, Nashville, TN

2008 UC San Diego, Dept. of Chemistry

2008 UC Santa Barbara, Dept. of Chemistry and Material Science

2009 North Carolina State University, Dept. of Chemistry

2009 University of Chicago, Dept. of Chemistry

2009 Cornell University, Dept. of Chemistry

2009 Syracuse University, Dept. of Chemistry and Bioengineering

2009 Scripps Research Institute, Dept. of Chemistry and Cell Biology

2009 Indiana University, Dept. of Chemistry

2009 Purdue University, Dept. of Chemistry

2009 NCI Nanocancer Meeting, Los Angeles, CA

2009 NanoInk, Skokie, IL

2010 ACS Meeting San Francisco

2010 Biophysical Society Meeting San Francisco

2010 Fayetteville State University, NC

2010 Gordon Conference, Signaling and Extracellular Matrix

2010 Duke University, NC

2010 Nanotech Conference, Los Angeles, CA

2010 ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA

2010 NC A&T University, NC

2010 Texas A&M University, Dept. of Chemistry, TX

2010 Stanford University, Dept. of Chemistry, CA

2011 York University, Toronto, Canada

2011 University of Kansas, KS

2011 McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

2011 University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada

2011 Rutgers University, NJ

2011 Washington Univ. St. Louis, MO

2011 Gordon Research Conference on Cancer Nanobiotechnology, ME

2011 Caltech, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CA

2011 University of Minnesota, Chemical Biology Symposia, MN

2011 Waterloo University, Waterloo, Canada

2012 U. of Toronto, Canada

7. Professional Service

a) Service to discipline

Manuscript reviewer (>50 paper/year) for: PNAS, Nature Materials, Nature Chemistry, Biomaterials, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., Macromolecules, Biomacromolecules, Langmuir, Analytical Chemistry, Analyst, Analytical Biochemistry, J. Physical Chemistry A and B, Biophysical Journal, Soft Matter, ChemBioChem, Accounts of Chemical Research, Chemical Communications, Small, Nanoletters, Nanomedicine, Biointerphases, J. of Biomedical Materials Research, Lab on a Chip, Etc....

Editorial Boards: Journal of Biointerphases, Journal of Biochips and Tissue Chips, Journal of Biotechnology and Biomaterials. Editor in Chief Bio-orthogonal Chemistry, Editor for Methods in Molecular Biology (Springer) on Cell Mobility, Associate Editor for the American Journal of Molecular and Cellular Biology.

Proposal reviewer: National Science Foundation, National Institute of Health, NIH BRP, Hong Kong Research Foundation. National Science Foundation STTR/SBIR (Business Grants).

Student Awards:

Eugene Chan: UNC Burroughs Wellcome Interface Award Nominee.

Devin Barrett: UNC Dissertation Fellowship, UNC IMPACT award, IBNAM-Baxter Postdoc fellowship.

Nathan Westcott: UNC Energy Fellowship, UNC Dissertation Award, Mentor Award

Abigail Pulsipher: NSF representative to Linda Nobel Laureate Fellow to Attend Linda Meeting in

Germany. UNC IMPACT Award. NIH Postdoctoral fellowship.

Brian Lamb: UNC Dissertation Fellowship, Mentor Award, NIH Postdoctoral fellowship.

Stephanie Jones: Merck Travel Award, UNC Chem. Dept. Undergrad. Award, Barry Goldwater

Fellowship, Churchill Scholar (Cambridge, England), NSF graduate Fellowship.

Amy Kim – Westinghouse National Semifinalist

Eric Xu – Westinghouse National Semifinalist

Joshua Womack – Project SEED from the Amer. Chem. Soc.

Kimberly Clark – Project SEED from the Amer. Chem. Soc.

Muhammad N. Yousaf

Yasir Hameed

Yasir Hameed Biography

Yasir Hameed Qureshi (born 28 February 1978 in Peshawer) is a Pakistani cricketer. He scored two centuries on his Test debut against Bangladesh, becoming only the second player to do so. During his first thirty one-day international innings, he has scored more runs than any other batsman, as well as scoring four successive opening partnerships of 100 or more with Imran Farhat, a unique achievement. He was out of the squad recently because of his form. He came back in the final ODI in the Bank Alfalah Series against England and scored 57 and then he was again ignored and returned against West Indies in the 4th match in November 2006 and scored 71 runs of 118 balls. Yasir has since impressed the selectors with good form in the domestic season with the bat but has not been given a real chance to cement his place in the side. He has recently been touring with the team but has only been given the odd match
Major Team: Pakistan, Abbottabad Rhinos, North West Frontier Province Panthers, Pakistan International Airlines, Peshawar, Peshawar Panthers, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited
Playing Roll: Wicket Keeper
Batting Style: Right
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium, Right-arm offbreak
Current age 33 years 158 days

Major teams Pakistan, Abbottabad Rhinos, North West Frontier Province Panthers, Pakistan International Airlines, Peshawar, Peshawar Panthers, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium, Right-arm offbreak

Fielding position Occasional wicketkeeper
Profile
Yasir Hameed marked his entry into international cricket with two Test centuries on debut – against Bangladesh at Karachi in August 2003 – becoming only the second player to attain such a feat.

Feeble of built, Yasir's game is built on effortless grace and timing. He has a solid technique as an opener, but his failure to convert his starts into big scores has brought his downfall in recent years. Persistence at the domestic level helped him to make a comeback into the team in 2007.
Either some of Pakistan’s cricketers are a little bit slow or the News of the World are bloody good. My money’s on the latter. Cricket fans woke up this morning to the news that the paper has now got footage of Yasir Hameed making admissions about alleged corruption in cricket. The Pakistani batsman seems to claim that fixing of some description happens in ‘almost every match’. The grainy images also appeared to show Hameed admitting that the Sydney Test between Pakistan and Australia was corrupt – a figure of £1.8 million was mooted (although the details of how this sum was ‘earned’ and how it was shared out was not clear from the footage we’ve seen).

You’d think Hameed would have known better than to talk candidly to strangers – but apparently not. However, he’s not the first victim of the News of the World’s MI5 style journalistic prowess. Sven Goran Eriksson got totally sucked in by the fake Sheik ploy a few years ago. Meanwhile, Mahzar Majeed was naive enough to be caught on camera counting a giant stack of green queens. Sven and Majeed are not idiots – therefore one can only conclude that the News of the World undercover reporters are masters of disguise and espionage. Perhaps they’d be better employed as spooks? If we put them behind enemy lines in Afghanistan, they’d probably find Osama Bin Laden within hours.

In the interests of fairness, we must point out that Hameed has denied any contact with English journalists. However, we’re not entirely sure whether he’s grasped the fact that the reporters in question were undercover – and therefore wouldn’t exactly have been wearing their press badges at the time they talked to him. The Pakistan players do seem a little naive. You’d have thought they would have realised by now that the walls have ears. The last thing the squad needed in the current circumstances was a player bragging about corruption to a man showing an unhealthy interest in what was one of the most suspicious test matches in history.

Whether the News of the World footage is genuine or not, the fact that new allegations have been made is more bad news for cricket. We were hoping that the upcoming T20 matches and the subsequent ODIs would put cricket back in the news for the right reasons. However, our suspicion is that this corruption scandal will now run and run. In the meantime, every time a Pakistan batsman gets out playing a bad shot, or a fielder drops a catch, spectators will look at each other uncomfortably and wonder whether it was deliberate. Go back and watch the catches Kamral Akmal dropped at Sydney (they must be on YouTube). Eye brows were raised at the time, but hell will be raised if something similar happens in the next couple of weeks.
32 year old Pakistani player Yasir Hameed is caught on the video while putting allegations on Pakistani players. He can be seen clearly while talking about the match fixing. The video was shooting by the hidden camera in which he was talking about the match fixing. He was talking in the friendly mood.

Yasir Hameed said that almost ever Pakistani match is fixed and many players involve in it. At one time he said that the one who caught is culprit. He added that he also got many offers of match fixing but he refused all offers. He added he was offered up to 1.5 Million Pounds.

He was looking very disappointed and said that agents of players are real bookies. He added that the person who did wrong must pay for that. He said that a bowler can earn 20,000 to 25,000 pound for every No-Ball he bowled.

Last night he denied this and said that he never talks about Pakistan team and he can never think such type of allegations. He also challenged Media to provide proof if they had for this interview and today the video has been released by the British media. After this video he is in great difficulties as he admitted match fixing offers and didn’t contact ICC anti corruption unit.
The News of the World newspaper has once again accused Pakistani cricket team. In the latest twist to the controversy that has shaken cricket, the paper says star Pakistani opener Yasir Hameed has claimed that some of his colleagues were regularly cheating.
An exclusive video of Yasir Hameeds interview has been released.
According to details, Yasir Hameed is quoted as saying: It makes me angry because I’m playing my best and they are trying to lose.
Yasir further quoted almost every match has been fixed and slammed his team-mates’ actions. They’ve been caught. Only the ones that get caught are branded crooks, he reportedly told the newspaper. They were doing it fixing in almost every match.
God knows what they were up to. Scotland Yard was after them for ages, he was quoted as saying. It makes me angry because I’m playing my best and they are trying to lose.
Earlier during the night while speaking to APakistanNews.Com Yasir Hameed has denied all claims made by the newspaper and refused that he gave any interview to the newspaper.
I have never spoken to the NOTW and I haven’t said anything like this, he said. I have been fully concentrating on my career and nothing else, he said.
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 25 49 3 1491 170 32.41 2588 57.61 2 8 223 4 20 0
ODIs 56 56 1 2028 127* 36.87 3029 66.95 3 12 219 6 14 0
First-class 149 246 16 8476 300 36.85 18 37 112 0
List A 180 174 11 5944 128* 36.46 10 34 55 0
Twenty20 18 18 1 404 69 23.76 376 107.44 0 3 55 2 1 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 25 4 78 72 0 - - - 5.53 - 0 0 0
ODIs 56 3 18 26 0 - - - 8.66 - 0 0 0
First-class 149 927 735 7 2/46 105.00 4.75 132.4 0 0
List A 180 460 404 14 4/38 4/38 28.85 5.26 32.8 2 0 0
Twenty20 18 1 1 4 0 - - - 24.00 - 0 0 0
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
9, 15 Khyber-Pak v Federal Lahore 13 Feb 2011 First-class
0, 0/10 Zarai TBL v National Bnk Lahore 3 Feb 2011 List A
8 Zarai TBL v S Stallions Sialkot 1 Feb 2011 List A
20 Zarai TBL v Wolves Faisalabad 30 Jan 2011 List A
7 Zarai TBL v Tigers Lahore 28 Jan 2011 List A
25 Zarai TBL v WAPDA Lahore 26 Jan 2011 List A
18 Zarai TBL v WAPDA Faisalabad 31 Dec 2010 First-class
10, 18 Zarai TBL v PIA Faisalabad 25 Dec 2010 First-class
95 Zarai TBL v Sui Gas Rawalpindi 19 Dec 2010 First-class
34, 0/0 Zarai TBL v National Bnk Sialkot 10 Dec 2010 First-class
Profile
Yasir Hameed stamped his presence in international cricket with two Test centuries on debut - against Bangladesh at Karachi in August 2003 - becoming only the second player to achieve that feat. Frail of build, Yasir's game is built on timing and an easy elegance. A technique more solid than many recent top-order Pakistani batsmen served him well in his career early on. His exploits in the one-day arena were initially as impressive, and he forged a superb combination with Imran Farhat at the top of the order: against New Zealand at home the pair put together a record four consecutive hundred partnerships. The early signs were promising then, but he developed a worrying tendency to waste his starts, making pretty 20s and then throwing it away, often by flailing at wide ones outside off. That saw him lose his place in the team in late 2004. Selectorial inconsistencies didn't help, Hameed being dropped the next match after scoring two fifties in a Test at Syndey. Thereafter opportunities have been limited: a few ODIs here and there (in all of which he has made contributions) and no Tests since June 2005. Persistence at domestic level paid off, however, as he returned to the national squad against the West Indies in November 2006, made a couple of fifties in the ODI series and booked himself a seat to South Africa at the start of 2007. With Mohammad Yousuf missing there, opportunities will be present. Not part of Pakistan's squad for the World Cup, Hameed swiftly returned to occupy the vacant number three spot for the Abu Dhabi series in Younis' absence and his decent performance will surely cause discomfort in the selectors' minds.Cricinfo Staff (May 2007)
International Debut: 2003
Batting and fielding records
M Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Test 25 49 3 1491 170 32.41 2588 57.61 2 8 223 4 20 -
ODI 56 56 1 2028 127* 36.87 3029 66.95 3 12 219 6 14 -

Bowling records
M Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Eco SR 4W 5W 10W
Test 25 4 78 72 - - - - 5.54 - - - -
ODI 56 3 18 26 - - - - 8.67 - - - -

Career Statistics
Test Debut: Pakistan v Bangladesh at Karachi, 20-24, Aug 2003
ODI Debut: New Zealand v Pakistan at Dambulla, May 20, 2003

Yasir Hameed

yasir hameed vs india

Wednesday, 29 February 2012

shoib akhter

Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar Biography

Shoaib Akhtar Biography receives strong comments from Wasim Akram, Shahrukh, BCCI, PCB, Shoaib Malik, Tauqeer Zia and several others. Wasim Akram has termed it as a cheap publicity move by Shoaib Akhtar. He further said that Shoaib was a “problem” when he was an active player and remains just that even in retirement. Wasim Akram rubbished Akhtar’s claims of making Sachin Tendulkar uncomfortable with his pace in the Faisalabad Test in 2006 as has been claimed by Akhtar in his book titled ‘Controversially Yours’.

“I remember Sachin’s one innings when he was 16 and touring Pakistan. Sialkot Test was Sachin’s 4th Test. He made his debut in that series. There was a lot of grass on the pitch. Waqar and I bowled very fast. Waqar, I think, was 19 and Sachin was 16. Waqar hit him (Sachin) on the helmet just below the chin and he got hurt. But he put a plaster and he came back to score a 50. If a 16-year-old kid wasn’t scared, I don’t think any of the top batsmen in the world is scared of any bowler,” Akram said.

“Maybe he might play on the back foot to block the delivery or maybe he might just see it off. But I don’t think a player like Sachin can get scared of any bowler. He (Shoaib) can write anything to sell a book, but it does not affect me or Sachin,” he said. Cricblogger totally agrees with Wasim on this one. Even though we have critically analysed Tendulkar’s performances and have written about his centuries and of him not being the best of match finishers, we stand with Wasim on this one. Tendulkar is a great batsman and no top batsmen can be scared by any bowler, Ganguly included (pun intended). Cricblogger has also praised Tendulkar’s world records in another article.

On Akhtar’s allegations that Akram was responsible for destroying his career, he said no one but the Shoaib himself was responsible for destroying his career. ”He himself is responsible for destroying his career. Nobody helped him (in destroying his career).” said the King of Swing.

“There is no point in me talking about his book. I still haven’t read his book. But his idea is good. If the books get sold then good luck to him,” Akram said adding that, “You people (media) will ensure his book is a bestseller.”

Shahrukh Khan, the bollywood super star responded to the allegations made by Akhtar in a similar fashion. He said that there is just as much truth in Akhtar’s claim that we (Shahrukh and company) are cheaters as there is in the fact that Sachin fears his (Akhtar’s) bowling.

Rajiv Shukla, a senior BCCI official demanded an apology from Shoaib Akhtar for making such remarks against Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. Akhtar had remarked that Sachin and Dravid lacked ability to finish off games early in their respective careers. It seems unnecessary for the BCCI to jump into the swamp, just ignore Shoaib he is just trying to sell his book.

The former PCB chairman, Tauqeer Zia has also rubbished Akhtar’s claim that Zia had helped Akhtar when Wasim Akram tried to destroy his career and threatened to walk off with have the team if Akhtar was selected. Zia said that no such thing happened. Shoaib Malik responded to the allegations by Akhtar that Malik was incompetent to be captain and said that Akhtar’s allegations were a joke.

Meanwhile, there have been some protests in India against the paceman and the opening function of the launch of the book has been cancelled without giving any reason. Shoaib has another public appearance on Monday. Lets see how it goes but one thing is for sure, there are lots of people out there looking to read his book.

Even my blog has seen an unusual rush of visitors on this particular story and the search engines are all flooded with queries about his book and who said what in response. He seems to have achieved his goal, it might just turn out to be a best seller. His slower ball usually works in the midst of bouncers and yorkers. Lets see what he does next.
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Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar at his Best

SHOAIB MALIK

SHOAIB MALIK BIOGRAPHY

Posted by anccricket on October 24, 2008 at 1:44 AM
Full name Shoaib Malik

Born February 1, 1982, Sialkot, Punjab

Major teams Pakistan, Asia XI, Delhi Daredevils, Gloucestershire, Gujranwala Cricket Association, Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan Reserves, Sialkot Cricket Association, Sialkot Stallions

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Relation Brother - Adeel Malik

There is almost no role in a cricket side that Shoaib Malik hasn't filled, so much so that over ten years into his career, nobody is sure what his precise and best role is.In essence, he is a batting allrounder, though he started his career as an off-break bowler. Partly the problem is that he is capable, as a batsman, of fulfilling many roles with some competence. He has had success as an opener in Tests and ODIs; he has been game-changing as a limited-overs one down and dangerous as a lower-order slogger; often he has been a stodgy middle-order bulwark. In Twenty20s, he can be brutal anywhere.

It is thus difficult to recall a definitive Malik high; was it his maiden Test hundred as an opener against Sri Lanka in Colombo? A few hands that led to an ODI series win against India in 2005-06? A Champions Trophy hundred against India?His basic game is tight, especially in the subcontinent. He isn't pretty, though there can be pleasantness in his high, stiff-elbowed drives and lofts. Square on both sides he is precise. Further, he runs well. With his flattish, very modern off-spin always useful for more than a few overs and a wicket here and there - less so after concerns over his action - and an athletic and languid presence in the field, Malik should be far greater a sum of his parts than he actually is.

He was for long earmarked as a potential captain - the late Bob Woolmer thought him the sharpest tack in Pakistan's set-up - but a stint with the captaincy was troubled, unimaginative and ended badly. It got even worse when the board banned him for a year in March 2010 as part of its unprecedented action on senior players after a disastrous tour of Australia.

SHOAIB MALIK

Tuesday, 28 February 2012

Waqar Younis

Waqar Younis Biography
Waqar Younis Maitla is a former Pakistani right arm fast bowler born in Vehari Punjab. He is one of the top ten cricketers of all time and got worldwide fame. He is well known in cricket for his ability to “reverse swing a cricket ball” at high speed while bowling at cricket pitch. During his career he took “373 Test Wickets” and “416 One Day International Wickets”. Waqar Younis is considered as one of the best exponents of swing bowling delivery. He has a best strike rate for any bowler with more than “200 Test Wickets”.
Personal Information of Waqar Younis

Personal information
Full name Waqar Younis Maitla
Born 16 November 1971 (age 39)
Vehari, Punjab, Pakistan

Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Batting style Right hand bat
Bowling style Right arm fast
Role Bowler
Domestic Team Information
Domestic team information
Years Team
2003-2004 Allied Bank Limited
2003 Warwickshire
2001-2003 National Bank of Pakistan
2000-2001 Lahore Blues
1999-2000 REDCO Pakistan Limited
1998-1999 Rawalpindi
1998-1999 Karachi
1997-1998 Glamorgan
1990-1993 Surrey
1988-1989, 1996-1997 United Bank Limited
1987-1988, 1997-1998 Multan
International Information
International information
National side Pakistan
Test debut (cap 111) 15 November 1989 v India
Last Test 2 January 2003 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 71) 14 October 1989 v West Indies
Last ODI 4 March 2003 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no. 99
Career Statistics
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 87 262 228 411
Runs scored 1010 969 2972 1553
Batting average 10.2 10.3 13.38 10.42
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/6 0/0
Top score 45 37 64 45
Balls bowled 16224 12698 39181 19841
Wickets 373 416 956 675
Bowling average 23.56 23.84 22.33 22.36
5 wickets in innings 22 13 63 17
10 wickets in match 5 n/a 14 n/a
Best bowling Jul-76 Jul-36 17-Aug Jul-36
Catches/stumpings 18/– 35/– 58/– 56/–
From 2006 to 2007 he worked as a national bowling coach. He was appointed as a coach of “Pakistan Cricket Team” on 3rd March 2010. He will take part in all form of cricket matches due to his managerial contract with “Pakistan Cricket Board” right up to December 2011.

Waqar Younis