About Dr. Muhammad Anas

I am Dr. Muhammad Anas, a DVM with an MPhil in Biotechnology and a PhD in Animal Science.

Current role

Post-doctoral Consultant, Livestock Development, Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFS&R), Pakistan. May 2025 to present. I analyse national livestock programmes, write research articles that feed policy, and prepare training and capacity-building proposals under China Aid and CPEC cooperation.

Earlier work

• Doctoral Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Animal Sciences, NDSU, Fargo (Jan 2021 – Jan 2025). Maternal nutrition and one-carbon metabolites, fetal epigenetic programming, multi-omics across fetal liver, intestine, brain and mitochondria, and GWAS of reproductive, growth and carcass traits in admixed beef heifers.
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, NDSU (Aug 2022 – Dec 2024). Led an Animal Genetics lab section each semester and taught the Minerals module in Fundamentals of Nutrition.
• Graduate Research Assistant, NIBGE, PIEAS (Sep 2018 – Oct 2020). SNP markers for Pakistani buffalo breeds from whole-genome resequencing data.

Education

• PhD, Animal Science, North Dakota State University (2021–2025), GPA 4.00/4.00
• MS, Animal Science, NDSU (2021–2024)
• Graduate Certificate, Big Data Applied Statistical Analysis, NDSU (2021–2023)
• MPhil Biotechnology (Veterinary Biotechnology), NIBGE, PIEAS (2018–2020), GPA 3.96/4.00
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), University of Agriculture Faisalabad (2013–2018), GPA 3.68/4.00

Grants, talks and memberships

• Collaborator on an SBARE-funded project (03/2023–02/2024, PI: Caton): intergenerational effect of maternal diet restriction and OCM on fetal neuro-endocrine function.
• Co-investigator on three USDA-NIFA AFRI proposals on epigenetic inheritance and immunity in beef cattle (not funded).
• Invited lead presenter, Scientific Writing Webinar for undergraduate medical students, The University of Faisalabad, 26 July 2022 (~80 participants).
• Member, American Society of Animal Science (2022–2024).

Talks & conferences