Dr. Khalid Hussain Rind

Associate Professor

PhD (Zoology), France

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

Email: khalid.rind@sbbusba.edu.pk

PhD (Functional Ecology), Université de Montpellier, France

2019

Master of Science (Environmental Science), International Islamic University, Islamabad

2011

Bachelor of Science (Zoology), University of Sindh Jamshoro

2007

Environmental Toxicology

Ecophysiology

Bioenergetics.

Histology

Microscopy

Cell Biology.

Molecular Biology.

Population Genetics.

1) Habib, S., Majeed, S., Rind, K.H., Naz, S., Acar, Ü., Cravana, C., Ullah, M., Khan, K., Zahid, M., Mohany, M. & Fazio, F. (2025) Influence of tulsi Ocimum sanctum extract on fish health: growth, hematology, serum immune parameters, and antioxidant status in common carp. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, vsaf006

2) Syed Sikandar Habib; Madeeha Arshad; Khalid Hussain Rind; Fariha Latif; Samrah Masud; L.O. Mallasiy; N.S. Abd EL Gawaad; Francesca Aragona (2025). Spatiotemporal Patterns of Trace Elements in Water, Sediment, and Fishes of Chashma Lake: Implications for Environmental and Public Health. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution (SUBMITTED)

3) Ujan, J.A., Rind, K.H., Kesbiç, O.S., Masud, S., Habib, S.S., Al-Rejaie, S.S., Mohany, M., & Fazio, F. (2025). Green Boost for Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus: unveiling the multifaceted effects of Chenopodium album leaves powder on growth, hematology, antioxidant defense, nonspecific immunity and tolerance against Aeromonas hydrophila. Aquaculture Research, (1), 8919050.

4) Rind, K.H., Arshad, M., Majeed, S., Habib, S.S., Al-Rejaie, S.S., Mohany, M., Aragona, F., & Fazio, F. (2025). Impact of heavy metals on health and quality of Oreochromis niloticus cultured in biofloc and earthen pond systems. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B, 1-9

5) Rind, K.H., Majeed, S., Ujan, J.A., Habib, S.S., Batool, A.I., Naz, S., Ullah, M., Attaullah, S., Zahid, M., Khan, K., & Mohany, M. (2025). Effect of Fluoride Concentrations on Proximate Composition and Serum Biochemistry of Labeo rohita Across Varying Exposure Durations. Fluoride, 58(11), 1- 9.

6) Rajar, A.B., Malik, Z., Ujan, J.A., Rind, K.H., Ullah, R., Naz, S., Ullah, M., Zahid, M., Khan, K., Khayyam, K., & Al-Rejaie, S.S. (2024). Implications of Heavy Metal Accumulation in Fish Feed, Water, Sediment, and Different Fish Species in a Polyculture System. Biological Trace Element Research, 1-12

7) Rind, K.H., Aslam, S., Memon, N.H., Raza, A., Saeed, M.Q., Mushtaq, A., Ujan, J.A., Habib, S.F., Al-Rejaie, S.S., & Mohany, M. (2024). Heavy Metal Concentrations in Water, Sediment, and Fish Species in Chashma Barrage, Indus River: A Comprehensive Health Risk Assessment. Biological Trace Element Research, 1-14.

8) Naz, S., Rind, K. H., Afzal, W., Ujan, J. A., & Mohany, M. (2024). Heavy metal pollution in commonly consumed fish species: seasonal variations and health risks. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B, 1-8

9) Wajeeha A., Saira N., Javed A.U., Khalid H. R., Syed S. H., Mujeeb U., Muhammad Z., Sobia A., Mohamed M., & Shahid N. (2024). Withania coagulans root powder effect on growth, hematology, digestive enzyme activity, antioxidant status, serum immune response, and tolerance against Aeromonas hydrophila in Common Carp. North American Journal of Aquaculture, 86(3), 1-15.

10) Cao, Q., Zhang, Q., Li, S., Gaafar, A., Younes, A.M., Rind, K.H., Liu, H., & Jiang, J. (2024). Effect of some feed additives on osmoregulation in aquatic animals. Aquaculture, 741829.

11) Habib, S.S., Naz, S., Fazio, F., Cravana, C., Ullah, M., Rind, K.H., Attaullah, S., Filiciotto, F., & Khayyam, K. (2023). Assessment and bioaccumulation of heavy metals in water, fish (wild and farmed) and associated human health risk. Biological Trace Element Research, 1-11

12) Rind, K.H., Habib, S.S., Ujan, J.A., Fazio, F., Naz, S., Batool, A.I., Ullah, M., Attaullah, S., Khayyam, K., & Khan, K. (2023). The effects of different carbon sources on water quality, growth performance, hematology, immune, and antioxidant status in cultured Nile tilapia with biofloc technology. Fishes, 8(10), 512.

13) Shaikh, F., Rasool, S.A., Rind, K.H., & Abro, F.M. (2023). Molecular Characterization of Drug Resistant Indigenous Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Strains. Acta Biomed, 94(6), e2023072.

14) Rasool, M.S., Hassan, M.A., Siddiqui, K., Mazhar, F., Shar, A.H., Rind, K.H., Rind, N.A., Ansari, F.U., & Kazmi, S.U. (2023). Expulsion of plasmid-mediated antibiotic resistance genes in E. coli by ethidium bromide and acridine orange treatment. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 36.

15) Fazio, F., Habib, S.S., Naz, S., Filiciotto, F., Cicero, N., Rehman, H.U., Saddozai, S., Rind, K.H., Rind, N.A., & Shar, A.H. (2022). Effect of fortified feed with olive leaves extract on the haematological and biochemical parameters of Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia). Natural Product Research, 36(6), 1575-1580.

16) Shah, T., Khaskheli, M.S., Ansari, S., Lakhan, H., Shaikh, F., Zardari, A.A., Warsi, J., Rind, N.A., Rind, K.H., & Shar, A.H. (2022). Gestational Anemia and its effects on neonatal outcome, in the population of Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 29(1), 83-87.

17) Rind, M.M., Sayed, S., Sahito, H.A., Rind, K.H., Rind, N.A., Shar, A.H., Ullah, H., Ondrisik, P., Porhajosova, J.I., Zihu, G.U.O., & Shahen, M. (2021). Effects of seasonal variation on the Biology and Morphology of the dusky cotton bug, Oxcarenus laetus (Kirby). Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 28(6), 3186-3192.

18) Fazio, F., Habib, S.S., Naz, S., Arfuso, F., Piccione, G., Rehman, H.U., Achakzai, W.M., Uddin, M.N., Rind, K.H., & Rind, N.A. (2021). Seasonal variations in haematological parameters and body composition of Labeo rohita and Cirrhinus mirgala in River Indus, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 21(9), 435-441.

19) Shaikh, F., Madkhali, N.A.B., Gaber, A., Alsanie, W.F., Ali, S., Ansari, S., Rafiq, M., Sayyed, R.Z., Rind, N.A., Rind, K.H., & Shar, A.H. (2021). Frequency distribution and association of Fat-mass and obesity (FTO) gene SNP rs-9939609 variant with Diabetes Mellitus Type-II Population of Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 28(8), 4183-4190.

20) Rind, K., Rodriguez-Barucg, Q., Nicolas, D., Cucchi, P., Lignot, J.H. (2020). Morphological and physiological traits of Mediterranean sticklebacks living in the Camargue wetland (Rhône river delta). Journal of Fish Biology, 97(1), 51-63.

21) Lashari, A. H., Li, W., Hassan, M., Nabi, G., Mabey, P. T., Islam, M. M., Rind, K.H., & Ujjan, S. A. (2020). Biodiversity conservation in China–Pakistan Economic Corridor region with strategic environmental assessment. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27(27), 33500-33502.

22) Rind, K., Beyrend, D., Blondeau‐Bidet, E., Charmantier, G., Cucchi, P., & Lignot, J. H. (2017). Effects of different salinities on the osmoregulatory capacity of Mediterranean sticklebacks living in freshwater. Journal of Zoology, 303(4), 270-280.

Dealing with scientific literature : efficient reading and good Note Taking clothes (13 October 2016) 20 hours recorded by: Doctoral College Languedoc Roussillon, University of Montpellier, France.

Start with R (01 February 2017) room 050 - Bât.1 - St Priest Campus, 860 rue de Saint Priest, 34090 Montpellier, 18 hours. Doctoral College Languedoc Roussillon, University of Montpellier, France.

Writing a scientific paper by step-by-step (October 06, 2016), 20 hours. Doctoral College Languedoc Roussillon, University of Montpellier, France.

Writing your thesis effectively: from unstructured ideas to an organized text (13 November 2017) University of Montpellier, 20 hours. Doctoral College Languedoc Roussillon, University of Montpellier, France.

Research Capacity building program on Proposal writing and Project Evaluation, organized by Higher Education Commission (HEC), Government of Pakistan, 24^th to 26^th February, 2022 at Karachi Pakistan

Biological Risk Assessment, Training of Trainers , Pakistan Biological Safety Association, May 11-13, 2023

Biosafety and Bio-risk Assessment , Pakistan Biological Safety Association, Jan 27-28, 2024.

Training of Trainers , Faculty Development Program, May 29 to June, 06, 2024, Sindh Higher Education Commission, Government of Sindh Pakistan,

International training workshop on Climate Change and Water Security Impacts along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Jointly China-Pakistan Joint Research Center on Earth Sciences (CPJRC) and Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS). Islamabad, 19 April to 14 April, 2025

» Decades of restoration – nature management for future. Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. 5 to 6 May, 2021. (Online)

» Economic Impacts and Invasive Species: Innovations Driven by Biological Invasions. Inovacoes, France. 15 March to 18 March, 2021. (Online).

» Conference Assemble: Marine biological research at the frontier. Association of European Marine Biological Laboratories Expanded. 18 to 19 Jan, 2021 (Online).

» 3ème Colloque d'Ecophysiologie Animale –CEPA-III (3rd Congress on Ecophysiology of Animals) in Strasbourg, France, 6 to 8 November, 2017. Oral Presentation

» European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, ESCPB. Barcelona, Spain. 30^th ESCPB Congress: Unraveling complexity: from molecules to Ecosystems, University of Barcelona, Spain, 4-7 September, 2016. Poster Presentation

» 26^th Pakistan Congress of Zoology held from 2nd to 6th April 2006 at University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan.