Journal of Tropical Diseases & Public Health

Godfred Antony Menezes

Godfred Antony Menezes
Assistant Professor & Scientist, Department of Medical Microbiology
University of Hail, Saudi Arabia

Biography

I am currently working in Hail University, Hail, Saudi Arabia as Assistant Professor & Scientist. Till 2014 April I was a working as The Incharge/ Scientist of Central Research Laboratory (CRL) and also as an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Chennai, India. I have set up Central Research Laboratories in couple of Institutes. I have worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology at SSR Medical College, Belle Rive Mauritius. I have also worked as a Scientist in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. I was as a Junior Research Fellow and Research Scholar in the Institute of National Importance, JIPMER, Pondicherry, India. I have also worked as a short term research worker on nanoscience in the renowned Indian Institute of Science (IISc, Bangalore, India). I have been working extensively on molecular characterization of Enterobacteriaceae members, particularly extended and expanded spectrum beta-lactamase producing bacteria and fluoroquinolone resistant bacteria. I have been a faculty of several Medical Institutes and also a Para-Medical Institute. I have done post-graduation in Medical Microbiology from Kasturba Medical College (KMC- MAHE University), Mangalore, India.

Research Interest

Medical Microbiology and Molecular Biology