Muhammad Ishfaq

Muhammad Ishfaq holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), a Master’s degree (MSc), and a PhD in basic veterinary medicine, specializing in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology. He was previously an associate professor at Huanggang Norml University, Hubei, China. He is currently a visiting research scientist at the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. His research areas of interest are in silico pharmacology, machine learning, computational pharmacology and toxicology, drug targets, QSAR/QSPR modeling, and cheminformatics. Dr. Ishfaq has published several research articles in various prestigious international journals. He has also served as a volunteer reviewer for various international prestigious and peer-reviewed journals. He is currently working on the connection of diseases to specific bio-targets using various cell and tissue cultures, proteomics, bioinformatics, imaging studies, machine learning-based drug discovery and design and the development of cutting-edge technology on AI integrating biomedical big data that search for drugs targeting various diseases to save endangered species. More specifically, he works at the interface of veterinary pharmacology, toxicology, medicinal chemistry, and biodiversity conservation.