Background
Iqbal, Zafar was born on July 12, 1946 in Lucknow, India. Came to the United States, 1972, naturalized, 1979. Son of Shujaat Ali and Saleha (Begum) Siddiqui.
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Zafar Iqbal
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Education
Certified proficiency in French, Lucknow University, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, All India Institute Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1971.
Career
Junior research fellow, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India, 1963-1966; research fellow, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India, 1967-1968; research scholar, Directorate General Health Services, India, 1966-1967; assistant research officer, Indian Council Medical Research, 1968-1971; research associate in physiology, investigator, Indiana U. School Medicine, Indianapolis, 1972-1982; assistant professor medical biophysics, Indiana U. School Medicine, Indianapolis, 1977-1982; assistant professor biochemistry, Indiana U. School Medicine, Indianapolis, 1979-1982; assistant professor neurology and neuroscience, Northwestern University School Medicine, Chicago, 1982-1985; associate professor pharmacology, Chicago Medical School, 1985-1988; associate professor neurology, Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience, Chicago, 1989-1995; Adjunct Professor neurology and neuroscience, Northwestern University Medical School, since 1995; member, Northwestern University Center Development Biology, Chicago, since 1989; health science specialist VA Center Office, Medical Research Svc., Washington, since 1995.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors India Cultural Coordinator Community. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physiological Society, Indian Academy Neuroscis., Society Biological Chemists (India), International Brain Research Organization, International Society Neurochemistry (award 1994), Society Neurosci., American Society Neurochemistry, Indiana Academy of Sciences (chairman cell biology 1982-1983), New York Academy of Sciences, Biophysics Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Association Scientists of Indian Origin American (counselor since 1986), Ameer Khusro Society of America (vice president), Lucknow Researchers Association in American, All-Indian Institute Medical Sciences Association, Association of Communal Harmony in Asia, Organization of University Communal Harmony, Aligarh Alumni Association Metropolitan Washington (secretary since 2007), Fedn Aligarh Alumni Association (councelor), India Culture Coordination Committee, Lucknow University Alumni Association, Global Organization People of Indian Origin (secretary-general since 2003, vice president since 2010), National Council Indian Organizations (secretary general).
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Nationality
American
Education
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Awards
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Research grantee National Institutes of Health, 1973-1977, Muscular Dystrophy Association American, 1975-1977, 94-97, American Cancer Society, 1979-1980, National Science Foundation, 1981, 84, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, 1981, American Diabetes Association, 1980. Recipient international travel award National Science Foundation, 1984, Fidia Research Foundation award, 1987, United Nations Development Program International Expert award, 1987, 93, award American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1994.Research grantee National Institutes of Health, 1973-1977, Muscular Dystrophy Association American, 1975-1977, 94-97, American Cancer Society, 1979-1980, National Science Foundation, 1981, 84, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, 1981, American Diabetes Association, 1980. Recipient international travel award National Science Foundation, 1984, Fidia Research Foundation award, 1987, United Nations Development Program International Expert award, 1987, 93, award American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1994.