Ahmed Mustafa, Ph.D.
General
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Indiana University-Purdue University
Fort Wayne, IN 46805
Telephone: (260) 481 6328
Email: mustafaa@ipfw.edu
Office Hours
Fall, 2002 - SB 394 Mondays and Wednesdays 10-12
Spring, 2003 - SB 394 Tuesdays and Thursdays 10- 12
Member
Graduate Faculty Membership Committee, Purdue University
Graduate Faculty Membership Committee, Indiana University
Faculty Advisor
Beta Beta Beta - National Biological Honor Society
Bangladesh Student Association
Current Research
My current research focuses on stress and its effects in farmed animals, especially fish and shellfish. I am interested in identifying the physiological and endocrinological changes that occur in stressed animals; changes that affect growth, reproduction, general health, and disease resistance. I am also interested to identify the problems of pathogens and environments, which are responsible for causing stress in animals.
Recent Publications
Monica Gensic, Timothy Keefe, Patrick Wissing, and Ahmed Mustafa. 2003. Nutritional supplement and stress response in farmed salmonids. Aquaculture Research (In press).
Ahmed Mustafa. 2003. Factors affecting the susceptibility of sea lice infestations in Atlantic salmon. Received invitation to write this review paper by the British Journal of Veterinary Bulletin (In press).
Ahmed Mustafa. 2003. Salmonids and stress: do nutritional supplementation help? Received invitation to write this paper by the Global Aquacualture Alliance Magazine- The Advocate (In press).
Monica Gensic, Timothy Keefe, and Ahmed Mustafa. Stress in Aquacultured Fish. IPFW Student Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium. April 15, 2003.
Timothy Keefe, Fatema Majid, and Ahmed Mustafa. Correlation between pH, temperature, and ammonia in the recirculating water system and stress in steelhead trout. IPFW Student Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium. April 15, 2003.
Monica Gensic, Timothy Keefe, Patrick Wissing, and Ahmed Mustafa. 2003. Salmonids and stress: Does nutritional supplement help ? Proceedings of “Aquaculture America 2003" to be held in Louiseville, Kentucky, February 1821, 2003. pp101.
Monica Gensic, Timothy Keefe, Patrick Wissing, and Ahmed Mustafa. 2002 Nutritional supplement and stress response in farmed samonids. Proceedings of the Fall Meetings, Indiana Academy of Science. October 10-11, 2002, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. pp103.
Patrick Wissing, Monica Gensic, Timothy Keefe, and Ahmed Mustafa. 2002 Effects of iodized-feed on stress modulation in salmonids. Proceedings of the AQUAMAR International 5th Latin American Aquaculture Conference, September 3-7, 2002, Cancun, Mexico. p96 (Extended Abstract).
A. Mustafa. 2002. Stress response and disease resistance in farmed fish: salmonids-sea lice model. Proceedings of the World aquaculture 2002, April 23-27, 2002. Beijing, China. pp 529.
Fast MD, Ross NW, Mustafa A, Sims DE, Johnson SC, Conboy GA, Speare DJ, Johnson G, Burka JF. 2002. Susceptibility of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss, coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutchand Atlantic salmon Salmo salart experimental infection with sea lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis.Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 52: 57-68
M. D. Fast, D. E. Sims, J. F. Burka, A. Mustafa and N. W. Ross. 2002. Skin morphology and humoral non-specific defence parameters of mucus and plasma in rainbow trout, coho and Atlantic salmon. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 132 (3): 527-660.
Mustafa, A., Peters, W., Conboy, G., and Burka,
J. 2002. Do water temperature and flow have any effect on sea lice development
and settlement ? Bulletin
of the Aquaculture Association of Canada Special Publication No. 5: 53-55.
Mustafa, A., Rankadua, W., and Campbell, P. 2001. Estimating the cost of sea lice to salmon aquaculture in Atlantic Canada. Canadian Veterinary Journal 42: 54-56.
Mustafa, A., Speare, D. J., Daley, J., Conboy, G. A., and Burka, J. F. 2000. Enhanced susceptibility of seawater cultured rainbow trout to the microsporidian, Loma salmonae during primary infection with the sea louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis. Journal of Fish Diseases 23: 337-341.
Bowers, J., Mustafa, A., Burka, J., Speare, D., Sims, D., and Conboy, G. 2000. The effects of sea lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis on the stress response of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. Journal of Fish Diseases 23: 165-172.
Burka, J.F., Conboy, G.A., Sims, D.E., Speare, D.J., Mustafa, A., Ross, N.W. and S.C. Johnson. 2000. Physiological, biochemical, And Histological Approaches To Examining Sea Lice-Salmon Interactions. International Congress on the Biology of Fish Proceedings. Aberdeen, UK. 49-53.
Mustafa, A., MacWilliams, C., Fernandez, N., Matchett, K., Conboy, G. and Burka, J. 2000. Effects of sea lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis infestation on non-specific defence mechanisms in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 10: 47-59.
Mustafa, A., Conboy, G.A. and J.F. Burka. 1999. Sea lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda: Caligidae) in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar: the dynamics of host resistance and parasite fecundity in infested fish. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 124A: S119.
Mustafa, A. and MacKinnon, B. M. 1999. Atlantic salmon and Arctic charr: comparative correlation between iodine/iodide supplementation, thyroid hormone levels, plasma cortisol levels and infection intensities with sea louse, Caligus elongatus. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 77:1092-1101.
Mustafa, A. and MacKinnon, B. M. 1999. Genetic variation in susceptibility of Atlantic salmon to sea lice, Caligus elongatus Nordmann, 1832.Canadian Journal of Zoology. 77:1332-1335.
Professional Affiliation
I am professionally affiliated with the following associations:
Aquaculture Association of Canada
Canadian Society of Zoologists
Sigma Xi- The Scientific Research Society
Zoological Society of Bangladesh
My Favourite Links
American Physiological Society
Purdue Centre for Carrier Opportunities
USDA Agricultural Research Service Job Opportunities