Muhammad H Zaman, PhD
Professor, Global Health - Boston University School of Public Health
Biography
Muhammad Zaman is a Professor in the College of Engineering and the principal investigator of the Laboratory for Molecular & Cellular Dynamics at Boston University and a Faculty Fellow of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Chicago and was a Herman and Margaret Sokol Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in cancer research at MIT. He has been a recipient of the FEBS outstanding Young Investigator Award and was most recently awarded the Regents Teaching Award, the highest teaching award across the entire University of Texas System of Institutions. Professor Zaman joined BU from UT Austin in fall 2009.
Dr. Zaman’s research focuses on understanding the systems biology of tumor invasion and metastasis. The second main thrust of his research focuses on developing computational and experimental tools to improve the quality of life, education, and the practice of medicine in the developing world. He is working closely with institutions of higher learning in curriculum development and implementation. In addition, he partners with various nonprofits around the globe, in particular with the developing countries, to develop cheap, robust, and easy-to-use solutions to develop improved diagnostics in remote areas.
Other Positions
- Professor, Biomedical Engineering - Boston University College of Engineering
- Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Biomedical Engineering - Boston University College of Engineering
- Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research - Boston University
- Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students) - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences
Education
- University of Chicago, PhD Field of Study: Chemistry
- University of Chicago, MS Field of Study: Chemistry
- Arkansas Technical University, BS Field of Study: Chemistry/Physics
Publications
- Published on 3/27/2025
Fletcher SJ, Ching C, Suprenant MP, Desai D, Zaman MH. Agent-based model of the human colon to investigate mechanisms of pathogen colonization resistance. Biophys J. 2025 May 06; 124(9):1446-1461. PMID: 40156186.
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- Published on 3/21/2025
Nahum Y, Muhvich J, Morones-Ramirez JR, Casillas-Vega NG, Zaman MH. Biofilms as potential reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance in vulnerable settings. Front Public Health. 2025; 13:1568463. PMID: 40190753.
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- Published on 3/14/2025
Anderson JE, Carlton L, Kura S, O'Brien WJ, Rogers D, Rahimi P, Farzam PY, Zaman MH, Boas DA, Yücel MA. High-Density Multi-Distance fNIRS Enhances Detection of Brain Activity during a Word-Color Stroop Task. bioRxiv. 2025 Mar 14. PMID: 40161819.
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- Published on 3/5/2025
Sutradhar I, Kalyan P, Chukwu K, Abia ALK, Mbanga J, Essack S, Hamer DH, Zaman MH. Environmental concentrations of copper and iron can alter the evolution of antimicrobial resistance of E. coli against ciprofloxacin and doxycycline. Front Microbiol. 2025; 16:1539807. PMID: 40109971.
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- Published on 3/5/2025
Ching C, Sutradhar I, Zaman MH. Understanding the impacts of temperature and precipitation on antimicrobial resistance in wastewater: theory, modeling, observation, and limitations. mSphere. 2025 Mar 25; 10(3):e0094724. PMID: 40042266.
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- Published on 12/9/2024
Suprenant MP, Ching C, Gross N, Sutradhar I, Anderson JE, El Sherif N, Zaman MH. The impact of zinc pre-exposure on ciprofloxacin resistance development in E. coli. Front Microbiol. 2024; 15:1491532. PMID: 39717277.
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- Published on 10/17/2024
Sutradhar I, Gross N, Ching C, Nahum Y, Desai D, Bowes DA, Zaman MH. Characterization of antibiotic resistance development of E. coli in synthetic and real wastewater. bioRxiv. 2024 Oct 17. PMID: 39464053.
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- Published on 5/29/2024
Ching C, Zaman MH, Wirtz VJ. Evaluation of Surveillance Strategies of Antimicrobial Consumption in Animals. Antibiotics (Basel). 2024 May 29; 13(6). PMID: 38927172.
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- Published on 4/30/2024
Ching C, Zaman MH, Parveen A, Sultan F, Nizamuddin S. Trends in typhoid fever during the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan. J Infect Dev Ctries. 2024 Apr 30; 18(4):550-555. PMID: 38728649.
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- Published on 6/17/2023
Sutradhar I, Kalyan P, Chukwu K, Abia ALK, Mbanga J, Essack S, Hamer DH, Zaman MH. Metal Ions and their Effects on Antimicrobial Resistance Development in Wastewater. bioRxiv. 2023 Jun 17. PMID: 37398478.
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News & In the Media
- Published on April 7, 2023