This curriculum vitae summarizes the qualifications and experience of Khalid Ali Khan, an Assistant Professor specializing in Entomology. He received his PhD in Entomology from King Saud University in 2017. His research focuses on assessing beneficial bacteria in indigenous honeybees of Saudi Arabia and investigating the pharmacological properties of honey and other bee products. He has published several papers in peer-reviewed journals and has worked on projects funded by various agencies.

1. Curriculum Vitae
Khalid Ali Khan, Ph.D. Entomology
Assistant Professor, Unit of Bee Research and Honey Production,
Faculty of Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha 61413, P.O.
Box 9004, Saudi Arabia.
WhatsApp No. +92-344511191
E-mail: khalidtalpur@hotmail.com
Twitter ID: khaledtalpur
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4734-6338
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Khalid_Khan22
https://www.linkedin.com/in/khalid-ali-khan-1118b532/
RESEARCH INTERESTS
 Assessing beneficial bacteria in the indigenous honeybees (Apis mellifera jemenitica) of Saudi
Arabia and their potential role in honeybee health using microbiological and molecular biology
approaches.
 Chemical profiling of honey, propolis, and gut bacterial metabolites aiming to investigate the
pharmacological activity of natural products.
 In vitro and in vivo study of honey and other bee products against honey bee and human
pathogens.
 Biochemical characterization of honey and other bee products using HPLC and GC-MS
 Pollination ecology of bees and other insects.
PH.D. RESEARCH
Identification and characterization of gut bacterial communities in Apis mellifera jemenitica and
their potential role against American foulbrood disease.
EXPERIMENTAL SKILLS
 Instrumentations: Used HPLC, GC-MS, PCR, Gel Doc etc.
 In vitro antimicrobial activity of honeybee products, gut microbiota against some pathogens.
 Molecular Biology: DNA and RNA isolation, PCR and molecular markers, PAGE, SDS
PAGE, Nucleotide sequence editing, Searching for similarity sequences in Databases: The
Basic Local Alignment Search Tool. Practical and experimental knowledge of Multiple
Sequence alignment program: CLUSTAL-W, Phylogenetic Analysis software: PHYLIP.

2.  Beekeeping: Honeybee larval grafting for artificial queen rearing, honeybee learning
behavior/conditioning through proboscis extension response (PER).
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Degree Institution YEAR SUBJECT CGPA
PhD. King Saud University, Riyadh
-Saudi Arabia
2017 Entomology 4.91/5.00
(With distinction)
M.Sc. (Hons.) University of Agriculture,
Faisalabad-Pakistan
2008 Entomology 3.75/4.00
PREVIOUS POSITION
 During Ph.D. (2012-2017) worked as a “Research Assistant” in different projects related to
honey bees at Bee Research Unit, Plant Protection Department College of Food and
Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, P.O. Box 2460, Saudi Arabia.
 Worked as a “Research Officer” at Beekeeping and Hill Fruit Pests Research Station,
Rawalpindi – Pakistan from May, 2010 to February, 2012. Main responsibilities were as
under:
o To conduct research trials on honeybee management and their pollination role.
o To explore the bee forage plants those, provide nectar and pollen in scarcity period.
o To conduct research on effective and economic control strategies for bee enemies and
diseases.
o To arrange the beekeeping training courses for public so that they may adapt beekeeping
as a cottage industry to improve their livelihood.
o To arrange public seminars focusing on the importance of honeybees in ecosystem and
their role in the conservation.
o To analyses the physicochemical properties of major honeys produced in Pakistan.
o To provide consultation services for beekeepers regarding different honeybee related
problems.
PROFESSIONAL SOCITIES
 Member of COLOSS, Honeybee Research Association.
 Member of TECA-Beekeeping Exchange Group of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
of United Nations.
 Member of Systematic and Applied Acarology Society

3. AWARDS
 International Ph.D. fellowship from King Saud University Riyadh 11451 Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia.
 Merit scholarships awards in Primary and Secondary education.
LIST OF PROJECTS
S.
No
Project Title Role Funding Agency Project
Cost
Status
1 Assessing beneficial
bacteria in the
indigenous honeybee
(Apis mellifera
jemenitica) of Saudi
Arabia and their
potential role in honey
bee health
Research
Assistant
National Plan for
Science, Technology
and Innovation
(NPST), Saudi Arabia
2.00 M
SAR
Ongoing
2 Development of novel
RNAi based strategies
to control Varroa
destructor -A highly
destructive honeybee-
killer mite in the
Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia
Research
Assistant
King Abdulaziz City
for Science and
Technology (KACST),
Saudi Arabia
0.700 M
SAR
Submitted
3 Effect of honey on gut
microbiota in pediatric
leukemic cancer
patients and their Role
in carbohydrate
metabolism
Research
Assistant
King Abdulaziz City
for Science and
Technology (KACST),
Saudi Arabia
0.700 M
SAR
Submitted
4 Analyzing factors
contributing for natural
bee forage resource
base degradation and
their restoration
potentials in the
valleys of southwest
Saudi Arabia
Research
Assistant
King Abdulaziz City
for Science and
Technology (KACST),
Saudi Arabia
0.700 M
SAR
Submitted
5 Investigating factors
contributing for the
annual death of
imported honey bee
Research
Assistant
King Abdulaziz City
for Science and
Technology (KACST),
Saudi Arabia
0.700 M
SAR
Submitted

4. colonies (Apis
mellifera carinica
hybrid) and assessing
the possibilities of
enhancing their
survivability under
Saudi Arabia
conditions
PUBLICATIONS
 Faheem Ahmad, Naeem Iqbal, Syed Muhammad Zaka, Muhammad Kamran Qureshi, Qamar
Saeed, Hamed Ali Ghramh, Khalid Ali Khan, Mohammad Javed Ansari, Waqar Jaleel,
Muhammad Aasim, Marryam Bakhat Awar (2018). COMPARATIVE INSECTICIDAL
ACTIVITY OF SIX COMMON PLANT SPECIES AGAINST TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM
(HERBST) (COLEOPTERA: TENEBRIONIDAE). Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences,
Under review, minor comments. (IF-2.564).
 Asif Sajjad, Mudssar Ali, Shafqat Saeed, Muhammad Amjad Bashir, Intazar Ali, Khalid Ali
Khan, Hamed Ali Ghramah, Mohammad Javed Ansari (2018). YEARLONG ASSOCIATION
OF INSECT POLLINATOR, PSEUDAPIS OXYBELOIDES WITH FLOWERING PLANTS:
PLANTED FOREST VS. AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE. Saudi Journal of Biological
Sciences, Under review, minor comments. (IF-2.564).
 Muhammad Amjad Bashir, Shafqat Saeed, Asif Sajjad, Khalid Ali Khan, Hamed Ali Ghramh,
Muhammad Ahmed Shehzad, Hussani Mubarak, Nosheen Mirza, Shahzadi Mahpara,
Muhammad Ishaq Asif Rehmani, Mohammad Javed Ansari (2018). INSECT POLLINATOR
DIVERSITY IN FOUR FORESTED ECOSYSTEMS OF SOUTHERN PUNJAB,
PAKISTAN. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, http://dx.doi.org/
10.1016/j.sjbs.2018.02.007 (February, 2018). (IF-2.564).
 Shafqat Saeed, Muhammad Amjad Bashir, Khalid Ali Khan, Asif Sajjad, Abid Mahmood
Alvi, Sagheer Atta, Mohammad Javed Ansari (2017). ASSEMBLAGE OF POLLINATOR
COMMUNITIES IN FOUR WIDELY ISOLATED NATURERESERVES OF SOUTHERN
PUNJAB, PAKISTAN. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, http://dx.doi.org/
10.1016/j.sjbs.2017.10.007 (October, 2017). (IF-2.564).
 Muhammad Amjad Bashir, Abid Mahmood Alvi, Khalid Ali Khan, Muhammad Ishaq Asif
Rehmani, Mohammad Javed Ansari, Sagheer Atta, Hamed Ali Ghramh, Tahira Batool,
Muhammad Tariq (2017). ROLE OF POLLINATION IN YIELD AND
PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF TOMATOES (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM)

5. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2017.10.006 (October,
2017). (IF-2.564).
 Mohammad Javed Ansari, Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, Khalid Ali Khan, Nuru Adgaba, Sherweit H
El-Ahmady, Haidy A. Gad, Abdul-Rahman A Roshan, Sultan Ayoub Meo, Sevgi Kolyali
(2017). VALIDATION OF BOTANICAL ORIGINS AND GEOGRAPHICAL SOURCES OF
SOME SAUDI HONEYS BY USING ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY AND
MULTIVARIATE CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2017.09.005 (September, 2017). (IF-2.564).
 Ahmad A Al-Ghamdi, Khalid Ali Khan, Mohammad Javed Ansari, Saad B. Almasaudi, Saad
Al-Kahtani. (2017). EFFECT OF GUT BACTERIAL ISOLATES FROM APIS MELLIFERA
JEMENITICA ON PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE INFECTED BEE LARVAE. Saudi Journal of
Biological Sciences, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2017.07.005. (July, 2017). (IF-2.564).
 Khalid Ali Khan, Mohammad Javed Ansari, Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, Adgaba Nuru, Steve
Harakeh, Javaid Iqbal (2017). INVESTIGATION OF GUT MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES
ASSOCIATED WITH INDIGENOUS HONEY BEE (APIS MELLIFERA JEMENITICA)
FROM TWO DIFFERENT ECO-REGIONS OF SAUDI ARABIA. Saudi Journal of
Biological Sciences. 24: 1073-1080. (July, 2017). (IF: 2.564)
 Mohammad Javed Ansari, Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, Adgaba Nuru, Khalid Ali Khan, Yehya
Alattal. (2017). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION AND MOLECULAR DETECTION OF
NOSEMA CERANAE FROM INDIGENOUS HONEYBEE RACE OF SAUDI ARABIA.
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 24: 985-993. (July, 2017). (IF: 2.564).
 Mohammad Javed Ansari, Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, Salma Usmani, Khalid Ali Khan, Abdulaziz
S. Alqarni, Manpreet Kaur, Noori Al-Waili. (2017). IN VITRO EVALUATION OF THE
EFFECTS OF SOME PLANT ESSENTIAL OILS ON ASCOSPHAERA APIS, THE
CAUSATIVE AGENT OF CHALKBROOD DISEASE. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences.
24:1004-1011. (July, 2017). (IF: 2.564)
 Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, Mohammad Javed Ansari, Adgaba Nuru, Ashraf Mohamed Ahmed,
Tahany H. Ayaad, Khalid Ali Khan, Noori Al-Waili (2017). DIAGNOSIS AND
MOLECULAR DETECTION OF PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE, THE CAUSATIVE AGENT
OF AMERICAN FOULBROOD IN HONEY BEES IN SAUDI ARABIA. International
Journal of Tropical Insect Science. doi:10.1017/S1742758417000133. (June, 2017). (IF:
0.375)

6.  Khalid Ali Khan, Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ghamdi, and Mohammad Javed Ansari. (2016). THE
CHARACTERIZATION OF BLOSSOM HONEYS FROM TWO PROVINCES OF
PAKISTAN. Italian Journal of Food Science. 28(4): 625-638. (June, 2016). (IF: 0.556)
 Mohammad Javed Ansari, Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, Noori Al-Waili, Nuru Adgaba, Khalid Ali
Khan, Abdulraouf Amro. (2016). ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF DRACAENA
CINNABARI RESIN FROM SOQOTRA ISLAND ON MULTI DRUG RESISTANT
HUMAN PATHOGENS. African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative
medicines. 13(1):118-122. (January, 2016). (IF: 0.553)
 Mohammad Javed Ansari, Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, Salma Usmani, Noori Al-Waili, Adgaba Nuru,
Deepak Sharma, Khalid Ali Khan, Manpreet Kaur, Mohammed Omer. (2015). IN VITRO
EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF SOME PLANT ESSENTIAL OILS ON
PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE, THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF AMERICAN FOULBROOD.
Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment. 30(1):49-55. (October, 2015). (IF: 1.059)
 Deepak Sharma, Mohammad Javed Ansari1, Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, Nuru Adgaba, Khalid Ali
Khan, Vikas Pruthi, Noori Al-Waili. (2015). BIOSURFACTANT PRODUCTION BY
PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA DSVP20 ISOLATED FROM PETROLEUM
HYDROCARBON-CONTAMINATED SOIL AND ITS PHYSICOCHEMICAL
CHARACTERIZATION. Environmental Science Pollution Research. 22(22) 17636-17643.
(July, 2015). (IF: 2.741)
 Hussain Ali, Ayman Owayss, Khalid Ali Khan, Abdulaziz Saad Alqarni. (2015). INSECT
VISITORS AND ABUNDANCE OF FOUR APIS SPECIES ON SUNFLOWER
HELIANTHUS ANNUUS L. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 67(2): 235-240. (June, 2017). (IF:
0.413)
 Khalid Ali Khan, Mohammad Javed Ansari, Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, Deepak Sharma, Hussain
Ali. (2014). BIODIVERSITY AND RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF DIFFERENT
HONEYBEE SPECIES (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE) IN MURREE-PUNJAB, PAKISTAN.
Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies. 2(4):324-327. (December, 2014). (Non-SCI)
 D. Husain, M. Qasim, M. Saleem, M. Akhter and Khalid Ali Khan. (2014). BIOASSAY OF
INSECTICIDES AGAINST THREE HONEY BEE SPECIES IN LABORATORY
CONDITIONS. Cercetări Agronomice În Moldova. XLVII (2) (158):69-79. (June, 2014).
(Non-SCI)
 Khalid Ali Khan, Khawer Jawed Ahmad, Asif Razzaq, Muhammad Shafiqe, Khalida Hamid
Abbasi, Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Arshad Ullah.(2012). POLLINATION EFFECT OF

7. HONEY BEES, APIS MELLIFERA (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE) ON APPLE FRUIT
DEVELOPMENT AND ITS WEIGHT. Persian Gulf Crop Protection.1 (2):1-5. (June, 2012).
(Non-SCI)
 Aslam Muhammad, Khalid Ali Khan, and M.Z.H. Bajwa, (2002). POTENCY OF SOME
SPICES AGAINST CALLOSOBRUCHUS CHINENSIS LINNAEUS. Journal of Biological
Sciences 2(7):449-452. (June, 2002). (Non-SCI)
PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
 Participation in workshop and “The Second Bioinformatics Research Scientific Meeting”
organized by Bio-Informatics Research Group at King Saud University (BioSM-KSU) on 4th
– 5th
May 2015.
 Workshop and training course on “Honey Plants and Honey Production under the Dry
Environmental Conditions” at Department of Plant Protection, King Saud University Riyadh,
16th March, 2015.
 Participation in workshop and “First Bioinformatics Research Scientific Meeting”
organized by Bio-Informatics Research Group at King Saud University (BioSM-KSU) on May
4th
, 2014.
 Workshop and training course on “Genomics and Bioinformatics of insect vectors of
infectious diseases” at Department of Plant Protection, King Saud University Riyadh, 24th –
27th March, 2014.
 Workshop and training course on “Proboscis extension response conditioning of honeybees”
organized by the Beekeeping and Bee Biodiversity Research Group, KSU and the Social insect
research group, Arizona state University, USA at King Saud University Riyadh, 11th – 15th
May, 2013.
 Workshop on “Saudi Propolis as a source of anti-cancer drugs possibilities and
challenges” organized by National Plan for Science and Technology and King Saud University
Riyadh, 19th -21st November, 2013.
 Online course on “Integrated Pest Management in Cotton” organized by Asia Pacific
Regional Technology Center, Thailand (APRTC), 14th.October to 29th November, 2002
 Online course on “Digital Literacy for Agri. Professional” organized by Asia Pacific
Regional Technology Center, Thailand (APRTC), 12th.August to 20th September, 2002.

8.  Khalid Ali Khan, Mohammad Javed Ansari, Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, " Isolation of gut bacteria
from Apis mellifera jemenitica, a native honey bee of Saudi Arabia" 13th Asian Apicultural
Association Conference, April 24-26, 2016. Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabai.
 Mohammad Javed Ansari, Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, Noori Al-Waili, Nuru Adgaba, Khalid Ali
Khan "Effect of Saudi Arabian Sidr Honey on Polymicrobial culture of Multi Drug-Resistant
Human Pathogens" XIIIth
International Apitherapy Congress, Expo and Workshops March 27-
31, Passau, Germany, 2015
 Mohammad Javed Ansari, Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, Khalid Ali Khan "Characterization of
Bifidobacteria in the indigenous honeybee of Saudi Arabia” In International Union For The
Study Of Social Insects International Congress 2014 (IUSSI2014), 13-18 July,Queensland
Australia, 2014.
 Mohammad Javed Ansari, Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, Abdelsalam A. Mohamed, Deepak Sharma,
Khalid Ali Khan, Ramzi Alsarhan, Mohamed O.M. Omer “Antibacterial activities of
Bifidobacterium spp. isolated from Apis mellifera jemenitica against Paenibacillus larvae, the
causative agent of American Foulbrood” in The Seventh International conference for
Development and Environment in the Arab World, March, 23- 25, Assuit, Egypt, 2014.
 Mohammad Javed Ansari, Ahmad Al- Ghamdi, Khalid Ali Khan, Deepak Sharma
“Antimicrobial activity of Bifidobacterium spp. isolated from Apis mellifera jemenitica against
Paenibacillus larvae , the causative agent of American foulbrood” in ApiBio-ApiOrganica
Apimondia Symposium, 3-7 March, Castel San Pietro Terme, ITALY 2014.
CONFERENCES

9. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Father name Ghulam Ali Khan
Nationality Pakistani
Domicile Rajanpur (Punjab)
Sex Male
Date of Birth February 12, 1978
Marital status Married
Present Address Unit of Bee Research and Honey Production, Faculty of Science, King
Khalid University, Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Permanent Address Talpur House, Bilal Masjid Street, Kotla Peeran Shah, Jampur 33000,
Punjab, Pakistan
REFERENCES
1- Prof. Ahmad A. Al-Ghamdi (Ph.D. Supervisor)
Professor of Entomology/Apiculture
Bee Research Unit,
Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences,
P.O. Box 2460, King Saud University Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Email: aalkhazim@gmail.com; alkhazim@ksu.edu.sa; aalkhazim1@gmail.com
Mobile No. +966-5057-82019
2- Prof. Muhammad Tufail
Professor of Molecular Biology/Biotechnology
Economic Entomology Research Unit (EERU)
Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences,
P.O. Box 2460, King Saud University Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Visiting Professor,
Kobe University, Japan
Email: mtufail@ksu.edu.sa; mtufail.ksu@gmail.com
Phone No. +966-11-4693315
Mobile No. +966-5654-11341

10. 3- Prof. Ashraf Mohamed Ahmad
Professor of immunology/Physiology
Zoology Department, College of Science,
King Saud University Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Email: aalii@ksu.edu.sa; a.ahmed@keele.ac.uk; amahmedkeele@yahoo.com.uk
Fax No. +966-11-4678514
Mobile No. +966-5596-85368
4- Dr. Mohammad Javed Ansari
Professor (Assistant) of Entomology/ Apiculture
Bee Research Unit,
Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences,
P.O. Box 2460, King Saud University Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Professor (Assistant)
Department of Botany, Hindu College Moradabad, 244001, India
Email: mjavedansari@gmail.com
Mobile No. +966-5949-43252; +919068158525