Godfred Antony Menezes MSc, PhD

Dr. Godfred A Menezes received his Master’s in Medical Microbiology in 2003 at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, India. He received his PhD in Medical Microbiology at JIPMER, a Post-graduate Medical Institute of National Importance, Pondicherry, India in 2011. He has been a scientist at Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In 2018, he was promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at RAK College of Medical Sciences (RAKCOMS) RAKMHSU, Ras al Khaimah, UAE. He has worked in Ha’il University, Ha’il, Saudi Arabia as Assistant Professor & Scientist till 2016. He has worked as the In charge/ Scientist of Central Research Laboratory (CRL) and also as an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Chennai, India for 3 years.

He has set up Central Research Laboratories in a couple of Institutes. He has worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology at SSR Medical College, Belle Rive Mauritius. He was as a Junior Research Fellow and Research Scholar in the Institute of National Importance, JIPMER, Pondicherry, India. He has worked as a short-term research worker on nanoscience in the renowned Indian Institute of Science (IISc, Bangalore, India). He has been working extensively on molecular characterization of Enterobacteriaceae members, particularly extended and expanded spectrum beta-lactamase producing bacteria and fluoroquinolone-resistant bacteria. He has been a faculty of several Medical Institutes and a Para-Medical Institute.