Hina Baig

Hina Baig
Nationality Pakistan
Alma mater University of Karachi
Scientific career
Fields Marine Biology
Plant taxonomy
Institutions National Institute of Oceanography
Website niopk.gov.pk

Dr. Hina Saeed Baig is a Senior Research Scientist at the National Institute of Oceanography in Karachi, Pakistan. Her work centres on microscopic and macroscopic marine plants as well as microorganisms. She is best known for her leadership in Pakistani oceanography as the only woman Senior Research Scientist at the country's National Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Science & Technology, Biological Oceanography division.[1]

Early life and education

Baig attended obtained both her M. Phil in Marine biology (2000) and then her PhD in Marine science (2004) from the Institute of Marine Science, University of Karachi, Pakistan. Her PhD focused on sargassum and dinoflagellates in Pakistan's coastal waters.[2]

Career and impact

Research

Baig has worked at the Pakistan's National Institute of Oceanography.[1]

Leadership

Baig represents Pakistan on the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the UNESCO Harmful Algal Bloom Programme (IOC-HAB).[3] Baig is also one of the NIO's representative members at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (Mangroves for the Future Programme).[4] She is a founding member of both the Pakistan Whale and Dolphin Society and the Pakistan Aquaculture and Fisheries Society, for which she is also society secretary.[5][6]

She is also a member of the Third World Organization for Women in Science organisation[7] and the North West Indian Ocean Research Group.

Selected works

  • (2014) A. Tabassum, H.S. Baig & A. Rehman “Odentella sinensis & Odontella regia reported from North Arabian Sea after Tasman Spirit Oil Spill” Journal of Phycology & Phycochemistry.
  • (2007), A. Dar, H.S.Baig, S.M.Saifullah, V.U.Ahmad, S. Yasmeen, M. Nizamuddin, “Effect of seasonal variation on the anti-inflammatory activity of Sargassum wightii growing on the N. Arabian sea coast of Pakistan”, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology, 351:1-9.
  • (2006) Hina S. Baig, S.M. Saifullah & A. Dar, “Occurrence and toxicity of Amphidinium carterae Hulburt in the North Arabian Sea”. Published in Harmful Algae, 5(2) pp. 133–140
  • (2002) S. M. Saifullah, Hina S. Baig & S. Mansoor “The Dinoflagellate Genus Amphisolenia Stein from North Arabian Sea Shelf of Pakistan”, Pakistan Journal of Botany, 34(1):73-80

References

  1. 1 2 "Biology Oceanography". niopk.gov.pk. National Institute of Oceanography, Government of Pakistan. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  2. ↑ "Aquaculture can reduce food insecurity in Pakistan". panoramaacuicola.com. Panorama Acuícola Magazine. 2013.
  3. ↑ "IOC Harmful Algal Bloom Programme". hab.ioc-unesco.org. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  4. ↑ "Mangroves for the Future (MFF)". www.mangrovesforthefuture.org. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  5. ↑ "KARACHI: Dolphin, whale society set up". Dawn.com. Dawn news. 2008-01-08. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  6. ↑ "Aquaculture can reduce food insecurity in Pakistan". panoramaacuicola.com. Panorama Acuícola Magazine. 2013. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  7. ↑ "Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS)". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2016-08-21.


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