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{{Short description|Indian academic}}
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'''Abbas Ali Mahdi''' is an Indian [[Academic staff|academic]] and currently [[Vice-chancellor]] of [[Era University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Amity University's environment round-table stresses on fighting pollution through awareness-building |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/amity-university-s-environment-round-table-stresses-on-fighting-pollution-through-awareness-building/story-xeSWe0ERPHNj4W9rBSv01K.html |website=Hindustan Times |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en |date=18 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Earlier it was for only UP, but now this will work under Prof Abbas Ali Mahdi at the Department of Biochemistry, KGMU, as the All India Referral Centre. |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/earlier-it-was-for-only-up-but-now-this-will-work-under-prof-abbas-ali-mahdi-at-the-department-of-biochemistry-kgmu-as-the-all-india-referral-centre-/articleshow/23596691.cms |website=The Times of India |publisher=[[The Times of India]] |date=5 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Kumar |first1=Prof Santosh |title=Software Engineering: Design, Development, and Management |date=14 August 2024 |publisher=Academic Guru Publishing House |isbn=978-81-979010-1-0 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Software_Engineering_Design_Development/hi8wEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=prof+abbas+ali+mahdi&pg=PR5&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>

== Education and career ==

He was Research Associate at Aligarh Muslim University from 1985 to 1991.{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}} In 2003 he joined as the associate professor at [[King George's Medical University]] and later in 2005 he became the full time professor at King George's Medical University.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prof. Abbas Ali Mahdi - Biochemistry |url=https://kgmu.org/department_faculty.php?dept_type=2&dept_id=3 |website=kgmu.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Orientation of first batch of PG in biochemistry at KGMU |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/orientation-of-first-batch-of-pg-in-biochemistry-at-kgmu/articleshow/91528364.cms |website=The Times of India |date=13 May 2022}}</ref> He worked as head of the department at King George's Medical University from 2010 to 2023.{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}}

In 2023 Mahdi became the Vice Chancellor of [[Era University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=डॉ. अब्बास बने एरा यूनिवर्सिटी के कुलपति |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow/story-dr-abbas-became-vice-chancellor-of-era-university-7816787.html |website=www.livehindustan.com |publisher=[[Hindustan (newspaper)]] |language=hi |date=24 February 2023}}</ref>

==Research==

He served as the president of Indian Academy of Biomedical Sciences from 2013 to 2014. He is also former secretary general of Indian Academy of Biomedical Sciences (IABS).<ref>{{cite web |title=Secretary General |url=https://www.iabs.in/secretary-general |website=www.iabs.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=When time stood still for a man who wrote through time |url=https://timeskuwait.com/when-time-stood-still-for-a-man-who-wrote-through-time/ |website=Times Kuwait |date=29 June 2025}}</ref> He has made contributions in the fields of [[natural product]]s, [[metal toxicity]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Amity University's environment round-table stresses on fighting pollution through awareness-building |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/amity-university-s-environment-round-table-stresses-on-fighting-pollution-through-awareness-building/story-xeSWe0ERPHNj4W9rBSv01K.html |website=Hindustan Times |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en |date=18 September 2019}}</ref> and [[Free Radical Biology and Medicine|free radical biology]].<ref>{{cite web |title='Heavy metals in herbal medicines may be toxic' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/heavy-metals-in-herbal-medicines-may-be-toxic/articleshow/6843974.cms |website=The Times of India |date=31 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Can my shampoo give me cancer? |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/7-days/can-my-shampoo-give-me-cancer/cid/1313744#goog_rewarded |website=.telegraphindia.com |publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]}}</ref>

His studies on oxidative stress–induced perturbations of antioxidant levels in the seminal plasma of infertile men indicated improvement following treatment with certain herbal preparations.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ahmad |first1=Mohammad Kaleem |last2=Mahdi |first2=Abbas Ali |last3=Shukla |first3=Kamla Kant |last4=Islam |first4=Najmul |last5=Rajender |first5=Singh |last6=Madhukar |first6=Dama |last7=Shankhwar |first7=Satya Narain |last8=Ahmad |first8=Sohail |title=Withania somnifera improves semen quality by regulating reproductive hormone levels and oxidative stress in seminal plasma of infertile males |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0015028209010140 |website=Fertility and Sterility |pages=989–996 |doi=10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.04.046 |date=1 August 2010}}</ref>
==Selected publications==
*"[https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(09)01014-0/fulltext Withania somnifera improves semen quality by regulating reproductive hormone levels and oxidative stress in seminal plasma of infertile males. Fertility and sterility.]", Ahmad MK, Mahdi AA, Shukla KK, Islam N, Rajender S, Madhukar D, Shankhwar SN, Ahmad S., 2010, Vol:94, Issue:3, P:989-996,
*"[https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(08)03935-6/fulltext Mucuna pruriens improves male fertility by its action on the hypothalamus–pituitary–gonadal axis. Fertility and sterility]", Shukla KK, Mahdi AA, Ahmad MK, Shankhwar SN, Rajender S, Jaiswar SP, 2009, Vol:92, Issue:6, p: 1934-1940,
*"[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1093/ecam/nep138 Withania somnifera Improves Semen Quality in Stress-Related Male Fertility]", Mahdi AA, Shukla KK, Ahmad MK, Rajender S, Shankhwar SN, Singh V, Dalela D, 2011
*"[https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(07)02951-2/fulltext Effect of Mucuna pruriens on semen profile and biochemical parameters in seminal plasma of infertile men]", Ahmad MK, Mahdi AA, Shukla KK, Islam N, Jaiswar SP, Ahmad S, 2008, Volume:90, Issue:3, P:627-635
*[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006899308028217?via%3Dihub Influence of age on aluminum induced lipid peroxidation and neurolipofuscin in frontal cortex of rat brain: A behavioral, biochemical and ultrastructural study]", Tripathi S, Mahdi AA, Nawab A, Chander R, Hasan M, Siddiqui MS, Mahdi F, Mitra K, Bajpai VK, 2009, Volume 1253, Pages:107-116
*"[https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0098409 Aluminium Induced Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Mediated Cell Death in SH-SY5Y Neuroblastoma Cell Line Is Independent of p53]", Mustafa Rizvi SH, Parveen A, Verma AK, Ahmad I, Arshad M, Mahdi AA, 2014

==Awards & honors==
*In March 2024, Mahdi received a [[D.Sc.]] (h c.) from [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal]].<ref>{{cite web |title=273 students awarded degrees at AIIMS Bhopal 3rd convocation |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/273-students-awarded-degrees-at-aiims-bhopal-3rd-convocation/articleshow/108172945.cms |website=The Times of India |date=3 March 2024}}</ref>

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TrinaAshby9096 at 17:33, 23 March 2026