Abdul Ghafar has been a lecturer/postdoctoral researcher in Parasitology at The University of Melbourne since 2022. He completed a Ph.D. in Veterinary Parasitology from the University of Melbourne in 2021 on molecular epidemiology of ticks and tick-borne diseases of bovines. He holds an M.Phil. in Virology and Immunology (2012) with a President’s Gold Medal from the National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, and a DVM (2009) with Gold Medal from University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. Dr. Ghafar has an impressive record in molecular and diagnostic parasitology, vector-borne disease control, and data analyses.