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1 Arshan Nasir Ph: Education Ph.D. (Informatics), Master of Science (Bioinformatics), Bachelor of Science (Bioinformatics), Illinois Informatics Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA CGPA: 3.94/4.0 Department of Crop Science, UIUC, USA CGPA: 3.96/4.0 COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad, Pakistan Advisor: Dr. Farah Mustafa CGPA: 3.73/4.0 Publications Nasir A, Kim KM, Caetano-Anollés G Lokiarchaeota: eukaryote-like missing links from microbial dark matter? Trends in Microbiology. ms. in press. Nasir A, Sun FJ, Kim KM, Caetano-Anollés G Untangling the origin of viruses and their impact on cellular evolution. Annals of the New York Academy of Science. 1341: Nasir A, Forterre P, Kim KM, Caetano-Anollés G The distribution and impact of viral lineages in domains of life. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5: 194. Nasir A, Kim KM, Caetano-Anollés G Global patterns of protein domain gain and loss in superkingdoms. PLoS Computational Biology. 10: e Nasir A, Kim KM, Caetano-Anollés G Giant viruses coexisted with the cellular ancestors and represent a distinct supergroup along with superkingdoms Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12: 156 (Highly Accessed) o BioMed Central Research Award, Runners-up in Microbiology, Immunology, and Inflammation category (competition involved ~20,000 articles published in 2012) o (news release) o Article in the top 5% of all articles ranked by attention in 2012 (

2 Nasir A, Kim KM, Caetano-Anollés G A phylogenomic census of molecular functions identifies modern thermophilic archaea as the most ancient form of cellular life. Archaea. 2014: Nasir A, Caetano-Anollés G Comparative analysis of proteomes and functionomes provides insights into origins of cellular diversification. Archaea. 2013: Nasir A, Kim KM, Caetano-Anollés G Viral evolution: primordial cellular origins and late adaptation to parasitism. Mobile Genetic Elements. 2: Nasir A, Naeem A, Khan MJ, Nicora DH, Caetano-Anollés G Annotation of protein domains reveals remarkable conservation in the functional make up of proteomes across superkingdoms. Genes. 2: Kim KM, Nasir A, Hwang K, Caetano-Anollés G A tree of cellular life inferred from a genomic census of molecular functions. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 79: Kim KM, Nasir A, Caetano-Anollés G The importance of using realistic evolutionary models for retrodicting proteomes. Biochimie. 99: Caetano-Anollés G, Nasir A, Zhou K, Caetano-Anollés D, Mittenthal JE, Sun FJ, Kim KM Archaea: the first domain of diversified life. Archaea. 2014: Yafremava LS, Wielgos M, Thomas S, Nasir A, Wang M, Mittenthal JE, Caetano-Anollés, G A general framework of persistence strategies for biological systems helps explain domains of life. Frontiers in Genetics. 4: 16. Caetano-Anollés G, Nasir A Benefits of using molecular structure and abundance in phylogenomic analysis. Frontiers in Genetics. 3:172. Research Experience Visiting Scholar, University of Paris-Sud, Paris, France, Feb-May 2014 and March-April 2015 Description: The impact of gain and loss of viruses on the evolution of cells Advisor: Dr. Patrick Forterre Visiting Scholar, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), South Korea, Sept-Nov 2012 and July 2011 Description: Comparison of gene ontology terms in completely sequenced genomes Advisor: Dr. Kyung Mo Kim Visiting Scholar, UIUC, Aug-Oct 2009 Description: Algorithm development to speed up the process of assigning structures to protein sequences using Python under UNIX environment

3 Research Associate, CIIT, April Aug 2010 Description: Development of website and database for easy retrieval and analysis of endogenous retroviral sequences Advisor: Dr. Farah Mustafa Conferences and Workshops Poster presentations Origin and Evolution of the Viral Supergroup, Annual Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) meeting, Chicago IL, July 2013 The Functional Makeup of Proteomes is Conserved, IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, Atlanta GA, November 2011 Participation International Conference on Frontiers in Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan, December 2009 Advances in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 9 th Biennial Pakistan Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PSBMB) Conference, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, December 2008 Technology Challenges for Pakistan, IEEE Tech Fair, Faisalabad, Pakistan, August 2008 Workshops Teaching Orientation, Graduate Academy for College, Urbana IL, January 2012 Train the Trainers Workshop on Counseling Skills, Faculty Development Program CIIT, Islamabad, Pakistan May 2009 Academic Honors and Awards Dissertation Completion Fellowship, highly competitive fellowship awarded to outstanding students to help complete the doctoral degree within one year of award, awarded by the Graduate College of UIUC, Chateaubriand Fellowship, highly competitive award given to students studying in American universities to pursue research experience in top universities in France, awarded Summer 2013 for 6 months research training starting in February 2014 at the University of Paris-Sud, France BioMed Central Research Award, runners up in Microbiology, Immunology, and Inflammation category (competition involved ~20,000 articles published in 2012)

4 Awardee of NSF New International Collaborations program to travel to South Korea for 2 months research internship at Biological Resource Center, KRIBB, South Korea, 2012 Awardee of International Seeds Grant Program UIUC to travel to South Korea for 3 weeks research internship at the Korean Bioinformation Center, KRIBB, South Korea, July 2011 CIIT Fellowship to pursue Master of Science degree at UIUC, awarded by CIIT, Institute Silver and Campus Bronze medals for undergraduate CGPA > 3.50, 2009 Teaching Honors List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, UIUC MCB 247: Human Anatomy and Physiology II, Spring 2012 Teaching Experience Instructor, Introduction to Bioinformatics, Spring 2015 Department of Biosciences, CIIT Teaching Assistant, Human Anatomy and Physiology II, Spring 2012 School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, UIUC Academic Employment Assistant Professor, Department of Biosciences, CIIT, Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec present Research Team Leader, Summer Research Opportunities Program, Graduate College, UIUC, Summer 2013 and 2014 Assisted undergraduate students in successful completion of their summer research projects. Served as conduit between the faculty mentor and students. Designed and organized weekly research team meetings to hold discussions on various topics in science and taught research writing skills. Research Assistant to Dr. Gustavo Caetano-Anollés, References Duties include conducting research on the evolution of macromolecular structure and the origin of cells and viruses. Dr. Gustavo Caetano-Anollés, Professor of Bioinformatics, Department of Crop Science, UIUC Ph: (217) , gca@illinois.edu

5 Dr. Patrick Forterre, Professor, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France Ph: , Dr. Jay E Mittenthal, Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Emeritus, The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, UIUC Ph: (217) , mitten@life.illinois.edu Dr. Kyung Mo Kim, Research Scientist, Biological Resource Center, KRIBB Ph: , kmkim@kribb.re.kr