Muhammad
ADEEL

Muhammad Adeel is a Career Diplomat with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan currently serving in the Embassy of Pakistan to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg in Brussels. He deals with matters related to scientific and technological cooperation between the EU and Pakistan. Prior to joining the Civil Services in 2015, he completed his B.Sc. (Hons) and M.Phil. in Biotechnology from FC College Lahore, where he authored two dissertations on microbial diversity and biotechnology applications. His doctoral work, at the Western Australia Biotechnology Centre, Perth, Australia has examined the regulatory and science diplomacy perspectives of Gene Editing. He has also spoken on forums such as TEDx on the social perspectives of Biotechnology. In 2019, he initiated Science Diplomacy trainings in Australia for Early Career Researchers, which was awarded as the Best Education Initiative by the Council of Australian Postgraduate Association (CAPA), the federal peak body representing postgraduates in Australia. Prior to joining the Foreign Service of Pakistan, he was the Manager of Pakistan Biotechnology Information Centre at FC College, Lahore which was involved in science policy and communication linkages for Biotechnology applications. Apart from working on science diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he has also dealt with matters pertaining to disarmament including the Biological Weapons Convention and Chemical Weapons Convention – whereby he has also represented Pakistan in Pakistan’s Permanent Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva. He also participates in global science diplomacy dialogues including the Foreign Ministries Science and Technology Advice Network and was the Associate Editor of the Ministry’s periodical ‘Science Diplomacy Perspectives’.