Farooq Azam
Born	Lahore, Pakistan
Residence	San Diego, California, USA
Nationality	Pakistani-American
Fields	Marine Biology and Microbiology
Institutions	University of California San Diego, USA
Alma mater	University of Punjab Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences

Farooq Azam (born in Lahore, Pakistan ) is a highly cited^[1] researcher in the field of marine microbiology. He is a distinguished Professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography,University of California, San Diego^[2]. Dr. Farooq Azam was born in Lahore and he received his early education in Lahore. He attended University of Punjab, Lahore, where he received his B.Sc in Marine Microbiology, and later he received his M.Sc in Marine Microbiology from the same institution. Dr. Farooq Azma went to Czechoslovakia for higher studies. He received his Ph.D in Marine microbiology from Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. After he received his Ph.D, Dr. Azam moved to California, United states.

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