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Designation: Associate Professor
Specialization: Inorganic Chemistry.
Field of Interest: Polyoxometalate, Coordination/Organometallic based molecular assemblies and their applications.
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Ph.D.:  Jacobs University Bremen, Germany (2015)

Postdoctoral: Jacobs University Bremen, Germany (2015-16)

Biography

I have my M.Sc and then M.Phil from Quaid-i-Azam University (2006-2010), Islamabad. In 2011, I became exchange research student at Jacobs University Bremen, Germany and was then awarded with a prestigious DAAD-PhD fellowship-2012 by German Science foundation. I completed my PhD degree from Jacobs University Bremen, Germany in 2015 under the supervision of Prof. Ulrich Kortz. I then continued as a Postdoctoral fellow in the same group. I worked on several industrial projects in the group of Prof. Ulrich Kortz during the PhD and Postdoctoral fellowship. In June 2018, I joined the Department of Chemistry, QAU, as Assistant Professor under TTS. During my academic career, I served as a member of organizing committees of international conferences. I was re-invited to Germany in 2019 as research fellow by DAAD. My research interests are in the field of inorganic synthesis and organometallic chemistry. I am particularly interested in the preparation, structural characterization, and applications of polyoxometalates. These are advanced functional materials with tremendous structural variety and interesting properties in different fields including catalysis, energy, environment, medicine, and materials science. To date, I have supervised 18 M. Phil, 3 PhD (1 as supervisor and 2 as co-supervisor) students. Two postdoctoral fellows worked in my research group under HEC project (2022-23). Currently 5 PhD and 3 M. Phil students are enrolled under my supervision. I have won several research grants (3 as PI and 3 as co-PI) from national organizations (HEC, PSF and PAS) with the total worth of 30 million PKR. Until now, I have published about 80 research papers in highly ranked international journals including American Chemical Society (ACS), Royal Chemical Society (RSC), Wiley, and Elsevier journals. Moreover, I am an inventor (along with others from the group of Prof. Kortz) of US, EP (European), RU (Russian), and CN (Chinese) patents for our invention that relates to the use of heteropolyoxometalates for disinfecting purposes and in antimicrobial surfaces, paints or coatings and intermediates for their preparation. I have been recently awarded with Gold Medal under the age of 40 by the Chemical Society of Pakistan. Based on exceptional performance I have been recently promoted as Early Tenured Associate Professor. I am a life-member of Chemical Society of Pakistan and member of Pakistan Academy of Sciences.


  1. Award, Membership and Fellowship
  2. Courses Taught
  3. Publications
  4. Research Students
  5. Research Projects

v  Promoted as Early Tenured Associate Professor based on Exceptional Performance (7th Dec.  2023)

v Chemical Society of Pakistan Gold Medal under 40 (2021)

v  Life member, Chemical Society of Pakistan

v  Member Pakistan Academy of Sciences

v  IUPAC member (2010-11)

v  GDch member (2012 - 2015)

v  DAAD-PhD fellow 2012-2015 and 2019 (re-invitation program)



M.Sc. and BS
  • Chemistry I and Chemistry I Lab
  • Inorganic Chemistry II
  • Analytical Chemistry-I 
  • Analytical Chemistry-II and Analytical Chemistry Lab-II
  • Advance Inorganic/analytical Chemistry Lab III
  • Principle and Applications of Molecular Spectroscopy
  • Inorganic Polymers
  • Industrial Chemistry
  • Coordination Chemistry
M.Phil and PhD
  • Physical Methods in Inorganic Chemistry

2023

1.   Khan, A.; Shahid, M.; Inayat, A.; Abbas, S. M.; Peng, S.; Mansoor, M. A.; Nisar, T.; Wagner, V.; Haider, A. Cobalt/cerium-based ternary Prussian blue analogs as battery type electrode for supercapacitor applications. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023, 964, 171303.

2.  Mustafa, N.; Zubair, M.; Uddin, N.; Ali, S.; Haider, A.; Badshah, A. Catalytic Conversion of Castor Oil into Biodiesel by Tri-organotin (IV) Catalysts: Chromatographic and Spectroscopic Characterization with Theoretical Support. Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: B. Life and Environmental Sciences. 2023, 60(2), 225-232.

3.    Zaka, A.; Mansoor, M.A.; Asghar, M.A.; Haider, A.; Iqbal, M. V2C MXene-TiO2 nanocomposite as an efficient electrode material for oxygen evolution reaction (OER), International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023, In press

4.    Ali, A.; Najaf, D.; Nazir, A.; Haider, A.; Iqbal, M.; Alwadai, N.; Kausar, A.; Ahmad, A. Fabrication of Efficient Electrocatalysts for Electrochemical Water Oxidation Using Bimetallic Oxides System, ACS omega, 2023, 8 (10), 9539-9546

5.   Talat, R.; Asghar, M. A.; Liaqat, F.; Satti, M.; Fatima, S.; Haider, A.; Ali, S. Adsorption and anticorrosion studies of newly designed Schiff bases for the protection of EN3B mild steel in 3.5% NaCl solution: A combined experimental and theoretical approach. 2023, Journal of Molecular Liquids 388, 122776.

6.   Khan, R.; Arshad, J.; Khan, S.; Mansoor, M. A.; Ali, S.; Nisar, T.; Wagner, V.; Asghar, M. A.; Haider, A. Surfactant-assisted fabrication of prussian blue analogs as bifunctional electrocatalysts for water and hydrazine oxidation. Molecular Catalysis, 2023, 548, 113415.

7.   Ashfaq, H. T.; Asghar, M.A.; Nisar, T.; Wagner, V.; Mansoor, M.A.; Haider, A.; Ali, S. Electrochemical Synthesis of Co-, Ni-and NiCo-Based Hexacyanocobaltates as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Water Oxidation Studies. Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2023, 110916

8.   Ullah, S.; Sirajuddin, M.; Ullah, Z.; Mushtaq, A.; Naz, S.; Zubair, M.; Haider, A.; Ali, S.; Kubicki, M.; Wani, T. A.; Zargar, S.; Ur Rehman, M. Synthesis, Structural Elucidation and Pharmacological Applications of Cu(II) Heteroleptic Carboxylates. Pharmaceuticals, 2023, 16, 693

9.       Mansoor, M. A.; Munawar, K.; Naeem, R.; Sarih, S. M.; Asghar, M. A.; Haider, A.; Zubir, M. N. M.; Zaharinie, T. Aerosol-assisted facile fabrication of bimetallic Cr2O3–Mn2O3 thin films for photoelectrochemical water splitting, New Journal of Chemistry, 2023, 47, 8347-8354

10. Liaqat, F.; Jamil, M.; Tariq, I.; Haider, A.; Khan, M. A, Comparative electroanalytical performance of poly o-toulidine and polyaniline towards hydrazine oxidation supplemented by DFT, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2023, e54112

11.  Muqaddas, S.; Aslam, H.; Ul Hassan, S.; Ashraf, A. R.; Asghar, M. A.; Ahmad, M.; Nazir, A.; Shoukat, R.; Kaleli, M.; Ibrahim, S. M.; kyürekli, S.; Haider, A.; Ali, A. Electrochemical sensing of glucose and ascorbic acid via POM-based CNTs fiber electrode. Materials Science and Engineering: B. 2023, 293, 116446

12.    Idrees, M.; Inayat, A.; ullah, I.; Alabbad, E. A. Almarhoon, Z. M.; Hassan, H. M. A.; El-Zahhar, A. A.; ur-Rehman, A.; Haider, A.; Abbas, S. M. Zhang, Q.; Li, X. Sulphonated graphene-encapsulated Fe2N in the PANI matrix as a high performance lithium ion battery anode. Materialstoday Chemistry, 2023, 29, 101451.

13.  Novais. C. H.; Jarrais, B.; Haider, A.; Kortz, U.; Ruiz. G. A.; Ramos. R. I.; Freire. C.; Fernandes. M. D. Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction on 48-Tungsto-8-Phosphate Wheel Anchored on Carbon Nanomaterials, Electrocatalysis, 2023, 14, 294-305.

14.  Inayat, A.; Albalawi, K.; Rehman, A.; Saad, A. Y.; Saleh, E. A. M.; Alamri, M. A.; El-Zahhar, A. A.; Haider, A.; Abbas, S. M. Tunable synthesis of carbon quantum dots from the biomass of spent tea leaves as supercapacitor electrode, Materials Today Communications, 2023, 2352-4928

15. Ullah,I.; ul Haq,T.; Khan, A. A.; Inayat, A.; Shoaib, M.; Haider, A.; Saleem, M.; Abbas, S. M.; Pope, M. A.; Hussain, I. Sodium decavanadate encapsulated Mn-BTC POM@ MOF as high-capacity cathode material for aqueous sodium-ion batteries. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023, 932, 167647.

16.  Muqaddas, S.; Javed, M.; Nadeem, S.; Asghar, M.A.; Haider, A.; Ahmad, M.; Ashraf, A.R.; Nazir, A.; Iqbal, M.; Alwadai, N.; Ahmad, A.; and Ali, A. Carbon Nanotube Fiber-Based Flexible Microelectrode for Electrochemical Glucose Sensors, ACS Omega, 2023, 8, 2272-2280.

17. Hussain, M. N.; Naveed, A.; Inayat, A.; Bilal, M.; Haider, A.; Shah, S.M. Investigating the Impact of Ag Nanoparticles on N and S Co‐Doped TiO2 for Battery‐Type Supercapacitor Application. ChemistrySelect, 2023, 8(48), e202303224.

 

2022

1.    Naz, S.; Ullah, S.; Iqbal, U.; Yousuf, S.; Rahim, S.; Muhammad, N.; Fatima,R.; Ul Haq, I.; Haider, A.; Ali, S. Homo-and heteroleptic 3-methylbenzoates of zinc (II) ion based on N-donor heterocycles; structure, DNA binding and pharmacological evaluation. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022, 368, 120792.

2.    Talat, R.; Asghar, M.A.; Tariq, I.; Akhter, Z.; Liaqat, F.; Nadeem, L.; Haider, A.; Ali, S. Evaluating the Corrosion Inhibition Efficiency of Pyridinium-Based Cationic Surfactants for EN3B Mild Steel in Acidic-Chloride Media. Coatings, 2022, 12, 1701.

3.    Tariq, I.; Asghar, M. A.; Ali, A.; Badshah, A.; Abbas, S. M. Iqbal, W.; Zubair, M.; Haider, A.;  Zaman, S. Surface Reconstruction of Cobalt-Based Polyoxometalate and CNT Fiber Composite for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Catalysis, 2022, 12, 1242

4.    Ruqia, Asghar, M. A.; Ibadat, S.; Abbas, S.; Nisar, T.; Wagner, V.; Zubair, M.; Ullah, I.; Ali, S.; Haider, A. Binder-Free Fabrication of Prussian Blue Analogues Based Electrocatalyst for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation. Molecules, 2022, 27, 6396.

5.    Pan, T. Y.; Ruqia; Wu, C. Y.; Ni, C. S.; Gull, S.; Haider, A.; Chen, H. Y. Improvement in cycling stability of Prussian blue analog-based aqueous sodium-ion batteries by ligand substitution and electrolyte optimization.  Electrochimica Acta, 2022, 427, 140778

6.    Idrees, M..; Inayat, A.; Ullah, I.; Albalawi. K.; Ullah, S.; Bashir, S.; Wageh, S.; Haider, A.; Rehman, A.; Abbas, S. M.; Zhang,Q.; Li, X. Hierarchical nanospheres of Fe2O3-Fe2N anchored on reduced graphene oxide as a high-performance anode for lithium-ion batteries. Surfaces and Interfaces, 2022, 30, 101959.

7.    Ahmed, T.; Asghar, M. A.; Ali, A.; Akhter, Z.; Ali, S.; Ullah, I.; Nisar, T.; Wagner, V.; Touseef, S.; Hussain, A.; Haider, A. High-nuclearity cobalt(II)-containing polyoxometalate anchored on nickel foam as electrocatalyst for electrochemical water oxidation studies. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022, 909, 164709.

8.    Naz, S.; Uddin, N.; Rahim, S.; Muhammad, N.; Bibi, M.; Yousuf, S.; Shahzad, K. M.; ur-Rehman, M.; Shahida, K.; Haider, A.; Ali, S. 4-Phenylbutyric acid-based homo-heteroleptic Zn(II) carboxylates: Synthesis, structural elucidation, DNA interaction through spectroscopic and computational methods as well as ALP inhibition study. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022, 356, 119031.

2021

1.    Asghar, M. A.; Ali, A.; Haider, A.; Zaheer, M.; Nisar, T.; Wagner, V.; Akhter, Z. Electrochemically Deposited Amorphous Cobalt-Nickel-Doped Copper Oxide as an Efficient Electrocatalyst toward Water Oxidation Reaction.  ACS Omega, 2021, 6, 19419-19426.

2.  Tahir, M.; Sirajuddin, M.; Zubair, M.; Haider, A.; Nadman, A.; Ali, S.; Perveen, F.; Tanveer, H. B.; Tahir, M. N.  Designing, spectroscopic and structural haracterization and evaluation of biological potential as well as molecular docking studies of Zn(II)‑based metallo‑pharmaceuticals. Journal of Iranian Chemical Society, 2021, 18, 1689-1702.

3.    Zafar, R.; Naureen, H.; Zubair, M.; Shahid, K.; Jan, M. S.; Akhtar, S.; Ahmad, H.; Waseem, W.; Haider, A.; Ali, S.; Tariq, M.; Sadiq, A. Prospective Application of Two New Pyridine-Based Zinc (II) Amide Carboxylate in Management of Alzheimer's Disease: Synthesis, Characterization, Computational and in vitro Approaches. Drug Design, Development and Therapy, 2021, 15, 2679-2694.

4.   Begum, R.; Mahboob-urRehman, Shahid, K.; Haider, A.; Iqbal, M.; Tahir, M. N.; Ali, S. Synthesis, structural elucidation, DNA-binding and biological activity of nickel(II) mixed ligand carboxylate complexes, 2021, 1242, 130801.

5. Ullah, I.; Munir, A.; Haider, A.; Ullah, N.; Hussain, I. Supported polyoxometalates as emerging nanohybrid materials for photochemical and photoelectrochemical water splitting, Nanophotonics, 2021, 10, 1595-1620.

6.  Haider, A.; Bassil, B. S.; Lin, Z.; Ma, X.; Haferl, P. J.; Bindra, J. K.; Kinyon, J.; Zhang, G.; Keita, B.; Dalal, N. S.; Kortz, U. Synthesis, Structure, Electrochemistry and Magnetism of Cobalt-, Nickel- and Zinc-Containing [M4(OH)3(H2O)2(α-SiW10O36.5)2]13- (M = Co2+, Ni2+, Zn2+). Dalton Transaction, 2021, 50, 3923-3930.

7.   Uddin, N.; Rashid, F.; Haider, A.; Tirmizi, S. A.; Raheel, A.; Imran, M.; Zaib, S.; Diaconescu, P. L.; Iqbal, J.; Ali, S. Triorganotin(IV) Carboxylates as Potential Anticancer Agents; Their Synthesis, Physiochemical Characterization and Cytotoxic Activity against HeLa and MCF-7 Cancer Cells. Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2021, 35, e6165.

8.    Rashid, F.; Uddin, N.; Ali, S.; Haider, A.; Tirmizi, S. A.; Diaconescu, P. L.; Iqbal, J. New Triorganotin(IV) Compounds with Aromatic Carboxylate Ligands: Synthesis and Evaluation of Pro-apoptotic Mechanism. RSC Advances, 2021, 11, 4499-4514.

9.    Iftikhar, M.; Ali, B.; Nisar,T.; Wagner, V.; Haider, A.; Rehman, A., Hussain, S.; Bahadar, A.; Saleem, M.; Abbas, S. M. Improving lithium-ion half/full cell performance of WO3 protected SnO2 core-shell nanoarchitectures. ChemSusChem. 2021, 14, 917-928.

10.    Nisar, T.; Balster, T.; Haider, A.; Kortz, U.; Wagner, V. Growth of ultra-thin large sized 2D flakes at air-liquid interface to obtain 2D-WS2 monolayers. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 2021, 54, 065301.

 

 

M. Phil Students

  • Ms. Kausar Mehboob - 2019
  • Ms. Sana Shafqat - 2019
  • Mr. Muhammad Iftikhar - 2019
  • Mr. Touseef Ahmed -2021
  • Ms. Ajwa Imtiaz - 2021
  • Ms. Smanah Zahra Hashmi - 2021
  • Ms Amna Zahid - 2021
  • Ms. Ume Kalsoom - 2021
  • Ms. Aisha Naseer - 2021
  • Mr. Muhammad Bilal - 2021
  • Ms. Sana Sarfraz - 2021
  • Ms. Sana Ibadat - 2021
  • Ms. Mehreen Batool - 2022
  • Ms. Sadia Kalsoom - 2022
  • Ms. Muneeba Shahid - 2022
  • Mr. Abdul Naveed - 2022
  • Ms. Arfah Khan - 2023
  • Mr. Allah Wasaya - 2023
  • Ms. Maham Almas - 2023
  • Mr. Muhammad Bilal - 2023 

PhD Students as Supervisor

  • Dr. Ruqia - 2023

PhD Students as Co-supervisor

  • Dr. Muhammad Adeel Asghar - 2021 (Quaid-i-Azam University)
  • Dr. Rehman Zafar - 2023 (Riphah International University)

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Dr. Muhammad Adeel Asghar - 2022 
  • Dr. Nooruddin - 2022-23

 

 

Completed as PI/Co-PI

  • CNTs encapsulated FeIII/II-CeIV and FeIII/II-InIII based Prussian Blue analogues as electrode materials for rechargeable ion batteries. (PAS as PI, 1.0 Million PKR)
  • Facile preparation of binder free Prussian blue analogue-based electrodes for enhanced water oxidation activity. (PAS as Co-PI, 2.533 Million PKR)
  • Heteropolyacids immobilized on mesoporous silica as heterogeneous catalysts for one-step transesterification process of low cost triglycerides and related feed stock.  (PAS as Co-PI, 2.49 Million PKR)

In Progress as PI/Co-PI

  • Microporous inorganic-coordination polymers as efficient electrode materials for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (NPRU-HEC as PI, 11.88985 Million PKR)
  • Ordered mesoporous Silica MCM-41 derivatives: Control synthesis, characterization and environmental application (PSF as PI, 7.86 Million PKR)
  • Development of POM-MOF based materials for high power battery design in real time applications (NPRU-HEC as Co-PI, 7.3116 Million PKR)