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Designation: Professor (HEC Approved Supervisor)
Specialization: Inorganic Chemistry
Field of Interest: Synthesis & Catalysis, Transition Metal Complexes & Cancer Research
Email:
Phone: +92-51-9064-2108
Post-doc.: The University of Edinburgh, UK with Prof. Dr. L. Jason
Postdoc Research Title: “Valorization of Carbondioxide by Redox Catalysis”
Ph.D.: The University of Auckland, New Zealand with Prof. Dr. L. J. Wright
PhD Research Title: “Development of New Ligands for Transition Metal Homogenous Catalysts”
Research Interests:
- Molecular Synthesis: Donor flexible & Multifunctional Spectator Ligands, Coordination Complexes & Organometallics, Supramolecules
- Molecular Electro-Catalysis & Artificial photosynthesis: CO2 reduction, Water Oxidation, Hydrogen production (Renewable Energy, Small Molecule Activation)
- Green Chemistry & Homogeneous Catalysis: C-C coupling & C-H activation
- Cancer Research: Anticancer study of Pd, Zn and Cd complexes
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- BSc: First Position in Science Group (Roll of honor), Gordon College Rawalpindi
- MSc: First Position in Inorganic/ Analytical Chemistry, QAU Islamabad.
- MPhil: First Position in Chemistry (Chancellor’s Gold Medal) QAU Islamabad.
- PhD: Doctoral Award, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
- Cover Articles: Inorganic Chemistry (ACS) & Dalton Transactions (RSC)
- Young Scientist Alumnus: Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Germany (Chemistry)
- Research Grant Award: recieved from President of Pakistan at Aiwan-e-Sadr (Presidency Palace)
- Member of Scientific Societies: Life time member of CSP (Pak), RSC (UK), NZIC (NZ) & RACI (Aus)
- Best Performance Award: QAU (2022-23)
BS/MSc :
- Inorganic Chemistry-I (Transition Metal Chemistry)
- Inorganic Chemistry-II (Transition Metal Chemistry)
- Organometallics
- Coordination Chemistry
- Analytical Chemistry-I
- Analytical Chemistry-II (Electroanalytical Techniques)
- Inorganic/Analytical Chemistry Laboratory-III
- Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory-I
- Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory-II
- Analytical Chemistry Laboratory-I
- Analytical Chemistry Laboratory-II
- Advanced Inorganic/Analytical Chemistry Laboratory-IV
- Research project in Analytical/Inorganic Chemistry
Phil/PhD:
- Catalysis
- Review Paper
- Seminar
- Research project in Inorganic Chemistry
Some Selected Publications:
Inorganic Chemistry (USA) 2011, 50, 21, 10522-10524; Dalton Transactions (UK) 2014, 43, 17006-17016; Dalton Transactions (UK) 2019, 48, 15408-15418; RSC Advances (UK), 2019, 48, 15408-15418; Royal Society Open Science (UK) 7(11) 2020; Applied Organometallic Chemistry (UK) 34, 5623, 2020, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 35, 116057, 2021; Inorganica Chemica Acta 514, 119982, 2021. Journal of CO2 Utilization 49, 2021, 101560; RSC Advances, 2021, 11, 35077-35092, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 224, 111590, 2021, Polyhedron 208, 115412, 2021; Journal of Molecular Structure 1243, 130883, 2021; Molecular Catalysis 526, 112369, 2022, New Journal of Chemistry (UK) 2023, RSC Advances (UK) 2023.
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· PhD Students: Zahid Nawaz, Afshan Khurshid, Shazia Hussain, Sara Masood & Naima Munir.
(PhD positions: OPEN (Inorganic/ Organic/ Material Synthesis). Back ground research in any of the following field will also be considered : Catalysis, Electrochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry or Computational chemistry)
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· MPhil Students Supervised: 30
· Won both national and international research grants; SRGP, PSF, NRPU, URF & British Council