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Designation: Professor (HEC Approved Supervisor)

Specialization:  Inorganic Chemistry

Field of Interest:  Synthesis & Catalysis, Transition Metal Complexes & Cancer Research

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Phone: +92-51-9064-2108

Links: ‪Prof. Dr. M. Naveed Zafar‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬

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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  1. Awards
  2. Courses Taught
  3. Publications
  4. Research Students
  5. Research Projects
  •       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)

  • ·         MPhil Students Supervised: 30

·         Won both national and international research grants; SRGP, PSF, NRPU, URF &  British Council