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Designation: Professor
Specialization: Inorganic Chemistry
Field of Interest: Electrochemistry, Nanochemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Photocatalysis, Lithium-Ion Batteries, Anticancer Compounds, Supramolecular Chemistry.
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Post-doc.:  2021-2022 University College London
Ph.D.:  QAU Islamabad, Pakistan & McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

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Biography

Prof. Dr. Zia Ur Rehman is a tenured professor in the Department of Chemistry at Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad, Pakistan. He holds a B.Sc. from the University of Peshawar (1999), followed by an M.Sc. and M.Phil. from QAU (2002 and 2004, respectively). He completed his Ph.D. in 2009 through a collaborative program between QAU and McGill University, Canada, focusing on the synthesis and characterization of organotin(IV) complexes. In 2021–2022, he pursued postdoctoral research at University College London (UCL), where he developed advanced cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries.

Prof. Rehman specializes in the synthesis of metal-based materials with applications in biomedical science, energy storage, and environmental remediation. His research has garnered international recognition, with an H-index of 36 and over 4,500 citations. He is also a Fellow of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, reflecting his distinguished contributions to the field.

In addition to his research, he is an experienced educator and mentor, having supervised numerous Ph.D. and M.Phil. students in areas such as nanotechnology, catalysis, and organometallic chemistry. He has received several prestigious awards, including the Dr. Abdus Salam Prize (2011) and the Dr. Atta-ur-Rehman Gold Medal (2017). As an active member of the academic community, he has collaborated with renowned institutions worldwide and played key roles in organizing international conferences.

  1. Awards
  2. Courses Taught
  3. Publications
  4. Research Students
  5. Research Projects
  • Abdus Salam Prize 2011 (Pakistan Academy of Science & TWAS)
  • Atta-ur-Rehman Gold Medal PAS 2017
  • CSP Gold Medal 2016-2017
  • Best Review Award-2022 (CSP)
  • Research Productivity Allowance, 2009 (PCST)
  • Research Productivity Allowance, 2011 (PCST)
  • TTS performance-based bonus increment 2011 (QAU)
  • TTS performance based bonus increment 2012 (QAU)
  • Research Productivity Allowance, 2012 (PCST)
  • TTS performance based bonus increment 2013 (QAU)
  • Research Productivity Allowance, 2013 (PCST), in B-category
  • TTS performance based bonus increment 2014 (QAU)
  • Research Productivity Allowance, 2014 (PCST), in c-category
  • Research Productivity Allowance, 2015 (PCST), in c-category
  • TTS performance based bonus increment 2016 (QAU).
  • Research Productivity Allowance, 2016 (PCST), in c-category
  • Won merit scholarship in M.phil course work
  • Won HEC Indigenous scholarship
  • Won HEC, “IRSIP” scholarship
  • HEC Postdoc Fellowship Phase (III) – University College London


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2024

164Muhammad Imran, Ziaur Rehman*, Salman Khan, Tamara Kondratyuk “Axially sheltered new monofunctional platinum(II) dithiocarbamates as anticancer and DNA damaging agents” RSC Advances (under preparation).
163Crystal growth & Design (Under preparation).
162 Faisal Hayat, Ziaur Rehman*, “Investigation of unusual Copper(II) geometrical preferences towards dithiocarbamates: Single crystal XRD and computational approach”
161The prevalence of single, dimeric and polymeric motifs copperII/III bis(dithiocarbamates) is no longer a puzzle, Faisal Hayat, Ziaur Rehman* Angewandte Chemie International Edition (Submitted).
160Recent Developments in Graphitic Carbon Nitride-Based Photocatalysis for Clean Energy and Environmental Applications—A Review, Hafiz Muhammad Tofil, Ziaur Rehman*, Journal of Material Chemistry A (submitted).
159 Rizwana Ghazia, Ghafar Alib*, Iftikhar Ahmadc, Muhammad Danishd, Jawad Ahmadd, Maaz Khanb, Sung Oh Choe, Yi Xied, Nabil Al-Zaqrif, Hamed A. El-Serehyg, Ziaur Rehmana*, "CuO QDs Adorned Anodic WO3 Nanosheets: Facile Synthesis and Electrochemical Sensing of Tyrosine Biomarker” Microchemical Journal  (under review).
158Rizwana Ghazi, Jamal Abdul Nasir,  Ziaur Rehman*  “Biomedical Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles” Applied Organometallic Chemistry (Revised).
157Naveed Ur Rehman, Rajwali Khan, Nasir Rahman, Iftikhar Ahmad, Aziz Ullah, Mohammad Sohail, Shahid Iqbal, Khaled Althubeiti, Sattam Al Otaibi, Nizomiddin Juraev, Akif Safeen, and Ziaur Rehman* Dual‐doped ZnO‐based magnetic semiconductor resistive switching response for memristor‐based technologies, J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35 (2024) 1557.  
156Noor ul Ain, Zia-ur-Rehman*, Rzgar Farooq Rashid, Mohammed Rafi Shaik, Baji Shaik “Catalytic and Photocatalytic Remediation of Toxic Dye on Hexagonal CuS/Cu2S Nanoplates Derived from a Single Source Precursor” Journal of Coordination Chemistry (accepted).
155Mehwish Arshad, Tariq Yaseen, Talib K. Ibrahim, Nabil Al-Zaqri, Ismail Warad Ehtisham Raheem, Ziaur Rehman* “Photocatalytic Reduction of Aqueous Carcinogenic Pollutants on CdS-Polymer Nanocomposites” Materials Chemistry and Physics (revised).
154Sher Ali, Ziaur Rehman*, Akhtar Munir, Haseeb Ullah, Ian S. Butler, Samia Ben Ahmad, “Selected Photoactive Metal Sulfides for Environmental Cleansing” Inorganic Chemistry Communication 166 (2024) 112568. 
153He Ding, Jianye Wei, Linyang Fang, Lili Feng, Shili Gai, Fei He, Ziaur Rehman*, Piaoping Yang “A Multichannel Metabolic Pathway Interference Strategy for Complete Energy Depletion-Mediated Cancer Therapy” Advance Functional Materials (2024) https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202312429.
152Lu Yang, Shuming Dong, Shili Gai, Dang Yang, He Ding, Lili Feng, Guixin Yang, Ziaur Rehman, Piaoping Yang  “Deep insight of design, mechanism, and cancer theranostic strategy of nanozymes” Nano-Miro Letters (online). e-ISSN 2150-5551

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