Dr. Humaira Shahzad
Ph.D , South Korea (2014) in Inorganic Chemistry
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Dr Humaira Shahzad is lecturer at the Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. She has completed her PhD degree in Chemistry (specialization in Superfunctional materials) from Chemistry department, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea. She has also completed Post-doctoral studies from Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungpook National University, South Korea. She has published seven research papers in high impact factor journals (impact factor is 36.6) and others are in pipeline. She has a strong background in fabrication of graphene based nanomaterials and its environmental applications. She has remained as convener, invited speaker, organizer and participant of various seminars and workshops. She received XIXth Star Award and qualified honorable mention in SAP prestigious profile book titled “GALAXIES OF WHO’S WHO IN PAKISTAN 2008”. She has nominated by HEC from Pakistan and subsequently selected to participate in the 59th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany (dedicated to Chemistry) in 2009.
Fields of Research Interest:
Synthesis: graphene, pervoskite materials, semiconductors, nanomaterials, microhydrogels, metal organic frameworks.
Environmental/Analyical Chemistry: CO2 adsorption, photocatalysis, water remediation
Supramolecular Chemistry: molecular self-assembly, molecular recognition, host-guest chemistry.
Chemical Biology: bio-molecule Sensing, e.g. nucleotides, nucleic acids.
Inorganic Chemistry: Coordinated polymers; Synthesis, Characterization and Crystallography.
Awards and Honors:
1. “Official recipients of XIXth Star Award” and qualified honorable mention in SAP’ prestigious profile book titled “GALAXIES OF WHO’S WHO IN PAKISTAN 2008” 31 Mar, 2009.
2. Selected as Female Lecturer in Chemistry (B-17) Higher Education Department by NWFP Public Service Commission Peshawar, Pakistan- 2009.
3. Nominated by HEC from Pakistan and subsequently selected to participate in the 59th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany (dedicated to Chemistry) from 28 June to 3 July 2009.
Publications:
1. Highly selective CO2 capture by S-doped microporous carbon materials. Carbon 2014, 66, 320-6.
2. Environmental applications using graphene composites: water remediation and gas adsorption. Nanoscale 2013, 5 (8), 3149-71. ‡Co-first authors
3. Graphene-SnO2 composites for highly efficient photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue under sunlight. Nanotechnology 2012, 23 (35), 355705-12.
4. Highly conductive and solution-processable micro-hydrogels of nanoparticle/graphene platelets produced by reversible self-assembly and aqueous exfoliation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A2013, 1 (41), 12900-8.
5. Ionophores with 2n-Crown-n topology: anion sensing via aliphatic C-H…A- Hydrogen bonding. Organic Letters2014, 16 (2), 334-7.
6. A Ni-carbon material derived from Ni-MOF74 for remarkable room temperature hydrogen storage. 2016,(submitted)..‡Co-first authors
7. Synthesis of Selective Biomolecule Chemosensor and Fabrication of Its Highly Fluorescent Graphene Complex. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2017.121,5007-16.
8. Charged Probes: Turn-On Selective Fluorescence for RNA. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017. DOI: 10.1039/C7OB02423A