Scientific Excellence
At the Lab complex, we have assembled integrated scientific groups that assist with operational services and conduct and execute the research projects. Experienced group leaders understand the demands of emerging fields and challenges of science innovation and run projects to meet the study timeline.
Our MS and PhD are actively engaged in multidisciplinary research to deliver competitive research innovations. Technical staff supports working operations, allowing studies to run smoothly and providing quality data on Hi-tech instruments.
| Group Head | Projects | Researcher Team |
| Faculty of Basic Sciences | ||
| Department of Biosciences | ||
| Prof. Dr. Asghari Bano | Effects of Rhizobacteria and Salicylic acid on Growth, Yield and Essential Oil Contents of Selected Rose Cultivars | Mian M. Aman Ullah |
| Role of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) and Plant Growth Regulator in Cold Tolerance of Tomato | Kokab Nazim | |
| Effect of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria and Plant Growth Regulators on Bioactive Metabolites of Hemerocallis fulva L.(Daylily) Leaves | Mahnoor | |
| Prof. Dr. Sohail Hameed | Ecological Diversity of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria for Enhanced Vegetable Crop Production and Biofertilizer Development | Naheed Malik |
| Ecological Diversity of Lycopersicon esculentum (Tomato) Root Associated Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria | Javeria Riasat | |
| Biofertilizer Development and Quality Assurance of Phosphorous Solubilizing Rhizobacteria for Arid Agriculture | Madiha Habib | |
| Biofertilizer Development and Quality Assurance of Diazotrophic Bacteria for Arid Agriculture | Sobia Irum | |
| Developing Microbial Biofertilizers as Cross-Inoculant for Leguminous and Non-Leguminous Crops | Zunaira Arif | |
| Development, Presentation, and Storage of Microbial Culture as Biofertilizers for Leguminous and Non-Leguminous Crops | Bibi Norin Fatima | |
| Dr. Syed Waqas Hassan | Identification and Control of Endophytic Microbial Contaminants during Banana Tissue Culture | Khizar Nazir |
| Molecular and Genetic Analysis of GBA Gene in Pakistani Families Affected with Gaucher Disease | Faiza Sattar | |
| Effect of Nitric oxide and Hydrogen Peroxide on the Morphology, Physiology, and Yield of Abelmoschus esculentus L. (Okra) against drought | Saima Iqbal | |
| Characterization of Partial mitochondrial genome of selected specie of freshwater crab | Iqra Latif | |
| Mitochondrial Genome Sequencing and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Apisdorsata from Pakistan | Asma Ishaq | |
| Dr. Shumaila Naz | Identification and Characterization of Microbial Biofilms by using Metabolomics Approaches | Lubna Shakoor |
| Identification and Characterization of Thermostable Bacterial Amylase from different Sources and its Production by using Agro-industrial Wastes | Ume Salma Liaqat | |
| Study on Epidemiology, Molecular Characterization, and Zoonotic Potential of Brucellosis in Southern Zone of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Ihsan Ullah | |
| Microbial L- asparaginase Production and Evaluation of its Antioxidant and Anti-cancer Activities on Different Cell Lines | Iram Manzoor | |
| Biometabolite: Characterization and Determination of Efficacy as a Potential Therapeutic Agent | Madiha Rashid | |
| Identification and Molecular Characterization of food Borne Bacterial Strains Isolated From Meat Samples | Aneela Saleem | |
| Phylogenetic Analysis of Selected Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Isolates of Dental Caries | Hajra Bibi | |
| Screening and Molecular Identification of Hydrolytic Enzymes Producing Bacteria | Shazeen Shoaib | |
| Determination of Antibacterial Activity of Selected Medicinal Plant Extracts on Bacterial Caries | Saman Liaqat | |
| Detection of Virulence Genes in Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens of Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) Samples | Saman Yaseen | |
| Dr. Muhammad Idrees | Prevalence and Characterization of Indigenous Staphylococcus aureus Strain Isolated from Clinical Samples | Zeenat Haq |
| Environmental and Microclimate Changes and Their Impacts on Scrub Rangelands of Lesser Himalaya- Pakistan | Zeeshan Saddique | |
| Evaluation of Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacterial Infections Associated with Diabetes Type 2 | M. Waqar | |
| Prevalence, Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Associated with Infectious Diseases in Tertiary Care Hospitals | Hira Gul | |
| Antimicrobial Resistance Profile of E.coli isolated from Soil Samples of Scrublands of Margalla Hills National Park | Amna Kainat | |
| In Silico Analysis of Exotoxic Bacterial Proteases for Identification of Potential Therapeutic Targets | Nimra Noreen | |
| Prevalence, Clinical Presentation and Staphylococcus aureus related Co-infections in Dengue Patients | Sania Tasawar | |
| Department of Chemistry | ||
| Dr. Zaheer Ahmad | Fine Tuning the Electronic Properties of Graphene Nanoflakes by Substitutional Doping | Riffat Ayub |
| Dr. Faisal Nawaz | Multistep Synthesis of Bioactive Furanocoumarin Derivatives Using Amine Based Organocatalyst | Hadia Eman Qureshi |
| Multicomponent Synthesis and Characterization of Bioactive Chalcone Based Quinoxiline Derivatives | Fareeha | |
| Dr. Faiza Asghar | Synthesis, Spectroscopic Investigation, and Pharmacological Evaluation of Metal Complexes Containing O, S Donor Ligands | Bushra Shakoor |
| Potentially Bioactive Acyl Thiocarbamides: Synthesis, Structural Interpretation, and DFT Study | Muzzamil Shamshi | |
| Dr. Humaira Razzaq | Synthesis, Characterization and Environmental Application of Graphene Oxide-based Nanocomposites | Rabia Tahir |
| Sodium Alginate Based Composite Membranes for Oil/Water Separation from Wastewater | Mehwish Ehsan | |
| Facile Synthesis, Characterization and Biomedical Applications of Ceria Nanoparticles | Aasma Bibi | |
| Dr. Shazia Naheed | Removal of Toxic Heavy Metals by Active Organic-Inorganic Hybrids Functionalized with Organic Acids | Khalida Raqeeb |
| Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Templated Silica Sol-Gels in Adsorption of Toxic Heavy Metals | Sadaf Zameer | |
| Dr. Fawad Ahmad | One-Pot Synthesis of Trimetallic Oxides and its Catalytic Application | Sana Nisar |
| An Emerging Catalyst for Degradation of Organophosphorus Pesticides | Maira Mehmood | |
| Investigation of Catalytic Properties of Fish Scale Based Material | Zakira Tullah | |
| Dr. Musammir Khan | Synthesis of Metal-Free Electrocatalyst and its Electrochemical Applications | Amir Haleem Abbasi |
| Graphene Oxide/Metallic Nanoparticles based Nanocomposite for Sensing Applications | Mehreen Sajjad | |
| Photocatalytic Treatment of Textile water with Silver and Sulfur Co-doped Zinc Oxide under Visible Light | Ammar Muqeem | |
| Department of Physics | ||
| Prof. Dr. Jameel-Un Nabi | Investigation of Weak Interaction Mediated Rates as a Function of Nuclear Deformation | Arsalan Mehmood |
| Optimization of Gamow-Teller Force Parameters in the pn-QRPA Model for Calculation of Half-Lives of Mercury (Hg) Isotopes | Muhammad Azaz | |
| Investigation of Effect of Pairing Correlations on Calculated β-decay Half-Lives for fp-shell nuclei (A= 20 – 30) | Muhammad Tahir | |
| To Study the Effect of Nuclear shape Co-existence on Gamow-Teller strength of Cerium (Ce) isotopes by Using pn-QRPA Model | Zeeshan Khan | |
| Prof. Dr. Uzma Ghazanfar | Synthesis and Characterization of Metal Oxide Nanostructures for Gas Sensing Application | Muhammad Shoaib |
| Synthesis of Polymeric Composite Structured Materials for EMI Shielding | Raheel Abbas | |
| Tuning the Dielectric Properties of ZnO Base Materials by its Interfacing with Magnetic Oxides | Muhammad Rafi | |
| Nano-scale Mechanical, Thermal and Electrical Characteristics of Metals/Polymers Reinforced Graphene for Industrial Applications | Anas Ramzan | |
| Effect of Sintering Temperature on the Structural and Electrical Properties of Erbium-Doped Yttrium Iron Garnet | Kashif Ghafoor | |
| Optical Diagnosis of Breast Cancer by Developing Indigenous Integrating Sphere Light Source | Hamna Izhar | |
| Autofluorescence and Immunofluorescence Based Diagnosis of Breast Cancer | Qurat Ul Ain | |
| Effect of Lanthanum Substitution on the Structural and Dielectric Properties of Polycrystalline Yttrium Iron Garnet | Umara Komal | |
| Structural and Electrical Properties of Samarium (Sm) doped Yttrium Iron Garnet (YIG) Nano Particles | Ghufsa Mehboob | |
| Effect of MnO2 doping on piezoelectric properties of high-temperature Bi3TaTiO9 ceramics | Qurat Ul Ain | |
| Dr. Mattiullah Shah | Thermal Cycling Effect on Electrical Properties of Sm1-xCaxMnO3 | Khurram Shahzad |
| The Role of grains and grain boundaries in charge transport through Nd0.6Ca0.4MnO3 | Asma Khan | |
| Investigation of Temperature effect on frequency-dependent charge transport in La0.6Ca0.4MnO3 | Arifa Muneer | |
| Relaxation Processes in Electrical Response of Nd0.5Ba0.5MnO3 using Impedance Spectroscopy | Tayyaba Shafaq | |
| First Principles Study of Silver Argyrodites (Ag8SiTe6 and Ag8GeTe6) | Muhammad Munsif | |
| Characterization and Quality Control of Silicon Sensors for the CMS Tracker Upgrade | Hifsa Bibi | |
| Charge Transport Investigation Through Charge-Active Regions in Pr0.7Ba0.3MnO3 Using Impedance Spectroscopy | Aiman Fayaz | |
| Role of Temperature and Frequency in Charge-Active Regions of Pr0.4Ba0.6MnO3 | Muhammad Arsalan | |
| Hopping Models of charge transport for the impedance of grain boundaries in Nd0.8Ca0.2MnO3 | Rimsha Ijaz | |
| Dielectric relaxation and hopping mechanisms of charge transport in La0.3Ca0.7MnO3 | Shahzad Rauf | |
| Charge Transport Investigation through Grains and Grain Boundaries of Sm0.2Ca0.8MnO3 using impedance spectroscopy | Tasmia Batool | |
| Enhanced Mechanical performance of graphene polyethylene composites prepared via hot pressing | Shah Fahad | |
| Dr. Muhammad Riaz | Fabrication of Low-Cost Environmental-Friendly Acetone Sensor for Lungs Cancer Detections | Mohsin Ali |
| Fabrication and Characterizations of Low-Cost Ethanol Sensors for Lungs Cancer Detections | Aroosa | |
| Investigating Piezoelectric Properties of Selected Ceramic Material for Mechanical Energy Harvesting | Anwar Ul Haq | |
| Design, Low-Cost Fabrication and Investigation of Photo-thermoelectric Cell of Organic/Inorganic Composite for Energy Harvesting | Maryam Noor | |
| Department of Mathematics/Statistics | ||
| Dr. Muhammad Shakeel | Exponential Rational Function Method for Solving Nonlinear Differential Equations | Rizwan Zafar |
| Modified Exponential Function Method for Finding Exact Solutions of Higher Order Non-linear Evolution Equations | Amreena Khaliq | |
| Comparison of Exact and Approximate Lagrange Multiplier for Nonlinear Differential Equations | Asma Bibi | |
| Analytical Solutions for Nonlinear Differential Equations By Using the (G’/G2)–Expansion Method | Sadia Rani | |
| Dr. Qazi Mahmood Ul Hassan | Analysis of Non-similar Modeling of Heat Transfer in Finite Boundary Layer Regions | Muhammad Shoaib Kamran |
| Exact Soliton Solutions of Hyperbolic Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations Using Improved Exponential function Method | Mariam Islam | |
| Dr. Muhamad Ashraf | Study of Analytic Functions Associated with Certain Distributions | Muhammad Usama Khalid |
| Dr. Bilal Ahmad | Lie Group Approach for Solving Mixed Convection Flow of Maxwell Fluid Model with Slip Effects | Asif Nawaz |
| Dr. Tasawar Abbas | Numerical Solution of Unsteady Flow of Nanofluid over Stretching Surface in Present of Inclined Magnetic Field | Ahmed Haseeb Raza |
| Mixed Convection Effects of Second Grade Nanofluid with Gyrotactic Microorganism | Ahmad Abbas | |
| Formulation of Pseudo plastic Fluid in Reverse Roll-Coating | Mubashar Sheraz | |
| Formulations of the Coating in Reverse Roll for Non-Maxwellian Visco Plastic Fluid Using Magneto hydrodynamics Model | Muhammad Bilal | |
| Dr. Ayesha Shakeel | Approximation of Hyperbolic Arcs by H-Bezier Curve | Kinza Javaid |
| Circular Arc Approximation for Computer-Aided Design System | Abdussamad | |
| Dr. Siddra Rana | Numerical Study of oblique Stagnation point flow of Casson fluid | Iqra Jabeen |
| Numerical Solution of Stagnation Point Flow of MHD Sutterby Nano Fluid with Chemical Reaction | Muhammad Junaid | |