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Curriculum VitaeMohammad Arfan
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International Center for Chemical & Biological SciencesHEJ Research Institute of ChemistryUniversity of Karachi, Karachi
E-mail: [email protected]
Contact # Cell: +923139226208, +92-91-5852560 (Res)Skype : rummanma1
Education-Qualification
THESIS/DISSERTATION/POSTDOCTORAL
# Title of Thesis Thesis/Year Research Supervisor
1 Coupling of Diazonium Salts with Active Methylene compounds
M.Sc/ 1973-74 Dr. N.A. Zaidi
2 Stereochemistry of Nucleophilic Substitution at Carbon-Nitrogen Double Bond: Photochemistry of Alkyl Benzohydroxamates.
Ph.D/ 1978-83 Prof. James E. Johnson, Dept. of Chemistry, Texas Womans University, USA
3 Synthesis of Aceanthrylene: Picosecond Pulse Laser Studies-Anti-Kasha Fluorescence.
Robert A. Welch Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow/ 1983-84
Prof. Benjmin F. Plummer, Dept. of Chem., Trinity University, Texas, USA. (Sponsor:Robert A. Welch Foundation, USA)
4 Hybridoma Technique- Purification of Monoclonal Antibodies and Antigens: Synthesis; of Antibody Drug Conjugates Immunodiagnosis and Therapy.
Wadley Cancer Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow/ 1984-1985
Sponsor: Wadley Institute of Molecular Medicine, Dallas, Texas, USA.
High School Certification ….Government High School Shamozai, Swat, Kyhber Pukhtoon Khwa, Pakistan
B.S…………….Postgraduate Jahan Zeb College, Saidu Sharif, Swat, Khyber Pukhtoon Khwa, Pakistan
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M.Sc……………Department of Chemistry, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Khyber Pukhtoon Khwa, Pakistan
Ph.D……………Department of Chemistry, Texas Womans’University, Denton, TX 75270, Denton, Texas, USA.
Fields of SpecializationOrganic Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry,
Photochemistry, Physical organic chemistry, Molecular Medicine
Professional History
1. Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Khyber Pukhtoon Khwa, Pakistan (1974-1978)
2. Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas, USA (1978-1983)
3. Robert A.Welch Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, USA (1983-1984)
4. Wadley Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Waldley Center for Molecular Medicine, Cancer Research Center, Department of Immunotherapy, Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, Texas, USA (1984-1985)
5. Assistant Professor (1986-1992), Associate Professor (1992-2002), Professor & Director , (2002-2011) Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Khyber Pukhtoon Khwa, Pakistan
6. Dean, Higher Education Quality Assurance/Director, Quality Enhancement Cell, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan (2004-2006)
7. Professor, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi,Pakistan (2014-continued)
HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY ASSURANCE
1. Workshop on “ Organizational Structure and Mechanism for Planning of Development Projects/Programmes in Pakistan” , 27the November, 2004, Higher Education Commission, Regional Centre, Peshawar.
2. Certificate in “Quality Assurance in Education” , Executive Training Workshop organized by Pakistan Institute of Quality Control at Hotel Margala, November 29, 2004.
3. 3 week “TRAINING COURSE TO MEET INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC” taught by Dr.Mahmood A.Butt, Professor, Eastern Illinois University, USA at The University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, December 20, 2004 to January 2005.
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4. Certificate in “ Quality Enhancement Framework in Higher Education” The Quality Assurance Agency & Learning Innovation, Higher Education Commission, July 25-26, 2005.
5. Certificate in “ Auditor Training Workshop” Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA), Melbourne, Australia , 28-30th November 2005. Sponsored by Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN), Australia and Higher Education Commission, Pakistan.
6. Certificate in “ Quality Assurance in Higher Education” Training Workshop organized by the Pakistan Institute of Quality Control (PIQC), Rawalpindi, March 20, 2006.
7. Certificate in “Quality Assurance in Higher Education” Training Workshop organized by the Pakistan Institute of Quality Control (PIQC), Lahore, March 09,
HIGHER EDUCATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
1. Member, Higher Education National Curriculum Committee, HEC, Islamabad (2006-2010). Development of organic chemistry national curriculum for undergraduate program in Pakistani universities and colleges.
2. Member, Advanced Studies and Research Board (ASRB), University of Peshawar (1990- 2007). Overseeing university research programs at MS, M.Phil and Ph.D levels, assessment and approval of research topics and research proposals submitted by students.
3. Member, Departmental Program and Research Assessment Committee (1988-2011).
4. Member,University Scholarship Committee (2002-2010).5. Member, Selection Boards of several universities in Pakistan.
Research InterestMedicinal Chemistry including: Synthesis, Characterization and bioactivity evaluation of bioactive heterocyclic compounds. Development of new, green and cost effective synthetic methods and microwave assisted organic synthesis, Isolation and Characterization of bioactive natural products from local medicinal plants, Functional mesospheric and nanospheric materials, Multimodal nanoparticles platforms and Quantum Dots for Theranostics, Natural and Synthetic Antiviral agents.
Honors & Awards
1. Higher Education Commission ( H.E.C), Pakistan approved Ph.D research supervisor
2. Research publications total Impact Factor (Research Gate) : 143.5
3. Among the top three productive scientists in the University of Peshawar “Productive Scientists of Pakistan” since 2003 according to the annual ranking by the Pakistan Council for Science & Technology, Islamabad.
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4. Award of a research support grant (Rs. One million) by the Pakistan Science Foundation in 2005 in recognition of as one of the productive scientists and technologists in Pakistan. Several financial research grants obtained from the University of Peshawar own resources to support M.Phil and Ph.D supervised research projects.
5. Best University Teacher Award (Higher Education Commission, Pakistan)-2004
6. Teaching Assistantship, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas, USA
7. Robert A. Welch Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow (Texas, USA)- 1983-1984
8. Wadley Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow (Dallas, Texas, USA)-1984-1985
9. Fellow Chemical Society of Pakistan-2007
TRAINING COURSES / WORKSHOPS
1. Postgraduate Training Course on “Nuclear and Other Advanced Techniques Techniques in Agricultural and Biological Research”, Nuclear Institute of Agriculture and Biology (NIAB) Faisalabad, Pakistan (26th November to December 1977).
2. International Workshop on “Protein Sequencing”, HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi (December 1, 10 1989).
3. International Symposium on “Protein Structure Function Relationship”, HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi (December 11-14, 1989).
4. National Workshop on “Theoretical and Computational Chemistry”, National Academy of Higher Education, University Grants Commission, Pakistan (February 6-11, 1993).
5. Training Course in “Frontier Areas of Organic Synthesis” Sponsored by United Nations Industrial Organization (UNIDO) and International Centre for Science and High Technology (ICS) and held at the Indian Institute of Science and Jawahar Lal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India from December 8, to December 18, 1993.
Supervisory experience
Ph.D supervised…………………..6
M.Phil supervised……………………16
M.S supervised…………………………73
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Research Publications1. TU Rahman, M Arfan, T Mahmood, W Liaqat, MA Gilani, G Uddin, Isolation,
spectroscopic and density functional theory studies of 7-(4-methoxyphenyl)-9H-
furo [2, 3-f] chromen-9-one: A new flavonoid from the bark of Millettia ovalifolia
Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 146, 24-
32, 2015
2. A Rauf, G Uddin, H Khan, M Arfan, BS Siddiqui Bioassay-guided isolation of
antibacterial constituents from Diospyros lotus roots Natural Product Research 1-
3, 2015
3. A Rauf, G Uddin, H Khan, BS Siddiqui, M Arfan Anti-hyperalgesic activity of crude extract and 7-methyljuglone of Diospyros lotus roots Natural Product Research, 1-4, 2015
4. A Rauf, G Uddin, A Khan, BS Siddiqui, M Arfan, K Dalvandi, TB HaddaPistagremic acid, a novel β-secretase enzyme (BACE1) inhibitor from Pistacia integerrima Stewart Natural Product Research 1-4, 2015
5. A Rauf, G Uddin, BS Siddiqui, A Khan, H Khan, M Arfan, N Muhammad, In-
vivo antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic activity of pistagremic
acid isolated from Pistacia integerrima Phytomedicine 21 (12), 1509-1515,2015
6. M Ali, A Latif, K Zaman, M Arfan, D Maitland, H Ahmad, M Ahmad Anti-ulcer xanthones from the roots of Hypericum oblongifolium Wall Fitoterapia 95, 258-265, 2014
7. SH Hussain, A Latif, RJ Cox, TJ Simpson, M Ali, M Arfan, G Uddin, Phytochemicals from the aerial parts of Ligularia thomsonii and their radical scavenging activity Phytochemistry Letters 7, 6-10, 2014
8. A Rauf, G Uddin, H Khan, BS Siddiqui, M Arfan, M Yousuf, A Hussain Parts of
Hedera helixL 2014
9. Abdul Latif, Syed Hamid Hussain, Mumtaz Ali, Mohammad Arfan, Manzoor Ahmed, Russell J Cox, Thomas J Simpson, Ghias Uddin A New Antioxidant
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Triterpenoid from the Stem Wood of Sorbus lanata Records of Natural Products 8 (1), 19-24,2014
10. TU Rahman, M Arfan, W Liaqat, G Uddin, MI Choudhary Isolation of a Novel
Indigoferamide-A from Seeds of Indigofera Heterantha Wall and its Antibacterial
Activity Records of Natural Products 8 (4), 412-416, 2014
11. Yong-Liang Shao, Lei Hua,Ya Li,Syed Hamid Hussain, Mohammad Arfan, Kun
Gao Guaianolides and elemanolides from Vernonia anthelmintica, Phytochemistry
Letters.Vol.7, 2014,14–18
12. Abdur Rauf, Ajmal Khan, Nizam Uddin, Mohammad Arfan, Ghias Uddin and
Muhammad Qaisar. Preliminary phytochemical screening, antimicrobial and
antioxidant activities of Euphorbia milli. Pakistan Journal of pharmaceutical
sciences. In press will be published in April 2, 2014
13. Chemical Composition and Biological evaluation of the Fixed Oils from the
Diospyros lotus Stewart. Pakistan Journal of Botany In press
14. Abdur Rauf, Ghias Uddin, Mohammad Arfan, Naveed Muhammad, Chemical
composition and biological screening of essential oils from Pistacia integerrima.
African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology Vol. 7(20), pp. 1220-1224, 29
May, 2013.
15. Molecular docking of Diospyrin as a LOX inhibitory compound. Ghias Uddin,
Abdur Rauf*, Mohammad Arfana, Waliullah,Taj Ur Rehman, Amir Zada Khan,
Gowhar Ali, Bushra Rehman, M. Zia-ul-Haq , Journal of Saudi Chemical
Society online. 2013
16. Mohammad Arfan, Saira Gul Rabia Usman, Arshad Khan, Abdur Rauf, Naveed
Muhammad Syed Uzair Ali Shah, Ajmal Khan and Mumtaz Ali. The
Comparative Free Radical Scavenging Effect of Trigonella foenumgraecum,
Solanum nigram and Spinacia oleracea. Academic Journal of Plant Sciences 6 (3):
113-116, 2013.
17. Abdur Rauf, Naveed Muhammad, Barkatullah, Haroon Khan, Hira Fatima Abbas,
Ajmal Khan, Mohammad Arfan, and Ghias Uddin1"Antinociceptive, Sedative
and Muscle Relaxants Activity of Caralluma tuberculata NE Brown." Orthop
Muscul Syst 2, no. 131 (2013): 2161-0533.
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18. Sayed Hamid Hussain, Abdul Latif, Mohammad Arfan, Mumtaz Ali, Thomos J
Simposon, Russell J Cox, Farzana Shaheen and Ghias Uddin; A new bezoxepin
derivative from Senecio defontaninei, Rec. Nat. Prod. 7:4(2013) 325-331
19. Rasool Khan, Mohammad Arfan, Imdadullah Mohammadzai, Mohammad
Naeem Catalyst and Solvent Free, Microwave Assisted Synthesis of 3-Isoindolo-
2-yl-2-Substituted Quinazolin-4(3H)-Ones J. Chem. Soc. Pak., Vol. 35, No. 6,
2013, 5015-5017
20. Ghias Uddin, Abdur Rauf, Al-Othman AM, Collina S, Arfan M, Ali G, Khan I.
Pistagremic acid, a glucosidase inhibitor from Pistacia integerrima, Fitothrapia,
83 (8), 1648-1652, 2012
21. Ghias Uddin, Abdur Rauf, Mohammad Arfan Waliullah, Inamullah Khan,
Mumtaz Ali , Mohammad Taimur , Inyath Ur-Rehma, Samiullah "Pistagremic
acid a new leishmanicidal triterpene isolated from Pistacia integerrima Stewart". J
Enz Inhib Med Chem, 27 (5), 646-8, 2012
22. Ghias Uddin, Abdur Rauf, Mumtaz Ali, Mohammad Arfan, Muhammad Qaisar,
Muhammad Saadiq, Muhammad Atif Khan and Abid, Preliminary Phytochemical
Screening and Antioxidant Activity of Bergenia caliata, Middle-East Journal of
Scientific Research.2012, 11 (8), 1140-1142:
23. Jun Hua Liu, Abdul Latif, Mumtaz Ali, Gui- Ping Zhang, Wen-Juang Xiang, Lei
Ma,Mohammad Arfan and Li-Hong Hu “Diterpenoids from Euphorbia
nerrifolia”Phytochemistry, (2012), 75,153-158.
24. Muhammad Raza Shah, Mohammad Arfan, Hazrat Amin, Zahid Hussain,
Muhammad Irfan Qadir, Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, Donald VanDerveer,
M.Ahmed Mesaik, Samreen Soomro, Almas Jabeen, and Inam Ullah Khan “
Synthesis of new bergenin derivatives as potent inhibitors of inflammatory
mediators NO and TNF α” Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., (2012), 22, 27, 2744-
2747.
25. Lei Hua, Wei-Yan Qi, Syed Hamid Hussain, Kun Gao and Mohammad Arfan “
Highly oxygenated stigmastane- type steroids from the aerial parts of Vernonia
anthelmintica Willd” Steroids, (2012),
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26. Mohammad Arfan, Rasool Khan, Anna Rybarczyk and Ryczard Amarowicz “
Antioxidant Activity of Mulberry Fruit Extract” International Journal of
Molecular Sciences (2012), 13, 2472-2480.
27. Mohammad Arfan, Abdur Rauf, M. N. Tahir, Mumtaz Ali and Ghias Uddin “2-
methyl-6-(4, 4, 10, 13, 14-pentamethyl-3-oxohexadecahydro-1H-cyclopenta (a)
phenanthrene-17-yl)-heptanoic acid" (2011) Acta Cryst. Vol: E67 pp:711;
28. Ghiasuddin, Taj Ur Rehman, Mohammad Arfan, Wajiha Liaqat, Waliullah,
Abdur Rauf, Inamullah Khan, Ghulam Mohammad and Muhammad Iqbal
Choudhary “In-vitro pharmacological investigations of aerial parts of Indigofera
heterantha” Journal of Medicinal Plants Research (2011), 5(24), 5750-5753.
29. Ghiasuddin, Taj Ur Rehman, Mohammad Arfan, Wajiha Liaqat, Waliullah,
Abdur Rauf, Inamullah Khan, Ghulam Mohammad and Muhammad Iqbal
Choudhary “Antimicrobial, insecticidal and phytotoxic activities of Indigofera
heterantha” Journal of Medicinal Plants Research (2011), 5(24), 5835-5839.
30. Mohammad Arfan, Abdur Rauf,M.Nawaz Tahir, Mumtaz Ali and Ghias Uddin
“2-Methyl-6(4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-3-oxo2,3,4,5,6,7,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17-
tetradecahydro-1-cyclopenta[a ]phenanthren-17-yl)hept-2-enoic acid” Acta
Crysta. (2011), E67, o7
31. Mumtaz Ali, Mohammad Arfan, Khair Zaman, Habib Ahmad, Nazia Akbar,
Itrat Anis, Muhammad Raza Shah “Antiproliferative Activity and Chemical
Constituents of Hypericum oblongifolium” J.Chem.Soc.Pak. (2011), 33(5), 772-
777.
32. Amaya Castro, Joseph Coll, Mohammad Arfan “ neo-Clerodane Diterpenloids
from Ajuga bracteosa” J.Nat. Prod. 2011, 74(5), 1036-1041.
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33. Mohammad Arfan, Syed Hamid Hussain, M.Nawaz Tahir, Jamal Rafique and
Farzana Shaheen “2 [(1R*, 4R*)-1-4-Dihydoxycyclohexyl] acetic acid” Acta
Crysta. (2011), E67, o968
34. Ghias Uddin ,Taj Ur Rehman, Mohammad Arfan, Wajiha Liaqat, Muhammad
Qaisar, Abdur Rauf, Ghulam Mohammad, Mohammad Siddique Afridi and
Mohammad Iqbal Choudhary "Phytochemical and Biological Screening of the
Seeds of Indigofera heterantha Wall” Middle –East Journal of Scientific
Research, 2011 (8) 1: 186-19
35. Mumtaz Ali, Mohammad Arfan, Manzoor Ahmad, Kuldip Singh, Itrat Anis,
Habib Ahmad, Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary and Muhammad Raza Shah “ Anti-
Iflammatory Xanthones from the twigs of Hypericum oblongifolium” Planta
Medica (2011), 77(18),2013-2018.
36. Ghiasuddin, Taj Ur Rehman, Mohammad Arfan, Wajiha Liaqat waliullah,
Abdur Rauf, Inamullah Khan, Ghulam Mohammad, Mohammad Iqbal
Choudhary, In-vitro pharmacological investigations of aerial parts of indigofera
heterantha Journal of Medicinal Plants Research. 01/2011; 5:5750–5753.
37. Mohammad Arfan, Mumtaz Ali, Habib Ahmad, Khair Zaman, Farhatullah and
Ryszard Amarowicz “Comparative Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of
Phenolic Compounds Extracted from Five Hypericum Species” Food
Technol. Biotechnol. 49 (2) 205–213 (2011)
38. Mohamad Arfan, Hazrat Amin, Inamullah Khan, Muhammad Raza Shah,
Hamidullah Shah, Amir Zada Khan, Muhammad Ashhad Halimi, Nematullah
Khan, Waqar Ahmad Kaleem, Mughal Qayum, Adnan Shahidullah and
Muhammad Azam Khan “ Molecular simulation of a bergenin as a new urease
inhibitor” Medicinal Chemistry Research, (2012), 21, 9, 2454-2457.
39. Shabir Ahmad, Mohammad Arfan, Abdul Latif Khan, Riaz Ullah, Javid
Hussain, Zia Mohammad, Rasool Khan, Kazou N.Watanabe “ Allelopathy of
Teucrium Royleanum Wall. Ex Benth from Pakistan” J. Med. Plants. Res., 2011,
5(5), 765-772.
40. A. A. Karimi Zarchi, N. Mokhtari, M. Arfan, T. Rehman, M. Ali, M. Amini, R.
Faridi Majidi, A. R. Shahverdi “ A Sunlight –Induced Method for Rapid
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Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using an Andrachnea Cordifolia Ethanol
Extract” Applied Physics A- Material Science & Processing 2011 online DOI
10.1007/s 0039-011-6259-6.
41. Sajid Hussain, Muhammad Jamil, Farhat Ullah, Arifullah Khan, Mohammad
Arfan, Shabir Ahmad, Lubna Khatoon “ Antimicrobial and Antioxidant
Activities of the Plant Heloitropium Strigosum” African J. Biotechnology 2010,
9(45), 7738-7743.
42. S.Yousuf, A.Latif, M.Arfan and M.I.Choudhary “ 1,2,4-Trihydroxydibenzo [b,d]
furan-3-ol” Acta Cryst. (2010) , E66, o3066.
43. Mohammad Arfan, Hazrat Amin, Nematullah Khan, Inamullah Khan,
Muhammad Saeed, Muhammad Azim Khan and Fazal-ur-Rehman “ Analgesic
and antiiflammatory activities of 11-O-Galloylbergenin” Journal of
Ethnopharmacology ( 2010).
44. Rasool Khan, Mohammad Arfan, Javeed Mahmood, Shazia Anjum, Muhammad
Iqbal Choudhary, “A facile synthesis of novel unsymmetrical N-(4-oxo-2-phenyl-
3(4H)-quinazolinoyl)-N-(aryl) acetamidines” Chinese Chemical Letters
(2010),Vol.21, Pages 905-910.
45. Muhammad Arfan, Rasool Khan, Murad Ali, Sahzia Ajum, Manzoor Ahmad,
and Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary “Antileishmanial and Anti microbial Activities
of 2,3-disubstituted-3H-quinazolin-4-one Derivatives” Journal of Enzyme
Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry,(2010), 25(5): 451-558.
46. Khan MTH, Khan R, Wuxiuer, Arfan M, Ahmad M, Sylte I, Bioorganic &
Medicinal Chemistry (2010), 18, 4317-4327.
47. Kamyar Mullazadeh Mughaddam, Mohammad Arfan, Jamal Rafique, Sassan
Rezaee, Parisa Jafari Fesharaki, Ahmad Reza Ghauri and Ahmad Reza Shahverdi
“ The Antifungal activity of Sarcocca saligna, Ethanol Extract and its and its
Combination Effect with Fluconazole against Different Aspergillus Resistant
Species” Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. (2010), 162: 127133.
48. Mohammad Arfan, Mumtaz Ali, Habib Ahmad, Itrat Anis, Ajmal Khan, M.Iqbal
Choudhary and Muhammad Raza Shah; “Urease Inhibitors from Hypericum
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oblongifolium Wall” Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry
( 2010), 25(2), 296-299.
49. Qi Hong, David E.Minter, Scott G.Franzblau, Mohammad Arfan, Hazrat Amin
and Manfred G. Reinecke “Anti-tuberculosis Compounds from Mallotus
philippenensis” Natural Product Communications (2010), 5(2), 211-217.
50. Mohammad Arfan, M. Nawaz Tahir, Muhammad Ishaq Ali Shah, Rasool Khan
and Mohammad S. Iqbal “2-[6-Thioxo-5-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-1,3,5-
thiadiazinan-3-yl]acetic acid” Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, o902.
51. Chao-Feng Huang, Li-Juan Sun, Mumtaz Ali, Lei Ma, Mohammad Arfan, Jian-
Wen Liu and Li-Hong Hu “Immunosuppressive Withanolides from Withania
coagulans” Chemistry & Biodiversity, 2009, 6, 1415-1426.
52. Dong-Qing Fie, Mohammad Arfan, Jamal Rafique, Kun Gao “ Chemical
Constituents from the Aerial Parts of Sophora mollis”, Chemistry of Natural
Compounds, (2009), 46(6), 896-897.
53. Mohammad Arfan, M.Nawaz Tahir, Rasool Khan,Sumbal Saba and Mohammad
S.Iqbal, “ (2-Aminophenyl) [(5S)-5-hydroxy-3,5-dimethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-
pyrazol-1-yl]-methanone” Acta Cryst. (2009), E65, o1834-o1835.
54. Stefan Wilfor, Mumtaz Ali, Maarit Karonen,
Markku Reunanen,Mohammad Arfan, Reija Harlamow” Extractives in bark
of different conifer species growing in Pakistan” Holzforschung, 63, 2009,551-
558.
55. Gui-Ping Zhang, Zhi-Yong Xiao, Jamal Rafique, Mohammad Arfan, Peter J.
Smith, Carmen A. Lategan, and Li-Hong Hu “Antiplasmodial Isoflavanones from
the Roots of Sophora mollis” J. Nat. Prod. 72, 2009, 1265-1268.
56. Arfan, M., Amin, H., Karamack, M., Kosinska, A., Amarowicz, R. “ Antioxidant
Activity of Phenolic Fractions of Mallotus philipinensis Bark Extract” Czech. J.
Food Sci. 74(2) ,2009,109-117.
57. Mohammad Arfan, M. Nawaz Tahir, Rasool Khan and Mohammad S. Iqbal “3-
Amino-2-methyl-4-oxo-3,4-dihydroquinazolin-1-ium p-toluenesulfonate
monohydrate” Acta Cryst. (2009), E65, o1051.
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58. Mohammad Arfan, M.Nawaz Tahir, Muhammad Ishaq Ali Shah and
Mohammad S. Iqbal “3-Benzyl-5-butyl-1,3,5-thiadiazinane-2-thione” Acta
Cryst. E65, 2009, o468.
59. Mohammad Arfan, Naila Raziq, Ivana Aljancic and Solobodan Milsoavljevic
“Secondary Metabolites of Hypericum monogynum from Pakistan” J.
Serb.Chem. Soc. 74(2), 2009, 129-132.
60. Mohammad Arfan, Rasool Khan, Muhammad Imran, Humayun Khan and Javed
Mehmood “One-pot Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activities of Some 2-
Aryl/alkyl- 3-aminoquinazolin-4(3H)-ones” J. Chem. Soc. Pak. 30(2), 2008,
299-305.
61. Lazari, D; Tsioumela, C; Pefklidou, K; Demopoulos, V; Skaltsa, K; and Arfan,
M “Inhibitory activity of extracts and bioactive constituents of Centaurea
phyllocephala Bioss. (Asteraceae) on aldolase reductase in vitro” Planta Medica,
79(9), 2008, 974-975.
62. Mohammad Arfan, M. Nawaz Tahir, Rasool Khan and Mohammad S.Iqbal “ 3-
(2-Benzamidophenyl)-4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-5-methyl-4 H-1, 2, 4-triazol-1-ium
chloride” Acta Cryst.(2008), E64,o1505.
63. F.Kausar, M.H.Noomrio, M.Ali Talpur, V.U.Ahmad and M.Arfan “ Two new
lignan glycosides from Trachelospermum lucidum (D.Don) Schum” J. Asian Nat.
Prod. Res., 10(4), 2008, 285-288.
64. M.Arfan, Rasool Khan, Shazia Anjum, Shabir Ahmad, M. Iqbal Choudhary
“Water promoted, microwave assisted oxidative novel deamination of N-amino
quinazolinones” Chinese Chemical Letters , 19, 2008, 161-165.
65. Muhammad Arfan, Hazrat Amin, Agnieszka Kosinska, Magdalena Karamac and
Ryszard Amarowicz “Antioxidant Activity of Phenolic Fractions of Litsea
monopetala (Persimon-Leaved Litsea) Bark Extract” Polish J.Food Nutr.Sci.
58(2), 2008, 229-233.
66. Lei Ma, Mumtaz Ali, Mohammad Arfan, Li-Guang Lou, Li-Hong Hu
“Withaphysanolide A, a novel C-27 norwithanolide skeleton, and other cytotoxic
compounds from Physalis divericata”, Tetrahedron Letters, 48, 2007, 449-452.
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67. M.Arfan , Hazrat Amin, Magdalena Karamac, Agnieszka Kosinska, Fereidoon
Shahidi, Wieslaw Wiczkowski and Ryszard Amarowicz. “ Antioxidant Activity
of Extracts of Mallotus philipinensis Fruit and Bark”, Journal of Food Lipids
14 (3) ,2007, 280-297.
68. Inayat-Ur-Rahman, Murad Ali Khan, M.Arfan, Gul Akhtar, Lajber Khan, Viqar
Uddin Ahmad “ A New 14-membered cyclopeptide alkaloid from Zizyphus
oxyphylla”, Natural Product Research, 21 (3), 2007, 243-253.
69. Lei Ma, Xian-Wen Gan, Qing- Peng He, Hai -Yun Bai, Mohammad Arfan,
Feng-Chang Lou, and Li- Hong Hu “Cytotoxic Withaphysalins from Physalis
minima”, Helvetica Chimica Acta, 90, 2007, 1406-1419.
70. V.Saroglou, M.Arfan, A.Shabir, D.Hidjipavlou-Litina and H.Skaltsa
“Composition and Antioxidant Activity of the Essential Oil of Teucrium
royleanum Wall.ex Benth Growing in Pakistan”, Flavour and Fragrance
Journal, 22, 2007, 154-157.
71. Fatima Zerrin Erdemgil, Semra Ilhan, Ferhan Korkmaz,Cigdem Kaplan, Ayse
Mercangos, Mohammad Arfan and Shabir Ahmad “ Chemical Composition and
Biological Activity of the Essential of Perovskia atriplicifolia from Pakistan”,
Pharmaceutical Biology, 45(4), 2007, 1-8.
72. S.Swilfor, H.Hafizoglu, I.Tumen, H.Yazici, M.Arfan, M.Ali, B.Holmbom “
Extractives of Turkish and Pakistani Tree Species” Holz Roh Werkst, 65, 2007,
215-221.
73. Viqar U Ahmad, Farzana Kousar, Afsar Khan, Muhammad Zubair, Shazia Iqbal,
Umar Farooq, Nasir Rasool, Mohammad Arfan, Sarfraz A.Nawaz, and
Muhammad I. Choudhary “Isolation of a New Lipoxygenase Active Saponin and
a New Triterpenoid from the Leaves of Trachelospermum lucidum”
Z.Naturforsch. 60b, 2005, 1287-1290.
74. Farzana Shaheen, Manzoor Ahmad, Muhmud Tareq Hassan Khan, Saima Jalil,
Asma Ejaz, Mukhlis N.Sultankhodjaev, Muhammad Arfan, Muhammad Iqbal
Choudhary and Atta-ur-Rahman, “Alkaloids of Aconitum leave Royle and their
anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and tyrosinase inhibition activities”,
Phytochemistry , 66, 2005, 935-940.
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75. M.Tahir Shah, Q. Kifayattulah and M.Arfan, “ Pedo and Biogeochemical Study
of Zinc-Lead Deposits of Besham Area, Northern Pakistan: its Implications in
Mineral Exploration and Environmental Degradation”, Environmental Geology
, 45(4), 2004,544-549.
76. Shafi, N., Khan, G.A., Arfan, M., Ahmad, K.U.-D., Gilani, N.D. “Isolation and
Pharmacological Screening of 8-O-Acetylharpagide from Ajuga bracteosa Wall”
Pak.J.Sci.Ind.Res. 47(3), 2004, 176-179.
77. M.Arfan, G.A.Khan, N.Shafi, A.R.Khan and I.R.Khan “Flavonoidal
Constituents from Scutellaria Species” J.Chem.Soc. Pak., 25(4), 2003, 348-356.
78. M. Arfan and Imdad Ullah Mohammadzai,"Dehydrogenation of Isopropanol
Using Alumina Supported Metal Nitrates" J. Chem. Soc. Pak., 25 (2), 2003, 157-
161.
79. Robert R.Luedtke, Rebekah A.Freeman, Michael Volk, Mohammad Arfan and
Manfred G. Reinecke, "Pharmacological Survey of Medicinal Plants for Activity
at Dopamine Receptor Subtypes. II. Screen for Binding Activity at the D1 and D2
Dopamine Receptor Subtypes", Pharmaceutical Biology, 41, No.1, 2003,.45-58.
80. Taos Khan, Waqar Ahmad, Shumaila Bashir, Zafar Iqbal, Bashir Ahmad,
Manzoor Ahmad, Nisarullah, Muhammad Arfan, and Farzana Shaheen
“Biological and Pharmacological Properties of Abroma augusta Linn. Seed Oil”
Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences , 6(13), 2003, 1142-1144.
81. Waqar Ahmad, Taos Khan, Bashir Ahmad, Zafar Iqbal, Mansoor Ahmad,
Manzoor Ahmad, Qasim Jan and Muhammad Arfan “ Chemical composition of
Abroma augusta Linn. Seed oil”, Pakistan Journal of Biological Science, 6(12),
2003, 1033-1034.
82. A.Ulubelen, A.H.Mericli, F .Mericli, U .Kolak, M.Arfan, M.Ahmad and
H.Ahmad," Norditerpenoid Alkaloids from the Roots of Aconitum leave Royle",
Pharmazie, 57, 2002,427-429.
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83. Fazal Subhan, M.Ibrar, Amir Zada Khan, M.Arfan and Gul Nawab,”Effect of
Ajuga bracteosa on Serum Level of Triiodothyronin (T3) and Thyroxin (T4) in
Rabbits”, J.Sci. & Tech. Univ. Peshawar, 26, 2002, 7-9.
84. Inayat-ur-Rahman, Murad Ali, Tariq Siddiqui, M.Arfan and V.U.Ahmad," A
Xanthone dixylopyranoside from Swertia thmosonii", Z.Naturforsch, 56b,2001,
122-126.
85. Q. Kifayatullah, M. Tahir Shah and M.Arfan, "Biogeochemical and
Environmental Study of the Chromite-Rich Ultramafic Terrain of Malakand Area,
Pakistan", Environmental Geology, 40, 2001, 1482-1486.
86. Nisarullah, P .E.Haslinger, Waqar Ahmad and Mohammad Arfan, "Lignoid
Glycoside and Dimeric Phenylpropanoids from Daphne oleoides", Helv. Chem.
Acta.,89(1), 2001, 157-162.
87. Inayat ur Rehman, Mohammad Arfan, Manfred G.Reinecke and Viqaruddin
Ahmad, "A New Xanthone Glucopyranoside from Swertia ciliata",
J.Chem.Soc.Pak , 22(2), 2000, 142-151.
88. A.Ulubelen, H.Mericli, F .Mericli, U .Kolak, M.Arfan, M.Ahmad and H.Ahmad,
"Royleinine- A New Norditerpenoid Alkaloid from Delphinium
roylei",Heterocycles, 53(10), 2000, 2279-2283.
89. .Khan, N.Shafi, Q.Kifayatullah and M.lrfan, "Large Scale Crystallisation of
Aescin", J. Chem. Soc. Pak., 21(1), 1999, 69-71.
90. A.Ulubelen, H.K.Desai, Q.Teng, A.H.Mericli, F.Mericli, U.Kolak, M.Arfan,
C.K.Lee and S. W.Pelletier, "Delbruninol- Alkaloid from Delphinium
brunonianum Royle", Heterocycles, 51(8), 1999, 1897-1903.
91. L.Khan, N. Shaft, M. Yunis and M.Arfan, "An Overview of Plants Used in the
Traditional System of Medicine for Control of Diabetes", Hamdard Medicus,
XLII(3) 1999, 38-45.
92. Inayat -ur- Rehman, M.Arfan and M.lqbal Choudhary, "A New Xanthone from
Swertia Thomsonii", J.Chem.Soc. Pak., 20(2), 1998, 155-159.
93. Inayat-ur-Rehman and M.Arfan, "Naturally Occurring Isocoumarins" ,
J.Chem.Soc. Pak., 20(1), 1998, 76-87.
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94. A.Ulubelen, M.Arfan, U.Sonmez, A.H.Mericli and F.Mericli, "Norditerpenoid
Alkaloids from Delphinium pyrimidale", Phytochemistry, 48(2),1998,385-388.
95. A.Ulubelen, M.Arfan, U.Sonmez, A.H.Mericli and F.Mericli, "Diterpenoid
Alkaloids from Delphinium uncinatum", Phytochemistry, 47(6),1998, 1141-1144.
96. Inayat-ur-Rehman and M.Arfan, "Phytochemistry of the Genus Swertia",
J.Chem.Soc. Pak. 19(2),1997,240-255.
97. M.Arfan, G.Akhtar and A.Naheed, "Steroids and Terpenoids of the Genus
Ajuga", J.Chem. Soc. Pak., 18(2),1996, 170-174.
98. Fazal Subhan, Azmat Rasheed and M.Arfan, "Effects of Ajuga bracteosa on some
of the Biochemical Parameters in Rabbits", Hamdard Medicus, XXXIX(3),
1996, 84-89.
99. M.Rasul Jan, H.S.Jadoon and M.Arfan, "Determination of Selected Cations
Utilizing Fluorescence Enhancement Phenomenon of N-Methylanthranilic Acid
(NMAA) ", J.Chem.Soc.Pak., 17(2),1995,86-89.
100. Inayat-ur-Rehman and M.Arfan, "Some Xanthones from Swertia ciliata
and Swertia Thomsonii", Pak. J. Plant Sci., 1(1), 1995, 11-23.
101. L.Khan, K.D.Ahmad, Q.Kifayatullah and M.Arfan, "Commercial
Extraction of Aescin from Aesculus indica", Pharmaceutical Biology ( formar,
International Journal of Pharmacognosy), 33, 1994, 344-345.
102. K.D. Ahmad, L.Khan, Q. Kifayatullah and Mohammad Arfan,
"Preparation of Water Soluble Aescin from Aesculus indica", J. Chem. Soc.
Pak., 16,1994, 269-270.
103. Mohammad Arfan, "Solid Super-Base (Al2O3+NaOH+Na) Catalyzed
Claisen-Schmidt Condensation", PUTAJ, 1993-94,9-13.
104. M.Arfan and Hanif-ur-Rehman, "Evaluation of Adsorbent Supported
Metal Nitrates for Heterogenous Catalytic Oxidation of Isopropanol to Acetone".
J. Chem. Soc. Pak., l5(l), 1993, 15-21.
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105. M. Rasul Jan, M.Arfan, H.S. Jadoon and E.R. Khattak, "Determination of
CrO2-4 in the Presence of Oxy-anions Utilizing Fluorescence". Sci. Khyber, 6(2),
1993, 187-195.
106. Mohammad Arfan and Naseer Alam, "Two Novel syntheses of
Benzohydroximoyl Cyanides". PUT AJ, 1992-94, 90-93.
107. J .E. Johnson, SL. Todd, A.Ghafouripour, M.Arfan and W.S.Hamilton,
"Configuration and Dipole Moments of O-Substituted Hydroximoyl Cyanides.
Stereoelectronic Effects in the Ground State of Oximino Compounds". J. Phys.
Org. Chem. 3, 1990 316-324.
108. James E. Johnson, Mohammad Arfan, Richard Hodzi, Lyman R.
Casewell and Susan Rasmussen. "Mechanisms of Photo-elimination Reaction of
Alkyl Benzohydroxamates". Photochemistry and Photobiology, 51, 1990, 139-
144.
109. Mohammad Arfan, Tahira Mehmood and Sultan Mehmood,
"Determination of Cyanide in Aqueous System using Cinnamaldehyde". J. Envl.
& Anal. Chem., 1, 1990,107-112
110. Mohammad Arfan, "Stereochemistry and Mechanism of Pyrrolidine
Nucleophilic Substitution at, Carbon-Nitrogen Double Bond-Element Effect and
Hammett Correlation Studies". Physical Chemistry, 9, 1990, 41-47.
111. Mohammad Arfan, Haroon Rashid and James E. Johnson, "The kinetics
of Methoxide-Catalyzed Geometric Isomerization of Methyl(z)-o-methylbenzo-
hydroxamate". The Nucleus, 25, (3,4),1988,9-10.
112. Mohammad Arfan and Haroon Rashid, "Pyrrolidine Nucleophilic
Substitution at Carbon-Nitrogen double Bond in p-substituted-o-
Methylbenzohydroximoyl Chlorides-Kinetics, Thermodynamics studies". Physical
Chemistry, 1, 1988, 57-68.
113. Mohammad Arfan and Nasrullah Khan, "Isolation and Thin Layer-
Chromatographic (TLC) Separation of Essential Oil Components from Teucrium
royleanum". Mod. Trends Pl.Sci, Res. Pak., 1987. 180-182
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114. James E.Johnson, Abdul Karim Ghafouripour, M. Arfan, Susan L. Todd
and Deborah A, Sitz, "Mechanism of Amine and Amide Ion Substitution Reactions
at the Carbon-Nitrogen Double Bond". J. Org. Chem., 50, 1985, 3348-3355.
115. B.F Plummer, Z. Y.AI-Saigh and M. Arfan, "Anomalous Fluorescence of
Aceanthrylene: An Example of Second Excited State Emission". Chemical
Physics Letters, 104, 1984, 389, 392.
116. B.F. Plummer, Z.:V. AI-Saigh and M. Arfan, "Synthesis of
Aceanthrylene". J. Org. Chem.. 49, 1984, 2069-2071.
117. M.A. Rauf, M. Arfan and Farhat Aziz, "Excess Molar Volumes of (N,N-
dimethyl-formamide + an aliphatic alcohol) at 298.15 K". J. Chem.
Thermodynamics, 15, 1983, 1021-1023.
118. James E. Johnson, Nancy M. Silk, and Mohammad Arfan, "Rates of Acid
Catalyzed Geometric Isomerization of some Compounds Containing a Carbon-
Nitrogen Double Bond", J. Org. Chem., 47 , 1982, 1958-1961.
119. James E. Johnson; Nancy M. Silk, Elizabeth A. Walley, and Mohammad
Arfan, "Mechanism of an Acid-Catalyzed Geometric Isomerization about a
Carbon-Nitrogen Double Bond.”, J.Org. Chem.,46, 1981, 546-552.
120. James E. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Walley Charles Weidig and Mohammad
Arfan, “Mechanisms of Alkoxide Substitution Reactions at the Carbon-Nitrogen
Double Bond. Stereoelectronic Control during Nucleophilic substitution”, J. Org.
Chem., 46, 1981. 3623-3229.
Conference/Symposia Proceedings
1. M. Arfan, M.lshaq Mohmand and Inayat-ur-Rehman, "Organic Synthetic
Technology and Environment", Proceedings Symposium on Fuel and
Environment, 1996.
2. Mohammad Arfan and Hanif-ur-Rahman, "Alcohol Oxidation using NH4NO3-
A12 O3 Supported Catalyst". Proc. Natl. Chem. Conf. 2, 1990, 84-86
Mohammad Arfan, "Photochemistry of Alkyl-benzohydroxamates". Proc Natl.
Chem. Conf. (1) 1989,466-479.
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3. Mohammad Arfan, "Hybridoma Technology: A useful Biotechnology Tool for
Chemical and Medical Sciences". Proc. Natl. Chem. Conf.(1), 1989,665-673.
4. Mohammad Arfan and Haroon Rashid, "Rates of Acid-Catalyzed Geometric,
Isomerization of Methyl (z)-o-methylbenzohydroxamate". Proc. Natl. Chem.
Conf.( 1), 1989,686-691.
5. Khan, A., Joher, A., Arfan, M., Jia F., Pichyangkul, S., Berent, S., Hill, N.O.,
Bollon, A. "Acute Toxicity and Stability Studies on Tumor-Necrosis-Factor (TNF)
in Mice", Proceedings of the American Association of Cancer Research, 27,
March 1986, 320.
SEMINAR/SYMPOSIA/CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED AND PAPERS RESENTED
1. Postgraduate Training Course on “Nucelar and other Advanced Techniques in Agricultural and Biological Research”, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biological (NIAB), Faisalabad Pakistan (26th November to 8-18 December 1993).
2. 14th Annual Miniature Meeting of the American Chemical Soceity at Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas, USA (April 3, 1981).
3. 187th American Chemical Soceity (ACS) National Meeting at St. Louis, Missouri, USA (April 8-13, 1984).
4. 187th ACS National Meeting Chicago, Illinois, USA (April 8-12, 1984). “Sterochemistry and Mechanisms of Amine Substitution Reactions at the Cabon-Nitrogen Double Bond”.
5. 188th ACS National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA (September 8-13, 1985).
6. Annual Conference of Pakistani Scientists and Engineers of North America, Dallas, Texas, USA (May, 1985). “Malignant Melanoma Cell Surface Antigen from G-361 Cell Line”.
7. International Conference of Plant Scientists, University of Peshawar 1988). “Isolation and Separation of Essential Oil from Teucrium royleanum”.
8. 3rd National Polymer Science Symposium Baragali (August 27, to September 1, 1989). “Monoclonal Antibodies; Their Production Purification and Applications”.
9. First National Chemistry Conference (October 8-10, 1989). “Hybridoma Technology: A Useful Biotehcnological Tool for Medical and Chemical Sciences”.
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10. First National Chemistry Conference University of Peshawar (October 8-10, 1989). “The Photochemistry of Alkyl Benozohydroxamates”.
11. Second National Chemistry Conference, University of Karachi (December 21-24, 1990). “Syntheses and Physical Organic Investigations of Benzohydroximoyl Cyanides”.
12. International Workshop on “Protein Sequencing” HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi (December 1-10, 1989).
13. International Symposium on “Protein Structure Function Relationship” HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi (December 11-14, 1989).
14. National Workshop on “Theoretical and Computational Chemistry” National Academy of Higher Education University Grants Commission, Pakistan (February 6-11, 1993).
15. Training Course in “Frontier Areas of Organic Synthesis” Sponsored by United Nations Industrial Organization (UNIDO)” and International Centre for Sceince and High Technology (ICS) and Held at the “Indian Institute of Science” and Jawahar Lal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Banglore, India from December 8 to December 18, 1993).
16. Invited Speaker in Pakistan-Bangladesh-Iran International Seminar on Analytical Sciences organized by the National Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan ( December 8-9, 2003).
17. Training Course “ Chemical Safety and Security Officer (CSSO)” sponsored and organized by the Sandia National Labs, Albaqurque, New Mexico, USA in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission, Pakistan , March 29 to April 02, 2010 , Bangkok, Thailand.
Workshops/Symposia/Conferences Organized
1. Organized Workshops on “Spectroscopic Techniques” at Baragali Campus, in 1994 and 1999.
2. Organizing Secretary, First National Chemistry Conference at the University of Peshawar, 1989.
3. Coordinator, First International Chemistry Conference and 11th National Chemistry Conference, April 2001.
4. Secretary, First National Symposium on Analytical and Environmental Chemistry at Baragali, 1992.
Membership& Positions
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(a) Member, American Chemical Society (ACS).
(b) Member, Association of Pakistan Scientists and Engineer of North America (APSENA).
(c) Member, Chemical Society of Pakistan.
(d) Executive Member ,Association of Scientists and Scientific Profession of Pakistan (ASSPP).
(e) Member, Environmental Protection Foundation, NWFP.
(f) Member, New York Academy of Sciences.
OTHER EXPERIENCES
1. Chief Editor, Chemical Education Magazine (1988).
2. Editor, Proceedings First National Chemistry Conference (1989).
3. Associate Editor, Journal of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry (1992-94).
4. General Secretary, Peshawar University Teachers’ Association (1988-89).
5. Organizing secretary, First National Chemistry Conference (1989).
6. Secretary, Second National Symposium on Analytical and Environmental Chemistry (1993).
7. Editorial Member, Al-Chemy, Pakistan Chemical Society of Pakistan.
8. Organizing Secretary, Workshop on Spectroscopic Techniques, held at Baragali Summer Camp (August, 1994).
9. Chief Organizer, Workshop on Spectroscopic Techniques” at Baragali Summer Campus (August, 1999).
10. Associate Secretary, Chemical Soceity of Pakistan, (1998-2002).
11. Coordinator, ChemCon ( First International Chemistry Conference) University of Peshawar, 2000.
12. Member, Editorial Committee, Journal of Science and Technology, University of Peshawar.
13. Editor, PUTAJ –Science, University of Peshawar (2005-2007)
References
1.Prof. Dr. M.Iqbal Choudhary, H.I, S.I, T.I Director, ICCBS E-mai: E-mail:
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2.Prof. Dr. Imdadullah Mohammadzai, Advisor, NTS E-mail: [email protected]. Prof.Dr. Atta ur Rahman, N.I., H.I, UNESCO Laureate
Ex-Chairman H.E.C, Ex-Minister S&T Pakistan E-mail: [email protected]