Shazia Kousar
Assistant professor
PhD
- Shazia Kousar is serving as Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology (KFUEIT) Rahim Yar Khan. In 2000-2002, she received her BSC and MSc degree in Chemistry from Islamia University Bahawalpur, respectively. She did MSc thesis on Pyrazole ipso substitution. In 2004, joined HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, (ICCBS) in the MS leading to PhD Program under and found potent inhibitors of α-Glucosidase enzymes did pioneer work on the Solid Phase Synthesis. University of Karachi, Pakistan.
- In 2006, she joined the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Guy Bertrand and derived the mechanism of entirely new reaction for the formation of allene from enamine and terminal alkynes published in PNAS 2007. Continuation of work published in Chem.Eur.J. Based on this work a big literature is increasing day by day for scientific community.
- In 2009, as postdoctoral fellow work on Harmine, Harmaline, Menthol projects. Some of her work is published in RSC advances 2015. In 2011-2013 worked as assistant professor in GCUF and supervise graduate and undergraduate students in Suzuki coupling reactions, Metal Complexes synthesis and synthetic modification of Tryptamine and Glycyrrhetinic acid, biologically active compounds. Supervise one MPhil students.
- In 2015 she joined khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology as assistant professor and worked on multicomponent reactions and worked on different organic transformation. Supervised more than twenty MS students. Published good review articles and book chapters.
- She has excellent expertise in Glove Box, UV, IR, 1D, 2D NMR, MS, Schlenk Techniques, Handling of air sensitive compounds, structure elucidation. SAR studies, Chromatography.
1. V. Lavallo, G.D. Frey, S. Kousar, B. Donnadieu, G. Bertrand, Allene formation by gold catalyzed cross coupling of masked carbenes and vinylidenes Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2007, 104, 13569-13573.
Impact Factor (9.67)
2. G.D. Frey, R.D. Dewhurst, S. Kousar, B. Donnadieu, G. Bertrand, Cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene gold(I) complexes: A synthetic and structural investigation, J. Organomet. Chem. 2008, 693 (Special Issue), 1674-1682.
Impact Factor (2.17)
3. Xiaoming Zeng, Guido D. Frey, Shazia Kousar, Guy Bertrand A Cationic Gold(I) Complex as a General Catalyst for the Intermolecular Hydroamination of Alkynes: Application to the One-Pot Synthesis of Allenes from Two Alkynes and a Sacrificial Amine, Chemistry--A European Journal 2009, 15(13), 3056-3060.
Impact Factor (5.73)
4. Iftikhar Hussain Bukhari, Tasmiah Batool, Muhammad Riaz, Shazia Kousar Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of Transition Metal Complexes of Methyl and Methoxy substituted 2-Sulfamoylbenzamides International Journal of Pharmaceutical Chemistry 2013, 03(02), 32-39.
5. Iftikhar Hussain Bukhari,* Nabila Rasul, Shazia Kausar, Syed Ali Raza Naqvi, Zulfiqar Ali, Muhammad Riaz Comparative Studies of Ni, Cd, Mn, Co, Pb, Cr and Zn in Hair, Nail and Plasma of Smokers and Non-smokers Subjects of Sargodha Zone International Journal of Chemical and Biochemical Sciences, 2013, 4, 28-37.
6. *Qurat-ul-ain, Iftikhar Hussain Bukhari, Shazia Kousar and Jeveria Rehman Determination Of Trace Toxic Elements in Beauty Creams and Sun Blocks Using AAS and ICP-AES Spectroscopic Techniques World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2013, 2(5), 1298-1305.
7. Solat Perveen, Iftikhar Hussain Bukhari, Qurat-Ul-Ain, Shazia Kousar, & Jeveria Rehman Antimicrobial, Antioxidant and Minerals Evaluation of CUSCUTA EUROPEA and CUSCUTA REFLEXA Collected from Different Hosts and Exploring Their Role as Functional Attribute International Research Journal of Pharmaceutical and Applied Sciences 2013, 3(5), 43-49.
8. Yasmeen Gull, Nasir Rasool*, Mnaza Noreen, Faiz-ul-Hassan Nasim,
Asma Yaqoob, Shazia Kousar, Umer Rashid *, Iftikhar Hussain Bukhari,
Muhammad Zubair, Md Saiful Islam. Efficient Synthesis of 2-Amino-6-Arylbenzothiazoles via Pd(0), Suzuki Cross Coupling Reaction: Potent Urease Enzyme Inhibition and Nitric Oxide Scavenging Activities of the Products. Molecule 2013, 18, 8845-8857. Impact Factor (2.42)
9. Mnaza Noreen , Nasir Rasool*, Yasmeen Gull , Faiz-ul-Hassan Nasim , Ameer Fawad Zahoor, Asma Yaqoob , Shazia Kousar , Muhammad Zubair, Iftikhar Hussain Bukhari, Usman Ali Rana. A Facile synthesis of new 5-aryl-thiophene bearing sulfonamide moiety via Pd (0)-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling reactions and 5-bromothiophene-2-acetamide: As potent urease inhibitor, antibacterial agent and hemolytically active compounds. Journal of Saudi Chemical Society 2014. Impact Factor (2.52)
10. Maria Aqeel Khan , Saba Fazal-ur-Rehman , Abdul Hameed , Shazia Kousar , Kourosh Dalvandi , Sammer Yousuf , Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary , Fatima Zehra Basha Regioselective Synthesis of Novel 2,3,4,4a-tetrahydro-1H-carbazoles and their Cholinesterase Inhibitory Activities. Rsc Advances 06. 2015; 5(73). Impact Factor (3.84)
11. Kiran Aftab, Kinza Aslam, Shazia Kousar and Muhammad Jawad Ul Hasan Nadeem Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of tryptamine based benzamide derivatives Pak. J. Pharm. Sci., 29, 2016, 423-428. Impact Factor (0.682).
12. Shazia Kousar*, Sadia Noreen Anjum, Farrukh Jaleea, Jallat Khan and Sidra Naseem, Biomedical Significance of Tryptamine: A Review, Journal of Pharmacovigilance 2017, 5:5
13. Shazia Kousar*a,b, Sobia Shahzadi b, Fehmeeda Bibi a, Madiha Irfan a, Muhammad Ahmad Mudassira “18β-Glycyrrhetinic acid chalcones and its salts with their mass fragmentation pattern” Clin Pharmacol Biopharm2021,10, 1000213.
14. Mudassir, Muhammad Ahmad; Hussain, Syed Zajif; Kousar, Shazia; Zhang, Haifei; Ansari, Tariq; Hussain, Irshad "Hyperbranched Polyethylenimine-Tethered Multiple Emulsion-Templated Hierarchically Macroporous Poly(acrylic acid)−Al2O3 Nanocomposite Beads for Water Purification” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021,13,27400-27410. Impact Factor (9.5)
15. Shazia Kousar*a, Muhammad Ahmad Mudassira, Fehmeeda Bibi a, Madiha Irfan a, Mohammad Alyasa,Salman Qadirc 2,7-Dichlorofluorescein: Biological, Analytical and Industrial Progress Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry 19, 1-9, 2022. Impact Factor (2.159)
16. Muhammad Ahmad Mudassir; Shazia Kousar; Maria Batool; Mamoona Murtaza; Eesha Tu Razia; Kashaf Tariq; Muhammad Aizaz Ud Din; Mohammad Amin Makarem “PlasmaAssisted Processing and Hydrodeoxygenation of Bio-oils” Fuel Processing Technology 250, 107872, 2023. Impact Factor (7.2)
17. Muhammad Ahmad Mudassir, Shazia Kousar, Muhammad Ehsan, Muhammad Usama, Umer Sattar, Muhammad Aleem, Irum Naheed, Osama Bin Saeed, Mehmood Ahmad, Hafiz Favad Akbar, Muhammad Aizaz Ud Din, Tariq Mahmood Ansari, Haifei Zhang, Irshad Hussain “Emulsion-Derived Porous Carbon-Based Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 185, 113594, 2023. Impact Factor (16.799)
18. Maria Batool, Rida-e-Maria Qazi, Muhammad Ahmad Mudassir, Zahra Sajid, Rena Zaman, Mhd Ahmar Rauf, Shazia Kousar, Israr Ahmad, Fawad Ur Rehman, Afsar Ali Mian, “Titania–Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite-Based Philadelphia-Positive Leukemia Therapy” ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2024, 7, 7, 4352–4365. Impact Factor (4.6)
19. Muhammad Shahiryar , Shazia Kousar , MuhammadAhmad Mudassir , Madiha Irfan , Syed Adnan Ali Shah “Recent Approaches in Tandem Reactions Catalyzed by MOF and MOF-based Catalysts” Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1005, 122971, 2024,
20. Shazia Kousar, Abdul Jabbar, Muhammad Ahmad Mudassir, Syed Adnan Ali Shah, Fozia Anjum, Madiha Irfan, Ayesha Monawar, Syed Waqas
Bukhari,5 “Designing, synthesis and characterization of fluorescent fluorescein hydrazides and studies the antibacterial against sinusitis isolates and hemolytic
activities” Journal of chemical society of pakistan (accepted)
Her research interests are biologically active compounds in the field of organic synthesis, multicomponent reactions, heterocyclic chemistry, natural products, organometallic Chemistry, stable Carbene, catalysis, medicinal Chemistry, bioassay studies, nanotechnology, biotechnology, material sciences and neurotransmitters.
- Honors: Junior and senior Fellowship by HEJ (ICCBS). PhD Fellowship Award under Split PhD program by HEC. 0.5 Million Project by HEC under IPFP programme.11 national and international publications with good scientific impact. National, International presentation to present her work at national and international level. ACS Member. Co-PI in one of the NRPU project.
- ACS Member
- Coordinator of QEC, Memeber of SAR committee, Exams Coordinator of affiliated collages