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Dr Asma Zaidi

Tenured Associate Professor
Area of Interest: Organic, Surfactant, Hetrerocyclic Chemistry
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +92-992-383591-5
 
Academics/ Degrees
  • PhD: Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, 2014
  • M.S: Institute of Chemistry, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, 2008
  • B.Sc. (Hons.) Institute of Chemistry, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, 2006
 
Journal Publications
1. S. Ali,A. Zaidi,M. Jahangir,Z. -u. Hassan,X. Li,P. Li,Inam-u-llah,M. Riaz,S. M. Bukhari,H. Zheng Moxifloxacin and hydrazine mix ligand metal complexes of Cd(II), Cu(II), Co(II), and Zn(II); synthesis, characterization, and pharmacological activities, with molecular docking studies, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2023
2. K. Shahzadi,S. Khan,S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi,T. A. Wani,M. S. Jan,S. Zargar,U. Rashid,U.Farooq,A. Khushal Novel Coumarin Derivatives as Potential Urease Inhibitors for Kidney Stone Prevention and Antiulcer Therapy: From Synthesis to In Vivo Evaluation, pharmaceuticals, 2023
3. M. Ali,A. Zaidi,K. Malik,U.Farooq,S. M. Bukhari,Z. Majeed,M. H. Mahnashi,S. Nawazish,A. Abdulwahab,K. S. Alshaibari In-vitro high-throughput library screening-Kinetics and molecular docking studies of potent inhibitors of α-glucosidase, PLoS One , 2023
4. A. Saleem,Ahson J. Shaikh,F. Agada,M. H. Ayoub,Asad M. Khan,R. Sarwar,S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi,U.Farooq The synergistic effect of electron lone pairs and aromaticity on the binding affinity towards metal surfaces, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2023
5. Ahson J. Shaikh,Asad M. Khan,A. Zaidi,U.Farooq,S. M. Bukhari,R. Sarwar The synergistic effect of electron lone pairs and aromaticity on the binding affinity towards metal surfaces, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2023
6. Z. Majeed,S. M. Bukhari,S. Nawazish,A. Baig,W. Akhtar,A. Iqbal,W. M. Khan,A. Zaidi,P. L. Show,N. Mansoor Effect of varying thickness properties of the slow release fertilizer films on morphology, biodegradability, urea release, soil health, and plant growth, PLOS ONE, 2023
7. S. Mir,S. M. Bukhari,U. Shah,A. Zaidi,S. Khan,R. Sarwar Synthesis and Characterization of benzanthrone derivatives, Ravian Journal of Chemical Sciences, 2023
8. S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi,R. Sarwar,M. Ali,Farhan Khan,U.Farooq,J. Uddin,A. Ibrar,A. Khan,A. Al-Harrasi Some of the organic ligand transition metal complexes can serve as potent α-glucosidase inhibitors: in-vitro, kinetics and in-silico studies, Inorganic and Nano-Metal Chemistry, 2023
9. S. Ali,S. M. Bukhari,M. Jahangir,A. Zaidi,Farhan Khan,M. Riaz,M. M. Khan,S. Sammi,I. u-llah,A. Amin Moxifloxacin metal complexes; synthesis, characterization, antimicrobial and antidiabetic activities with docking studies, Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications, 2023
10. Muhammad Aamir Javed,U. Rashid,U.Farooq,A. Zaidi,Saba Bibi,Abdul Sadiq,Muhammad Saeed Jan Diclofenac derivatives as concomitant inhibitors of cholinesterase, monoamine oxidase, cyclooxygenase-2 and 5-lipoxygenase for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease: Synthesis, pharmacology, toxicity and docking studies., RSC Advances, 2022
11. A. Saleem,U.Farooq,S. Khan,Ahson J. Shaikh,Sohail Anjum Shahzad,Farhan Khan,A. Zaidi,S. M. Bukhari,R. Sarwar,T. A. Wani,S. Mahmud,M. Israr Isoxazole Derivatives Against Carbonic Anhydrase: Synthesis, Molecular Docking, MD simulations, free energy calculations coupled with In-vitro Studies, ACS Omega, 2022
12. A. Saleem,S. M. Bukhari,U. Younas,A. Zaidi,S. Khan,Z. Saeed,M. Pervaiz,G. Muhammad,S. Shaheen Antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of different solvent fractions from Murraya koenigii shoots: HPLC quantification and molecular docking of identified phenolics with anti-apoptotic proteins, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia, 2022
13. M. Ali,S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi,U.Farooq Screening and Structure-Activity Relationship of Potential Compounds against Proposed Targets of COVID-19 Infection, Letters in Drug Design & Discovery, 2022
14. S.Nawazish,Q.Mahmood,A. Zaidi Exploring Health Impacts of Occupational Exposure to Carbon Monoxide in the Labour Community of Hattar Industrial Estate, Atmosphere 1 March, 2022
15. M. Ali,S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi,U.Farooq,R. Sarwar Computational Studies on Isolated Compounds of Sclerochloa dura; their Efficacy towards Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibition and Anti-cancer Drug Targets, Letters in Drug Design & Discovery, 2021
16. Mughisa Munir,Syed Nisar Hussain Shah,Uzma Almas,Farhan Khan,A. Zaidi,S. M. Bukhari,Ghulam Murtaza An assessment of the wound healing potential of a herbal gel containing an Azadirachta indica leaf extract, Veterinarni Medicina, 2021
17. Umer Younas,Shahid Iqbal,Zohaib Saeed, Saba Ibrahim,Shazia Khurshid, Muhammad Pervaiz, Asif Saleem,A. Zaidi Heavy Metal Enrichment of Soil Irrigated with Paper and Board Mill (PBM) Effluents, Pol. J. Environ. Stud. , 2021
18. M. Pervaiz,A. Munawar,S. Hussain,Z. Saeed,U. Younas,F. Ali,A. Zaidi,S. M. Bukhari,M. Iqbal,A. Rashid,A. Adnan,A. Nazir A green approach for extraction of ammonium molybdate from molybdenite using indigenous resources, Polish Journal of Environmental Studies , 2021
19. S. M. Bukhari,S. N. H. Shah,U. Almas,S. M. Ibrahim,G. Murtaza,A. Zaidi,M. Munir An assessment of wound healing potential of a herbal gel containing Azadirachta indica leaf extract, Veterinární Medicína , 2020
20. M. Ali,S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi,Farhan Khan,U. Rashid,N. Tahir,B. Rabbani,U.Farooq Inhibition Profiling of Urease and Carbonic Anhydrase II by high-throughput Screening and Molecular Docking Studies of Structurally Diverse Organic Compounds, Letters in Drug Design & Discovery, 2020
21. Afia Saleem,S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi,U.Farooq,Majid Ali,Asma Khan,Kausar Hussain Shah,Adeem Mahmood,Farhan Khan Enzyme inhibition and antibacterial potential of 4-hydroxycoumarin derivatives, Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020
22. U. Afreen,S. N. H. Shah,M. K. Waqas,S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi,G. Murtaza Formulation and Evaluation of Liposome-Based Chlorpheniramine Gel, Latin American Journal of Pharmacy, 2020
23. Z. Saeed,S. Iqbal,U. Younas,M. Pervaiz,S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi Variation in antioxidant potential of Vigna unguiculata grown in pure and amended soil, Kuwait Journal of Science, 2019
24. A. Zaidi, Inger Lise Alsvik,Christer L. Opsted,Daniel Martin,Eduard Rebman,Georg Voss,Hans Richard Sliwka,Vassilia Partali : Forgotten fatty acids—Surface properties supply conclusive evidence for including carotenoic acids, Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 2018
25. S. Khurshid,M. Pervaiz,S. Akhtar,S. Elahi,Z. Saeed,S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi Changes in thyroid function status of suicidal patients, Archives of Clinical Psychiatry, 2018
26. Farhan Khan,Sidra Mushtaq,Sadia Naz,U.Farooq,A. Zaidi,S. M. Bukhari,Abdur Rauf,Mohammad S. Mubarak Sulfonamides as potential bioactive scaffolds, Current Organic Chemistry, 2018
27. Ana Martinez,Muhammad Zeeshan,A. Zaidi,Hans Richard Sliwka,K Razi Naqvi,Vassilia Partali On infinitenes – Reliable calculation of k1 and molecular modeling of lemniscate structured carotenoids , Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1 February 2018 , 2018
28. Farhan Khan,Sidra Mushtaq,Sadia Naz,U.Farooq,A. Zaidi,S. M. Bukhari,Abdur Rauf,Mohammad S. Mubarak Sulfonamides as potential bioactive scaffolds, Current Organic Chemistry, 2017
29. A. Ibrar,Shamyla Nawazish,Imtiaz Khan,Tayyaba Noor,Bushara Uzair,S. M. Bukhari,Farhan Khan,A. Zaidi Triazolothiadiazines as a new class of efficient DNA of intercalating agents, Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica - Drug Research, 2017
30. Shamyla Nawazish,S. M. Bukhari,Qaisar Mahmood,Arshad Pervez,Aamir Muhammad,A. Zaidi Comparative evaluation of major pollutants from different sites of Pakistan, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 2017
31. Sajjad Ali,A. Zaidi,Farhan Khan,Jamil Khan,Muhammad Bhaktiar,S. M. Bukhari Applications of ultrasound and industrial processes, Pakistan Journal of Contemporary Sciences A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2017
32. S.Nawazish,S. M. Bukhari,Aamir Muhammad,Ikram Ullah Khan,A J Alhassan,Mumtaz Hussain,A. Zaidi Correlation analysis of toxic metals on motorway and national highway, Kuwait Journal of Science, 2016
33. A.Maalik,S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi,Kausar Hussain Shah,Farhan Khan Chlorogenic acid: a pharmacologically potent molecule, Acta poloniae pharmaceutica-Drug Research, 2016
34. Farhan Khan,A.Maalik,Tayyaba Noor,A. Zaidi,U.Farooq,S. M. Bukhari Advances in Pharmacology of Isatin and its Derivatives: A Review, Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2015
35. A.Mumtaz,A.Maalik,Khan, W,S.Azhar,Dr. Nighat Fatima,A. Zaidi,M. Atif Synthesis, characterization and biological screening of 1-aroyl-3,5-diarylpyrazolines, Acta Pol. Pharm. Drug Res., 2015
36. A. Zaidi,S. M. Bukhari,Farhan Khan,Tayyaba Noor,Naseem Iqbal Ethnobotanical, Phytochemical and Pharmacological Aspects of Daphne mucronata (thymeleaceae) , Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2015
37. S. M. Bukhari,Ifthikhar Ali,A. Zaidi,Naseem Iqbal,Tayyaba Noor,Rashid Mehmood,Muhammad Salman Chishti,Basit Niaz,U. Rashid,Muhammad Atif Pharmacology and synthesis of daurichromenic acid as a potent anti -HIV Agent, Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica ñ Drug Research, 2015
38. S. M. Bukhari,Iftikhar Ali,A. Zaidi,Naseem Iqbal,Tayyaba Noor,Rashad Mehmood,Muhammad Salman Chishti,Basit Niaz,Umer Rashid,M. Atif Pharmacology and synthesis of Daurichromenic acid as a potent anti-HIV agent, Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica–Drug Research, 2015
39. Muhammad Zeeshan,Hans-Richard Sliwka,Vassilia Partali,A. Zaidi,Christer L. Øpstad Novel cationic polyene glycol phospholipids as DNA transfer reagents- lack of a structure activity relationship due to uncontrolled self-assembling processes, Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 2014, 2014
40. Hans-Richard Sliwka,Vassilia Partali,Hansgeorg Ernst,Thor B. Melø,A. Zaidi,He Li Energy and electron transfer reactions of polyenic acids with variable chain lengths, Tetrahedron, 2013, 2013
 
Conference Publications
1. Farhan Khan,A. Zaidi,S. M. Bukhari,Ayesha Nisar Synthesis of bis(4-hydroxy-2H-chromen-2-one) derivatives and their antibacterial potential, , 2019
2. A. Zaidi,S. M. Bukhari,Farhan Khan,Tehmina Tariq Synthesis of thiazole analogues and their antibacterial potential, , 2019
3. Farhan Khan,S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi,Sajida Bano Synthesis of sulfonylhydrazide derivatives and their antibacterial activities, , 2019
4. Farhan Khan,S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi,Ramla Khattak Synthesis of 4-hydroxycoumarin derivatives and their antibacterial activity, , 2019
5. Farhan Khan,A. Zaidi,S. M. Bukhari,Muneer Ahmed Synthesis of ciprofloxacin metal complexes and their antibacterial potential, , 2019
6. Farhan Khan,A. Zaidi,S. M. Bukhari,Kiran Shehzadi Synthesis and antibacterial evaluation of 4-aminocoumarin Schiff bases, , 2018
7. S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi,Farhan Khan,Iqra Kalsoom Synthesis of pyrazolone Schiff bases and their antibacterial potential, , 2018
8. S. M. Bukhari,Anee Taj,A. Zaidi,U. Rashid,Farhan Khan Biological Evaluation of Some New Derivatives of 4-aminoantipyrine, , 2017
9. Farhan Khan,Afia Saleem,S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi Synthesis of 4-Hydroxycoumarin Derivatives in Search of Biologically Active Molecules, , 2017
10. Farhan Khan,Iqra Kalsoom,A. Zaidi,S. M. Bukhari Synthesis and characterization of Metformin Derivatives, , 2017
11. Farhan Khan,Kiran Shehzadi,A. Zaidi,K.H. Shah,S. M. Bukhari Synthesis of New Isatin Derivatives in Search of Antibacterial Molecules, , 2017
12. Farhan Khan,Kiran Shehzadi,S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi,Muhammad Aamir Antibacterial potential of N-substituted indole derivatives, , 2017
13. Farhan Khan,Iqra Kalsoom,A. Zaidi,Sundus Mir,S. M. Bukhari Synthesis and Characterization of Biguanide Derived Compounds, , 2017
14. Farhan Khan,S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi,K.H. Shah,Basit Niaz,Fatima Aslam Synthesis and characterization of substituted hydrazones from 4-hydroxycoumarin, , 2016
15. Christer L. Øpstad,Hansgeorg Ernst,Hans-Richard Sliwka,Vassilia Partali,A. Zaidi,Inger Lise Alsvik Study of surface properties of highly unsaturated conjugated soaps, , 2011
16. Christer L. Øpstad,Hansgeorg Ernst,Hans-Richard Sliwka,A. Zaidi,Inger Lise Alsvik Study of surface properties of highly unsaturated conjugated soaps, , 2011
 
Profile/Bio
PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: 
  • Sep. 2014 to present:  Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad campus Pakistan.
  • Sep. 2008 to Jun. 2014: PhD scholar, Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. 
  • Jan. 2014 to Apr. 2014: Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
  • Jan. 2014 to Apr. 2014: Lab leader, Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
  • Jan. 2013 to Apr. 2013: Student Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
  • Jan. 2012 to Apr. 2012: Student Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
  • Sep. 2011 to Dec. 2011: Student Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
  • Jan. 2008 to Aug. 2008: Internee, Govt. College for Women, Wahdat Colony, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Apr. 2007 to Mar. 2008: Demonstrator, Institute of Chemistry, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Jan. 2002 to Jan. 2007: Chemistry teacher, Royal Heaven Science Academy, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Sep. 2000 to Sep. 2001: Chemistry, mathematics and biology teacher, Zafar Ideal High School, Gujranwala, Pakistan
 
 
Research Interests

  • Organic Synthesis
  • Biologically active thizole Synthesis
  • Unsaturated fatty acid synthesis and surface properties
  • Photoluminescence Studies
  • Organometallic Complexs and their Biological Evaluation

 
Awards
HONORS AND AWARDS: 
  • Merit scholarship holder in B.Sc. (Hons.).
  • First position holder in B.Sc. (Hons.).
  • Scholarship holder for PhD from Higher Education Commission Pakistan.
 
Students Supervised

  • Synthesis Characterization and Biological activity of Omeprazole metal complexes, Neelum tahir (SP16-R06-005).
  • Synthesis and Characterization of Moxifloxacin Derivatives, Sajjad Ali Awan (FA15-R06-011).