SEMINARS/
WORKSHOPS DELIVERED

·
Workshop
on Research Methodology in Chemical Sciences RMCS-2020 (Spectroscopy and
Structural Analysis), February 24-25, 2020. Organizer and Resource Person.

·
17th
International Conference on Emerging Materials and Nanotechnology, March 07-08,
2019, Berlin, Germany. (Photocatalytic degradation of Azo dyes using N-TiO₂
photocatalyst: Effect of nitrogen loading and calcination temperature), Journal
of Material Sciences & Engineering Volume 8, Page 54.

·
2nd
International Rhine Round Table: Emerging Frontiers in Ceramic Materials and
Glass Inaugural symposium of the Rhine Chapter Cologne, 24. September 2018,
University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

·
International
conference on “Research and Enterprise on Food Safety in Developing
Countries” COMSATS IIT, Islamabad, Pakistan, December 5-8, 2016. (Oral
Presentation titled “The Gold Nanoparticle – Fluoroquinolones Approach to
Resistant Bacteria: Can We Trust This Approach?”), page 25 (abstract book).

·
2nd
International Symposium on Applied Materials & Nanodevices” NILOP, Islamabad,
Pakistan, November 14-16, 2016. (Poster Presentation by Student titled “Plasmonics
of Gold Nanorods for Efficient Infrared Solar Cells”).

·
Workshop
on Modern Techniques in Structural Chemistry and Structural Biology, COMSATS
IIT, Abbottabad, Pakistan, April 17-18, 2014. (Organizer)

·
International
Conference on Advances in Polymer Science and Rubber Technology, IIT,
Kharagpur, India, March 3-5, 2011 (Oral Presentation titled “Densely Grafted
Alternating Brush Copolymers – Functional Macromolecular Architectures”), page
96 (abstract book).

·
National
postdoctoral Research Forum, Somerset, South Africa, December 6-8, 2010 (poster
presentation titled “Densely grafted alternating brush copolymers”).

·
Scientific
Meetings, October 2006-2010 (each year, poster presentation), Lunteren, The
Netherlands.

·
4th
International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry, Maastricht,
The Netherlands, June 21-25, 2009 (poster presentation titled “A Step towards
highly sensitive sensors”), page 287 (abstract book)

·
Prof.
Roeland Nolte Symposium, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, December 11-12, 2008.

·
Nanoned
symposium, Wageningen, The Netherlands, November 17, 2008.

·
Ameland
Summer School, Ameland, The Netherlands, June 24-29, 2007 (poster
presentation).

·
Trends
in Nanoscience 2007, February 24-28, 2007, kloster Irsee, Germany.

·
Harz
Ski-Hut Seminar, January 29-February 02, 2007, Harz, Germany.

·
KNCV
– Section NSA – Nanostructures and Self-Assembly, January 26, 2007, Delft, the
Netherlands.

·
Workweek,
May 15-19, 2006, Reims, France.

·
9th
International SFB Symposium Asymmetric Synthesis, October 10-11, 2005, Aachen,
Germany.

·
CRC
International Symposium, “Cross-Coupling and Organometallics”, October 12,
2005, Aachen, Germany (poster presentation titled “A One-Pot Asymmetric
Simultaneous Amination-Alkylation Reaction: Expedient Synthesis of Aliphatic
alpha-Chiral Amines”), page 207 (abstract book)

·
9th
International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry, January 10-13, 2004,
Karachi, Pakistan (poster presentation titled “Computational Studies at the
Interface of Organic Chemistry and Ribosomal Function for Protein Engineering”),
page 198 (abstract book).

·
H.E.J.-Comstech
(CPC)-TWAS International Workshop on the Development of Medicines from Plants,
September 8-13, 2003, Karachi, Pakistan (with poster presentation).

·
7th
International Symposium on Protein Structure Function Relationship, January
20-24, 2003 Karachi, Pakistan. (poster presentation titled “Synthesis and
Structure Activity Relationship of Tetraketones through Tyrosinase Inhibition”),
page 79 (abstract book).

·
3rd
International and 13th National Chemistry Conference, December 28-31, 2002,
University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan (with poster presentation).

·
7th
Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences, March 09-12, 2002, Karachi, Pakistan
(with poster presentation).

Professional Trainings attended

1.      Conference presentation
skills, Stellenbosch, South Africa, November 15, 2010.

2.      Workshop on Ethical
Fitness, Sustainable Development through Ethics Literacy, COMSATS IIT,
Abbottabad, Pakistan, March 30th, 2013.

3.      Faculty Development
workshop, COMSATS IIT, Abbottabad, Pakistan, Feb 25th – March 1st, 2013

4.      Professional Development
Training for Faculty, Faculty Development Academy (FDA), COMSATS Head Quarters,
Islamabad, Pakistan, Feb 27th – March 31st, 2017.

Professional Certifications
obtained:

1. 1^st
   Prize in category B (Physical Sciences and Agricultural Sciences), DICE
   2016 Mega Innovation & Entrepreneurship Event, NUST, Islamabad,
   December 21-22, 2016.
2. Marie Curie
   Actions Fellowship for Nano-structured materials and Membranes in the Food
   Industry, held at Cetraro and Rende (Institute of Membrane Technology), Italy,
   15 – 24 September 2010; Project/Prize winning team member.
3. GRE Chemistry:   59 percentile, 2003.
4. English Language test:
   Common European Framework exam level C1, equiv. IELTS 6.5, 2007.
5. English Language Teaching:
   TPK (Test of Professional Knowledge) course and Assessment in the ELTeach
   professional development program for English language teachers. Score
   250/300. Test date 8^th December, 2014.
6. DICE 2016 Mega
   Innovation & Entrepreneurship Event, NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan, December
   21-22, 2016. (Poster Presentation titled “Enhancing the efficiency of
   infrared solar cells using metallic nanorods”)