DIRECTORATE OF RESEARCH

Approved Projects

SN	PI Name	Designation, Campus/ Division	Project Title	Category
1	Dr. Zahid Farooq	Assistant Professor of Physics, Faisalabad Campus	Contamination of food and environment by toxic metals in Pakistan: detection by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy	NRPU	In Progress
2	Dr. Shahzada Qaisar	Associate Professor of Education , Division of Education, L	Incidence, psychological screening and management of learning disabilities in government schools of Punjab	NRPU	In Progress
3	Dr. Faheem Khurshied Butt	Assistant Professor of Physics, Division of Science and Technology	Tin Based Novel Cubic Chalcogenides: A New Paradigm for Optoelectronic and Photovoltaic Research	NRPU	In Progress
4	Dr. Sajad Hussain	Associate Professor of Physics, Jauharabad Campus	Interfacial study of Cu2O/Zno solar cells through impedance spectroscopy	NRPU	In Progress
5	Dr. Afia Muhammad Akram	Assistant Professor of Physics, Division of Science and Technology	Investigation of cebpa gene mutations and their prognostic significance in acute myeloid leukemia (aml) patients from Pakistan	NRPU	In Progress
6	Dr. Nouman Amjed	Assistant Professor of Physics, Division of Science and Technology	Evaluation of Nuclear Data of charged particle reactions for Medical and Environmental studies	NRPU	In Progress
7	Dr. Muhammad Atif	Associate professor of Chemistry, Vehari Campus	Experimental exploration of novel photo curing approach-smart approach-on thermo-mechanical properties of commercial epoxy composites.	NRPU	In Progress
8	Dr. Muhammad Abid Zia	Associate professor of Chemistry, Attock Campus	Microbial fuel cell development for power generation using cost effective and environmental friendly fuel	NRPU	In Progress
9	Dr. Muhammad Azam	Associate Professor of Mathematics, Division of Science and Technology	Stability analysis of compact objects with generalized polytrophic equation of state	NRPU	Completed
10	Dr. Muhammad Arshad	Professor of Zoology, Lower Mall Campus	Anti-Cancerous and Anti Inflammatory Potentials of Venom isolated from scorpions of family buthidae	NRPU	In Progress
11	Dr. Sajad Hussain,	Associate Professor of Physics, Jauharabad Campus	Development of solution growth lab for semiconductor	ISUGLL	In Progress
12	Dr. Muhammad Akram,	Assistant Professor of Education, Division of Education	capacity building of primary school teachers through professional	Thematic	In Progress
13	Dr. Zahida Habib	Associate Professor of Education, Division of Education L		Thematic	Completed
14	Dr. Intzar Hussain Butt	Associate Professor of Education, Division of Education	Youth Change program	Social Out Reach	Completed
15	Dr. Intzar Hussain Butt	Associate Professor of Education, Division of Education Lahore	Effectiveness of Literacy Centers: Students Miss outs in Literacy and Non Formal Education	L&NFBE	Completed
16	Dr. Shahzada Qaisar	Associate Professor of Education, Division of Education	Causes of Drop out in Literacy and Non Formal Education in Rural Areas of Punjab	L&NFBE	Completed
17	Dr. Qamar Ali	Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Division of Science and Technology	Synthesis, characterization and application of Axines as Chemosensors	SRGP	Completed
18	Dr. Mehr-Un-Nisa	Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Division of Science and Technology	Design, synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of Divalent metal complexes derived from NN and NO-donors schiff base ligands and their Biological screening	SRGP	Completed
19	Dr. Muhammad Imran Tousif	Assistant Professor of Chemistry, D.G Khan Campus	Bioassay Guided Isolation of Anti-Urease Compounds from Heliotropism Strigosum	SRGP	Completed
20	Dr. Misbah Irshad	Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Division of Science and Technology	Application of chalcone Based Chemosensors	SRGP	Completed
21	Dr. Nouman Amjed	Assistant Professor 0f Physics, Division of Science and Technology	Evaluation of the production data of the emerging diagnostic positron emitting radionuclide Se-73	SRGP	Completed
22	Dr. Muhammad Saeed Akhtar	Assistant Professor of Physics, Division of Science and Technology	Nano Crystalline thin films of metal chalco by CBD	SRGP	Completed
23	Dr. Ayesha Sultan	Assistant Professor Chemistry, Faisalabad Campus	Synthesis of β-Dicarbonyl Compounds as Oxicam Analogues	SRGP	Completed
24	Dr. Muhammad Latif	Assistant Professor of Zoology, Multan campus	Effect of Imidacloprid exposure on the histology of selected vital organs, hematology and serum biochemistry profile of oreochromis niloticus (Gift Tilapia)	SRGP	Completed
25	Dr. Nadeem Tahir	Assistant Professor of Physics, Division of Science and Technology	effect of zinc dopant on size, optical and photocatalytic properties of SnO2 nanomaterials	SRGP
26	Dr. Syeda Laila Rubab	Assistant Professor of Chemistry Jauharabad Campus	synthesis and biological screening of novel indole derivatives.	SRGP	Completed
27	Dr. Sher Ali Khan	Assistant Professor of Chemistry D.G Khan Campus	Syntheses, characterization and biological application of nitrogen-Sulphur based donor ligands and their metal complexes	SRGP
28	Dr. Riaz Hussain	Assistant Professor of Chemistry DG Khan Campus	Bioassay guided isolation and characterization of secondary metabolites of Euphorbia thymifolia and α- glucosidase inhibition of pure compounds	SRGP
29	Dr. zafar Ullah	Assistant Professor of Chemistry DG Khan Campus	derivations involving centralizers in lattices	SRGP	Completed
30	Dr. Rashida Bashir	Assistant Professor of Chemistry Bank Road Campus	Biological active Pt-complexes: Synthesis, Characterization and cytotoxicity evaluation	SRGP	Completed
31	Dr. Muhammad Saleem	Assistant Professor of Chemistry DG Khan Campus	Bioassay studies on the secondary metabolites of plants species for the development of inhibitors of carbonic anhydrase-II Enzyme	SRGP	Completed
32	Dr. Muhammad Khalid	Assistant Professor of Chemistry Faisalabad Campus	Quantum chemical design of polyoximatlate based on Keggin-type Hybrid Polyanions (B) Hybridizing Lindqvist with Various Conjugated Segments (Heteroaromatic Stilbenes, bistepyridines	SRGP	Completed
33	Dr. Rabia Yaqoob	Assistant Professor of Zoology Lower Mall Campus	Anti bacarial activity of Venom and hemolymph of some arachnids	SRGP	Completed
34	Dr. Sajjad Hussain	Assistant Professor of Zoology DG Khan Campus	Fish diversity in relation to Physico-chemical characteristic of wetland areas near River Indus at Ghazi ghat, DGKhan	SRGP	Completed
35	Dr. Muhammad Adnan Asghar	Assistant Professor of Chemistry Faisalabad Campus	Exploration of potential organic and Hybrid phase transition material and study of their nonlinear optical (NLO) properties	SRGP
36	Dr. Naveed Ahmad	Lecturer of Chemistry Faisalabad Campus	characterization of valuable bioactive in some food cum medicinal herbs.	SRGP	Completed
37	Dr. Ali Husnain	Assistant Professor of Physics Division of Science and Technology	study of structural and morphological properties of Anodized Transition Metals for Biomedical Applications	SRGP
38	Dr. Ambreen Fatima	Assistant Professor of Chemistry Bank Road Campus	Bioactive studies and Antioxidant activity of fruits of piper nigrum	SRGP	Completed
39	Dr. Allah Ditta	Assistant Professor of computer Sc., Division of Science and Technology	Enhancement of Data Hiding capacity and security in Arabic/English Text per word by applying combined cryptography and text based steganography	SRGP
40	Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Abdul Qayyum	Assistant Professor of Chemistry Faisalabad Campus	monitoring of potentially toxic metals in the biological fluids and tissues of women with hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism and differentiated thyroid carcinoma	SRGP
41	Dr. Muhammad Asim Farid	Assistant Professor of Chemistry Vehari Campus	Synthesis of Pb-based Transition Metal Oxide superconductors and exploration of their structural and magnetic properties.	SRGP
42	DR. Sana Jabeen	Assistant Professor of Botany, Division of Science and Technology	community based study of wild edible mushrooms in punjab, Pakistan	SRGP	Completed
43	Dr. Fahim Khurshid Butt	Assistant Professor of Physics, Division of Science and Technology	Microwave assisted synthesis of chemically engineered graphitic carbon nitride(g-C3N4)Nanostructures for potential applications in energy storage/Conversion	SRGP	Completed

Project Submitted – March ~ June 20

SN	PI	Title of the Project	Grant	Funding Agency
1	Dr. Shahid Naseem Assistant Professor (IT) Department of Information Sciences, Division of Science & Technology, University of Education, Township, Lahore	Real-Time COVID-19 Cases Forecasting in Pakistan using MLP Regression	consortium Research Grant	PSF
2	Prof Dr. Muhammad Asad Meraj University of Education Lahore, Multan Campus	Mathematical Modeling and Simulation Study of Transmission of COVID-19 in Pakistan and Its Economic Impact	consortium Research Grant	PSF
3	Dr. Ayesha Sultan Assistant Professor Department of Physics, University of Education Lahore Faisalabad Campus	Development of Immune system enhancing disinfectants	individual researchers Grant	PSF
4	Dr. Faheem Khurshied Butt Assistant Professor Department of Physics, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education Lahore	Heterostructures of MXene@Carbon Nanocomposites: A Potential and Emerging Material for Covid19 Diagnostic Biosensor	individual researchers Grant	PSF
5	Dr. Zahid Farooq Assistant Professor Department of Physics University of Education Lahore	Fabrication of Antiviral protection stuffs (facemasks, gloves and medical kits) against Corona Virus by antiviral Bi-metallic Alloys Impregnated on activated carbon non-woven Fabrics	consortium Research Grant	PSF
6	Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry University of Education Faisalabad Campus	Correlation of micronutrients, vitamins and antioxidants with immunity level in patients of Corona Virus	individual researchers Grant	PSF
7	Dr. Muhammad Saleem Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry University of Education Lahore	IDENTIFICATION OF CHYMOTRYPSIN-LIKE PROTEASE INHIBITORS OF SARS-COV-2 VIA HIGHTHROUHPUT MECHANISM BASED ASSAY PROCEDURE THROUGH ELISA. FOR THE TREATMENT OF NOVEL CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19)	consortium Research Grant	PSF
8	Dr Muhammad Yaseen, Department of Chemistry, University of Education Lahore Faisalabad Campus	Fabrication of a Cheap reusable antiviral Facial Mask	Merck Group	PSF

Project submitted under STI to Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST)

Sr#	Name of PI	Designation , Department	Title of Project
1	Dr. Muahmmad Ikram Ullah	Professor of Information Technology University of Education, Lahore Jauharabad Campus	MachinelearningbasedanalysisofspermvideosdatasetforNili-RaviBuffalo(Bubalusbubalis)bullfertilityprediction
2	Dr. Qurat-ul-Ain Ahmad	Department of Zoology, Division of science and Technology University of Education, Lahore	Evaluation of antimicrobial potential of Costus sp., Cassia sp. and Nigella sativa-the traditional herbs, against bacterial pathogens of upper and lower respiratory tract infections.	STI (PCST)
3	Dr Aeysha Sultan	Department of Chemistry, University of Education, Lahore, Faisalabad Campus.	Facile Green Synthesis of libraries of chalcones and their derivatives as potential anticancer agents	STI (PCST
4	Dr. Rasad Mehmood	Department of Chemistry, University of Education, Lahore Vehari Campus	Syntheses of substituted pyrazines and their pharmaceutical evaluation	STI (PCST
5	Dr. Asma Chaudhary	Department of Zoology, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Township, Lahore.	Biotransformation of fruit waste by truncated cellulases , an ecofriendly waste managing technique	STI (PCST
6	Dr. Muhammad Umer Farooq	Department of Physics, University of Education, Lahore Faisalabad Campus	Facile synthesis of Graphene-Based Chalcogenides Materials for Thermoelectric Applications.”	STI (PCST
7	Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Abdul Qayyum	Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Education, Lahore Faisalabad Campus	Study of micronutrients in the serum and scalp hair of corona virus patients and host defense system of immunity with antioxidants	STI (PCST
8	Dr. Ambreen Ghani	Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Education, Lahore Vehari Campus	Deep Eutectic Solvent: A Green Approach Towards Facile Synthesis of Oxazoles	STI (PCST
9	Dr. Zahid Farooq	Assistant Professor , Department of Physics, University of Education Faisalabad Campus	Laser Spectroscopy for Applications of Forensic Science	STI (PCST
10	Dr. Muhammad Yaseen	Assistant Professor , Department of Chemistry, University of Education, Lahore Faisalabad Campus	Synthesis of Light Harvesting Materials Based upon Porphyrinimides	STI (PCST
11	Dr. Muhammad Saleem	Assistant Professor , Department of Chemistry, University of Education Lahore Dera Ghazi Khan Campus	Synthesis of novel pyridine derivatives having inhibitionpotential of urease and other biological activities.	STI (PCST
12	Dr. Mirza Arfan Yawer	Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Education DG Khan Campus	Detection and removal cyanide anions from water on the basis of its association with Bambus[6]urils	STI (PCST
13	Dr. Syeda Laila Rubab	Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Education, Jauharabad Campus.	Synthesis of potential anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant novel indole imines, amines and their metal complexes.	STI (PCST
14	Dr. Umair Ashraf	Assistant Professor Department of Botany, University of Education, Lahore – Faisalabad Campus	Systematic investigation of the effects of Zn and Fe nanoparticles on the physiology, productivity and grain biofortification of fragrant rice	STI (PCST
15	Dr. Umair Ashraf	Assistant Professor Department of Botany, University of Education, Lahore – Faisalabad Campus	Investigating the physiological roles of exogenous γ-amino butyric acid (GABA) application in drought stress tolerance, aroma regulations and variations in root morphology in aromatic rice	STI (PCST

Projects Submitted to Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF)

SN	PI Name	Designation/Campus/Division	Project Title	Funding Agency
1	Dr. Ayesha Sultan	Assistant Professor Faisalabad Campus University of Education Lahore	Synthesis of Cyclotriphosphazene Based Conducting Polymers	PSF-MSRT project
2	Dr. Muhammad Atif	Assistant Professor Vehari Campus, University of Education, Lahore	Utilization of photo curing approach to enhance conductive behavior of commercial composites	PSF
3	Dr. Faheem Khurshied Butt Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Division of Science & Technology, University of Education Lahore	(Principal Investigator from Pakistan) with an Iranian Collaborator, Dr. Nima Nadreri, for further necessary action .	Design and Fabrication of thin film photodetectors based on GaN/Porous SiC substrates for photonic applications	Collaborative Iran & Pak
4	Dr. Masood Yousaf Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Division of Science & Technology, University of Education Lahore	(Principal Investigator from Pakistan) with an Iranian Collaborator, Dr. H. A. Rahnamaye Aliabad, for further necessary action.	Physical Properties of optoelectronic materials at elevated conditions with an emphasize on the development of generalized mechanism/model”	Collaborative Iran & Pak
5	Dr. Mian HR Mahmood	Associate Professor, Faisalabad Campus, University of Education Lahore	Study on the cell biology of antitumor photodynamic therapy using corrole sensitizer medicines	(NNSFC) and (PSF) Research
6	Dr. Umair Ashraf	, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany Faisalabad Campus, University of Education Lahore		(NNSFC) and (PSF) Research
7	Dr. Sana Jabeen	Assistant Professor, Department of Botany Division of Science and Technology, University of Education Lahore	Taxonomy of industrially important macrofungal resources from different parts of Pakistan and China	(NNSFC) and (PSF) Research
8	Dr. Qamar Ali	Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Division of Science & Technology	Design, Synthesis, Characterization and application of Porphyrin-functionalized 3D COFs	PSF
9	Dr. Muhammad Yaseen	Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Faisalabad Campus	Synthesis and photovoltaic Applications of Novel Porphyrins and Metalloporphyrins	PSF
10	Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Abdul Qayyum A	Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faisalabad Campus, University of Education	Risk Assessment of heavy metals toxicity in selected vegetables irrigated with untreated industrial wastewater in relation to bioaccumulation in thyroid cancer female patient of Faisalabad	PSF
11	Dr. Naveed Shahid	Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Division of Science and Technology University of Education	Identification and expression profiling of transcripts in rice under salinity stress	PSF
12	Dr. Masood Yousaf	Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education	Designing of a surface modification technique using Ab initio molecular dynamic (AIMD) simulation	PSF
13	Dr. Umair Ashraf	Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, University of Education, Lahore, Faisalabad Campus	Agronomic bio fortification of rice through different from of Zn fertilization to combat Zn-malnutrition	PSF
14	Dr. Asrar Ahmad	Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Division of Science and Technology, Lahore	Pharmaceutical preparation and commercialization of Anti-Cancer Bio actives from Centipede minima (Asteraceae family) Indigenous to Pakistan	PSF
15	Dr. Asim Farid	Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Education Vehari Campus	Fabrication of new multifunctional perovskite Oxides for Energy Applications	PSF
16	Dr. Rashed Mehmood	Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Education Vehari Campus	Pharmacochemical studies on an indigenous medicinal plant, Ferula oopoda	PSF
17	Dr. Ambreen Ghani	Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Education Vehari Campus	Preparation and characterization of Deep Eutectic Solvents for Facile Synthesis of Thiazole Analogues: A green approach towards organic synthesis	PSF
18	Dr. Faheem Khurshied	Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Education, Lahore	Novel cubic chalcogenides and MXenes Nanocomposites for solar cell applications	PSF
19	Prof Dr. Mohammasd ALam Saeed	Professor, Department of Physics, University of Education, Lahore	Integration of Design Thinking and Inventive Problem Solving to fuel Project Based Learning for Prospective STEM Educators	PSF
20	Prof Dr. Mohammasd ALam Saeed	Professor, Department of Physics, University of Education, Lahore	Microwave- Assisted Synthesis of Vanadium Based Transition Metal Oxides Hierarchical Nanomaterials for Li-Ion Batteries/ Supercapcitors Applications	PSF
21	Dr. Muzammail Tahira,	Chief Librarian, University of Education, Lahore	Establishment of Information Literacy Resources Centre to Develop Information Literacy Skills of Regional Librarians and Researchers	PSF
22	Dr. Zahid Usman	Assistant Professor, University of Education, Lahore DG Khan Campus	Photo degradation of Chemical Dyes in Waste Water using Nanotechnology”	PSF
23	Dr. Abid Mahboob	Assistant Professor, University of Education, Lahore Vehari Campus	Influence of Embedding Class of subgroups in nilpotancy and solvibilities of finite groups”	PSF
24	Dr. Rashida Bashir	Assistant Professor Chemistry, Bank Road Campus	Microbial production of chitinases and their application for pest control	PSF
25	Dr. Aftab Akram	Lecturer Computer Science, Division of Science and Technology	Development of students behavioral detection system to improve learning in higher Education	PSF
26	Dr. Qurat ulain Ahmad	Assitant Professor Zoology, Division of Science and Technology	Extremozymatic valorization of fruit wastes into high value biofuels acetone, butanol and ethanol	PSF
27	Dr. Ayesha Sultan	Assistant Professor Chemistry, Faisalabad Campus	Heterogeneous catalyst for facile green synthesis of libraries of chalcones as potential ani cancer agents	PSF
28	Dr. Muhmmad Umar Farooq	Assistant Professor Physics, Faisalabad Campus	Synthesis of low cost environmentally benign oxide thermoelectric material for mid-temrature energy harvesting applications	PSF
29	Dr. Sumia Akram	Assistant Professor Chemistry, Bank Road Campus	Incidence of carbamate insecticides in selected sereal grains and their impact on nutional attributes and anti-oxidant activities	PSF
30	Dr.zahid farooq	Assistant Professor Physics, Faisalabad Campus	lazer spectroscopy for monitoring of food and agricultural in Pakistan	PSF
31	Dr. zahid Farooq	Assistant Professor Physics, Faisalabad Campus	Risk Assessment and diagnosis of thyroid cancer by lazer spectroscopy	PSF
32	Dr. zahid Farooq	Assistant Professor Physics, Faisalabad Campus	Development of lazer spectroscopy for angro-food industries of Pakistan	PSF