Dr. Muhammad Saqib
Assistant Professor
- Institute of Chemistry
Biography
Dr. Muhammad Saqib received his M.Sc. (Analytical Chemistry) and M.Phil. (Analytical/Inorganic Chemistry) degrees from University of Gujrat and University of Sargodha, respectively. He received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing (under supervision of Prof. Guobao Xu at the State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences), China. He then worked as an Assistant Professor at the Sulaiman Bin Abdullah Aba Al-Khail-Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Science (SA-CIRBS), International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan. He finished his 1st postdoctoral research in Prof. Yongdong Jin’s lab at the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CIAC, CAS) followed by a 2nd postdoctoral work with Prof. Rui Hao at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) China. During his career, he has won various prestigious fellowships including CAS-TWAS President’s Fellowship for PhD and CAS President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) for Post Doc. He has published >60 research papers in impact factor (IF) research journals of international repute with accumulative IF of above 315 (2023 JCR IF). He has applied for >02 International Patents. He has won prestigious National Natural Science Fund of China, Research Fund for Young International Scientists as a Principal Investigator (PI). He has attended significant number of conferences, summer camps, symposium and workshops about his field.
Qualifications and Institute
- PhD (Analytical Chemistry), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China; Post Doctorate, SUSTech (China), Post Doctorate, CIAC-CAS (China)
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- Biosensing/ Detection: Novel chemiluminescence and electrochemiluminescence methods for diagnostic/(bio-)analytical applications (immunoassay, biomarkers, heavy metal ions, dyes, drugs detection etc.)
- Optical Imaging: Optical microscopy (e.g., electrochemiluminescence microscopy) for opto-electrochemical analysis of single particles for energy/ diagnostic applications
- Machine Learning/ DFT: Density functional theory and machine learning assisted screening/ designing of high-performance compounds for broader applications (e.g., photovoltaics, batteries etc.)
- Bipolar Electrochemistry/ Electrocatalysis: Electrocatalysis for water splitting applications (HER, OER). Bipolar electrochemistry for growth of materials and analytical applications
- Rising Star 2023 in Measurement Science, ACS Measurement Science Au 01/2024
- Post-doctorate Fellowship of Southern University of Science and Technology 05/2020
- CAS President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) 01/2018
- CAS-TWAS President’s Fellowship for PhD studies 07/2017
- Chinese Government Scholarship for PhD studies 07/2017
- Merit Scholarships
- The Chemical Society of Pakistan (CSP)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)