Dr. Shazia Kousar

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.