Prof. Dr. Shahzad Murtaza

Director

PhD (Organic Chemistry) University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Research Interests

1-           Drugs and Dyes (Synthetic Chemistry)

A) Synthesis of new biologically active molecules

B) Synthesis of Dyes for Solar Cells

C) Dyes degradation/adsorption studies

2-           Artificial B12-derivatives.

  Vitamin B12 (an important molecules for sustaining of life), synthesis of   new derivatives of B12 for their biological applications.  

3-           Metal complexes and Material Chemistry

Biography

Dr. Shahzad Murtaza joined KFUEIT as Professor of Chemistry in April 2022. Before he served University of Gujrat as Assistant Professor and Associate Professor and played key role in the development of Department of Chemistry, UOG. He also served as HOD and Chairperson of Chemistry Department, Chairman Hall Council and Director QEC. He completed his Ph.D. (With Distinction) in Organic Chemistry from University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria under HEC oversees scholarship. He published a number of research articles in reputed national and international journals.

Awards and Honors

1-   HEC oversees Scholarship for PhD in Austria

2-   Ernst Mach Follow-up Grant (EZA), University of Innsbruck, Austria

3-   Patron, Hayatian Quiz Society, University of Gujrat, Gujrat.

4-   Life time Member, Chemical Society of Pakistan, Pakistan.

5-    Reviewer, National and International Journals.

Publications

1-   Naghmana Kausar, Shahzad Murtaza, Muhammad Nadeem Arshad, Rahman Shah Zaib Saleem, Abdullah M. Asiri, Samia Kausar, Ataf Ali Altaf , Adina Tauqir,  Ashraf Y. Elnaggar, Salah M. El-Bahy, Design, Synthesis, Crystal Structure, in vitro cytotoxicity evaluation, Density Functional Theory calculations and docking studies of 2-(benzamido) benzohydrazide derivatives as Potent AChE and BChE inhibitors: RSC Advances, 2022, 12, 154–167

2-   Rubina Munir, Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Noman Javid, Shahzad Murtaza, Kiran Iftikhar, Muhammad Makshoof Athar, (Piperidin-1-yl)quinolin-3-yl) methylene) hydrazine-carbothioamides as Potent Acetyl Cholinesterase and Butyryl Cholinesterase Inhibitors; In silico and In vitro Studies. Molecules, 2021, 26, 656.

3-   Muhammad Hamza, Ataf Ali Altaf, Samia Kausar, Shahzad Murtaza, Nasir Rasool, Rukhsana Gul, Amin Badshah, Muhammad Zaheer, Syed Adnan Ali Shah, Zainul Amiruddin Zakaria, Catalytic Removal of Alizarin Red Using Chromium Manganese Oxide Nanorods: Degradation and Kinetic Studies, Catalyst, 2020, 875998.

4-   Naghmana Kausar, Shahzad Murtaza, Muhammad Nadeem Arshad, Robina Rashid, Abdullah M. Asiri, Noman Javid, Mulazim Hussain Asim, Zaman Ashraf, Synthesis, characterization, biological evaluation and molecular docking studies of N-functionalized derivatives of 2-aminobenzohydrazide. Journal of Molecular Structure 2020. 1210, 128042.