Faculty Profile

Dr. Rifat Jawaria
Assistant Professor
PhD,BZU Multan
Research Interests

Organic-/Bio-Organic-/Metallo- Organic/Medicinal Chemistry

Biography

  • Dr. Rifat Jawaria is currently working as Assistant Professor at Chemistry Department & acting HoD at Department of Food Science & Technology, Faculty of Engineering, KFUEIT-RYK. She was born on 01-11-1982, in Sahiwal. She has received her initial schooling from Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School, Fareed Town, Sahiwal. After matriculation she got admission in Govt college for woman, Sahiwal & passed inter (F.Sc), Bachelor (B.Sc) Furthermore she had continued her studies & passed her Master  degree (M.Sc) from Govt. Degree college, Sahiwal.
  • Continuing the above she got the admission in M Phil program in Bahaudin Zikrya University. She received HEC Indigenous scholarship during doctoral studies.
  • She has completed PhD under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Mazhar Hussain. During PhD. She was introduced to new vistas of knowledge and recent advancements in field of Chemistry. She learnt different ways of tackling a complex situation.  Her problem solving skills improved a lot and this personality development actually enhanced her self-confidence. Higher studies is not all about memorizing books or understanding existing knowledge. It extends beyond that, i.e you struggle to bring innovation in your thinking pattern. Her favorite hobbies are book readings, watching movies, tourism & playing badminton.

Awards and Honors

Research Project, “Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Applications of Novel Thiosemicarbazones and their Utility in Liquid Membranes”. (Rs. 0.475 million).

  • Research Fellowship awarded by Higher Education Commission Pakistan under “HEC Indigenous PhD 5000 fellowship for PhD (2008-2012).

Publications

  • R.Jawaria, M. Hussain, Z. Shafiq, H.B.Ahmad, M.N.Tahir, H.A.Shad and M.M.Naseer, Robustness of thioamide dimersynthon, carbon bonding and thioamide-thioamide stacking in ferrocene-based thiosemicarbazones. Cryst. Eng.Comm.17 (2015) 2553-2561.(IF: 3.8)
  • M Hussain , R Jawaria , Z Shafiq, * , G Abbas, M M Naseer, Ferrocene-based thiosemicarbazones: Solvent effect on thiol-thione tautomerism and conformational polymorphism,Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 846 (2017) 121-128.(IF.2.16)
  • R. Jawaria, M. Hussain, M. Ashraf , T. Ismail, H. Badar-ud-Din Ahmad and Z. Shafiq,M. al-Rashida, Discovery of Schiff-base Derivatives of Ferrocene and Their Transition Metal Complexes as Cholinesterase Inhibitors. Cryst. Eng.Comm. has been submitted. (IF: 3.8)

Affiliations

  • Member of Chemical Society of Pakistan.