Faculty Profile

Dr. Madiha Irfan
Assistant Professor
PhD,Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Research Interests

  • Synthesis and studies of materials for optoelectronic applications, Device fabrication, Nanotechnology, Spectral techniques, Material chemistry

Biography

  • Dr. Madiha Irfan joined KFUEIT as an Assistant Professor in March 2017. Before joining KFUEIT she also served as Assistant Professor at The Women University Multan and University of Wah, Wah Cantt. She worked on PAK-US joint project as research associate. She also visited UCF, US and acquires training on different instruments. Her research area involves optoelectronic materials and she has many publications under this in ISI journals. Moreover, she also presented at many conferences both national and international level. She had funding under SRGP project from HEC and supervised two MPhil students under this project.
  • She belongs from Sadiqabad, district Rahim Yar Khan. She obtained her ecucation (SSC, HSSC, BSc) from Sadiqabad. MSc degree from Islamia University Bahawalpur. MPhil and PhD degree from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad.

Awards and Honors

  • HEC indigenous scholarship
  • PAK-US joint program
  • Project under Start-up research grant program

Publications

Madiha Irfan, Jamaluddin Mahar, Aamer Saeed, Kevin D. Belfield, Muhammad Siddiq“Perylene-based Solution-processable Conjugated Molecules for Optoelectronic

  • Applications: Synthesis and Comparison of Different Substituents on the Optical, Thermal, and Electrochemical Properties”, J. Chin. Chem. Soc. (2018). 65, 243-251.
  • Jamaluddin Mahar, Aamer Saeed, Kevin D. Belfield, Anila Iqbal, Madiha Irfan, Ghulam Shabir, Fayaz Ali Larik, Pervaiz Ali Channar, “An Investigation of the effect of conjugation on fluorene based chromophores; Optoelectronic and electrochemical behavior”, Dyes and Pigments. (2017). 147, 385-392.
  • Madiha Irfan, Iqbal Ahmad, Shahid Ameen Samra, Aamer Saeed, “Study on the synthesis and characterization of 3,3′-bicarbazole and pyridine based luminescent copolymers”, Mat. Lett. (2015). 161, 37-40.
  • Madiha Irfan, Kevin D. Belfield, Aamer Saeed, “Carbazole/fluorene based conjugated small molecules: synthesis and comparative studies on the optical, thermal and electrochemical properties”, RSC Adv. (2015). 5, 48760-48768.
  • Aamer Saeed, Ghulam Shabir, Jamaluddin Mahar, Madiha Irfan, “Spectroscopic and electrochemical behavior of newly synthesized high fluorescent symmetric 4′-nitrophenyl-3,4,9,10-perylenebisdiimide-azo hybrid dyes”, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (2015). 151, 72-79.
  • Aamer Saeed, Madiha Irfan, Mubeen Arif, Michael Bolte, “A two-component protocol for synthesis of 3-(2-(substituted phenylamino)thiazol-4-yl)-2H-chromen-2-ones”, Turkish J. Chem. (2013). 37, 383-393.
  • Aamer Saeed, Madiha Irfan and Shahid Ameen Samra, “Novel carbazole–pyridine copolymers by an economical method: synthesis, spectroscopic and thermochemical studies”,Beilstein J. Org. Chem. (2011). 7, 638-647.
  • Aamer Saeed, Madiha Irfan, Shahid Ameen Samra, Ulrich Florke, “Synthesis, Characterization and Crystal Structure of 3,6-Dibenzoyl-9-butyl-9H-carbazole”, Structural Chemistry Communications. (2010). 1(2), 98-100.
  • Aamer Saeed, Madiha Kazmi, Shahid Ameen Samra, Madiha Irfan and Michael Bolte, “1,1ʹ-(9-Octyl-9H-carbazole-3,6-diyl)-Diethanone”,Acta Cryst. (2010). E66, o2118.
  • Aamer Saeed, Shahid Ameen Samra, Madiha Irfan and Michael Bolte, “(Biphenyl-4-yl)(phenyl)methanone”,Acta Cryst. (2010). E66, o926.
  • Aamer Saeed, Madiha Irfan, Michael Bolte, “4-Chloro-N-m-tolylbenzamide”, Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, o1334.
  • Aamer Saeed, Rasheed Ahmad Khera, Madiha Irfan, Jim Simpson, Roderick G. Stanley, “2-Fluoro-N-(4-methoxyphenyl)benzamid”, Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, o802-o803.

Affiliations

  • Department of Chemistry, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology (KFUEIT), Rahim Yar Khan.
  • Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad.
  • Department of Chemistry, The Women University Multan.
  • Lifetime Member of Chemical Society of Pakistan (CCCCS).