Biography
Dr. Qamar received
his PhD in chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh India.
He worked as a post doctoral fellow in Institute/Faculty of
Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Engineering, Sejong
University, South Korea and as a project scientist in the department
of chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, India. He
was awarded ‘Young Scientist’ by the Department of Science and
Technology (DST), Government of India. He joined the Center of
Excellence in Nanotechnology (CENT) as post-doctoral fellow and
currently working as Research Scientist. He authored more than 40
papers in peer-reviewed international journals and holds 2 patents
in addition to several conference proceedings/presentations. His
current research interests include mesoporous & nanoporous
nanostructured materials, tailoring the shape & size of metal
oxides, chalcogenides, perovskites etc., sol–gel, hydro–/solvo–thermal,
microwave, temperature programed desorption (TPR), soft and hard
templating methods etc. carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous
nanomaterials, surface functionalization etc.
photo– and photo–electrochemistry – ink formulation, thin
film electrode preparation, rotating disk and stationary electrodes,
three-electrode and two-electrode cells, photochemical reactors, H2
generation, CO2 reduction, removal of persistent organic
pollutants,
different catalytic reactions involved in the petroleum and
petrochemicals.