Resume



Education

2005-2009      University of Vienna, Austria                                                                                                                            

Ph.D in Analytical & Food Chemistry (Advisor: Prof. Franz L. Dickert)

1999-2001      University of the Punjab, Pakistan                                                                                                                

MS in Microbiological Analytical Chemistry

Professional Experience

2015-Current                King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia          

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Current              Oakland University, Rochester, MI-USA                                                                                     

Adjunct Assistant Professor

2013-2015      Oakland University, Rochester, MI-USA                                                                                     

Visiting Assistant Professor

2010-2013      Oakland University, Rochester, MI-USA                                                                                     

Postdoc Research Associate                (Advisor: Prof. Xiangqun Zeng)

2009-2010      University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI-USA                                                                                             

Postdoc Research Associate                (Advisor: Prof. Mark E. Meyerhoff)

2001-2004      University of the Punjab, Pakistan                                                                                                                

Lecturer for General Chemistry (September 2001-April 2003)

Senior Lecturer for Analytical Chemistry (April 2003-November 2004)

Project Awards and Honors

2015-2016      KFUPM Startup Grant                                                                                                                   SAR 82,500

2012-2014      Michigan Initiative for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MIIE)                            $ 52,652

                                Innovative ionic liquid gas sensor technology

2010-2013      Office of Naval Research (ONR) USA                                                                                     $ 105,000

Electrochemical and Piezoelectric Sensors for Standoff Explosive Detection

2009-2011      Erwin Schrödinger Post-Doc Fellowship, FWF, Austria                                               $ 79,200           

2008                    University of Vienna, Ph.D. with Distinction Award                                                                                      

2005-2009      Higher Education Commission of Pakistan Fellowship for Ph.D. Studies             $ 69,120

Editorial and Reviewing Services

1.             Guest Editor; Sensors 2015, Special Issue on Ionic Liquid Sensors (Web link: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/IL )

2.             Guest Editor; Materials 2017, Special Issue on Ionic Liquids; New materials for sensors and catalysis (Web link: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/special_issues/ionic_liquids_sensors_catalysis )

3.             Scientific Reviewer for Analytical Chemistry, ACS Sensors, ACS Applied materials and interfaces, RSC Advances, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Monatshefte Fur Chemie, Sensors, Analyst, Colloids and interfaces

Committee Assignments

1.             Departmental Faculty Hiring Committee 2013 for Chemistry      Oakland University                        (Member)

2.             ACS Student and Early Career Research Chapter 2010-2013          Oakland University                        (Member)

3.             Departmental Accreditation and Assessment Committee 2015    KFUPM                                                  (Member)

4.             Undergraduate Research Committee for Chemistry 2015               KFUPM                                                  (Member)

5.             Student Research Symposium Organizing Committee 2015          KFUPM                                                   (Chair)

6.             Departmental Committee for Quality Assurance 2016                     KFUPM                                                  (Chair)

 


 


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