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Dr Rizwana Sarwar

Associate Professor
Area of Interest: Natural productNanoparticles synthesis
Email: rizwanasarwar@cuiatd.edu.pk
Phone: (+92)992-383591-5
 
Academics/ Degrees

·         PhD (2016) from CUI, Abbottabad Campus

·         MS (2008) from CUI, Abbottabad Campus

·         M.Sc (2005) from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad

 
Journal Publications
1. Aneesa Zia ,Ayesha Shahzad ,N. Riaz,S. Khan,U.Farooq,S. M. Bukhari,R. Sarwar,Asaad Khalid,Hamdy Kashtoh , Ajmal Khan,Ahmed Al-Harrasi Enhancement efficacy of omeprazole by conjugation with silver nanoparticles as a urease inhibitor, Green Processing and Synthesis, 2024
2. R. V. K. Tchebou,U.Farooq,S. Khan,R. B. Teponno,T. A. Wani,L. A. Tapondjou,A. Rasool,R. Sarwar,A. Khushal,S. M. Bukhari,S. Zargar,H. -G. Xu Exploring Cassia mimosoïdes as a promising natural source of steroids with potent anti-cancer, urease inhibition, and antimicrobial properties, RSC Advances, 2024
3. A. Zia,R. Sarwar,A. Al-Harrasi,A. Shahzad,N. Riaz,S. Khan,U.Farooq,S. M. Bukhari,A. Khalid,H. Kashtoh,A. Khan Enhancement efficacy of Omeprazole by conjugation with silver nanoparticles as a urease inhibito, Green Processing and Synthesis, 2024
4. A. Saleem,Ahson J. Shaikh,F. Agada,M. H. Ayoub,Asad M. Khan,R. Sarwar,S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi,U.Farooq The synergistic effect of electron lone pairs and aromaticity on the binding affinity towards metal surfaces, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2023
5. S. Mir,S. M. Bukhari,U. Shah,A. Zaidi,S. Khan,R. Sarwar Synthesis and Characterization of benzanthrone derivatives, Ravian Journal of Chemical Sciences, 2023
6. S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi,R. Sarwar,M. Ali,Farhan Khan,U.Farooq,J. Uddin,A. Ibrar,A. Khan,A. Al-Harrasi Some of the organic ligand transition metal complexes can serve as potent α-glucosidase inhibitors: in-vitro, kinetics and in-silico studies, Inorganic and Nano-Metal Chemistry, 2023
7. Syeda Kinza Fatima,N. Riaz,M.Bilal,M. S. Khan,R. Sarwar,Ansumana Sangi Ceesay,Jalal Uddin,Anwar Ul-Hamid,Ahmed Al-Harrasi,Ajmal Khan Visible Light-Induced Reactive Yellow 145 Discoloration: Structural and Photocatalytic Studies of Graphene Quantum Dot-Incorporated TiO2, ACS Omega, 2023
8. A. Saleem,U.Farooq,S. Khan,Ahson J. Shaikh,Sohail Anjum Shahzad,Farhan Khan,A. Zaidi,S. M. Bukhari,R. Sarwar,T. A. Wani,S. Mahmud,M. Israr Isoxazole Derivatives Against Carbonic Anhydrase: Synthesis, Molecular Docking, MD simulations, free energy calculations coupled with In-vitro Studies, ACS Omega, 2022
9. Muhammad Hanif,Sara Khan,U.Farooq,R. Sarwar,Faisal Nouroz Unraveling the possible inhibitors for Chorismate synthase to combat tuberculosis using in silico approach, JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS, 2022
10. M. Ali,S. M. Bukhari,A. Zaidi,U.Farooq,R. Sarwar Computational Studies on Isolated Compounds of Sclerochloa dura; their Efficacy towards Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibition and Anti-cancer Drug Targets, Letters in Drug Design & Discovery, 2021
11. Touqeer Ahmad ,Ajmal Khan, Ahmed Al-Harrasi,R. Sarwar Synthesis of gemifloxacin conjugated silver nanoparticles, their amplified bacterial efficacy against human pathogen and their morphological study via TEM analysis., Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine and Biotechnology, 2021
12. N. Riaz,U.Farooq,M. S. Khan,R. Sarwar,Debra Adelina Chia Siew Fen,Sadia Naz,Mohamad Azmi Bustam,Gaber El-Saber Batiha,Islam H. El Azab,Jalal Uddin,Ajmal Khan Iron-Zinc Co-Doped Titania Nanocomposite: Photocatalytic and Photobiocidal Potential in Combination with Molecular Docking Studies, Catalysts , 2021
13. Sadia Naz,U.Farooq,Hongwu Ma,R. Sarwar,N. Riaz Three new acrylic acid derivatives from Achillea mellifolium as potential thymidine phosphorylase inhibitor: molecular docking and MD simulation studies, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2020
14. T. Ahmad,R. Sarwar,A. Iqbal,U. Bashir,U.Farooq,S. A. Halim,A. Khan,A. Al-Harrasi Recent advances in combinatorial cancer therapy via multifunctionalized gold nanoparticles, Nanoedicine, 2020
15. S. Naz,U.Farooq,R. Sarwar,S. Khan,Y. K. Mabkhot,M. Saeed,A. Alsayari,A. B. Muhsinah,Z. Ul-Haq,S. Khan Pharmacophore model-based virtual screening, docking, biological evaluation and molecular dynamics simulations for inhibitors discovery against α-tryptophan synthase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis., Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2020
16. N. Riaz,M. Hassan,M. Siddique,Q. Mahmood,U.Farooq,R. Sarwar,M. S. Khan Photocatalytic degradation and kinetic modeling of azo dye using bimetallic photocatalysts: effect of synthesis and operational parameters., Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019
17. Muhammad Zubair, Shah Fahad,Adnan Noor Shah,R. Sarwar,Qudrat Ullah Khan,Nosheen Mirza,Asghar Ali Khan Physiological response of spinach to toxic heavy metal stress, Environmental Science and Pollution Research , 2019
18. B. Zehra,A. Ahmed,R. Sarwar,U.Farooq,S. A. Abid,A. Al-Harrasi Apoptotic and antimetastatic activities of betulin isolated from Quercus incana against non-small cell lung cancer cells, Cancer Management and Research, 2019
19. U.Farooq,T. Ahmad,A. Khan,R. Sarwar,J. Shafiq,Y. Raza,A. Ahmed,S. Ullah,N. U. Rehman,A. Al-Harrasi Rifampicin conjugated silver nanoparticles: A new arena for development of antibiofilm potential against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumonia, International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2019
20. R. Sarwar,R. Sarwar,U.Farooq,S. M. Bukhari,S. Naz,H. Khan,N. Karim,I. Khan,A. Ahmed,A. Khan Isolation and characterization of two new secondary metabolites from Quercus incana and their antidepressant and anxiolytic-like potential, Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018
21. S. Naz,U.Farooq,R. Sarwar,S. Ali,R. Sarwar,S. Khan,R. Abagyan Identification of new benzamide inhibitor against α-subunit of tryptophan synthase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis through structure-based virtual screening, anti-tuberculosis activity and molecular dynamics simulations., Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2018
22. R. Sarwar,S. Sarwar,U.Farooq,S. M. Bukhari,S. Naz,N. Riaz,A. Rauf,Y. N. Mabkhot,S. S. Al-Showiman Isolation and characterization of two new antimicrobial acids from Quercus incana (Bluejack Oak), BioMed Research International, 2018
23. U.Farooq,Y. N. Mabkhot,A. Khan,S. M. Bukhari,S. Naz,B. Zehra,S. A. Ali,R. Sarwar,A. Ahmed,A. Rauf,I. Ahmad,R. Sarwar Isolation and characterization of three new anti-proliferative Sesquiterpenes from Polygonum barbatum and their mechanism via apoptotic pathway, BMC Cancer, 2017
24. N. Mirza,Z. -H. Yang,U.Farooq,R. Sarwar,H. Mubarak,L. -Y. Chai,W. Yong,Q. U. Khan,M. Z. Hashmi The potential use of Vetiveria zizanioides for the phytoremediation of antimony, arsenic and their co-contamination, Bull Environ Contam Toxicol, 2017
25. Sadia Naz,U.Farooq,Ajmal Khan,Haroon Khan,Nasiara Karim,Rizwana Sarwar,Javid Hussain,Abdur Rauf,R. Sarwar Antidepressent Effect of Two New Benzyl Derivatives from Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca var. nubicola Lindl. ex Hook.f., Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2017
26. R. Sarwar,U.Farooq,Muhammad Raza Shah,S. Khan,N. Riaz,Sadia Naz,A. Ibrar,Ajmal Khan Rapid Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles from Quercus incana and Their Antimicrobial Potential against Human Pathogens, Applied Sciences, 2017
27. N. Riaz,F. K. Chong,U.Farooq,R. Sarwar,Ajmal Khan,Z. B. Man,M. S. Khan,R. Sarwar Preparation, characterization and application of Cu–Ni/TiO2 in Orange II photodegradation under visible light: effect of different reaction parameters and optimization, RSC Advances, 2016
28. Asma Bibi,U.Farooq,Afsar Khan,R. Sarwar,S. Khan,Sadia Naz,Qaisar Mahmood,Arif Alam,Nosheen Mirza Phytoextraction of Hg by parsley (Petroselinum crispum) and its growth responses, International Journal of Phytoremediation, 2016
29. R. Sarwar,U.Farooq,Afsar Khan,S. Khan,Sadia Naz,Abdur Rauf,Haji Bahadar,Reaz Uddin,Ajmal Khan Evaluation of Antioxidant, Free Radical Scavenging, and Antimicrobial Activity of Quercus incana Roxb., Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2015
30. U.Farooq,Afsar Khan,R. Sarwar,Khurshid Ayub,Muhammad Ali Hashmi,Mumtaz Ali,Manzoor Ahmad ,Ajmal Khan A New Rosane type Diterpenoid from Stachys parviflora and its Density Functional Theory Studies, Natural Product Research, 2014
31. U.Farooq,Afsar Khan,Khurshid Ayub,R. Sarwar,Muhammad Ali Hashmi,Saleha Suleman Khan,Ajmal Khan,Mumtaz Ali Spectroscopic and Density Functional Theory Studies of a New Rosane Type Diterpenoid from Stachys parviflora, Rec. Nat. Prod, 2014
32. Asma Bibi, ,U.Farooq, Nosheen Mirza, , Afsar Khan, ,R. Sarwar,Arif Alam,, Qaisar Mahmood “Excessive Chromium may Cause Dietary Toxicity in Parsly (Petroselinum crispum)”, Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry, 2014
33. Sara Khan,,U.Farooq, Afsar Khan,, Sadia Naz, ,R. Sarwar,Nosheen Mirza Antimicrobial Potential and Physio-chemical Analysis of Polygonum barbatum L, J. Chem. Soc. Pakistan, 2014
34. Sadia Naz,,U.Farooq,Afsar Khan, ,Sara Khan, ,R. Sarwar, Nosheen Mirza “Physiochemical Screening and Antimicrobial Potential of Otostegia limbata Benth”, J. Chem. Soc. Pak., 2014
35. U.Farooq,Afsar Khan,Ather Farooq Khan, ,Saleha Suleman Khan,R. Sarwar,Viqar Uddin Ahmad,Amir Waseem Two New Ballonigrin-type Diterpenoids from the Roots of Ballota limbata, Natural Product Communications , 2012
36. Amir Haider Malik,Sadia Nasreen ,Q.Mahmood,Zahid Mahmood Khan,R. Sarwar,Afsar Khan Strategies for low-cost water defluoridation of drinking water - a review of progress, Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, 2010
 
 
 
Profile/Bio
  • Jan. 2017 till now: Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry COMSATS, University Islamabad, Abbottabad campus, Pakistan.
  • Feb. 2009 -2017: Worked as Research Associate in the Department of Life Sciences COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan
  • Sept. 2007-2008: Worked as Research Associate in the Department of Environmental Sciences COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan
 
 
Research Interests

·         Natural product

·         Nanoparticles synthesis

·         Biological activities

·         Biosensoing

 
Awards

  • Availed IRSIP scholarship for china (5 March-7 November, 2014).
  • Participated in International conference On Environmentally Sustainable Development (ESDev-2007) held in CIIT, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
  • Participated in International conference On Environmentally Sustainable Development (ESDev-2009) held in CIIT, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
  • Participated in International conference On Environmentally Sustainable Development (ESDev-2011) held in CIIT, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
  • Participated in International conference On Environmentally Sustainable Development (ESDev-2013) held in CIIT, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
  • Participated in International conference On Drug Dev Development (Drug Dev-2015) held in CIIT, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Professional Trainings Attended: 
  • Attended 7th Faculty Development Workshop (FWD), 18-22, 2008.
  • Participate in one day workshop on “Writing Research proposal held in NIBGE, Faisalabad, in June 2010.
  • One day workshop on preparation for external audit ISO 9001:2015 (revised version), Dec 17, 2018 in CUI, Abbottabad campus.