Dr. Bushra Naseem
Chairperson/Tenured Professor
Department of Chemistry
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Experience
Professor (December 2020 to date)
Lahore college for women University Jail road Lahore
Tenured Associate Professor (May 2016 to December 2020)
Lahore college for women University Jail road Lahore
Assistant Professor (June 2005-May 2016)
Lahore college for women University Jail road Lahore
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Oct. 2008–Oct. 2009)
Bristol Colloid Center (BCC), School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK.
Assistant Professor (Feb. 2004–Sep. 2004):
Department of Chemistry, Hazara Univeristy, Mansehra, Abbottabad.
Lecturer in Chemistry (Feb. 1996–Feb.2002)
Govt. College for women, Nowshehra VIrkan, Gujranwala, Punjab.
Honor and Awards
- “Certificate of appreciation on Best performance in teaching and research”, awarded by Vice Chancellor, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore (2017).
- “Certificate of appreciation on Best performance in teaching and research”, awarded by Vice Chancellor, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore (2016).
- Farogh-e-Taleem Gold Medal Award, given by Idara Farogh-e- Taleem Punjab, Pakistan, (2015).
- Post Doctoral Fellowship Award Phase II(Batch-III 2008), awarded by Higher Education commission, Pakistan, (2008)
Memberships
- Life Member of Chemical Society of Pakistan.
- Executive member of Applied Zoological society of Pakistan.
- Member Board of studies, Department of Chemistry, GC Women University, Sialkot.
- Member Board of studies, Department of Applied Chemistry, GC University Faisalabad.
- Member of Adhoc committee to discharge the functions of the Board of studies, School of Physical Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Act 1973.
- Member Board of studies, Department of Chemistry, LCWU, Lahore.
- External Member of Admission committee for MS/Ph.D admissions, Department of Chemistry, GC Women University, Sialkot.
- Member Board of studies, Department of Chemistry,” University of Lahore”, Lahore.
- Approved supervisor Indigenous Ph.D, Research programme, Higher Education Commission, Pakistan.
- .Member DTRC Department of chemistry, LCWU, Lahore.
- Member for ORIC steering committee LCWU, Lahore
- Member Editorial Board in SCIREA Journal of Chemistry
- Reviewer for Journal of Molecular Liquids.
- Reviewer for Journal of Bio Resource Technology.
- Reviewer for Archives of Agronomy and soil science
Graduate Students/Postdocs/Undergraduate Students/Honour Students
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Service Activity
- Convener and member Doctorial committee
- Member purchase committee
- Assessment Team member at Quality Enhancement Cell.
- Member admission committee
- Incharge Physical chemistry Section
- Focal person for laptop scheme at department of chemistry
- Reviewer for Journal of Molecular Liquids.
- Reviewer for Journal of Bio Resource Technology.
- Reviewer for Archives of Agronomy and soil science.
Brief Statement of Research Interest
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Study related to solubilization of organic materials by surfactants.
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Controlled particle size synthesis using surfactants in hydrothermal treatment, and micro-sized emulsion route.
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Separation of metals by supported liquid membrane.
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Adsorption studies for some metals using different bioadsorbents from natural sources.
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Effect of presence and nature of amino acids on Crystal growth of bio ceramic
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Studies related to solute-solvent interactions in different kind of solvents.
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Thermo-Acoustical studies related to agricultural, bimolecular and pharmaceutical materials.
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Expertise in using different software related to surface and colloidal chemistry e.g. sigma plot and computer assisted rheological calculations
Publications
Research publications
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Bushra Naseem, Iqra Arif, Muhammad Asghar Jamal, “Kosmotropic and chaotropic behavior of hydrated ions in aqueous solutions in terms of expansibility and compressibility parameters” Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 14 (2021) 103405. (I.F. 5.165)
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Muhammad Asghar Jamal, Jamila Fatima, Bushra Naseem, Majid Muneer, Muhammad Ibrahim, Molecular interaction studies of antidepressant drug with aqueous caffeine using volumetric and acoustic methods, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 329, 115525 (2021). (F.6.165)
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Bushra Naseem, Iqra Arif, Muhammad Asghar Jamal, Role of cationic moiety in phosphate fertilizers’molecules on their solution behavior in terms of volumetric and acoustic parameters at different temperatures and atmospheric pressure” Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 13 (2020) 7759-7772. (I.F. 4.762)
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Bushra Naseem, Effect of alkyl chain length of 1-alkanols on solution behavior of bactericidal antibiotic in terms of thermo-acoustic parameters, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 307, 112991 (2020). (F.5.065)
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Muhammad Asghar Jamal, Bushra Naseem, Sadaf Naz, Iqra Arif, Muhammad Saeed, Sana Atiq, Thermo-acoustic properties of maltose in aqueous amino acids system, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 309, 112932 (2020). (F.5.065)
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Bushra Naseem, Aatika Nawaz, Iqra Arif, Muhammad Asgher Jamal,” Effect of non-steroidal amti-inflammatory drug on pharmacological activity of antibiotic in terms of thermo acoustic parameters”, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 299, 112-126 (2020). (F.5.065)
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Muhammad Asghar Jamal, Bushra Naseem, Junaid Hayat Khan, Iqra Arif, “Temperature dependent solution properties of amino acids in colloidal solutions” Journal of Molecular Liquids, 275, 105-115 (2019). (F.4.561)
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Sadaf Naz, Muhammad Asghar Jamal, Muhammad Kaleem Khosa, Bushra Naseem, Majid Muneer, “Effect of temperature on thermo-acoustical parameters of arginine in colloidal solutions” Journal of Molecular Liquids, 269, 476-484 (2018). (F.4.513)
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Bushra Naseem, Iqra Arif, “Effect of colloidal solutions of ionic surfactants on interactions between fertilizer and salts in saline soil at different temperatures: A thermo-acoustic study” Journal of Molecular Liquids, 271, 452-471 (2018). (F 4.513)
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Bushra Naseem, Memoona Mukhtar, Iqra Arif, Muhammad Asgher Jamal “Effect of concentration and temperature on the interactions between saline soil salts and nito phosphate fertilizer at atmospheric pressure: A thermo-acoustic approach.” Journal of Molecular Liquids, 247, 151-163 (2017). (F. 3.618)
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Bushra Naseem, Iqra Arif,” A thermo-acoustical study to explore interactions between soil salts and fertilizer in view to control the soil salinity.” Journal of Molecular Liquids, 225, 64-86 (2017). (F.3.618)Bushra Naseem, Madeeha Iftikhar, “Investigation on molecular interactions of antibiotics in alcohols using volumetric and acoustic studies at different temperatures.” Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics,104, 239-251 (2017). (I.F 2.726)
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Muhammad Asghar Jamal, Bushra Naseem, Muhammad Kaleem Khosa, Majid Muneer, Junaid Hayat Khan, “Effect of anionic micellar medium on thermo-acoustical parameters.” Journal of Molecular Liquids, 237, 14-22 (2017) (F. 3.618)
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Kashif Naeem, Bushra Naseem, S. S. Shah, Syed W. H. Shah,”Optical properties of voltage sensitive hemicyanine dyes of variable hydrophobicity confined within surfactant micelles.”, Materials Research Express, 4, 1-7 (2017)115402. (F.1.068)
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Bushra Naseem, Naila Ashraf, Volumetric behavior of nitromidazoles in binary solvent mixtures”, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 224, 377-386 (2016). (F 2.740)
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Bushra Naseem, Madiha Iftikhar, Iqra Arif, “Volumetric studies of antibiotics in aqueous media.” Journal of Molecular Liquids, 221, 408-414 (2016). (F 2.740)
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Bushra Naseem, Mahreen Khan, Muhammad Asghar Jamal, “Acoustical studies of pharmaceutical excipients in in binary solvent mixtures”, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 220, 581-591 (2016). (F 2.740)
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A. Jamal, M. K. Khosa, Bushra Naseem, M. Zaheer-Ud-Din and M. Muneer, “Excess molar volume and isentropic compressibility of monoethanolamine in aqueous system at temperatures from 298.15 to 318.15 K”, Physics and Chemistry of Liquids, 54. 3, 384-393(2016). (I.F 1.145)
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Bushra Naseem, Anam Jamal, Asgher Jamal, “Influence of Sodium Acetate on volumetric behavior of binary mixtures of DMSO and water at 298.15 to 313.15 K”, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 181, 68-76 (2013). (F 2.083)
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Naeem, S. W. H. Shah, Bushra Naseem, S. S. Shah, “Interaction of short chain phenylalkanoic Acids within ionic surfactant micelles in aqueous media’, Journal of Serbian Chemical Society, 77 (2) 201-210 (2012) (I.F 0.912).
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Naeem, S. W. H. Shah, Bushra Naseem, S. S. Shah,” Interaction of short chain phenylalkanoic Acids within cationic and anionic surfactants” Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, 37(5) (2012), 1339-1346 (I.F 0.385)
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W. H. Shah, Bushra Naseem, Wajid Rehman, Nadia Bashir, S. S. Shah,” Investigation of 1-Alkanols in organized solutions”, Bull Chemical Society of Ethopia, 25(3), (2011) 469-474 (I.F 0.623)
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Sarfraz, Bushra Naseem, S. Amin, M. Mujahid, “Synthesis and Characterization of Nano Hydroxyapatite” 978-3-03785-053-4e, Advanced Materials Research, 264-265 (2011) 1370-1375.
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Bushra Naseem, W. H. Shah, Aurangzeb Hasan, S. Sakhawat, “ Interaction of flavonoids, the naturally occurring antioxidants with different media: A UV–visible spectroscopic study”, Spectrochimica Acta Part A 75 (2010) 1341-1346 (I.F 1.77)
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W. H. Shah, K. Naeem, Bushra Naseem, M. Hasan, S. S. Shah, “Spectroscopic analysis of naphtholazobenzimidazole in organized solution”, Physics and Chemistry of Liquids 48(3) (2010) 316-328 (I.F 0.555)
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W. H. Shah, K. Naeem, Bushra Naseem, S. S. Shah, “Complex formation study of hemicyanine dyes with sodium dodecyl sulfate by differential spectroscopy”, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 331(3) (2008) 227-231 (I.F 1.926)
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Bushra Naseem, Arshad Sabri, Aurangzeb Hasan and S. Sakhawat Shah“Interaction of flavonoids within organized molecular assemblies of anionic surfactant” Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 35(1) (2004) 7-13 (F 1.325)
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S. W. H. Shah, Bushra Naseem, K. Naeem, Q. M. Malik and S. S. Shah, “Incorporation of aromatic acids into SDS micelles: a UV-spectroscopic analysis”, Journal of Surface Science and Technology 17(1-2) (2001) 49-55.
Research Grants and Contracts.
Bushra Naseem, “Method for quality enhancement of petroleum and petroleum products by the removal of amino acids using hydroxyapatite.” Revision has been submitted in 4th April 2019.