Department of Chemistry

Dr. Rehana Kousar

Dr. Rehana Kousar
Dr. Rehana Kousar

Assistant Professor(TTS)
Department of Chemistry
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Experience

 

  • Assistant Professor at “Lahore college for women university Lahore, Pakistan” ( March 2018 to up till now)
  • Assistant Professor at the “King saud bin abdul aziz university for health sciences, Saudi Arabia”,( Sep. 2015-   2016).
  • Worked as Assistant Professor (1 Jan. 2014 – 02 Aug. 2015) at the Institute of Chemistry, Punjab University Lahore, Pakistan.
  • University lecturer (31 Aug. 2006- 17 Feb. 2010) at “Chemistry department, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Honor and Awards

  1. Gold medal for first position inM. Phil.
  2. Won foreign scholarship for Ph. D

Memberships

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Brief Statement of Research Interest

Catalysis, Nanomaterials, Coordination Chemistry, Surface chemistry etc.
SEM, TEM, BET, XRD, XPS, XRF, EPMA, EDS, GCMS, UV-Vis., FTIR, AAS etc.

Publications 

  • A study of catalyst operating regimes using alumina supported catalytic plates for CO oxidation in a microreactor” Rehana kousar, Sang Hoon Kim, Ji Young Byun, J. K. S. U-Eng. Sci. (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksues.2021.09.003
  • “Efficient surfactant modified Copper oxide nanoparticles for solar light driven water purification”, Mamoona Shaheen, Nazar Hussain Kalwar, Azeem Intisar, Zahida Batool, Saba Rasheed, Rehana Kousar, Optical Mat. 122 (2021)
  • “Enhanced photodegradation activity of Cuprous oxide nanoparticles towards Congo red for water purification”, Saba Rasheed, Zahida Batool, Azeem Intisar, Sara Riaz, Mamoona Shaheen, Rehana Kousar. Desalin. & Water treat. 227 (2021)
  • “Constituents and antibacterial activity of leaf essential oil of plectranthus scutellarioides”, Pakeeza Aziz, Nadeem Muhammad, Azeem Intisar , Muhammad Amin Abid, Muhammad Imran Din ,Muhammad Yaseen, Rehana Kousar, Aqsa Aamir, Quratulain and Rabia Ejaz. Plant Biosys. (2020) DOI.1080/11263504.2020.1837279
  • Dimethyl ether reforming (DME) reforming by microreactor using Cu and Cr as active components over γ alumina” Rehana Kousar, Do Hyung Kim, Byung-Yong Yu, Heon Phil Ha, Sang Hoon Kim, Ji Young Byun , Appl. Cat. A: Gen.423-424(2012) 176-184. (IF = 4.0)
  • Partition studies on aqueous two-phase system using sodium dodecyl sulphate and ammonium salts for extraction of dyes” The Journal of The Chemical Society of Pakistan” Volume 31, No. 4, August 2009, 601-608