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Dr. Saima Farooq
Associate Professor & HoS
Biological Sciences and Chemistry-Chemistry Section
College of Arts and Sciences
Telephone: (+968)25446200 Extension: 710 eMail: saima@unizwa.edu.om Office Location: 32-16 Time at UoN: Since 2013
Received Post-doc (short-term) from Swansea University, UK (2019). Received Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Quaid-i-Azam University Pakistan in 2012. M. Phil. 2006, in Physical Chemistry from Quaid-i-Azam University Pakistan, M.Sc. in Chemistry from Quaid-i-Azam University Pakistan in 2002.
Associate Professor & HoS
Biological Sciences and Chemistry-Chemistry Section
College of Arts and Sciences
Received Post-doc (short-term) from Swansea University, UK (2019). Received Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Quaid-i-Azam University Pakistan in 2012. M. Phil. 2006, in Physical Chemistry from Quaid-i-Azam University Pakistan, M.Sc. in Chemistry from Quaid-i-Azam University Pakistan in 2002.
Academic Qualifications
- Post-doc., Swansea University, UK, 2019
- Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2012
- M. Phil. in Physical Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2006
- M.Sc. in Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan, 2004
Teaching Activities
- Physical Chemistry-I/II
- Environmental Chemistry
- Polymer Chemistry
- Advanced Physical Chemistry laboratory
- Nanomaterials Characterization
- Applied Industrial Chemistry
Research Activities
- Research Interests
- Semiconductor photocatalysis
- Wastewater treatment using nanomaterial photocatalysis
- Environmental remediation and renewable energy applications
- Synthesis and characterization of magnetic oxide nanomaterials
- Chemometrics
Faculty Administrative Experience
- 2017 - Present: Department academic advising officer
- 2017 - Present: Program Coordinator for M.Sc. Chemistry
Membership in Professional Bodies
- 2019-Present: Member of Chemical Society of Pakistan
- 2019-Present: Member Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC; #629441)
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