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Department of Chemistry

Prof. Dr. Rehana RashidRehanna Rashid


Professor

E. mail : rehana_chem@yahoo.com

 

Career   : Chairperson, Chemistry Department, CIIT, Abbottabad, (Dec.4th, 2008)
               Director, Faculty Training &Development Center, UOB (2007-May, 2008)
                  Chairperson, Chemistry Department UOB (2003- 2006)
                  Director, English Language Center UOB (2001 –2004)                               

Research Interests

  • Synthetic Chemistry

                                       Synthesis of applied composite material l(Liquid Crystalline    
Synthesis and Characterization
Synthesis of biologically significant compounds, Organomettalic   
synthesis)

  • Natural Products Chemistry

              (Screening, Phytochemical and Biological Activity of Medicinal  
Plants)

Qualification & Research Experience

1. M. Sc. 1977, Chemistry Department University of   Balochistan  Quetta ,Pakistan
Organic Chemistry (Synthetic Drugs)
2. Ph. D. 1981, Chemistry Department , Martin - Luther University Halle, Germany
Synthesis of Liquid Crystalline compounds and characterization of properties                                          
3. Post Doctorate, 1986 - 1988,  Max - Planck - Institute for Radiation chemistry    
Muelheim, Germany (Bleomycine Anticancer drug and Y-Radiations a mechanistic    
studies)                
4. Post. Doctorate, 1995 - 1996 , Max - Planck - Institute for Radiation Chemistry    
Muelheim, Germany
5. ANRAP Fellowship, Feb.-April 1999 BIRDEM Research Division &chemistry  
Department University of Dhaka,1000 ,Bangladesh
Bioassay of Antidiabetic Plant Material from Ballochistan                                                                                               
6.ANRAP visiting Prof. ,  Jan 10-30,2004    BIRDEM Research Division Dhaka,1000      
                                                                      
HONOURS  &  AWARDS :

Pak- German Cultural Scholarship (Ph.D.), Max - Planck - Society Germany (Post.Doc.), Max - Planck - Society Germany (Post.Doc.),Young  Thinker Association International,( Best Lady Prof . 1992GOLD  MEDAL). Pak - Public - Society Balochistan UNICEF . (Essay competition 1993 SILVER MEDAL), Star  Women  International  Award ( Science & Technology  1997) , 7thAll Balochistan  Awami Gold Medal ( Science & Technology  1998), First National Gold Medal  Award (1999 Best  Performance in Profession),Achievement Award 1999,YCC Science & Technology, Fatima Jinnah  (Gold medal /Certificate 2003  Education),Fatima Jinnah Awards 2004 ( Most Qualified Women in Balochistan),Fellow of Chemical Society of Pakistan 2005

Recent Publications:

1. Waseeq Ahmad Siddiqui,Saeed Ahmad,Hamid Latif Siddiqui ,Masood Parvez and  
Rehana Rashid
Methyl 3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1,2-benzothiazole-2-acetate 1,1-dioxide
Acta. Crystallography (2008).E64, 0859           

2. Altaf Hussain, Hamid Latif Siddiqui, Rehana Rashid , Khalid Mehmood Khan and
Masood Pervez
1-(5a, 5b, 8, 8, 11a, 13b-Hexamethyleicosahydro -1H- cyclo-penta [a]chrysen-3-yl)-1-  
Ethanone Acta. Crystallography (2008).E64,0723           

3. Rehana Rashid * and Farah Mukhtar 
     Phytochemical studies on Medicinal Plant Salvia Cabulica Sci .Int. (Lahore)19    
(4)2008

International Patents         02                              
Book Published                01
Entitled “Radiation and Photochemistry” Published by National Language
Authority, Islamabad, 2000