Dr Shagufta Zafar

Motivated to deliver essential principles of chemistry by teaching reasoning, scientific method and applied science through hands-on lab demonstrations.
Outgoing Assistant professor with experience overseeing multiple tasks and managing employees successfully. Highly dependable, ethical and reliable support specialist and leader that blends advanced organizational and technical acumen. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude.

Got experience of working in multicultural environment in a UK based project in EBRI.

Having more than 10 years of research experience in the field of chemistry

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1. Khalida Parveen, Shagufta Zafar, Mohammad Imran Khan, Ramsha Anwer, Abdullah Shanbleh “Removal of Eosin Yellow from wastewater by commercial exchange membrane BI” Desalination and Water Treatment  (2023)

2. Sadaf Arif, Shagufta Zafar, Muhammad Imran Khan, Suryyia Manzoor, Abdallah Shanableh, Javier Fernandez Garcia, Muhammad Hayat “Removal of Chromium (VI) by commercial anion exchange membrane BII from an aqueous solution: Adsorption kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamics studies” Inorganic Chemistry Communications 152,  (2023) 110696

3. Mehwish Akhtar, Safaa N Abdou, Tahreem Abdullah, MHH Mahmoud, Zarnish Sabir, Zafar AK Khattak, Shagufta Zafar, Sonia Zulfiqar “Wet chemical synthesis of C@Nd2O3/rGO nanocomposite: A visible light trigger photocatalyst for efficient water remediation” Optical Materials 135, (2023) 01-12

4. Shabnam Shahida, Muhammad Imran Khan, Shagufta Zafar, Khizar Hussain Shah, Umar Farooq, Muhammad Hafeez, Noureddine Elboughdiri, Abdallah Shanableh, Amari Abdelfattah “XAD-4 resin impregnated with oxytetracycline for the online preconcentration of zirconium (IV) from environmental and geological samples” Inorganic and Nano-Metal Chemistry, (2023)

5. Umar Asim, Syed M Husnain, Naseem Abbas, Faisal Shahzad, Shagufta Zafar, Sherif A Younis, Ki-Hyun Kim “Microwave-assisted synthesis of MnO2 nanosorbent for adsorptive removal of Cs (I) and Sr (II) from water solutions” Chemosphere 303, Part 2,(2022)

6. Shagufta Zafar, Muhammad Imran Khan, Noureddine Elboughdiri, Mushtaq Hussain Lashari, Abdallah Shanable, Shabnam Shahida, Suryyia Manzoor .Adsorption performance of rice husk towards copper ionsfrom wastewater, Desalination and Water Treatment  258, (2022): 133-142.

7. Zarnish Sabir, Mehwish Akhtar, Sonia Zulfiqar, Shagufta Zafar, Philips O Agboola, Sajjad Haider, Sameh A Ragab, Muhammad Farooq Warsi and Imran Shakir. "L-Cysteine Functionalized Nd2o3/Rgo Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode: A New Sensing Strategy for the Rapid, Sensitive and Simultaneous Detection of Toxic Nitrophenol Isomers." Synthetic Metals 277, (2021): 116774.

8. Farkhanda Yasin, Tariq Javed, Muhammad Idrees Jilani, Shagufta Zafar, Muhammad Imran Din “Adsorption of toxic crystal violet dye using rice husk: equilibrium, kinetic, and thermodynamic study” Desalination and Water Treatment 227, (2021): 338-349.

9. Shagufta Zafar, Muhammad Imran Khan, Warda Hassan, Sidra Mubeen, Tariq Javed, Shabnam Shahid, Suryyia Manzoor, Abdallah Shanableh, Aziz Ur Rehman and Muhammad Latif Mirza. "Application of NaOH-Treated Rice Husk for Adsorptive Discharge of Cobalt Ions from Wastewater." Desalination And Water Treatment 226, (2021): 328-338.

10. Maryam Batool, Tariq Javed, Muhammad Wasim, Shagufta Zafar and Muhammad Imran Din. "Exploring the Usability of Cedrus Deodara Sawdust for Decontamination of Wastewater Containing Crystal Violet Dye." Desalination and Water Treatment  224, (2021): 433-448.

11. Hafiza Amna, Haq, Tariq Javed, Muhammad Amin Abid, Shagufta Zafar and Muhammad Imran Din. "Adsorption of Crystal Violet Dye from Synthetic Textile Effluents by Utilizing Wheat Bran (Triticum Aestivum)." Desalination and Water Treatment 224, (2021): 395-406.

12. Shabnam, Shahida, Faisal Hayat, Akbar Ali, Muhammad Imran Khan, Shagufta Zafar, Khizar Hussain Shah, Nasar Ahmad, Umar Farooq and Abdallah Shanableh. "Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Nd+ 3 and Eu+ 3 from Aqueous Medium Using Oxytetracycline in Dichloromethane." Radiochimica Acta 109, no. 6 (2021): 445-452.

13. Khurram, Shahzad, Muhammad Imran Khan, Shabnam Shahida, Abdallah Shanableh, Noureddine Elboughdiri, Shazia Jabeen, Suryyia Manzoor, Shagufta Zafar, Hassan Ali and Abdul Waheed Rabbani. "Tio2 Subsidized Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicate (Tio2@ Pmos) for Facile Photodegradation of Methyl Orange Dye." Desalination and Water Treatment 223, (2021): 403-413.

14. Muhammad Imran, Khan, Abdallah Shanableh, Javier Fernandez, Mushtaq Hussain Lashari, Shabnam Shahida, Suryyia Manzoor, Shagufta Zafar and Noureddine Elboughdiri. "Synthesis of Dmea-Grafted Anion Exchange Membrane for Adsorptive Discharge of Methyl Orange from Wastewaters." Membranes 11, no. 3 (2021): 166.

15. Saba, Razzaq, Mehwish Akhtar, Sonia Zulfiqar, Shagufta Zafar, Imran Shakir, Philips O Agboola, Sajjad Haider and Muhammad Farooq Warsi. "Adsorption Removal of Congo Red onto L-Cysteine/Rgo/Pani Nanocomposite: Equilibrium, Kinetics and Thermodynamic Studies." Journal of Taibah University for Science 15, no. 1 (2021): 50-62

16. Shagufta, Zafar, Muhammad Imran Khan, Mushtaq Hussain Lashari, Majeda Khraisheh, Fares Almomani, Muhammad Latif Mirza and Nasir Khalid. "Removal of Copper Ions from Aqueous Solution Using Naoh-Treated Rice Husk." Emergent Materials 3, no. 6 (2020): 857-870.

17. Mushtaq Hussain Lashari,, Umer Farooq, Sidra Mubeen, Warda Hassan, Mohammad Farooq Azhar, Shabnam Shahida, Mohammad Imran Khan, S Aslam, S Masood and M Anam., Abdul Wajid,;M.T Pervez, M. Akhtar, A.A. Farooq, Shagufta Zafar, M,. Nawaz and A.B Gulshan "Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma Gondii and Associated Hematological Alterations in Small Ruminants of Dg Khan District of Southern Punjab, Pakistan." Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia 72, (2020): 1698-1704.

18. Shagufta, Zafar, Muhammad Imran Khan, Hafeez ur Rehman, Javier Fernandez-Garcia, Shabnam Shahida, Prasert Prapamonthon and Majeda Khraisheh. "Kinetic, Equilibrium, and Thermodynamic Studies for Adsorptive Removal of Cobalt Ions by Rice Husk from Aqueous Solution." Desalination and Water Treatment 204, (2020): 285-296.

19. Shabnam, Shahida, Muhammad Imran Khan, Sadaf Azad, Nasar Ahmed, Mushtaq Hussain Lashari, Majeda Khraisheh, Fares Almomani and Shagufta Zafar "Use of Laser-Induced Break Spectroscopy for the Determination of Major and Trace Elements in Zanthoxylum Armatum." Emergent Materials 3, no. 5 (2020): 625-636.

20. Warda, Hassan, Sajida Noureen, Mujahid Mustaqeem, Tawfik A Saleh and Shagufta Zafar "Efficient Adsorbent Derived from Haloxylon Recurvum Plant for the Adsorption of Acid Brown Dye: Kinetics, Isotherm and Thermodynamic Optimization." Surfaces and Interfaces 20, (2020): 100510.

21. Farzana, Hanif, Samreen Ehsan, Shagufta Zafar, Mehwish Akhtar, Muhammad Imran and Suryyia Manzoor. "Adsorptive Removal of Methyl Orange and Acid Blue-2445 from Binary System by Anion Exchange Membrane Bi: Non-Linear and Linear Form of Isotherms." DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT 194, (2020): 290-301.

22. Hina, Masood, Shagufta Zafar, Hafeez ur Rehman, Muhammad Imran Khan, Hafiz Badaruddin Ahmad, Aqsa Naz, Warda Hassan and Mushtaq Hussain Lashari. "Adsorptive Removal of Anionic Dyes in Aqueous Binary Mixture by Anion Exchange Membrane." DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT 194, (2020): 248-258.

23. Muhammad Farooq, Azhar, Ubair Naseer, Abida Aziz, Shagufta Zafar, Ihsan Qadir, Muhammad Farooq, Irfan Ahmad and Khayyam Anjum. "Antioxidant and Phytochemical Composition of Leaves, Stem and Root Extracts of Withania Coagulans and Withania Somnifera." Zeitschrift Fur Arznei-& Gewurzpflanzen 25, no. 1 (2020): 27-30.

24. Shagufta, Zafar, Muhammad Imran Khan, Majeda Khraisheh, Mushtaq Hussain, Muhammad Latif Mirza and Nasir Khalid. "Kinetic, Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Studies for Adsorption of Nickel Ions onto Husk of Oryza Sativa." Desalination and Water Treatment 167, (2019): 277-290.

25. Muhammad, Saghir, Shagufta Zafar, Amiza Tahir, Miloud Ouadi, Beenish Siddique and Andreas Hornung. "Unlocking the Potential of Biomass Energy in Pakistan." Frontiers in Energy Research 7, (2019): 24.

26. Muhammad Imran, Khan, Mushtaq Hussain Lashari, Majeda Khraisheh, Shabnam Shahida, Shagufta Zafar, Prasert Prapamonthon, A Rehman, Saima Anjum, Naseem Akhtar and Farzana Hanif. "Adsorption Kinetic, Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Studies of Eosin-B onto Anion Exchange Membrane." Desalination Water Treat 155, (2019): 84-93.

27. Shagufta, Zafar, Muhammad Imran Khan, Majeda Khraisheh, Shabnam Shahida, Tariq Javed, Muhammad Latif Mirza and Nasir Khalid. "Use of Rice Husk as an Effective Sorbent for the Removal of Cerium Ions from Aqueous Solution: Kinetic, Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Studies." Desalin Water Treat 150, (2019): 124-135.

28. Shagufta, Zafar, Muhammad Imran Khan, Majeda Khraisheh, Shabnam Shahida, Nasir Khalid and Muhammad Latif Mirza. "Effective Removal of Lanthanum Ions from Aqueous Solution Using Rice Husk: Impact of Experimental Variables." Desal. Wat. Treat 132, (2019): 263-273.

29. Muhammad Imran, Khan, Tariq Mahmood Ansari, Shagufta Zafar, Abdul Rehman Buzdar, Muhammad Ali Khan, Fatima Mumtaz, Prasert Prapamonthon and Mehwish Akhtar. "Acid Green-25 Removal from Wastewater by Anion Exchange Membrane: Adsorption Kinetic and Thermodynamic Studies." Membr. Water Treat 9, no. 2 (2018): 79-85.

30. Muhammad Imran, Khan, Shagufta Zafar, Muhammad Farooq Azhar, Abdul Rehman Buzdar, Warda Hassan, Abida Aziz and Majeda Khraisheh. "Leaves Powder of Syzgium Cumini as an Adsorbent for Removal of Congo Red Dye from Aqueous Solution." Fresenius Environ. Bull 27, (2018): 3342-3350.

31. Muhammad Farooq, Azhar, Abida Aziz, Muhammad Tahir Siddiqui, Shagufta Zafar, Muhammad Abdullah, Muhammad Ijaz and Mubshar Hussain. "Evaluation of Chemical Composition and Ethno-Botanical Uses of Calligonum Polygonoides L. In Cholistan Desert of Pakistan." ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ARZNEI-& GEWURZPFLANZEN 23, no. 3 (2018): 132-13

32. Muhammad Imran, Khan, Shagufta Zafar, Majeda Khraisheh, Muhammad Ali Khan, Abdul Rehman Buzdar, Munir Ullah Khan, Aziz ur Rehman, Prasert Prapamonthon10, Warda Hassan11 and Abida Aziz12. "Development and Surface Modification of Anion Exchange Membrane for Enhancement of Antifouling Potential in Electrodialys Process." FEB-FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, (2018): 6751.

33. Muhammad Imran, Khan, Shagufta Zafar, Muhammad Ali Khan, Fatima Mumtaz, Prasert Prapamonthon and Abdul Rehman Buzdar. "Bougainvillea Glabra Leaves for Adsorption of Congo Red from Wastewater." Fresenius Environ. Bull 27, (2018): 1456-1465.

34. Muhammad Imran, Khan, Shagufta Zafar, Abdul Rehman Buzdar, Muhammad Farooq Azhar, Warda Hassan and Abida Aziz. "Use of Citrus Sinensis Leaves as a Bioadsorbent for Removal of Congo Red Dye from Aqueous Solution." FEB-Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 4679, (2018).

35. Muhammad Imran, Khan, Rafael Luque, Pepijn Prinsen, Aziz Ur Rehman, Saima Anjum, Muhammad Nawaz, Aqeela Shaheen, Shagufta Zafar and Mujahid Mustaqeem. "Bppo-Based Anion Exchange Membranes for Acid Recovery Via Diffusion Dialysis." Materials 10, no. 3 (2017): 266.

36. Muhammad Imran, Khan, Shagufta Zafar, Muhammad Ali Khan, Abdul Rehman Buzdar and Prasert Prapamonthon. "Adsorption Kinetic, Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Study for the Removal of Congo Red from Aqueous Solution." Desalination and Water Treatment 98, (2017): 294-305.

37. Muhammad Ali, Khan, Muhammad Imran Khan and Shagufta Zafar "Removal of Different Anionic Dyes from Aqueous Solution by Anion Exchange Membrane." Membr. Water Treat 8, no. 3 (2017): 259-277.

38. Muhammad Imran, Khan, Muhammad Ali Khan, Shagufta Zafar, Muhammad Naeem Ashiq, Muhammad Athar, Ashfaq Mahmood Qureshi and Muhammad Arshad. "Kinetic, Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Studies for the Adsorption of Methyl Orange Using New Anion Exchange Membrane (Bii)." Desalination and Water Treatment 58, (2017): 285-297.

39. Shagufta Zafar, N. Khalid and M.L. Mirza “Sequestering of Thorium ions by rice husk: Kinetics and Thermodynamics Aspects” Journal of Radiochimica Acta 103(5): 385–395 (2015)

40. M. I. Khan, M. A. Khan, Shagufta Zafar, S. A. Hussain “Adsorption Kinetics and Thermodynamics study for the removal of anionic dye Eosin-B from aqueous solution by anion exchange membrane: Adsorption, kinetic and thermodynamics: Scholars Journal of Engineering and Technology, 3 (9) 741-749 (2015)

41. M. I. Khan, S. Akhtar, Shagufta Zafar, A. Shaheen, M. A. Khan, R. Luque and A. Rehman “Removal of Congo Red from Aqueous Solution by Anion Exchange Membrane (EBTAC):Adsorption Kinetics and Thermodynamics” Materials, 8, 4147-4161 (2015)

42. Shagufta Zafar, N. Khalid and M.L. Mirza “Kinetics studies of thorium ions adsorption onto rice husk: Linear and nonlinear approach” The Nucleus 52 (1) 14-19 (2015)

43. Shagufta Zafar, N. Khalid and M.L. Mirza “Potential of Rice husk for the decontamination of Silver ions from aqueous media” Separation Science and Technology 47, 1793-1801 (2012)

Shagufta Zafar, N. Khalid and M.L. Mirza “Adsorption Capacity of Rice Husk for Silver ions by Langmuir Isotherm Method” The Nucleus 48, No. 4 323-330 (2011) 

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