Dr. Muhammad Zaheer
Assistant Professor
Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering
Dr. Muhammad Zaheer earned his M.Phil degree from Quaid-i-Azam University. In 2009, he was awarded with HEC Overseas Scholarship for PhD studies in Germany. He completed his degree under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Rhett Kempe from the University of Bayrueth. During his PhD, he worked on the development of robust heterogeneous catalysts for sustainable chemistry applications including biomass tranformation into fuels and chemicals.
Dr. Zaheer has got published papers in the scientific journals of high impact like Chemical Society Reviews and Chemistry of Materials. He was a post doctoral fellow at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Bayreuth before joining LUMS as an assistant professor.
His research interests include the development of heterogeneous catalysts for the conversion of biomass to obtain fuels/chemicals, renewable energy generation/storage and green chemistry.
| Title | Publication | Author | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of transition metal (Mn/Fe/Cu) co-doped cerium oxide-based nano-additives for potential use in the reduction of exhaust emission from spark ignition engines | RSC Advances | 2022 | |
| Challenges for sustainable water use in the northern part of Pakistan focusing on hydrology assessment of non-industrial zone | Journal of Cleaner Production | 2022 | |
| Programmable Drug Release from a Dual-Stimuli Responsive Magnetic Metal-Organic Framework | ACS Omega | 2022 | |
| 2-amino-6-methylpyridine based salt converted to carbon electrode material for supercapacitive application | Journal of Molecular Structure | 2021 | |
| Alginate-chitosan/carbon nanotubes nanocomposites: An efficient alternative for co(ii) ions removal | Desalination and Water Treatment | 2021 | |
| Electrochemically Deposited Amorphous Cobalt-Nickel-Doped Copper Oxide as an Efficient Electrocatalyst toward Water Oxidation Reaction | ACS Omega | 2021 | |
| Catalytic C???O bond cleavage in a ??-O-4 lignin model through intermolecular hydrogen transfer | Inorganica Chimica Acta | 2021 | |
| Size-controlled synthesis of spinel nickel ferrite nanorods by thermal decomposition of a bimetallic Fe/Ni-MOF | Ceramics International | 2021 | |
| Populus ciliata mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their antibacterial activity | Microscopy Research and Technique | 2021 | |
| Catalytic removal of alizarin red using chromium manganese oxide nanorods: Degradation and kinetic studies | Catalysts | 2020 | |
| Fabrication of cobalt doped titania for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction | Molecular Catalysis | 2020 | |
| Soft template-based bismuth doped zinc oxide nanocomposites for photocatalytic depolymerization of lignin | Inorganica Chimica Acta | 2020 | |
| A Facile Synthesis of FeCo Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Hierarchical N-Doped Carbon Nanotube/Nanofiber Hybrids for Overall Water Splitting | ChemCatChem | 2020 | |
| One-Pot Synthesis of Heterobimetallic Metal???Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Multifunctional Catalysis | Chemistry - A European Journal | 2019 | |
| g-C<inf>3</inf>N<inf>4</inf>/CeO<inf>2</inf>/Fe<inf>3</inf>O<inf>4</inf> Ternary Composite as an Efficient Bifunctional Catalyst for Overall Water Splitting | ChemCatChem | 2018 | |
| One-pot synthesis of graphene- cobalt hydroxide composite nanosheets (Co/G NSs) for electrocatalytic water oxidation | Scientific Reports | 2018 | |
| Nitrogen-doped mesoporous SiC materials with catalytically active cobalt nanoparticles for the efficient and selective hydrogenation of nitroarenes | Scientific Reports | 2018 | |
| Stabilized fabrication of anatase-TiO<inf>2</inf>/FeS<inf>2</inf> (pyrite) semiconductor composite nanocrystals for enhanced solar light-mediated photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue | RSC Advances | 2018 | |
| Synthesis of lignin model compound containing a ??-O-4 linkage | Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section B Journal of Chemical Sciences | 2017 | |
| Single-catalyst high-weight% hydrogen storage in an N-heterocycle synthesized from lignin hydrogenolysis products and ammonia | Nature Communications | 2016 | |
| Micro-/Mesoporous Platinum???SiCN Nanocomposite Catalysts (Pt@SiCN): From Design to Catalytic Applications | Chemistry - A European Journal | 2016 | |
| Mesoporous silica nanosphere supported platinum nanoparticles (Pt@MSN): One-pot synthesis and catalytic hydrogen generation | RSC Advances | 2016 | |
| Robustly supported rhodium nanoclusters: Synthesis and application in selective hydrogenation of lignin derived phenolic compounds | New Journal of Chemistry | 2016 | |
| Catalytic hydrogenolysis of aryl ethers: A key step in lignin valorization to valuable chemicals | ACS Catalysis | 2015 | |
| Robust heterogeneous nickel catalysts with tailored porosity for the selective hydrogenolysis of aryl ethers | ChemCatChem | 2014 |