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Dr. Nusrat Shafiq

Government College Women University Faisalabad, University of Wah, Islamia University of Bahawalpur Pakistan, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Government Sadiq College Women University

Research areas: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics · Drug Discovery · Computational Drug Discovery Methods · Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds · Bioactive natural compounds

ORCID iD 0000-0002-3270-4227

About

Nusrat Shafiq has been working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Government College Women University Faisalabad, Pakistan since April 2015 to present. Dr. Nusrat Shafiq received her B.Sc., MSc and PhD in Chemistry from the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan. She has received International research initiative support Program award by Higher education commission of Pakistan for research in Pisa University, Italy. Her research work focuses on Organic synthesis, Natural Product and medicinal chemistry, computer-aided drug design, bioinformatics, molecular docking. I have developed research laboratory under research grants TDF03-172 by HEC Pakistan and PSF/TH-22 by Pakistan Science Foundation. I am working on developing anti-diabetic and anti-oxidant potential inhibitors from natural sources. I am working on re-purposing of drugs for multi-function.

Employment

Education

  • Islamia University of Bahawalpur Pakistan MSC
    2005 - 2008
  • 2003 - 2005
  • Board of Intermediate and secondary education Bahawalpur FSC
    2001 - 2003
  • Board of Intermediate and secondary education Materic
    1999 - 2001

Projects & Funding

  • Synthesis of important APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredients) with potential market demand: A step towards enhancement in Pakistan Economy Pakistan Science Foundation
    2022 - 2024
  • In vitro micro and macro propagation of Allantoin from shrub for its commercialization to cosmetic Industry HEC-Pakistan
    2019 - 2021
  • Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel pyrimidine derivatives Higher Education Commission, Pakistan
    2017 - 2019

Publications (98)