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Dr. Shaista Zafar

Associate Professor

  • B. Pharm from University of Karachi, Pakistan
  • M. Phil  from University of Karachi, Pakistan
  • Ph.D. from University of Karachi, Pakistan

About

Shaista Zafar is teaching pharmacycourses as an Assistant professor at the Department of Pharmacy, IqraUniversity, Karachi, Pakistan. She has been working in the pharmaceutical sector  forover ten years. She is also involved in different researchprojects at the University of Karachi Pakistan. She developed and implemented thecurriculum for the Pharm. D. and M. Phil research programs. She is recognized for her contributions to advancing knowledge inthe field through teaching and research. She publishedmore than 11 research papers in reputable journals in the areas of drugsynthesis, drug development, in-silicostudies, physicochemical properties of drugs, and sustained-release therapeuticproducts. She has a proven ability to teach and mentor students, contributing totheir academic and research growth. She also worked in pharmaceuticalproducts manufacturing at the industrial level and played a key role in themanufacturing/packaging of solid (Tablets/capsules), ointment, and liquiddosage forms. Where she applied research interests tothe development and production of pharmaceuticals. She demonstrated a commitment to staying current withindustry trends and innovations through continuous learning and professionaldevelopment, advanced academic achievements, teaching proficiencywith impactful research, and industry expertise, positioning her as a versatileprofessional with a comprehensive understanding and a proven track record ofsuccess in Pharmaceutical teaching, research, and development programs both inacademia, and industry.

Area of Expertise

  • Novel approaches towardpolymeric nanoparticles for controlled drug-released applications
  • Role of physicochemicalproperties in drug discovery and design

Publications & Research Work

Dr. Muhammad Shahnawaz Adil

Dr. Muhammad Shahnawaz Adil is an Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Management at Iqra University, Karachi. He holds more than 17 years of full-time university teaching, research, mentorship, and graduate thesis supervision experience. Additionally, he has been serving as the Cluster Head (Management) since January 2020 at the Main Campus. He is currently a member of the advisory and review boards of 18 national and international scholarly journals. 

He has presented various research ideas at international conferences abroad and has published over 25 research papers in national and international journals with 700+ Google citations. He has also authored a monograph on Leadership and Strategy published in Germany. He is an HEC-approved PhD supervisor and five Ph.D. candidates are going to complete their doctoral thesis under his sole supervision. In addition to supervising several industrial projects, 32 MPhil and hundreds of MBA students have successfully passed their research thesis in the Management discipline under his sole supervision. His research interests include the dark side of leadership, workplace mistreatment, multilevel modeling, and creative performance in higher education. He completed a ten-day comprehensive Training of Trainers conducted by Sindh HEC in May 2023.

Dr. Shahnawaz earned his Ph.D. degree in Management from an AACSB and AMBA-accredited business school of Malaysia in 2021. Earlier, he received his MPhil from Iqra University, a ‘triple-crown’ (AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS-accredited) MBA from Newcastle University (UK), Postgraduate Diploma from Stratford College London (UK), and B.Sc. (Honours) with Distinction from London Metropolitan University, UK. He has secured seven consecutive distinctions in his academic career and has clinched First Class First Position at Sindh Board of Technical Education. He has been associated with Iqra University as a permanent faculty member in the Department of Business Administration since August 2008. His main hobbies include horse-riding, playing scrabble, cooking, bird-farming, and long driving.

  • Shaista Zafar, Shamim Akhtar, Nousheen Mushtaq, Talat Tariq, Arifa Kamil and Sana Anwar. “Determination of pKa values of new phenacyl-piperidine derivatives by potentiometric titration method in aqueous medium at room temperature (25 ±0.5oC)” Pak. J. Pharm. Sci. vol 27, issue 4, 2014, 925-929.

 

  •  Shaista Zafar, Shamim Akhtar, Syed Imran Ali, Nausheen Mushtaq, Sabahat Naeem and Mohsin Ali.” Synthesis, Characterization and Antimicrobial Activity of Piperidine Derivatives”. J. Chem. Soc. Pak., Vol. 41, No. 02, 2019-363.

 

  • Shamim Akhtar, Nousheen Mushtaq, Syed Imran Ali,Ahsaan Ahmed and Sabahat Naeem. Determination of ionization constant anddrug-likeness prediction of synthetic isoniazid derivatives. Pak. J. Pharm.Sci., Vol.35, No.4, July 2022, 1103-1108.

 

  • Shamim Akhtar, Mohsin Ali, Syed Imran Ali, Nausheen Mushtaq, Sabahat Naeem.Spectrophotometric Determination of Dissociation Constant of Isoniazid and itsSulfonyl Derivatives. Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal, 2022.Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal, Vol. 57, No. 5, August, 2023.

 

  • In-silico determination of pKa and logp values of some isoniazid synthetic analogs using Marvin software. Pak.J. Pharm. Sci, vol 33, issue 2, 2020, 715-719.

 

  • Sabahat Naeem, Shamim Akhtar,  Zi-Ning Lei ,Kimberly Lu, Shaista Zafar, Ahsaan Ahmed, Mohsin Ali, Mansoor Ahmed andZhe-Sheng Chen. Cytotoxic and acute toxicity studies of isoniazid derivatives.Pak. J. Pharm. Sci., Vol.30, No.6 (Suppl), November 2017, 411-2415.

 

  • Sabahat Naeem, Shamim Akhtar, Nousheen Mushtaq, Shaista Zafar, Muhammad Arif, “Synthesis and antimicrobial studies of novel pyridine quaternary analogs. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, vol. 15, Issue 7, 2016, 160-170.

 

  • Sabahat Naeem, Shamim Akhtar, Nousheen Mushtaq, Arfa Kamil, Shaista Zafar, Sana Anwar and Muhammad Arif. Synthesis of novel derivatives of 4-Pyridine carboxylic acid hydrazide and their activity on the central nervous system. Pak. J. Pharm. Sci., vol 27, issue5, 2014, 1401-1408.

 

  • Sabahat Naeem, Shamim Akhtar, Nousheen Mushtaq, Arfa Kamil, Iffat Mahmood, Shaista Zafar, Muhammad Arif and Z.S. Saify. Analgesic and Anxiolytic Evaluation of Nʹ-Substituted Arylsulphonyl and Benzoyl Derivatives of 4-Pyridine Carbohydrazide. FUUAST J. Biol., 2014, 4(2): 123-126.

 

  • Sabahat Naeem, Shamim Akhtar, Nadia Asghar, Sikander Khan Sherwani, Nousheen Mushtaq, Arfa Kamil, Shaista Zafar, Mohammad Arif. Antimicrobial and antioxidant screening of N′-substituted sulphonyl and benzoyl derivatives of 4-Pyridine carboxylic acid hydrazide. Pak. J. Pharm. Sci. vol 28, issue 6, 2015, 2129-2134.

 

  • Shamim Akhtar, Muhammad Arif, Sabahat Naeem, Nousheen Mushtaq, Shaista Zafar, Ahsan Ahmed, Zafar Saeed Saify. Analgesic and Antimicrobial Evaluation of New Synthetic Bromophenacyl Derivatives of Hexahydroisonicotinamide. HAMDARD MEDICUS Vol, 62, issue 2, 2019. 57-66.

 

  • Mohsin Ali, Muhammad Raza Shah, Rustem Zairov, Shaista Zafar, Syed Imran Ali, Faizan Ansar, and Khadim Mohi Uddin. An Efficient RP-HPLC-Based Approach for Simultaneous Determination of Sitagliptin and Metformin HCl in Pharmaceutical Drug Formulation (Accepted for publication in the upcoming issue of Pak. J. Pharm Sci.).