Dr. Naeem Akhtar
BS (BZU), MS (BZU), Ph. D. (Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan)
Assistant Professor (IPFP)
Institute of Chemical Sciences
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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Field of Specialization
· Doctor of science with specialization in Nanotechnology
Research Interests
· Fabrication of nano-materials for designing,
1. Energy storage devices
2. Electrochemical and photo-electrochemical sensors for bio-molecular recognition from physiological fluids
3. Electrochemical and photo-electrochemical sensors for toxic metal ions from environmental samples
4. Electro-catalysis for oxygen reduction reaction
Profile
Dr. Naeem Akhtar received his BS and MS (Physical Chemistry) in 2010 from Department of Chemistry, B. Z. University, Multan Pakistan. He was selected as a senior visiting scholar in 2011 to join National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing China under the supervision of Prof. He. Tao and was awarded excellent student award. In 2012, he won National institute for material science (NIMS)-Waseda university joint Jr. Research assistantship and became the first Pakistani to Join NIMS as a junior researcher. He started his Ph.D research work in April 2013 under the supervision renowned Egyptian Scientist, Prof. Sherif El. Safty (Japan has proposed him formally to the Noble prize for chemicals, because of his excellent work in the field of Nanotechnology). During Ph.D research work he won Waseda University, Young Doctoral Scholarship for consecutive three years (1600000 JPY) and also JASSO Honors Scholarship (65000 JPY/month) for a year. He was awarded Ph.D degree with entitle “Doctor of Science” on March 25, 2016 by Waseda University on thesis title “Nanoelectrochemical sensor for selective molecular recognition”. After his return to home country Pakistan, he joined Institute of Chemical Sciences, B. Z. University, Multan Pakistan as an assistant professor in Physical Chemistry on July 28, 2016.
Publications
1. Akhtar, Naeem; El-Safty, Sherif A.; Abdelsalam, Mamdouh E.; Shenashen, Mohamed A.; Kawarada, Hiroshi. Radially oriented nanostrand electrodes to boost glucose sensing in mammalian blood. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 2016. vol. 77, p. 656-665. (IF. 6.41)
2. Akhtar, Naeem; El-Safty, Sherif A.; Abdelsalam, Mamdouh E.; Kawarada, Hiroshi. One-Pot Fabrication of Dendritic NiO@carbon-nitrogen Dot Electrodes for Screening Blood Glucose Level in Diabetes. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2015. vol. 4, no. 14, p. 2110-2119. (IF. 5.80)
3. Akhtar, Naeem; El-Safty, Sherif A.; Khairy, Md; El-Said, Waleed A. Fabrication of a highly selective nonenzymatic amperometric sensor for hydrogen peroxide based on nickel foam/cytochrome c modified electrode. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 2015. vol. 207, Part A, no. 0, p. 158-166. (IF. 4.10)
4. Akhtar, Naeem; El-Safty, Sherif A.; Abdelsalam, Mamdouh E.; Kawarada, Hiroshi. Electron transport dependence of nanoscale hemeprotein molecular structures for engineering electrochemical nanosensor. Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects. 2015. vol. 2, p. 35-44. (IF. 3.25)
5. Akhtar, Naeem; El-Safty, Sherif A.; Khairy, Mohamed. Simple and Sensitive Electrochemical Sensor-Based Three-Dimensional Porous Ni-Hemoglobin Composite Electrode. Chemosensors. 2014. vol. 2, no. 4, p. 235-250. (IF. 2.25)
6. Warkocki, Wojciech; El-Safty, Sherif A.; Shenashen, Mohamed A.; Elshehy, Emad; Yamaguchi, Hitoshi; Akhtar, Naeem. Photo-induced recovery, optical detection, and separation of noxious SeO32- using a mesoporous nanotube hybrid membrane. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2015. (IF. 7.44)
7. Akhtar, Naeem, H. B. Ahmad, M. Hussain, Kinetic Investigation of Hydrolysis of Keto Esters Spectrophotometrically, Asian Journal of Chemistry, 2012, 24, 5. (IF. 0.45)
8. Ahmad, H. Badar, Y. Abbas, M. Hussain, Akhtar, Naeem; T. M. Ansari, Z. Muhammad, M. Khalid, S. A. Arain, Synthesis and application of alumina supported nano zero valent zinc as adsorbent for the removal of arsenic and nitrate, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2014, 1-5. (IF. 1.17)
9. Tabasum, S. Asghar, S. Ashraf, S. Ahmad, H. Badar; Akhtar. Naeem; Physicochemical Characterization and Frying Quality of Canola and Sunflower Oil Samples, Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, 2012, 34, 513-517. (IF. 0.35)
10. Akhtar, Naeem; El-Safty, Sherif A.; Abdelsalam, Mamdouh E. Heme-protein Modified Electrodes for Highly Selective and Sensitive Detection of H2O2 from Apple Juice. NANOMATERIALS: APPLICATIONS AND PROPERTIES. Vol. 4 No 2, 02NABM05 (8pp) (2015).
Most awaited Publications:
11. Akhtar, Naeem; El-Safty, Sherif A.; Shenashen, Mohamed A.; Yamaguchi, Hitoshi; Mesoscopic Fabric Sheet Racks and Blocks as Catalysts with Efficiently Exposed Surfaces for Alcohol Electrooxidation, Advance energy materials. (IF. 16.11)
12. Akhtar, Naeem; El-Safty, Sherif A.; Kawarada, Hiroshi.; Fabrication of a highly selective nonenzymatic photoelectrochemcial sensor for screening dopamine level in living cells. Nature communications. (IF. 11.47).