{"id":12,"date":"2018-06-08T10:45:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T10:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orgchem.lums.edu.pk\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-10-27T17:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:38:53","slug":"group-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/orgchem.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/group-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Group Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"rg\">\n<h2>Group Members<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"rg-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rahmansaleem.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/08\/img-20230726-wa0019.jpg?w=800\" alt=\"The research group\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"lede\">The letters before each name are that member\u2019s group code.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rg-jump\"><a href=\"#current\">Current members<\/a> | <a href=\"#alumni\">Former members<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"current\">Current members<\/h3>\n<h4>Principal investigator<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"rg-people\"><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b><a href=\"\/index.php\/dr-rahman-shah-zaib-saleem\/\">Dr Rahman Shah Zaib Saleem<\/a><\/b><span>Associate Professor<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<h4>PhD students<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"rg-people\"><li><span class=\"code\">KA<\/span><span><b>Kainat Ahmed<\/b><span>PhD, 2020\u2013; writing thesis<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">MN<\/span><span><b>Muhammad Naeem Khan<\/b><span>PhD, 2022\u2013; writing thesis<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Maheen Aslam<\/b><span>PhD, 2023\u2013<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">UH<\/span><span><b>Um E Habiba<\/b><span>PhD, 2025\u2013<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<h4>MS students<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"rg-people\"><li><span class=\"code\">AA1<\/span><span><b>Ali Ahmed<\/b><span>MS, 2024\u2013<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">MAI<\/span><span><b>Muhammad Atif Iftikhar<\/b><span>MS<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">MHZ<\/span><span><b>Muhammad Hamza Zahid<\/b><span>MS<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">MG<\/span><span><b>Mishma Gill<\/b><span>MS<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<h4>BS students<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"rg-people\"><li><span class=\"code\">MT<\/span><span><b>Mabroor Ahmad Tahir<\/b><span>Senior-year project<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">HZR<\/span><span><b>Raiha Bilal Umer<\/b><span>Senior-year project<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<h4>Research assistants<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"rg-people\"><li><span class=\"code\">MM<\/span><span><b>Muhammad Mohsin Ali<\/b><span>Research Assistant<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Rabiya Nadeem<\/b><span>Research Assistant<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"alumni\">Former group members<\/h3>\n<p>Our former students have gone on to PhD and postdoctoral positions at Princeton, Johns Hopkins, Cambridge, Imperial College London, Minnesota and Purdue, among others, and to industry roles at Arvinas, Intel and Agilent.<\/p>\n<details open><summary>Postdoctoral researcher<\/summary><ul class=\"rg-alum\"><li><span class=\"code\">MH<\/span><span><b>Dr Maira Pasha<\/b> Abdus Salam Postdoctoral Fellow, 2023\u201326<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/details>\n<details open><summary>PhD<\/summary><ul class=\"rg-alum\"><li><span class=\"code\">SR<\/span><span><b>Dr Sharon Riaz<\/b> PhD 2015\u201320; Senior Research Scientist, Hermay Labs, with the University of Alberta<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Dr Salma Batool<\/b> PhD 2021, Co Supervised student from PMAS Arid Agriculture University; Assistant Professor, University of Central Punjab<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">FF<\/span><span><b>Dr Farhat Firdous<\/b> PhD 2018\u201325; Postdoctoral Researcher, O\u2019Brien Lab, Purdue University<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">HB<\/span><span><b>Dr Humera Baig<\/b> PhD 2018\u201326; Assistant Professor, Punjab Higher Education Department<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/details>\n<details open><summary>MS<\/summary><ul class=\"rg-alum\"><li><span class=\"code\">UF<\/span><span><b>Hafiz Syed Usama Bin Farrukh<\/b> MS 2015; PhD as DAAD Fellow, INM Saarland<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">BS<\/span><span><b>Babar Shehzad<\/b> MS 2015; Lecturer, TNS Beaconhouse<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">SI<\/span><span><b>Sunniya Iftikhar<\/b> MS 2016; PhD LUMS; Postdoctoral Researcher, Howard University<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">SM<\/span><span><b>Safia Manzoor<\/b> MS 2017; PhD, Wuhan University of Science and Technology<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">ASB<\/span><span><b>Amna Saif<\/b> MS 2017\u201319; Beaconhouse School System<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">AAH<\/span><span><b>Aansa Hanif<\/b> MS 2018; PhD, Western Michigan University<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">UKM<\/span><span><b>Umme Kalsoom<\/b> MS 2018; Visiting Lecturer, GC Malakwal<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">RI<\/span><span><b>Rida Ibrahim<\/b> MS 2017\u201319; PhD, Iowa State University<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Qamar Hayat Khan<\/b> MS 2017\u201319; PhD, Texas Christian University<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">SNA<\/span><span><b>Dr Sana Iqbal<\/b> MS 2018\u201320; PhD LUMS 2025; Postdoctoral Researcher, LUMS<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">AN<\/span><span><b>Aqsa Naseem<\/b> MS 2018\u201320; Academic Associate, Maqsad<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">AI<\/span><span><b>Amber Iqbal<\/b> MS 2019\u201321; PhD, Iowa State University<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">KZ<\/span><span><b>Khushboo-e-Zahra<\/b> MS 2019\u201321; Lecturer, KFUEIT<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">HK<\/span><span><b>Hina Khan<\/b> MS 2020\u201322<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">DA<\/span><span><b>Delawar Ashraf<\/b> MS 2020\u201322; PhD, University of Florida<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">RSA<\/span><span><b>Rana Shujait Ali<\/b> MS 2021\u201323; PhD, University of Houston<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">UG<\/span><span><b>Muhammad Usama Gul Khan<\/b> MS 2021\u201323; PhD, University of Houston<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">LS<\/span><span><b>Leena Siddiqui<\/b> MS 2021\u201323; PhD, University of Kansas<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">MZ<\/span><span><b>Memona Zafar<\/b> MS 2022\u201324; PhD, University of Minnesota<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">AJ<\/span><span><b>Aishal Jamal<\/b> MS 2022\u201324<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">MS<\/span><span><b>Mohsin Shah<\/b> MS 2023\u201325<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">MM<\/span><span><b>Muhammad Mohsin Ali<\/b> MS 2023\u201325; now Research Assistant, LUMS<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">HS<\/span><span><b>Hamna Saqib<\/b> MS 2024\u201326<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">ASK<\/span><span><b>Aleena Shakeel<\/b> MS 2024\u201326<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/details>\n<details open><summary>BS<\/summary><ul class=\"rg-alum\"><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Dr Waqas Rasheed<\/b> BS 2013; PhD University of Minnesota; Process Engineer, Intel<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Dr Syed M. Usama<\/b> BS 2014; PhD Texas A&amp;M; Postdoc NIH; <a href=\"https:\/\/usamaresearchgroup.wordpress.com\/\">Assistant Professor, UTSA<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">AS<\/span><span><b>Aniqa Sardar<\/b> BS 2014; MRes Imperial College London<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Aatir Sohail<\/b> BS 2014; Design Lead, Sastaticket.pk<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Dr Syed Saad Imran<\/b> BS 2015; PhD Princeton University; Postdoc NREL<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">MK<\/span><span><b>Dr Muhammad Kazim<\/b> BS 2016; PhD Johns Hopkins University; Postdoc NIH<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">SA<\/span><span><b>Dr Scheherzad Alvi<\/b> BS 2016; PhD Texas A&amp;M; Research Scientist, Agilent Technologies<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">HZ<\/span><span><b>Dr Huda Zahid<\/b> BS 2017; PhD University of Minnesota; Research Scientist, Arvinas<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">MA<\/span><span><b>Muhammad Abdullah<\/b> BS 2017; PhD, Michigan State University<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">AA<\/span><span><b>Ayesha Amjad<\/b> BS 2019; PhD, Indiana University Bloomington<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">RM<\/span><span><b>Rimsha Irfan<\/b> BS 2020; MPhil University of Cambridge; Teaching Fellow, University of Birmingham Dubai<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">SKF<\/span><span><b>Shikufa Mousavi<\/b> BS 2021; PhD, Emory University<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">NJ<\/span><span><b>Nawal Jafri<\/b> BS 2021; PhD, Iowa State University<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">ZB<\/span><span><b>Zainab Batool<\/b> BS 2022; PhD, UC Santa Barbara<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">SMU<\/span><span><b>Syed Muhammad Umer<\/b> BS 2022; PhD, University of Minnesota<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">MU<\/span><span><b>Muhammad Uzair Arshad<\/b> BS 2024; PhD, Michigan State University<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/details>\n<details open><summary>BS students as co-researchers<\/summary><ul class=\"rg-alum\"><li><span class=\"code\">MT<\/span><span><b>Mabroor Ahmad Tahir<\/b> Co-researcher, summer 2026<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">HZR<\/span><span><b>Hadia Sajid<\/b> Co-researcher, summer 2026<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">HZR<\/span><span><b>Zanib Tariq<\/b> Co-researcher, summer 2026<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">HZR<\/span><span><b>Raiha Bilal Umer<\/b> Co-researcher, summer 2026<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/details>\n<details open><summary>Research assistants<\/summary><ul class=\"rg-alum\"><li><span class=\"code\">SH<\/span><span><b>Sumiya Iqbal<\/b> Research Assistant; PhD as DAAD Fellow, University of Cologne<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">MK<\/span><span><b>Dr Muhammad Kazim<\/b> Research Assistant, 2016<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">NZ<\/span><span><b>Nazia Sattar<\/b> Lab Instructor, 2012\u201313<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">SK<\/span><span><b>Sardaraz Khan<\/b> Lab Instructor, 2014\u201315; Postdoc, KFUPM<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/details>\n<details><summary>Students under co-supervision<\/summary><ul class=\"rg-alum\"><li><span class=\"code\">LA<\/span><span><b>Laiba Asim<\/b> MS UCP 2023<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code\">AH<\/span><span><b>Azka Habib<\/b> MS UCP 2023<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Mahnoor Zameer<\/b> MS FCC University 2019<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Rabia Hashmat<\/b> MS FCC University 2019<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Moaiza Iftikhar<\/b> MA Biochemistry, UCP 2021<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Mehwish Javed<\/b> PhD, University of Agriculture Faisalabad<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Munazzah Yaqoob<\/b> PhD, University of Agriculture Faisalabad<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Zofishan Mahmood<\/b> PhD, University of Agriculture Faisalabad<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/details>\n<details><summary>Summer interns and RISE fellows<\/summary><ul class=\"rg-alum\"><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Muhammad Uzair Arshad<\/b> Summer 2022<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Ayesha Amjad<\/b> Summers 2017 and 2018<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Haniya Tariq<\/b> Summers 2017 and 2018<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Rimsha Irfan<\/b> Summers 2017 and 2018<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Wardah Rasheed<\/b> RISE 2023, International School Lahore<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"code none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Aized Khalil<\/b> RISE 2023, Aitchison College Lahore<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/details>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Group Members The letters before each name are that member\u2019s group code. Current members | Former members Current members Principal investigator Dr Rahman Shah Zaib SaleemAssociate Professor PhD students KAKainat AhmedPhD, 2020\u2013; writing thesis MNMuhammad Naeem KhanPhD, 2022\u2013; writing thesis Maheen AslamPhD, 2023\u2013 UHUm E HabibaPhD, 2025\u2013 MS students AA1Ali AhmedMS, 2024\u2013 MAIMuhammad Atif IftikharMS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgchem.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgchem.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgchem.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgchem.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgchem.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/orgchem.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370,"href":"https:\/\/orgchem.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgchem.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}