uzma rasheed mughal - Institute of Sustainable Halophyte Utilization

UZMA RASHEED MUGHAL
A-320/B Block B, Ahmed Abad Colony,
North Nazimabad, Karachi, Pakistan.
Email: uzmhej@gmail.com,
CURRENT POSITION
Assistant Professor at Institute of Sustainable Halophyte Utilization (ISHU), University of
Karachi under Interim Placement of Fresh Ph.Ds Programme (IPFP) offered by HEC (Higher
Education Commission) of Pakistan.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (Org. Chem.) H.E.J.R.I.C. University of Karachi, Pakistan 2012
Title of Ph. D. thesis: Phytochemical Investigations on Eremostachys vicaryi Benth.,
Eremostachys loasifolia Benth. and Spiraea brahuica Boiss.
M.Sc. Chem (Org.) 1 st Division 2005
B.Sc. Chemistry, Microbiology, Zoology 2 nd Division 2003
ACHIEVEMENTS
‣ Research fellowship awarded by HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, from 2005 to 2010.
‣ HEC Indigenous Ph.D. fellowship (Batch VII) awardee 2011 to 2012.
‣ Passed International Subjective GRE (Chemistry) with 68 percentile.
‣ Passed Graduate Assessment Test (GAT) with 73 percentile.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor April 2013 till now Institute of Sustainable Halophyte Utilization,
University of Karachi, Karachi-75270
Visiting Faculty Sept 2012 –Feb 2013 Department of Environmental Sciences, Federal
Urdu University of Arts, Science &
Technology, Karachi-75300
Research Fellow 2005- 2012 Ph. D. Research fellow in International Center
for Chemical and Biological Sciences,
University of Karachi, Karachi-75270

RESEARCH INTERESTS
‣ Phytochemistry: isolation and determining bioactivity of extracts and isolated components to
explore the plant biodiversity against fatal diseases.
‣ Isolation and structure elucidation of the biologically active natural products
‣ Synthetic organic chemistry
‣ Synthesis of biological active ligands and their metal complexes
‣ Synthesis of medicinally important natural products using new synthetic strategies
‣ Development of new and efficient synthetic strategies for improved drug targets
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS IMPACT FACTOR : 14
1. Uzma Rasheed Mughal, Rashad Mehmood, Abdul Malik, Bakhat Ali and Rasool Bakhsh
Tareen, Flavonoid Constituents from Spiraea brahuica. Helv. Chim. Acta 2012, 95, 100-105.
2. Uzma Rasheed Mughal, Rashad Mehmood, Abdul Malik, Bakhat Ali, Muhammad Safder
and Rasool Bakhsh Tareen, Spiraeamide, a new sphingolipid from Spiraea brahuica. Journal
of Asian Natural Products Research, 14, 2012, 601-606.
3. Bakhat Ali, Rashad Mehmood, Uzma Rasheed Mughal, Abdul Malik, Muhammad Safder,
Riaz Hussain, Muhammad Imran and Rasool Bakhsh Tareen, Eremosides A-C, New Iridoid
Glucosides from Eremostachys loasifolia. Helv. Chim. Acta 2012, 95, 586-593.
4. Muhammad Safder, Rashad Mehmood, Bakhat Ali, Uzma Rasheed Mughal, Abdul Malik
and Abdul Jabbar, New Secondary Metabolites from Asphodelus tenuifolius. Helv. Chim.
Acta 2012, 95, 144-151.
5. Muhammad Imran, Rashad Mehmood, Uzma Rasheed Mughal, Bakhat Ali and Abdul
Malik, Vicarin, a new isoflavone from Eremostachys vicaryi. J. Asian Nat. Prod. Res., 14,
2012, 293–296.
6. Uzma Rasheed Mughal, Itrat Fatima, Abdul Malik and Rasool Bakhsh Tareen, Loasifolin,
a new flavonoid from Eremostachys loasifolia. J. Asian Nat. Prod. Res., 12, 2010, 328–330.
7. Uzma Rasheed Mughal, Ghulam Fareed, Abdul Malik, Muhammad Ali Versiani, Nighat
Afza and Rasool Bakhsh Tareen, Loasins A and B, new flavonoids from Eremostachys
loasifolia. Nat. Prod. Res., (Accepted), (2013).
8. Ghulam Fareed, Nighat Afza, Muhammad Ali Versiani, Nazia Fareed, Uzma Rasheed
Mughal, Mahboob Ali Kalhoro, Lubna Iqbal, Mehreen Lateef "Synthesis, spectroscopic
characterization and pharmacological evaluation of oxazolones derivatives " J. Serb. Chem.
Soc. (Accepted), (2013)
9. Uzma Rasheed Mughal, Ghulam Fareed and Abdul Malik. Phytochemical Investigations of
flavonoids from Eremostachys loasifolia. J. Chem. Soc. Pak., (Submitted).

10. Uzma Rasheed Mughal, Abdul Malik and Rasool Bakhsh Tareen, New Highly Oxygenated
Flavonoids from Spiraea brahuica. Chem. Biodiv., (Submitted).
11. Ghulam Fareed, Nighat Afza, Muhammad Ali Versiani, Nazia Fareed, Uzma Rasheed
Mughal, Mahboob Ali Kalhoro, Lubna Iqbal, Mehreen Lateef.” Structure Activity
Relationship: Antioxidant activity of some novel (2-aminophenyl)(phenyl)methanone Schiff
bases” Med. Chem. & Drug Discovery (Submitted).
12. Ghulam Fareed, Nighat Afza, Abdul Malik, Muhammad Ali Versiani, Nazia Fareed, Uzma
Rasheed Mughal, Mahboob Ali Kalhoro, Mehreen Lateef, Rasool Bakhsh Tareen, and
Lubna Iqbal “Radical scavenging and urease inhibition activities of aerial parts of Nepeta
praetervisa” Eur. Rev. Med. & Pharmacol. Sci. (Submitted).
PRESENTATIONS/ LECTURES
‣ A 60-minute talk on “Phytochemical Investigations on Eremostachys vicaryi Benth.,
Eremostachys loasifolia Benth. and Spiraea brahuica Boiss.” Ph. D. defence (October
2012, Dean Science office, University of Karachi).
‣ A 30-minute talk on “Flavonoidal constituents from Eremostachys vicaryi, Eremostachys
loasifolia and Spiraea brahuica” in 10 th International and 22 nd National Chemistry
Conference (21-23 November, 2011, Faisalabad, Pakistan).
‣ A 60-minute talk on “Total Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (-)-Jorumycin and (-)-
Renieramycin G” as per Ph.D. requirement (May 2008, HEJRIC, Karachi).
‣ A 60-minute talk on “Total Synthesis and Evaluation of C26-Hydroxyepothilone D
Derivatives” as per Ph.D. requirement (September 2010, HEJRIC, Karachi).
‣ A 60-minute talk on “Ph.D. work” as per Ph.D. requirement (June 2012, HEJRIC, Karachi).
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
‣ Poster Presentation on 9 th International & 21 st National Chemistry Conference, Department
of Chemistry and International and Biological Sciences (14-16 March, 2011, Karachi,
Pakistan).
‣ Poster Presentation on 13th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry
(September 22-25, 2012, Karachi, Pakistan).
COURSES/WORKSHOPS/ TRAINING/SYMPOSIUMS ATTENDED
‣ One day workshop on “Clinical Research, Pharmacovigilance & PhV Net Data Base”,
organized by Department of Microbiology, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science &
Technology & Medical Microbiology Association of Pakistan,
Feb 28, 2013, Karachi, Pakistan.

‣ One day workshop on “How to Write Scientific Manuscripts for High Impact Factor
Journals?”, L.E.J. National science Information Center Under the Virtual Education Project
Pakistan (VEPP) and Higher Education Commission, Pakistan ,2011.
‣ One day workshop on “How to Write A Winning Scientific Research Proposal?” organized
by International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, HEJ Research Institute of
Chemistry, September 24, 2011, Karachi, Pakistan.
‣ Two day National Workshop on Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security in Universities of
Pakistan, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan and International Center for Chemical
and Biological Sciences, Feb 22-23, 2011, Karachi, Pakistan.
‣ 10 th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry, organized by International
Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, January 6-9, 2006, Karachi, Pakistan.
‣ 11 th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry organized by International
Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences University of Karachi, October 29-November
01, 2008, Karachi, Pakistan.
‣ 18 th National Chemistry Conference, Chemical Society of Pakistan, Institute of Chemistry,
Punjab University , Lahore, Feb 25-27, 2008, Pakistan.
‣ 12 th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry, International Center for
Chemical Sciences, November 22-25, 2010, Karachi, Pakistan.
‣ Advance Courses on X-ray crystallography, NMR, Mass Spectrometry organized by H.E.J.
Research Institute of Chemistry University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
‣ Attended practical courses of HPLC, GC-MS, GC, IR, UV, CD, 1D and 2D NMR
techniques, held at HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
‣ An Advance Course in “Organic Synthesis Practical Course”, June 01, 2004 to July 31, 2004,
HEJ Karachi, Pakistan.
‣ Two-day workshop on Entitled, “Developing Skills for the Interpretation of 1D and 2D NMR
Spectral Data for the Structure Determination of Organic Molecules”, April 25-26, 2012,
HEJ, Karachi, Pakistan.
‣ Two-day PAK-US workshop on,“APPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY”, May 29-
30, 2012, HEJ, Karachi, Pakistan.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• NMR spectroscopy (handling and data interpretation)
• Mass Spectrometry (handling and data interpretation)
• UV-Visible spectroscopy
• IR- Spectroscopy
• Chromatography
• Synthesis techniques

PERSONAL DATA
Father’s Name : Muhammad Rasheed
Marital Status : Single
Languages : English, Urdu
REFRENCES
1. Dr. Bilquees Gul
Director and Associate Professor
Institute of Sustainable Halophyte Utilization
University of Karachi, Karachi-75270
Pakistan.
E-mail: bilqueesgul@uok.edu.pk
Tel: +92-21-34820253
2. Prof. Dr. Abdul Malik S.I.
International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences
H. E. J. Research Institute of chemistry
University of Karachi, Karachi-75270
Pakistan.
E-mail: abdul.malik@iccs.edu
Tel: +92-21-111-222-292 Ext. 139
Cell: +92-300-2007250
3. Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary H.I., S.I., T.I.
Distinguished National Professor
Director
International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences
H. E. J. Research Institute of chemistry
University of Karachi, Karachi-75270
Pakistan.
E-mail: iqbal.choudhary@iccs.edu
hej@cyber.net.pk
Tel: (21) 4819010 Ext: 106
Fax: (+92-21) 4819018