Assistant Professor
Dr Iqbal Ahmad
0519575223
iqbal.ahmad@aiou.edu.pk

Education

PhD Chemistry (2013-2017)

Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Experience

Working Experience

2021 ~ Present:      Assistant Professor: Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan.

2019 ~ 2021:           Post Doctorate: Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.

2017 ~ 2019:        Lecturer: Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan.

Research Experience

2017 ~ Present:     Fabrication of heterostructure-based nanocrystals.               

2013 ~ 2017:          Synthesis of multimetallic oxide-based nanocrystals.

2010 ~ 2012:          Controlled synthesis of photoactive materials.

Research Supervisory Experience

Ph.D.:                  3 (01 as Co-supervisor).

Master:               21.

Publications

Research Publications (First & Corresponding Author)

  1. Mustafa, G.; Saleem, M.; Ahmad, I.*; Sohail, M.; Gillani, S. H.; Nazar, M. F.; Zairov, R.; Syed, A.; Elgorban, A. M.; Bahkali, A. H. (2025), Emergent Materials (https://doi.org/10.1007/s42247-025-01065-0). (*As corresponding author)
  2. Ayub, H.; Jabeen, U.; Ahmad, I.*; Aamir, M.; Ullah, A.; Mushtaq, A.; Behlil, F.; Javaid, B.; Syed, A.; Elgorban, A. M.; Bahkali, A. H.; Zairov, R.; Ali, A. (2024), Heliyon, 10, e39912. (*As corresponding author).
  3. Yousaf, S.; Zulfiqar, S.; Khalid, M. U.; Warsi, M. F.; Shakir, I.; Shahid, M.; Ahmad, I.*; Cochran, E. W. (2024), RSC Advances, 14, 16661-16677. (*As corresponding author).
  4. Yousaf, S.; Ahmad, I.*; Warsi, M.; Ali, A. (2024), Materials Advances, 5, 7891-7978. (*As corresponding author).
  5. Sohail, M., Ayyob, M., Wang, A., Sun, Z., Syed, A., Elgorban, A. M., Bahkali, A. H. Zairov, R., Ahmad, I.* (2024), International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 67, 1000-1008. (*As corresponding author).
  6. Sirati, M. M., Sirati, S., Amara, U., Hussain, A., Hussain, D., Hanif, M., Mahmood, K.,  Asif, H. M., Khalid, M., Tariq, M., Siddique, F., Yaqub, M., Ahmad, I.* (2024), Fuel 362, 130812. (*As corresponding author
  7. Shakoor, I., Jabeen, U., Ahmad, I.*, Riaz, S., Tayyab, M., Syed, A., Bahkali, A. H., Riaz, M., Zairov, R. R., and Zafar, M. N. (2024), Inorganica Chimica Acta 560, 121837. (*As corresponding author)
  8. Sohail, M., Ayyob, M., Wang, A., Altuijri, R., El Maati, L. A., and Ahmad, I.* (2024), International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 51, 1042-1049. (*As corresponding author)
  9. Gillani, S. H., Sohail, M., Abu El Maati, L., Altuijri, R., Zairov, R., Nazar, M. F., and Ahmad, I.* (2023), Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 976, 172931. (*As corresponding author)
  10. Sohail, M., Ayyob, M., Wang, A., Sun, Z., El Maati, L. A., Altuijri, R., Zairov, R., and Ahmad, I.* (2023), International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 52,  1290-1297. (*As corresponding author)
  11. Afaq, M., Shahid, M., Ahmad, I.*, Yousaf, S., Alazmi, A., Mahmoud, M. H. H., El Azab, I. H., and Warsi, M. F. (2023), RSC Advances 13, 19046-19057. (*As corresponding author)
  12. Khan, N. A., Ahmad, I.*, Rashid, N., Hussain, S., Zairov, R., Alsaiari, M., Alkorbi, A. S., Ullah, Z., Hafiz, u., and Nazar, M. F. (2023), International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 48, 31142-31151. (*As corresponding author)
  13. Yousaf, S., Katubi, K. M., Zulfiqar, S., Warsi, M. F., Alrowaili, Z. A., Al-Buriahi, M. S., and Ahmad, I.* (2023), International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 48, 27201-27214. (*As corresponding author)
  14. Shafa, M., Ahmad, I.*, Hussain, S., Asif, M., Pan, Y., Zairov, R., Alothman, A. A., Ouladsmane, M., Ullah, Z., Ullah, N., Lai, C., Jabeen, U. (2023), Surfaces and Interfaces 36 102616. (*As corresponding author)
  15. Koukab, S., Rashid, N., Ahmad, I.*, Nadeem, H., and Ismail, H. (2022), Journal of Molecular Structure 1262, 133040. (*As corresponding author)
  16. Manzoor, S., Munawar, T., Gouadria, S., Sadaqat, M., Abid, A. G., Munawar, A., Hussain, F., Iqbal, F., Ahmad, I.*, and Ashiq, M. N. (2022), Journal of Energy Storage 55, 105488. (*As corresponding author)
  17. Yousaf, S., Zulfiqar, S., Somaily, H. H., Warsi, M. F., Rasheed, A., Shahid, M., and Ahmad, I.* (2022), RSC Advances 12, 23454-23465. (*As corresponding author)
  18. Khan, N. A., Rashid, N., Ahmad, I.*, Zahidullah, Zairov, R., Rehma, H., Nazar, M. F., Jabeen, U. (2022), International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 47,22340-22347. (*As corresponding author)
  19. Ahmad, I.*, Ahmed, J., Batool, S., Zafar, M. N., Hanif, A., Nazar, M. F., Ul-Hamid, A., Jabeen, U., Dahshan, A., and Idrees, M. (2022), Journal of Alloys and Compounds 894, 162409. (*As corresponding author)
  20. Ahmad, I.*, Aslam, M., Jabeen, U., Zafar, M. N., Malghani, M. N. K., Alwadai, N., Alshammari, F. H., Almuslem, A. S., and Ullah, Z. (2022), Inorganica Chimica Acta 543, 121167. (*As corresponding author)
  21. Khan, N. A., Ahmad, I.*, Rashid, N., Zafar, M. N., Shehzad, F. K., Ul-Hamid, A., Nazar, M. F., Junaid, M., Faheem, M., and Shafqat, S. S. (2021), International Journal of Hydrogen Energy,  47, 30970-30980. (*As corresponding author)
  22. Ahmed, S.1, Ahmad, I.1, Ahmad, Z., Jalil, A., Ashiq, M. N., and Shafique, A. (2021), Surface and Coatings Technology 405, 126687. (1Same contribution)
  23. Ahmad, I.*, Shah, S. M., Zafar, M. N., Ullah, S., Ul-Hamid, A., Ashiq, M. N., Jabeen, U., Shafa, M., and Rahdar, A. (2021), Materials Chemistry and Physics 259, 124031. (*As corresponding author)
  24. Ahmad, I.*, Shah, S. M., Zafar, M. N., Ashiq, M. N., Tang, W., and Jabeen, U. (2021), Ceramics International 47, 3760-3771. (*As corresponding author)
  25. Gohar, R. S., Ahmad, I.*, Shah, A., Majeed, S., Najam-Ul-Haq, M., and Ashiq, M. N. (2020), Journal of Energy Storage 31, 101621. (*As corresponding author)
  26. Zia, M., Hameed, S., Ahmad, I.*, Tabassum, N., and Yousuf, S. (2020), Journal of Molecular Structure 1220, 128635. (*As corresponding author)
  27. Zia, M., Hameed, S., Ahmad, I.*, Tabassum, N., and Yousaf, S. (2020), Journal of Molecular Structure 1202, 127230. (*As corresponding author)
  28. Uddin, N., Rashid, F., Ali, S., Tirmizi, S. A., Ahmad, I.*, Zaib, S., Zubair, M., Diaconescu, P. L., Tahir, M. N., and Iqbal, J. (2020), Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics 38, 3246-3259. (*As corresponding author)
  29. Rashid, N., Kiran, A., Ahmad, I.*, Ashraf, Z., Mohd. Yamin, B., and Rafiq, M. (2020), Journal of Coordination Chemistry 73, 52-66. (*As corresponding author)
  30. Khan, N. A., Rashid, N., Junaid, M., Zafar, M. N., Faheem, M., and Ahmad, I.* (2019), ACS Applied Energy Materials 2, 3587-3594. (*As corresponding author)
  31. Ahmad, I., Shah, S. M., Ashiq, M. N., Nawaz, F., Shah, A., Siddiq, M., Fahim, I., and Khan, S. (2016), Journal of Electronic Materials 45, 4979-4988.
  32. Ahmad, I., Shah, S. M., Ashiq, M. N., and Khan, R. A. (2016), Ceramics International 42, 12763-12770
  33. Ahmad, I., Murtaza, S., and Ahmed, S. (2015), Monatshefte für Chemie-Chemical Monthly 146, 1631-1640.

Research Publications (As Co-Author) 

  1. Arshad, A.; Amara, U.; Mahmood, K.; Yaqub, M.; Ramzan, M.; Faurooqi, M. Z. U. R.; Shafiq, Z.; Ahmad, I.; Ghaffar, A. (2026), Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 225, 116120.
  2. Nisar, M.; Khan, M. N.; Ahmad, I.; Naz, F.; Gul, T. (2025), Luminescence, 40 (8), e70283.
  3. Hussain, M. N.; Naveed, A.; Sohail, M.; Khan, M. D.; Hickey, S. G.; Ullah, N.; Ahmad, I.; Haider, A.; Shah, S. M. (2025), ACS Applied Engineering Materials, 3 (5), 1315-1326.
  4. Yousaf, S.; Abdou, N. S.; Rasheed, T.; Ibrahim, M. M.; Shakir, I.; El-Bahy, S. M.; Ahmad, I.; Shahid, M.; Warsi, M. F. (2024), Ionics, 30, 7281–7292.
  5. Iftikhar, L.; Ahmad, I.; Saleem, M.; Rasheed, A.; Waseem, M. (2024), Waste Management, 189, 348-363.
  6. Yousaf, S.; Abdou, S. N.; Afaq, M.; Ibrahim, M. M.; Shakir, I.; El-Bahy, S. L.; Ahmad, I.; Shahid, M.; Warsi, M. F. (2024), Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 112, 1-14.
  7. Hussain, S.; Rukhsar, A.; Iqbal, M.; ul Ain, Q.; Fiaz, J.; Akhtar, N.; Afzal, M.; Ahmad, N.; Ahmad, I.; Mnif, W.; Khalid, M. H. (2024), Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 60, 103324.
  8. Ayyob, M.; Daud, A.; Sun, Z.; Liu, Y. Y.; Wang, Y.; Ahmad, I.; Wang, A. (2024), International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 64, 914-925.
  9. Afaq, M.; BaQais, A.; Cochran, E. W.; Zulfiqar, S.; Amin, M. A.; Shahid, M.; Ahmad, I.; Yousaf, S.; Warsi, M. F. (2024), International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 60, 601-610.
  10. Hussain, S.; Javed, W.; Tajammal, A.; Khalid, M.; Rasool, N.; Riaz, M.; Shahid, M.; Ahmad, I.; Muhammad, R.; Shah, S. A. A. (2023), ACS Omega, 8, 16600-16611.
  11. Arwish, S.; Manzoor, R.; Khan, K. H.; Shah, S. M.; Ahmad, I.; Hussain, H. (2023), Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 224, 2300169.
  12. Jabeen, U.; Iqbal, A.; Aamir, M.; Wali, Q.; Ahmad, I.; Malghani, M. N. K.; Akhtar, J. (2022), Chemical Papers, 1-6.
  13. Ul-Hamid, A.; Ikram, M.; Raza, A.; Haider, A.; Ali, S.; Alam, M. M.; Saeed, A.; Ahmad, I.; Ali, M.; Nabgan, W.; Asiri, A. M.; Rahman, M. M. (2022), Materials Science and Engineering: B, 282, 115778.
  14. Javaid, K.; Hussain, S.; Syed, S. K.; Ahmad, I.; Massey, S.; Asghar, A.; Ahmad, I.; Amjad, M.; Rukhsar, A.; Hafeez, M. (2022), Postępy Biologii Komórki, 49, 175–192.
  15. Jabeen, U.; Shah, S. M.; Aamir, M.; Ahmad, I. (2021), Bulletin of Materials Science, 44, 1-9.
  16. Bibi, N.; Ahmad, I.; Mubeen, M.; Ashiq, M. N.; Zhang, S.; Iqbal, A. (2021), Journal of Energy Storage, 37, 102505.
  17. Ul-Hamid, A.; Ikram, M.; Haider, A.; Haider, J.; Alam, M.; Saeed, A.; Nabgan, W.; Ahmad, I.; Ali, M.; Bake, A. (2021), Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 120, 267-277.
  18. Qumar, U.; Hassan, J.; Naz, S.; Haider, A.; Raza, A.; Ul-Hamid, A.; Haider, J.; Shahzadi, I.; Ahmad, I.; Ikram, M. (2021), Nanotechnology, 32, 255704.
  19. Mohammadi, L.; Zafar, M. N.; Bashir, M.; Sumrra, S. H.; Shafqat, S. S.; Zarei, A. A.; Dahmardeh, H.; Ahmad, I.; Halawa, M. I. (2021), Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9, 105576.
  20. Ikram, M.; Mahmood, A.; Haider, A.; Naz, S.; Ul-Hamid, A.; Nabgan, W.; Shahzadi, I.; Haider, J.; Ahmad, I.; Ali, S. (2021), International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 185, 153-164.
  21. Fatima, M.; Liaqat, F.; Shabbir, M.; Ahmad, I.; Akhter, Z.; Fatima, R.; Yousaf, S. (2021), Journal of Molecular Structure, 1239, 130471.
  22. Ahmed, S.; Ahmad, I.; Ahmad, Z.; Jalil, A.; Ashiq, M. N.; Shafique, A. (2021), Surface and Coatings Technology, 405, 126687.
  23. Zhou, J.; Jiang, L.; Shu, C.; Kong, L.; Ahmad, I.; Zhou, Y. N.; Tang, W.; Sun, X.; Wu, Y. (2021), Energy & Environmental Materials, 4, 569-576.
  24. Lai, C.; Shu, C.; Li, W.; Wang, L.; Wang, X.; Zhang, T.; Yin, X.; Ahmad, I.; Li, M.; Tian, X. (2020), Nano Letters, 20, 8273-8281.
  25. Ayyob, M.; Ahmad, I.; Hussain, F.; Bangash, M. K.; Awan, J. A.; Jaubert, J.-N. (2020), Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 13, 6341-6347.
  26. Bibi, R.; Jabeen, U.; Malghani, M. N. K.; Ahmad, I.; Fahmid, S.; Bashir, F.; Rizwan, S.; Bibi, N.; Adhikari, T.; Pathak, D. (2019), Optical Materials, 91, 376-385.
  27. Bibi, N.; Xia, Y.; Ahmad, I.; Shabbir, S.; Ahmed, S.; Zhu, Y.; Zhang, S.; Iqbal, A. (2019), ChemistrySelect, 4, 655-661.
  28. Nigar, A.; Shabbir, M.; Akhter, Z.; Sabahat, S.; Fatmi, M. Q.; Bolte, M.; Ahmad, I.; Janjua, N. K.; Mehmood, S. (2019), Journal of Molecular Structure, 1176, 791-797.
  29. Bibi, N.; Hussain, M. Z.; Hussain, S.; Ahmed, S.; Ahmad, I.; Zhang, S.; Iqbal, A. (2019), Applied Surface Science, 495, 143587.
  30. Zafar, M. N.; Amjad, M.; Tabassum, M.; Ahmad, I.; Zubair, M. (2018), Journal of Cleaner Production, 199, 983-994.
  31. Jabeen, U.; Adhikari, T.; Shah, S. M.; Nunzi, J.-M.; Badshah, A.; Ahmad, I. (2017), The European Physical Journal Applied Physics, 78, 34810.
  32. Shabbir, M.; Akhter, Z.; Ahmad, I.; Ahmed, S.; McKee, V.; Ismail, H.; Mirza, B. (2017), Polyhedron, 124, 117-124.
  33. Shabbir, M.; Akhter, Z.; Ahmad, I.; Ahmed, S.; Bolte, M.; McKee, V. (2017), Bioorganic Chemistry, 75, 224-234.
  34. Shabbir, M.; Akhter, Z.; Ahmad, I.; Ahmed, S.; Bolte, M.; Ismail, H.; Mirza, B. (2017), Inorganica Chimica Acta, 463, 102-111.
  35. Shabbir, M.; Ahmad, I.; Ismail, H.; Ahmed, S.; McKee, V.; Akhter, Z.; Mirza, B. (2017), Polyhedron, 133, 270-278.
  36. Hussain, S.; Ali, S.; Shahzadi, S.; Shahid, M.; Tahir, A. A.; Abbas, S. M.; Riaz, M.; Ahmad, I.; Hussain, I. (2017), Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 70, 4070-4092.
  37. Hussain, K. I.; Usman, M.; Siddiq, M.; Rasool, N.; Nazar, M. F.; Ahmad, I.; Holder, A. A.; Altaf, A. A. (2017), Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 38, 139-144.
  38. Aboud, M.; Ahmad, I.; Arshad, S.; Liaqat, S.; Gilani, Z.; Nadeem, Q.; Shakir, I. (2017), Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures, 12, 159-168.
  39. Riaz, R.; Riaz, M.; Mahmood, I.; Nadeem, R.; Ahmad, I.; Abbas, M.; Rizvi, F. A.; Ishaque, I.; Suleman, M. (2017), Oxidation Communication, 40, 898-909.
  40. Shabbir, M.; Akhter, Z.; Ahmad, I.; Ahmed, S.; Shafiq, M.; Mirza, B.; McKee, V.; Munawar, K. S.; Ashraf, A. R. (2016), Journal of Molecular Structure, 1118, 250-258.
  41. Shabbir, M.; Akhter, Z.; Ahmad, I.; Ahmed, S.; Ismail, H.; Mirza, B.; McKee, V.; Bolte, M. (2016), Journal of Molecular Structure, 1116, 84-92.
  42. Irfan, M.; Ahmad, I.; Samra, S. A.; Saeed, A. (2015), Monatshefte für Chemie-Chemical Monthly, 146, 1631-1640.
  43. Shabbir, M.; Akhter, Z.; Ahmad, I.; Ahmed, S.; Ismail, H.; Mirza, B.; McKee, V.; Bolte, M. (2015), Bioelectrochemistry, 104, 85-92.
  44. Kousar, T.; Ahmad, I.; Khan, M. A.; Nasar, G.; Shahid, M.; Shakir, I.; Warsi, M. F. (2015), Ceramics International, 41, 8578-8583.
  45. Irfan, M.; Ahmad, I.; Samra, S. A.; Saeed, A. (2015), Materials Letters, 161, 37-40.
  46. Sultan, A.; Mahmood, A.; Goraya, N. K.; Qureshi, A. M.; Ahmad, I.; Ashiq, M. N.; Shakir, I.; Warsi, M. F. (2014), Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 585, 790-794.

 

Project, Research Interests

Book Chapters

  1. Ahmad, I. (2019).‘Teaching of stoichiometry’, in Ahmed, A. (ed.) Teaching of Chemistry. Islamabad: AIOU, pp. 120-134.
  2. Ahmad, I. (2019). ‘Chemistry of d-block elements’, in Ahmed, A. (ed.) Chemistry II. Islamabad: AIOU, pp. 174-213.

Honor & Awards

2024: Outstanding Performance Award, Allama Iqbal Open University.

2023: Top cited Research article in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics

2020: International Postdoctoral Exchange Program Award, China ($ 85,000)

2017: Research Incentive Award, Allama Iqbal Open University.

About

The Allama Iqbal Open University was established in May, 1974, with the main objectives of providing educational opportunities to masses and to those who cannot leave their homes and jobs. During all these past years, the University has more than fulfilled this promise.