Dr. Shafqat Hussain
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Curriculum Vita

Father’s Name Mr. Alif Shah
Date of Birth 17th July 1982
Religion Islam
Nationality Pakistani
Domicile Gilgit
Marital Status Married
Gender Male
Contact No. 03122301015
CNIC No. 71501-0210913-7
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Head, Department of Chemistry, University of Baltistan, Kargil Road Skardu, Gilgit-Biltistan, Pakistan

INTERNATIONAL GRE SUBJECTIVE (CHEMISTRY) CONDUCTED BY ETS, USA: Attempted on November, 2011; 60 Percentile. Ph. D. (ORGANIC CHEMISTRY) Completed in January 2015, “H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan”, I joind Department of Chemistry Karakoram International University Gilgit as Assistant Professor in 20th May, 2015 on Intermplacement Program Higher Education Commission, Pakistan. Currently I am serving as Assistant Professor (TTS) Department of Chemistry, University of Baltistan, Skardu Detail of Courses:  Total Synthesis of Natural Products  Survey of Mass Spectrometry  Findings from Mass Spectrometric Data and how to solve the mass spectra  Hazards of chemical laboratories and industries M. Phil. (CHEMISTRY) COURSE WORK: From “H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan”, in 2012. Detail of Courses: 1 CHEM-701 General Spectroscopy 2 2 CHEM-702 Mechanism, Structure and Reactivity 3 CHEM-703 Stereochemistry 4 CHEM-704 Practical-I 5 CHEM-705 Biosynthesis and Isolation of Natural Products And Bioassay Screenings 6 CHEM-706 Organic Synthesis 7 CHEM-707 Practical-II 8 TM-301 Mathematics for Chemists 9 TM-304 Introduction to Statistics Academic Details M. Sc. (Chemistry) From “Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan”; (in 2007). B. Sc. (Pass). (Chemistry, Botany, Zoology) From “from University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.” (in 2005). F.Sc. (Pre-Medical) From “Govt. Government Superior Science College Shah Faisal Colony Karachi, Pakistan” (in 2003). S. Sc. (Science) From “Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE),”; (in 1999).

  1.  Assistant Professor, University of Baltistan, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, 2018-04-12, to date 
  2. Assistant Professor, Karakoram International University Gilgit-Baltistan, 2015-05-20, to 12-04-2018 
  3. Five years research experience in Chemistry at H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center of Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Pakistan, 2009-02-10, 2014-03-11 
  4. One year research experience during M.Sc. at H. E. J. Research Institute for Chemistry, International Center of Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan, 2007-01-08, 2007-12-21
1. Awarded Startup Research Grant-Higher Education Commission titled ‘Synthesis and Optimization of indole Derivatives as Anti Inflammatory Lead molecules’ (0.42M). P I
2. Provisional award of research project under KIU recurring grant funds against head research and survey for the current finical year 17, titled ‘Synthesis of Triazole Derivatives as Antimicrobial Agents’ at total cost of (0.89M). PI NO.KIU/TR/PA/RG

  1. 1. Oxadiazoles and Thiadiazoles: Novel α-Glucosidase Inhibitors, Hamdy Kashtoh, Shafqat Hussain, Ajmal Khan, Syed Muhammad Saad, Jalaluddin A. J. Khan, Khalid Mohammed Khan, Shahnaz Perveen, M. Iqbal Choudhary. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 22, 2014, 5454-5465. 3 2. A New Catalyst for the Synthesis of Quinoxaline Derivatives, Khalid M. Khan, Shafqat Hussain, Shahanaz Perveen, Fazal Rahim, Sammer Yousuf and Ejaz Hussain, Sodium Bromate/Sodium Hydrogen Sulfite: Letters in Organic Chemistry, 2014, 426-431. 3. β-glucuronidase Inhibitory Studies on Coumarin Derivatives, Khalid Mohammed Khan, Muhammad Imran Fakhri, Nimra Naveed Shaikh, Syed Muhammad Saad, Shafqat Hussain, Shahnaz Perveen and Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary. Medicinal Chemistry, 2014, 10, 778-782. 4. Triazinoindole analogs as .potent inhibitors of α-glucosidase: Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular docking studies, Fazal Rahim, Khadim Ullah, Hayat Ullah, Abdul Wadood, Muhammad Taha, Ashfaq Ur Rehman, Imad uddin, Muhammad Ashraf, Ayesha Shaukat, Wajid Rehman, Shafqat Hussain, Khalid Mohammed Khan.. Bioorganic Chemistry, 58, 2015, 81–87. 5. Synthesis, in vitro evaluation and molecular docking studies of thiazole derivatives as new inhibitors of α-glucosidase, Fazal Rahim , Hayat Ullah, Muhammad Tariq Javid, Abdul Wadood, Muhammad Taha, Muhammad Ashraf, Ayesha Shaukat, Muhammad Junaid, Shafqat Hussain, Wajid Rehman, Rashad Mehmood, Muhammad Sajid, Muhammad Naseem Khan and Khalid Mohammed Khan. Bioorganic Chemistry, 62, 2015, 15–21 6. Evaluation of bisindole as potent β-glucuronidase inhibitors: Synthesis and in silico based studies. Khalid Mohammed Khan, Fazal Rahim, Abdul Wadood, Muhammad Taha, Momin Khan, Shagufta Naureen, Nida Ambreen, Shafqat Hussain, Shahnaz Perveen, Mohammad Iqbal Choudhary. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2014, 24, 1825-1829. 7. Benzothiazole Derivatives: Novel Inhibitors of Methylglyoxal Mediated Glycation of Proteins In Vitro, Sanaullah Abbasi, Salma Mirza, Saima Rasheed, Shafqat Hussain, Jalaluddin A. J. Khan, Khalid Mohammed Khan, Shahnaz Perveen, M. Iqbal Choudhary. Medicinal Chemistry, 2014, 10, 824-835 8. Antiglycation Activity of Quinoline Derivatives- A New Therapeutic Class for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes, Bilquees Bano, Sanaullah Abbasi, Saima Rasheed, Shafqat Hussain, Jalaluddin A. J. Khan, Khalid Mohammed Khan and M. Iqbal Choudhary.. Medicinal Chemistry, 2014, 11, 60-68 9. Synthesis, Antimicrobial and Phytotoxic Activity of Amide Derivatives of L-( )-2,3- Diacetoxy-4-methoxy-4-oxo-butanoic acid. Mahrukh Malik, Sher Wali Khan, Javed Hussain Zaidi, Khalid Mohammed Khan, Shafqat Hussain, Shahnaz Perveen and Ghulam Abbas Miana. Journal of Chemical Society Pakistan, 36, 2014, 170-176. 10. Synthesis and Structure-activity Relationship of Thiobarbituric Acid Derivatives as Potent Inhibitors of Urease, Khalid Mohammed Khan, Fazal Rahim, Ajmal Khan, Muhammad Shabeer, Shafqat Hussain, Wajid Rehman, Muhammad Taha, Momin Khan, Shahnaz Perveen, and M. Iqbal Choudhary. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 22 2014, 4119–4123 11. Synthesis and β-glucuronidase inhibitory activity of 2-arylquinazolin- 4(3H)-ones Khalid Mohammed Khan, Syed Muhammad Saad, Nimra Naveed Shaikh, Shafqat Hussain, 4 Muhammad Imran Fakhri, Shahnaz Parveen, Muhammad Taha and Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 22, 2014, 3449-3454 12. New Facile Eco-Friendly and Rapid Synthesis of Trisubstituted Alkenes Using Bismith Nitrate as Lewis Acid, Munira Taj Muhammad, Khalid Mohammad Khan, Muhammad Taha, Tariq Khan, Shafqat Hussain, Muhammad Imran Fakhri, Shahnaz Perveen,.. Latter in Organic Chemistry, 13, 2016, 231-235 13. Crystal structure of methyl 2-(7-hydroxy-2-oxo-2H- chromen-4-yl)acetate, Sammer Yousuf, Shafqat Hussain, Khalid Mohammed Khan, Muhammad Shabeer and Shahnaz Perveen,. Crystalography E. 2015, 71, 0677–0678. 14. Synthesis in-vitro α-glucosidase inhibitory activity and molecular docking studies of new thiazole derivatives, Khalid Mohammed Khan, Saira Qurban, Uzma Salar, Muhammad Taha, Shafqat Hussain, Shahnaz Perveen, Abdul Hameed, Nor Hadiani Ismail, Muhammad Riaz, Abdul Wadood, , Bioorganic Chemistry, 68, (2016) 245-258. 15. Synthesis, in vitro evalution and molecular docking studies of 5-bromo-2-Aryl benzimidazole as α-glucosidase inhibitors, Tanzila Arshad, Khalid Mohammed Khan, Najma Rasool, Uzma Salar, Shafqat Hussain, Tahreem Tahir, Mohammed Ashraf, Abdul Wadood, Muhammad Riaz, Shahnaz Perveen, Muhammad Taha, , Medicinal Chemistry Research, (2016) 25, 2058-2069 16. 5-Bromo-2-aryl benzimidazole derivatives as non-cytotoxic potential dual inhibitors of αglucosidase and urease enzymes, Tanzila Arshad, Khalid Muhammad Khan, Najma Rasool Uzma Salar Shafqat Hussain, Huma Asghar, Muhammed Asharaf, Abdul Wadood, Muhammad Riaz Shahnaz Perveen, Muhammad Taha, Nor-Hadiani Ismail, , Bioorganic Chemistry, 72 (2017) 21-31. 17. Crystal Structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 1-(4-cholor-phen-yl)-2-{[5-(4-chlorophen-yl)-1,3,4-oxa-diazol-2-yl]sulfan-yl}ethanone, Rajesh Kumar, Shafqat Hussain, Khalid M. Khan, Shanaz Perveen and Sammer Yousuf, , Acta Cryst (2017). E73, 524- 527 18. Crystal Structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 1-(4-bromophenyl)-2-{[5-(pyridine-3- yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl]sulfanyl}ethan-1-one. Huma Bano, Shafqat Hussain, Khalid M. Khan, Shanaz Perveen and Sammer Yousuf, , Acta Cryst (2017). E73, 623-626 19. 1,1ꞌ-Carbonyldiimidazole (CDI) mediated facile synthesis, structural characterization, antimicrobial activity and in-silico studies of coumarin-3-carboxamide derivatives. Uzma Salar, Khalid Mohammed Khan, Muhammad Imran Fakhri, Shafqat Hussain, Saima Tauseef, Shagufta Amber, Abdul adood, Huma Khan, Shahnaz Perveen. Medicinal Chemistry, 2018;14(1):86-101). 20. Synthetic nicotinic/isonicotinic thiosemicarbazides: In vitro urease inhibitory activities and molecular docking studies. Shahnaz Perveene Basharat Ali, Khalid Mohammed Khana, Arshiaa, Kanwal, Shafqat Hussain, Safdar Hussain, Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Riaz, Abdul Wadood, Bioorganic Chemistry, 2018, 79, 34-45 21. Comparative phytochemical profile of some medicinal plants from gilgit-baltistan, Muhammad Ismail*, Shams Jamal, Noor-Ul-Haq, Shabbir Hussain, Shafqat Hussain, Progress in Nurtition, 2019; 22, 5 22. Nematicidal properties of some medicinal plants from selected flora of gilgit-baltistan, M. Ismail1, S. Fayyaz, M. Azad, S. Javed, I.Ali, S. Ali and Shafqat Hussain, The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 2019, 29, 1182-1187 23. Structural parameters, electronic, linear and nonlinear optical exploration of thiopyrimidine derivatives: A comparison between DFT/TDDFT and experimental study. Ajaz Hussain, Muhammad Usman Khan, Muhammad Ibrahim, Muhammad Khalid, Akbar Ali, Shafqat Hussain, Muhammad Saleem, Naseeb Ahmad, Shabbir Muhammad, Abdullah G. Al-Sehemi, Ayesha Sultan Journal of Molecular Structure, 1201, 2019, 1271-1283 24. 2-Mercapto Benzothiazole Derivatives: As Potential Leads for the Diabetic Management, Saeed Ullah, Salma Mirza, Uzma Salar, Shafqat Hussain, Kulsoom Javaid, Khalid Mohammed, Khan, Ruqaiya Khalil, Atia-tul-Wahab, Zaheer Ul-Haq, Shahnaz Perveen and M. Iqbal Choudhary. Medicinal Chemistry, 2020, 16, 1-15. 25. determination of Constituents and Estimation of Sugar and Trace Elemnet in Soft Drinks, Amina Sultana, Anila Anwar, Rubina Perveen, Farah Kishwer, Rabia Farheen, Azhar ali and Shafqat Hussain , Fuuast.J. Biol. 2019, , 9, 257-261. 26. Free Radical Scavenging and Cytotoxic Activities of Substituted Pyrimidines, Qurat-ul-Ain, Shafqat Hussain, M. Iqbal Choudhary, Khalid Mohammed Khan, ArXiv Preprint, 2020, 2003, 36-45
Sodium Bromate/Sodium Hydrogen Sulfite: A New Catalyst for the Synthesis of Quinoxaline Derivatives, 13th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry organized by the H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan (September 22-25, 2012).

  1. Lecture Series on “Mass Spectrometry” delivered by David B. Smith (Ray Dein Professor & Deloitte Scholar. University of Nebraska-Lincoln), in H. E. J., International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
  1. 1. Attended the 13th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry organized by the H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan (September, 22-25, 2012). 2. 14th Asian Symposium On Medicinal Plants, Spices and other Natural Products (ASOMPS), December 9-12, 2013, H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
Sufficient knowledge of advanced analytical techniques: 
  • NMR Spectroscopy 
  • IR Spectroscopy 
  • Mass Spectrometry 
  • UV-Spectroscopy
  • High performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) 6 
  • Gas Chromatography (GC) 
  • Polarimetery
  • X-Ray Crystallography