FACULTY PROFILE

Dr. Hajera Gul

Assistant professor


Department:
Chemistry

Email:
drhajeragul@sbbwu.edu.pk

Name

Dr. Hajera Gul

Personal

Phone # : (+92) 91 9224706

Address: Department of Chemistry Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Larama, Peshawar.

Email ID: drhajeragul@sbbwu.edu.pk

Experience

  • Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Larama, Peshawar, Pakistan, (January 2022-continue)
  • Visiting Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Larama, Peshawar, Pakistan  (March 2021-January 2022)

Visiting Lecturer at Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Larama, Peshawar, Pakistan (February 2021)

Qualification

  • PhD in Physical Chemistry, from National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry, University of Peshawar, 4 CGPA, [2014-2019]
  • MPhil in Physical Chemistry, from National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry, University of Peshawar, 4 CGPA, [2012-2014]
  • MSc In Physical Chemistry, from the Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar 890/1200, 9th Position In The Batch [2008-2010]
  • BEd (Physical Sciences+Computer Education), from Institute of Education and Research, University of Peshawar [2011]

BSc Govt Frontier College for Women Peshawar [2006-2008]

Honor and Awards

  • 144000 PRR Scholarship granted by National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry, University of Peshawar, during M. Phil. study

556000 PKR Scholarship granted by National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry, University of Peshawar, during Ph. D. study

Memberships

The chemical society of Pakistan

Graduate Students Postdocs Undergraduate Students Honor Students

Nil

Service Activity

  • External Examiner/Evaluator (MPhil Thesis, Ms. Tanzeela Khan), December 02, 2022, regarding the evaluation of the research thesis titled “SYNTHESIS AND FUNCTIONALIZATION OF AMBERLITE IR 400 POLYMERIC RESIN MODIFIED MIL (53)-Fe COMPOSITE FOR EFFICIENT REMOVAL OF AZO DYES FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS”. National Center of Excellence in Physical Chemistry, University of Peshawar.
  • External Examiner/Evaluator (MPhil Thesis, Mr. Muhammad Zahid), November 25, 2022, regarding the evaluation of the research thesis titled “INFLUENCE OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES LOADING ON THE ELECTROCHEMICAL, OPTICAL AND CAPACITIVE BEHAVIOR OF POLYANILINE”. Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar.
  • External Examiner/Evaluator (MPhil Thesis, Mr. Muhammad Siddiq), June 08, 2022, “THEORETICAL VALIDATION OF EXPERIMENTALLY OBSERVED INTERMEDIATES FORMED DURING COPOLYMERIZATION OF o PHENYLENEDIAMINE AND m- OLUIDINE”. National Center of Excellence in Physical Chemistry, University of Peshawar.
  • Assessment Team (AT) Member to evaluate the Self-Assessment Report of BS Chemistry Program, Department of Chemistry, Women University Mardan, 14 June 2022
  • Viva Voce Examiner (MPhil Thesis, Mr. Muhammad Siddiq), 5 September 2022, “THEORETICAL VALIDATION OF EXPERIMENTALLY OBSERVED INTERMEDIATES FORMED DURING COPOLYMERIZATION OF o PHENYLENEDIAMINE AND m- OLUIDINE”. National Center of Excellence in Physical Chemistry, University of Peshawar.
  • External Examiner/Evaluator (MPhil Thesis, Miss. Iqra Naz) 24 August 2022 “Fabrication of polyindole coated graphite as potential electrodes in methanol fuel cells” National Center of Excellence in Physical Chemistry, University of Peshawar.
  • Assessment Team (AT) Member to evaluate the Self-Assessment Report of BS Chemistry Program, Department of Chemistry, Women University Mardan, 14 June 2022

Organizer

  • A two-day workshop entitled  “Effective Oral and Poster Presentation” Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar, May 18 – 19, 2022
  • One-day seminar on “healthy body, healthy mind”, 15 December 2022, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar
  • Two days conference titled “Women Youth Career Conference 2022” 06-07 December 2022, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar.
  • A two-day workshop entitled  “Skills Development on Academic and Scientific Writing”, Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar,  April 6 – 7, 2022

Member of organizing committee

  • One day seminar on “SHAN-E-RAMZAN” 26th April 2022, organized by department of Islamic studies, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar
  • 5 days hands-on training on “The art of scientific writing” 9-13 May, 2022, organized by Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar
  • Seminar on career counselling and job opportunities in oil and gas sector, 16th May 2022, jointly organized by Department of Chemistry and office of research and innovation and commercialization, , Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar
  • Two days international seerah conference titled “Training of Young Generation for Social Changes: Guidance from Seerah” 23-24 May 2022.

Assisted in organizing different workshops

  • One-day guiding workshop and panel discussion on M.Phil./Ph.D. admission to completion organized by the National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry (NCEPC), University of Peshawar. (23rd April 2014).
  • Two days workshop on recent advances and new horizons in chemistry organized by the National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry (NCEPC), University of Peshawar. (6 - 7 April 2015).
  • Two days workshop on patients and research paper writing organized by the National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry (NCEPC), University of Peshawar. (30th – 31st May 2016)

Events attended

 

Conferences              

  • 11 International and 23 national chemistry conference, organized by the National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry (NCEPC), University of Peshawar, 15-17th October 2012
  • International Conference on Physical and Environmental Chemistry (ICPEC-2013), organized by National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry (NCEPC), University of Peshawar, September 9-11th, 2013.

Exhibition                 

  • 5th spring research poster exhibition, organized by Institute of chemical sciences, university of Peshawar, 12th March 2014.
  • 5th spring research poster exhibition, organized by Institute of chemical sciences, university of Peshawar, 12th April 2016.

Summits                    

  • 5th Invention to Innovation Summit at University of Haripur, November 3-4, 2015.
  • Invention to Innovation Summit 2016 held at UET, Peshawar, November 16-17, 2016.

Seminars                   

  • Two days seminar on research paper writing organized by the National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry (NCEPC), University of Peshawar. (11?12 December 2014).
  • One day seminar on intellectual properties held at PCSIR laboratories complex, Peshawar.

Workshops    

  • 2 Days workshop on “Research in Islamic Studies” 16 and 17 May 2022, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar
  • Two days workshop on time is life at the institute of educational research, University of Peshawar. (29-30 April 2011)
  • One day guiding workshop and panel discussion on M.Phil./Ph.D. admission to completion organized by the National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry (NCEPC), University of Peshawar. (23rd April 2014).
  • One day workshop on the use of digital library organized by National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry (NCEPC), University of Peshawar. (11 February 2015).
  • Two days workshop on recent advances and new horizons in chemistry organized by the National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry (NCEPC), University of Peshawar. (6-7 April 2015).
  • One day training workshop on research tool and techniques : citation management using Mandeley organized by PASTIC, National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry (NCEPC), University of Peshawar. (14 December 2015).
  • One day workshop on mixed method strategies organized by IRP, held HD at video conferencing, University of Peshawar. (04 February 2016)
  • Two days workshop on patients and research paper writing organized by the National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry (NCEPC), University of Peshawar. (30th – 31st May 2016).
  • Two Days Workshop on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Commercialization organized by the National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry (NCEPC), University of Peshawar. (26- 27 July 2016).
  • International chemistry workshop for young scientists (ICWYS 2020), jointly organized by National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry (NCEPC), ORIC, University of Peshawar and Pakistan Academy of Sciences at NCE in Physical Chemistry (NCEPC), University of Peshawar (January 23-24, 2020).

Brief Statement of Research Interest

  • Electrochemistry
  • Conducting polymers
  • Supercapacitors
  • Corrosion protection

Photocatalysis

Publications

  1. Yuming Dai#, Hajera Gul#, Chao Sun#, Linghua Tan, Yue Guo, Waseem Raza, Arshad Hussain, Jiachen Pan, Mudassar Azam, Wenhui Zhu, Boyu Chen, Yuju Chen, Dongqian Huang, Jingwen Hua, Chengtong Ge, Jie Zhao. Ultrafast synthesizing nanoflower-like composites of metal carbides and metal oxyhydroxides towards high-performance supercapacitors, Electrochimica Acta, 2022, (Impact factor 7.336)
  2. Jianghua Wu, Yue Guo, Waseem Raza, Hajera Gul, Geng Luo, Yangbin Ding, Ying Li, Ying Lv, Jian Yu, Lasharl Najeeb Ur Rehman, Jie Zhao. Fast assembling MnO2-- network electrode material to achieve high performance asymmetric aqueous supercapacitors, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Volume 931, 10 January 2023, 167568 (Impact factor 6.371)
  3. Salma Gul ,Azra Gul, Hajera Gul, Rozina Khattak, Muhammad Ismail, Sana Ullah Khan, Muhammad Sufaid Khan, Hani Amir Aouissi, Andrejs Krauklis. Removal of Brilliant Green Dye from Water Using Ficus benghalensis Tree Leaves as an Efficient Biosorbent. Materials, 2023, 16(2), p.521. (Impact factor 748)
  4. Fatima Khitab, Abida Bano, Rozina Khattak, Shagufta Rasool, Hajera Gul, “Enhanced photocatalytic activity and charge carrier separation of a nickel impregnated zinc oxide catalyst for the visible photodegradation of remazol brilliant violet 5R and methyl orange” Analytical Letters (accepted on 2nd October 2022). https://doi.org/10.1080/00032719.2022.2132400 (Impact factor 2.329)
  5. Salma Gul, Mansha Kanwal, Raina Aman Qazi, Hajera Gul, Rozina Khattak, Muhammad Sufaid Khan, Fatima Khitab, Andrey E. Krauklis. Efficient Removal of Methyl Red Dye by Using Bark of Hopbush, Water, 2022, Sep 11;14(18):2831 (Impact factor 3.530)
  6. Salma Gul, Hajera Gul, Maria Gul, Rozina Khattak, Gul Rukh, Muhammad Sufaid Khan and Hani Amir Aouissi. Enhanced Adsorption of Rhodamine B on Biomass of Cypress/False Cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) Fruit: Optimization and Kinetic Study. Water, 2022, 14(19), 2987 (Impact factor 3.530)
  7. Toheed Ullah, Hajera Gul, Fatima Khitab, Rozina Khattak, Yousaf Ali, Shagufta Rasool, Muhammad Sufaid Khan, Ivar Zekker. Adsorption of Remazol Brilliant Violet-5R from Aqueous Solution using Sugarcane Bagasse as Biosorbent: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Studies. Water, 2022, 14(19), 3014 (Impact factor 3.530)
  8. Hajera Gul, Waseem Raza, Jechan Lee, Abdullah Nawaz, Mudassar Azam, Ki-Hyun Kim. Progress in microbial fuel cell technology for wastewater treatment and energy harvesting. Chemosphere, 281, 130828, 2021 (Impact factor 7.086)
  9. Hajera Gul, Anwar-ul-Haq Ali Shah, Ulrike Krewer, Salma Bilal. Study on Direct Synthesis of Energy Efficient Multifunctional Polyaniline–Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite and Its Application in Aqueous Symmetric Supercapacitor Devices. Nanomaterials, 2020, 10 (1), 118. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10010118 (Impact factor 5.076)
  10. Hajera Gul, Anwar-ul-Haq Ali Shah, Salma Bilal. Achieving Ultrahigh Cycling Stability and Extended Potential Window for Supercapacitors through Asymmetric Combination of Conductive Polymer Nanocomposite and Activated Carbon. Polymers, 2019, 11(10), 1678. https://doi.org/3390/polym11101678 (Impact factor 4.329)
  11. Hajera Gul, Anwar-ul-Haq Ali Shah, Salma Bilal. Fabrication of Eco-Friendly Solid-State Symmetric Ultracapacitor Device Based on Co-Doped PANI/GO Composite. Polymers, 2019, 11(8), p.1315. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11081315 (Impact factor 4.329)
  12. Waseem Raza, Saad Saeed, Hammad Saulat, Hajera Gul, Muhammad Sarfraz, Christian Sonne, Z.-H. Sohn, Richard J. C. Brown, Ki-Hyun Kim. A review on the deteriorating situation of smog and its preventive measures in Pakistan. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, Aug 15:123676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123676 (Impact factor 9.297)
  13. Um-e- Habiba, Muhammad Saleem Khan, Waseem Raza, Hajera Gul, Maham Hussain, Barizah Malik, Mudassar Azam, Franz Winter. A Study on the Reaction Kinetics of Anaerobic Microbes Using Batch Anaerobic Sludge Technique for Beverage Industrial Wastewater. Separations, 2021, 8(4), p.43. (Impact factor 2.777)
  14. Salma Bilal, Wahid Ullah, Anwar-ul- Haq Ali Shah, Hajera Gul, Salma Gul, Rizwan Ullah. Corrosion Inhibition Properties of Sulfonated Polyaniline-Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Composite on Mild Steel. Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (IJCCE) 2021 (Impact factor 0.759)
  15. Salma Bilal, Hajera Gul, Anwar-ul-Haq Ali Shah, Salma Gul. Analysis of Thermal Decomposition Kinetics and Calculation of Activation Energy for Degradation of Polyaniline-Graphene Oxide Composites-Synergistic Reinforcement on Thermal Stability. Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (IJCCE), 2021 (Impact factor 0.759)
  16. Nadeem Raza, Waseem Raza, Hajera Gul, Ki-Hyun Kim. ZnO-ZnTe hierarchical superstructures as solar-light-activated photocatalysts for azo dye removal. Environmental Research. 2020 Nov 21:110499 (Impact Factor: 6.498).
  17. Nadeem Raza, Waseem Raza, Hajera Gul, Mudassar Azam, Jechan Lee, Kumar Vikrant, Ki-Hyun Kim. Solar-light-active silver phosphate/titanium dioxide/silica heterostructures for photocatalytic removal of organic dye. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 254, 120031. (Impact factor 9.297)

 

  1. Abdullah Nawaz, Waseem Raza, Hajera Gul, Abdullah Khan Durrani, Faisal K. Algethami, Christian Sonne, Ki-Hyun Kim. Upscaling feasibility of a graphite-based truncated conical microbial fuel cell for bioelectrogenesis through organic wastewater treatment. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 2020 Feb 28  (Impact factor 8.128)
  2. Faizan Ali, Waseem Raza, Xilin Li, Hajera Gul, Ki-Hyun Kim. Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters for Biomedical Applications. Nano Energy. 2019; 57: 879-902 (Impact factor 16.602)
  3. Hajera Gul, Anwar-ul-Haq Ali Shah, Salma Gul, Jalal Arjomandi, Salma Bilal. Study on the thermal decomposition kinetics and calculation of activation energy of degradation of poly(o-toluidine) using thermogravimetric analysis. Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (IJCCE) 2018; 37(1) 193-204 (Impact factor 0.461)
  4. Salma Bilal, Hajera Gul, Salma Gul, Anwar-ul-Haq Ali Shah. One Pot Synthesis of Highly Thermally Stable Poly(2-Methylaniline) for Corrosion Protection of Stainless Steel. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions A: Science. 2018; 42(4):1915-22 (Impact factor 0.96)
  5. Hajera Gul, Salma Gul, Anwar-ul-Haq Ali Shah, Salma Bilal. Poly(o-toluidine) as low cost electrode material for high performance electrochemical supercapacitor. Indian Journal of Chemistry -Section A. 2017:56A, 493-500 (Impact factor 0.566)
  6. Hajera Gul, Anwar-ul-Haq Ali Shah, Salma Bilal. Electrochemical behavior of POT in different electrolytes. Journal of Scientific and Innovative Research 2016; 5(5): 187-192.

Salma Bilal, Akhtar Ali Shah, Anwar ul Haq Ali Shah, Hajera Gul, Wahid Ullah, Salma Gul. Dodecylbenzenesulphonic acid doped polypyrrole/graphene oxide composite with enhanced electrical conductivity. Journal of Scientific and Innovative Research 2020; 9 (2): 54-62. http://www.jsirjournal.com/Vol9_Issue2_04.pdf

Research Grants and Contracts

  • Solar light driven photocatalysis of toxic pollutants in wastewater by treatment through efficient and stable novel photocatalysts,    Co. PI, directorate general of science and technology (DOST) (Submitted) 28.08 million PKR

Fabrication of flexible electrode material for eco-friendly, high-performance, solid-state supercapacitors in nextgeneration soft and portable electronics, Co. PI, National Technology Innovation Fund (NTIF)            (Submitted)     23,601,780/- in PKR

Other Research or Creative Accomplishments

PATENT

Hajera Gul, Anwar-ul-Haq Ali Shah, Ulrike Krewer, Salma Bilal. “Intrinsically conductive polymer nanocomposite

with versatile abilities for energy storage” 143871 (Granted)

Selected Professional Presentations

  • One day seminar on conducting polymers, 01 July 2022, organized by National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry University of Peshawar (Resource person/presenter)
  • 5th spring research poster exhibition, organized by institute of chemical sciences, university of Peshawar, 12th March 2014.

2.         Spring research poster exhibition, organized by institute of chemical sciences, university of Peshawar, 12th April 2016.