Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad
  • Professor

Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad

Ph.D , Pakistan in Fuel Chemistry: Petroleum & Coal Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Carbon & Carbon Nano Structures
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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

 

  1. Worked as Assistant Warden in ALLAMA IQBAL HOSTEL- 9, University of Peshawar.
  2. Worked as Resident Warden in ALLAMA IQBAL HOSTEL- 9, University of Peshawar.
  3. Member of organizing Committee of the 1st International and 11th National Chemistry Conference held in the Department of Chemistry, University of Peshawar in April 2001.
  4. Member Departmental Works Committee, Sports & Games Committee, Local Purchase Committee, Entertainment & Social Activities and SAT.
  5. Member of organizing Committee of the Two days Seminar,  at the occasion of Golden Jubilee Celebration of the Department of Chemistry, University of Peshawar in November 2005.
  6. Remained Departmental Incharge Student Societies, University of Peshawar, 2004-05.
  7. Member Alumni
  8. Remained Member of Committee on Foreign Students.
  9. Worked as Deputy Registrar (Admission) from May, 16, 2006 till November 16, 2006.
  10. Worked as Deputy Registrar, Affiliation and Deputy Registrar Academics from July 15, to Oct 15, 2009.
  11. Working as Convener/member of different departmental Committees.
  12. Worked as Director Quality Enhancement Cell since March 17, 2011 till March, 2012.
  13. Working as Director, CRL, and University of Peshawar since March 25, 2013 till date.
  14. Member on Sexual Harassment Committee, University of Peshawar.
  15. Member on Plagiarism Standing Committee, University of Peshawar
  16. Member on DTRC, University of Haripur.
  17. Member on DTRC, Islamia College University, Peshawar
  18. Member on DTRC, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar
  19. Member on DTRC, N.C.E.in Physical Chemistry University of Peshawar.
  20. Member on DTRC, Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar.
  21. Member of BS semester Committee, Institute of Chemical Sciences University of Peshawar.

 

MEMBERSHIP OF STATUTORY BODIES

 

  • Member Academic Council, University of Peshawar.
  • Member Board of Governors, National Center of Excellence, in Physical Chemistry University of Peshawar.
  • Member Board of Studies, Center of Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Peshawar.
  • Member Board of Studies, National Center of Excellence in Physical Chemistry, University of Peshawar.
  • Member Board of Studies, Center for Disaster Preparedness and Management, University of Peshawar.
  • Member Board of Faculty, Faculty of Physical and Numerical Sciences, University of Peshawar.
  • Member on Board of Studies, Department of Chemistry, Sarhad University, Peshawar.
  • Member on Board of Studies, Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar.
  • Member on Board of Studies, Department of Chemistry, COMSAT, Abbotabad.
  • Member on Sexual Harassment Committee, University of Peshawar.
  • Member on Plagiarism Standing Committee, University of Peshawar
  • Member on DTRC, University of Haripur.
  • Member on DTRC, Islamia College University, Peshawar
  • Member on DTRC, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar
  • Member on DTRC, N.C.E.in Physical Chemistry University of Peshawar.
  • Member on DTRC, Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar.
  • Member of BS semester Committee, Institute of Chemical Sciences University of Peshawar.
  • Convener/Member  of Various University Committees including Admission Entrance Test for  BS and MA. M.Sc., University Purchase Committee,  Admission against Sports Committee, etc.
  • Member on Board of Studies, Department of Chemistry, Islamia College University, Peshawar

SELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATION

HEC Recognized Journals (W-Categ)

  1. Ahmad, I., Sohail, S. M., Khan, H., Ahmad, W., Gul, K., Khan, R., & Yasin, A. (2018). Study on Atmospheric Distillation of Some Plain and Chemically Dispersed Crude Oils: Comparison of Yields and Fuel Quality of Distillate Fractions. Energy & Fuels, 32 (1), pp 181–190.
  2. Ahmad, Waqas, and Imtiaz Ahmad. "Mechanisms of Desulfurization by Nanomaterials." In Nanotechnology in Oil and Gas Industries, pp. 211-243. Springer, Cham, 2018.
  3. Ahmad, W., & Ahmad, I. (2017). Desulphurization of Transportation Fuels by Per-Formic Acid Oxidant Using MoOx Loaded on ZSM-5 Catalyst. Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, 5(12), 87.
  4. Ishaq, M., Sultan, S., Ahmad, I., & Saeed, K. (2017). Removal of Brilliant Green Dye from Aqueous Medium by Untreated Acid treated and Magnetite Impregnated Bentonite Adsorbents. Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, 39(5), 780-787.
  5. Shah, S. S., Ahmad, I., Ahmad, W., Ishaq, M., & Khan, H. (2017). Deep Desulphurization Study of Liquid Fuels Using Acid Treated Activated Charcoal as Adsorbent. Energy & Fuels. Energy Fuels 2017, 31, 7867−7873. DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b00914.
  6. Ahmad, Imtiaz, Jan Ullah, M. Ishaq, Hizbullah Khan, Razia Khan, Waqas Ahmad, and Kashif Gul. "Oxidative Stability of Base Lubricant Oil Monitored by Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry: Influence of Sawdust-Derived Antioxidants." Energy & Fuels, 2017, 31 (7), pp 7653–7661.
  7. Imtiaz Ahmad, M. Ismail Khan, Hizbullah Khan, M. Ishaq, Razia Khan, Kashif Gul, Waqas Ahmad (2017). Influence of waste brick kiln dust on pyrolytic conversion of polypropylene in to potential automotive fuels. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 126, 247-256.
  8. Sohni, S., Gul, K., Ahmad, F., Ahmad, I., Khan, A., Khan, N., & Bahadar Khan, S. (2017). Highly efficient removal of acid red?17 and bromophenol blue dyes from industrial wastewater using graphene oxide functionalized magnetic chitosan composite. Polymer Composites. DOI: 10.1002/pc.24349.
  9. Ahmad, W., Ahmad, I., Ishaq, M., & Ihsan, K. (2017). Adsorptive desulfurization of kerosene and diesel oil by Zn impregnated montmorollonite clay. Arabian Journal of Chemistry,10, 3263-3269. doi:10.1016/j.arabjc.2013.12.025.
  10. Ayaz, S., Ishaq, M., Saeed, K., Ahmed, I., & Khalil, N. K. (2017). Investigation of thermal, mechanical and electrochemical properties of nanocomposites based on CuO modified poly (vinyl chloride)/poly (methyl methacrylate) blend. Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology, 23(2), 80-85.
  11. Ahmad, I., Khan, M. I., Khan, H., Ishaq, M., Khan, R., Gul, K., & Ahmad, W. (2017). Pyrolysis of HDPE into fuel like products: Evaluating catalytic performance of plain and metal oxides impregnated waste brick kiln dust. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 124, 195-203.
  12. Ishaq, M., Sultan, S., Ahmad, I., Ullah, H., Yaseen, M., & Amir, A. (2017). Adsorptive desulfurization of model oil using untreated, acid activated and magnetite nanoparticle loaded bentonite as adsorbent. Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 21, 143-151.
  13. Ahmad, I., Khan, R., Ishaq, M., Khan, H., Ismail, M., Gul, K., & Ahmad, W. (2016). Valorization of spent lubricant engine oil via catalytic pyrolysis: Influence of barium-strontium ferrite on product distribution and composition. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 122, 131-141.
  14. Khan, R., Ahmad, I., Khan, H., Ismail, M., Gul, K., Yasin, A., & Ahmad, W. (2016). Production of diesel-like fuel from spent engine oil by catalytic pyrolysis over natural magnetite. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 120, 493-500.
  15. Ahmad, W., Ahmad, I., & Yaseen, M. (2016). Desulfurization of liquid fuels by air assisted peracid oxidation system in the presence of Fe-ZSM-5 catalyst. Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 33(9), 2530-2537. 
  16. Ahmad, I., Ullah, J., Ishaq, M., Khan, H., Khan, R., Ahmad, W., & Gul, K. (2016). Characterizing Antioxidant Potential of Alcoholic Extracts of Rice Husk and Saw Dust for Oxidative Stability of Base Lubricating Oil Using Physico-chemical Properties. Waste and Biomass Valorization, Volume 7, Issue 2, pp 331–341.
  17. Saeed, K., Ishaq, M., Sultan, S., & Ahmad, I. (2016). Removal of methyl violet 2-B from aqueous solutions using untreated and magnetite-impregnated almond shell as adsorbents. Desalination and Water Treatment, 57, 29, 13484–13493.
  18. Ahmad, I., Khan, R., Ishaq, M., Khan, H., Ismail, M., Gul, K., & Ahmad, W. (2016). Catalytic Pyrolysis of Used Engine Oil over Coal Ash into Fuel-like Products. Energy & Fuels, 30(1), 204-218.
  19. Ahmad, I., Khan, R., Ishaq, M., Khan, H., Ismail, M., Gul, K., & Ahmad, W. (2016). Production of Lighter Fuels from Spent Lubricating Oil via Pyrolysis over Barium-Substituted Spinel Ferrite. Energy Fuels, 2016, 30 (6), pp 4781–4789.
  20. Ishaq, M., Saeed, K., Ayaz, S., & Ahmed, I. (2016). Synthesis and Characterization of Iron (III) Oxide-Polyvinyl Chloride-Methyl Methacrylate Nanocomposites. Instrumentation Science &Technology VOL.  44, NO. 5, 566–576. DOI:10.1080/10739149.2016.1164713.
  21. Minhaz, A., Ishaq, M., Ahmad, I., Ahmed, F., & Shah, M. R. (2016). Highly Selective Supramolecular Detection of Pefloxacin with Gold Nanoparticles. Sensor Letters, 14(3), 310-318.
  22. Ishaq, M., Javed, F., Amad, I., Ullah, H., Hadi, F., & Sultan, S. (2016). Adsorption of Crystal Violet Dye from Aqueous Solutions on to Low Cost Untreated and NaOH Treatd Almond Shell. Iran. J. Chem. Chem. Eng. Vol, 35(2), 97-106.
  23. Kashif Gul, Saima Sohni, Imtiaz Ahmad, Nimat Ullah Khattak, Rifaqat Zada, Nageena Akhtar and Noor Bahisht. Synthesis and Characterization of Graphene/Fe3O4 Nanocomposite as an Effective Adsorbent for Removal of Acid red- 17 and Remazol Brilliant Blue R from Aqueous Solutions. (2016) Current Nanoscience, 12 (5): 554-563.DOI: 10.2174/1573413712666160224004953.
  24. Shah, S. S., Ahmad, I., & Ahmad, W. (2016). Adsorptive desulphurization study of liquid fuels using Tin (Sn) impregnated activated charcoal. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 304, 205-213.
  25. Saeed, K., Ishaq, M., Shah, Z. A., Ahmed, I., & Ayaz, S. (2015). EFFECT OF ACTIVATED CARBON ON MORPHOLOGICAL, THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYVINYL CHLORIDE. Malaysian Polymer Journal, 10(2), 70-74.
  26. Ahmad, I., Ullah, J., Ishaq, M., Khan, H., Gul, K., Siddiqui, S., & Ahmad, W. (2015). Monitoring of oxidation behavior in mineral base oil additized with biomass derived antioxidants using FT-IR spectroscopy. RSC Advances, 5 (122), 101089-101100.
  27. Ahmad, I., Ullah, J., Ishaq, M., Khan, H., Khan, R., Ahmad, W., & Gul, K. (2015). Oxidative Stability of the Plain and Additized Mineral Base Oil Samples Monitored through Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry. Energy & Fuels, 29(10), 6522-6528.
  28. Imtiaz Ahmad, M. Ismail Khan, Hizbullah Khan, M. Ishaq, Razia Tariq, Kashif Gul & Waqas Ahmad. Pyrolysis Study of Polypropylene and Polyethylene Into Premium Oil Products. International Journal of Green Energy, Volume 12, Issue 7, 2015, 663-671.
  29. Khan, M. Ismail; Ahmad, Imtiaz; Khan, Hizbullah; et al. Catalytic Performance of Metal Impregnated Carbon (Darco) in Conversion of Polypropylene and High-Density Polyethylene into Useful Products. FULLERENES NANOTUBES AND CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES Volume: 23   Issue: 7   Pages: 627-639  Published: 2015.
  30. Ahmad, I., Khan, M. I., Khan, H., Ishaq, M., Tariq, R., Gul, K., & Ahmad, W. (2015). Influence of metal oxide supported bentonites on the pyrolysis behavior of polypropylene and high?density polyethylene. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 132(1).