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Dr. Sara Riaz
Tenured Associate Professor
Chemistry
Area of Interest
Electrochemistry, synthesis of energy storage materials, electrochemical detections, computational studies
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111-001-007 Ext. (162)
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Biography

Dr Sara Riaz is currently working at Department of Chemistry COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore campus as an Associate Professor and is involved in teaching, research, and administration responsibilities. She completed her in 2006 in organic Chemistry with distinction and M.Phil organic chemistry in 2010 from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan Pakistan. She received her doctoral degree in 2014 from East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, P.R. China for her work on synthesis and characterization of novel ubiquinone derivatives and their electrochemical interaction studies with gold nanoparticles. Dr Sara has multidisciplinary research interests and is currently involved in projects including bioelectrochemical decomposition of dyes for electricity generation, synthesis of graphitic nanomaterials and their applications in energy storage devices particularly supercapacitors, electrochemical detection of biomolecules, and heavy metal ions detection in aqueous media, computational studies of synthesized materials. She has won natioanl and international fundings for her research work and published her work in variuos reputed international journals. She has supervised more than 20 MS research students and many PhD studnets are under her supervision and co-supervision. 

 

Funded Projects

Completed Projects
1.
MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES-DECORATED FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE SHEETS FOR ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS (2017 - 2022) PIs: Dr. Sara Riaz, Budget: 600USD, Funded By:
COMSTECH-TWAS
2.
Graphene-Hydroxyapatite-PAN Electrospun Nanofibers: Moving Towards Broad Spectrum Water Filters (2015 - 2020) PIs: Dr. Sara Riaz, Budget: 499100, Funded By:
HEC

Publications

Books 0
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Mario Alfonso Murillo-Tovar, Robina Farooq, Sara Riaz, Rajendra Dongre (2019), "Environmental Chemistry and Recent Pollution Control Approaches", edited by: Hugo Albeiro Saldarriaga Noreña, published by: IntechOpen
Book Chapters 0
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Muhammad Hamza, Awais Ahmad, Muhammad Tariq, Sara Riaz, Abdur Rahim (2023), "Metal–organic frameworks (an overview)", Nanomaterial-Based Metal Organic Frameworks for Single Atom Catalysis, published by: Elsevier, pp: 1-38
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S Riaz, Y Aman, M Nasir, A Hayat, MH Nawaz (2022), "Electrical conductivity of Metal Oxides-Carbon composites", Metal Oxide-Carbon Hybrid Materials, published by: Elsevier, pp: 61-74
Journal Papers 0
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Muhammad Hassan Zaheer Khan, Muhammad Umair Tariq, Sara Riaz, Muhammad Shahbaz, Muhammad Mitee Ullah, Enza Fazio, Ammar Tariq, Shahid Atiq, Shahid M. Ramay (2026), "ZIF-67-derived electrode materials for high-performance supercapacitors: Advances and perspectives", Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, pp: 103703, Vol: Volume 347,
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Sehrish Javed, Lubna Sherin, Sara Riaz, Amna Ashfaq (2025), "A novel (Bisingle bondS)? MOF@MXene hybrid-integrated electrochemical sensor for simultaneous and sensitive detection of multiple trace-level heavy metal ions in drinking water and food samples", Microchemical Journal, pp: 116038, Vol: Volume 219,
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Javaria Ashiq, Ali Hussain, Mazhar Amjad Gilani, Sara Riaz, Mian Hasnain Nawaz (2025), "Ultrasensitive detection of histamine in spoiled meat employing silver nanoparticles decorated Perylene: An experimental-computational conjugation", Food Chemistry, Impact Factor: 8.5
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Sunnia Tariq, Unzila Saeed, Sara Riaz, Amna Saqib, Shazia Khurshid, Mian Hasnain Nawaz (2024), "ZnO nanoflakes decorated graphene oxide acting as an efficient platform for precise detection of uric acid via rhodamine fluorescence quenching", Materials Today Communications, Impact Factor: 3.7
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Hina Khadim, Rabia Zeeshan, Sara Riaz, Sobia Tabassum, Arsalan Ahmed Ansari, Saima Zulfiqar, Muhammad Yar, Anila Asif (2024), "Development of eugenol loaded cellulose-chitosan based hydrogels; in-vitro and in-vivo evaluation for wound healing", Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Impact Factor: 4.9
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Rabia Batool, Sara Riaz, Shehar Bano, Akhtar Hayat, Muhammad Shahid Nazir, Muhammad Nasir, Jean Louis Marty & Mian Hasnain Nawaz (2023), "Fabrication of polydopamine decorated carbon cloth as support material to anchor CeO2 nanoparticles for electrochemical detection of ethanol", Microchimica Acta, Impact Factor: 5.4
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Azhar Abbas, Seemal Mansoor, Mian Hasnain Nawaz, Aqif Anwar Chaudhry, Kashif Ijaz, Sara Riaz* and Akhtar Hayat (2023), "Growth of diazonium-functionalized ZnO nanoflakes on flexible carbon cloth for electrochemical sensing of acetone in the liquid phase", RSC Adv., pp: 11537-11545, Vol: 13, Impact Factor: 3.9
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Mariam Ghafoor, Zaib Ullah Khan, Mian Hasnain Nawaz, Naeem Akhtar, Abdur Rahim & Sara Riaz (2023), "In-situ synthesized ZIF-67 graphene oxide (ZIF-67/GO) nanocomposite for efficient individual and simultaneous detection of heavy metal ions", Environmental Monitoring and Assessment , Vol: Volume 195, , Impact Factor: 3.1
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Seemal Mansoor, Amina Rhouati, Sara Riaz, Mihaela Badea, Akhtar Hayat (2022), "DNA templated electrodeposition of silver nanoparticles for direct and label free aptasensing of Ochratoxin A", Analytical Biochemistry, pp: 114540, Vol: 639, DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2021.114540, Impact Factor: 3.365
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Mariam Sabar, Umay Amara, Sara Riaz, Akhtar Hayat, Muhammad Nasir, Mian Hasnain Nawaz (2022), "Fabrication of MoS2 enwrapped carbon cloth as electrochemical probe for non-enzymatic detection of dopamine", Materials Letters, pp: 131233, Vol: 308, DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2021.131233, Impact Factor: 3.423
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Tayyaba Masood, Muhammad Asad, Sara Riaz, Naeem Akhtar, Akhtar Hayat, Mohamed A.Shenashen, Mohammed M.Rahman (2022), "Non-enzymatic electrochemical sensing of dopamine from COVID-19 quarantine person", Materials Chemistry and Physics, pp: 126451, Vol: Volume 289, , Impact Factor: 4.778
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Gulshan Jabeen, Muhammad Hassan Ahmad, Muhammad Aslam, Sara Riaz, Akhtar Hayat and Mian Hasnain Nawaz (2022), "N-Doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) as fluorescent probes for detection of UV induced DNA damage", RSC Advances, pp: 22458-22464, Vol: 12, Impact Factor: 4.036
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Mariam Sabar, Umay Amara, Sara Riaz, Akhtar Hayat, Muhammad Nasir, Mian Hasnain Nawaz (2022), "Fabrication of MoS2 enwrapped carbon cloth as electrochemical probe for non-enzymatic detection of dopamine", Materials Letters, pp: 131233, Vol: Volume 308, , Issue: Part B, DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2021.131233, Impact Factor: 3.574
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Umay Amara, Khalid Mahmood, Muhammad Awais, Muhammad Khalid, Muhammad Nasir, Sara Riaz, Akhtar Hayat and Mian Hasnain Nawaz (2022), "Nickel Doped Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Conjugated Porphyrin Interface (Porphyrin/Fe2O3@Ni) for Non-enzymatic Detection of Dopamine from Lacrimal Fluid", Dalton Transactions, Impact Factor: 4.390
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Umay Amara, Sara Riaz, Khalid Mahmood, Naeem Akhtar, Muhammad Nasir, Akhtar Hayat, Muhammad Khalid, Muhammad Yaqub and Mian Hasnain Nawaz (2021), "Copper oxide integrated perylene diimide self-assembled graphitic pencil for robust non-enzymatic dopamine detection", RSC advances, pp: 25084, Vol: 11, Issue: 40, DOI: 10.1039/d1ra03908c, Impact Factor: 4.036
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Saba Rasheed , Zahida Batool , Azeem Intisar , Sara Riaz, Mamoona Shaheen , Rehana Kousar (2021), "Enhanced photodegradation activity of cuprous oxide nanoparticles towards Congo red for water purification ", Desalination and Water Treatment , pp: 330–337, Vol: 227, DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2021.27238, Impact Factor: 1.234
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Umay Amara, Muhammad Taqi Mehran, Bilal Sarfaraz, Khalid Mahmood, Akhtar Hayat, Muhammad Nasir, Sara Riaz & Mian Hasnain Nawaz (2021), "Perylene diimide/MXene-modified graphitic pencil electrode-based electrochemical sensor for dopamine detection", Microchimica Acta, pp: 230, Vol: 188, Impact Factor: 5.833
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Maham Liaqat, Sara Riaz, Mian Hasnain Nawaz, Mihaela Badea, Akhtar Hayat, Jean Louis Marty (2021), "Fabrication of electro-active nano-trans surfaces to design label free electrochemical aptasensor for ochratoxin A detection", Electrochimica Acta, pp: 138172, Vol: 379, DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138172, Impact Factor: 6.901
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Umay Amara, Khalid Mahmood, Sara Riaz, Muhammad Nasir, Muhammad Hanif, Muhammad Yaqub, Dongxue Han, Li Niu, Akhtar Hayat, Mian Hasnain Nawaz (2021), "Self-assembled perylene-tetracarboxylic acid/multi-walled carbon nanotube adducts based modification of screen-printed interface for efficient enzyme immobilization towards glucose biosensing", Microchemical Journal, Impact Factor: 3.28
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Muhammad Asim Akhtar, Razia Batool, Akhtar Hayat, DongXue Han, Sara Riaz, Shifa Ullah Khan, Muhammad Nasir, Mian Hasnain Nawaz, and Li Niu, (2019), "Functionalized Graphene Oxide Bridging Between Enzyme and Au Sputtered Screen Printed Interface for Glucose Detection, ", ACS Applied Nano Materials, , pp: 1589-1596, Vol: 2,
21.
LN MH Nawaz, J Xu, Z Song, S Riaz, D Han (2019), "N-Doped Graphene Oxide Decorated with PtCo Nanoparticles for Immobilization of Double-Stranded Deoxyribonucleic Acid and Investigation of Clenbuterol-Induced DNA Damage", ACS Omega, Impact Factor: 2.6
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Muhammad Usman, Lujun Pan, Amjad Farid, Sara Riaz, Abdul Sammed Khan Zhao Yong Peng, M.Aslam Khan (2019), "Ultra-fast and highly sensitive enzyme-free glucose sensor based on 3D vertically aligned silver nanoplates on nickel foam-graphene substrate, ", Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry , pp: 113342, Vol: 848, Impact Factor: 3.6
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Sara Khalid, Farah Alvi, Masoom Fatima, Yongyu Zhang, Sara Riaz, Robina Farooq (2018), "Dye Degradation and Electricity Generation Using Microbial Fuel Cell with Graphene Oxide Modified Anode", Materials Letters, pp: 272-276, Vol: 220, DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2018.03.054, Impact Factor: 3.423
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Muhammad Asim Akhtar, Sara Riaz, Akhtar Hayat, Muhammad Nasir, Nawshad Muhammad, Abdur Rahim, Mian Hasnain Nawaz (2017), "Poly (ethylene oxide) tethered trans-porphyrin: synthesis, self-assembly with fullerene (c60) and DNA binding studies.", Journal of Molecular Liquids, pp: 235–239, Vol: 225, Impact Factor: 3.6
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Lu-Lu Qu, Yun-Yan Geng, Zhi-Nan Bao, Sara Riaz, Haitao Li (2016), "Silver nanoparticles on cotton swabs for improved surface-enhanced Raman scattering, and its application to the detection of carbaryl", Microchimica Acta, pp: 1307-1313, Vol: 183, Impact Factor: 4.6
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Sara Riaz, Wang Feng, Ather Farooq Khan, Mian Hasnain Nawaz, (2016), "Sonication-induced self-assembly of polymeric porphyrin–fullerene: Formation of nanorings", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, pp: DOI: 10.1002/APP.43537., Impact Factor: 1.6
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Sara Riaz, Muhammad Nasir, Jibran Iqbal and Mian Hasnain Nawaz (2015), "Polystyrenic porphyrins as catalysts for alkane oxidation.", Res Chem Intermed, pp: 6283-6287, Vol: 41, Impact Factor: 1.8
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Mian Hasnain Nawaz, Sara Riaz, Liu Feng (2014), "Atomic Force Microscopic Investigations of Fibrils Formed by Complexation of Monochelic Polystyrenic Porphyrin and PEGylated Fullerene (C 60 )", Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, pp: 753-756, Vol: 35, Impact Factor: 0.9
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Sara Riaz, Muhammad Nasir, Jibran Iqbal and Mian Hasnain Nawaz (2014), "Polystyrenic porphyrins as catalysts for alkane oxidation,", Res Chem Intermed, Vol: 40, Standard: DOI 10.1007/s11164-014-1739-x , Impact Factor: 1.5
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Sara Riaz, Qu LuLu, Essy Kouadio Fodjo, Wei Ma and Yi-Tao Long (2014), "Thioanisole Induced Size-Selective Fragmentation of Gold Nanoparticles", RSC Advances, pp: 14031-14034, Vol: 4, Impact Factor: 3.708
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Sara Riaz, Wei Ma, Chao Jing, Mian Hasnain Nawaz, Da-Wei Li and Yi-Tao Long (2013), "Thiol-ubiquinone Assisted Fragmentation of Gold Nanoparticles", Chemical Communication, pp: 1738-1740, Vol: 49, Impact Factor: 6.718
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Essy Kouadio Fodjo, Sara Riaz, Da-Wei Li, LuLu Qu, Niamien P. Marius, Trokourey Albert and Yi-Tao Long (2012), "Cu@Ag/ß-AgVO3 as SERS Substrate for the Trace Level Detection of Carbamate Pesticides", Analytical Methods, pp: 3785-3791, Vol: 4, Impact Factor: 1.938
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Essy Kouadio Fodjo, Yuan-Ting Li, Da-Wei Li, Sara Riaz and Yi-Tao Long (2011), "Rapid Determination of Nitrophenol Isomers in Polluted Water Based on Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes Modified Screen-Printed Electrode", Mediterranean Journal of Chemistry, pp: 19-29, Vol: 1

Experience

Assistant Professor
CUI Lahore
Apr 2014 to 2022

Lecturer
Nishat Girls College Multan
2009 to 2010

internee
Govt, Girls Higher Secondary School Multan
2007 to 2008

Lecturer
Central Girls College Multan
2006 to 2007

Qualification

PhD
East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Sep 2010 to Jul 2013

M.Phil
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Jan 2010

M.Sc
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Sep 2003 to Jun 2006