Dr. Sara Riaz
Tenured Associate Professor, Chemistry
Area of Interest: Organic Chemistry, Electrochemistry, synthesis of Nanomaterials
Tel # (Off): 111-001-007   (162)

Dr Sara Riaz is currently working at COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore campus as an Assistant Professor and is involved in teaching, research, and administration in the Department of Chemistry. She completed her MSc from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan Pakistan in 2006 in organic Chemistry with distinction, M.Phil in 2010 from BZU   and received a 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, detection of biomolecules, and heavy metal ions detection.

 

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:
1. 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:
1. 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:
1. 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    (External URL)
2. 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    (External URL)
3. 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    (External URL)
4. 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   
5. 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    (External URL)
6. 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   
7. 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    (External URL)
8. 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    (External URL)
9. 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    (External URL)
10. 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    (External URL)
11. 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   
12. 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,    
13. 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   
14. 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   
15. 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    (External URL)
16. 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   
17. 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   
18. 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   
19. 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   
20. 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   
21. 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   
22. 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   
23. 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    (External URL)
24. 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    (External URL)
25. 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   

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
   

Experience

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
   
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