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Dr. Meher Ali
Dr. Meher Ali
Assistant-Professor
11
Publications
4
Supervised
0
Awards
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Projects
4
Education
Research Interest

-Renewable sources of chemical energy, (Catalytic CO2 transformation). -Catalysis and organic conversion Gas to liquid (GTL), Coal to liquid (CTL) and -Biomass to liquid (BTL) processes. -Catalytic hydrogenation/dehydrogenation. - Synthesis of Ionic Liquids and Liquid Electrolytes. - Synthesis of Nanoparticles. - Natural Products Chemistry.

Education
MSc (Chemistry)

The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences & Technology (FUUAST) Karachi

Pakistan 2007

M.Phil (Natural Products Chemistry)

ICCBS, H.E.J Research Institute of Chemistry University of Karachi

Pakistan 2011

Ph.D (Molecular Catalysis & Synthesis)

Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis - UFRGS | Porto Alegre RS Brazil

Brazil 2016

BSc (Chemistry)

University of Karachi

Pakistan 2005

Publications
# Authors Title Journal Year Link
1 Hussain, Amjad; Attique, Faisal; Akash, Muhammad Sajid Hamid; Ali, Meher; Ayub, Muhammad Adnan; Ragab, Ahmed H; AL-Mhyawi, Saedah Rwede; Gumaah, Najla F; Mammadova, Khayala; Jan, Afnan; Synthesis, Characterization, and Antibacterial Activity of Cephalosporin-Drugs Loaded Ni-Nanoparticles for Drug Carrier Applications BioNanoScience 2025
2 Shaukat, Rizwan; Hussain, Amjad; Akash, Muhammad Sajid Hamid; Rehman, Kanwal; Imran, Muhammad; Ali, Enas; Ali, Meher; Mammadova, Khayala; Jan, Afnan; Khan, Ajmal; Genome‐Wide Study of Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2)–Associated Genes in Homo sapiens (Human) The Journal of Gene Medicine 2025
3 Hussain, Amjad; Bilal, Ahmad; Azam, Sajjad; Akash, Muhammad Sajid Hamid; Imran, Muhammad; Ali, Enas; Kotwica-Mojzych, Katarzyna; Glowacka, Mariola; Mojzych, Mariusz; Ali, Meher; Green synthesis of iron and zinc nanoparticles, total phenolic and total flavonoid components, and pharmacological studies of Perovskia atriplicifolia Benth Scientific Reports 2025
4 Hussain, Amjad; Azam, Sajjad; Rehman, Kanwal; Ali, Meher; Akash, Muhammad Sajid Hamid; Zhou, Xuefeng; Rauf, Abdur; Alshammari, Abdulrahman; Albekairi, Norah A; Al-Ghamdi, Abdullah Hamed; Green synthesis of Fe and Zn-NPs, phytochemistry and pharmacological evaluation of Phlomis cashmeriana Royle ex Benth Heliyon 2024
5 Rehman, Samiya; Hussain, Amjad; Ullah, Munzer; Ali, Enas; Mojzych, Mariusz; Naqvi, Syed Ali Raza; Ali, Akbar; Ali, Meher; Gomaa, Ehab; Ghoneim, Sherif SM; Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of Withania coagulans (Dunal) with rol A genes and its antioxidant potential ACS omega 2023
6 Ali, Iftikhar; Ali, Muhammad; Shareef, Huma; Naeem, Sadaf; Khadim, Adeeba; Ali, Meher; Amber, Faiza; Hussain, Hidayat; Ismail, Muhammad; Shah, Syed Tasadaque A; Phytochemical analysis and biological activities of “cherchoomoro”(Nepeta adenophyta hedge) Journal of ethnopharmacology 2021
7 Ali, Meher; Abarca, Gabriel; Eberhardt, Dario; Gual, Aitor; Bernardi, Fabiano; Teixeira, Sergio R; Dupont, Jairton; Save money‚ during hydrogenation reactions by exploiting the superior performance of Pd-NPs deposited on carbon black by magnetron sputtering Tetrahedron 2017
8 Hussain, Nusrat; Adhikari, Achyut; Ahmad, Malik Shoaib; Wahab, Atia-tul-; Ali, Meher; Choudhary, M Iqbal; Two new prenylated flavonoids from the roots of Berberis thunbergii DC. Natural Product Research 2017
9 Ali, Meher; Gual, Aitor; Ebeling, Gunter; Dupont, Jairton; Carbon Dioxide Transformation in Imidazolium Salts: Hydroaminomethylation Catalyzed by Ru‚ÄêComplexes ChemSusChem 2016
10 Ali, Meher; Gual, Aitor; Ebeling, Günter; Dupont, Jairton; Ruthenium‐catalyzed hydroformylation of alkenes by using carbon dioxide as the carbon monoxide source in the presence of ionic liquids ChemCatChem 2014
11 Choudhary, M Iqbal; Ali, Meher; Wahab, Atia-tul; Khan, Ajmal; Rasheed, Saima; Shyaula, Sajan Lal; Rahman, Atta-ur; New antiglycation and enzyme inhibitors from Parmotrema cooperi Science China Chemistry 2011
Research Projects
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Research / Project Supervised 4 students
# Thesis / Project Title Reg. No. Student Degree
1 GREEN SYNTHESIS OF METAL NANOPARTICLES AND EVALUATION OF THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES 2021-KIU-MS1014 Qurat Ul Ain MS Organic Chemistry
2 EVALUATION THE BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AND CHEMICAL PROFILING OF MORCHELLA CRASSIPES 2020-KIU-9134 Muhammad Tariq MS Organic Chemistry
3 GREEN SYNTHESIS OF PD-NPS FOR THE MONEY SAVING CATALYTIC HYDROGENATIONS 2021-KIU-MS1010 Kishwar Hakeem MS Organic Chemistry
4 ETHNOBOTANICAL LEAD BIOASSAY SCREENING AND CHEMICAL PROFILING OF ANEMONE TETRASEPALA 2020-KIU-9021 Muzaffar Hussain Khan MS Organic Chemistry
Honors & Awards
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Certifications
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Teaching Spring 2026
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