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Lecturer
Dr Mehwash Zia
051-9057225
mehwash.zia@aiou.edu.pk

Education

PhD

2

Publications

Mehwash Zia, Shahid Hameed, Humaira Nadeem, Aamir Ali Kharl, Necmi Dege, Rehan Zafar Paracha, Iqra Arshad, and Muhammad Moazzam Naseer. "Synthesis, structure and acetylcholinesterase inhibition activity of new diarylpyrazoles." Bioorganic Chemistry 121, 2022, 105658.

2. Saba Mehreen, Mehwash Zia, Ajmal Khan, Javid Hussain, Saeed Ullah, Muhammad U. Anwar, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, and Muhammad Moazzam Naseer. "Phenoxy pendant isatins as potent α-glucosidase inhibitors: reciprocal carbonyl carbonyl interactions, antiparallel π π stacking driven solid state self-assembly and biological evaluation." RSC Advances 12, no. 32 (2022): 20919-20928.

3. Mehwash Zia, Shahid HameedAntonio Frontera, Elisabeth Irran  and  Muhammad Moazzam Naseer. “Understanding the planar conformations in diarylsubstituted heteroarenes: structural and theoretical insights.”  Cryst Eng Comm, 2021, 23, 3144-3151.

4. Mehwash Zia, Shahid Hameed, Iqbal Ahmad, Nida Tabassum, and Sammer Yousaf. "Synthesis, characterization, electrochemical and DNA binding studies of regio-isomeric sulfonyl esters of substituted isoxazoles." Journal of Molecular Structure, 1202, 2020, 127230.

5. Mehwash Zia, Muhammad Khalid, Shahid Hameed, Elisabeth Irran, and Muhammad Moazzam Naseer. "Synthesis and solid state self-assembly of a 1, 4-diazepine derivative: Water cluster as molecular glue and conformational isomerism." Journal of Molecular Structure, 1207, 2020, 127811.

6. Mehwash Zia, Shahid Hameed, Iqbal Ahmad, Nida Tabassum, and Sammer Yousuf. "Regio-isomeric isoxazole sulfonates: Synthesis, characterization, electrochemical studies and DNA binding activity." Journal of Molecular Structure, 2020, 128635.

7. Mehwash Zia, Tashfeen Akhtar, Shahid Hameed, Najim A. Al. Masoudi. “New Aryl-1,3-thiazole-4-carbohydrazides, their 1,3,4-Oxadiazole-2-thione, 1,2,4-Triazole, Isatin-3-ylidene and Carboxamide Derivatives. Synthesis and Anti-HIV Activity”. Z. Naturforsch. 2012, 67b, 747-758.

8. Muhammad Zia–Ul-Haq, Mehwash Zia, Ghulam Qadeer, Nasim Hasan Rama, Wai-Yeung Wong. “2-[(1E,4E)-2-(4-Methoxphenyl)-3H-benzo[b][1,4]diazepin-4-yl]phenol”. Acta Cryst. 2007, E63, o3554.

9. Aurangzeb Hasan, Sumera Ikram, Amir Badshah, Michael Bolte, Mehwash Zia, “3-(2-Hydroxyphenyl)-5-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazole”. Acta Cryst. 2008, E64, o1767.

10. Amir Badshah, Aurangzeb Hasan, Cecilia R. Barbarin, Mehwash Zia. “2-[5-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]phenol”.  Acta Cryst. 2008, E64, o1264.

 

11. Mehwash Zia, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Comparative thermal stability studies of some isomeric phenolic β-diketones and their phenolic pyrazoles by thermogravimetric analysis. Journal of Contemporary Research in Chemistry. 2016, 1(1), 34-41.

Project, Research Interests

Research Interests

  1. Organic Synthesis
  2. Heterocyclic Chemistry
  3. Materials Chemistry

Awards

  1. Quaid-i-Azam University Merit Scholarship from 2008-2010.
  2. Scholarship for Research at Technical  University, Berlin, Germany under “Research Support   Initiative Program”.

About

The Allama Iqbal Open University was established in May, 1974, with the main objectives of providing educational opportunities to masses and to those who cannot leave their homes and jobs. During all these past years, the University has more than fulfilled this promise.