 Academic & Research Professor & Director: Institute of Polymer and Textile Engineering, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. To Date  Industrial Working 6 years App

Chemical / Polymer Engineering

International projects (completed) 01 National research projects (completed)

1. Synthesis and characterization of chitosan and guar gum based ternary blends with polyvinyl alcohol. Dure Najaf Iqbal, Mehwish Tariq, Shahzad Maqsood Khan, Nafessa Gull, Sadia Sagar, Abida Aziz, Arif Nazir, Munawar Iqbal. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2020) I.F. = 4.784 (Accepted) 2. Preparation of Formaldehyde – free Melamine Resins using Furfural as Condensing Agent and Investigation of their Retanning Performance. Muhammad Naveed Ashraf, Shahzad Profile of Prof. Dr. Shahzad Maqsood Khan Page 2 of 7 Maqsood Khan, Shahid Munir, Rashid Saleem, Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists. Volu 103, pp 272-278 (2019) (I.F. = 0.333) 3. Synthesis of Orthanilic Acid Modified Glyoxylated Melamine Resin with Improved Retanning and Thermal Properties Muhammad Naveed Ashraf, Shahzad Maqsood Khan, Shahid Munir, Rashid Saleem, Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists (2019) (I.F. = 0.351) 4. In vitro study of Chitosan based multi-responsive hydrogels as drug release haulier: A preclinical study. Nafisa Gull, Shahzad Maqsood Khan, Muhammad Taqi Zahid Butt, Syed Khalid, Muhammad Shafiq, Atif Islam, Sumreen Asim, Sadaf Hafeez, Rafi Ullah Khan. RSC Advances, 9, 31078-31091(2019) (I.F. = 3.049). 5. Hybrid crosslinked hydrogels as a technology platform for in vitro release of cephradine. Nafisa Gull, Shahzad Maqsood Khan, Muhammad Taqi Zahid Butt, Saba Zia, Syed Khalid, Atif Islam, Imran Sajid, Rafi Ullah Khan, Martin William King. Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 30, 2414-2424 (2019) (I.F. = 2.162). 6. Fabrication and modelling of the macro-mechanical properties of cross-ply laminated fiber reinforced polymer composites using artificial neural network. Shahzad Maqsood Khan, Samandar Ali Malik, Nafisa Gull, Sidra Saleemi, Atif Islam, Muhammad Taqi Zahid Butt. Advanced Composite Materials. 28: 409-423. (2019) (I.F. = 1.393) 7. Controlled release of cephradine by biopolymers based target specific crosslinked hydrogels. Atiya Butt, Sehrish Jabeen, Numrah Nisar, Atif Islam, Nafisa Gull, Sadia Sagar Iqbal, Shahzad Khan, Basit Yameen. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 121: 104- 112 (2019) (I.F. = 4.784) 8. Controlled release of Montelukast Sodium from pH-sensitive injectable hydrogels. PolymerPlastics Technology and Engineering. Irtaza Javeria, Atif Islam, Nafisa Gull, Abdul Ghaffar, Shahzad Maqsood Khan, Aneela Sabir, Shaista Khaliq, Muhammad Taqi Zahid Butt and Sadia Atta. Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering. Taylor and Francis 58: 948-956 (2019) (I.F. = 1.705) 9. Investigation of functional, physical, mechanical and thermal properties of TiO2 embedded polyester hybrid composites: A design of experiment (DoE) study. Muhammad Azeem Munawar, Dirk Wolfram Schubert, Shahzad Maqsood Khan, Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman, Nafisa Gull, Atif Islam, Aneela Sabir, Muhammad Shafiq, Bilal Haider, Mudassar Azam, Saba Urooge Khan, Monika M. Voigt. Progress in Natural Science: Materials International 28: 266- 274 (2018) (I.F. = 3.764) 10. γ-irradiated Chitosan Based Injectable Hydrogels for Controlled Release of Drug (Montelukast Sodium). Sadaf Hafeez, Nafisa Gull, Abbas Ali, Shahzad Maqsood Khan, Saba Profile of Prof. Dr. Shahzad Maqsood Khan Page 3 of 7 Zia, Kalsoom Anwar, saba khan, Tahir Jamil. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 114: 890-897 (2018) (I.F. = 4.784) 11. Cellulose acetate based thin film nanocomposite reverse osmosis membrane incorporated with TiO2 nanoparticles for improved performance. Muhammad Shafiq, Aneela Sabir, Atif Islam, Shahzad Maqsood Khan, Nafisa Gull, Syed Nadir Hussain, Muhammad Taqi Zahid Butt. Carbohydrate Polymers 186: 367-376 (2018) (I.F. = 6.044) 12. Co-concentration effect of silane with natural extract on biodegradable polymeric films for food packaging

Anbreen Bashir, Sehrish Jabeen, Nafisa Gull, Atif Islam, Misbah Sultan, Abdul Ghaffar, Shahzad Maqsood Khan, Sadia Sagar Iqbal and Tahir Jamil. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 106: 351-359. (2018) (I.F. = 4.784) 13. Mechanical, Thermal, and Microscopic Profile of Novel Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polyester Composites as a Function of Barium Sulfate Loading. Farheen Anjum, Nafisa Gull, Shahzad Maqsood Khan, Muhammad A. Munawar, Atif Islam, Sajid I. Niazi, Saba Zia, Muhammad Shafiq, Muhammad Taqi Zahid Butt and Tahir Jamil. Advances in Polymer Technology 37: 3, 929-936 (2018) (I.F. = 2.663) 14. Enhanced mechanical properties of wood ash and fly ash as supplementary cementitious materials

Zaib Hussain, Rohama Maqsood, Muhammad Imran Din, Shahzad Maqsood Khan, Akhtar Shahnaz, Mohsin Rashid & Saba Ameen

Advances in Applied Ceramics Structural, Functional and Bioceramics. 116: 7, 355-361 (2017) (I.F. = 1.429) 15. Development and performance characteristics of silane cross linked poly (vinyl alcohol)/chitosan membranes for reverse osmosis. Muhammad Shafiq, Aneela Sabir, Atif Islam, Shahzad Maqsood Khan, Syed Nadir Hussain

Muhammad Taqi Zahid Butt

Tahir Jamil

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 48: 99-107 (2017) (I.F. = 4.978)