HEC Outstanding Research Awards 2012
1. BEST RESEARCH PAPER AWARDS
i) Basic & Applied Sciences:
SN Name
1
Dr. Muhammad
Atif
2
Dr. Shamaraz
Firdous
3
Dr. Muhammad
Hanif
Field
Physics
Paper Title
Journal Title
Fluorescence photobleaching dynamics of
meso tetra hydroxy phenyl chlorin (mTHPC).
LASER PHYSICS
LETTERS
Physics
Transmission spectroscopy of dengue viral
infection
LASER PHYSICS
LETTERS
Maleimide-functionalised organoruthenium
anticancer agents and their binding to thiolcontaining biomolecules
Mathematics Thermodynamics in f(R, T) theory of gravity.
Chemistry
4
Dr. Muhammad
Sharif
5
Dr. Muhammad
Najam-ul-Haq
Chemistry
6
Dr. Muhammad
Ramzan Saeed
Ashraf Janjua
Chemistry
Silica–Lanthanum Oxide - Pioneer Composite
of Rare-Earth Metal Oxide in Selective
Phosphopeptides Enrichment
Quantum Mechanical Design of Efficient
Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Materials
Based on Heteroaromatic Imido-Substituted
Hexamolybdates: First Theoretical Framework
of POM-Based Heterocyclic Aromatic Rings
CHEMICAL
COMMUNICATIONS
JOURNAL OF
COSMOLOGY AND
ASTROPARTICLE
PHYSICS
Enrichment.
ANALYTICAL
CHEMISTRY
INORGANIC
CHEMISTRY
ii) Biological Sciences:
SN Name
1
Dr. Muhammad
Nauman Ahmad
Field
Agriculture
Paper Title
Journal Title
ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION
Dr. Jamil Ahmad
Molecular
Biology
Hydrogen fluoride damage to vegetation
from peri-urban brick kilns in Asia: A growing
but unrecognised problem?
Detection of BRCA 1/2 mutations in breast
cancer patients from Thailand and Pakistan.
CLINICAL GENETICS
2
3
Dr. Azeem Khalid
Environmental Accelerated decolorization of reactive azo
dyes under saline conditions by bacteria
Sciences
APPLIED
MICROBIOLOGY
AND
BIOTECHNOLOGY
JOURNAL OF
HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS
isolated from Arabian seawater sediment
4
5
Mr. Fiaz Ahmad
Dr. Shah Ali Ul
Qader
Biotechnology Enhanced remediation of chlorpyrifos from
Biochemistry
soil using ryegrass (Lollium multiflorum) and
chlorpyrifos-degrading bacterium Bacillus
pumilus C2A1
Low
molecular
weight
dextran:
Immobilization of cells of Leuconostoc
mesenteroides KIBGE HA1 on calcium
alginate beads
CLINICAL GENETICS
CARBOHYDRATE
POLYMERS
iii) Engineering & Technology:
SN Name
1
Dr. Naveed
Arshad
Field
Computer
Science
Paper Title
Journal Title
Forecasting for demand response in smart
grids: An analysis on use of anthropologic
and structural data and short term multiple
loads forecasting.
Experimental investigation of in-plane and
out-of-plane
crushing
of
aluminum
honeycomb.
APPLIED ENERGY
2
Dr. Muhammad
Kashif Khan
Materials
Engineering
3
Dr. Basit Raza
Computer
Science
Cross-document structural relationship
identification using supervised machine
learning.
APPLIED SOFT
COMPUTING,
ELSEVIER
4
Dr. Muhammad
Kamran
Computer
Science
An Information-Preserving Watermarking
Scheme for Right Protection of EMR
IEEE TRANSACTIONS
ON KNOWLEDGE AND
MATERIALS SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING
A-ELSEVIER
5
Dr. Naveed
Ahmad
Structural
Engineering
Systems.
Simplified engineering tools for seismic
analysis and design of traditional DhajjiDewari structures.
DATA ENGINEERING
BULLETIN OF
EARTHQUAKE
ENGINEERING
iv) Social Sciences:
SN Name
1
Dr. Inayatullah
Jan
Field
Rural
Development
Paper Title
Journal Title
What makes people adopt improved
cookstoves? Empirical evidence from rural
northwest Pakistan.
RENEWABLE
AND
SUSTAINABLE
ENERGY REVIEWS
2
Applied
Psychology
Perceptions of Autonomy and Life
Satisfaction in Pakistani Married Immigrant
Women in Toronto, Canada.
SEX ROLES
Paper Title
Journal Title
The politics of knowledge, epistemological
occlusion and Islamic management and
organization knowledge.
ORGANIZATION
Dr. Tahira Jibeen
v) Management Sciences:
SN Name
1
Mr. Shoaib-ulHaq
Field
Organization
Behavior
vi) Arts/Humanities:
SN Name
1
Dr. Mohammad
Zafar Iqbal
Field
Paper Title
Journal Title
Global
Media
Image
of
Islam
and
Muslims
ISLAMIC STUDIES
Mass
Communication and the Problimatic of a Response Strategy.
2. BEST YOUNG RESEARCH SCHOLAR AWARDS
SN Name
Dr. Khalid
1
2
3
4
Mahmood Zia
Dr. Muhammad
Farooq
Dr. Junaid Zafar
Dr. Muhammad
Abbas
Field
Chemistry
Discipline
Basic & Applied Sciences
Agronomy
Biological Sciences
Electrical
Engineering
Management
Sciences
Engineering & Technology
Social Sciences/Management Sciences/Arts
3. BEST BOOK PUBLICATION AWARDS
SN
1
Name
Dr. Arshad
Mehmood
Abbasi
Field
Plant
Sciences
Book Title
Medicinal Plant
Biodiversity of
Lesser HimalayasPakistan
Publisher
Discipline
Springer New York Biological Sciences
(USA), Dordrecht
Heidelberg London
& Netherlands
2
Dr. Shoaib
Pervez
International
Relations
Routledge 2012
Dr. Rabia Umar
Ali
History
Security Community
in South Asia: IndiaPakistan
Empire in Retreat:
The Story of India's
Partition
3
Oxford
Press,
2012
Social Sciences/
Management
University Sciences/Arts
Pakistan
4. BEST INNOVATOR AWARD
SN Name
Dr. Riaz
1
Mufti
Field
Ahmad Mechanical Engineering
Invention Title
Engine Blow-By Monitoring System