Dr. Muhammad Ismail

Dr. Muhammad Ismail

Designation: Associate Professor

Phone: 05811-960038

Email: dr.ismail@kiu.edu.pk

Status: Tenured

  • B.Sc. University of Karachi
  • M.Sc. Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan
  • PhD H.E.J. Research Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Karachi
  • Post-doctorate University of East Anglia, UK
  • Visiting Scientist School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, UK
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of East Anglia, UK
  • Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry, Karakoram International University
  • Chairman Department of Chemistry, Karakoram International University
  • Research Officer H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi
  • Short-term Ph.D. Research Attachment Scholarship Award jointly by the British Council and HEC (Pakistan), for six month advance research study in UK. This research was conducted under the supervision of Dr. Chris J. Richards at the School of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, UK
  • This 9-months postdoctoral research program from the University of East Anglia, UK was based on enantioselective synthesis and application to asymmetric synthesis of planar chiral nucleophilic catalysts. A key Research Publication entitled, “Enantioselective Synthesis and Application to the Allylic Imidate Rearrangement of Amine-Coordinated Palladacycle Catalysts of Cobalt Sandwich Complexes” has been published in Chemistry- A European Journal. 2013, 19, 17951-17962 (impact factor = 5.9)
  • Natural Products and Structural Organic Chemistry
  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Organometallic Catalysis
  • Biotransformation
    • Asymmetric synthesis of oxindoles containing a quaternary stereogenic centre by catalytic O/C-caboxyl rearrangement, Muhammad Ismail, Huy V. Nguyen, Gennadiy Ilyashenko, Majid Motevalli, Christopher J. Richards. Tetrahedron Letters, 2009, 50, 6332-6334
    • cis-Clerodane-type furanoditerpenoids from Tinospora crispa., M. Iqbal Choudhary, Muhammad Ismail, Khozirah Shaari, Ahmed Abbaskhan, Samina A. Sattar, Nordin H. Lajis, Atta-ur-Rahman. Journal of Natural Products 2010, 73, 541-547.
    • Alkaloidal constituents from Tinospora crispa. , M. Iqbal Choudhary, Muhammad Ismail, Zulfiqar Ali, Khozirah Shaari, Nordin H. Lajis, Atta-ur-Rahman. Natural Product Communications 2010, 5, 1747-1750.
    • Enantioselective Synthesis and Application to the Allylic Imidate Rearrangement of Amine-Coordinated Palladacycle Catalysts of Cobalt Sandwich Complexes., Gennadiy Ilyashenko, Doyle J. Cassar, Muhammad Ismail, James Woods, David L. Hughes and Christopher J. Richards. Chemistry- A European Journal. 2013, 19, 17951-17962.
    • Botanical pesticide and insects repellent prepared from Tanacetum baltistanicum endemic to Gilgit-Baltistan. , Muhammad Ismail, Farhad Hussain, Sajjad Ali. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences 2014, 5, 128-135.
    • Quantitative determination of ascorbic acid in commercial fruit juices by redox titration. , Muhammad Ismail, Sajjad Ali, and Manzoor Hussain. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance 2014, 5, 22-25. (IF= 1.3). http://ijpqa.com/volume5issue4/
    • Antioxidant Potential of Various Fractions of Lichen Species from Gilgit-Baltistan, District Hunza-Nagar. , Muhammad Ismail, Sajjad Ali, Hira Fatima Abbas, Tooba Mahboob, Khalil Ahmed, Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary. Antioxidant Potential of Various Fractions of Lichen Species from Gilgit-Baltistan, District Hunza-Nagar. International Journal of Biosciences 2014, 5, 346-353. http://dx.doi.org/10.12692/ijb/5.9.346-353
    • Comparative analysis of total phenolic contents of some plant species of genus Artemisia, Mentha and Datura., Muhammad Ismail, Sajjad Ali, Sumera Shaheen, Adila Wali, Naila Begum. Comparative analysis of total phenolic contents of some plant species of genus Artemisia, Mentha and Datura. International Journal of Biosciences 2014, 5, 393-398. http://dx.doi.org/10.12692/ijb/5.9.393-398
    • In Vitro Antioxidant and Antiglycation Studies on African mistletoe (T. bangwensis) and Ring Worm Plant (S. alata) from Nigeria., Kingsley Patrick-Iwuanyanwu, Sajjad Ali, Muhammad Ismail, Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, Saima Rasheed. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences, 2015, 6, 378-386
    • Investigation on Total Phenolic Contents of Elaeagnus multiflora., Muhammad Ismail, Manzoor Hussain, and Saima Mahar. Asian Journal of Chemistry 2015, 27, 4587-4590.
    • Enantiopure Ferrocene-Based Planar Chiral Iridicycles: Stereospecific Control of Iridium Centered Chirality. , Ross Arthurs, Muhammad Ismail,Christopher C. Prior, Vasily S. Oganesyan, Peter N. Horton, Simon J. Coles, and Christopher J. Richards. Chemistry A European Journal. 2016, 22,1-9.
    • Compounds isolated from Tinospora crispa., Muhammad Ismail and Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary. Chemistry of Natural Compounds. 2016 (accepted).
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