Biography:

Dr. Naeem Akhtar received his MS (Physical Chemistry) in 2010 from Department of Chemistry, B. Z. University, Multan Pakistan. He was selected as a senior visiting scholar in 2011 to join National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing China under the supervision of Prof. He. Tao and was awarded excellent student award in 2012. In 2013, he won National institute for material science (NIMS)-Waseda university joint Jr. Research assistantship and became the first Pakistani to Join NIMS as a junior researcher. He started his Ph.D research work in April 2013 under the supervision renowned Egyptian Scientist, Prof. Sherif El. Safty (Japan has proposed him formally to the Noble prize for chemicals, because of his excellent work in the field of Nanotechnology). During Ph.D research work he won Waseda University, Young Doctoral Scholarship for consecutive three years (1600000 JPY) and also JASSO Honors Scholarship (65000 JPY/month) for a year. He was awarded Ph.D degree with entitle “Doctor of Science” on March 25, 2016 by Waseda University on thesis title “Nanoelectrochemical sensor for selective molecular recognition”. He has published more than 15 articles in well renowned International Journals during his PhD research work. After his return to home country Pakistan, he joined Institute of Chemical Sciences, B. Z. University, Multan Pakistan as an assistant professor in Physical Chemistry on July 28, 2016 and served there for more than 1.3 years. On Jan 05, 2018 he joined IRCBM, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus as an Assistant Professor and working Sensors and Biosensors field. He has published more than 35 articles in International journals till date. His research work is focused on but not limited to, Fabrication of nano-materials for designing, 1. Electrochemical and photo-electrochemical sensors for bio-molecular recognition 2. Electrochemical and photo-electrochemical sensors for toxic metal ions 3. Electro-catalysis for oxygen reduction reaction 4. Energy storage devices