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Biography:

Dr. Techn. Saima Feroz completed her PhD studies in April 2013, at the Institute of Applied and Synthetic Chemistry, Technical University of Vienna, Austria. The focus of her Ph.D. research project was to “Improve the Thermostability of Baeyer Villiger Monooxygenases”.Prior, at Quad‐i‐Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, she acquired M.Phil and M.Sc degrees in Molecular Biology/Biochemistry. Her research there was focused on “Genetic Mapping of Candidates of Hereditary Hearing Impairment genes”

Educational Information

Year	Degree	Board / University

2013	Ph.D.	Vienna University of Technology,Austria
2005	M.Phil	Quaid-i-Azam University
2003	M.Sc	Quaid-i-Azam University

Academic Experience

From	To	Post Held	Organization

August 2005	June 2006	Research Associate	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
July 2006	December 2007	Lecturer	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
July 2013	to date	Assistant Professor	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology

Publications

Key Publications

Daniela V.Rial,Saima Feroz,Florian Rudroff''Improvement of the stability of a Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase'',BIOCELL,2011.
Saima Feroz,Marko D. Mihovilovic,''Studies on the thermal stabilization of Baeyer-Villiger monooxgenases'',Junior Scientist Conference 2010,Vienna University of Technology,2010.

Conferences

Year	Level	Country	City	Conference

2010	International	Austria	Vienna	Junior Scientist Conference 2010
2009	International	Austria	Vienna	13. Österreichische Chemietage 2009
2009	International	Austria	Graz	ProStab 2009, 8th international conference on protein stabilisation
2010	International	USA	Smithfield	Biocatalysis, Gordon Research Conferences
2010	International	Austria	Vienna	XXIVth European Colloquium on Heterocyclic Chemistry
2011	International	Austria	Vienna	The 3rd EMBO Meeting 2011, Advancing the life sciences
2011	International	Italy	Sicily	Biotrans 2011, 10th International Symposium on Biocatalysis
2011	International	Argentina	Mendoza	47th Annual Meeting of the Argentine Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Awards

Year	Awarding Organization	Description

2010	EMBO
2005	Quaid-i-Azam University	Merit award in M.Phil

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Courses Taught

Course Code	Type	Title	University	Semester

BIO 130	Under Graduate	Cell Biology	COMSATS Islamabad	FA13
BIO130	Under Graduate	Cell Biology	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology	SP14
BIO221	Under Graduate	Biotechnology 1	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology	SP14

Supervisions

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Services

From	To	Institute / Organization	Job Specification

July 2013	Till Date	Department of Biosciences,CIIT,ISlamabad	Student counselor
July 2013	Till Date	Department of Biosciences,CIIT,ISlamabad	Member of Departmental BoS committee
July 2013	Till Date	Department of Biosciences,CIIT,ISlamabad	Member of Departmental admission committee

Books

Title	Subject	First Author	Second Author	Third Author	Year	Publisher

Improving the Thermostability of Baeyer Villiger Monooxygenases	Molecular Biology	Saima Feroz			2013	LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing

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Publication Year	Key Publications

1 2011	1 Daniela V.Rial,Saima Feroz,Florian Rudroff''Improvement of the stability of a Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase'',BIOCELL,2011.
2 2010	2 Saima Feroz,Marko D. Mihovilovic,''Studies on the thermal stabilization of Baeyer-Villiger monooxgenases'',Junior Scientist Conference 2010,Vienna University of Technology,2010.

Dr. Dr. Saima Feroz

Assistant Professor of Bio Science, CUI Islamabad Campus