PROF. DR.

FARAH KANWAL
Director, School of Physical Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Professor of Physical Chemisty, Institute of Chemistry, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
EDUCATION YEAR INSTITUTE
Ph.D 1995, University of Strathclyde, UK.
M.Sc 1989, GCU Lahore,
B.Sc 1985 Government College Jhang,
F.Sc 1982, Govt. Girls College for Women, Sarghoda.
SSCE 1980, Govt. Muslim High School, Multan.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1. Director, School of Physical Sciences, since September, 2018 at the “University of the Punjab,
Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore (Pakistan)”.

2. Professor of Physical Chemistry since December, 2011 at the “Institute of Chemistry, University of
the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore (Pakistan)”.

3. Deputy Chairperson Hall Council, since January, 2019 at the “University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-
Azam Campus, Lahore (Pakistan)”.

4. Associate professor of Physical Chemistry since 2008 at “Institute of Chemistry, University of

5. Warden/Deputy Chairperson Hall Council, since 2008. (Expenditure to run and deal with financial
as well as administration).

6. Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry at the “Institute of Chemistry, University of the

7. Lecturer of Physical Chemistry at the “GC University, Lahore” from 2000-2004. (Teaching physical
chemistry to post graduates students with supervision of thesis and dissertation leading to M.Sc.
degrees. Teaching graduates and under graduates students as well).

8. Worked as a Lecturer/ Senior Teacher from 1995-2000. (Teaching to O/A level, F.Sc students at the
“Beacon- House, Pamir Knot College and Al-Hajvery Colleges and University”.

9. More than nineteen years post Ph.D experience of Teaching and Research at the
University Level.

TRAININGS
 Cambridge University (United Kingdom) training for paper setting held at National Grammar School,
Upper Mall, Lahore. (October 1999)
 Computer Training for faculty Development held at GC University, Lahore. (May 2002)
 Faculty Development Program held at University of the Punjab, Lahore. (September 2004)
 Faculty Development Program for Professors held at University of the Punjab, Lahore. (November 2014)

RESEARCH PUBLICATION
1. Farah Kanwal, Saadat Anwar Siddiqi, Aisha Batool, M. Imran, Waheed Mushtaq, Tahir Jamil, Synthesis of
polypyrrole-Ferric Oxide (PPy-Fe2O3) Composites and Study of their Structural and Conducting
Properties, Synthetic Metals, 161(3-4), 2011, 335-339.
2. Aisha Batool, Farah Kanwal, Muhammad Imran, Aisha Batool, Farah Kanwal, Muhammad Imran,
Synthesis of Polypyrrole/zinc oxide composites and study of their structural thermal and electrical
properties, Synthetic Metals, 161 (23-24), 2012, 2753-2758.
3. Muhammad Waheed Mushtaq, Farah Kanwal, Muhammad Imran, Naila Ameen, Madeeha Batool, Aisha
Batool, Shahid Bashir, Syed Mustansar Abbas, Ata ur Rehman, Saira Riaz, Synthesis of surfactant-coated
cobalt ferrite nanoparticles for adsorptive removal of acid blue 45 dye, Materials Research Express, 5 , 2018,
035058.
4. Ahmad Irfan, Muhammad Nadeem, Makshoof Athar, Farah Kanwal, Jingping Zhan, Electronic, optical and
charge transfer properties of α,α′-bis(dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′- d]thiophene) (BDT) and its heteroatom-
substituted analogues, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 968 (1-3), 2011, 8-11.
5. Muhammad Waheed Mushtaq, Farah Kanwal, Aisha Batool, Tahir Jamil, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Bushra
Ijaz, Qingrong Huang, Zaka Ullah, Polymer-coated CoFe2O4 nanoassemblies as biocompatible magnetic
nanocarriers for anticancer drug delivery, Journal of Materials Science, 52(16), 2017, 9282-9293.
6. Khalil Ahmad, Farah Kanwal, Shahid M. Ramay, Shahid Atiq, Asif Khan, A. Mahmood, Study of the effect of PVA
on Dielectric Constant and Structure of TiO2-Polypyrrole composites prepared by in-situ polymerization, Digest
Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures, 12(3), 2017, 775-783.
7. Saira Ishaq, Farah Kanwal, Shahid Atiq, Mahmood Moussa, Umar Azhar, Iffrah Gul, Dusan Losic, Dielectric and
impedance spectroscopic studies of three phase graphene/titania/poly(vinyl alcohol) nanocomposite films,
Results in Physics 11, 2018, 540-548.
8. Khalil Ahmed, Farah Kanwal, Shahid Ramay, Shahid Atiq, Rabia Rehman, Syed Ali, Synthesis and
Characterization of BaTiO3/Polypyrrole Composites with Exceptional Dielectric Behaviour. Polymers 11(10),
2018, 1273.
9. Saira Ishaq, Farah Kanwal, Shahid Atiq Mahmoud Moussa, Dusan Losic, Synthesis of three phase
graphene/titania/polydimethylsiloxane nanocomposite films and revealing their dielectric and impedance
properties, Ceramics International, 2019, 8713-8720.
10. Aisha Batool, Farah Kanwal, Sumreen Asim, Shahid Atiq, Saira Riaz, Shahzad Naseem, Muhammad Waheed
Mushtaq, Zaka Ullah, A Thermally Stable Polypyrrole-Hematite Composites with Tunable Dielectric and Magnetic
Properties, Polymer Science, Series A, 2019, 61(1), 112-117.
RESEARCH GRANTS
1. Project title, “Synthesis of emulsion homo-polymers and copolymers from different functional and vinyl
monomers by emulsion and micro-emulsion polymerization”.
Funding Agency: University of the Punjab. Research grant: 0.1 million; Year: 2008-09
2. Project title, “Synthesis and characterization of conducting polymers and their composites”.
Funding Agency: University of the Punjab. Research grant: 0.15 million; Year: 2009-10
3. Project title “Synthesis and characterization of Iron Oxide/polymers nano-composites” (Submitted)
Research grant: 0.25 million; Year: 2014-15.
4. 8. Project title “Study of Structural and Electrical Properties of Various Graphene/Cobalt Ferrite/Polymer
Nanocomposites” Research grant: 0.25 million; Year: 2015-16.
5. Project title “Synthesis and characterization of high dielectric constant vinyl polymers/polypyrrole composites”
Research grant: 0.2 million; Year: 2011-12.
6. Project title “Synthesis and characterization of high dielectric constant BaTiO3/polymer composites”
Research grant: 0.2 million; Year: 2012-13.
7. Project title “Synthesis, Characterization And Study of Dielectric behaviour of Titnates/PVA/ Polypyrrole
Composites” Research grant: 0.2 million Year: 2013-14.