Dr. Ghayoor Abbas obtained his M.Sc. in Chemistry from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. After serving as lecturer in chemistry in the Punjab Education Department/GCU Lahore for couple of years, he went to the Michigan State University, USA for his PhD studies. At MSU, he worked on the applications of iridium catalyzed aromatic C-H borylation in organic synthesis, and completed his PhD in Chemistry in 2008. He later worked as a Postdoctoral Associate at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, before joining SSE LUMS in fall 2009.

Dr. Ghayoor Abbas has presented his research work in various international conferences including the meetings of the American Chemical Society, the US National Organic Symposium, and the Gordon Organometallic Conference. He has a number of research publications in peer reviewed international journals as well as several patents to his credit. His current research interests include synthesis and study of new ligands for transition metal catalyzed cross coupling reactions, development of new synthetic methodologies and their applications in the synthesis of medicinally active small organic molecules, design and synthesis of new aromatic building blocks for applications in material science.

Title Publication Author Year
Zn-doped CuSe Nano cones as an efficient catalyst for photodegradation of imidacloprid- a commonly used pesticide Applied Surface Science Ashraf A., Rashid Tariq S., Abbas Chotana G., 2025
ZnO/carbon quantum dots nanocomposites derived from Moringa oleifera gum: An improved catalytic vitiation of methylene blue dye Materials Research Bulletin Parveen S., Latif N., Chotana G.A., Kanwal A., Hussain S., Habila M.A., Iqbal A., Manavalan R.K., Farooq N., 2025
Bis-Chalcones: Recent Reports of Their Diverse Applications in Biological and Material Sciences ACS Omega Siddiqui L., Hawsawi M.B., Chotana G.A., Saleem R.S.Z., 2024
Photocatalytic Removal of the Endocrine Disruptor Chlorpyrifos using a ZnO.MoO<inf>3</inf> Composite Supported on Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> ChemistrySelect Attaria F., Rashid Tariq S., Abbas Chotana G., Ahmed D., 2024
Efficient Adsorption of Methylene Blue Using a Hierarchically Structured Metal-Organic Framework Derived from Layered Double Hydroxide ACS Omega Murtaza G., Shah S.S.A., Mumtaz A., Chotana G.A., Nafady A., Wahab M.A., Sohail M., 2024
Fabrication of samarium doped MOF-808 as an efficient photocatalyst for the removal of the drug cefaclor from water RSC Advances Khaleeq A., Tariq S.R., Chotana G.A., 2024
Designing of chitosan/gelatin based nanocomposite films integrated with Vachellia nilotica gum carbon dots for smart food packaging applications International Journal of Biological Macromolecules Parveen S., Nazeer S., Chotana G.A., Kanwal A., Batool B., Bukhari N., Yaqoob A., Talib F., 2024
Sustainable environment by fabrication of copper selenide nanoparticles for photocatalytic degradation of imidacloprid International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Sajjad A., Tariq S.R., Chotana G.A., 2024
Fabrication and characterization of g-C<inf>3</inf>N<inf>4</inf> supported Cu-single atom catalysts for the photocatalytic degradation of dyes RSC Advances Niaz Z., Tariq S.R., Chotana G.A., 2023
Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of SSE1806, a Microtubule Destabilizer That Overcomes Multidrug Resistance ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters Firdous F., Riaz S., Furqan M., Fozail S., Fatima K., Pohl S.O., Doleschall N.J., Myant K.B., Kahfi J., Emwas A.-H., Jaremko M., Chotana G.A., Saleem R.S.Z., Faisal A., 2023
Imidazolium and benzimidazolium sulfonyl salts: Versatile functional group transfer reagents Tetrahedron Letters Nawaz I., Bashir M., Saleem R.S.Z., Chotana G.A., 2023
Photocatalytic degradation of imidacloprid using Ag<inf>2</inf>O/CuO composites RSC Advances Tariq S.R., Niaz Z., Chotana G.A., Ahmad D., Rafique N., 2023
Use of 1D [Pr(BTC)(H<inf>2</inf>O)<inf>6</inf>] MOF as a Filler for Fabrication of Matrimid?? based MMMs Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan Tariq A.R., Sultan M., Mahmud T., Chotana G.A., Dilshad M.R., Khan A.L., Imran M., Tariq S.R., Muller-Buschbau K., 2023
Amides as modifiable directing groups in electrophilic borylation Chemical Science Iqbal S.A., Uzelac M., Nawaz I., Wang Z., Jones T.H., Yuan K., Millet C.R.P., Nichol G.S., Chotana G.A., Ingleson M.J., 2023
Centrosome Clustering &amp; Chemotherapy Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry Firdous F., Raza H.G., Chotana G.A., Choudhary M.I., Fai-Sal A., Saleem R.S.Z., 2023
Chemical Synthesis of Selenium-containing Peptides Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry Ahmed K., Chotana G.A., Faisal A., Saleem R.S.Z., 2023
Selenium-containing Peptides and their Biological Applications Current Medicinal Chemistry Ahmed K., Ashraf D., Chotana G.A., Faisal A., Khan K.M., Saleem R.S.Z., 2022
Synthesis and Characterization of Griseofulvin Derivatives as Microtubule-Stabilizing Agents ChemistrySelect Firdous F., Ibrahim R., Furqan M., Khan H., Raza H., Singh U., Emwas A.-H., Jaremko M., Chotana G.A., Faisal A., Saleem R.S.Z., 2022
Selenium Nanoneedles Deposited on a Pencil Graphite Electrode for Hydrazine Sensing ACS Applied Nano Materials Ishtiaq S., Sohail M., Rasul S., Zia A.W., Siller L., Chotana G.A., Sharif M., Nafady A., 2022
Crystalline and porous CoSe dendrimeric architectures for efficient oxygen evolution reaction Fuel Bilal M., Rashid, Altaf A., Baig N., Chotana G.A., Ashraf R.S., Rasool S., Nafady A., Ul-Hamid A., Sohail M., 2022
Synthesis, photophysical, electrochemical and computational studies of novel 2-aminoimidazolones with D-??-A framework Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry Baig H., Rasool A., Hussain S.Z., Iqbal J., Ashraf R.S., Emwas A.-H., Alazmi M., Gao X., Chotana G.A., Habib-ur-Rehman, Saleem R.S.Z., 2022
Iridium-Catalyzed C-H Borylation of CF<inf>3</inf>-Substituted Pyridines ACS Omega Shahzadi H.T., Fatima S., Akhter N., Alazmi M., Nawaf A., Said K.B., Alghadhban A., Sulieman A.M.E., Saleem R.S.Z., Chotana G.A., 2022
Photocatalytic degradation of paraquat dichloride in the presence of ZnO.WO<inf>3</inf> composite International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Tariq S.R., Chotana G.A., Rashid A., 2022
Bacillus altitudinis MT422188: a potential agent for zinc bioremediation Bioremediation Journal Khan M., Ijaz M., Chotana G.A., Murtaza G., Malik A., Shamim S., 2022
Phytochemical profiling, In vitro antioxidant and identification of urease inhibitory metabolites from Erythrina suberosa flowers by GC-MS analysis and docking studies South African Journal of Botany Parveen S., Saleem H., Sarfraz M., Khurshid U., Habib M., Nazir M., Akhtar N., Nasim F.-U.-H., Rashid U., Chotana G.A., 2021

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