Citizenship Pakistan Residence Jamshoro Name Muhammad Khuhawar | Institutions University of Sindh Nationality Pakistani Notable awards Sitara-i-Imtiaz | |
Born 5 February 1948 (age 76)
Shahdadkot, Sindh, Pakistan ( 1948-02-05 ) Alma mater University of Birmingham Known for his work on PUREX Process, and FLiNaK Chemistry Education University of Buckingham, University of Birmingham Fields Organic chemistry, Analytical chemistry | ||
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yar Khuhawar, commonly known as Dr. Khuhawar, Doctor of Science (U.K) Doctor of Philosophy (U.K), (USA) Izaz‐e‐kamal, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, is a Pakistani analytical chemist and a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Sindh, Pakistan. Presently, he is working as a Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Advanced Research Studies in Chemical Sciences, University of Sindh, Jamshoro.
He is leading researcher and versatile educator with distinguished academic carrier producing large number of Ph.D. and M.Phil. research scholars. Currently, he is working with more than 50 researchers, focusing in the field of Chromatography and Electrophoresis for analytical method development for metals, non-metals and biological active compounds from wide variety of real samples. His research group has synthesized a number of Schiff base polymers and have developed new stationary phase for Gas Chromatography and sensitive Liquid Chromatography procedures for the determination of pesticide malathion.
He has also published a large number of research papers in field of environmental monitoring of water resources of sindh province from river Indus, canals, lakes, natural springs, sea, underground water resources, municipal sewerage and receiving bodies in terms of pollution and utilities for biological life inhabiting in the area.
He has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Birmingham University, UK. He was awarded degree of "Doctor of Science" from University of Birmingham, United Kingdom in year 2000. He is among few persons who got the degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) in Pakistan. He has more than 250 Research publication in National and International Journals.