CURRICULUM VITAE Dr. Aiman Ahmad Assistant Professor Dept. of Applied Chemistry Faculty of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh-202002 (UP) INDIA E-mail: aiman.ahmad1@gmail.com Educational Qualifications Ph.D. (Chemistry) Degree Awarded (2014) A.M.U. CSIR-NET (JRF) Chemical Sciences (2011) Qualified All India 071 Rank M.Sc. (Chemistry) 1 st Div. (2009) 78.83% A.M.U. 2 nd Rank B.Sc. (Zoo., Chem., Bot.) 1 st Div. (2007) 76.26% A.M.U. 3 rd Rank 12 th (Chem., Bio., Phy.) 1 st Div. (2004) 67.75% A.M.U. 10 th (Science) 1 st Div. (2002) 67.20% A.M.U. Completed Ph.D. in accordance with UGC (Minimum Standard and Procedure for award of Ph.D Degree) Regulations, 2009. Title of Ph.D. Thesis: Synthesis and Studies involving Heterocycles in Selected Fatty Acids Ph.D. Supervisor: Prof. Abdul Rauf, Ph.D. (Professor, D/O Chemistry, A.M.U. Aligarh) Date of Registration in Ph. D.: 14-01-2010 1 P a g e
Achievements/Awards Qualified CSIR-JRF (NET), All India Rank-071, June-2011 organized by UGC-CSIR. Second position in M.Sc. (Chemistry), A.M.U., 2009. Third position in B.Sc. (Chemistry), A.M.U., 2007. Certificate of Merit for Academic Excellence, A.M.U., 2006-2007. Teaching Experience Guest Teacher, August 27 th, 2014 - January 9 th, 2015, Women s College (Chemistry Section), Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Courses taught in UG classes: Environmental Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry. Assistant Professor, Joined on January 10 th, 2015, Department of Applied Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Courses teaching in UG (B.Tech, B.E) and PG Classes (M.Sc.): (AC111) Applied Chemistry, (CE111) Environmental Studies, (AC513) Inorganic Chemistry, (AC2612) Organic Chemistry-II (Stereochemistry, Molecular rearrangements), (AC713) Polymer Rheology, (AC811) Polymer Materials-II, (AC1515) Instrumental Methods of Analysis, (AC2616) Green Chemistry and Catalysis. (EAC194) Chemistry Lab, (AC194) Chemistry Lab, (AC1591) Physical Chemistry Lab, (AC891) Polymer Technology Lab. Project Awarded UGC FRPS-Start Up Grant Project: Rs. 10 Lacs Title: Design and Synthesis of Structurally Diverse Unsaturated Center Containing Coordination Polymers: Their Applications towards Heterogeneous Catalysis. Duration: 2015-2017 Administrative Post/Departmental duties Non-residential Warden of Indira Gandhi Hall (since April 2015) Scrutnizer for all departmental courses (2015). Verifying officer in admissions (2015). Fellowships awarded CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship (SRF-NET), Jan 2014-Aug 2014. CSIR- Junior Research Fellowship (JRF-NET), Jan 2012-Dec 2013. Research fellowship under UGC Scheme for Central Universities, Jan 2010-Dec 2011. Bharat Sewa Trust Scholarship for Meritorious Students, 2008-2009. 2 P a g e
Post Graduate Merit Scholarship, 2007-2009 (Qualified written test). Short Term/Induction/Faculty development Course Participated in short term course on Academic Writing Skills from UGC Academic Staff College, A.M.U., Aligarh. Participated in Induction Course for newly appointed Assistant Professors from UGC Academic Staff College, A.M.U., Aligarh. Participated in Faculty Development Programme organized by Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) Phase-II in Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Teachnology, A.M.U., Aligarh. Publications 1. Aiman Ahmad, A. Ahmad, H. Varshney, A. Rauf, M. Rehan, N. Subbarao, A.U. Khan. Designing and synthesis of novel antimicrobial heterocyclic analogs of fatty acids. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2013, 70, 887-900. (Elsevier Science, Netherlands, ISSN: 0223-5234). I.F.: 3.45 2. Aiman Ahmad, H. Varshney, A. Rauf, F.M. Husain, I. Ahmad. Synthesis, biological screening of novel long chain derivatives of 1,3-disubstituted-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-one and 2-substituted-3H-phthalazin-1,4-dione: Structure-activity relationship studies. Journal of King Saud University-Science, 2013, 26, 290-299. (Elsevier Science, ISSN: 1018-3647). Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.787 3. H. Varshney, Aiman Ahmad, N.N. Farshori, A. Ahmad, A.U. Khan, A. Rauf. Synthesis and evaluation of in vitro antimicrobial activity of novel 2,3-disubstituted-4- thiazolidinones from fatty acid hydrazides. Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013, 22, 3204-3212. (Springer Science, UK, ISSN: 1554-8120). I.F.: 1.40 4. H. Varshney, Aiman Ahmad, A. Rauf. Ring opening of epoxy fatty esters by nucleophile to form the derivatives of substituted β-amino alcohol. Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2013, 4, 21-24. (Scientific Research, USA, ISSN: 2157-9458). I.F.: 0.24 5. Aiman Ahmad, H. Varshney, A. Rauf, A. Sherwani, M. Owais. Synthesis and anticancer activity of long chain substituted 1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-thione, 1,2,4-triazol-3- thione and 1,2,4-triazolo[3,4-b]-1,3,4-thiadiazine derivatives. Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2014, in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2014.01.015. (Elsevier Science, ISSN: 1878-5352). I.F.: 3.73 3 P a g e
4 P a g e Dr. Aiman Ahmad, CV 6. H. Varshney, Aiman Ahmad, A. Rauf, F.M. Husain, I. Ahmad. Synthesis and antimicrobial evaluation of fatty chain substituted 2,5-dimethyl pyrrole and 1,3- benzoxazin-4-one derivatives. Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 2014, in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jscs.2014.04.008. (Elsivier Science, ISSN: 1319-6103). I.F.: 2.52 7. K. Laskar, Aiman Ahmad, A. Rauf. Synthesis and spectral characterization of novel fatty acid chain substituted pyrazoline derivatives. Rasayan Journal of Chemistry, 2014, 7, 276-280. (NISCAIR India). 8. H. Varshney, Aiman Ahmad, A. Rauf, A. Sherwani, M. Owais. Multistep synthesis of 1-[{(5-alkenyl/hydroxyalkenylsubstituted)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl}-methyl]-2-methyl-1Hbenzimidazole series and in vitro anticancer screening, SAR studies. Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2015, 24, 944-953. (Springer Science, UK, ISSN: 1554-8120). I.F.: 1.40 9. H. Varshney, Aiman Ahmad, A. Rauf Synthesis of novel 2,5-disubstituted-1,3,4- selenadiazoles from fatty acid hydrazides. Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2014, in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2014.08.002. (Elsevier Science, ISSN: 1878-5352). I.F.: 3.73 *Three papers are under process Paper Presented in International & National Conferences/Symposia 1. International Conference on Chemistry: Frontiers and Challenges, 2011, AMU, Aligarh. (Poster). Title: Synthesis and characterization of 2-amino-5-substituted oxazoline and thiazoline. 2. National Conference on New Vistas in Chemistry, 2012, AMU, Aligarh (Poster). Title: Synthesis and characterization of some new 5-alkenyl-2-thio-1,3,4-oxadiazoles. 3. 15 th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry (NSC-15), 2013, BHU, Varanasi (Poster). Title: Synthesis and evaluation of in vitro antimicrobial activity of novel 2,3- disubstituted-4-thiazolidinones from fatty acid hydrazides. 4. CTDDR-2013, 5 th International Symposium on Drug development for Orphan/Neglected Diseases, 2013, CDRI, Lucknow (Poster). Title: Synthesis, characterization of long chain oxazolines and thiazolines: In vitro antimicrobial activity. 5. International Conference on Chemistry: Frontiers and Challenges, 2013, AMU, Aligarh (Poster). Title: Synthesis and characterization of novel series of long chain derivatives of 2-substituted-3H-phthalazin-1,4-dione.
6. 16 th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry (NSC-16), 2014, IIT-Bombay, Mumbai (Poster). Title: Synthesis and Characterization of novel series of fatty acid chain substituted pyrazoline derivatives. 7. National Symposium in Chemistry, 2014, AMU, Aligarh (Poster). Title: Synthesis and biological screening of novel fatty acid chain substituted five and six membered heteroycles: Structure-activity relationship studies. 8. National Workshop on Life Challenges and Coping Strategies of Physically Challenged Individuals, 2014, AMU, Aligarh (Poster). Title: Physically challenged individuals and coping strategies of their life challenges. Areas of Interest Synthesis and Studies involving Heterocycles in Selected Fatty Acids. Natural Products. Heterocyclic Chemistry. Organic Chemistry. Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery. Experimental Skills Expert in the interpretation of IR, 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR and ESI-Mass spectra. Expert in column chromatography, thin layer chromatography (TLC). Computer Skills Expert in computer (especially MS-office). A good knowledge of Chemistry softwares (like Chem draw) Online database: Web of Science, SciFinder, Pub Med. Research Abstracts 1. Synthesis and characterization of 2-amino-5-substituted oxazoline and thiazoline. Aiman Ahmad, H. Varshney, N.N. Farshori, A. Rauf. International Conference on Chemistry: Frontiers and Challenges, held on 5 th -6 th March 2011 at Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, OP-90. 2. Synthesis of some new 4-thiazolidinones from fatty acid hydrazide and mercapto acid, catalyzed by anhydrous zinc chloride. H. Varshney, Aiman Ahmad, N.N. Farshori, 5 P a g e
A. Rauf. International Conference on Chemistry: Frontiers and Challenges, held on 5 th -6 th March 2011 at Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, OP-91. 3. Sythesis and characterization of some novel 1,2,4-triazole fatty acid derivatives. Aiman Ahmad, H. Varshney, A. Rauf. National Conference Chemistry: Education Research Frontiers, held on 13 th -14 th October, 2011 at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi. 4. Synthesis and Characterization of Fatty Acid Hydrazones and Substituted 2- Azetidinones. H. Varshney, Aiman Ahmad, A. Rauf. National Conference Chemistry: Education Research Frontiers, held on 13 th -14 th October, 2011 at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi. 5. Synthesis and characterization of some new 5-alkenyl-2-thio-1,3,4-oxadiazoles. Aiman Ahmad, H. Varshney, A. Rauf. National Conference on New Vistas in Chemistry, held on 2 nd -3 rd March 2012 at Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, ID 116. 6. Nucleophilic ring opening of fatty acid epoxides to form the substituted β-amino alcohols. H. Varshney, Aiman Ahmad, A. Rauf. National Conference on New Vistas in Chemistry, held on 2 nd -3 rd March 2012 at Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, ID 115. 7. Synthesis and evaluation of in vitro antimicrobial activity of novel 2,3-disubstituted-4- thiazolidinones from fatty acid hydrazides. H. Varshney. Aiman Ahmad. N.N. Farshori. A. Ahmad. A.U. Khan. A. Rauf. 15 th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry (NSC-15), held on 1 st -3 rd Feb. 2013 at Department of Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. 8. Synthesis, characterization of long chain oxazolines and thiazolines: In vitro antimicrobial activity. Aiman Ahmad, H. Varshney, N.N. Farshori, A. Ahmad, A.U. Khan, A. Rauf. CTDDR-2013, 5 th International Symposium on Drug development for Orphan/Neglected Diseases, held on 26 th -28 th Feb 2013 at Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow. 9. Synthesis of saturated and unsaturated fatty acid substituted 2,5-dimethyl pyrroles from 2,5-hexanedione. H. Varshney, Aiman Ahmad, A. Rauf. International Conference on Chemistry: Frontiers and Challenges, held on 2 nd -3 rd, March 2013 at Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, p-221. 10. Synthesis and characterization of novel series of long chain derivatives of 2-substituted- 3H-phthalazin-1,4-dione. Aiman Ahmad, H. Varshney, A. Rauf. International Conference 6 P a g e
on Chemistry: Frontiers and Challenges, held on 2 nd -3 rd, March 2013 at Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, p-219. 11. Synthesis and Characterization of novel series of fatty acid chain substituted pyrazoline derivatives. K. Laskar, Aiman Ahmad, A. Rauf. 16 th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry (NSC-16), held on 7 th -9 th Feb. 2014 at Indian Institute of Technology- Mumbai, Bombay. 12. Synthesis and biological screening of novel fatty acid chain substituted five and six membered heteroycles: Structure-activity relationship studies. Aiman Ahmad, H. Varshney, A. Rauf. National Synposium in Chemistry, held on 22 nd March 2014 at Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, p-177. Conferences/Workshops Attended 1. National Symposium on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences, 2010, D/O Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh. 2. National Symposium on Recent Trends in Enzyme Technology, Toxicology and Bioinformatics, 2010, D/O Biochemistry, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh. 3. International Conference on Chemistry: Frontiers and Challenges, 2011, D/O Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh. 4. National Conference on New Vistas in Chemistry, 2012, D/O Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh. 5. 15 th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry (NSC-15), 2013, D/O Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi. 6. CTDDR-2013, 5 th International Symposium on Drug development for Orphan/Neglected Diseases, 2013, Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow. 7. International Conference on Chemistry: Frontiers and Challenges, 2013, D/O Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh. 8. 16 th National Symposium in Chemistry (NSC-16), 7 th -9 th February, 2014, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B), Powai, Mumbai. 9. National Symposium cum Bioinformatics Workshop on New Facet of Biotechnology from Genes to Proteins, Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, 2014, Aligarh Muslim University, (AMU), Aligarh. 7 P a g e
10. Aligarh Nano IV-International 2014, International Conference on Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, March 8 th -10 th, 2014, Aligarh Muslim University, (AMU), Aligarh. 11. National Symposium on Chemistry- March 22 nd 2014, Aligarh Muslim University, (AMU) Aligarh. 12. National Workshop on Life Challenges and Coping Strategies of Physically Challenged Individuals, 2014, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh. Personal Details Date of Birth : June 11 th, 1986 Marital Status : Single Strengths : Punctual, Adaptive, Result Oriented Languages known : English, Hindi, Urdu E-mail ID : aiman.ahmad1@gmail.com Father s Name : Mr. Ahmad Kamal Father s Occupation : Retired Assistant Finance Officer, A.M.U., Aligarh Dr. Aiman Ahmad 8 P a g e