Biography:
Dr Rotaba Ansir has completed her doctorate on a split program from Quaid I Azam university and ASakarya university Turkey. Her research field is photovoltaics and material chemistry. During her course of studies, she has been an active member of the scientific society Rang e Hayat, Qau. She was also selected as a representer of Pakistan for Lindau young scientist meeting 2022. Currently she is working at Rawalpindi women university as an assistant professor (IPFP Fellow) since sept. 2022.
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Qualification:
• January 2020 – November 2020: Visiting Researcher at Sakarya University Sakarya, Turkey
• September 2018 – August 2019: Visiting Lecturer at Quaid-I-Azam university Islamabad, Pakistan
• June 2016 – May 2017: Intern at Quaid-I-Azam university, Pakistan &
• NUST, Islamabad.
• October 2017 – September 2022: Ph.D. Physical Chemistry from Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad, and Sakarya University, Turkiye.
• September 2015 – July 2017: M Phil Physical Chemistry from Quaid I Azam University Islamabad.
• November 2011 – August 2015: BS Chemistry from Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Honors and Awards:
• 2015-2022 Hec indigenous fellowship
• Jan 2020-dec 2020: Turkiye burslari reserch fellowship
• 2021: IRSIP by HEC for university of exeter, UK.
• 2022: 71 Lindau Nobel Laureates meeting 2022 alumni
• Awarded the Certificate of Best student of the batch 2011-2015.
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Journal Publications:
• Ansir, R., Unlu B.,Ullah, N., Shah, S. M., Oazcar M., Effect of annealing temperatures on performance of DSSCs fabricated using Ag or Pd@C@ZnO composites as photoanode materials (2021). Solar Energy. 224, 617-628. (IF: 7.188)
• Ansir, Rotaba., Syed Mujtaba Shah, Naimat Ullah, and Muhammad Nasir Hussain. “Performance of pyrocatechol violet and carminic acid sensitized ZnO/CdS nanostructured photoactive materials for dye sensitized solar cell.” Solid-State Electronics 172 (2020): 107886. (IF: 1.916)
• Ansir, Rotaba., Syed Mujtaba Shah, Naimat Ullah, Preprint of, “Investigation and
Comparison of Dithizone and Pyrocatechol Violet Sensitized Zno/Cds/Uio-66 Photoanode Based Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells” in Materials Science & Engineering B. (IF: 3.407).
• Ullah, Naimat, Syed Mujtaba Shah, Hazrat Hussain, Rotaba Ansir, and Muhammad Nasir Hussain. “Pyrocatechol violet sensitized Ho-TiO2/ZnO nanostructured material: as photoanode for dye sensitized solar cells.” Materials Research Express 7, no. 3 (2020): 035003. (IF: 1.920)
• Jan, Hasnain, Gouhar Zaman, Hazrat Usman, Rotaba Ansir, Samantha Drouet, Nathalie Gigliolo-Guivarc’h, Christophe Hano, and Bilal Haider Abbasi. “Biogenically Proficient Synthesis and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) Employing Aqueous Extract of Aquilegia pubiflora along with their in vitro Antimicrobial, Anti-cancer and other Biological Applications.” Journal of Materials Research and Technology (2021). (IF: 5.039).
• Ullah, Naimat, Fazal Akbar Jan, Rotaba Ansir, and Wali Muhammad. “Application of Modified PANI-ZnO Composites for NH3Gas Sensor at Ambient Temperature.” Journal of
• The Chemical Society of Pakistan 42, no. 6 (2020): 390. (IF: 0.536)
• Jan, Hasnain, Muhammad Aslam Khan, Hazrat Usman, Muzamil Shah, Rotaba Ansir, Shah Faisal, Niamat Ullah, and Lubna Rahman. “The Aquilegia pubiflora (Himalayan columbine) mediated synthesis of nanoceria for diverse biomedical applications.” RSC Advances 10, no. 33 (2020): 19219-19231. (IF: 3.361)
• Butt, Tehmeena Maryum, Naveed Kausar Janjua, Ayesha Mujtaba, Shabana Ali Zaman, Rotaba Ansir, Ammara Rafique, Poshmal Sumreen et al. “B-Site Doping in Lanthanum Cerate Nanomaterials for Water Electrocatalysis.” Journal of the Electrochemical Society 167, no. 2 (2020): 026503. (IF: 4.316)
• Ullah, N., Shah, S. M., Ansir, R., Erten-Ela, S., Mushtaq, S., & Zafar, S. (2021). Pyrocatechol violet sensitized cadmium and barium doped TiO2/ZnO nanostructures: As photoanode in DSSC. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 135, 106119. (IF: 3.927).
• Ullah, Naimat, Rotaba Ansir, Wali Muhammad, and Sadaf Jabeen. “Mechanistic Approaches and Current Trends in the Green Synthesis of Cobalt Oxide Nanoparticles and their Applications.” Asian Journal of Green Chemistry 4, no. 3 (2020): 340-354.
• Ullah, N., Erten-Ela, Ş., Shah, S. M., Hussain, H., Ansir, R., & Qamar, S. (2022). Selected Organic dyes (carminic acid, pyrocatechol violet and dithizone) Sensitized metal (silver, neodymium) doped TiO2/ZnO nanostructured materials: A photoanode for hybrid bulk heterojunction solar cells. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 121387. (IF: 4.098).
• Ullah, N., Shah, S. M., Erten-Ela, Ş., Ansir, R., Hussain, H., Qamar, S., & Usman, M. (2022). Dithizone, carminic acid and pyrocatechol violet dyes sensitized metal (Ho, Ba & Cd) doped TiO2/CdS nanocomposite as a photoanode in hybrid heterojunction solar cell. Ceramics International, 48(21), 31478-31490. (IF: 5.532).
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