Dr. Sumreen Dawood Incharge / Assistant Professor , University of Mianwali (UMW Botany)

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• Bionote:
• Dr. Sumreen Dawood serving as an Assistant Professor and Incharge Department of Botany since January 2nd, 2023. She is a double Gold Medalist (M.Sc.) and her research expertise is in Renewable Energy Generation, Nanotechnology, and Plant Taxonomy. She made a major contribution to biofuel technology and identified promising biomass resources She holds a Ph.D. in Botany from Quaid-i-Azam University, and her research focuses on green Nano-catalysis for the conversion of biomass resources into biofuel. She is working as an Environmental Expert in the Environment Protection Agency since 2023. Her research publication includes 08 research articles (04 as first author and 04 as co-author) with 50 impact factor and 252 citations.• Courses Taught: Plant Ecology, Genetics, Medicinal Plants, Phycology and Bryology, Diversity of Plants, Advances in Plant Pathology• Research Interest: Nano-catalysis, Renewable Energy Generation, Plant Taxonomy, Palynology and Phytochemical derived drug synthesis.

• Additional Duties:
• Incharge Department of Botany
• Environmental Expert
• Member Canteen committee
• Focal Person Department Research Committee
• Member Board of Studies of Botany Department
• Member of Board of Faculty

• Research/Fellowships Awarded
• Ph.D. Indiginous Scholarship awardee (2018)
• Chancellor Medal Gold Medal in M.Sc. Botany
• Vice Chancellor Gold Medal in M.Sc. Botany

• Publications:
• Alsaiari, M., Dawood, S., Ahmad, M., Alsaiari, R. A., Rizk, M. A., & Asif, S. (2023). Methyl esters synthesis from Luffa cylindrica seeds oil using Algal green copper oxide nanoparticle catalyst in membrane reactor. Chemosphere, 139349.

• Arshad, S., Ahmad, M., Munir, M., Sultana, S., Zafar, M., Dawood, S., Ahmad, R., Alghamdi, M., Asif, S., Bokhari, A., Mubashir, M., & Show, P. L. (2022). Assessing the potential of green CdO2 nano-catalyst for the synthesis of biodiesel using non-edible seed oil of Malabar Ebony. Fuel, 333, 126492.

• Alsaiari, M., Ahmad, M., Munir, M., Zafar, M., Sultana, S., Dawood, S., Bazmi, A. A., Ali, M., Salem, M. A., Khan, M. S., & Ahmad, Z. (2022). Efficient application of newly synthesized green Bi2O3 nanoparticles for sustainable biodiesel production via membrane reactor. Chemosphere, 310, 136838.

• Ahmad, M., Zafar, M., & Dawood, S. (2022). Scanning electron microscopic identification of ten novel, non‐edible oil seeds for bioenergy production. Microscopy Research and Technique, 85(9), 3245-3255.

• Dawood, S., Ahmad, M., Zafar, M., Asif, S., Klemeš, J. J., Bokhari, A., Mubashir, M., Han, N., Ibrahim, M. M., El-Bahy, M. Z., & Khoo, K. S. (2022). Biodiesel synthesis from Prunus bokhariensis non-edible seed oil by using green silver oxide nanocatalyst. Chemosphere, 291, 132780.

• Dawood, S., Koyande, A. K., Ahmad, M., Mubashir, M., Asif, S., Klemeš, J. J., Bokharie, A., Saqib, S., Lee, M., Qyyum, M. A., & Show, P. L. (2021). Synthesis of biodiesel from non-edible (Brachychiton populneus) oil in the presence of nickel oxide nanocatalyst: Parametric and optimisation studies. Chemosphere, 278, 130469.

• Dawood, S., Ahmad, M., Zafar, M., Ali, M. I., Ahmad, K., Sultana, S., Usma, A., Nazish, M., Butt, M. A., Ozdemir, F. A., & Kilic, O. (2020). Identification of novel nonedible oil seeds via scanning electron microscopy for biodiesel production. Microscopy Research and Technique, 83(2), 165-175.

• Dawood, S., Ahmad, M., Ullah, K., Zafar, M., & Khan, K. (2018). Synthesis and characterization of methyl esters from non-edible plant species yellow oleander oil, using magnesium oxide (MgO) nano-catalyst. Materials Research Bulletin, 101, 371-379.