Faculty Profile

Dr. Madiha Irfan
Assistant Professor
PhD, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad

  • Dr. Madiha Irfan joined KFUEIT as an Assistant Professor in March 2017. Before joining KFUEIT she also served as Assistant Professor at The Women University Multan and University of Wah, Wah Cantt. She worked on PAK-US joint project as research associate. She also visited UCF, US and acquires training on different instruments. Her research area involves optoelectronic materials and she has many publications in ISI journals. Moreover, she also presented at many conferences both national and international level. She has participated in international trainings/workshops i.e., Pakistan – U.S. Science and Technology Start-Up and Ideation Training Program at Dubai from 28-30th August 2018 (In person event) and (weekly webinar session) in early August to 13th September 2018 etc. She has supervised the research work of many MS students. She had funding under NRPU and SRGP project from HEC and supervised four MS, 01 PhD and two MPhil students under these projects respectively. She served at various departmental and institutional level committees ad convenor, team member e.g., SAR committee, Library Committee, Graduate Program Committee, Curriculum Committee, Examination Coordinator, Admission Committee, In charge of Organic Chemistry Lab, Academic Review Committee etc.
  • She belongs from Sadiqabad, district Rahim Yar Khan. She obtained her education (SSC, HSSC, BSc) from Sadiqabad. MSc degree from Islamia University Bahawalpur. MPhil and PhD degree from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad.

  • Madiha Irfan, Aqsa Shafiq, Ayesha Rauf, Usama Mubeen, Asma Khursheed, Aamer Saeed. “Perylene-based electron transport materials in Perovskite solar cells to improve power conversion efficiency”. J. Fluorescence. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-025-04512-7.
  • Madiha Irfan, Aamer Saeed, Sania Tahir, Muhammad Rehman Yaqoob, Sohaib Ahmed Zia, Muhammad Usama, Junaid Mukhtar, Usama Farrukh, Sara Rehman. “Pyrene-based hole transport materials for efficient perovskite solar cell”. Turkish J. Chem. (2025). 49, 254-266.
  • Shazia Kousar, Aneela Ghafoor, Muhammad Ahmad Mudassir, Syed Adnan Ali Shah, Muhammad Shahid, Madiha Irfan, Ayesha Monawar. Synthesis and Characterization of Phenolphthalein Hydrazides with Antimicrobial Activities. The Research of Medical Science Review. (2025). 3(5), 896-901.
  • Shazia Kousar, Rabia Saleem, Muhammad Ahmad Mudassir, Syed Adnan Ali Shah, Ayesha Monwar, Muhammad Shahid, Madiha Irfan, Saddam Hussain. “Paratoluene Sulphonic Acid Catalyzed Solvent Free Green Synthesis of Azo Dyes with Biofilm Inhibition and Hemolytic Activity”. The Research of Medical Science Review. (2025). 3(4), 1155-1165.
  • Shazia Kousar1, Muhammad Alyas, Muhammad Ahmad Mudassir, Ayesha Monawar, Syed Adnan Ali Shah, Madiha Irfan. “Synthesis of 2′,7′-Dichlorofluorescein Hydrazide Derivatives as Potential Fluorescent Sensors”. Frontiers in Chemical Sciences. (2025), 6(1), 26-32.
  • Shazia Kousar, Maryam Tabassum, Saif Mabkhot Qaid, Nur Intan Saidaah Mohamed Yousof, Fazlin Mohd Fauzi, Syed Adnan Ali Shah, Muhammad Shahid, Madiha Irfan, Ayesha Monawar, Syed Waqas Bukhari and Muhammad Ahmad Mudassir “Synthesis and Characterization of Thioamidoalkyl Fluorescein Analogs for Antibacterial Activity and Molecular Docking Analyses” Current Organocatalysis (2025). DOI: https://10.2174/0122133372319377241218122708.
  • Mian Bilal Haider, Aamer Saeed, Qurat ul Ain, Hammad Ismail, Muhammad Umar Ijaz, Hummera Rafque, R. Huzaifa Sharafat, Madiha Irfan. “Evaluation of Ternary Thiazole‑Coumarin‑Azomethine Derivatives as Multi‑Target Inhibitors: α‑Amylase, Urease, Free Radical Scavenging and Antibacterial Activities with Molecular Docking Studies”. Chemistry Africa (2024). 8, 201-214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42250-024-01155-2
  • Shazia Kousar, Abdul Jabbar, Muhammad Ahmad Mudassir, Syed Adnan Ali Shah, Fozia Anjum, Madiha Irfan, Ayesha Monawar, Syed Waqas Bukhari. “Designing, synthesis and characterization of fluorescent fluorescein hydrazides and studies the antibacterial against sinusitis isolates and hemolytic activities” Journal of Chemical Society of Pakistan. (2024), 46, 560-567.
  • Ghulam Shabir, Aamer Saeed, Moonsa Haq, Fatima Choudry, Rimsha Kiran, Madiha Irfan, Shaneeza Tariq, Hesham R. El-Seedi. “Update on Chemistry and Biological Activities of Naturally Occuring Isocoumarins and 3,4-Dihydroisocoumarins (A Review)”. Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry (2024). 50(6), 2426–2444.
  • Mian Bilal Haider, Aamer Saeed, Atteeque Ahmed, Muhammad Azeem, Hammad Ismail, Sabba Mehmood, Parham Taslimi, Syed Adnan Ali Shah, Madiha Irfan, Hesham R. El-Seedi. “Exploring Acyl Thiotriazinoindole Based Pharmacophores: Design, Synthesis, and SAR Studies with Molecular Docking and Biological Activity Profiling against Urease, α-amylase, α-glucosidase, Antimicrobial, and Antioxidant Targets”. The Protein Journal (2024). 43, 1009-1024.
  • Muhammad Shahiryar, Shazia Kousar, Muhammad Ahmad Mudassir, Madiha Irfan, Syed Adnan Ali Shah. “Recent Approaches in Tandem Reactions Catalyzed by MOF and MOF-based Catalysts”. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (2024). 1005, 122971.
  • Qurat-ul-Ain, Aamer Saeed, Ajmal Khan, Atteeque Ahmed, Saeed Ullah, Sobia Ahsan Haleem, Madiha Irfan, Arfa Tehzeeb, Abdullatif Bin Muhsinah, Hesham R. El-Seedi, Ahmed Al-Harrasi. “Synthesis of new phenoxymethylcoumarin clubbed 4-arylthiazolylhydrazines as α-glucosidase inhibitors and their kinetics and molecular docking studies”. Bioorganic Chemistry (2023). 131, 106302.
  • Asma Khurshid, Aamer Saeed, Tuncer Hökelek, Umama Taslim, Madiha Irfan, Saba Urooge Khan, Aneela Iqbal, Hesham R. El-Seedi. “Experimental and Hirshfeld Surface Investigations for Unexpected Aminophenazone Cocrystal Formation under Thiourea Reaction Conditions via Possible Enamine Assisted Rearrangement”. Crystals (2022). 12, 608. doi.org/10.3390/cryst12050608
  • Shazia Kousar, Muhammad Ahmad Mudassir, Fehmeeda Bibi, Madiha Irfan, Mohammad Alyas, Syed Waqas Bukhari, Salman Qadir. “2’,7’-Dichlorofluorescein: Biological, Analytical, and Industrial Progress”, Mini Reviews in Organic Chemistry. (2022). 19 (6).
  • Shazia Kousar, Sobia Shahzadi, Fehmeeda Bibi, Madiha Irfan, Muhammad Ahmad Mudassir, “18β-Glycyrrhetinic Acid Chalcones and Its Salts with Their Mass Fragmentation Pattern”. Clin Pharmacol Biopharm. (2021). 10 (2), 1000213.
  • Jamaluddin Mahar, Ghulam Shabir, Pervaiz Ali Channar, Aamer Saeed, Kevin D. Belfield, Madiha Irfan, Anwar Ul-Hamid. “Donor-Pi-Acceptor Fluorene Conjugates, Based on Chalcone and Pyrimidine Derivatives: An Insight into Structure-Property Relationship, Photophysical and Electrochemical Properties”, J. Fluorescence. (2020). 30(2), 419-426.
  • Madiha Irfan, Aamer Saeed, Sabahat Akram, Sadia bin Yameen, “Dendrimers Chemistry and Applications: A Short Review”. Frontiers in Chemical Sciences, (2020). 1, 31-41.
  • Jamaluddin Mahar, Aamer Saeed, Gul‑e‑Saba Chaudhry, Madiha Irfan, Pervaiz Ali Channar, Muhammad Faisal, Fayaz Ali Larik. “Synthesis, characterization   and cytotoxic studies of novel 1,2,4‑triazole‑azomethine conjugates”, J. Iranian. Chem. Soc. (2019). 17(4), 943-951.
  • Madiha Irfan, Jamaluddin Mahar, Aamer Saeed, Kevin D. Belfield, Muhammad Siddiq. “Perylene-based Solution-processable Conjugated Molecules for Optoelectronic Applications: Synthesis and Comparison of Different Substituents on the Optical, Thermal, and Electrochemical Properties”, J. Chin. Chem. Soc. (2018). 65(2), 243-251.
  • Jamaluddin Mahar, Aamer Saeed, Kevin D. Belfield, Anila Iqbal, Madiha Irfan, Ghulam Shabir, Fayaz Ali Larik, Pervaiz Ali Channar, “An Investigation of the effect of conjugation on fluorene-based chromophores; Optoelectronic and electrochemical behavior”, Dyes and Pigments. (2017). 147, 385-392.
  • Madiha Irfan, Iqbal Ahmad, Shahid Ameen Samra, Aamer Saeed, “Study on the synthesis and characterization of 3,3′-bicarbazole and pyridine based luminescent copolymers”, Mat. Lett. (2015). 161, 37-40.
  • Madiha Irfan, Kevin D. Belfield, Aamer Saeed, “Carbazole/fluorene based conjugated small molecules: synthesis and comparative studies on the optical, thermal and electrochemical properties”, RSC Adv. (2015). 5, 48760-48768.
  • Aamer Saeed, Ghulam Shabir, Jamaluddin Mahar, Madiha Irfan, “Spectroscopic and electrochemical behavior of newly synthesized high fluorescent symmetric 4′-nitrophenyl-3,4,9,10-perylenebisdiimide-azo hybrid dyes”, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (2015). 151, 72-79.
  • Aamer Saeed, Madiha Irfan, Mubeen Arif, Michael Bolte, “A two- component protocol for synthesis of 3-(2-(substituted phenylamino)thiazol-4-yl)-2H-chromen-2-ones”, Turkish J. Chem. (2013). 37(3), 383-393.
  • Aamer Saeed, Madiha Irfan, Shahid Ameen Samra, “Novel carbazole–pyridine copolymers by an economical method: synthesis, spectroscopic and thermochemical studies”, Beilstein J. Org. Chem. (2011). 7, 638-647.
  • Aamer Saeed, Madiha Irfan, Shahid Ameen Samra, Ulrich Florke, “Synthesis, Characterization and Crystal Structure of 3,6-Dibenzoyl-9- butyl-9H-carbazole”, Structural Chemistry Communications. (2010). 2(2), 98-100.
  • Aamer Saeed, Madiha Kazmi, Shahid Ameen Samra, Madiha Irfan, Michael Bolte, “1,1ʹ-(9-Octyl-9H-carbazole-3,6-diyl)-Diethanone”, Acta Cryst. (2010). E66, o2118.
  • Aamer Saeed, Shahid Ameen Samra, Madiha Irfan, Michael Bolte, “(Biphenyl-4-yl)(phenyl)methanone”, Acta Cryst. (2010). E66, o926.
  • Aamer Saeed, Madiha Irfan, Michael Bolte, “4-Chloro-N-m- tolylbenzamide”, Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, o1334.
  • Aamer Saeed, Rasheed Ahmad Khera, Madiha Irfan, Jim Simpson, Roderick G. Stanley, “2-Fluoro-N-(4-methoxyphenyl)benzamid”, Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, o802-o803.

Conference Proceedings:

  • Madiha Irfan, Aamer Saeed, Jamaluddin Mahar, Hafiza Rida Nasir, Samia Khakwani, Design, Synthesis and Studies of Carbazole and Triazine Based Materials for Optoelectronic Applications. Special Issue Published in International Journal of Trend in Research and Development (IJTRD), (2017), 31-35.

  • Synthesis and studies of materials for optoelectronic applications, Device fabrication, Nanotechnology, Spectral techniques, Material chemistry

  • Principal Investigator of NRPU 20-14728 awarded by HEC, Pakistan (PKR 5.31 million)
  • Principal Investigator of SRGP project No. 916 awarded by HEC, Pakistan (PKR 0.5 million)
  • Pak-USAID joint project No. 4-279/PAK- US/HEC/2010/917
  • HEC indigenous scholarship
  • Beat Teacher award session 2017-2019, KFUEIT
  • Achieved 2nd Position in Poster Presentation at 20th National and 32nd International Chemistry Conference 2-4 November, 2022.
  • Reviewer of International Journals
  • Certificate of Appreciation for Library Committee and dedicated towards duties

  • Institute of Chemistry, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology (KFUEIT), Rahim Yar Khan.
  • Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad.
  • Department of Chemistry, The Women University Multan.
  • Lifetime Member of Chemical Society of Pakistan (CCCCS).