Medicinal Chemistry

Biography

Prof Lutfun Nahar BSc (Hons) PhD MRSC FHEA

Academic background

• PhD in Synthetic Medicinal Chemistry, Aberdeen University, UK

• BSc (Hons) in Chemistry, Exeter University, UK

Current Employment

• Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Science, Liverpool John Moores University

• Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Centre for Global Health Research, Saveetha University

• Senior Scientist at the Czech Academy of Sciences and Palacký University

Supervision

• Currently, supervising THREE PhD students and TWO post-docs. Successfully co-supervised FOUR full-time PhD students, THREE Commonwealth split-site PhD students, TEN Visiting PhD students, and EIGHT Post-doc researchers (2013-2024) at LJMU.

Innovation patent

• Kumar, A., Nahar, L., Prabha, R. and Sahu, N. (2021) A process for HPTLC based quantification of Andrographolide in Andrographis paniculate. Patent number: 2021106073.

Membership of professional bodies

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Member of the:

• Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)

• Macau China Ethnic Medicinal Industry Association

• European Science Foundation College of Expert Reviewers

Editor of the Journals

• Editor in Chief of Journal of Medicinal Natural Products

• Managing Editor of Phytochemical Analysis

• Section Editor (Natural and Bio-inspired Molecules) of Biomolecules

• Editor of Diversity

• Editor of Open Chemistry

• Editor of Journal of Chemistry

• Editor of ISRN Chromatography

• Editor of Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis

• Editor of Journal of Natural Products Discovery

Published scientific profile

• Scientific profile has been included in the Marquis “Who's Who in the World” and “Who's Who in Science and Engineering” since 2009 and 2010, respectively.

• Total Publications: 535 (11 books, 50 book chapters, and 55 reviews), Google Citations: 17,000+, h-index: 61 and i10: 300; ResearchGate h-index: 56 and over 5300 LinkedIn Followers! (For full list of publications, visit: https://profnahar.wixsite.com/2024).