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Awards

April 2016 NRPU Research Grant

November 2012 Startup Research Grant (SRG)

May 2014 Dynamic Women Scientists of Pakistan

June 2012 Affiliate Fellow - IUPAC

August 2012 Research Productivity Award (RPA)

August 2013 Research Productivity Award (RPA)

April 2012 HEC Approved Supervisor

June 2006 Invited Young Researcher - 18th Meeting of Nobel Laureates

May 2005 Indigenous Ph.D. Fellowship

January 2006 Certificate of Distinction for First Position - M.Sc.

January 2006 Certificate of Distinction for First Position - M.Phil.

March 2004 Gold Medal and a Certificate of Distinction - B.Sc.

November 2016 Early Career Scientist Award

March 2017 TechWomen Emerging Leader 2017

May 2017 NRPU Research Grant

December 2017 Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow at Pennsylvania State University

August 2018 Competitive Travel Grant

August 2018 Excellence in Research Award

January 2019 Awarded an Element in the Periodic Table of Younger Chemists

About me

A Tenured Professor at the Institute of Space Technology (Pakistan), Dr. Shabbir is working on Polymer based Nanomaterials for food safety, nano-drug delivery systems, water treatment, solar cells and carbon dioxide capture.

Dr. Saima Shabbir is a Professor (Tenured) at Institute of Space Technology, Pakistan. Previously, she was a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow at the Pennsylvania State University. A Gold Medalist during Baccalaureates, she secured First position in MSc and MPhil Chemistry and was awarded Ph.D. Fellowship by Higher Education Commission (HEC). She is a twice winner of Research Productivity Award from Pakistan Council for Science & Technology (PCST), winning three competitive research grants from HEC and one from Pakistan Science Foundation. PCST honored her as one of the dynamic women scientists of Pakistan. Dr. Shabbir cares deeply about the social implications of her research and demonstrated this conviction by working on several community-based projects for solar cells, food safety, nano-drug delivery systems, water treatment, CO2 capture and conversion to nanomaterials. A recipient of Early Career Scientist Award (Royal Society, UK), Excellence in Research Award (New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS), USA) and an alumna of Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings (Germany), she was honored as Affiliate Fellow of IUPAC. She was approved as Full Member of OWSD under The World Academy of Sciences (Italy). An alumna of Commonwealth Science Conference (Singapore), she was selected as TechWomen Emerging Leader and completed her mentorship project at Draper University in Silicon Valley. Dr. Shabbir is a Publons verified reviewer for many international journals and has been awarded an element in the historic periodic table celebrating the centenary of IUPAC. She supervises research projects at BS, MS and PhD levels and has volunteered for outreach activities with AuthorAID, Commonwealth, NYAS, Lincoln Corners, UNESCO and British Council. Dr. Shabbir along with her team of five women from Pakistan won a seed grant in Silicon Valley to pilot “STEM for Change”, an impact and outreach community, that endeavors to address Pakistan’s severe gender inequality in STEM careers and leadership.

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Other Memberships/Affiliations
The Chemical Society of Pakistan (CSP), Pakistan
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), USA
Asian Council of Science Editors (ACSE)

Degrees:

2011
Doctorate     Chemical Sciences

Publications resulting from Research
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=22135862500

Workshop on Explorer X-Ray Diffractometer in Powder Diffraction and Thin Film Analysis
2025
icon-pin-location GNR Analytical Instruments Group, Novara, Italy
Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights
2025
icon-pin-location Tertiary Education Support Program (TESP) of Highr Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad, Pakistan
STEM Exchange: Research and Career Symposium
2025
icon-pin-location The New York Academy of Sciences, NYC, USA
Effective Teaching & Assessment Workshop
2025
icon-pin-location Institute of Space Technology (IST), Islamabad, Pakistan
Seattle: An Entrepreneurial and Innovative Frontier
2025
icon-pin-location World Affairs Council, Seattle, WA, USA
18th Meeting of Nobel Laureates
2025
icon-pin-location Council for Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, Germany
Commonwealth Science Conference
2025
icon-pin-location National Research Foundation, Singapore