Zafar Iqbal

Biography:

Meritorious Professor Dr. Zafar Iqbal completed his B. Pharm. and M. Pharm. from Pakistan and then Ph.D. and Post Doc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from University of Strathclyde, U.K. Then, joined production department in pharmaceutical industry followed by the teaching and research in the University of Peshawar. Now working as Dean of Life Sciences at Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar. He received Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, prestigious National Award, from the President of Pakistan. He has also been awarded Best University Teacher by HEC in 2007 and HEC Outstanding Research Paper Award 2011-2012. He established the laboratories and research facilities in the field of pharmaceutical sciences. Dr. Zafar Iqbal contributed to evaluate new DDIs, developed new drug-formulations with sustained release of drugs and on nano-pharmaceuticals. He supervised 31 Ph.D. and 12 M.Phil. Scholars and published more than 167 research articles. He is also co-author two chapters of the book published by Springer, New York. He served as a member of Central drug Licensing and Registration Board and currently is member of Drug Registration Board, Drug Expert Committee of Pakistan and Advance Studies and Research Boards of different universities. He has been awarded Best University Teacher by HEC in 2007 and HEC Outstanding Research Paper Award 2011-2012.