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Dr. Umar Farooq

Assistant Professor

Dr. Umar Farooq is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Division of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences. He has total experience of more than 2 years of teaching Chemistry and has been associated with Galgotias University since 2021. He has served as an assistant professor MIE-SPPU Qatar. He has received his PhD in chemistry from Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi India. He has pursued his masters in physical chemistry from Jamia Millia Islamia. He has published more than 20 research articles including experimental results, review articles and book chapters in different journals of international repute. His research interest is focused on to development of novel nanodimensional functional materials as heterogenous catalysts for different applications including sustainable energy production, chemical transformations etc.

Experience

  • 2 years (teaching and research experience)

Qualification

  • Ph.D. Chemistry from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Thesis Title: ‘Synthesis and characterization of Nanoparticles for photocatalytic applications’
  • MSc Physical Chemistry Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Publications

  • Ahmad, U. Farooq, R. Phul, Fabrication and Photocatalytic Applications of Perovskite Materials with Special Emphasis on Alkali Metal Based Niobates and Tantalates. ACS Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2018, 57, 18-41.
  • Farooq, R. Phul, S. M Alshehri, J. Ahmed, T. Ahmad, Electrocatalytic and Enhanced Photocatalytic Applications of Sodium Niobate Nanoparticles Developed by Citrate Precursor Route. Nature Scientific Reports, 2019, 9, 4488.
  • Farooq, F. Naz, R. Phul, N. Ahmad Pandit, S. K. Jain, T. Ahmad, Development of Heterostructured Ferroelectric SrZrO3/CdS Photocatalysts with Enhanced Surface Area and Photocatalytic Activity. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2020, 20, 1-10.
  • Farooq, J. Ahmed, S. M Alshehri, T. Ahmad, High Surface Area Sodium Tantalate Nanoparticles with Enhanced Photocatalytic and Electrical Properties Prepared through Polymeric Citrate Precursor Route. ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 19408−19419.
  • Phul, C. Kaur, U. Farooq, T. Ahmad, Ascorbic acid assisted synthesis, characterization and catalytic application of copper nanoparticle, 2018, 2, 90-94.
  • Phul, V. Shrivastava, U. Farooq, M. Sardar, A. Kalam, A. G. Al-Sehemi, T. Ahmad, One pot synthesis and surface modification of mesoporous iron oxide nanoparticles. Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 2019, 19, 100343.
  • K. Jain, U Farooq, F. Jamal, A. Kalam and T. Ahmad. Hydrothermal Assisted Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Zn doped SnO2 Nanoparticles for Catalytic Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol. Material Today Proceedings.
  • Ahmad, A. Nazim, U. Farooq, H. Khan, S. K Jain, M. Ubaidullah, J. Ahmed. Biosynthesis, characterization and photo-catalytic degradation of methylene blue using silver nanoparticles. Material Today Proceedings.
  • Farooq, P. Chaudary, P. Ingole, A. Kalam, T. Ahmad. Development of Cuboidal KNbO3@α-Fe2O3 Hybrid Nanostructures for Improved Photocatalytic and Photoelectrocatalytic Applications. ACS Omega. 2020, 5, 32, 20491-20505.
  • Naaz, U. Farooq, M. A. Majeed Khan, T. Ahmad. Multifunctional Efficacy of Environmentally Benign Silver Nanospheres for Organic Transformation, Photocatalysis and Water Remediation. ACS Omega. 2020, 5, 40, 26063–26076.
  • Naaz, U. Farooq, M. A. Majeed Khan, T. Ahmad. Multifunctional Efficacy of Environmentally Benign Silver Nanospheres for Organic Transformation, Photocatalysis and Water Remediation. ACS Omega. 2020, 5, 40, 26063–26076.
  • Farooq, T, Ahmad. Self-assembled Interwoven Nano-hierarchitectures of NaNbO3 and NaNb1-xTaxO3 (0.05 ≤ x ≤ 0.20): Synthesis, Structural Characterization, Photocatalytic Application and Dielectric Properties. ACS Omega. 2022.
  • Farooq, T. Ahmad, F. Naaz, S. Islam. Review on Metals and Metal Oxides in Sustainable Energy Production: Progress and Perspectives. Energy & Fuels.
  • Book Chapters:
  • Naaz, U. Farooq and T. Ahmad, Ceria as an Efficient Nanocatalyst for Organic Transformations. In Nanocatalysts. IntechOpen, 2019, 1-31.
  • Farooq, A. H. Pandit, R. Phul, Recent Advances in Metal Oxide/Sulphide-Based Heterostructure Photocatalysts for Water Splitting and Environmental Remediation, Whiley Scrivener Publishing LLC, 2020, 187–216.
  • U Farooq, R. Phul, M. Shabbir, R. Arif, Synchrotron-Based Techniques for Analysis of Perovskite Solar Cells. Wiley Online Library, 2022

Conferences

  1. Attended two-day workshop on “Nanoscience and Nano-technology” from 1-2 March 2013 organized by Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia Central University New Delhi.
  2. Participated in one day seminar on “Recent Advances in Chemistry” (RAC) on 12 March 2012 organized by Department of Chemistry Jamia Millia Islamia Central University New Delhi.
  3. Participated in the “7thNational Symposium and Conference on Solid State Chemistry and Allied Areas” organized by department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi in association with Indian Association of Solid State Chemists and Allied Scientists (ISCAS) during November 24-26 2011.
  4. Participated in MHRD GIAN course on “Recent Developments in Nano Materials for Energy and Health Care Applications” organized by Department of Chemistry Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, from 19-24 December-2016.
  5. Participated in one day workshop entitled as “Thin Film Application” organized by Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, in association with Rigaku Japan on 17 November-2016.
  6. Presented a poster entitled “Synthesis and Characterization of Sodium Niobate (NaNbO3) Nanoparticles using Polymeric Citrate precursor Route” in the seminar entitled as “Recent Advances in Chemistry 2016” organized by Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, on 26 April-2016.
  7. Presented a poster entitled as “Synthesis and characterization of sodium niobate nanoparticles via polymeric citrate precursor route” in the National Seminar on Biophysics (BIOPHYSIKA-2017) organized by CIRBS, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, on 16 March-2017.
  8. Presented a poster entitled “Photo-catalytic Activity of Sodium Tantalate Nanostructures, Synthesized by Firing Gel Method” in the seminar entitled as “Recent Advances in Chemistry 2017” organized by Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, on 28 March-2017 (Best Poster).
  9. Participated in author workshop entitled as “How to Write and Publish Scholarly Articles” jointly organized by Dr. Zakir Hussain Library, JMI and Springer Nature on 24 August-2017.
  10. Presented a poster entitled “Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Dye at different pH using NaTaO3 Nanoparticles synthesized by Polymeric Citrate Precursor method” in an international conference ICN:3I-2017 organized by Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Centre of Nanotechnology, IIT, Roorkee during 06-08 December-2017.
  11. Presented a poster entitled “Electrocatalytic and Enhanced Photocatalytic Properties of Sodium Niobate Nanoparticles Synthesized via Polymeric citrate Precursor route” in the “International Conference on Advanced Functional materials and Devices (ICASMD-2018)” organized by C-MET, Hyderabad during 8-10 March-2018.
  12. Participated in the Workshop on Developing Capacities for Reference and Research: DELNET Discovery Services, Plagiarism and Academic Integrity and Digital Reference Management Tools” organized by DELNET-Developing Library Network New Delhi in collaboration with Dr. Zakir Hussain Library, JMI, New Delhi on 23 April-2018.
  13. Presented oral presentation entitled “Enhanced Photocatalytic and Dielectric Properties of Sodium Niobate Nanoparticles Synthesized via Polymeric citrate Precursor route” at Two-Day National Workshop on Nanoscience Opportunities and Challenges” Organized by Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry, Islamic university of Science and Technology, Awantipora, J&K on 4-5 Spetember-2018.
  14. Presented a poster entitled as “Ta doped NaNbO3 Nanoparticles with Improved Photocatalytic and Dielectric Properties Synthesized via Hydrothermal Route” at International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM-2019) organized by Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 2019.
  15. Participated in Wiley Author Workshop organized by Dr. Zakir Hussian Library on 22 january-2019.
  16. Presented the poster entitled “SrZrO3/CdS Heterostructure Nanocomposite with Improved Photocatalytic and Dielectric Properties” at Fifth International Conference on Nanotechnology for Better Living” organized jointly by NIT Srinagar and IIT Kharagpur on 7-11 April-2019 (Best Poster).
  17. Presented a paper entitled “Photocatalytic, Dielectric and Structural Evaluation of Interwoven Nano-flake NaNbO3 and Ta Doped NaNbO3 Building Blocks” at JTA Multidisciplinary International Conference (JTACON-2020) organised by Jamia Teachers Association (JTA), Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi on 16-18 February 2020 (Best Paper).

UG & PG students supervised

  1. Karishma: For her B.Sc final year dissertation on the topic “Chemical Analysis of Glycerine”
  2. Neha: For her B.Sc final year dissertation on the topic “Production of Shampoo and its Chemical Analysis”
  3. Preet Sharma: (MSc) Synthesis of N-doped graphene/metal oxide nano hybrid structures.
  4. Isha Bharti: For her B.Sc final year dissertation on the topic “Development of Copper and Cobalt based Nanodimensional Catalysts” (Current)

Ph.D. Guidance

  1. Reenu (Current)

Technical Proficiencies

  1. Good command on quanta chrome instrument surface area and pore size analyzer (Model NOVA 2000e)
  2. LCR meter (Model 6500 Wayne, U.K).
  3. Fully understand and Operate Automatic temperature controlling furnaces, manually operating muffle furnaces, Probe Ultrasonicator.
  4. Good command on operation of automatic hydrothermal reaction setup.
  5. Operational command on

Perkin Elmer UV-visible DRS spectrophotometer,

Perkin Elmer FT-IR,

Perkin Elmer Gas Chromatograph.

  1. Operational command on gas sensing setup (Scientific and analytical instruments)