Dr Robina Begum
IAS Open Programme
University of the Punjab
Dr. Robina Begum is currently working as an Assistant Professor at School of Chemistry, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. She worked as a commonwealth PhD Scholar under CSC Split-Site PhD Scholarship Program in Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, UK from October 2017 to October 2018. She has published 106 peer-reviewed journal articles which have attracted 5127 citations with h-index of 44 (Google Scholar data).
Dr. Begum served as the Guest Editor of Special Issue (Recent Advances in Microgels/Nanogels) of journal “Gels” due to her significant research contribution in the microgel field. Dr. Begum is named in the World’s top 2% highly cited researchers list published by Elsevier (2022-2025). She has won various prestigious awards including high impact review award by the Chemical Society of Pakistan. Her research area is inorganic-organic hybrid nanomaterials for catalysis that aligns with staff working in materials, catalysis and polymer research across the University.
Dr Begum’s visit is a great opportunity to explore the interconnections between hybrid materials and gel implantation for catalytic applications. Fabrication of inorganic-organic nanohybrid materials for catalysis aligns with both the Departmental Energy and Sustainability research critical mass and Loughborough University Climate Change and Net Zero research theme.
The background of Dr. Begum also overlaps with researchers in materials working on hybrid materials and organic polymers. This project will be great opportunity for Loughborough University to create connections between researchers to achieve the strategic goals of the University. Moreover, improving quality of research by combining skills and student-exchange (SDG04-Quality Education), removal of toxins from waste-water using hybrid nanomaterials as adsorbents and catalysts (SDG06-Clean Water and Sanitation), utilization of hybrid materials for hydrogen production/water-splitting (SDG07-Affordable and Clean Energy) and long term research collaboration to address major issues faced by the communities of both countries (SDG17-Partnerships for the Goals) are aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
During their IAS Fellowship, Dr Begum will be collaborating with Professor Sandie Dann from the Department of Chemistry.