Dr. Muhammad Afzal

Dr. Muhammad Afzal

  • Designation: Associate Professor
  • Department: Basic and Applied Chemistry
  • Faculty: FOST
Brief Profile

Dr. Muhammad Afzal is Associate Professor of Biochemistry at Faculty of Sciences, and Technology at UCP Lahore. He completed his PhD from University of Agricultural Faisalabad (UAF) in the area of medicinal plants in 2013. During his PhD degree program, his thesis title was “Bioactivity and Biochemical Profiling of Pergamum harmala and Cichorium intybus under stress conditions” During his M.Phil. degree, he conducted research on the topic of “Antimicrobial activity and water purification by using Moringa oliefera plant extract” He published good number of research papers under the domain of medicinal plants with I.F more than 110. He has attended many conferences, workshops and training related to his field. He has been awarded with scholarships during his studentship like Higher Education Commission (HEC) Indigenous Scholarship for PhD students. He has very good expertise to handle many sophisticated analytical instruments like HPLC, GC-MS, ELISA, PCR, SDS PAGE etc. His Professional research skills include medicinal plant profiling and antimicrobial activity, antifungal protein and peptide, enzymatic, antioxidant purification, photochemistry and total phenolic content determination from medicinal plants, along with well-developed problem-solving skills and initiative in establishing new experimental systems.

Area(s) of Expertise Types of Consultancy Services Offered Industry relevant to expertise Name of relevant industry Past industry experience (if any) Problem Solved (success story), if any Benefit to Company (PKR/USD)
Bio-Chemistry Aflatoxin Degradation,Herbal product formulation herbal beuty cream Herbal industry Hamdard Hamdard herbal cream with antioxidant with less side effect ,skin care products
aflatoxin testing and degradation rice industry Rana rice and east rice N/A aflatoxin degradation
herbal cough syrup herbal pharma qarshi Herbal industry N/A
antimicrobial clothes textile industry relevent textile industry N/A
Areas of Expertise
  • Bio-Chemistry Aflatoxin Degradation,Herbal product formulation